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Pretty slow growing so far, but probably due to my lack of providing nutrients up to this point, first time growing in coco so a learning curve from soil. Some big fan leaves so far & looking healthy though.
Went away for a few days & came back to my girl looking very sick, increased from 500ml watering to 1L, hoping for a bounce back, presuming this stress will either slow it down or make it pop early. Fingers crossed for a recovery!
Huge recovery with the girl finally kicking into gear & making it through the lack of water & lack of proper feeding schedule. Have it dialled now (I hope).
Tested some LST earlier this week & had success are spreading the main branches away from the huge fan leaves this lady is growing. All successful bar one that snapped off, but hoping to root it seperately. Looking healthy & otherwise still growing slow & steady. Starting some more intensive LST today to spread the beanches even wider around the pot itself.
Big week this week, the LST from last week worked excellently with lots more growth & a much thicker stem. I successfully did a late repot too as she's getting large & was incredibly root bound. 8 weeks in though so starting to think I've stressed her out early pretty badly plus a combo of growing in Winter has slowed down the advised seed to harvest time. I'm in no rush though, she looks really healthy & is loving life.
Bit of a newbie question. I'm just starting to show signs of flowering & I've been using Professors Nutrients Part A + B to feed.
I'm about to start using Flower Boost , Professors Organic Bloom & Terpene Gold. Do I just use the later 3? Or do I use Part A + B plus the 3 others?
P.S.
If you want to you can opt for dropping the A and the B once you're into the flowering phase and stick with just the bloom, boost, gold. You might end up wanting to do that just to eliminate having to use so many different bottles and really those 3 have basically everything you need for the flowering phase..... vegetative phase not.
Happy growing.
Started to finally see some signs of flowering, which is a relief as she's getting big & I can't have her outgrow her tent. Bit of stretch now with 10cm growth this week & have swapped nutes over to Flowering specific ones giving her a total of 4L in the last days.
I Did a bit of defoliation too getting rid of any damaged & light blocking smaller leaves + some more LST today to help spread the colas out abit & she's so far responding well.
I'm gonna swap to 12/12 tonight to see if it helps kick her into gear as it's already been a slower than expected journey. Still no issues & looking healthy.
Alot of work went into the girl this week with her starting 12/12 & also some pretty heavy defoliation & more LST
My LST goal is to try & get the side branches relatively level. I'm pretty happy so far with all trained branches responding within a day or two & she now has some cool bends that add to her visual aesthetic.
Defoliation wise I took off most of the old massive lower fan leaves & slowly worked my way up to get rid of anything blocking light over the course of 4 days to not stress her too much. I was worried I went abit overboard but after 3 days she looks super healthy.
Few minor pest issues this week as one morning in the tent I noticed overnight that there was a few leaves getting munched by either thrips or a lil caterpillar. Most likely a day time hanger oner from her days outside in the vege patch. A few sprays of Eco Oil (Neem) over the leaves seemed to do the trick with no further leaf damage.
Otherwise apart from being a slow lady she's coming along. It's likely the fact I'm growing through winter is slowing her down a touch too & it gets pretty chilly at night + has been pretty wet this week.
Looking forward to some more bud site development this week as she is responding well to Bloom nutes.
Thanks for reading!
Tough week with humidity this week as it was raining & cold for most of it. So no daytime sun outings for the girl at all & a few days of 90%+ humidity were brutal. But she's still coming along well.
Continued with defoliation and the plant is loving it. Taking maybe 3 leaves per day & watching the main colas ever so slowly get bigger as a result. Plus 3cm additional growth on the side & main branches.
LST continued as well to keep all the side branches roughly at a uniform height like a bouquet of flowers.
Upped my "flower boost" by 1m/l as per my feeding guide this week too & finally seeing strong bud formation & pistils appearing on all heads!
Starting to get excited by this "Slow One" haha
Cruisy week this week, upped her nutes at the start as per Professors Nutrients organic feeding schedule & starting to give her just under a litre per day. The sunnier days have been a plus too compared to last weeks intense humidity & wet weather.
She's starting to slow on the stretch (only 1cm vertical growth this week) & focus on bud production which is nice as she was gonna get too big for my tent.
Looking healthy which is great as I was concerned a bit with my aggressive defoliation in the weeks prior. I took a few more lower leaves & smaller lower bud sites out this week, but nothing major. Also continued with some minor LST to keep all the heads getting relatively even light, but I'm mainly just letting her do her thing now.
Getting excited as we are in the last few weeks now though 🙌🏼
Another cruisy week, watching her bud sites slowly start to develop more & more pistils. I took a few lower yellowed leaves out & some more leaves that had started to block bud sites, but otherwise just minor defoliation this week.
Weather has been getting warmer too which is nice plus for the night times in the tent & a welcome relief from the rain 2 weeks ago. I'm giving 1L of nute water per day which might be a bit much, so this week I'm gonna dial it back a notch.
I'm getting ready for her to fatten up soon & she seems to be getting a lil more crystally every day 😁
Pretty standard week this week, Buds are crystallising nicely & getting fatter noticeabley day to day. Pistils are starting to amber up a touch & some curling, so I'm in the final stages.
Continuing with the same feeding schedule based on the Professor's Nutrients feeding chart.
I have noticed some purple streaks developing in the stems over the past 2 weeks & ordered some Cal-Mag to correct this. I gave it's first dosage today so hopefully that will help with those issues & i'll see results by the end of the week.
Just a small amount of LST this week as one main stem was starting to lean into another, so this was corrected. Also a touch of defoliation of lower yellowing leaves.
I'm getting excited & I think 3 more weeks including flush & she'll be finally ready 🙌🏼✨😁
We are approaching the final weeks & It's safe to say I'm like a kid counting down the days till Xmas! While not my first grow ever, it's the first one I've used Grow Diaries to track & put more effort into. It's paid off I think, even though the autoflowering genetics didn't kick in for this "Quick One"
I've noticed some changes this week thanks to the Cal-Mag (Go Green) I started her on last week, with the buds really start to fatten up, the smell developing into this beautiful mango & tropical fruit mix & also the purple on the stems fading. So all is working as it should.
I continued with some light defoliation to air the buds out as I'm struggling a touch keeping my RH down & also LST to make sure none of the colas are leaning into each other.
I have had one odd thing happen this week though. 1 of the small buds on a lower branch appears to be 2 weeks ahead of the rest of the plant (see photos). I'm stumped as to why but It's leaves were yellow & the trichromes incredibly cloudy / amber. So I snipped it off & will treat myself to an early taste 😁
Only 2 weeks I'd say now!!!
Well this week was full of ups & downs!
After last weeks high humidity issues I discovered the worst, bud rot on my top cola & I had to take her out resulting in roughly a lost 2g. It was a heavy blow after waiting ever so patiently for this strain which didn't autoflower. 2 days later I found a plant hopper nymph spreading some white stuff around another bud, so had to cut out another small section. As a result I decided to give her one last big feed with bloom nutes & a heavy defoliation to allow extra airflow before flush started today!
It wasn't all bad though this week! I did buy a new light, a Viparspectra P1000 which arrived the the same day as the bud rot discovery & I'm pretty happy with it. The dimmer is a great feature & it's spread is way better than my cheapy led I was rocking. I threw her back over to 18/6 aswell to help with the other 3 plants in the tent & I figure this late in the game it wont matter.
The plant itself issues aside looks nice with lots of cloudy trichs, browning pistils & I'm extra excited for the flush to help her nugs fatten that last lil bit. I'm hoping for roughly an ounce, but not sure how to gauge as I'm still a novice.
It's been a long & fun journey. Next time I check in will be when she's harvested 😁
Well that was anything but Quick! I bought this particular seed based on the name, but the Ruderalis genetics didn't kick in for me turning it into more of a slow one. However I had a lot of fun & being a novice grower it taught me a whole lot from start to finish & I'll be able to transfer that knowledge to future grows.
I had a range of issues from early on including not feeding correctly as I was used to growing in soil vs coco, budrot in the later days, overwatering, broken stems, mould inside 1 stem, a late repotting, fungus gnats, high humidity & probably way more defoliation than was needed. So with all these thrashings she took I'm glad I ended up with anything at all ha!
Onto the positives though, she was hardy to the things I put her through & responded beautifully to LST & ended up with a nice round shape.
In my last week of flower I had to unfortunately cut her down slightly earlier than I had wanted too due to me discovering 1 cracked stem with signs of mould in the internode & also budrot on another cola. So she wasn't as plump & yellowed due to flushing but it was better than losing anymore bud so late in the game. But after such a long time it was nice to see her come down.
Trimming went well with 26.5g of leaf / mini buds being set aside for edibles & the main buds being rigged up with skewers through the stems to dry in my makeshift dry box (my vintage steriogram ha).
Drying took around 5-6 days leaving me with 32.5g of gorgeous, fluffy buds. It's been my biggest yield to date so I'm pretty happy with those results. They've now been set aside in 3 jars with humidity regulators to cure & I am really looking forward to the first cured taste test!
Now that's not to say I haven't tasted it already 😏
In summary I am happy with yeilding just over an Ounce & look forward to growing my remaining seed of this strain in the near future & hoping it responds as an Auto!
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