Cherry Cookies

Day 0 - Started germination with paper towel on 9 Jan and taproot was out on 11 Jan. Planted her in a peat pellet and placed her into the humidity dome and heating mat. Day 1 will start when first set of true leaves appear. Day .5 - She’s out of the soil right now and just waiting for her first set of leaves to develop. Put a little bit of water in the humidity dome, sprayed her and we’ll see how she looks tomorrow. Day .7 - Going to give it one more day for her first set of leaves to develop a little mire and then will call it Day 1. Went ahead and took the humidity dome off the heating mat and placed her and the dome into the tent. Will give her another day or two and will place her into her final 3 gallon pot. Day 1 - So going ahead and starting today as day 1. She’s looking nice and healthy so far. Still keeping her in the humidity dome for another day and then will plant her in the final 3 gallon pot and just use a glass over her for higher humidity. I might wait to plant her until I see the root come through the peat pellet. Day 2 - Went ahead and moved her into her final 3 gallon pot today and gave her a bit of water and Advanced Nutrients according to the chart I got from them. Keeping a glass over her for a bit to keep the humidity up. Day 3 - Not much happening right now, still just doing what I can to keep her healthy and to keep the humidity up. Gave her a light spritz of water and letting her do her thing. Day 4 - All looking good and not much new. I did give her a little bit of water and nutes today. Day 5 - All looking good, not much happening right now. Still keeping a glass over her for higher humidity. Day 6 - All in all she’s doing pretty good. She’s a little bit lighter in color so won’t give her any water for a few days to let her dry out. Hopefully I haven’t been overwatering and I haven’t been giving much, just light spritz’s of water occasionally. She’s growing nicely so I think she’ll be just fine. Day 7 - Tasing the lights yesterday learned to help her stretch a bit and she’s doing pretty well. She’s a bit off in color but looking back, my Sour Raspberry Kush started out the same way.

Day 8 - All looking good starting week 2. The pot was completely dry so decided she needed to get a little bit of water to at least keep from under watering. Not noticing and droop or major issues so letting her go for now. Day 9 - Things are still looking good but being winter time right now, I’m have having a hard time keeping the humidity up so for now I’m still keeping a glass over top of her but thinking it’s still having a negative effect on the girl. The humidifier I had was fairly big but did a good job but is no longer working so trying to find a good way to get the humidity up until I find the right replacement. Day 10 - Got the hew humidifier in from Amazon, hooked up at running so have it set to 60% right now. It’s a smaller one that holds 1 gallon of water so might take it a little time to get up to the correct humidity but still keep the glass over her for another night until the humidity reaches the correct level. Day 11 - All seems to be going well and the new humidifier seems to be be helping out. I’ll probably give her the first decent feeding of water and nutes tomorrow. Day 12 - No real issues right now but gonna raise the lights a bit more to try and get a little more stretch out of her so I can start some LST. Will actually give her a decent watering tomorrow with nutes. Day 13 - Gave her the first decent watering and feeding today. Gave her a little under half gallon so she should be ok. I’ll keep an eye on her to make sure she wasn’t overwatered. It’s been really dry the past couple weeks so she was definitely dried out and ready for the water. Day 14 - Everything is looking good. I was a little worried about the watering yesterday but I cut it off just right. She’s not showing any signs of being overwatered and is progressing nicely. Another week or so, I’m hoping to start some LST.

Day 15 - Starting week 3 and she’s on the same track as my SRK. Checked the soil tonight and she’s already getting pretty dry so will give her something to drink tomorrow. Still hoping to start some LST in about a week or so. Day 16 - Gave her about a half gallon of water today. I forgot to refill the humidifier this morning so it dipped down to about 20% when I got home so thinking that dried her up quicker than normal. Other than that, she seems to be doing good and looking healthy. Day 18 - Going to be starting some LST today but the heater went out in our house so had to move a bunch of stuff but hopefully the heat gets fixed and can get the training started with her. Day 20 - Closing in on the end of week 3 and went ahead and started some LST. Just started with the main branch right now and will continue the training as the lower branches start stretching more. Gave her another feeding of water and nutes today. Day 21 - She recovered well from the first LST bend and is standing tall again. I’ll let her stretch just a bit more then will bend her over again and hopefully a couple of the lower branches will be stretched enough to tie down too. I did have to remove two giant fan leaves to open everything up a bit more.

Day 22 - Starting week 4 and went ahead and did a little more LST. She’s looking ugly as hell right now but seems to be the way this stage goes. Stretched out a few branches and this thing is like a low rider now but raised the lights a bit more so hopefully everything will start stretching out a bit the next few days. Day 23 - Looking good but still not getting a whole lot of stretch yet but realized I’m running two lights in the tent when I normally run one for vegging so cut one off and we’ll see how she does. Will be giving her some water and nutes either tomorrow or Friday. Day 24 - Gave her a full gallon of water and nutes tonight. I also kind of reconfigured everything and tied the branches bank down in different spots to open it up more in the middle. This is the worst part cause everything looks like shit but in another week or so, I’m hoping she’ll start taking her final “shape”. Day 26 - All looks go so far and doing well from the training. Starting to stretch a little so adjusted the pipe cleaners to try and keep the branches out in the light. Still looks ugly but starting to take shape. Day 27 - Everything’s still looking good and noticed a couple pistils showing today. Gonna give her another day or two before continuing the LST. Day 28 - The end of week 4 and so far so good. She’s still looking a little funky from the LST but she’ll come around soon. She’s got some more pistils showing and thinking she should be going into full flower in another week or so. She’ll be needing some water tomorrow and might back down the nutes just a tad as she’s got slightly burnt leaf tips.

Day 29 - Starting week 5 and she’s coming along nicely. Some of the side branches are starting to stretch outwards and up a bit so tied them back down for just a little more outward growth before letting her really start her upward growth. Gave her a gallon of water and nutes today. Day 30 - Readjusted all the tie downs as she’s really starting to stretch out. I think she’s set up the way I like now and I’m just gonna start letting her stretch up from here on out. I’ll still try and tie down any other new branches that are attempting to get some light. Day 31 - Nothing much to update today. Just took her out of the tent for some updated pictures and to see if she needed anything else tied down but all is good. Day 33 - She’s really starting to look good. Didn’t really do anything with her today, just a little more leaf tucking to keep the light penetrating to the lower stuff. Still slightly damp so will give her a good drink of water and nutes tomorrow. Day 34 - Nothing much new today, gonna give her one more day before watering and feeding. Just readjusted some leaves and such and refilled the humidifier. Day 35 - The end of week 5 today and gave her a gallon of water and nutes. She’s coming along nicely and really starting to shoot the pistils out more and more.

Day 36 - Starting week 6 and can’t really complain. She does have a couple funky leaves but just a few and probably from me dripping nutrient rich water on them but she’s looking nice and healthy overall so saying this week is the start of flowering. She stretched almost a full inch over the last 24 hours and really looking forward to watching the buds develop. Day 37 - She’s still doing a bit of stretching but pistils are shooting out like fireworks. She’s definitely going to be needing some more water tomorrow and did some leaf tucking tonight. Day 38 - Decided to hold off on watering and feeding for another day or two. She still didn’t seem quite dry enough to don’t want to push it. Re-tucked some leaves and will check things out tomorrow. Day 39 - Gave her a gallon of water and nutes today and there’s not much I can complain about right now. She’s budding up nicely and looking like when all is said and done, it should be a good harvest. Not much of a smell coming from her right now but still looking good overall. Day 40 - I turned on the second light in the tent to help pick the temps up a little bit and all of a sudden growth on all the gurls exploded. Just took some pics for progress and readjusted everything and tucked the leaves a bit more. Day 41 - She’s still doing some stretching and really budding up nicely. I ended up removing a couple more fan leaves so keep things open. Will probably need to give her some water on Tuesday. Day 42 - The end of week 6 and she’s doing great. Nothing else new to report and just updating some pictures. She’ll get some water and nutes tomorrow.

Day 44 - The pot this morning was light as a feather so gave her a gallon of water and nutes today. Overall, she still stretching quite a bit each day. Other than that, just tucked some leaves again and letting her go. Day 45 - All is looking good and still no real issues going on. I did remove a few lower fan leaves that were dead but other than that, just put her back in the tent and tucked the leaves again. No need for water yet, will be another couple of days. Day 46 - All still looking good with her. She’s still stretching about 1/2” everyday so should be decent sized by the time stretching stops. She’ll need some water tomorrow or Sunday. Day 47 - Gave her a gallon of water and nutes today and I’m gonna see how long it takes for her to drink it up. I might have to up the intake to a gallon and a half depending. Other than that, I removed a couple big fan leaves in the way and placed her back in the tent for the evening. Day 48 - Seems like she budded up quite a bit after the watering and feeding yesterday. Maybe the stretching has slowed down a bit cause she only stretched a little less than half an inch. Hopefully now she’ll really start packing on and frosting up. I did remove quite a few fan leaves as well today. Day 49 - Ending week 7 and she’s coming along beautifully. Checked my intake and outtake exhausts and were pretty dusty so took all the plants out of the tent and did a complete cleaning of everything. Removed the humidifier to give a little more room in the tent and temps are rising a bit but sitting at 82. I’ll leave it alone for now but if it gets too much warmer, I’ll have to figure something out but humidity is right around 36 and buds are starting to boom now.

Day 50 - Started week 8 today with a healthy drink of water and nutes. Things are looking real good with this girl and she’s finally starting to get a bit of frost going on her tops now too. Didn’t do any defoliating today, just gave her a drink and tucked the leaves as best I could. Day 51 - Nothing much new today, just got her out and got some updated pictures. Also did a little defoliating then tucked her back into the tent and tucked the leaves again. She’s budding up nicely and starting to put off a tiny bit of a sweet/creamy smell. Day 52 - She’s budding and frosting up more each day. I did go through today and removed quite a few of the top fan leaves over the middle of the plant to keep everything opened up, they were getting pretty big and overshadowing everything. I tucked everything else in the middle and she should be needing some water tomorrow. Day 54 - Gave her a gallon of water and nutes today, she was pretty dry. I was also told before to add some molasses to the water so added a bit of that as well and see what it does for her. Went ahead and removed a couple dead lower leaves as well. Looks like she’s about done with her stretching and is just packing on the flowers now. Day 55 - Nothing much new going on today, just removed another couple dead and big fan leaves. The buds are fattening up nicely and starting to smell a bit stronger now. Day 56 - The end of week 8 and she is fattening up nicely and really starting to put out a sweet smell. The pictures don’t do it any justice but some awesome colors coming out as well. She’s drinking a lot of water so I’ll be giving her some more water and nutes tomorrow.

Day 57 - Starting week 9 today and she got a good gallon and a half of water and nutes. Buds are fattening up beautifully and is smelling amazing. Looks like the stretching has pretty much stopped and now can focus on fattening up. Doing a little bit of defoliating each day and she’s been taking it well so will continue just a little at a time. Day 58 - Did some more defoliating today and that was about it. Got a couple lower bud sites that are really opened up now so hopefully I can get some growth out of them. Day 59 - Things are looking good and didn’t do much with her tonight. Removed a couple more leaves and that was about it. She’s really starting to stink up the place now and loving it. Looks and feels like she’ll be needing some water on Saturday. Day 61 - Gave her a full 2 gallons of water and nutes today, she was pretty dry. Removed a couple dead leaves as well. Buds are looking great and a couple have the pistils starting to turn yellow and shrivel but she’s still got some time left. All the trichs are mostly clear right now but quite a bit of cloudy as well. Day 62 - Nothing much to update today, just letting her do her thing but will probably start flushing her the next time she needs water. Thinking she’s got somewhere between two and three weeks left. Day 63 - It’s the end of week 9 and she’s definitely fattening up quite a bit. Looks like she’ll need some water by Wednesday so will most likely start the flush. Hard to tell in the pics, but a lot of pistils are turning orange and a lot of cloudy trichs. Still looking at about 2-3 weeks but want to run the nutes out of her and start using up what stored in the leaves.

Day 64 - Starting week 10 today and flushed her with 2 gallons of water and 40ML of FoxFarm’s Sledgehammer. I’m hoping these last two weeks she’ll really fatten up and start her leaf fade. Went ahead and removed a couple of dead fan leaves from the bottom as well. Day 66 - Nothing much new today, she’s definitely still fattening up. Had to remove a couple more dying leaves but all good other than that. Will give her straight pH’d water next watering and then will do one more flush with the Sledgehammer after that. Day 67 - Nothing much new today, gonna end up needing some water tomorrow. She’s still plumping up nicely and smells amazing. Day 68 - Gave her 2 gallons of plain pH’d water today to try and get all the nutes out so she’ll start eating from her leaves. Looking at the trichs, I’m looking at a chop happening next weekend. Day 69 - She definitely swelled up quite a bit over the last 24 hours. She looks to still be on track for getting chopped this weekend. I’ll give her a bit more water and sledgehammer in a day or two and then let her dry out till chop day. Might try putting her in complete darkness for 24-48, just to see if I notice any difference in her. Day 70 - The end of week 10 and everything is still on track to be chopped no later than this weekend. I don’t really see any clear trichs in there and starting to get some amber. Will probably give her one last flush tomorrow and let her go until the weekend.

Day 71 - Starting week 11 and this is her final week. She will be getting chopped on Friday. She’s still has quite a bit of white pistils but just about 100% of the trichs are milky with about 30% amber so that’s telling me she’s ready. I’ve never tried the 72 hours of darkness before harvesting but because I need some room in the tent, I went ahead and took her out and placed her into a dark cabinet until Friday. She’ll have decent airflow in there so she should be ok until Friday. Day 72 - Nothing new to update as of now. She’s just hitting her first 24 hours of complete darkness. I’ll give her a quick peak tomorrow and see how she looks and then will give her 24 more hours and chop her on Friday. Day 73 - Just a few updated pictures before chopping tomorrow. It’s been almost 48 hours of darkness and I’m not seeing much of a difference in her but she is definitely smelling REALLY strong.

Very easy to grow this strain and she was very easy to train. Did not receive much feedback from other grow diaries users. Not sure if that was because it was a custom strain that you can really find or search for or just not that popular. All and all the platform has always been a great help and will continue to be.