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Week 1 Germination suspect. Slow. Went into the base of a layered super soil mix I made as I switch to a living soil process. Not looking great. We will see.

Nice first week. They’re just getting regular water with no pH adjustment. Bubbling tap water for 24 hours. Going with the living/super soil thing. Bottom half of 5 gal bag is super soil, top half is the organic soil base. We will see. Looks good so far.

Best looking of the current run of GCS. They’re just getting regular water with no pH adjustment. Bubbling tap water for 24 hours. Going with the living/super soil thing. Bottom half of 5 gal bag is super soil, top half is the organic soil base. We will see. Looks good so far.

Doing what plants do... Top layer drying out too quick. Microbiological activity seems to be tapering off. Adding straw to keep soil from drying out too quick.

Added some straw to keep the top layer from drying out. Feeding it .25 gal of water every 3-4 days.

Prime time growing right now. I think the combo of the weather and the roots reaching the super soil has inspired some vigorous growth. Definitely noticed some thrip an/or leaf hopper damage. I’ve spotted 4 thrips and 2 leaf hoppers across all of the plants this week, although the overall damage throughout the greenhouse would suggest that there are more (even still, the damage is not that bad. Limited to a leaf or two on 4 plants, mostly autos 🤔 Fed them a bunch of beneficial nematodes and did 2 nights of spinosad followed by three nights of neem, and then one more night of spinosad. Hopefully that gets things back in check. I’ll be feeding a compost tea tomorrow morning.

I was under watering quite a bit in an attempt to make sure I didn’t flush out the benes and nutrients of the super soil. Ironically, I might have killed all the benes. Lol. Either way, they’re getting about 1 gal every other day now. Growing strong. Looks like my super soil mix might have been a little hot for this one. Just did another spinosad treatment. I haven’t seen any more thrips in the greenhouse since the first treatment 10 or so days ago. Saw a leaf hopper in there though 😡

All plants are responding well to the increase in water. I’m up to around 1.25 gallon with this one every 2-3 days, depending on weather. It’s definitely starting to cool off and the days are getting shorter... About half an hour less light each week. It’s officially underway. Buds are forming. I added some top dressing amendments, high P seabird guano, a little neem meal, azomite, and some EWC

Early in the week I did an AACT tea. I didn’t know what I was doing (still don’t, but I’m learning). I most likely made it too complex and put every amendment I had on hand in the bag. Not sure of whether it had any microbial benefits or effect. I followed that up with another nematode watering and I can definitely say it has had a major effect. Between the nematodes and the yellow sticky traps, there’s hardly a fungus gnat to be seen. I topdressed yesterday with a mix of super soil, powdered oats, high P seabird guano, EWC, azomite, humic acid, alfalfa meal, and kelp meal. This one (and two other autos) is looking like it needs feed. The AACT is really just a bacterial introduction. I won’t make it so complex next time. Just EWC and molasses from here on out. The topdress will probably take a little bit to break down, so I‘ll do a simple nutrient tea with alfalfa or fish hydrolysate in the next couple days. Hopefully that helps out. Other than that, it looks pretty good. Seems slow, but I suspect that is the feed.

I starved these autos by accident at a critical time. I was feeding/watering on the same schedule as my photo plants in 15 gal bags, meaning straight water. But the soil was definitely used up in these smaller 5 gal bags. It’s definitely turned around since the top dressing and Neptune’s Harvest feeds. Hopefully, these bud sites will fatten up, stack up and connect. Did a feed with Neptune’s Harvest Fish and Kelp Hydrolysate 2-3-1 at beginning of the week, straight water mid week and ended with a Neptune’s Harvest Fish Hydrolysate 2-4-1. This is on top of the P heavy phosphorus top dressing I added a couple weeks ago that is definitely starting to break down.

Alternating fresh water and 1 Tbs of King Neptune’s Fish Hydrolysate per gallon. Pushing along. Getting thick!

Posting these a bit late. I developed a bit of a fungus gnat issue that I think got a bit out of control and the larva were definitely stunting all the plants, some more than others. I did a nematode release and OG Biowar Foliar Pack the next week. I’ll post results in the next week. This one is the stinkiest. A very sweet smell up front with a deep, skunky background.

Getting close. Probably take it down within the next 14 days...

This has been the healthiest, quickest of all my plants this season. Trichs are about 20% amber, 70% milky white, and 10% clear. Normally, I’d let it go another 2-3 days, but I need to clear out the greenhouse ASAP and improve the circulation. Been battling a little PM. Just teeny tiny bits. Changed the set up to put the dehumidifier and heater closer to the intakes. Defoliate quite a bit, added an oscillating fan and spread things out. Seems to be all clear.

This was a strong and resilient strain. Smells amazing. Excited to see how it cures out.