Blackberry The Pirate!

Sunday 04.12.20 / Day #7 - Seedlings are doing great / just keeping to soil moist hard to quantify a measurement. Monday 04.06.20 / Day #1 - Seedlings are just breaking ground, started them in red solo cups and will transplant into 3-gallon pots for the grow. The soil will be a mix of Build a Soil 3.0, FF Ocean Forest, Mother Earth Coco 70/30 and Worm castings, Both the BaS and FF soils come amended and will carry the girls for a good part of the grow, I will be using Biobizz, at 30% strength until flower then adjusting up to 60% during flower, As you can see in my other grows after switching to Biobiz the plants responded nicely.

Thursday 04.16.20 / Day #11

Thursday - 04.30.20 / Day #25 Adjusting feeding schedule and continuing with LST - today noticed plant #2 and #3 showing signs of flower - very odd, with that said I lowered the lights to 36 inches off od canopy as we get ready for a stretch. Saturday - 04.25.20 / Day #20 - the girls truly love their new pots and responding well to the lights, I also inoculated the spoil with Rootwiese and will be back to standard nutritional regiment tomorrow. Wednesday 04.22.20 / Day #17 - Transplanted the girls over from the solo cup to their 3 gallon home, tomorrow will sprinkle on some white clover / during the first week they were stretching so much I had to lower the light and dem it a bit to slow them down and allow the stems to catch up - after tomorrow will be getting the light set to let them rip. I typically do a lot of LST / Tieng down the plants this grow I plan to do very little, I want and see how fast I can get them to grow and finish.

05.03.20 / Last Day Week 4 the plants surprised me jumping into to flower so soon, again this strain is very short, and the training because of the slow growth has just started, I hope to be able to take advantage of the stretch over the next few weeks and create a few more colas - today I toped dressed and changed over the feeding mix - I need to figure out how to create more stretch early on.

Friday 05.15.20 / Day 40 just a little more LST today and very light defoliation, misted with Optic Over Grow, part of my Pest Management Protocol, plants are moving along. Sunday 05.10.20 / Day 35 had a rough go this week, here in Mi the temperature dropped unexpectedly and my tent got into the 50's the plants did not like it, they seem to be coming back now and starting to stretch, additional LST for some canopy control. Added Advanced Nutrients Iguana Juice Bloom into my feeding rotation. Wednesday 05.06.20 / 1 month into the grow the girls are in flower and they are in full stretch, just pulling the branches flat, trying to help create more colas, the topdressing w/ the bloom amendments along with the change in feeding is really helping the plants explode.

Friday - 05.22.20 Changed up the nutrients a bit (Cut them Back) added Mammoth P / they are looking very good! Tuesday - 05.19.20 Day 44 Plants are starting to bounce back, I took advantage of this and cleaned up the plants, adjusted tie-downs, and added Recharge to the feeing schedule for a few days. Sunday - 05/17/20 Day 42 First day of Week 6 Plants appear to be moving along well, I have one plant that has some funny things going along with the leaves, I have cut back the Nutrients and also made sure to let the soil dry well before watering, a few weeks ag the cold snap really chilled down my room, got into the low 50's for a better part of the day, they all looked awful but 2 of the 3 seemed to have bounced back fine 1 as noted above looks odd.

Saturday - 05.30.20 Light feeding today plants are just doing fine, buds are fattening up - auto pilot now! Thursday - 05.28.20 I lowered the lights to about 20 inches above canopy the girls seem to like it, will watch for any signs of light burn and adjust. Monday - 05.25.20 Day 2 of Week 7 / Day 50 of the grow, today was a busy day in the grow room, trying to dial in the seasonal change, the added lights, and things are playing hell on my fuse panel :) but I think I have it properly tweaked. will continue the feeding regiment, because the plants are very healthy and packing on weight. Many of the buds are starting to show that Purple Genetics this strain is known for.

Sunday - 06.07.20 / the spider mites 🕷️ truly got the best of me on these plants, caught me napping at the wheel, I need to get a bit of PH water only into the plants to at least do a 7-day flush- will try to harvest this ladies next week and do the Peroxide / H20 bath before I Dry - I am also going to add some Peroxide to my cleaning solution when I scrub out the Closet and other areas of the grow room / I nap no longer! Saturday - 06.06.20 / so this morning I am looking at my girls, wondering what the heck is going n wit her, though since it was late in the grow maybe they were finishing up, but when I got out my wifi microscope to check the buds and what do I see but Spider Mites, 🕷️ what a mess! So not I have to go into crisis management mode and start treating all my plants!! Friday - 06.05.20 today I fed with Recharge, Mammoth P, and a bit of Bloom - they are looking like they are getting close, so after today, I start with just PH H20 for the last week or so, should be plenty of natural microbial life going on to carry things through. Wednesday - 06.03.20 Light feeding today, moved plants around / adjusted light and fans, they smell amazing and the pictures are showing very large amounts of the purple colors bred into these genetic, did I say they smell wonderful? :) I am working on a few things to help with the pictures as well. Tuesday - 06.02.20 Quick check all looking very well - pictures tomorrow :) Monday - 06.01.20 Light feeding today temps and humidity within scope, they seem to have slowed down of bud production.

Friday - 06.12.20 / keeping plants well-watered while spraying during IPM - H20 PH @ 6.2 / will treat with MAMMOTH CANNCONTROL this evening will be the last one before harvest, considering doing the Perioxe/H20 bath prior to dry and cure / I am just honestly glad to take something to the dry room, I will be germinating my last 2 Purple Berry Seeds along with 5 more Gelato (favorite) New Diaries on the horizon! Thursday - 06.11.20 / lants did not need watering today., spot-checked a few leaves no signs of live spider mites, fingers crossed! Wednesday - 06.10.20 / keeping plants well-watered while spraying during IPM - H20 PH @ 6.2 Raised light up a few more inches, from 20 to 24 inches Tuesday 06.09.20 / Defoliated the plants just a bit today, removing the dead or dying stuff, then I did a soaking with Green Cleaner / inspected the leaves before and the first 2 treatments really had a large effect on the spider mite infestation, before this, I had projected an end of week harvest in week 10, right or wrong I am going to stay that course and hope that the soil microbes along with the H20 PH at 6.2 will still allow for the buds to mend and try and fatten up before harvest. It is tragic to see how amazing they were looking in week 7 to go to this in week 9 - live and learn! Monday 06.08.20 / keeping plants well-watered while spraying during IPM - H20 PH @ 6.2 ======GOALS FOR THE WEEK====== 🌞 Environment / Maintain consistency with temps - keeping airflow a bit on the heavy side to support with IPM goals 💧 Feeding / PH H20 until harvest 🍃 Training / Light defoliation to support with IPM goals 🕷️ IPM / Kill the Spider! Plants need a weekly dose of Insect Spray, alternating between Green Cleaner and MAMMOTH CANNCONTROL

Saturday 06.27.20 - Just wanted to keep you all updated, working on the harvest report, but it will not be very good, the Spider Mites truly set this grow back - I will be goring this again to try and redeem my self. A friend tried a bit of the short cured bud and had very positive things to say about it though, loved the flavor and the high, I hope by Tuesday to have this completed. :) Tuesday 06.15.20 - Today I had to cut the plants a bit early, the trichomes were still very cloudy but only a small amount of Ambers, I tend to like 30% - I had to wash the buds before I could put them into the dry tent, was not able to get a dry weight - maybe tomorrow, once they have dripped overnight, the good news after inspection of the fan leaves I only found a 2 live Mites, so the Peroxide Bath will do the rest in, I am going to mix up some stuff and clean the Closet Thursday and continue with the IPM Protocole Goals - Friday I will do another thorough the washing of the plants just to make sure.

I loved this strain, it will be n my grow list very soon, I have one of these (Last Seed) growing and hope not to have a freak of nature interfere with its progress, I will be starting a diary on it very soon, the buds before the spider nights were fat and chunky, so much of the purple traits of this strain were shinning through, solid genetics. I had a few friends smoke this and give their opinions, (I do not smoke) the overall consensus was very good, this was with only about 10 days of cure, and awful trim job, they all agreed it was very smooth, rather an enjoyable smoke, sweet and fruity, the buzz was relaxing but not "Couch Locking" but in an energetic way, they all agreed it was a "Smoke and Work Weed" no negative comments - with all that said I was encouraged to grow this one again.