The Red Baron

BuzzBee Two days into 18/6. Both Denise & Rosie suffered from helmet head, managed to remove them both. Rosie has opened up, Denise is obviously a bit shy. Using bottles to keep humidity up for week 1.

BuzzBee Week 2, started the (low) nutes. Lucy is loving her life, Paula had some yellow spots on her early leaves, which I couldn't decide if it was nitrogen or nute burn, either way the new leaves are not showing the same issue, but a close eye is being maintained. Both Denise and Rosie have now fully opened up, after a little more coaxing (on Denise) and are doing their thing. I'm probably going to run a 5 week veg to get the max out of these gals.

BuzzBee Lucy has just gone wild, whereas the other gals are lacking somewhat. I did make a dumb mistake, and was overwatering. Noticed this using two plants, Paula who's leaves were a slight lighter green around the edges, and Denise's leaves were drooping (full of water.) This does explain the slight burn on Paula's early development, and I should have caught it then. Have now incorporated an extra fan, put some holes in the soil to encourage airflow (and to dry it out a bit) and have left off the feeding until everyone is happy. Hopefully, this week I will start LST, as I don't want too much growth before I bend the stalks. We shall see if Paula and Denise recover, hopefully I caught it early enough just to slow down the growth.

BuzzBee Going into week 4 and Paula has suffered the most from the over watering, followed closely by Rosie. All the gals have had their LST now, which is ongoing daily, and very difficult with shorter bushes. Lucy continues to be happy, and Denise seems to (almost) be on-par.Im gonna asses their growth over the next week, but I'm almost sure i will be setting up a fifth week of veg to entice the most out of the gang. Ive removed the air stones which were sub-optimal and have switched to a bubblegen, which I would highly recommend

BuzzBee Ive had to flip these gals a week early into flower, some crazy shit is going down in 9 weeks time, so this is gonna be close. I just hope I have time to at least dry and jar the results up. This week Lucy is still reaching high, followed closely by Rosie, then Denise, and (finally) Paula. Ive given them all a haircut before the 12/12 flip, for Paula I just felt she needed the chance to get some light to her smaller buds. I'm happy she survived the "drowning" and I hope she responds to the lollipopping. Will be upping the nutes later this week, after a day or two of 12/12

BuzzBee Going into second week of flower. The team is looking healthy, some good growth after the lollipopping last week, had to trim a few more off that were covering the smaller branches, combining with LST. Paula is very difficult to train as the branch nodes are so close together. Nothing new on the horizon, probably thinking about putting the SCROG up in a few weeks to support the buds. Also considering some FIM / topping, but will monitor progress. Lucy and Denise are getting close to one another, so this is something else I have to think about going forwards, maybe just a rotation will sort this out.

BuzzBee Swapped Lucy and Denise around. For some reason (maybe my eyes) Denise was looking a lot lighter green in her leaves, she seems happier now. Paula has shot out, and is now heading upwards, she is still hard to train, so, Ill probably just lollipop her again and let her go where she wants. Denise is happy in her new position, most of her stalks are going where I wanted them to. The best news is that Rosie seems to be living up to her name, her buds are noticeably (dare I say) redder than the rest of the gals. Ive given the lady her close-up, she deserves it.

BuzzBee Lots of upwards growth from the ladies. Even Paula has sorted herself out and she's heading up. Ive rotated Lucy and Denise back to their original locations, and now put Rosie in front of Paula. Rosie is still the star, her red pigments are stunning, so much so, I decided to get myself a USB microscope and get really close up. I hope you enjoy the views. I think they have a few weeks left before harvest, but I will be checking their buds every day from now on.

BuzzBee Added the SCROG net this week, hoping to get the light to the small buds at the bottom of the stalks for a bit more density. All the buds are very sticky now, and its not far from harvest time. Will get some new macro photos next time.

BuzzBee Getting sticky now, buds are filling up. Adding just macros this week, you can tell Rosie is my fav lady.

BuzzBee Smelling really nice now, added the PK, and monitoring the trichomes, and waiting.... Got some good buds, probably not as good as some others, but after the initial flooding im still happy. Looking to flush, dry and jar soon...

BuzzBee Flushing for two weeks was worthwhile, the smoke is smooth. Rosie (the only red) was not a tight bud, but looked amazing. Really fruity and nice effect. Will grow again..