'GDP x Bruce' by i49

Howdy all and welcome to Grow #3 and Granddaddy Bruce's first entry. Took a short break after grow #2 but we're back and looking to grow some new monsters. Say hello to Bruce. The deets: **Breeder Notes** Dominant Origins: -Indica Dominant Hybrid Parents of Grandaddy x Bruce Banner Fem: -Grandaddy Purple x Bruce Banner Typical Effects: -Strong 28% THC induced cerebral stimulation meets physical relaxation with an overarching euphoria. Terpene Profile: -Terpinolene, Caryophyllene, Ocimene Bouquet/Aroma: -Earthy, Flowery, Grape, Spicy, Sweet, Vanilla Impediments: -Dry mouth, Dry eyes CBD Range: -0-1% THC Range: -28% Physical Characteristics: -Squat plants present deep-purple coloration activated by low nighttime temperatures mixed with sage-green foliage amidst orange pistils and heavy high-THC resin. Growing Information: -Trimming prevents mold growth Indoor: -Temperature: 21 – 26°C -RH: 40 – 50% Flowering period: -8 to 9 weeks Yield: -600 grams/m2 *Notes of the Week:* -Bruce and Purple Star are the only uploads I have at the moment as I had a genetics issue for the first time. Seed bank has been contacted and a new set of x3 seeds will be sent out, free of charge. Unfortunately, it will be too late for this grow, so substitutions have been made. I also had a Banana Kush I obtained through a seed exchange, but low and behold, it's non-viable and didn't tap whatsoever. --Grow plans completely changed and Instead of a Black Widow and Banana Kush, there will be a Dutch Dragon and Space Cookies by Paradise Seeds. These girls are 2 and 3 days behind their counterparts and will be updated in the near future. -Something feels off with the girls, but I dunno. Think it's all in my head and my patience is wearing thin while in isolation. I know we're all in the same boat. I'm just starting to feel it😕 -No concrete plan on the training and methods I'll be using on these girls. I know I want to keep and train them very short, but that's about all I got for now. -2 of 4 girls will be moving to Green Planet's nutrient line w/ some minor substitutions. Was looking to get away from GHE, and GP seems to fill all the needs I'm looking for. Give her a go and see how she goes👌 I'll just end 'er there. I'll add in my equipment lists in future and update my plans for this grow in the coming weeks....when I actually know what I'm going to be doing with them. Ha! Thanks for dropping by all, I'm happy to be back and growing again. Positive vibes to you all. I hope you're hanging in there and staying sane. Much love and happy grows this week. Cheers👋😊

**Copy/Pasted to Purple Star Killer Update, Week 2. Same notes and issues plagued both** Welcome to the poop shoot folks. The first picture above (pH test) is a good indication on how my week went with the girls. The vial on the left, my friends, is the fantastic seeding soil I had chosen to start the girls in (test on the right is with my potting-up soil). I put blind faith in the soil I was sold/using and only came to finally test it when all other parameters were checked off the list. I was loosing it. Here's a quick power-point that led me here: -Last weeks update, I mentioned I felt something was "off" but didn't know what yet. When updating DD and Space Cookies I mentioned I felt the soil was the culprit...but again, didn't know why. -I assumed the medium was inert, lacking any basic Nitrogen building blocks needed. I was seeing a Nitrogen deficiency, but was looking at the wrong solution. -Went ahead and added a top layer of amended soil, along with a micro dose of NPK trio, early week. They visibly grew after the top soil addition, then stopped. The feed did nothing at all. Both GPDxB and PSK were still showing strong signs of deficiencies w/ PSK being the worse of the two. -Re-ran through all my parameters again and again but couldn't find anything amiss. Only parameter I didn't test was the soil, as I still felt the soil was inert, not toxic. -On April 16th I made a determination that the Nitrogen deficiency I was looking at wasn't a lack of nutes but a straight lockout. Symptoms on Bruce's first set were curling upwards and void of green. Yellow working it's way from the outside, inwards. -I was really hoping I over-watered and let them dry out before finally testing the damned soil. Nothing changed and the symptoms were starting on the two girls that were planted last (Dutch Dragon and Space Cookies) -Friday morning (April 17th) I tested the soil w/ a 15min slurry test with 2:1 (6.0pH RO too soil) and that's the crimson red result you see in the picture above. I rejected the result immediately...couldn't be. It's brand new soil... Grabbed my potting soil and did the same test. Regardless of whether the slurry test is accurate in terms of reading an exact soil pH, the comparison was all I needed to see. -At this point and time, I was pretty upset. I knew I needed to move them, but just the constant garbage that's plagued this project was getting worse and worse. Like, can they even recover from this? I just let them sit and fry in -4.0pH soil. Immediately thought about scrapping the whole project, but screw it, let's see if I can bring them back. If I only lost time, this might be okay. **Emergency Transplant Power-Point** -Mixed new potting soil to move from the solo's up to 3 gallon fabric pots. Soil is 50% Pro-Mix (Mycorrhizae) and 50% Island Farms potting soil w/ 1:6 perlite ratio. -Added a 2/3rd's recommended dose of powered bone meal by Gaia Green (2-16-0). I knew the roots had to be fried and this was to hopefully bring them back. -3-4 inches below the transplant hole is a conservative sprinkling of Root-Stim #1 for soft-wood applications. Didn't want them to tap into this right away, but giving them a boost once they hopefully recovered and reached this lower layer. -All four plants were the same and the suspicion was correct, for good or for bad. They had a max of a cubic inch of roots after 9-12 days. They had no where to go and didn't barely touched the hot seeding soil. They were all top side growth w/ limited and fried roots. -Knocked off as much of the existing soil as possible, exposing most of the fried roots. Transplanted into the new soil and watered with 150mL of 6.2 pH RO around the circumference. **Recovery** -At the time of typing this, it's been 60 hrs and they have been visibly growing, but they're health is very shaky. Totally touch and go at this point. -In 48 hrs they had nearly doubled in size and started to push their 2nd and 3rd set (pending on plant). Again, however, the new growth is weak, leggy and a little off in color. They are pretty severely damaged and the last two days showed me just how far the root system has degraded. **Final Notes** -What can I say...I really screwed the pooch on this. Blind faith and being complacent has led the poor girls here and I don't know where they will end up. I'm not too pleased with myself, but after kicking myself over and over again, I've come to accept it and am ready to move forward with a new grow if I have too. Still hurts, but it is what it is. -I made a decision to observe the girls and see where they are by Wednesday (April 22nd). If I don't see positive signs of recovery (specifically the root system) I will stop this project in it's tracks, eat the 2.5 weeks it took and start from scratch. I don't want to do this. I'd prefer they tap well and recover, but after that much damage and sitting for soooo long in that soil, I just don't know. -So, you'll see one of two things next Sunday (26th). Recovering plants or a new set of seedlings. Thanks for looking in guys and girls. I must admit I'm pretty embarrassed by this whole debacle but I feel it's the right to lay it all on the table. Initially I didn't even want to type this because I was feeling so down about it all😟. But I've been taught it's best to be humble and I need to admit these mistakes, less I forget and repeat the same. If anyone has advice on how to help, over and above what I've already done, it would be greatly appreciated. Understand that while I'm asking this, I may not have access to needed supplements, additives or nutrients due to the COVID shutdown. Thanks again all. I really wish you a great week and a far better one then me and the girls faced. Much love, take care and stay safe👌

Howdy all and welcome to Week 3, Veg w/ GDPxBruce. Things went pretty decent this week. The deets: The Good: -Happy to say things are seemingly on the up and up after a disastrous start. The comparison photo's above show just how far they've come, when for the first two weeks they did little to nothing. -New growth is looking far better then semi-damaged old growth. Great texture, color and health. -Running 1.11kPA to 1.20kPA and it is proving to be a relatively sweet spot for all the girls. They pray everyday, without signs of drooping, heat/light stress or wind burn. I keep my range withing 60-70% and 75-80 degree Fahrenheit. -Rooting very well during the recovery. Main stem and lateral branching is firm and holding well. I credit my first feed concoction/soil amendment for this. The Bad: -No bad folks. They're more then alive and thriving. Thumbs up👍 The 'Meh': -Noticed that all 3 of 4 girls were growing new sets but with only three blades a piece. I did some reading and heard it can be genetics or stress that may lead to sets with less blades. Well, it's not genetic cause there's three of them, so I'm assuming the early stress and recovery has led to less then optimal growth on those sets. Good news, all new sets are 5 blades and should be up and fanned out as early as tomorrow morning👌. -Night time temp and humidity is a problem. RH spikes and temp drops right off. Ceramic heater is too hammy, heat mat too weak. De-humidifier sucks (Not moisture! HA!) and I'm stuck trying to find a permanent solution. Most everything I'm doing is manual and I do it everyday😕. Would be nice just to let her go, all sealed up, without my intervention. I'm sure I'll get there... -I over watered again... Someone please take the syringe away from me. I can't stop myself! Damn, man😟 Notes of the Week: -I'm crediting a few things for the expedited recovery of these girls, all of which (except Gaia Green Bone Meal) were applied in their first feed on Tuesday, April 21st. Bone meal for slow release phosphorous to bring back fried roots and mitigate soil pH. Potassium Silicate to help strengthen above ground growth, foliar health and later branching health. Used Hygrozyme for the first time. A cleaning agent for the soil in order to mitigate pH swings and control any bad bacteria building or spreading withing the medium (Two applications now. I love this stuff. Smells god awful though....). And finally, the old school 'Stim Root #1' for softwood applications, really kicked up the root growth into new soil. Insta-tap. I recommend Stim root to everyone, actually. Extremely cheap, bare bones rooting hormone that's older then 95% of us. I mentioned this in my second grow, but this is the same hormone my Papa used 50 years ago to sow his apple tree saplings into new soil. Very old and reliable product. -Considering just giving away the remainder of my GHE supply and just move direct to an all Green Planet run. IDK. I don't want to mix things up too much and it might just be better to give the remainder to my buddy who is growing with GHE. -Feel like I'm pushing the recovery a little too much and I'm going to pull back a bit. Nothings wrong, but I can see where things will go if I keep asserting my will over them, instead of just letting them get there on their own...which they will. Boredom's a killer and the girls are paying the price. Anywho, thanks for stopping by and checking her out. Lost some time folks, but this one is going the distance. No scraps, just healthy girls I hope to bring to end game. Have a great week, all ya'll. Take care of yourselves and your loved ones. Cheers and much love😉👊

Hello everyone and welcome to Week 4, Veg w/ Bruce. The Deets: The Good: -All round good week with Bruce. Her top side growth is moving exponentially fast now, and she is looking like a different plant everyday I check up on her. -Preliminary training has helped bring out her lower laterals and I'll be able to grab these and train them out, very soon. All new growth is very healthy and lush w/ pretty good texture and color. -Seems to me that the stem and root system is steal healing, but is doing much better then before. She's more able to support the heavy top side growth after some small changes made to the feeding/watering schedule. -Rough start yielded only 3 blades, a sign of poor health, if not genetic. She moved from 3 to a single 5 set and already on too pushing 7 blade fans. I feel this is another great sign of her rebound and she may be out of the woods... The Bad: -Temperature fluctuations in my area are really screwing me and my parameters. The tent's it's own system, but the hot/cold and RH swings are causing some issues. I would like to hold steady numbers for the girls to acclimate, but that's not happening right now. The 'Meh': -One of the pictures above gave me a bit of a scare but immediately worked itself out within 12 hours. But, it was a clear sign of leaf margin rolling (didn't know the correct term until now). It wasn't over-watering, under watering, the lamp distance or heat...I tested them all, haha. So the only thing left was over-fert and I had just fed 24 hours previously. I was worried I messed her up and I do think I gave too much (pushing them a little bit...), but she does seem to be working it out and using up the excess I gave her. Currently leeching the heavy nutes with 200mL (6.0pH) a day for a few days, before a dry out and a standard flush through with 10-15% run-off. -Root system just a tad behind still, but the feeding applied this week will hopefully bring it up to speed and we can move along smoothly, here. Notes of the Week: -Was having a good chat with Med_in_Tropic and we were talking about why Dutch Dragon dips out every night, when all parameters have been checked off and she shouldn't be doing this. Genes? Temp? I don't know. We came to a consensus that the root system may still be behind (after 1.5 weeks in hot soil and frying them). This was limiting all the girls ability to take up adequate moisture and nutrients from the soil for the entirety of the day. This was leading to drought-ed leaves w/ the lateral branching also showing signs of water deprivation. SO! it was decided it would probably be a good idea to work on the root system for a bit and semi-ignore the top-side growth. This is the new feed I applied. I leveled off N/K and picked up my P/Cal dosing to help repair and push the girls root system to support her top-side movement. I feel this will take a week or two, so there hasn't been any real noticeable difference as of yet. Yesterday, however, DD didn't dip out until 7:30pm instead of her usual 7:00pm... Good sign? Haha, again, I don't know. We shall see. -No preliminary training on Space Cookies. Decided to let her move like I did Norther Lights #1. I will start her training after her topping this week. All girls will be topped this week at some point and this will open up SC to some light and air, giving me some laterals to train out. -After the root system is up to snuff, I will be going back to a tad more of an aggressive schedule, over the one I used in grow #2. I was doing a little egg shell walking last grow, again, and I know I can quicken the process if I'm careful. It's a learning curve I'm going to need to learn and what amounts or additives is too much/going to far. There will most likely be consequences, but I'm prepared for that and I'm hoping the end game result will be me, having a better handle on what/how/how much every micro/macro nutrient and additive is doing. Cheers everyone for stopping by and checking out GDPxB. Another big change from last week and I feel we're definitely on our way with all 4 kids. Thanks again to @Med_in_tropic for the guidance and advice. Things are a hell of a lot easier when someone knows your parameters, been following the grow, knows what you've already done and can help you with future adjustments. Thanks again Med, and thanks to you all. I say it every week but I mean it.... Stay safe and much love to you all✊😉 **Just a side note I feel I should throw this in. This is coming from the electrician in me. Please, everyone, make sure your equipment is rated properly. I've seen a few un-settling things recently that mostly deal with inline timers, specifically the difference b/t analog and digital. If you're using a digital timer for an HPS/MH set-up, I can almost guarantee it's not rated to do this. I highly suggest ONLY using analog timers for HPS/MH systems, as the analogs are more rigidly built and can handle the massive in-rush current that comes along with these lamps. Digital timers usually can't take that inrush current and are more suited for LED/COB (They do not have this in-rush). Using a digital with HPS/MH may work for a bit, but the inner mechanisms and integral wiring will burn/break apart in good time. The contacts may either burn out and the light won't turn on at all, or the contacts will be fused shut from high heat melting the two metals together, making it unable for you to turn it off! Just two cents my friends. Please read the specs and the fine print before possibly buying something that could, at the very least, burn up and cost you cash. Worst case scenario, you burn it up, trip the breaker and damage your lamps drivers/ballasts. Cheers!😀**

Howdy all and welcome to Week 5, Veg w/ GDPxB. Interesting week...the Deets: The Good: -Despite small problems I know I have to work on, GDPB is doing very, very well. The hulk indeed. -Fan leaves are frigging huge, health and color is beauty and all new growth and laterals are coming up happy and healthy as-well. -Taking to training very well and her topping this week. Didn't react or delay growth, just kept on plugging along. I feel by end of week 6, she will be quite a bit bigger and should be taking a nice bubbled shape. The Bad: -There's a known pH imbalance and high PPM swing after I did the first feed w/ run-off. I expected high ppm's but not a low pH and this will needed to be addressed right away (and has). The first run-off numbers were a sad 5.3pH and 2800ppm. New reads listed below w/ comparison #'s. This, I believe is currently semi-locking out my P/K/Cal and would explain some of the leaf texture, color and growth rate. Also feel like I see a bit of chlorosis going on, but this may be symptomatic of something else, as my micro (with iron) hasn't been changed. Possible pH balance again, keep her from taking what she needs. -Due to the pH imbalance I'm seeing some symptoms top-side, but nothing is burning or discoloring. The numbers weren't good but it wasn't doing too much damage yet. Good good. All the signs of deficiencies and/or toxicities seen in the picture have been determined to be a result of this low pH swing and it has since been brought back up and observation is currently under-way (Did second flush/feed application today and too short a period to determine if everything will be kosher w/ this move. I'm positive all will be well, though👍) The 'Meh': -Bad is also the 'Meh'. Have a pH imbalance but I'm on it. -Wind burn is noticeable on GDPB's massive fans. My low end circulation has been knocking her around to much and caused some wind burn on every large, center blade. Been rotated and circulation has been adjusted. -I hate my camera with a passion (phone cam). If you notice above, the pictures I tried to take today, on the coffee table, came out in garbage colors... The plants don't look like this and I have no idea what my phone considers a "good" filter. Some days they come out good, but most the time these pictures are terrible. Working on this too. Probably just recommission my old phone just to use for photos. **First and Second Flush/Feed Results** May 5th, 1st Run-off Read: -5.3pH and 2800ppm -Ran 1.25 Gallons of nutrient feed w/ 25-20% run-off. Applied at 6.0pH and 240ppm May 10th, 2nd Run-off Read: -5.7/5.8pH and 916ppm (Good rise in pH and drop in PPM's) -Ran 1 gallon of straight Tap @ 6.5pH, followed up with 750mL of nutrient feed to replace what was taken with the flush. Notes of the Week: -Went back to basics for a bit as I was convoluting a lot of things for a bit. Trying to do and try too much at once. So I've pulled back on the tonne of new supplements/additives and went back to what I know until this pH swing and ppm's fall back into place. When things are on the up an up (hopefully after the procedure I just did today) I'll go back to my advanced schedule and new additives that I would like to use on the girls, for the remainder of this grow. -Tent parameters are actually very good right now and I haven't had to touch anything for awhile. Day/night temps and RH is pretty constant and if I hold these numbers, I'm positive they will continue to take it all in and thrive. -Tentatively planning the flip to flower already, as I feel this growth rate will be constant, as long as I keep up what I'm doing. Benchmark time will be b/t week 8-9 for the flip. Pretty much the same as Grow #2 but I will flip around a safer height @ around 18" tall. Second grow I triggered at 24" and this damn near screwed me over! Anywho, that was week 5 w/ GDPB. I think I'll upload some better photos of them tomorrow to replace the crappy cell pics I took today. Not a fan of these at all. Please disregard the odd colors. The flash makes the plant look like it's oily and full of deficiencies... she is not. I added in the final top-down photo of her in the tent, just to show how bad the other pictures were. But for now, they serve the purpose of showing her current height, width and internode development. Thanks for stopping by and checking her out! She's going to be frigging massive and it's clear as day why they call her the hulk. I've seen 100 diaries of Bruce and GDP but to see them crossed and growing like tropical palm trees is wicked man. More excited by the day with GDPB. If you see anything amiss or have something to tell me that you feel I should be doing, other then what I've already done to alleviate the symptoms, please drop me a line. It would be greatly appreciated and constructive criticism is always welcome👍. Have a great week all. Take care of you and yours and I'll see you again real soon😊✊. Much love, folks.

Howdy all and welcome to Week 6, Veg w/ Grand-Daddy Bruce. Super 50/50 week! The Deets: The Good: -So...everything is pretty decent with GDPB. Despite the moves I've made this week to get back to normalcy, she seems to be the least affected by the stress. Her color, fan leaf growth and internode dev. is in full swing, even with the slight starvation. -Pre-flower occurred this week when I noticed she was pushing offset node points. On Friday I got my first inter-nodal pistils and this girl is ready to flip when I'm ready to go! Always to happy to see the sex even though these are feminized seeds. Never know, man. -She has stopped drooping out at 7pm. I don't really know why. She is one of two to stop this nightly, nastic movement, but her counterpart, on the same schedule, still dropping out at 7pm (3hrs before lights off). Happy to see GDPB bucking up though! The Bad: -I don't consider what I'm doing bad. I feel it's all "Meh's" and I knew that these things would be happening if I went through with this. The 'Meh': -I kept talking about hitting the reset button last week, and this week that's exactly what I did. There was a clear pH imbalance causing deficiencies/toxicities. In notes of the week, I will go into what I believe the issue was (This is what I see but don't know if it's correct). I knew going in that the girls would NOT be happy with me, but I NEED NORMALCY and so do they. I have not fed a normal feeding schedule once... I've been screwing around and tailoring my own doses trying to figure things out. Well, that was a slog and I went through with the feeds/flushes @ 6.5pH to rectify both my issues before "starting anew". These two flush/ feed results are below. -There are deficiencies, but I knew they were coming. Can't heavily flush your plant and expect there not too be😅. The tentative plan moving forward will also be listed below, in short form. There's a lot going on but trying to keep this short (ya right, right😄). **Run-Off Results Over Two Feeds/Flushes @ 30-35% (Three procedures)** First Application (May 10th): -1.5 Gallons, Tap @ 6.5pH and 245ppm (Tap ppm's). First Run-off : -5.6pH and 2000ppm Second Application (May 10th, after flush of Tap): -3 Liters of Micro-Grow-Bloom-Diamond Nectar (3-3-1-2.5) Second Run-off: -5.8pH and 1054ppm Third Flush Application (May 15th): -3 Gallons, Tap @ 6.5pH and 245ppm (Tap ppm's) Third Run-off: -6.0pH and 560ppm (Hit the numbers I wanted w/ this last run) **Moving Forward. Tentative Plans (pending on feeding's)** Tuesday, May 19th: Full Feed of GDPB and DD w/ 4-4-2.5-5-1 (Micro-Grow-Bloom-Diamond Nectar-Flora-licious plus) Wednesday, May 20th: Full feed, same schedule as Tuesday, for Space Cookies and PSK Saturday, May 24: Transplant of GDPB and PSK from 3-5 gallon fabric pots and their final resting place. Sunday, May 24th: Transplant of Space Cookies and DD from 3-5 gallon fabric pots and their final resting place. **If the full feeding goes well, deficiencies pull back, color comes back and excess nutrients are at bay, I will be moving to my 'Transitions" schedule by end of Week 7 and plan to flip early or mid-week 8)** Notes of the Week: -This week was obviously a massive catch 22, but it was decided (and after talking to other's) that losing a little bit of time means nothing in the grand scheme of things (Yay! for photos!). I feel I've gotten the numbers back to a decent and nutrient receptive level and I look forward to 'starting again'... I do have faith that the ends will justify the means, here, but only time will tell if my intuition is correct... I'm prepared for it to not be, lol!😅 -My personal diagnoses when going through my plant symptoms was this: PH imbalance, along with an Potassium excess was causing an iron deficiency (chlorosis on top leaves) by blocking it's uptake and the low pH was inhibiting my Magnesium uptake. It's weird, I know, and I may not be right, but the signs of potassium toxicity were there and so was mag/iron deficiency. After doing a poop tonne of reading and research into my dis-coloring's, this is all I could come up with...and it would make sense. In trying to bring health back to my root zone, I used oodles of soluble potash additives or supplements with it as an addition (was using Grow, Rapid Start (High potash concentrate) and potassium silicate). I got my roots back! but here we are with the Catch 22. Everything I have been doing is/was an attempt to knock down this excess, balance my pH and re-start with a fresh feed in relatively nute-free soil. That was my thinking... so let's see how she goes now. It's all up in the air as far as I'm concerned, lol. ^^**EDIT** THIS EDIT WILL ALSO BE IN WEEK 7!!^^: Wrong about most everything. Yes, there are deficiencies and a pH imbalance, but no, it's not Potassium and I was waaaay off. 24 hours after this update, I saw the symptom progression and my diagnoses was wrong. New diagnoses: Underfed. Simple as that. Signs of heavy nitrogen and magnesium deficiency w/ Phosphorus also lacking. Never had a P issue before and didn't' know what I was looking at. I threw in a quick "Phosphorous deficiency" chart above, just for poops and giggles. You can literally match my symptoms with the deficiency end of the chart (Mostly on PSK). Thin blades, twisting leaves, red stems, etc... It's all there. The Nitrogen and Magnesium deficiencies are clear as day too, and I was looking at the Mag def. as chlorosis... There may be chlorosis, but Mag/P and possibly Cal are what she's mainly lacking atm. Will update the remainder, new schedules and plant conditions in Sunday's entry, but wanted to throw this update in, quickly. I admit I was waaaay wrong. Please ignore the original writings. Thanks! This wasn't short...I'm a liar😂. There's more, but let's not get into it, hahaha. I'm hoping by next week things will be on the up and up, and by Thursday when I do my SC and DD updates, I should have an idea on how everything went and where to go from here. Thanks for all the advice and thanks to @Rusticbuds for listening to my rambling and helping my sort out what step I should take here. Cheers man! Thanks! And thanks all for stopping by. Much love and I'll talk at you by Thursday! Cheers✊😊

Hello all you happy gardeners. Welcome to Week 7, Veg w/ GDPB. The Deets: The Good: -Really happy to be able to write this entry. GDPB is doing quite well right now and her health seems to be in full swing. She absolutely blew up this week and I'm impressed, but also a little intimidated, haha -Moved to Late Veg Feeding and then into Transitions schedule this week. She took it all and was really hungry. The tiniest leaf tip burns occurred on the newest growth, but already grown out :) -Transplant from 3 to 5 gallon on Saturday went very well too! No stress or stunting noticed, just kept plugging away. She was also fully rooted and it was nice to see that she did travel so well and used up the space that was given. -Today, after a little recovery, I took some lower growth (suckers) and nothing was amiss here either. Didn't react and just kept pushing. Happy little oval. The Bad: -Holy crap, no bad, and that's not just wishful thinking. She look good👍 The 'Meh': -Space restrictions are getting tighter and tighter. We are going to have to plan the flip here soon as there is not much else for her to travel too. This is a good 'meh'. -I trained this plant to look like a bubble...but she's an oval. Not a bad thing, but there's some wasted space that I want to fill and the oval shape makes her a little hard to rotate and move. We'll see if she takes a bubble form by end game, w/ a tad more LST. If not, it's a non issue. -Had poor circulation in the tent and a weather swing where it got cold (frigging snowed. What!) and RH spiked. The house was 70+ RH, so even my intake wasn't dumping it...just replacing it with more moisture. Anywho, a few days of this and I did notice some sweating on over-lapping leaves. I gently soak up the water on the leaves when this happens, but it appears I missed one. Some blackish markings on one of the under canopy fans (that was over-lapped) concerned me and I took it right away. For now, there was a total of 3 blades affected, all removed. Notes of the Week: -In my Space Cookies and Dutch Dragon diaries, I go through my mistakes and how I went about rectifying them. Long and short of it is under-fed, but detail as to what I was noticing, where I felt I messed up and how I planned to get them back is all listed in those two diaries "Notes of the Week". These plans have already been executed and we're moving forward. Neato. -Transplants completed in full by May 24th (Space cookies last) from 3 to 5 gallon fabric pots w/ 15mL per gallon of Gaia Green Bone Meal for pH conditioning and slow release P/Cal to carry the girls through bloom. I did this last grow and I was amazed at how well my pH held and how healthy they were throughout flower. -Moving to 1-2 gallon fabrics with a VELCRO side for easier transplants, next grow. Love the fabrics, but they act like Chinese finger traps during the move. -All plants have had their late Veg and Transitions schedule feedings, now. They all took it well and took it all. Color isn't perfect yet, but things are coming back to normalcy. -PSK is still angry at me, and she has every right to be. She has not bounced back as well as her counterparts and I feel it's still a little touch and go with her. Again, not holding any expectations. I have faith she'll make it to end game, but I'm not going to put money on it just yet. -Going back to normalcy took time. I didn't use or do anything new or unknown to me when doing these adjustments. Just did what I know and I feel that's why we're back on track. Trying to much, too fast can be a burden. Please, other new growers, heed my warning. Experimenting is good! but beware of the consequences 😮 -Comparison from Grow #2 shows that this grow is moving faster then the last...what? I made a lot of mistakes here, but for some reason they seem to be 1-1.5 weeks ahead of last grows girls. No complaints. I feel I can attribute some of this to the SF, since I ran my second grow under a small LED strip for the first 2.5 weeks, but this grow they were under the SF by the beginning of week two. Kicked things up a notch (?). -I haven't been to crazy about pictures and my diaries lately. It's not that I don't care, it's just that I've been getting out more, now that travel restrictions are getting a little more lax. I miss human frigging contact!!!!! I'm an introvert, but even I was feeling very isolated. Thanks all for dropping by, for reals. I've been meeting some new contacts on here and I'm really happy to continually meet new, like minded people. Love all the grows, knowledge and wisdom kicking around on this site. It's not perfect, we all know that, haha. But man, I can honestly say things keep going well because of all of you. Left alone to my own devices, this learning curve would take x5 as long. Like, I genuinely appreciate it all. Keep throwing info at me, I love it. Cheers all and happy trails this week. See you on the other side :) ***HEY! SIDE NOTE. I've been talking to new comers about extraction/intakes/air pressure and how to mitigate RH and temp with them. I added in a really ugly wiring diagram I made on Microsoft Paint, LOL! This picture is of my current set up. It is for people that do NOT run extraction 24/7 but only want it to intermittently cycle to control RH and temp. It's a bit cheaper then going out and buying a humidifier to make up lost RH or a heater to make up for lost heat. It takes some calibrating and depends on your environment, but when you dial it in, man is it a breeze. Just throwing it out there and hoping it may help someone that doesn't want/need that 24/7 pull. Thanks! Drop me a line in PM! Cheers again!***

Hello all and welcome to the final Week of Veg with Granddaddy Bruce. The flips a coming! The Deets (Last section is comparison b/t Grow #2 vs Grow #3): The Good: -Happy, happy, happy plant. She has been in great shape and form this week, praying nicely to the light for about 4 days in a row now. She's firm, strong, healthy, pistils showing and she's ready to go. -A little more training gave me a decent bubble to work with in Bloom. She was a very good plant to train. Never an issue, always receptive and no attitude. -Pretty heavy defo and under-canopy clean up (After feeding) went very well. No signs of stress noticed. Growth picked up exponentially after this defo and prune👍 The Bad: -Nope. All good. Wait no (this is happening while I type here😠). Hydro company is playing with the power and have CUT my power 4 times, just today, for about 30 seconds to three minutes. Really bad timing fellas. Considering a UPS or emergency light just to keep light on them. Seems like a lot or effort though🤔 The 'Meh' -Just the slightest 'meh', and I'll leave it at that. She's still hungry and I see that she's asking for more Nitrogen. Still catching up from the recent starvation. Nothing's amiss, just clear that she is indeed in need of some more food. Extremely fast growing and eating plant, atm (and probably from here on out). She takes about 1.75 liters a day right now, which is more then I expected. The second transitions feed will replace and give her a boost. Details on schedules for all plants in "Notes of the Week". Notes of the Week: -Yah, so it's time for the flip! Plant health, ppm's and pH are in check. There's no more room and it's time to go. -Besides Space Cookies (whom is propped on a 6" pot) the canopy of the girls is even and will hopefully grow evenly (somewhat) throughout flower. I see that PSK and DD will be getting very big, but I'm a little more comfortable with this, as I have trained lower and given myself a lot more buffer space b/t my light and my canopy (about 24 " of stretch space, where the tallest plant sits at around 17-18"). A 100% stretch would still work out fine with the current height of the girls and I'm really happy I started my LST earlier to achieve a shorter (but still wide) plant. They're monsters and only stand at 11-17 inches. Neat!👌 -All plants have had one "transitions" feeding before the flip and will receive their second, two days from today. Will apply a third if needed, but I'm pretty positive I can jump into my Bloom schedule sooner then later. -PK booster (King Kola) was not used exactly as needed in Grow #2 but will be used to it's full extent in this go. This will give me the full scope of the product and what/how it does. I know it works, but to what extent. -Only nervous about PSK. She has had the hardest time so far, and Veg was a battle. Her health is there and she looks decent (only decent for the moment). I'm not really sure what will happen, if anything, when I flip them tonight, May 31st. Staying positive and hope she transitions into flower well. **Quick Changes B/T Grow #2 and #3** -LST started earlier to keep the girls shorter. Triggered at 24" in Grow #2 and this made things very stressful. I ran out of room and they stopped just in time before getting burned. I did NOT want to put myself in this position again, and this is the result👌. -Aforementioned trigger at 24" is now being triggered at 11-17", leaving about 24-30" of play room for the coming stretch. -Plants are firmer then grow #2. Potassium Silicate (Sturdy Stalk) was used properly and throughout Vegetation, where in Grow #2, I started late (about week 8-9). Applying once every 3rd feeding has proven to shore up the girls stems and laterals much better then previous attempts. Releasing my training tyes does not result in any movement. -Size/Circumference of the girls in Grow #2 are about the same as Grow #3, but this took roughly 5-9 days less vegetation to achieve, even with allllll the mistakes and problems in early Veg. Attributing earlier training and the SF-2000 for this expedited growth. I know 5-9 days is isn't much at all, but cutting time out slowly with each grow is working quite well. Grow #1 took roughly 11 weeks of Veg (That diary does not have all weeks included and I compiled two, two week segments into one entry. This Veg did indeed take 11 weeks), Grow #2 took 8-9 weeks and this grow is down to 7-8 weeks. Slowly becoming more efficient and speeding things up a bit. Very happy to see these small changes as I would like to achieve 3 cycles/harvests a year. 20-22 weeks is far too long and the goal in this grow and the ones that follow it, is too bump this number down to a solid 16 week grow. Ideally 6-7 weeks Veg and 8-10 weeks Bloom. -Using a slightly more advanced feeding schedule this round seems to have kicked them in the butt a bit (but I did face consequences trying to find the limit...beware). Next grow I feel I'll have a better handle on when and what to feed the girls at specific times to encourage faster, healthier growth. Thanks for stopping by all! These are the last pictures before the lights turn off tonight for a 9pm-9am night cycle. I'm excited! Same plants but feels like a new adventure again. Cheers to you all and I hope you have a great week. STAY SAFE, HOLY CRAP! As parts of the world dip into chaos, please, PLEASE remember to love and take care of yourselves and loved ones. Stay healthy, content and peaceful my friends. I'm thinking of you all, seriously. 🙏✊

Hello and welcome to the first week of Bloom with Granddaddy Bruce. This'll be a copy/paste from PSK as both girls are showing similar issues. It will be a long read and I apologize in advance. The deets: The Symptoms (symptomatic for 2 weeks): -Very clear yellowing/dull green newer leaves. -Shiny coloring on new sets. Almost looks like a sheen and is picked up easily with the camera flash on. -New fan sets and secondary sets are growing smaller and slower then previous. -Pushing many new shoots but all are more spindly then previous. -Marginal leaf curl at base of fans, new and old. Used to occur at night, but is persistent throughout the day, now. -Newer leaves over-lapping and sets are growing far too close to one another, causing sweating, tangling and twisting of the leaves. -Leaf blades are thinner then previous, cupping more and have this marginal leaf curl starting earlier then before. -Very slight burning of leaf tips, even with a balanced pH and lack of Nitrogen -Inter-nodes are too tight, but better then the others. **June 3rd/4th** Reached out to several different people. I felt my thinking was off and I wasn't seeing anything correctly. If my thinking got me into this, this same brain probably wasn't going to get me out of it. Not without help. Posted pictures in Week 8 of Veg, along with details of my actions, and asked a lot of questions over 2 days before making any more decisions/applying more nutrients. Some things I knew already, but a lot of this was fresh insight and new eyes on things I wasn't seeing **June 3rd/4th** The Consensus: -Clear Nitrogen deficiency -Mag/Cal deficiency (appears to be by the mosaic pattern/blotching on leaves) -Zinc and/or iron deficiency w/ a possible sulfur issue as well -PH imbalance and may be too high -Over-fertilized causing nutrient uptake issues -Then...someone mentioned a Phosphorus excess. Never seen it, didn't know the symptoms...but it lined right up **June 5th** After doing my own reading, following guidance and going over my journal notes things were pretty clear. I have been dosing the crap out of my plants (All but Space Cookies) w/ heavy Phosphorus for awhile now😬. I wanted "a strong root system" after the terrible early Veg, and I've swung far too far the other way. Even during her last flush, I ran Bloom through to "carry her" but it was really only making things worse. With the two heavy transitions feeds and the recent introduction of early PK booster, it just pushed them further into harm. **Phosphorous Excess** It has many similarities to a deficiency... including chlorosis. The reason why I see it as an excess, not a deficiency is from those past feedings. There has been more then ample supply of P and pH has been held at a steady 6.2-6.4. It is readily available and should not have an issue with a lack of P. These symptoms also progressed after the flush with Bloom, when I presume it would free up Nitrogen, but didn't. Here is a list of symptoms associated with a P excess. It might sound familiar to the symptoms listed above: -A phosphorus excess affects the plant by causing a massive nutrient lockout of other elements like calcium, copper, iron, magnesium and zinc, being zinc the first micro-element to get blocked -Upper leaves develop yellowing veins reminiscent of chlorosis (Yep!) -Leaf tips will start to show signs of burning, regardless of pH (Yep!) -Symptoms that look like Cal/Mag deficiency will occur, starting on lower sets (Yep!) -Inter-nodes will grow too tightly and the plant will start to grow slowly (Yep!) -Leaves will overlap and bunch together, limiting air/light and weak bud development. They will twist, curl and interfere with one another (Yep!) -New leaves grow "thin" fingers and are usually accompanied by marginal leaf fold (Yep!) -Will grow many new shoots but will be under-developed (Yep...) Steps Forward (With some guidance😉): -Done with feeding once every 4 days. Hand cuffs me if I make a mistake...which I do, a lot. Moving too daily or semi-daily feedings to mitigate what goes in and when -Applied a lite plant flush to all girls, pulling about 30% run-off. Water was very! heavy and she was not taking anything. -Done pushing nutrients. Big buds stopped being the focus, I just want them to be healthy now. Going to back off and give what is needed via top-side symptoms. No more heavy "full-meal deals" for now. This has and will assuredly keep things as hairy as they are. I usually fix one issue while creating others. It's not worth it -PK booster and any further additives are being cut for the time being. Basic Micro-Grow-Bloom, Humic acids, molasses and Cal/Mag will be the only thing touching the soil (But not all at once for a little while) -Due to overlapping leaves, circulation has been moved to max and drying is being expedited with this extra flow and additional heat. Night is also being held at 22-23 degrees as the medium was far too cold in the evening. -Dutch Dragon will be the first to go on the new schedule and each plant will be treated individually. Need to do more reading and re-watch some video links that were sent to me pertaining to feeding soil media on a daily basis. -No more swinging pH for nutrient applications. Will hold a constant 6.1/6.2 from here on out. Emphasis on run-off numbers will stop. Treat top side symptoms and stop fixing what's not broken. Final and Positive Note: It's far from over. She is growing and fanning out, just not in optimal fashion. Color is still there and leaves aren't going necro. She prays every day and seems to have good form, despite lack of chlorophyll. She has also stopped drooping out at nights... so that's actually a big plus this week. She holds her own all day and I feel it's a good sign. Pistil development is also in full swing, though it started slow. She is in flower and moving along. I often look at them after I write these and realize it's not as bad as I think in my head. I'm reminded that Cannabis is extremely versatile. Though they won't take constant abuse, there is still time to rectify my mistakes. With the steps and changes above and from the advice of others (not my brain!) I'm thinking I can stay patient and slowly work them back to health. It seems like I say that every week, but it's still true. Thank you to the several competent growers that helped me work this out. I really needed your eyes and advice here, otherwise I would still be scratching my head and pouring random additives and supplements in, trying desperately to fix what I've been doing. Not giving up in any way. Actually more determined then ever to get them to harvest. A learning curve I didn't necessarily want, but it appears to be necessary for me to learn and refine my practices. They're not exactly perfect... **This will be copy/pasted in PSK. Both plants show roughly the same symptoms (and Dutch Dragon) and have been treated with the same regiment/methods. They will be treated differently when it comes to daily feedings and individual symptoms. Holy crap, I hope that's it. I'm out. Peace!✊✊**

I'm late! Welcome to Week 2 of Bloom w/ GDPxBruce. The Deets: The Good: -Fantastic week with Bruce. After the early week cal/mag flush, this girl has just taken off and I see the Bruce Banner in her now. Glad I left the extra room for the stretch as she is already nearly a 100% stretch. -Getting furry and starting bulk up. The stretch does seem to be slowing and she's starting to work on pushing her bud sites. Good show👍 -New feeding schedules and defo throughout the week went very well. No stress, no issues, only positive signs of recovery. The Bad: -No bad The Meh: -Let her and PSK get a little too big. I wasn't really able to control them and I did not expect them to stretch so much. They're beasts and it is what it is. I still have the lamp buffer and clearance to comfortably grow further without damaging or bleaching her top fans/bud sites. -No more room and slowly bracing them back inwards for ease of movement. -Lighting was changed as it wasn't exactly optimal. New pictures show the new rotation these girls will be in for the remainder of the grow. PSK and GDPB in the front, under the SF and SC/DD under the blurple in the back. Process and New Tentative Feeding Schedule: 1. Flushed w/ Cal/Mag (beginning of recovery) 2. 1/2 dose of recommended feed 3. Water 4. 1/2 dose of recommended feed (completing full feed over three days) 5. Water 6. 1/2 Dose 7.Water 8. *Planned lite nutrient flush to see where she's at. Max of 20% run-off to displace the old and replace with the new* 9. Wait to dry out and repeat 2-7 (intermittent flushes pending on plant condition. Don't know yet) Notes of the Week: -Already looking to do a dual harvest on PSK and GDPB. Due to their heights and all the growth coming in on the bottom end, I can see that a second harvest after a week or so will help increase my yield and under-canopy bud quality. -Planning on starting to drop night time temps slowly in the next week. In time, near the end of bloom, the tent should be about 18-19 degrees for lights off. -Still some work to do with the girls, but the new schedule and plant health as vastly improved. I feel with more patience, continued daily feeds and lighter nutrient feeds, these girls will be in pretty decent shape by the end of Bloom, Week 3. Fingers crossed. -All plants are currently on water feeds and will be getting an intermittent flush this Friday/Saturday. Going to run a 1/2 dose balanced nutrient feed w/ roughly 20% run-off. Would like to see where they're at and if my new methods are working. Too much excess, not enough? We shall soon see. Thanks all for dropping by for quite a short entry. Busy with reno's and trying to find the time to update these things. Hope you all have a great week and I'll catch you all on the flip side👍. Cheers all and take care out there. Peace!✊

This is week 4 of Bloom w/ big ass Granddaddy Bruce, haha (Hopefully pictures are little better this week👍). The Deets: The Good: -GDPB had a pretty good week and there were zero issues with her. The stretch has all but ended and tapped out about around 3 feet. -Pistil growth is in full swing (although a little behind compared to the others) and she is bulking outwards, looking like a new girl everyday. -She's very tall but pretty firm! She wasn't supposed to get this big but everything is working out just dandy, anyway. Can't complain😀 -Went through an early week flush and things went great. She appears to be taking what I've been feeding in my new feeding schedule without excess. pH and PPM's were all in check and damn near the same across the board for all four girls. Nice to see some constancy👍 The Bad: -All goooood. 2 weeks in row. Neato😄 The 'Meh': -She is "behind" her counterparts, but...I'm honestly not sure what the hell she is even really supposed to look like and if/when she will starting blooming at a faster rate. If not, this girl may be quite low yielding, despite her size. Hoping things pick up as I was looking for the Bruce Banner in her. Time will tell but I'm good either way. She's healthy and happy, not going to push her too much. -She's firm but I can see she'll need yoyo's too keep her mains from splaying and hitting the side of the tent or one another. -Thinner pistils? Is that a thing? All three of the other girls have well defined and fuzzy pistils whereas GDPB's seem thin and sparse... I dunno. Might increase P/K dosing slightly. Notes of the Week: -Stretch is @ an end for for all four ladies and they're all bulking up. I'm finally starting to see the real potential behind them and it's getting exciting. Dutchy and SC are going to be thiiiick. The way they're moving already, this'll be a good show. PSK has kinda come out of nowhere and is pushing a crazy amount of substantial bud sites. She was very recently really effed up and I wholly presumed she would be the small and sparse one, not GDPB. Really pleasant surprise. -Aforementioned flush was performed on all and the numbers will be listed below. No issues at all with any of them. Didn't droop out and were praying the whole way through. The new feeding schedules and this flush has given them back a lot of their vigor, something I've greatly missed for portion's of this grow. -Heat is increasing where I live and with that comes high humidity evenings. It's been tough keeping the RH around 55% even with full extraction. I've put more fans in the under-canopy and moved my clip on fans to blow over the canopy to try and mitigate any standing water that may accumulate. -As of now, clean up and defo is about 90% finished and the rest will be gone by the end of the week. Just seeing which smaller side laterals are the most vigorous so I can keep em and take the rest. Still limited my mains to about 8-12 per plant. Under canopy of PSK and GDPB, though, will need a dual harvest as there's a lot of potential down there and I'd like to let it ripen a tad more. I feel it'll be worth it in the end😀 Run-Off's. 2 Gallons run through each girl w/ about 20-25% Run-off: SC: 6.2/6.3pH and 955ppm DD: 6.1/6.2pH and 947ppm GDPB: 6.2/6.3pH and 1028ppm PSK: 6.2pH and 1077ppm **Back too daily feedings w/ nutrients at 1/2 dose over 3 days with water feeds in between** That's the ball game this week, folks. Thanks for stopping by and for checking out beasty #1. Have a gooder and I'll talk to you throughout the week. Cheers and take care till then😃👋

Hello all and welcome to Week 4 of Bloom w/ Granddaddy Bruce. The Deets: The Good: -GDPB is a very healthy and seemingly very healthy girl. She had a great week and is starting to pack on a little weight on all sections. Also getting nice and shiny as she's shedding trichs at a high rate now. -Zero signs or symptoms of previous issues I had been facing w/ her/them in previous weeks. Kinda just cruising along right now without much intervention except for feeding and a defo here and there. -Feeding schedule seems to be to her liking and she is in a perpetual state of praying to the light😊. The Bad: -Three week streak. No Bad😀 The 'Meh': -Still waiting to see the Bruce Banner in her... Had a friend over and she agreed, this girl seems a little behind her counterparts. Not as thick or budding up as quickly😕. I still don't know what she is even supposed to look like or what the end game yield/quality will be. Maybe she's right on track and this is normal, idk. Regardless, she's happy and healthy and that's all I can really ask for. -Sparse fan leaves also seem to be an issue w/ her. Again, everything there is healthy and vigorous, but has so much less sugar leaves then the others. She is more reminiscent of a sativa right now then Dutchy, the actual 80/20% Sativa dom. Just.... weird pheno's man. It is interesting to say the least, haha😄 Notes of the Week: -Won't be including anymore 'current height' photo's as all the girls have tapped out and the stretch is officially over. Several inches left for bud growth, just in case👍. -Things are a little easier to move now after I pulled both GDPB and PSK inwards a bit. The squat beasts in the back are still a pain but I can move the two tallest girls w/ ease now, giving me access to the girls out of reach. Soon I'll suck them further inwards with a 2" wide, non-static cloth band, about 1/3 the way up. It's a really easy application and has worked really well in the past two grows. To adjust, just sliding it up and down will open up or close the canopy. -For consistency sake, Flora-liscous has been cut and I've turned to Green Planet's "Liquid Weight". Zero issues thus far. Hoping to see good results with this one. -Going back to Emerald Harvest's potassium silicate to help shore the girls up as they pack on more weight. I know it's harmless stuff, but I did cut it for a bit when things weren't going too well. Didn't want to push my luck, but I think it's more then okay to go back to now. -In all further entries the Nutrient portion will be the full dose used over a period of 3 days, not all in one go. Since I'm on daily feedings now, I don't really know how to record that, so this is the best I can come up with. **Happy news. I officially have the funds to purchase a second quantum board and complete my 4x4 lighting footprint!😃 Haven't purchased anything yet, and pretty certain I'll be using a second SF-2000 (or two SF-1000's), but I am looking around for equivalents and any new, fair priced, high quality lamps that may be a better fit. Hoping to make the decision, purchase the lamp and put it into operation by Week 6 of Bloom. Fingers crossed I can finish up and ripen all four of these girls under a new quantum in place! Excited!** Thanks for stopping by folks! Hope you all had a decent week and I hope you all have some more good days to come. Stay safe and take care all you happy growers and HAPPY CANADA DAY to my Canadian fellows😃. Go get lit and watch some fire works! hahaha 😄😅 I'll try and do the same. Cheers and see you all next week. *Any quantum board suggestions, or whether you'd prefer two lamps over one? Please leave em below with a link! Thanks!*

Me so tired! Here's Week 5 of Bloom w/ Granddaddy Bruce. The Deets!: The Good: -Had a very positive week with GDPB. She was a bit behind but caught up quite a bit after some adjustments to my feeding schedule and w/ a higher EC feeding to match her needs. The half dosing was working very, very well and got her out of the woods, but I'm easing them back into these heavier feeds in order to optimize my quality and quantity. So far so good👍 -Completed a light nutrient flush to see where she's at and all is well. PPM's and pH are both in check and she is holding/taking what is being given. Happy and healthy, no issues or burns, just exponential growth again. I AM starting to see the Bruce Banner in her and it's getting exciting. -Trich and pistil dev in full force while shedding these trichs like crazy and caking the entire top fans in THC goodness. Keep pushing big girl! The Bad: -4 Week Streak. No bad👌 The 'Meh': -A bit of early browning on some pistils but it's localized and only on certain tops. No mass pistil die off which is all I care about. With the adjusted feeding this week, she has been pushing new pistils to replace the older ones, shedding even more trichs as she goes along. Sweet! -I feel part of the preemptive browning was being caused by the SF being a tad too close, so she's been backed off another few inches. Afterwards, no more visible spread of brown pistils were occurring. Notes of the Week: -Feeding schedule has been changed again with all girls as their needs are clearly high. Raised my EC to full dose feedings while keeping a couple additives @ 1/2 to see if there are any issues. If not, moving to full feeds for the remainder of the grow and help these girls achieve their full potential. -SF-2000 comes tomorrow!!!!!!!!😀😀😀. It will be unpacked, tested and put into action immediately. She will be in all pictures next week. Stoked! -Pulling all girls in now and trying to control their side laterals that have been pumping out and interfering with one another and/or the side of the tent. SC and DD haven't been done yet, but PSK and GDPB have been and movement has gotten quite a bit easier. -Decided already that Green Planet nutes aren't for me but will finish up this grow with their line (except a couple additives from other suppliers). I am not a fan of the dosing and these manufacturers really need to assess what WE need to complete a grow. As it stands, by the end of this grow, there will be half of micro formula left, 80%! of grow formula, probably nothing left of Bloom and will probably run out of their Massive formula before the end of the grow. This is a box set that I purchased, so I fully expect that there will be adequate nutrients in that set to carry the entire grow without running out or having far too much excess left over. The concentrations also seem off and I feel they could do a far better job at optimizing their product instead of watering it down. A good example of a company selling a box set that WILL cover your needs comes from Future Harvest and will probably be the next line I run with. They know what you're going to need and what you're going to use. 1L Micro, 500ml Grow, 2L Bloom along with their veg and bloom additives. They know damn well I'll be using a lot more Bloom and micro then grow, so they adjusted it and aren't making us pay for the privilege of more product we won't even use. (This turned into a ramble, HA! Oops) Run-Off Reads: GDPB Last Read: 6.2/6.3pH and 1028ppm GDPB New Read: 6.2ph and 915ppm PSK Last Read: 6.2pH and 1077ppm PSK New Read: 6.1pH and 1200ppm (Higher then expected, but a suspected dirty pan may be the culprit. Forgot to clean before hand and it warped the run-off reads. All is well) Mmmmk, that's the week folks! Thanks for stopping by and seeing big beasty😀. Happy to have her around and happy that you all stopped by for a gander. I sincerely wish you a happy, content and healthy week with you, your friends and family. Much love and take care all. Cheers!✊👋 **Special Note Edit** I've been seeing many beautiful and unknown/unseen grows and growers as of late. Some or most of these individuals are very talented but don't have too many eyes on their projects. I started on Monday by tagging a grower and I feel I will tag a new grower twice a week, every week. These are just growers that I respect. Growers that are helpful, supportive and share the obsession. They may not get many views (yet) but if you all are interested, please to check them out and give em some love. I feel their efforts and grows deserve such love. The second person I'm tagging is @quackerjack. This dude has been supporting me and others for a looong time, puts out beautiful specimens and beauty bud. If you're looking for a good person to follow, a good person to talk too, this is the guy🙂. Check it out if you haven't already! Thanks all and happy trails👍

Hey, hey everyone. Welcome to Week 6 of Bloom w/ Granddaddy Bruce. The Deets: The Good: -Pretty much zero complaints about GDPB's progress this week. She is finally bulking up in the way I was really hoping that she would. Slow start man, but she is getting frosty and fat. I see the Bruce in her for sure. Waiting to see if I can see the GDP pop too😀 -Trichome heavy and is super sticky. Accidentally brush up against her? Alcohol swabs😂. Like hot damn, the resin is thick and is even weighing down her top fans. 3-4 weeks left to go, though....😐. Hell ya. -She's noticeably firmed up, and if I remove the ties, she only splays a bit. For such a tall girl I'm happy to see her lateral strength. The Bad: -Nnnnope! The 'Meh': -I felt I was easing into a higher ec feed pretty well, but some top side symptoms and a slight downward, marginal leaf curl has occurred on her largest fans. Hardly noticeable, but it's there and I feel I pushed her a little to hard. Next feed was going to be a straight tap w/ Humic and Molasses anyways, so I'm hoping to drop a bit of her excess. -Though her mains are getting nice and thick, I STILL feel she is behind her counterparts, the amount of growth/undergrowth and side laterals on the others is clearly more defined and abundant then GDPB. I also have done very little pruning on her, besides suckers. The smaller, lower laterals just don't seem to want to pump up yet. Probably good I have a second harvest planned with her, too. Notes of the Week: -As mentioned in DD and SC's entries the SF-2000 has come in, been tested and has been in operation since last Thursday. It. Is. Godly. Love it and so do they. -Pulled and formed GDPB and PSK. Super easy to move now. Not getting hung up and barley touching the edges of the tent. Good Form👌. DD and SC will need to be pulled in a bit this week. They hold their own and don't need bracing, but man do they need to be a tad smaller so I can actually move 'em. -I'm still recording my run-offs for a bit. Not concerned too much with the readings, but need a ballpark measurement to see if my new feeding schedule is working. It is...but definitely needs some more work and refining. PPM's seem to have spiked a little bit and that shouldn't happen...😵. Looking at their top-sides to see what I'm giving too much of. A couple tentative schedule changes have been made, but I'll observe this week to see if what I have planned is actually a good idea or not. Below are last run-off's read and yesterdays numbers. -Random note... I brought back my buddies 4 dying plants😃. After 8 months he finally allowed me to interject and help him out. Super stubborn older fella that's stuck in old habits. My first flush readings were -5pH and +4000ppm. Like, wow. It's been two weeks and another application/flush/micro-dose @ 6.7/6.8pH has brought them out of the worst of it. I'm hoping another week and another nutrient flush through will bring them back to normalcy. Did the second process today with him and halved the ppm's above, while raising pH by +.4-.5 per plant. A good start, but a ways to go. Wish me luck, lol!👌😄 These things are getting shorter👍. Just cruising along now and watching them show their literal and figurative "true colors". I feel this will be another good week and I sincerely hope you all have a great week as well. Take care and enjoy the girls. I'll catch ya'll very soon. Cheers grow boys and girls👋👊

Hello-hello. Here's another novel for you fine folks😅. This is Week 7 of Bloom w/ Grandaddy Bruce. The Deets: The Good: -GDPB had a pretty good week and put on some more weight. Her trich shedding is still in full force and is starting to get her terpene profile in order. Looks like Caryo for now, but I'm positive a few more noticeable aromas will pick up. -She is visibly healthy and still hasn't shown any signs of turning in yet. We may have awhile to go with this big girl (?) and I'm hoping this time will allow her to stack on even more bud weight. The Bad: -No bad this week! The 'Meh': -I'm glad she still looks like there's a ways to go with her because I'd like to see her get larger and put on more weight. She has caught up to her counterparts, but still feel she's a bit behind in terms of Bloom. Adjusted a feed this week to hopefully give her a kick without hurting her. So far, so good. -Weather sucks. Boo-urns. Notes of the Week: -All girls still have a ways to go. All trich's are transparent and there are only a few cloudy sticky trees's here and there. Space Cookies will probably be the first to go and is further along then the others. Other then that, it's just a waiting game and checking trich's daily. -Went back to King Kola by Emerald Harvest this week. Ran out of Massive by GP and not going for more. KK worked very well last grow and there has been no issue in it's application to any of the girls this round either. Running Mid-Bloom dosing (higher dose) and this may prolong my bloom a tad. Non-issue if they need more time though. -It appears the adjustment to my feed schedule worked out and besides a couple burnt tips here and there, they took the transition well and are taking what I'm giving. I'm not seeing any negative symptoms or issues with any of them, atm. Heeeey, that's it folks. Thanks for stopping by and checking out GDPB in all her sticky glory😀. Hope you all have a gooder and I'll see you ya'll next time. Cheers👋👊

Howdy folks. This is/was Week 8 of Bloom w/ Granddaddy Bruce. The Deets: The Good: -Pretty decent week w/ GDPB. She's putting on weight, getting top heavy and shedding oodles of trich's. -First signs this week that she's starting to turn in and it appears we're near end game. The Bad: -Moving along. The 'Meh': -Heat's been a solid 28-30 degrees in the day and 23-24 @ night. Pretty warm for her and she has some faint signs of fox tails going on (just like the others). Not really anything I can do... Girls are going to have to hold in there. -8 weeks of Bloom and I still feel she's a bit behind. With the first signs of turning in only happening now and trichs only starting to cloud out, she may take far longer then anticipated and that's going to mean down time before I can start grow #4. Notes of the Week: -Hot, eating a lot, and some burnt tips on all girls. No amount of fans or extraction will fix what I got. -Had to string up PSK and GDPB w/ yoyo's for getting so top heavy on such lanky laterals. Suppose that's a good thing though👍 -Hoping to have all the girls chopped down in 2-3 weeks and getting ready to go for grow #4. Found my new genetics (already got em😀) and waiting for my first seed exchange to arrive! I have choices to make now.... not really sure what's going in and only know of one that I'm 100% on. When I know I'll speak of it in future. -Starting to consider the move to soilless for grow #5. It's a ways away but trying to plan ahead and piece out what I'm looking for. I think it'll be time by then, to try something new and learn a bit more about different methods. I'll be bothering a few of you in the near future here. See what you do and how you do it👌. Thanks all for stopping by and I hope you have a great week out there. Enjoy the projects and take care! Cheers Folks👋✊

Howdy all and welcome to a late entry of GDPB @ the end of Week 9, Bloom. The Deets: The Good: -Pretty decent week w/ Granddaddy Bruce. She's really stacking trichs right now and is becoming ghostly white. -She is turning in and this is end game👍. Have started to process of running her down and she will see the chop next week! The Bad: -Nope!😀 The 'Meh': -So the writing is on the wall... not a lot of product here. Where's Bruce's girth and GDP's color? I hope the product is good...but I must say, I am quite disappointed w/ her overall development. I blame myself for some of these issues (stunting in veg), but this isn't all me. Genetics seem weak and I can only hope her fruit is decent. I've given her all the time she needs to prove herself, all the appropriate nutrients to kick her in the ass, but nothin... Maybe she'll put on more weight this final week, but I'll hold my expectations. -High heat and fox tailing. Same as last week. No biggie Notes of the Week: -Sunday/Monday will be Space Cookies final day w/ Dutchy close behind and tentatively chopping on Tuesday/Wednesday. PSK and GDPB are touch and go, but should be wrapped up by the end of next week (August 14/15th). -Slow turn in on GDPB and PSK, but DD and SC are fading perfectly in my eyes. Pretty autumn colors everywhere😀. Hoping the other two girls start to fade and we can finish this thang. -Dry tent is set up and my new 4x3x6 tent came in today. Going to set her up and get ready for a quick turnover. I will most likely be starting these girls in a separate location as it's technically illegal to do it while GDPB and PSK still stand...😒 Stupid bylaws (it's a seedling...) but will abide by it to keep myself out of harms way. Will probably be a pain, but buying those extra two weeks will be worth it👍 (right?) -Been dreaming relatively big lately, lol. Been writing up and scaling draft's for expansion, ranging from a 12 plant to 36 plant grow. Calculating loads, costs, rent, etc... It's a pipe dream at the moment, but I'm going to keep entertaining the thought😉. I'll withhold my expectations, but hey, nice to have a goal👌. -FIRST SUCCESSFUL SEED EXCHANGE! I did a seed exchange with a friend on GD and everything went swimmingly 👌. Worked out and we both have our respective packages😀. I received x1 Gorilla Zkittles, x1 Ayahuasca Purple, x1 Critical Kush, x1 White Widow, x1 Gelato OG and x1 BANANA KRUMBLE! All from Barney's and Seedsman, except for BK which is coming from GHSC. Thanks to you my friend for trusting me and doing this with me👍 It was fun and we know it'll work in future if we ever want to do er' again😀😉. Cheers man! Well, that's the week folks. Thanks for stopping by and checking it out. I won't be adding another post until the day of chop, where I'll do a final entry w/ final pictures. Cheers all you happy growers! Have a wonderful week. Cheers and happy trails

**August 24th Edit** Decided not to do another update on PSK or GDPB and will go directly to their Harvest entries w/ all pictures of their final days included👍. Thanks folks! See you next week with these girls final update😀 Howdy folks! So, I wasn't going to do another update and just wait till harvest, but plans have changed and both GDPB and PSK harvests have been postponed to allow more time for them to ripen up and fade furher. This'll be quick and dirty. The Deets: The Good: -She is starting to fade quite well and that's why I'm leaving her be. She was holding on to a lot of color but now we're starting to see the "P" in GDPurple... -Trich dev is in full swing still, and though mass has halted somewhat, she is still moving. The Meh: -Starting to fall apart a little bit. Even though it's natural and such, I was hoping she would hold up a bit better at the end. Oh well! -Just the postponement. I had it allll planned out but expectations are a son of gun, haha. Need patience😦 Notes of the Week: -Dutch Dragon was also postponed but she will not be getting an update. She is being taken down on the 16th, GDPB on the 19th and PSK on the 20th. There won't be a postponement this time. They will assuredly be finished. -Space Cookies is allll dry and I'm shocked... Thinking I would be luck to get 2 ounce, but this dense chick put out about 3 ounce of solid product. Frigging Sweet👌 -Next grow will start up pretty quick but the first update probably won't come down for two weeks. I did decide on a proxy location to keep er legal. Will have full access to them, it'll all be okay. Stopping there. Won't take too much of your time. Will update her final day, pictures and chop next time I pop on. Cheers folks! Have a gooder and I'll catch you on the flip side✊👋

Hello! Welcome to GDPB's final pictures and Harvest notes. Little behind on this but really have to get er done since I keep smoking the product before taking final weights😂. I didn't put up a final entry before harvest, so It'll all be included here. The Deets: GDPB was a strange one and I really don't know what to expect. Not many Grandaddy Bruce's around for me to compare too, so most of this grow felt like I was in the dark. She had a slow start and finish, had some nutrient problems (my bad) and was a very stretchy/hammy strain. Just like the other entries, we'll go into the positive and negative traits noticed, final weights, product/bud review and then some final thoughts on her. Here we go👍 The Positives: -She was a fighter. Her and PSK were the most affected by mistakes but unlike PSK, GDPB bounced back in far better condition afterwards. -She had very good form, even if a little to tall. Her lateral strength was there and she did carry well all the way up to the end when things did get a bit heavy and she splayed. -Trichome Development was very, very good with her and I didn't really question her potency throughout this grow. She looked like she would have a serious kick and that she should/would meet close to breeder projections. -After the stretch and some lighting issues, she did start to push very fine, tight and interconnecting inter-nodal points and bud sites. The end game stacks turned out pretty well and did noticeably bulk up in her final 2 weeks. The Meh's: -Hammy strain and hard to control even with the high intensity of the SF. I didn't have to do the same stoner bends on her that I did on PSK, but she was much too tall, stretched way too fast and I did tap out of room with maybe a couple inches to spare. If it wasn't for the new dimming dial on the SF-2000, I probably could have caused some heat stress. Avoided this by running 80% in her final days. -Terpene profile seems weak... a me issue? I'm not quite sure. She is peppery and sweet but her profile didn't really impress me at all. Figured this would be one stinky girl, but she didn't hit her full potential....in my mind. -Need to watch nutrient feeding with her as she is quite fussy. PPM's can compound quickly if not careful and on the opposite end of things she will suddenly eat very quickly and need a kick or boost of nutrients. It was weird... Everything with her for Bloom was specifically tailored for her since she was so different and picky. -Genetic Versatility still needs refining. Though I didn't have too many issues with her, it seems pretty clear that this strain needs some work. It's not garbage in any way, but it does have a ways to go in terms of being developed. Strain and Product Review: -Her aroma comes off as citrus and pepper but her smoke comes back sweeter. Definitely not bad at all and very serviceable, even if this profile could! be more refined. -Buds had good weight too them and were 50/50 in terms of density. Not too tight, not too fluffy, just right in the middle. Breaks up very, very well and smokes evenly (bong, pipe and joints). -Ball-park potency for me is around 22-23%. This is far off from the breeders projected 28% and for once I don't feel it's a "me" issue. I feel that they either pumped their numbers or this was the absolute best case scenario. Either way, I doubt she would actually hit 28-29 as stated. Buyer beware... -Her high is also 50/50 for me. She's highly serviceable and potent, buuuuut, she's lacking flavor and nuance. Pretty plain Jane smoke for me, even if it does have a kick and heavy stone. -High is pretty clear and focused (Thinking the Sativa in er). I have had no anxiety issues with this girl. Even though she's focused it is an eating, sleeping and couch lock high stone that is very good for letting go at the end of the day when there's nothing else to attend too. -Good Yeild👍. Expected no more then 3.5 ounces off of her, but with her surprising density, I pulled about 4.25 ounce. Just like the others, no complaints about that! -Smoke is very smooth and clear going in and out. Slight cough lock if you take a tad too much, but allll good The Numbers (Popcorn/LARF has been halved in the "Outcome" portion of this entry. I don't personally count it as whole bud and just half the product count. The numbers below are the true product numbers weighed) : Jar #1 Whole Bud: 30 Grams (1.07 ounce) Jar #2 Whole Bud: 31 Grams (1.11 ounce) Jar #3 Whole Bud: 32 Grams (1.14 ounce) Jar #4 Popcorn: 24 Grams (.86 ounce) Total Product Pulled: 117 Grams (4.18 ounces) Very happy with these numbers and the pull. She did well and this wasn't expected. She did really good... beyond my personal expectations. Grow #2 vs Grow #3: -Used Green Planet nutrient line and dropped GHE (except for Diamond Nectar and Rapid Start) -Inclusion of a second SF-2000 at the beginning of Bloom and decommissioning of the Phlizon 1200 Blurple -More soil aeration by conditioning with more perlite and peat moss substrate. -More circulation added into the unit to keep things moving and breathing. -Better bracing in place and planned further ahead of time. -Even with big Veg mistakes, I cut a full week off of veg. The SF and advanced nutrient schedule are to thank for that. Looking for a 6 week flip near future. Final Thoughts: This strain is serviceable and definitely worth a go if you're looking for potency. If you're looking for a something more nuanced and tasty...this probably ain't it. I feel this girl would work for both Indy and Sativa smokers as she sports both smoke characteristics. Cough lock/couch lock Indy combined with a focused head high from the sativa end. As mentioned before, it's a decent strain but needs more refining. If you're interested in her, maybe give it a couple more years (?). **Special Note** This was not a single plants pheno's. GDPB's were given to my friend who grew two of them. He didn't do that great of a job and it wasn't as potent or tasty, but the same characteristics were there and it just doesn't have "It" yet. If you have the room, give her a go! If you need every last inch of grow space, maybe find something better suited to your needs. That's it! That's the ball game folks. Thank you all for stopping by and giving GDPB love over her propagation. Tough go's here and there but we made it and we have some fruit👍. Much love to all you fine folks for kicking around and assisting me when things weren't that great... This harvest is just as much mine as it your's. Wouldn't have gotten her to end game in this shape if it weren't for ya'll. Cheers✊🙏