Grizzly Purple Kush Greenhouse - BlmBurn

Hello - having witnessed some truly epic grows on this site, this is my first grow - motivated by medicinal needs, (am running three strains), this specific diary is for Barney's farm ZkittleZ OG Auto - I thought I would put it up for review in order to encourage any helpful advice that the community can offer. Greenhouse and outside combo, (essentially avoiding rain) and as it is the first attempt to understand the craft, I have tried to keep things as simply as possible. I will start separate diaries for the other two strains, Barney's farm Glue Gelao Auto and Grizzly Purple Kush Auto from BlimBurn seeds - but all three were started together and have been (subjected) put through the same feeding/watering regime. As I write this it is week 8 - the girls are at 52 days. This girl was planted in a small pot post germination (1st May), transplanted into final pot (25ltr fabric pot) on the 17th of May, which was when I started to feed her. Regular ph'd water between 6.5 & 6.8. Occasional foliar spray with ecofective bugs & mildew. I stopped spraying when there were obvious signs of flowering. Have been feeding since week 3 - first with some seaweed extract, then with some GroSure tomato food (5ml in 4.5ltrs - across the three plants) and finally with Vitax Q4 powder (7.5g to 10mg). Feeding schedule is circa every 3 days .... if it has been humid or raining I have tended to stretch to every four days. As mentioned above, comments welcome. Would be interested to know if I am vaguely on track from anyone who has grown this specific strain before... however there are a serious number of questions I would appreciate having answers to any of them (please see below)... from my 'research' the majority of the community grow in tents, but I would still be grateful for any suggestions. Is the suggested harvest date (64 - 70 days) reasonably accurate? BF's reputation is very good and I am impressed with the quality of their seeds, however I am finding it tough to gauge where I am in the life cycle of the grow and whether or not I am on time, a little behind or if it is even possible, ahead for any reason. How much can grow environment effect this timeline for this strain and autos in general? I am not talking about amount of sunlight (I cannot control that element) but whether it is reasonable to expect a delay to harvest date if environmental factors are not optimal? Does growing in a greenhouse impact this at all? If the timeline changes, what are the signs to look for - pistils changing colour, additional trichome development (I understand pre-harvest analysis of seeing mix of milky and amber) but as the buds are developing I am still unsure as to a few things. How to know when to stop feeding? How to know when to start flushing? Is two weeks the right amount of time? Is this to be repeated every day until harvest? How much h20 to flush with for 25ltr - 30 ltr fabric pots? Is it until one sees significant run off? (I have the pots sitting in saucers) How much run off is one looking for? (Is water being 'clearer' important? Is it important to stop watering at all a few days before harvest? As mentioned above, I would be grateful for any advice and/or answers to the questions above.

She started off with her seed still stuck to her... went very tall quickly... then started growing out. Gave her a small amount of seaweed (10g) towards the end of the week.

Transplanted her on day 15 .... Gave her first round of feeding - GroSure (5ml in 5 ltrs spread across 3 plants) as well as some more seaweed towards the end of the week.

Massive stretch this week ending up about 50cm. Contuing with the GroSure tomato food and seaweed combo - signs of her switching to flowering....

Again another massive stretch as she appears to have flipped into flowering - switching to Vitax Q4 powder (10mg per plant worked into soil with l.5 ltrs of water) - and continuing with the seaweed.

Has just reached 80cm - starting to lean over a little - but is now flowering - lowered dose of Vitax Q4 to 7.5g per plant - but continued with 5g of seaweed every few days....

Starting to bud - putting on some weight - although is very tall and needed some support - hoping she will really fill out over the coming weeks...

I do like this strain - the purple is starting to show on the buds, nodes and stems - she is the longest of the three strains i am running in terms of target harvest - 70-80 days - at this stage (day 56) I am still unsure - but will review trichomes and pistils over coming week - on the feeding front for this week, two doses of seaweed (10g each time) and one final Vitax Q4 (7.5g) - also gave her a mini flush after the Vitax just to push remnants of previous feeding..had to provide some support as she was bowing slightly - is very tall (90+cm) and yet bushy - smell is coming through - delicious!

She smells so good... week 9 has passed - have had a few issues with nature as everything seems to want to chill out on her. Also some of the lower branches have needed to be supported.... this is a longer strain than the others on this first attempt and so she will get at least another week of feeding (Vitax Q4 7.5g and 10g of seaweed ) and plenty of water - she is very thirsty... am tending to give her 2 to 2.5ltrs every two days as the weather has become more humid. More if it is a hot sunny day, Am getting to the stage whereby it is tough to actually get her out of the greenhouse.. have caged her to support lower branches but am thinking of just letting her chill in there until harvest. The purple is really coming through and the aromas when you walk past her are ridiculously delicious.

So - all good things must come to an end - however, not all endings are good. I have harvested, but not at the time I wanted, or rather, the time she would have been ready. As with all outdoor grows there are going to be challenges and problems, especially with the funky weather this year. I have posted some photos of the damage, I thought about just scrubbing the diary, but to be honest, I ended up coming to the conclusion that, as it was my first grow, letting the community see for themselves was the better option. Any comments or advice are welcome. To cut a very irritating story short, the last two weeks have not been ideal growing conditions, even running her in the greenhouse & outdoor. The sun may be free, but growing in nature has some harsh costs. I have been worried about the humidity levels at night, but having tried to just let things run without spending too much money, I have paid the ultimate price. During the last two weeks there has been a lot of rain, mixed in with some very hot days. This has caused two of the girls to get what I think is bud rot (I am running three strains - and yes one of my other girls has been struck down in the same manner (Barney's Farm Glue Gelato) and I am thinking only positive thoughts that the third (Barney's Farm ZkittleZ OG Auto) has managed to avoid getting hurt). As mentioned this is genuinely my first grow, and so even having done an enormous amount of research and having spent a huge amount of time with the girls, checking that everyone was happy and healthy, it seems that bud rot builds out of sight and the first sign of it means that some serious damage has already been done. I was taking some photos for the diaries and noticed that on one of the girls, her sugar leaf on the top cola looked as though it was changing color. On closer inspection it looked like about a quarter of the leaf was brown and wilted (see pics on Glue Gelato diary). I had read that if you pull on them and they come out without any effort, that is an issue and most probably bud rot. As I went around the top half of the plant it seemed that the issue had only really got to the top cola. Which was looking super ripe and had sugar everywhere. I was very reluctant to admit the truth and after another half an hour of detective work I had to face the painful fact that she had an issue. She had been smelling ridiculously delicious, but I did notice a slightly different aroma which had me rather concerned. Then I moved onto the Grizzly and noticed a slight wilting on two the top cola's sugar leaves. Nothing massive, but enough to get me even more frustrated. Now I don't know if I have done the right thing (comments & advice appreciated if anyone has a view on both the damage and my next course of action), but I just cut her down day 65 of a 80 day harvest target. Taking away the top cola, which had some small damage sites and then focused on trying to save as much of her possible. Her trichomes were a clear/cloudy mix and so I had assumed I would feed her one more time and then flush her until harvest, maybe 3 weeks at most if she had the energy/desire to run a little over. So close and yet so far from paradise, as Elvis once sang. I have not got any photos of the harvest to show what I managed to salvage, nor the horror show 'evidence' as I was still raging from having to cut down one of the other girls so close to the finish line. I will try to over coming days. I am absolutely gutted. She was a truly beautiful plant (starting to really show her purple and smelt wonderfully fruity) and was really starting to put on weight - but it seems that very few strains are able to deal with such extreme environments. The humidity was over 80 for last few nights and regardless of what I did to control the environment in the greenhouse (ventilation/heater to dry the air, watering early in the day - 7am) I could not get it down. It has been a problem for two weeks (there have been spells of very hot weather and the contrasting rainy days and moist nights have taken their toll... and I guess that time just played its part and que sera, sera. As mentioned above one of my other girls (a Barney's Farm Glue Gelato - see diary for pictures) got hit hard and I took extreme (panic) measures and just cut her down as well. She was 9 days into flush and although trichomes were still all cloudy, she was getting ripe and I was thinking she would be ready very soon. I guess the Grizzly Prurple Kush Auto would have put on much more weight with so much time left to run and I am concerned about what she will be like to smoke because she had not been flushed at all. I just thought that I needed to get them both out of the greenhouse and to try and save as much as possible. For a first ever grow I was obviously really hoping not to encounter any major issues (wow it has been a learning experience), and I have been salivating at the thought of finally getting to taste the girls, but I have been taken down just before the finish line. I will update this again to give a final number on weight etc and how she smokes... it will only be the dry weight, also note that she was 2-3 weeks from predicted harvest date. Therefore it will be minus a lot of the top cola and a little piece of another bud site, as I was in no mood to even contemplate calculating wet weight as I was cutting her down. It was emotional ;-) The next morning I bought a massive dehumidifier and then planted more seeds.