2x2 Closet/Outdoor Auto Grow

Utilizing Marijuana Mommas feed schedule for Gaia Green Dry organic nutrients. Water sourced from a lake side natural spring filtered by heavy limestone deposits (7.5 ph at source). Will PH to between 5.8-6.2. Took a few days of dialing in new grow setup. 2x2x4 with a AC infinity T4, household sits around 30% RH, purchased new ultrasonic humidifier which was suited for up to 400 Sq Ft and not 16 sq ft. Faulty hygrometer showing tent at 50% RH and temps at around 20 Celsius. Swapped to another hygrometer, temps were actually around 17 Celsius and 90% RH, humidifier removed and set on high in bedroom containing grow tent. Tent RH boosted with wet face cloth to vary between 45-60% RH. Exhaust fan set on low. TIMELINE 18-19 April 2020: soaked seeds in solocup of non PH’ed fresh lake water for 24 hours. Moved to damp paper towel and ziplock bag, Blueberry showing small tap root already. Placed on warm surface for 24 hours (PS4 Lol). DAY 0 20 April 2020: Checked seeds, 2/2 both taproots showing. Blueberry has straight Taproot approx 0.5” long. Amnesia has a tap root encircling it approx 1” long, good to go. • Light intensity: HLG 135 QB dimmed to lowest setting (60 Watts) • Seeds each placed into 5 Gal fabric pots amended with Gaia Green 4-4-4 all purpose (2 tbsp/Gal media). Coco used is Canna Coco compressed bricks (40L) that were expanded with non PH’ed tap water (Expanded to fill 3 x 5 Gal pots to about 85%) mixed with 10-15% perlite (ran out) DAY 1 21 April 2020: Amnesia sprouted from coco. DAY 2 22 April 2020: Blueberry seed helmet visible just below coco surface. DAY 3 23 April 2020: Amnesia showing first set of of tiny shaped leaves. Blueberry’s through the coco surface and helmet gently removed. No sprouted round leaves yet. Light turned up to 80w to provide more heat in tent during daytime lights on. DAY 4 24 April 2020: No changes, light schedule changed to 19/5 to emulate northern summer light conditions. DAY 5 25 April 2020: Both seedling fully sprouted and opened up to the light. DAY 6 26 April 2020: Light dimmed to around 70w as generalized LUX reading exceeding ideal range for seedlings. DAY 7 27 April 2020: Both Seedlings look healthy with good vigor. Both seedlings have first set of small leaves and can see a second tiny set developing.

DAY 9 29 April 2020: plants look healthy, new growth slowly developing, not showing any issues due to watering. DAY 10 30 April 2020: doubled watering amount, no sign of overwatering. Lights turned up, overall tent air temp increased to 25 Celsius. DAY 11 01 May 2020: Lime green new growth working its way through to the leaves, need to monitor. The leaves are responding well to Increased light intensity, upright during lights on, lowered during darkness. Watered 150 ml with 1/8th tsp/gal dissolved into solution. DAY 14: 04 May 2020: tent temps exceeding 30 degrees at time, ensure both fans continue to run during lights on. Light bumped down slightly 90 watts to 75 watts. Plants watered with approx 500 ml of water to saturate all the media in the pot. 1/8th Tsp of organic blackstrap Molasses added to water. PH’ed 6.1.

DAY 15 05 May 2020: light bumped up to 110 watts without using Kil-a-watt meter, tent temps quite high Pushing 30•c range at times. High temps sucking humidity from the tent, difficult to maintain RH above 45%. Large wet towel added in addition to face cloth (in clone humidity done). Plants doing well. Staked stems with wire as they were quite flimsy. DAY 17 07 May 2020: stalks double in size over a few days, much more growth appearing, new shoots appearing at nodes. 4th node beginning to sprout. Nodes too close to begin LST, approx 1/4” apart. Blueberry showing leaf droop. DAY 18 08 May 2020: plants watered approx 750 ml each, 1/3 focused on fully saturating the base of stem and 2/3 water dedicated to The rest of media in the pot to assist in activating organic amended nutrients in coco. 1/4 tsp of organic blackstrap molasses and 1 ml/L of Sensi Cal Mag Xtra added to water, ph’ed 6.0. Foliar spray conducted on both plants as well. Began LST. DAY 19 09 May 2020: Discovery of spider mites on clone bought from a dispensary, mites spread to auto flowers. Completely checked all plants, both auto’s have limited number of eggs and few mites on the plants. Removed from grow space, disinfected tent and vacuumed. All plants sprayed with Safer’s Insecticidal Soap. Rechecked plants hours later, appears most are dead. Will reapply insecticidal treatment two more times spread 3 days apart. Sprayed during lights out with no breeze in tent. Light adjusted to 75 watts as plants showing stress under higher wattage, minimal signs of canoeing and very minimal tip burn. Day 20 10 May 2020: monitoring plant conditions, checking for mites that survived. Reapplication following day. Day 21 11 May 2020: Mite Treatment, Safer’s Insecticidal soap applied to surface Nd under leaves during lights out with no breeze. LST tweaks made as plants growing daily.

DAY 22 12 May 2020: Watered each plant with about 600 ml each of Ph 6.2 distilled water at lights out. Watered outside edge of pots working in, to encourage roots expansion to seek moisture throughout media. Stalks thickening nicely, especially on the amnesia auto. LST adjustments made daily, tucking fan leaves and exposing growth sites. DAY 23 13 May 2020: both plants showing signs of light stress on new growth, light dimmed to 55w as the plants continue to grow closer and get closer at they grow despite aggressive LST. DAY 25 15 May 2020: Amnesia Auto doing very well, leaf tucking and adjusting tie downs every 12 hours roughly, both plants are continuing to grow. The blueberry auto is much smaller and appears to be slightly stunted, it continue to grow nonetheless. Minor défoliation conducted. DAY 26 16 May 2020: Both plants topped. Soils reamended with 1.5 Tbsp/Gal of 50/50 All Purpose 4-4-4 and bloom 2-8-4. Watered approximately 750 ml each of ph 6.0. Water contained 1 tsp/Gal Unsulphured Blackstrap Molasses and 1.5 ml/litre of Sensi Cal Mag Extra. DAY 27 17 May 2020: Light adjusted heightened to tents absolute roof allowing 8-9” more room. Light turned up to 75 watts. Will monitor for stress. LST adjustments.

DAY 29 19 May 2020: light increased to 85 watts. Monitoring for tip burn. DAY 30 20 May 2020: Daily leaf tucking and rest adjusting LST tie downs. Minor defoliation to the odd fan leaf become a nuisance. Watered with 800 ml each including dissolved organic Blackstrap molasses at 0.25 tsp/L. Both top plants showing two developing branches on the main stem after topping. DAY 32 22 May 2020: Light bumped up to 100 watts. DAY 34 24 May 2020: Amnesia Auto has been displaying yellowing in some leaves. Monitoring on going. Moving towards a light green coloration. Plants fed approx 1200 ml of work casting tea as top 2” of media was Bone dry. Top dressed with 1/2 cup of worm castings, 1/4 cup of diatomaceous earth and 1 tsp of NPK Bloom Microbes. Worm casting tea consisted of 2 cups of loose worm castings and 3 tbsp of Organic unsulphured Black strap molasses Brewed for 24 hours. Tea was naturally sitting at 6.1 ph after brewing. Day 35 25 May 2020: will be adjusting PH up to 6.5-6.8 to protect the microbial life in the media, as the dry amendments should be treated closer to soil then strictly salt based nutrients in coco. Will continue to monitor lead yellowing.

DAY 36 26 May 2020: been difficult to keep tent temps down, warm weather has struck and its difficult to keep bedroom temp down as well. Recent rain brought the atmospheric RH up the 65%. Considering transitioning plants outdoor to optimize growth. plants transitioned outdoors at 11 am. New light schedule shows natural sunlight to be 17 hrs a day (9pm-4am). DAY 37 27 May 2020: plants fully placed outdoor day/night. They receive a foliar spray containing 1 tbsp/5L of epsom with dechlorinated tap water 3-4x day depending on heat. Plants received a full watering with approx 1.2 Ltr each ph’ed to 6.5 as organic microbial life should be protected, treat like soil ph 6.5-6.8. DAY 39 29 May 2020: there have been a variety of changing outdoor conditions, from warm and sunny to dark and raining with everything in between. Plants still receive foliage spray on hotter sunny days. Night time temps have been around 10-15 Celsius. Both plants received a defoliation based on growth structure potential for pests. A chubby young raccoon has been through the smart pots of a few times causing minimal impact on the plant and growing medium. DAY 40 30 May 2020: re-adjustments made to LST tie downs. Plants receive small rain waterings naturally through their time outdoors. Will supplement waterings based on pot weight.

DAY 43 02 June 2020: Intermittent weather, not ideal. Plants are not showing any signs of stress currently. Plants have been brought in over night when temperatures dip below 10 Celsius. DAY 44 03 June 20: Plants have been steadily growing outdoors, due to frequent showers they receive frequent rain watering. plants are watered based on pot wait. The plants have not been receiving optimal sunlight as the weather has been very cool, mild and cloudy. Plants are still demonstrating fair vegetative growth regenerating approximately 50% of the foliage removed last week. No significant updates to report aside from small patches of leaves being eaten by small insects. plants still appear healthy. DAY 45 04 June 20: plants top dressed with 2 tbsp/5 Gal of slow release mineralized phosphate (Phillipino bat guano) as they proceed in to flower. Watered in with minor defoliation and adjustments to LST tie downs. DAY 47 06 June 20: received sporadic rain throughout the evening. 1-2mm pots still have Some weight. No water necessary. DAY 48 07 June 20: watered to 6.7 ph approx 2L each with 1.5 Tsp/Litre Of Epsom Salt. DAY 49 08 June 20: Loving the sun. Pits still have some decent weight to them. Plants increasing water consumption through flower.

DAY 50 09 June 20: Mild trichome production on Auto BB and beginning to develop on Auto Amnesia. Auto BB +60-75 days strain while Auto Amnesia is +80 Days. DAY 52 11 June 20: Watered 2L each ph to 6.5. DAY 56 15 June 20: watered 3L each ph at 6.4 to run off with compost tea (3.5 Gallons/ 3 Tbsp of Molasses/2 cups worm castings) brewed for 22 hours.

Day 58 17 June 20: Plants are loving the sun and fattening up Later into flower. Not showing any deficiencies and consuming about 500 ml water daily on a hot day. Day 62 21 Jun 20: waterEd approx 2.5L each ph to 6.4. Plants getting roughly 9 hours of direct sunlight a day.

Day 64 23 June 20: Watered plants approx 2.5L each of water ph’ed to 6.5 And conducted minor defoliation of damaged or selective leaves. Day 65 24 June 2020: adjusted the tie down on plant added some to open up the budsight to allow more light penetration. Day 66 25 June 20: Watered with worm casting tea, 3 Gal brewed for 24 hrs with dechlorinated tap water. Mixed in 3 tbsp of unsulphured molasses, 2 cups of worm castings. Ph to 6.5 and hand watered with approximately 3 L.

Day 71 30 June 20: started to see the Auto BB begin to fade out starting with oldest fan leaves since veg. Auto Amnesia is a few days behind but now begin to show lighter green hues in fan leaves. Day 74 3 July 20: watered approx 2.5 L each of dechlorinated tap water ph to 6.4 Day 77 7 July 20: moved indoor to grow tent for dark period before chopping. Looking like 30-40% amber trichomes on the highest buds and about 0-5% on the lowest, smallest airy buds.

Day 79 from Seed 9 July 20: After close to 40 hours of darkness and rechecking the trichomes, both plants are 85% cloudy and varying degrees of about 15% amber (top buds are more and lower buds have fewer). Ideally this is what I wanted. Both plants were chopped and hung to dry. Currently the humidity is 60% in the tent.

Easy to grow, I felt topping both plants slowed them down in the last week of veg. Overall outdoor conditions stressed the plants slightly but no overly, they were quite resilient and the blueberry yielded some nice finger sized top colas. Most of the buds ended up being quite small and airy.

Buds were not very large or dense a lot of the plant was airy and small buds which made trimming annoying. Overall the plant did not produce as much as I’d like but was resilient to all training and finished within the breeder suggested timeline. Harvested with 10% amber trichomes on average.