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Welcome to the grow :)
This is my 2nd journal on this glorious website. Got a lot of good tips and feedback last time so decided to start another two journals, this time each strain separate. This may turn into mainly a one plant grow as the Gorilla Glue i have has been stunted quite badly due to the shell not coming off the seed. She is growing now but very slow.
Placed BD seed in water for 18 hours till taproot broke the shell. Then planted into small 10cm pot with coco which had been pre soaked with 1.0 EC solution of Canna A/B and rhizotonic . Will transplant into 12L rhizopots in 2 weeks.
Week 2
She has started off slow, but since i transplanted her on Thursday (05/14) she has shown more growth, so hopeful she will start growing big from here on out. Once i start daily feedings she will really take off. Not too worried about time, i know the roots will fill the pot and she will flower when ready.
Transplanted into 12L rhizopots, with coco, bit of perlite and a bunch of mycorrhizal at the root zone to aid root development.
Looking forward to this grow!
Day22 or so
Slow start but she is happy, thinking whether i should top or just LST. Last time i just used LST and went well, want to see how topping will go though.
Not much to report, good growth, can see a difference each day. Will slowly start to introduce more frequent feedings and potentially get up to once a day.
27/05 - This is supposedly day 25. Time is really flying, she is growing well though, behind schedule but dont think she will flower till the roots are established and ready. She has a large pot to fill so may still be a while. Going to LST or top her tonight, still undecided. Will report back :)
Back - decided to top, what to i have to lose :)
4 June - Day 33
She is coming along nicely, into week 5 and seeing a few pistils here and there - think she will still grow a bit before flowering. Not much to report, healthy growth, she enjoys the daily feeding too.
Previous grow was very bushy and a lot of popcorn buds, so this grow defoling a bit to keep the amount of shoots under control. Ideally would like several well formed kolas.
Start of week 7
She is growing besides a smaller Gorilla Glue sister (left) in a smaller pot. Both are happy.
Blue Dream (right) is starting her stretch, will also defol a bit where i cant tuck, expose any bud sites to additional light.
End of Week 7/Start of Week 8 - Day 48
Quite amazed at the growth of this plant, looking back just 20 days and she was tiny, with few internodes etc, now she is super bushy, shoots and many potential bud sights. The coco medium, feeding till run off twice daily and the 150w quantum board really accelerate the growth. Hoping she will stretch a bit more and then stop, which should leave me with some nice sized kolas. She really is so bushy so i have had to defoliate, simply too many leaves and not enough light penetration. Last grow the plants didnt mind the defoliatiing and they all gave me nice yield, so i will continue with a similar process until i do my own side to side so i can decide for myself once and for all.
If this was a non autoflower plant i would have liked to clean away a lot more of the shoots to leave me with just like 8-12 kolas (perhaps in a future grow) - would probably call this mainlining. Really appreciate the training techniques and how the plants respond - gotta love nature!
This week sometime, potentially more towards the end (once shes finished stretching), i will add the PK Boost to the feed for just the week. This should aid in creating volume of the plant prior to putting on mass.
Day 53
Everything going well. Plucked a few leaves to increase light penetration and air flow. Not much to report, looking forward to seeing the kolas fatten up. Curious to see how this grow compares to the last without Canna Boost.
skoondawg
