03/2020 - Topanga Wedding

These plants were started in peat pods, and put into solo cups, filled with ProMix HP and perlite, as soon as they sprouted (March 20th) and they have been growing very quickly so far. They are only on day 16, since sprout, and they already needed to be transplanted into 6L pots today. This is going to be an all organic living soil grow. The only nutrients I will be adding will be in the form of teas, and GD doesn't seem to have any way to track that, so I will just make notes in the weekly comments regarding when give the plants some compost teas. Soil being used will be a 50/50 mix of Elevation Summit Soils Base Camp and Nectar for the Gods #4 that I pre-amended with 1Tblsp/Gal of Elevation Organics Mountain Blossoms 7-2-3 Vegetation. I will be using the Mountain Blossoms fertilizer as a tea throughout the vegetation stage but still haven't quite figured out how I want to dose it. Since I'm new to organic growing I think I will brew the compost tea with it at the recommended 4-8mL/L of water and then will dilute that by mixing 1 part tea to 10 parts water, and then just feed it at that strength with each watering.

These plants are growing beautifully and have nice symmetry. The are a little leggy so I've moved them out of the nursery tent, and into the 4x4 tent , so they can be under the 600W lights. I'm still getting used to organic growing and I'm finding that it seems to require a lot less frequency in the the watering. These plants were transplanted into 1.5gal pots on Sunday and 6 days later they still don't seem to need any water. I have a new scale coming tomorrow that will let me more closely see how fast the water is being depleted. The plants also received a light top dressing (about a Tablespoon) of Elevation Organics Vegetation 7-2-3 on Monday.

These plants are growing pretty fast, and they are stretching because I was too lazy to fix the light hangers so I could get them closer to the canopy. The plants have been topped to just above the 3rd node, with all shoots below the 3rd node removed and the lights will be lowered to about 18" off the canopy today. The two remaining branches have been staked down so I can start training these plants to grow low and wide. I'm really liking this growing method, and the soil, because it just seems to require so much less maintenance. The plants were only watered one time this week, so I could figure out how frequently I need to water them, so I will water them a little less next time to try to get the watering intervals a little closer. I think these will be ready to transplant into their final 10 gal pots by next weekend.

These plants stretched more than I like, and I'm not really happy with how lanky they are, so I did the best I could with the long stems and staked them down. The plant in the back was topped a second time since it had longer limbs than the front but I'm going to leave the font as is to see what kind of a difference it will make in the plant structure. I'm still getting used to growing in organic soil so I'm worried about over watering them.

Plants are doing very well but I'm still getting used to growing organically. I finished building my new Samsung FStrip lights on Thursday and the plants seem to be liking the new lights so far. I plan on continuing LST for another 2 weeks, possibly longer, before flipping them into flower. They all got watered with a 4L of tea mixed at the lower end of the dosage recommendation today (1TBSP/Gal) and was brewed for about 16 hours.

The plants have been growing like crazy under the new light. I'm going to let them go one more week in veg but may flip them to flower mid-week if they get too bushy to manage well. I'm still getting used to properly watering this type of grow, but I think I'm getting close to figuring it out, and am currently watering them 3-4 liters every 2-3 days. I planted some clover as a cover crop but still need to pick up some straw to act as a mulch layer to prevent the soil from drying out too quickly. I also have a Blumat system on the way that should really help make sure the plants are being watered properly. No fertilizing took place this week but I will probably top dress with some dry amendments this weekend once I have a mulch layer in place.

The canopy is filling in nicely so they will start their flowering schedule tonight. Over the last week I have given them each a mulch layer and top dressed with 10 TBSP Vegetation (7-2-3) and 10 TBSP Rose & Flower (3-10-3). I also installed and setup the Blumat watering system today so will need to keep an eye on that over the next few days to make sure it is watering properly.

The plants are still doing very well and are growing like crazy. The stretching has just started on the back plant and I'm hoping the front plant will catch up. I think the reason for this is from how I had my older lights positioned. I'm hoping they stretch a fair amount over the next week so I can get in there and remove some of the bushy leaves at the bottom of the plants.

The plant in the back, which got two toppings, is clearly growing at a faster rate than the plant in the front, which got 1 topping, and I'm seeing the same thing with the Banana Orange Daiquiri strain I also have growing currently. I think this will cause me to top all my plants at least twice, because those plants are growing much faster. It's funny because during veg the plant that only got topped once seemed to be growing much more uniformly, and seemed happier in veg, but the plant that was topped twice is doing much better in flower. All plants have been very healthy, though, and I haven't run into any issues yet. The only problem I'm currently dealing with is high humidity at night and slightly higher humidity than I like during the day. I'm going to remove a bunch of the undergrowth and small bud sites that will never amount to anything today, and will remove the rest of them over the weekend. I think this will help prevent any mold/mildew to grow, during this high humidity spell, and should also force the plants to put that energy into the upper bud sites. The Blumat system I put in is working incredibly well. The plants have been each pulling about 0.5L from the reservoir each day, but they each pulled a full liter last night, which is probably from the higher temperatures we had. Plants were each given 1.5L of compost tea that was made with 1mL/L of Rose & Flower (3-10-3) and 1mL/L Backstrap Molasses that was mixed and aerated for 24 hours.

The plants are doing incredibly well. I noticed that the lights were actually off center, front to back, so that could've played a roll in the extra growth from the back plant. I moved the light forward and tilted it so the distance from the top of the front and back plants to the light are now equal. Each plant received 1.5L of compost tea made from 1mL/L Rose & Flower (3-10-3), 1mL/L Vegetation (7-2-3), and 1mL/L Backstrap Molasses that was mixed and aerated for 24 hours. It's been warm hear all week so they've been drinking a LOT of water.

Plants are still doing very well and the flowers are starting to stack nicely. Each plant received 1.5LRose and Flower 3-10-3 compost tea with 15mL/L black strap molasses that was aerated for 24 hours, on Sunday. Each plant was also top dressed with 8TBSP of the Rose and Flower 3-10-3 and 1/4" layer of earthworm castings on Tuesday. The humidity has continued to remain high but constant airflow through the tent and air circulation above & below the canopy seems to be preventing any mold or mildew issues so far. The smell is really starting to kick in and they have nice and strong sweet/fruity and pine smell to them.

Still very happy with these plants and they still look very happy and healthy. The front plant is still smaller than the back and, since I'm seeing the same with the Banana Orange Daiquiri plants on the other side of the tent, I'm going to assume this was cause by the light being shifted more to ward the back of the tent for the first few weeks it was installed. Plants received 1.5L compost tea made from the flower mix I have (3-10-3), worm castings, and with 15mL/L molasses. The flowers are starting to plump up nicely and smell great!

The back plant is still growing at a faster rate than the front but the front is starting to put some weight on the buds, finally. I'm thinking I may need to harvest the back plant earlier than the front because the flowers on the front plant look like they are in an earlier developmental stage than the one in the back. The colas on the back plant are packing on some nice weight to I had to put some stakes in the pot to support those branches. Humidity was a little high throughout the week but it has been pretty manageable. The aroma and resin production is strong and these plants are very sticky.

No changes this week and plants still seem to be doing well. Buds seem to be packing on more weight and growth seems to be starting to slow down. Front plant still has a lot of catching up to do. Pruned off some sucker buds from down low.

Things are slowing down but the plants are still looking great. Water consumption dropped a bit, and the humidity has been pretty high all week, so I've decided to get an air conditioner in the room to deal with the high humidity. The end of this coming week will mark the lower end of the breeders estimated harvest time so I will break out the jeweler's loupe at the end of next week to see how the trichomes are looking on the back plant. I'm thinking the front plant will need probably 2 weeks more than the back plant.

The fade is finally coming in for these plants and the front plant is starting to catch up but the buds are smaller in size. Today marks the first day of the harvest window from the breeder so I will start checking the trichomes shortly. The buds are getting nice and tight and I'm really pleased with how these plants have turned out. The lemon and pine smells are nice and strong with these.

Plants are still looking and smelling great! Water consumption is slowly dropping, as can be expected, since they are getting close to being ready for harvest. The smell is great and the buds are solid. The rear plant is pretty close to being ready for harvest, so I may harvest her as soon as the middle of next week. The front plant is a little behind, as mentioned in earlier logs, but it doesn't seem to be too far behind. The rear plant started getting its fall colors early in the week, and the color is spreading quickly! I'm hoping the front plant will be about a week behind.

The rear plant was harvested early in the week and hung all branches in a box that has an air duct plumbed to the main tent to pull air through. The front plant was harvested today and all branches were hung in a 2.5' x 2.5' tent. I'm very pleased with how these plants came out and will update all the other fields once drying is complete and I can test the results. Update 8/9/2020: This strain is very nice and has great flavor. I'm a lightweight so I enjoy vaping the flower in small doses and it works very well for me that way.