Cookies USA by Pyramid Seeds first grow

Seeds sprouted fast, 2 from 4 seeds of USA Cookies did not make it. Hoping that others will go through

After plants established good root structure during 1st week with the help of bio roots addictives and some potassium boost. 2nd Week was about getting plants used to absorb big amount of nutrients. Fulvic Acid was added, after 3 days plants boosted vegetation and added 3 tiers of leaves in 2 days. looking forward for the results, going to continue feeding fulvic acid as recommended by GHE on the whole course of growing

All 5 pushed hard this week, had to top AK47-s after 4-5th nodes.

All 5 came out healthy girls, since 3 are mostly uknown AK47 / Random seeds, I decided to not to risk growbox capacity and flipped them to flower. First flower feeding done in saturday

I have to kill 3 random seedlings due to space in growbox. Continuing with USA Cookies. Did some topping and further LST. Girls began to stretch right away several hours after defoliation and LST.

Week 6 started perfectly. I added honey to the feeding schedule, girls showing some extreme stretching. First girl has been topped on week 3 and showing better stretching, but has only 12 bud sites starting to form. Second girl, which has been topped 2 times, shows exceptional growth and more than 26 bud sites formed. I am tucking fan leaves to help small bud sites grow, added more red spectrum to penetrate bushy canopy. Let's see what will come out of this test :) Will update week 6 with more photos. Girls showing absolutely no deficiency, all leaves are strong (a bit bitten by cat, but he loves weed too:) ), plants entered stretching phase I am so excited to see which one will give better results with same genetics and same feeding, bushy or stretchy girl :) Day 38 Update: Ms. Bushy added 4cm in height and became extremely bushy, 6 more bud sites trying to reach for light. I tucked most of fan leaves, because I don't want to stress and hinder stretch phase with defoliation. Will do it after flowering stage fully begins Day 39 Update: Ms. Stretchy added 3cm to height in 1 day, looking happy. Day 40 Update: Both girls significantly increased in height Day 41 Update: Based on observations girls are gaining in height after each watering. To reduce stress on too much nutrients I changed watering scheme during stretching period, since plants need a lot of energy and water to build new cells. Runoff water is 1150ppm, intake water is 1200ppm, which means there is salt buildup going. New scheme Day 42 Update: Girls shower sex and flowering is starting, future buds have started to form. Full feeding with 1100ppm boosted stretch even more, they added several cm in 3 hours after watering. So lovely to watch it being so alive :) New scheme: D1 - 3L full feeding (0.5L runoff) D2 = 1L 6.1PH balanced water D3 = 1L 6.1PH balanced water with fulvic acid to increase remaining nutrients update. Same every 3 days. Will post update on tomorrows feeding runoff PPM

Flowering Stage fully started, to avoid any deficiencies and let plants fully consume nutrients in all forms, I added organic bloom booster and Trikologic microorganisms Trichoderma Harziuanum Culture and biological root protector once. Will see how plants react to more beneficial microbes. Will add them again in 5 weeks to keep plants fully uptaking nutrients in flush period. Girls getting so thirsty after defoliation, they drink 2L per day without runoff, increasing feeding volume to 3L next week to keep a small runoff, since I added micro organisms, they will need some feeding also, including fructose from honey. I increased PH to 6.2 to create more friendly environment for microbes. Day 43 Update: Girls started receiving half doze feeding every day, since they get thirsty pretty quick and I want them to have water and nutrients available 24/7 in stretch phase Day 44 Update: They added 3cm in 1 day, I removed all lower weak branches and weak small leaves, which don't get light due to heavy foliage. Now they feel better, will see tomorrow if it boosts the stretch Day 45 Update: Girls continue stretching. Will feed 50% dose today to keep coco moist and help microbial life to continue colonizing medium. Day 46 Update: Flowering fully began, a lot of pistils are coming out. Tops of bud sites are showing not symmetrical stretch, which is probably due to 40% sativa genetics. Day 47 Update: Girls added around 4cm in 15 hour after installing scrog net, I think it happened due to stem support, plants don't need to waste energy on supporting stems. Did full feeding by program today, they had received 50% doze at day 45 and 1.5L of PH balanced water yesterday. Runoff ppm keeps decreasing, seems microbes are doing their job and plant absorbs more nutrients Day 48 Update: Girls keep stretching, flowers develop. Seems conditions are pretty comfortable for them <3

Week 8 Feeding update: Runoff PPM increased a lot, seems microbes did too much job, I increased watering intervals to keep them alive. Feed every day 50% dosage, will look if deficiencies happen. Day 49 Update: Final defoliation was made, removed all undeveloped branches and lower fan leaves to the level of scrog net. Girls recovered pretty fast under extensive light, raised their leaves and are praying to Gods :) Day 50 Update: Did half dose feeding. Girls seem to be happy as hell and rushing towards light, finishing stretch phase Day 51 Update: I checked runoff and was shocked by 2500+ PPM, did 1/3 doze feeding till tomorrow to keep medium moist before flush Day 52 Update: Did 750ppm 6.0PH 1/3 doze feeding flush per plant until runoff got to ~800ppm and 6.1 PH. Will let them rest till tomorrow and will increase watering volume with 1/3 feeding to check runoff Day 53 Update: Same 750ppm feeding, runoff ppm was around 800, PH was 6.6. Seems there are some salts left in the bottom of fabric pot, will check it every watering. Day 54 Update: Runoff PPM coming to norm in the range of +/- 100 from intake. Girls seem recovering, I doubt my 12$ PH pen does the job right, ordered Apera AI209 for better accuracy. Day 55 Update: Girls fully recovered, I added 2x 45W UV/IR LED Bulbs for better spectrum and UV radiation for better trichome production. Added Fulvic and Calmag to the feeding, coco coir is breaking up, so it needs more calmag to replace broken fibers PK, that Flora Coco provides. Increased intake PPM to 850 from 750, Runoff was about 900, hoping fulvic acid will help roots to uptake more nutrients. Day 56 Update: Did almost full strength feeding with 920ppm 2.5L to each (1L runoff). Runoff PPM made me happy, it was ~650, that means plants fully recovered and started eating. As you can tell by the photos, leaves on colas got twice as big as 2 days ago, plant is entering full flower phase. Bud sites are formed and I think it will be huge colas. Trichomes started to appear on small sugar leaves, I don't know it's because added UV / IR spectrum, or just because trichomes time has come :))

Day 57 Update: Girls received 950ppm feeding (800ppm solution + 150ppm water). Trichome buildup started, seems added UV spectrum does it's job, buds are filling with pistils and starting to expand, plants entering mid flower phase. Runoff ppm is below 700, that means salt buildup is gone and plants are taking nutrients as they should. Ms. Stretchy drinks half liter more water than bushy, maybe it's because longer and thicker stems? I cut 3 branches, which won't make it's way to the light anyway and stay undeveloped with small buds Day 58 Update: Plants showing slight nitrogen toxicity, todays feeding was the same with reduced 4ML/6L FlocaCoco Grow nutrient, that brought PPM to 750, I increased Calmag to 0.7ML/L to compensate for Floracoco grow, which contains calcium. Day 59 Update: Everything is going normal, I added sugar and honey to today's feeding, along with increased calmag. Seems plants prefer low ppm everyday feeding at this time. runoff is normal Day 60 Update: Girls are watered with PH balanced water, with organic bloom booster, Calmag and Fulvic acid to help microbial life and increase nutrient uptake left in coco. runoff was a bit high, I will switch to Feed - Water - Feed for this week to control salts buildup. Day 61 Update: Gave them full strength flower feeding, reducing Nitrogen caused PPM to decrease. Even with overdose of PK nutrients ppm was around 650. Also some undeveloped branches got removed, they won't reach to the canopy and were just draining energy from the Ms. Bushy Day 62 Update: Big update Today! I have changed lightning in tent, i was not happy with Chinese led efficiency and light penetration. Mars Hydro TS1000 Upgraded version with dimmable knob is more than enough for 2.5x2.5 tent. I brough driver and switch outside to keep temps low and help light dissipate heat better, it runs hot :) Regarding feeding, girls received calmag PH balanced water today 1.5L per plant with no runoff

Day 64 Update: I removed grow nutrients almost completely. Girls stopped at 95cm height, now getting covered with trichomes and gaining fatю Day 65 Update: Girls had PH watering today, they have to eat remaining nutrients from yesterday feeding and will get renewed one with armor SI and liquid koolbloom tomorrow Day 66 Update: Thirsty girls were given full strength flower feeding with added silica and changed koolbloom to liquid koolbloom. Day 67 Update: Girls received plain ph balanced water with little calmag and fulvic acid in it just to keep medium moist and let plants eat what we fed them yesterday Day 68 Update: Full Feed Day 69 Update: I have plain PH balanced water, Runoff was 650ppm. Seems girls are eating normally. I removed good bunch of lower branches with buds below mid level canopy at the level of scrog net. Branches were not receiving any light and buds were just growing pistils, I hope it will give more energy to the top. Also it increased airflow in mid level canopy, where due to stretch most of fan leaves are located. I am trying to save as much leave as I can, not removing them, because with such long colas plants will need all energy they have to fatten. Surprisingly both girls did not ever show any sign of toxicity or deficiency during grow despite of stress I was delivering to them every week, learning different techniques and trying different feedings. Canopy is getting extremely sticky, hard to work with. All upper leaves and stems are covered with resin and trichomes, slowly increasing in size Day 70 Update: Last day of week 10, I gave them full strength feed, will be giving silica for 2 more weeks. water seems to get over saturated with phosphorus and potassium so GHE PH down needs almost 3x doze to get in reaction with remaining water molecules. I will reduce silica and koolbloom dosage next week. Almost impossible to work with foliage, everything is so sticky :D

Day 71 Update: Today my PH meter from Apera Instruments arrived and I was shocked. My solution, which I was feeding plants for at least last 4 weeks of flower was not 6.0 PH, it was 5.2!! I quickly flushed both plants with proper 6.1 PH and waiting for their recovery. Although plants did not show any sign of deficiency or PH disbalance except of strange stretch and small leaves. Lesson learned once again: Never buy chineese measuring equipment for budget... Day 72 Update: Plain PH water 6.1. 1.5L per plant without runoff. Day 73 Update: Girls received 950ppm feeding with honey to increase sugar production. Runoff ppm was 550 and PH 6.5. Seems watering between feeding does it's job, girls eat most of nutrients in 2 days. Scheme Feed - Runoff 20% > Water - no runoff > Feed Runoff 20% works perfect. Day 74 Update: Made some minor defoliation to let lower bud sites get light and watered with plain water. Day 75 Update: Gave plants full feeding 1000ppm with no runoff. Plants are hungry, eating most of nutrients in 24 hours, so I decided to feed with no runoff this week to ensure that medium gets packed up with nutrients before flush and late phase. Colas are getting stacked with buds and trichomes, very beautiful looking :) Day 76 Update: Girls received plain water 1.5L per plant with no runoff and regular 3-4 leaf maintenance defoliation. Day 77 Update: Full strength feeding

Day 78 Update: Girls received plain water without runoff. Day 79 Update: Girls received full feeding with runoff, runoff was ok. In this phase I need but cant increase ppm any more I will have to give double dozes recommended by manufacturer or just feed them without runoff, adding 1L of water every 12 hours 3 time after feed. It's just a part of experiment, since it's my first grow, I need to learn on all my mistakes and make corrections. Plants went through much stress, I am impressed with the strain genetics. Now I decided to top cola, which is sticking out of the canopy by good 15cm and burning already, I cant raise my lights up, whole canopy PPFD will drop significantly. Also it might help strong genetic to recover fast and put all energy into fat. I am not chasing harvest, or getting more of the yield, I am just making my observations of cannabis plant vs different stress, to know better what can be ideal environment for the plant and also testing myself in a new hobby. Day 80 Update: I did full strength feeding again, girls started drinking and eating a lot, had to add water yesterday after feed and they were almost dry this morning. Topped cola doing ok, it increased in width at the top in 1 night! Photo is uploaded. Since its last week of full feeding, I dont care a lot about salt buildup for now, they will get only rippen next week prior to 10-14 days plain water flush Day 81 Update: Plain PH balanced water. Day 82 Update: Girls received full strength feeding. Next and last full feeding will be at sunday. Trichomes are clear yet, at least 3 weeks left. Day 83 Update: Plain water with GHE Ripen. Next week I will be giving only ripen and the nutrients left from grow before 2 week water diet Day 84 Update: Feed both girls well, 50% of trichomes are getting milky. Next week they will be on ripening diet

Day 85 Update: Plain water with Ripen. Day 86 Update: Water with Ripen. Ms. Bushy is 70% milky, 20% clear and 5% amber trichomes, I forgot that they have almost 1 week difference in germination. I got 3 seeds and planted 2, one did not survive in seedling stage so I planted third seed. Ms. Bushy will be given ripen 2 more days and then 10 days will be on water diet. Ms. Stretchy will finish this week with ripen and get 10-14 days of water diet before trichomes are ready. Day 87 Update: I gave them 1.5L each of water with ripen in the morning, and same in 12h. Both without runoff, seems they entered ripening stage and are drinking 50% more water from 2L to 3L per 24H. They got very frosty in 2 days after I started giving ripen. Will continue it till monday, before water diet. As for effects from early test smoke (topped cola), I must say it was one of the best and long lasting sativa with note of indica effects journey. I cant wait till they are ready to harvest with 2x potency, since trichomes are mostly clear yet. Day 88 Update: Girls grew too big for the tent and mid / lower level canopy become real problem, blocking air movement, light to mid/lower cola parts and increasing humidity in tent, promoting mold. I did late flower canopy defoliation as a test to promote trichome development in lower buds. Will see what it does in 2 upcoming flush weeks. Since plants are really not uptaking much nutrients now, only drinking water and getting mature, lower fan leaves with no access to the light are not playing major role in ripening before harvest. Girls can breathe now and mature in dryer environment with more light and airflow. I removed scrog net, reattached some wires to hold long stems and gave some support Day 89 Update: Usual watering with ripen and 6.1-6.2 ph. Girls already rearranged their stems to support each other, they have been laying on shorter ones, I added some support with rope to keep from falling. They are extremely frosty, sticky and resinous, also smell is so strong, even AC Infinity charcoal filter is struggling to hold all the aromas. Day 90 Update: Usual morning ripen. Based on my observation on topped cola, some interesting results are being shown. Topped cola gained as twice as much fat as similar height cola I did not top. That might be interesting in making sativa bud formations bigger, instead of longer. Will check on the next grow

Day 92: Girls received last ripen feeding Day 93: I did 12L per plant flush, which dropped medium runoff to 350ppm from 1200. That will be sufficient for plants to spend next 2 weeks with water only and start to cannibalize fan leaves. Trichomes are 80% milky on Bushy, 50% milky on Stretchy. Day 94: Did nothing, medium was pretty moist. Rain season started in our region, so humidity spikes up to 70%, trying to hold it down with AC Drying function... Day 95: No watering today, trying to get coco a bit dry. That Durban Poison genetics are really showing up with sweet smell of OG Kush 30% presented. Ms. Bushy is finishing up, I think she will be harvested this week or at 100th day. Day 96: Plain PH balanced water, 1.5L per plant. Trichome are slowly getting almost 100% milky on Ms. Bushy, I think I will give it 1 more week to fully ripen. White random pistils are shooting out, so buds are still gaining in weight Day 97: PH Water 1.5L Per plant. Buds are reaching peak resin production, they are covered with trichomes and are extremely sticky. Sweet smell is really dominant at this stage, I am waiting for trichome to turn 10-15% amber. Day 98: Water as usual. I removed UV bulbs, will be reducing light intensity by 5% every day to imitate autumn conditions

Final Week update: Nothing special happens this week. I am waiting for trichomes to get ready on Stretchy plant, planning to chop them both at the same time, having 1 more week of ripening on Ms. Bushy and get amber trichomes to 20-25%. I will separately store them for more energetic / seductive effects. Small fan leaves left on the plants are getting no deficiencies at all despite of medium being at 150ppm (water ppm) runoff now. Pretty interesting and high deficient resisting strain are these USA cookies. Pistils on Bushy plant are 90% brown, rarely shooting out new ones already, Ms. Stretchy still has only 5-10% random brown pistils and keeps gaining weight on buds. I drilled main stem on ms. Bushy, will be harvesting her this week Day 104 update: I chopped Ms. Bushy, she will be drying for 2-3 days, I am harvesting Ms. Stretchy next Saturday maybe. Will post results ^_^

My first grow is almost finished, I chopped 1 plant and drying it before putting in jars with BOVEDA 62% packs, waiting for second plant to finish, but since it has better overall health and stronger root system, I will let it ripen longer. This Durban poison genetics blew me away, it's so smooth and pleasant smoke. No couch lock, just being high AF and getting highly creative, active and communicative :) Strain went through a lot of stress and USA Cookies came strongest I can ever imagine with that level of interference in plant's life, highly recommend it for new growers to learn things and to old growers to get a lot of resin :) I will update this week soon after fully drying first plant and chopping another. Second girl harvested with 186G dry bud yield, so total yield for 2 plants is ~300g, that's a lot for 150W light. Effect from Ms. Stretchy is stronger, it feels like better root system and longer flowering really intensified pine smell and removed sweetness, but I wanted to check what's the difference in reality between ~80% milky 15% clear and 5% amber vs ~ 90% milky 10% amber. My first grow turned out 2g per watt, I am happy 😍 Peace!🙌