Sour Diesel - first grow

27/04/20 - Germination @ 8:00 Soaked 3 xS.Diesel & 2 X Critical seeds, By 18:00 they had sunken to the bottom of their containers S.Diesel first. 22:00 placed all 5 seeds in a wet kitchen towel inside of a ziplock bag in a warm cupboard under a dark T-shirt. 28/04 - Germination 08:00 Taproots are fully showing on all 3x S. Diesel. 1 x Critical has a small taproot showing and the other is barely peeking out. The bag they're in is nicely condensed. Planted all 5 seeds in Biobizz Light mix and placed in the dark warm tent 24'C 29/04 - day 1 06:00 turned on the light & ventilation in the tent for the first time. Light 30" above the pots on the timer for 18hrs Temp is sitting at 28C. Humidity @ 33% - Ordered TaoTronics Humidifier arrives on Sat 2nd I'd like humidity up to 50% Sprayed each pot with 150ml Evian 18:30 Both Critical seeds have just risen above the surface of the soil. 30/4 - day 2 Night temp is 23C 08:00 all 3 Sour Diesel and both Critical plants have now popped their first leaves above the surface of the soil 01/05 - day 3 Taotronics Humidifier arrived off Amazon. Excellent bit of kit! Temp 24c Humidity 50% Second set of leaves are showing on all plants. 02/05 - day 4 Humidity 50% Temp 24.9c The second set of leaves are unfurling nicely. Stems are a nice dark colour and leaves are vibrant. Sprayed each plant with 100ml Evian 03/05 - day 5 Humidity 51% Temp 25c Soil is a little dry, I'll water thoroughly in the morning when they'll really appreciate it. I don't want to soften them up too much as one S.Diesel and both Critical will be going outdoors to live in the woods hopefully by the end of week two they'll be ready and the weather a little warmer. 🤞🏽 04/05 - day 6 🍼 Humidity 50% Temp 24c First feed. Halved the prescribed dosage - Mixed 1litre - 250ml of solution per plant.

07/05 - Day 9 Height 5" Temp 26c Humidity 61% 08/05 - Day 10 🍼 Temp 27c Humidity 60% They're all looking good. One is slightly top-heavy and required a little assistance in standing upright. She'd fully recovered with the hour. Strong! Second feeding and their first full dose of nutrients today. 200ml solution each. Last dose of Root-Juice I'm hoping to move them outdoors sometime towards the end of next week. 09/05 - Day 11 Temp 28c Humidity 65% You can literally see them wallowing contentedly in their feed from yesterday. Their colour is getting more vivid and if I happen to brush my hand against them I can smell the pungent aroma brewing within. Green & funky like cana-sweat. 10/05 - Day 12 Temp 25c Humidity 57% They're starting to resemble something out of film "Little Shop of Horrors" plumping up nicely. One, in particular, is beginning to reach out of her pot in circumference oddly though, she was the runt of the pack at the get-go. Her sister next to her is developing in a far more compact manner yet seems fleshier, more condensed in leaf structure. Interesting considering they're both Royal Queen Seeds from the same strain (Sour Diesel). 11/05 - Day 13 🍼 Temp 23c Humidity 54% I can see a definite increase in leaf and stem size overnight. almost standing @ 7cm each Fed the beasties this morning 08:30 - 200ml each - switched the 2ml Bio-Grow for 2ml Fish-mix 17:00 - it's only been 9hrs since feeding them and the difference in size is remarkable after adding the Fish-mix. It's as if they're on steroids! 12/05 - Day 14 Temp 23c Humidity 52% The feeding they received yesterday morning has really boosted growth in all directions, jumping from 6cm to 7.5cm in height. This is the most pronounced growth they've shown to date. 13/05 - Day 15 Temp 25c Humidity 59% Height 8cm Happy little monsters getting greener by the day.

14/05 Day 16 🍼 Temp 23c Humidity 56% Height 9cm Fed each of the little monsters 200ml solution this morning. They're looking LUSH and definitely ready to move outdoors beginning of next week 15/05 Day 17 Temp 25c Humidity 54% Height 9.5cm A lot more lateral and lower growth over the last 24hrs. They seem to be playing catch up with each other as they're all evening out to the exact same height now. 16/05 Day 18 Temp 23c Humidity 55% Height 10.2cm So the plan is to wait until they've added another 2 nodes (currently on 4) then transplant outdoors(By the rate at which they're growing after each feeding, this should be by the end of next week.) wait one more week to let them acclimatise before their first topping in prep for mainlining. 17/05 Day 19 Temp 23c Humidity 56% Height 10.5cm Loads more lateral growth and filling out at the nodes. The main fan leaves are becoming huge. I've let them really dry out this time in prep for leaner times ahead once they move outdoors Will feed in the morning. 18/05 Day 20 🍼 Temp 25c Humidity 52% Height 10.5cm Feed my harem today slightly later at midday after the Calmag arrived. Upped their solution from 200ml to 300ml per plant. Added 0.3ml Biobizz Calmag as a preventative measure They looked slightly droopy for once. Their odour is becoming pleasantly funkier and their stalks are beginning to resemble miniature trunks now. Only 9 hours after feeding these little monsters and they've increased in height by 2cm and one by a whole 3cm. 🤩 BioBizz is The Bollox 💪🏼🙌🏼👍🏼 19/05 Day 21 Temp 25c Humidity 62% Height 13.5cm The Harem is barely recognisable from yesterday, they're expanding rapidly in all directions and although they've always been a vibrant shade of green they've just stepped up their colour game to the next level of lushness. It must be the BioBIzz Calmag I fed them yesterday. They seem to love it! 20/05 Day 22 🍼 Temp 27c Humidity 64% Height 16.7cm I had to feed the beasties again as they were dry as this morning and as you can see they've shot up by 3.2cm overnight 🚀 This is the shortest time between feedings as well as their biggest growth spurt to date.

21/05 Day 23 Temp 27c Humidity 70% Height 18cm All good in the Harem they are definitely getting thirstier as their root mass expands. Change in the master plan after realising whilst calculating the amount of🌞they'll be exposed to outdoors that if I move them from their current 18hrs💡indoors to 11hrs🌞outdoors that they'll prob go into flower. A rookie mistake on my part.😤 I should have put them out at a much younger age. Thankfully the guys on here recommended vegging indoors for another 3 to 4 weeks then moving them outdoors when at that time they'll be ready to go into flower. So topping and training shall start indoors then. This means transplanting them indoors too. Not quite what I had in mind as space will be a little too cramped in the tent for my liking not to mention relocating them to the woods in 22L grow bags. Nothing stealthy about that🤦‍♂️🏼 can't believe I overlooked something so fundamental. 22/05 Day 24 🍼 Temp 26c Humidity 70% Height 18.5cm Today the monsters got an upgrade. New homes 16L & 22L Root Pouches. The size difference in pouches is a result of whoever packed my order fukt it up and sent me 2 sizes instead of the 5 x 22's I ordered. I only noticed this once the soil was in(BioBIzz All MIx). Anyway, the main focus of this grow is on the Sour Diesel so they're in the 3 x 22's & the Critical are in the 2 x 16's. They (Critical) came as free seeds and to be honest I don't like Indica or Indica strong strains so their sole purpose is to recoup the costs incurred during this grow. Fed them each 1L of solution. 23/05 Day 25 Temp 26c Humidity 60% Height 20cm The girls are looking extremely perky this morning and have recovered well from their move yesterday. 24/05 Day26🍼 Temp 25c Humidity 60% Height 23cm Bigger pots =BIGGER APPETITES! Fed the monsters 1.5L of solution each. Halved the dosage of FishMix and replaced the other half with BIoGrow. Hold on tight ladies 🚀😅 25/05 Day 27 Temp 26c Humidity 50% Height 24.5cm Plenty of lateral growth going on between them all. Looking SUPER healthy! 26/05 Day 28 🍼💇‍♀️🏼,💇‍♀️🏼,💇‍♀️🏼,💇‍♀️🏼,💇‍♀️🏼,💇‍♀️🏼,💇‍♀️🏼,💇‍♀️🏼,💇‍♀️🏼,💇‍♀️🏼,💇‍♀️🏼,💇‍♀️🏼,💇‍♀️🏼,💇‍♀️🏼,💇‍♀️🏼,💇‍♀️🏼,💇‍♀️🏼,💇‍♀️🏼,💇‍♀️🏼,💇‍♀️🏼,💇‍♀️🏼,💇‍♀️🏼,💇‍♀️🏼,💇‍♀️🏼,💇‍♀️🏼,💇‍♀️🏼,💇‍♀️🏼,💇‍♀️🏼,💇‍♀️🏼,💇‍♀️🏼,💇‍♀️🏼,💇‍♀️🏼,👯‍♀️ Temp 26c Humidity 70% Height 24.5cm The Harem got a makeover today. They're probably hating on me right now so I gave them a feed (1L of solution each) this should restore their faith in the human. First topping, defoliation & training in preparation for the mainlining to come. 👯‍♀️Cloned the tops I removed using some samples of Carbon Copy & Clone Guard I was given by the rep from Flying Skull who was at my local grow shop the other day. It's all a bit too chemical ☠️ for my liking but let's see what happens 27/05 Day 29 Temp 27c Humidity 70% Everybody looks remarkably perky this morning considering what happened to them yesterday. I'm well impressed by their resilience. Even the clones are not showing any visible signs of stress. I seem to have been forgiven 😅

28/05 Day 31 Temp 25c Humidity 69% We had a slight mishap ths morning after shifting the fastenings further toward the end of the stems being trained I came back a couple of hours later and noticed that one of them had snapped whilst I'd been away! 🚑👨‍⚕️🏼Quickly bandaged her up with a sliver of duct tape, lit a candle and asked The Plant Gods for forgiveness✨ It's now 23:00 and her leaves on the injured limb have perked up and other than the obvious silver band supporting her it looks as though nothing happened. Feeling extremely fortunate! 29/05 Day 32 Temp 25c Humidity 58% All The Monsters are bouncing back from their recent makeover even the one with the gammy arm! 2 of the clones look a bit tragic the other look mummified! It's hard to tell what's going on with that Clone Guard s it seems to encase the plant in a film of sorts. 30/05 Day 33 🍼 Temp 26c Humidity 59% fed the beasties 1.5L of solution each today. I'm impressed with the results after their recent toping and training. The new growth on each is quite something now that all of their energies are being focused rather than dispersed throughout the plant to unnecessary foliage. 31/05 Day 34 Temp 25c Humidity 73% 2nd topping in the mainlining process this morning. I don't think they care anymore. No wilting or visible signs of shock 💪🏼 1/06 Day 35 Temp 25c Humidity 65% Not a lot going on since yesterday. Soil is a little dry will feed in the morning 2/06 Day 36 🍼 Temp 28c Humidity 55% feeding time for the beasties. 1.5L of solution each. The new nodes are really speeding along now. Ready for more training soon 3/06 Day 37 Temp 27c Humidity 59% These little monsters are almost ready to be topped again and retrained. The growth after feeding is phenomenal! BioBizz all the way🤩

4/06 Day 38 Temp 28c Humidity 65% I was going to top and retrain again today but will only have the metal stakes for their training rings returned from the blacksmith tomorrow where they are being modified to the appropriate length for the depth of the root pouches. I'm really eager to get this process executed asap. 5/06 Day 39 Temp 23c Humidity 58% Right now it looks like there's a fetish party's going down in the harems tent. Everyone is topped and trained to their new racks. Quite an impressive sight! Don't hate me, ladies, remember who feeds you 😈 6/06 Day 40 🍼 Temp 25c Humidity 62% Fed the besties 1.5L of solution each and tightened up some of the restraints I added yesterday. No damage done this time and everyone looks completely recovered 👍🏼 7/06 Day 41 Temp 26c Humidity 61% Strangely enough, they all now seems to thrive on the toppings and training. The resulting new growth is really impressive. 8/06 Day 42 Temp 23c Humidity 57% Tightened a few more of the restraints this morning as I want this new set of nodes to be as perpendicular to the ground as possible 9/06 Day 43 🚑 Temp 22c Humidity 60% Today was a bad day. I may have overtightened them yesterday morning because by this morning I'd lost three branches. So I'm down 3 colas😤 Immediately removed the green plastic-coated gardener's wire I've been using and replaced with super fluffy softer wired pipe cleaners. The canopy now resembles a Dr Sues landscape! 10/06 Day 44 🍼 Temp 24c Humidity 66% My Paralympic entries for the Ganja Olympics are in a proper state this morning, battered and bandaged. I'm a terrible parent I should and myself into the PPS. And I'm not even drinking 😂 We made up over 1.5 litres of Magic Potion this morning. By late afternoon, my little light whores had their bounce back (minus a few limbs)🤦‍♂️🏼

11/06 Day 45 Temp 25c Humidity 57% Not a lot to report, I'm going to leave them be until their next feeding on Sunday 12/06 Day 46 Temp 27c Humidity 60% 13/06 Day 47 🌞 Temp 28c Humidity 67% Ordered another Spider Farmer light. This time the SF4000. Combined with the Sf2000 I'm currently growing under it'll be 600W or as near to as possible. It should arrive in time for flowering at the end of next week. 14/06 Day 48 🍼 Temp 27c Humidity 65% Fed the monsters 1.5L of solution each. Retrained and defoliated the lower fan leaves and removed some new tops that are appearing in order to create more space between branches Another two weeks like this and I'll switch them into flower 15/06 Day 49 Temp 28c Humidity 59% Slight tweaking of the training I did yesterday. Everyone looks happy and growing in the right direction. 16/06 Day 50 Temp 28c Humidity 59% Left the ladies to recover and compose themselves today. 17/06 Day 51 Temp 28c Humidity 59% trimmed a few nodes of one that was injured so I let it to grow out a bit more and recover

18/06 Day 52 Temp 26c Humidity 62% Fed each 1.5L of solution. Starting to show impressive results from all their training. I think I saw GNATS this morning 😱 I hate the FUKKERS. Sprayed intensely with Ecofective. They have no chance 😈 19/06 Day 53 💇‍♀️🏼 Temp 26c Humidity 64% Major defoliation and re-training this morning. I think this will be the final session of branch training as they've just reached the desired diameter and come just to the periphery of the support frames and so giving lots of space for those fat colas to develop when they arrive. I'm really keen to get the flowering underway! 20/06 Day 54 Temp 28c Humidity 56% We definitely have signs of life! The clones made 26 days ago on 26/05 Day 28 have been steadily coming to life over the last 3 days. Today they look, Bonsai Magnificent 🙏🏼 They'll be off to the great outdoors soon and their own separate diary entry. 21/06 Day 55 🍼 Temp 27c Humidity 60% All of the beasties have made a full recovery from their makeover two days ago. I think one more defoliation and training session before I initiate flowering. They've worked hard for it! 22/06 Day 56 Temp 25c Humidity 61% The Harem's out the gate! Another 6 inches of veg and I'll flip to flower. Now they're perfect for it 23/06 Day 57 💡💡 Temp 31c Humidity 61% Added SF 4000 this morning, that's another 420w to the existing 200. The latest SF-4000 has a dimmer mounted next to the drivers. Currently running on 75% Must watch the temp as extra wattage has added extra heat. Ordered another Monkey Fan. Seat-belts buckled 🚀 24/06 Day 58 🍼🍼 Temp 29c Humidity 52% Fed the beasties 2L of solution each this morning. Need to weight the training rings down as they're pulling them out of the ground 💪🏽 Temp is slightly down but I'm aiming for around 27c. Gonna be hard as combined with the summer, the extra light is a beast💥

25/06 Day 59 Temp 29c Humidity 60% Not a lot going other than these healthy little beasties rocketing towards their flower period 26/06 Day 60 Temp 29c Humidity 52% All good with these beasties 😎 27/06 Day 61 🍼🍼 Temp 26c Humidity 50% Fed 2L of solution each. Veg is really filling in now. I just need some extra height before flipping to flower 28/06 Day 62 Temp 24c Humidity 52% MONSTERS💪🏼😂 29/06 Day 63 🍼🍼✂️ Temp 26c Humidity 55% Fed again this morning as they had dried out considerably in only 2 days! Combo of the extra heat from the new light and the summer heat. Removed all of the really big fan leaves and cleared out the centre of the plants for more air circulation and better heat control 30/06 Day 64 Temp 27c Humidity 58% full recovery from yesterdays barbering. I like how they are looking now, all the tedious training is paying off 01/06 Day 65 Temp 26c Humidity 55% Looking great. Ready for a feed tomorrow. Raised the fans as they've grown enough this week to shield the wash of the air

Final week of Veg! Just waiting for a window in this shite weather to move the clones outdoors before flipping to 12/12 02/07 Day 66 🍼🍼✂️ Temp 27c Humidity 56% Fed 2L of solution each. Light defoliation of lower and hidden fan leaves The final week of Veg! Just waiting for a window in this shite weather to move the clones outdoors before flipping to 12/12. 03/07 Day 67 Temp 27c Humidity 52% Not a lot going on other than this ridiculously shite weather! The outdoor girls seem to love it though!? 04/07 Day 68 Temp 26c Humidity 50% Another rainy day at least it enables me to turn the humidifier off. 05/07 Day 69 🍼🍼✂️⏰ Temp 27c Humidity 47% The Beasties were really droopy and thirsty this morning. Fed 2L or solution each and switched to flower (12/12)⏰ Defoliated lightly (a few underlying big fans) 06/07 Day 70 (1 ⚘) Temp 27c Humidity 56% After yesterdays feeding they all look very excited and are worshipping the lights. I love seeing them like this! Dropped the lights down to 18" above canopy height. It's time to release the bud beasts within 😈 07/07 Day 71 (2 ⚘) 🍼🍼✂️ Temp 27c Humidity 56% Fed the monsters 2L of solution each this morning. Their appetite has doubled in the last week Added Bio-bloom & Top-max to the equation as well as swapped out the FishMix for BioGrow Took a few fan-leaves from the lower regions to open up a bit more as the temps are verging on the high side. This is a result of adding the new light. definitely need a bigger grow space next time to combat the extra heat generated by the lights. 08/07 Day72 day 72 (3 ⚘) Temp 26c Humidity 62% Day three of flower and already I see a few pistils showing 💪🏼 Looks as if it's time to up their feeding to every 2 days as they're drying out faster than ever.

09/07 Day 73 🍼🍼 Temp 27c Humidity 62% Height 41cm Fed 2L of Solution each. The first week of flower and they're literally falling over themselves to do so! Feeding every 2nd day from now on 10/07 Day 74 Temp 24c Humidity 57% Height 42cm These ladies are growing legs with stars in their eyes!! 🤩🚀 I could easily have fed them as they were showing signs of slight drought, possibly move to a daily feed schedule? 11/07 Day 75 🍼🍼✂️ Temp 24c Humidity 57% Height 44cm Lolipopped and defoliated quite heavily this morning. This may be a little overdue but as I'm new to this I decided to wait for a bit until I was sure I would not be removing anything that would be beneficial in the future. I am after all primarily mainlining for colas. This will be the last trim for the next 2 weeks. The Harem looks devastated. There's zero love in here for the human today 🤦‍♂️🏼 Fed each 2L of Solution - doubled the BioBloom dosage from 1ml/L to 2ml/L 12/07 Day 76 🍼🍼 Temp 27c Humidity 52% Height 45cm Fed the beasties again (2 each) as they were dry and the pots felt considerably lighter. Time to get as much into them as is safely possible 13/07 Day 77 Temp 28c Humidity 46% Height 47cm They look so happy to finally be allowed to flower. Proper little stargazers! 🤩 It's been a long process for both of us. Depending on the weight of their pots I may feed again this eve. 14/07 Day 78 🍼🍼 Temp 28c Humidity 49% Height 47cm Fed 2L of solution each. It's clear to see the change in their metabolism, they're necking the moisture like it was a good night out! 15/07 Day 79 Temp 29c Humidity 52% Height 50cm Hands in the air, smelling sweet as and never looked better.

Weekly updates from now on as there's not a lot going on except for bud building💪🏼 16/07 Day 79 Upped their feeding to 2L of solution every day 🍼🍼 22/07 Day 85 ✂️ This is their final defoliation in flower. Very pleasantly surprised by what I found hidden in the foliage.

23/07 Day 86 Week 3 of Flower Discovered an infestation of fungus gnats. FUKKERS! Added a 2" layer of super fine playground sand to the surface of each pot to combat this plague of evil winged vermin. I find that although the fabric pots are beneficial in term of root oxygenation they make the perfect accommodation for these little bastards due to their lack of rigidity, they pull away from the soil leaving perfect dark spaces around the periphery for these little fukkers to move into and start a colony. Overwatering is definitely NOT an issue here as each 20L pot only gets 2L of solution and there's never any runoff. Buds are starting to frost up nicely and are extremely sticky 👍🏼 27/07 ✂️ Removed a few leaves that would potentially overhang any buds. The playground sand is working except for a few that were caught out when I added it and now seem to be inhabiting the exterior of the fabric pots! Must find out if the larvae are capable of feeding off the felt the pots are made of? 😱