My Second grow: RQS Royal Critical Auto

Fetanq I've decided to do another grow. I have three pots with three different strains and as always I'm curious how it will go. I've learned a lot during my first grow and hope that this will be better. The weather previous weel was nice and warm. But the coming week it will rain every day, but temperatures should still be ok. The seed was bought about 4 months ago and was kept in an airtight container somewhere in the back of my fridge. The seed has been planted one week ago. It has sprouted well and looks nice and green. Thing I have done different from my previous grow: - I'm using regular soil as previous, but the top layer is soil which (according to the package) should improve sprouting and young plant capabilities. - I've started using some nutrients from the moment it sprouted. However the ammount of nutrients and water I have to give is still done based on gut feeling. Rough estimations will be in the diary description as always. - The plant will always be either in the veranda or outside depending on the weather. Resulting in the plant to have much more light. - It's awkward for me to keep refering to "the plant" in my diaries, so I'll try naming the plant. This one will be Paul. See you next week!

Fetanq Paul is doing good. He's growing nicely. The weather was nice this week! He was outside every day. I'm still taking him inside the veranda during the night because I'mscared of bugs/cats harming him. Although I'm not checking on him when he's outside during the day either. Ha has been in the rain one day this week. It didn't click in my head that it was raining and I had to take him inside. But I don't think it can do any harm at the vegetation stage. Nothing else to report. See you next week!

Fetanq Another good week has passed. The weather was super hot last week. Every day was 25+ degrees, with some days around 30 degrees. The plant was outside every day, and he is growing nice. Haven't noticed any problems with bugs or anything yet. I'm giving it plenty of water and nutrients. Usually in the evenings when the sun has set. See you next week!

Fetanq I was on holiday for three weeks. See the report of w4 and w5 in the report of w6

Fetanq I was on holiday for three weeks. See the report of w4 and w5 in the report of w6

Fetanq Allright! So I'm back from a three week holiday. Paul stayed at home. I've tried top put him in a strategic place outside underneath my carport with the intention that it is able to catch as much sun as possible while still being covered from the rain. The rain usually comes from the west so I've put him on the south-eastern side of the carport about 30cm from the edge allowing him to catch the morning and midday sun while being mostly covered from the rain. My grandmother in law came by every few days to water all plants inside and outside the house. I didn't make it too complicated for her and just said "If this guy is dry, give him water. If he's wet, don't give him water. If he's moist, give him a bit of water" and didn't bother with nutrients. The weather these past three weeks were off and on, but mostly sunny and warm with one week of cloudy weather and some rain here and there. I was pleasently surprised when I got home. Paul grew very nice! From 10 to 44cm in three weeks. I did a thorough inspection and gave some nutrients, but that's all I had to do. He's starting to grow some hairs, so I guess it is in its stretching phase and entering the flowering stage There was a string of spider web here and there, but no spider in sight. Nor any other things for that matter. I have noticed what looks like mould or bugs or something underneath some of the leaves. The leaf of the picture is has the most of it. Some leaves also have green spots on them. I'll post questions for both of them. I'm not worried for the spots, but more for the thing underneath some of the leaves. Paul will also stay outside during the nights from now on. The carport is not an option since my car is there, but I have a doghouse with one open side where I will put him with the same idea as underneath the carport during my holiday. I am going to keep a close eye the following days since he has been alone for three weeks. See you next week!

Fetanq Allright, another week has passed. It wasn't a bad one. The weather was nice. A few days of clouds and some rain here and there, but overall it was nice. It is still in its stretch phase I assume since it has grown about 10cm this week. I've ordered neem oil to spray against the pests on the plant. It only arrived last thursday. Since I couldn't wait to get some bugs off I sprayed a very small ammount of biologic bug pesticide which I also use on my vegetable garden early in the week. Trying to spray the leaves only and not the flowers. Later in the week when the neem oil has arrived I used that. Don't know if I have to spray once more though. The kind people that answered my questions about the bugs advised me to spray 3-10 times. But the plat has only seen 2 sprays (1 pesticide and 1 neem oil). I do not know if the plant is in better shape than last week. I do not see any bugs underneath the leaved anymore. But the leaves seem to be more damaged. I will need to keep an eye out for that. I've also moved all plants to a makeshift greenhouse on the lawn. Pictures will follow next week. They've always been on my driveway, but the downside to that is that I have to move them to shelter every time there is some forcast of rain. And afterwards move them back on the driveway to give it the maximum ammount of sun. With this greenhouse I can just let them sit there and don't care if it will rain or not since they will be sheltered from rain, but will also catch lots of sun! The only thing I am havong doubts is that the greenhouse of on my lawn and it will be even more prone to bugs. I've sprayed the floor of the greenhouse with neem oil aswell. Maybe that will help. We shall see. Until next week!

Fetanq Another week has passed. It was a good week. Lots of sun, and imo too much heat. The plant has grown another 5cm. I assume it will stop growing soon since it is entering the flower stage. I am giving it more water this week because of the hot weather. I have slowly switched to flowering nutrients of which I have not noticed yet if they are better or not. I guess so since people recommended it to me more than once in my other diaries. Almost all leaves have butnt tips. I think it has to do something related to nutrients, but I don't know what exactly. Maybe sun burn aswell because of the hot week last week. But none of my other plants have that problem. I am giving it less nutrients the last two days in any case. The plant is doing well with regards to pests. I could not detect a single bug during my inspection. However I have this white "haze" under some leaves of which I don't know what it is. It might be related to the question I posted earlier. But since it is lvery limited I'm not really worried at the moment. I am still weary for bugs because the greenhouse is in my lawn, and there are many small lifeforms in my lawn. But up until now no problems. The shitty greenhouse was a nice idea. It saved me from moving the plant in and out of shelter every time there was a slight forecast of rain. Plus there are no weed plants in my driveway anymore which is nice for the view and you could see a hint of the plants every time you walked by my house and looked up the driveway. The thing I still do when there is a forcast of rain is slide all the plants to the left of the greenhouse and close the left flap. The right always stays open for ventilation. Since the rain at my home never comes from the right side it is fully sheltered by only the left flap. It is a bit warmer in there than outside. This is generally not a problem, but there are a few hot days coming up (mid 30s). But I assume the plant will manage.

Fetanq It was a hot week last week. And according to the weather reports, it will stay that way until the end of next week. I've tried to keep the plants in the greenhouse (because it has good ventilation) but have moved them out of the greenhouse into the shade because the plants are suffering from the heat. The plant has grown 1cm. But it's safe to say it has stopped. I'm giving the plant extra water in these hot days. And a bit less nutes because of the nutrient burn from last week. I'm planning to ramp it up slowly, but not giving as much as before. No bugs found during my inspection (yay!) There are several leaves that are damaged. But it doesn't look to be bugs. But mechanical damage due to the sun or something. I'll post a grow question just to be sure. The flowers look good. Some slight frosting is beginning to show on the top. The plant will stay in the shade behind my house for a couple more days. This protects them from the burning sun from the midday, but will catch some nice rays in the evening. I have to hold some wood while saying this. But I'm glad the bug problem is fixed as far as I can see. The pesticide and neem oil has done its job. I've also sprayed neem oil into the greenhouse before putting the plant in there to persuade any bugs in there to leave. See you next week!

Fetanq Last weel was very hot, It cooled down a little (about 30 degrees) in the weekend with some sporadic rain. I've not put the plant into the greenhouse this week aswell due to the heat. I'll put it back in when temperatures go around 25. Which should be next week. The plant is still under the carport due to a constant chance of light drizzle. It seldom does drizzle and when it does it's only for a couple of minutes, but I'm not taking any chances. The plant is doing great! No bugs found during inspection. He also recovered from the nutrient burn from last week. Meaning there's no more damage than last week which is good. I've given it no nutrients in the beginning of the week, and started lightly with some nutrients later in the week. The smell is also growing stronger. You can smell this one now and then in the wind when you're standing next to it. Not much news this week. No news is good news is what grandfather always says. See you next week!

Fetanq Another week has passed. It was a quiet one. The weather was more comfortable than the week before. Temperatures around 26 degrees, and rain here and there. There was lots of wind last week though. Causing the plant to become a bit crooked. But nothing serious. I've put this guy back into the greenhouse since the weather is not too hot anymore. It's comforting that this guy didn't suffer from the same severity of nutrient burn damage than the Quick One. It has slight damage, but nothing worrying to me. As the other ones, I haven't given him any nutrients this week. Don't know when I will start giving him nutrients again. Maybe next week. We'll see how it evolves. I'm thinking somewhere mid/end this week. But we'll see. I haven't found any bugs during inspection which I always like. Weather forcast for next week is about 20 degrees with lots of clouds and rain. Very good for my lawn as you can see from the pictures. But not good for the plant. The smell coming from this guy is nice. I'm curious how it will taste! See you next week!

Fetanq Another week has passed! The weather was temperature-wise not bad. Around 22 degrees during the day and 15-ish at night. However it rained a lot last week. Causing the humidity to be very high. During one of the rain showers the rain came from a direction from which it usually never comes and rained on one of the stems. It didn't rain hard, but it was wet when I came back hom. But no visible damage The plant is doing well. It doesn't have more damage as a cause of the nutrient burn in the past which is good. I haven't given him any nutrients last week. And will start slowly giving nutrients starting today. Because some leaves are already becoming light green which is (afaik No bugs have been found during inspection. The top flower is looking good. Hairs are starting to become brown. The flowers on the side are far from ready. See you next week!

Fetanq Another week has passed. The weather was shit. Temperatures around 18-20 degrees during the day. Hardly any sun. Lots of rain and humidity. No bugs found during inspection. However I do notice some leaves are eaten by snails. I never see any of the fuckers, but there is some "glazing" on the leaves here and there and some leaves look like they have been eaten. It seems this problem is only in the greenhouse though. Since the other greenhouse plant has the same snail issue, but the outside one doesn't. More and more leaves are starting do die off. I don't know why, but I'll need to keep an eye open on this one. I'm not really feeding him anymore since I will be harvesting shortly. I'm also watering him way less due to the weather Nothing much to report. See you next week!

Fetanq Another week has passed and it was harvest week. I've harvested at the end of the week so I'll give a short summary of the week prior to harvest. The weather was still shit. Although temperatures was about 19 degrees during the day. There was hardly any sun and quite some rain. No bugs found during inspection. But I have found some rotting spots in the flowers. These probably are due to lack of ventilation. Only one side of the greenhouse was open last week. The other one was closed. I do this so the plants do not get wet when it's raining. However this guy is in the complete opposite corner from the opening. The combination of the moist weather. Unlucky location in the greenhouse. Only one side of the greenhouse being open and the declining weather causing morning dew. This caused the humidity levels of the plant to become high with poor ventilation and causing rot. When I noticed this I started harvesting the next day since the plant was ready anyway. Harvest went well. Although I threw out a lot due to rot. I didn't need to throw out so much. But when there was a bug with rot in it. I threw away the entire bud. Good harvest is more important to me than a large harvest. I had 105 grams of good wet harvest (with stems). I threw away about 37 grams of buds with rot in it. Making the potential wet harvest 140-145 grams. No idea how that will translate into real dry harvest. But we'll find out. I haven't tested this guy out yet. Will wait until after curing and will edit this diary afterwards.