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Greetings! I am happy to start a grow by Nirvana Seeds. Really impressed with the distributor so far. These are actually clones off of two outdoor Aurora Indica plants I have on the go right now, check them out! Those plants are super healthy and so I was excited to get clones going. I have given away a good number of clones of this strain.
The two I ended up with in the end, one comes from each plant. I’ve documented on those grows the differences in plants, and so I’m keeping track in the clone generations. So, both are the same strain but different mothers. I am surprised by the lack of health of these two. They took transfer to the main tent really hard. The roots were much more underdeveloped then I expected. Ahh well, roll with it.
This is day 27. My tent is hung mylar in my unfinished basement. I have sealed the top to keep the heat in. I would have been excited to show the two LEDs but one majorly bummed out and delayed the creation of this diary. My friend who is really talented loves to fix the cannabis lights, but takes time and the damage was extensive once the fans kicked out. I included the photos of the cheapie light. For now, I have re-added 64 watts of fluorescent in addition to the 300 actual watts of full spectrum LED.
The soil is 5 parts HP Pro Mix: 1 part perlite; 1 part worm castings. I used Myke Flower mycorrhizae when transplanting.
I did give some tea very recently. I took 2 cups of blood and bone meal, 2 cups alfalfa meal compost, 2 cups of worm castings, 1 cup of Myke Flower mycorrhizae, and 1 tablespoon of blackstrap molasses and mixed it with 20 liters of water. I periodically pulsed it with a concrete mixed and drill for a day and let it steep overnight. The next day I diluted it around 10:1. I’ve noticed green returning to the plant as it had yellowed with the intense light.
Day 34 for the two Aurora Indica. Finally, handling the bright light better and turning green. I made a veg tea at the start of the week. I took 2 cups blood and bone meal, 2 cups alfalfa meal compost, 2 worm castings, 1 cup Myke Flower mycorrhizae and 1 tablespoon of blackstrap molasses, and mixed it with 20 Liters of water. I pulsed it through the day with a concrete mixer/drill, and let it steep overnight. The next day I diluted and watered. At this point they were really green haha. One is exhibiting really interesting leaf curving under the slight nute excess. What is interesting is this corresponds with my outdoor mother labelled ‘A,’ who also took the same nutes and is curving. Whereas ‘B’ is showing less excess and is bushier and branchier in general. Fun to track this stuff. By now, I’ve watered the Aurora again, and so we should be in the clear. I will be able to transplant this week into new soil.
Day 41 for the two Aurora Indica clones. Getting a bit bushy, regular growth, big wide fan leaves.
I transplanted into new containers using Gaia Green 4-4-4 All Purpose amendment as the container prescribes. The ratio for medium worked out to 15 parts HP Pro Mix: 1 part perlite: 1 part worm castings. I also used Myke Flower mycorrhizae.
I played back the tea again because of the success. This time, I reduced the strength a bit using 20 Liters of water, one cup of blood and bone meal, one cup of alfalfa meal compost, two cups of worm castings, 1 tablespoon of Gaia Green All Purpose amendment, 1 tablespoon of blackstrap molasses. I did not have Myke on hand so I just tossed in two cups of HP Pro Mix soil, which has mycorrhizae. It would jus be trace as opposed to concentrated culture. I periodically pulsed the stew with a concrete mixer/drill and let it sit over night. The next day I diluted and fed to the plants. Probably a bit early but the two Aurora seem fine.
I will also include photos I received as Max Pointy fixed my LED which will eventually be added back into the mix. So much talent, so little time for Growdiaries ... come on man! Come back! 🐒
Day 48 for these two Aurora Indica clones. I had given Plant Prod MJ Spike (CalMag) and blackstrap molasses on separate watering occasions through the week. Today I reapplied the overnight tea using the same ingredients and methods: blood and bone meal, alfalfa meal compost, worm castings, Myke mycorrhizae and blackstrap molasses. I had some whiteflies hanging around, and less and less ladybugs, so treatment again to be preventive and get ahead. I used potassium based soap and neem oil sprayed.
Its been almost two weeks now but I will make a note that I did get my second LED back. Back to 600 actual watts.
Day 55 for the two Aurora Indica. I’m still continuing pest treatment just to be safe, potassium based soap and neem oil. Two two plants in particular seem beast mode. Wonderful root structures. I transplanted using HP Pro Mix, some added perlite, Myke mycorrhizae, and 4-4-4 Gaia Green All Purpose amendment. I gave some CalMag with watering.
Of the two, based on parents pre-flowering, and health of the branches, I elected to clone what I’m calling phenotype A. Taller, less busy, and prone to leaf curling and mutation with nutes, it has consistently had better stem and branch health and size both clone and parent.
Day 62 for the two Aurora Indica clones. Once again Nirvana has hit it out of the park. Not only have my outdoor Aurora Indica from seed been beast, but the clones have been overwhelmingly positive. Officially the tallest in the tent. These and a couple others may force my flowering hand early. I’ll soon be out of room so I may have to do something. Just giving water with Plant Prod MJ Spike (CalMag) every other time.
Day 69 for the two Aurora Indica clones, type A and B. Check out the mother of phenotype A, its putting on a nice pink pistil flower show at the moment. These two are just beasts that are overcrowding some specialty strains. They are really forcing me to get creative. I will desperately try to flower soon. I took some veg. off to try to make some space and kept my shocking pest prevention momentum. As I anticipate stretch soon I applied some 18–18-21 Tomato Miracle Grow and blackstrap molasses to make sure it had some of everything. I do have at least a couple potential phenotype A clones to hang onto.
Day 76 for the two Aurora Indica. One phenotype of each, referring to my other grows. I have now shifted things to the flower tent. They have only experienced one period of dark so far, so this is the last vegetation update. My flower tent is larger, 6 feet x 4 feet. I heavily watered to help going into the HPS tent, which is a 600 watt Vivosun setup, and will look to give a slight boost as the remaining food fades, before full flower. Big up to HellishJam and BudXs for contributions. I hope I don’t run out of room, these plants got out of hand size wise.
Day 83 for the two Aurora Indica clones. One week of flowering complete, eight weeks remaining. Big stretch this week. I had given a dilute amount of 24-8-16 All Purpose Miracle Grow early in the week to ensure it wasn’t already cannibalizing fan leaves. Since, I’ve given water and worked things through. Flower food is slowly upcoming, as well as buds. The downfall of indoors compared to outdoors is the relentless heat.
Day 90 for the two Aurora Indica clones. Two weeks of flowering complete, seven weeks of flowering remains. Stretching towards the HPS, “not too close!” Ouch! Buds are forming and things are rolling. Last irrigation I gave 0-10-10 Alaska Morbloom with a popsicle stick dip of blackstrap molasses and Plant Prod MJ Spike (CalMag). Things look good.
Day 97 for the two Aurora Indica clones. Three weeks of flowering complete, six weeks to go. Learning curve, wow did the stretch really hinder these plants - they are so close to the HPS. I can see the leaves are yellowed and the plants are certainly hot as the fan leaf fringes are very frilled. Nothing I can do now, but a good lesson. I fed 0-50-30 Fox Farms Beastie Bloomz this week and added blackstrap molasses and Plant Prod MJ Spike (CalMag). My heat pump finally got installed and I have a line into the tent from my centralized system. At this point in the year the A/C isn’t really doing anything but I have the fan circulating the total volume of air. Even at the end of the day cycle the tent is still below 30 degrees Celsius, which is a big change. I’ve documented some pheno differences on this and my outdoor diary, but honestly it was debatable which was truly better any (one is clearly visually cooler), but Phenotype A is stacking much better in this stressed environment. It seems it may be the superior phenotype anyway.
Day 104 for the two Aurora Indica clones. Four weeks of flowering complete, five weeks of flowering to go. Different journeys for these phenotypes, it appears Pheno A continues to get thicker and larger, Pheno B just trailing behind - this is comparable to my outdoor grow. I am alternating Fox Farms 0-50-30 Beastie Bloomz with added blackstrap molasses and Plant Prod MJ Spike (CalMag). Last irrigation was water. You can see the nitrogen demand is massive as the leaves are being cannibalized, as well as I’m sure the erratic pH just melting leaves off.
Day 111 for the two Aurora Indica clones. Five weeks of flowering complete, four weeks remaining. Not a great week or update. The intensity of the HPS has gotten to the clones, particularly Phenotype B. I tried to take some shots it looks like a bunch of bananas where the main crown was very close to the bulb. The overall temperatures have been cooler than summer, and I did do the hand test - but still I guess maybe sensitive to it. Recall I never meant for them to get this big. Oh well, I do learn from each experience. I gave the last application of 0-50-30 Fox Farms Beastie Bloomz with blackstrap molasses and Plant Prod MJ Spike (CalMag). I will be winding the food down now. I did decide to move the plants a bit further back and focus on another maturing plant. Too late now, but why not?
Day 118 for Aurora Indica. Six weeks of flowering complete, three weeks left to go. I’m still not sure if I’ve seen bananas from the intensity of the HPS, or what. Things seem to get engulfed in pistils and bud. Under HPS I find the pistils and the bud structure they come out of as looking quite mutant. I think with the intense tent and the harsh fade regime I put plants through, Pheno A shows its slight advantage. You’ll see my bias creep through in the coming weeks too, as I harvested and bottled the outdoor parents and have started vaping it. So, the smells will get boring and I’m sure it will seep into this diary - even subconsciously. I would say the sweet isn’t quite as nice as it was outside, given what you can accomplish next to it indoors. Last irrigation was a feeding of 0-10-10 Alaska Morbloom with added blackstrap molasses and Plant Prod MJ Spike (CalMag). Time to fade the food and transition to water.
Day 125 for the Aurora Indica. Seven weeks of flowering, two weeks remaining. Obviously with being so close to the lights, and generally I did not do well with the leaves. I did get two bulky cannon crowns at least - but I can do way better. The sweet smell is recognizable as I am vaping much of their parents at the moment. You know, it makes for a good easy-to-hit outdoor taste, but smelling it indoors makes me slow the hype train a bit. Phenotype A is still consistently outperforming Phenotype B, which is why I have continued the first line only. Last application of 0-10-10 Alaska Morbloom with blackstrap molasses and Plant Prod MJ Spike (CalMag), only water here on out.
Day 131 for the two Aurora Indica clones. Eight weeks of flowering complete, one week remaining. I need to move the rotation along so I decided to move these to the general basement outside the tent for about the last week. Way longer than usual for me but things must go on. I’ll be clear I’m not harvesting tomorrow, but these tenants have to go. I can’t promise another week update but I will try. The main crown on Phenotype A has sprouted another top. Still putting off pistils, like a cactus. I see the difference in the Grade B nugs on the Phenotype B plant, much fluffier. I have been regularly watering.
Day 139 for the two Aurora Indica clones. Nine weeks of flowering complete, harvest time is now. Nirvana projects Aurora Indica as a 9-11 week strain. Outdoors, I was certainly done at 9 weeks. Indoors, I suspect it will typically go longer and will do so next time. Even after a full week in darkness, plus a couple more days, the pistils were still white and standing straight. I really don’t have time this week and I’m not going to leave it in my basement for another week, so time to go. I have been taking it down over the course of the day and plan to finish the job momentarily. Certainly a couple decent colas, a reminder there was no LST. The smell is sweet and consistent with the past experience. I did not bother altering the stats this week.
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