Gorilla Haze Outdoor

Jayann Planted in a solo cup with Happy Frog soil. Broke surface on 5/9/20. Misted as needed.

Jayann Watered with approx 2 tbsp water and misted as needed.

Jayann This girl was so ready to get out of her cup and into the ground. You can see her size difference in just 2 days once she got in the ground. Transplanted on 5/23/20 into 3 gallons of Great Lakes Water Only soil. Heavy rainfall on the evening of 5/23/20 & 5/25/20. Plant took to transplant well. Neem oil applied on 5/26/20.

Jayann Plant seemed to take well to the transplant. Heavy rainfall in the evening began the week on 5/25/20 and was what I believe was the beginning of bad things. My rain water pH sits at about 5.5 and the plants had been accustomed to the 6.5 pH I was providing indoors. I do not believe the Great Lakes Water Only soil contained enough buffer to accommodate that. 1/4 cup of lime raked in as a top feed on 6/3/20. You can see some tip damage and some pretty significant curling down of the tips as well as spotting. Seems to show signs of calcium deficiency (likely caused by soil pH and not the soil content mixture). Being that I am new to this brand soil, I am going to give the plant some time to adjust and hope that things will even out a bit with that lime. I decided that since the plant had already shot up to about 5 inches, I was going to retop at the 3rd node and get rid of some of that affected growth. New growth seems to continue with same issues although it has not yet rained since placing the lime but even then it is slow leeching via top soil. I sprayed the plants with Neem oil on 5/26/20 due to some holes I was seeing in the leaves of one of the other plants in the garden. Plant was originally topped on 5/31/20 at the 5th node and the second topping was done on 6/1/20. Growth has not seemed to slow after either topping aside from possibly some height which I am actually trying to avoid Our plants can not be visible to neighbors or passer bys and last year one of the plants hit 7 feet which is not very well hidden behind a 6 foot fence. New growth has not seen any improvement and I may need to hit it with some CalMag. More heavy rainfall during most of the day on 5/29/20. The weather has not been very kind and is 100% a contributing factor to upcoming issues. Next week I will also introduce the first inoculation tea which is my first ever AACT I will brew. Water and the occasional tea once every 2 weeks is all this is soil supposedly needs to take but that has been proven to be challenging outdoors. The soil is performing beautifully indoors BTW!

Jayann So during week 5 is when we really begin to see what appears to be either some type of deficiency, lockout, pests, etc and as the week progresses, the issues continue to get worse, not better. The source is still unclear as there is no improvement with any new growth. The new growth starts to come in (in a very strange way I might add. the new growth is abnormally small) and then that new growth starts beginning to show signs of issues within a few days. Notably, the size of the growth and the curling under of the new growth. Plant was treated with neem during the week in an effort to curb any potential pest issues. All garden mates are showing the exact same signs. I do not have notes as to when they were sprayed because my grow software with my notes has stopped functioning. Plant was given an inoculation tea on 6/9/20 consisting on 2 cups great lakes worm castings and 2 tbsp unsulfured molasses in 5 gallons of water brewed for 24 hours with air stones and ph'd to 6.0. For the record, this diary is be updated from many week into the future. I continued to document the downfall and will slowly beginning to update the weeks but, I stopped journaling it because I truly did not think anything would come from the plants. I mean the downfall gets REALLY bad over the coming weeks while I search for any and every answer. We are now a month off into the future and they are just now starting to make a comeback which is why I decided to revisit. I think many will enjoy seeing not only the downfall but the absolute

Jayann The new growth appears to be a little healthier this week but also continues to curl down pretty heavily after coming in. The growth size is still relatively small. Still sprayed again with neem because during this week I became more convinced that it was pests. Plant has been given nothing but rainwater since transplant so there has been very little pH fluctuation. Put dichotomous earth down on 6/18/20. Watered with rain water on 6/13/20 and again on 6/18/20. For the record, this diary is be updated from many week into the future. I continued to document the downfall and will slowly beginning to update the weeks but, I stopped journaling it because I truly did not think anything would come from the plants. I mean the downfall gets REALLY bad over the coming weeks while I search for any and every answer. We are now a month off into the future and they are just now starting to make a comeback which is why I decided to revisit. I think many will enjoy seeing not only the downfall but the absolute comeback.

Jayann Ok now we are actually starting to see a little bit of normalcy. Leaves have grown to a typical size for the plant and height shot up like crazy. We are starting to see some actual green that appears to be unaffected by whatever issues it was having. Her first tea application looked to be very beneficial. Sprayed one last time with neem before the days started getting shorter. I don't know if it is the lime, DE, tea or just mother nature but I think I may actually get something from this plant! In retrospect, transplant + pH change + another topping never even gave her a fair shake at recovery. Too much too soon. Plant was watered on 6/22 rain water. A second tea was brewed on 6/25/20 and applied 6/26/20. Tea consisted of 2 cups castings and 2 tbsp molasses in 5 gallons distilled water. Castings that were used to brew the tea were put around the stalk. Big big error during tea time on 6/26/20. I did not pH the tea. I was freaking out once I realized but I do not believe it was any significant high end pH. Tea does a body good apparently! For the record, this diary is be updated from a couple into the future. I continued to document the downfall and will slowly beginning to update the weeks but, I stopped journaling it because I truly did not think anything would come from the plants. We are now a month off into the future and they are just now starting to make a comeback which is why I decided to revisit. I think many will enjoy seeing not only the downfall but the absolute comeback.

Jayann *Week 4 of flower is 8/15/20 - 8/21/20* *Week 5 of flower is 8/22/20 to 8/28/20 so we will finish off the week a little later.* 8-9 weeks = 63 Outdoor late Sept - October Watered plain water on 8/15/20. Fed 1/4 cup organic bloom blend (all the same products that are in the tea and a few more) on 8/17/20 via top feed . I was told without a 7-17 gallon pot, the living soil can not sustain itself. Followed up with a cup of worm castings on 8/18/20 also via top feed. Watered with plain water on 8/21/20. Plants had gone 5 days hoping for rain and needed the pick me up right then with this heat. *Bloom tea feed recipe is 1 cup worm casting, 5 tbsp organic unsulfered black strap molasses, 5 tbsp liquid kelp & fish, 1/2 cup alfalfa meal, 2/3 cup Peruvian sea bird guano and 2/3 cup high phosphorous bat guano fed on 8/22/20*. Belongs on week 5.