Admiration of Apes

Greetings and salutations, thank you for joining me. This diary will be focusing on my Respect 4 Gorilla, I hope this one turns out well, as I'd love to have a nice Gorilla medicine. Photoperiods: White OG, Baddazz OG Cheese, Super Skunk Kush, Respect 4 Gorilla Autoflowers: BerryBlue, NLxBB, White Widow, Lemon Auto, Sweet Cheese. 12/7/20: Placed all Seeds in water 13/7/20: White OG, Baddazz OG Cheese, Super Skunk Kush, and Respect 4 Gorilla placed in PT. Out of the autos, only the BerryBlue and White Widow are in PT. NLxBB still hasn't cracked, GDP is somehow missing, so I swapped that with a Lemon Auto. 14/7/20: All photos will be planted this afternoon, along with the White Widow. Sweet Cheese is cracked and now in PT. NLxBB still not cracked, might have to try another seed. 15/7/20: Rise and shine, everyone is up and looking good. NLxBB is a no go, and I won't be replacing it, as things have changed. Amnesia Fast will be flowering out inside, along with the autos. The photos will remain unchanged. 17/7/20: Watered everyone, looking really good. All stretched up over an inch high so far. Lemon Auto is another failure to crack. 19/7/20: Light watering to tide them over until their feeding. 22/7/20: Watered everyone again, will wait two days before giving them some nutrients. I should have given them some today, but my exercise got my legs too wobbly for the stairs.

Week 2 23/7/20: Staked the Amnesia Fast, as the rain was weighing down the branches to the point of nearly breaking. Once in the basement, I will keep them staked for a while, since the floor fan creates lots of wind. If the branches strengthen up, I might consider removing the stakes. However, as it's already in flower, the colas might prove to be a little too heavy for the branches. This plant will be a staggered harvest, as the lower buds will need more time to ripen. Amnesia Fast will be going on the Green Planet diet, as it still keeps it on a basic feeding schedule. Originally it had the Root Farm treatment (base+grow and base+bloom), but I don't have those nutrients anymore, as I gave them away to the grower who had this plant. All other plants look fine, and will get their first dose of nutrients tomorrow. 24/7/20: Fed everyone in the main tent 4 litres of water, mixed with these ratios. Grow A + B - 1.25ml/L Gold - .625ml/L Thrive - .625ml/L So far everyone is looking good, I do not see anything that should be of any concern. Try and find the cool mist humidifier for the second tent, as it's getting warmer than I'd like. 25/7/20: Fed Amnesia Fast a little over 2 liters of water with 10ml of Green Planets Medi One and Massive Bloom, so 5ml/L for each of the nutrients. Held off on adding in Cal Mag right now, as they were given some steadily from the beginning. I will add some on on my next feeding. Set the cool mist humidifier up in the tent, but it's still much warmer than I'd like it to be. I will look into buying some better ones, one for each tent. Top loading, yet compact. Other tent still looks good, but plants look like they are paler than I'd like them, so they will get a shot of Cal Mag either tomorrow or the next day, depending on if they want water or not. I remember the White Widow was a heavy feeder, so I need to remember to keep an eye on that one particularly. 26/7/20: Had to cut down the tips of two colas on the Amnesia Fast, as they were too close to the light, and starting to burn. Figured the stress of cutting would be overall better then leaving them to just burn up. I need to figure out a way to spread the light ropes further apart, thus raising the light a little bit more. Any space I can save, the better. I thought I has plenty of room, but at least I now know at what height I should start flowering the other plants. Fed it yesterday, but the soil still looks fairly dry, so I will give it another feeding tomorrow. Other tent looks good, no need to water yet. One more week before the photos go into a bigger pot. 27/7/20: Temperature in the second tent is down under 30°C, but still too high for my liking. I'm now thinking I might vegetate my other photos for a little longer than originally planned, so they can do their flowering during the cooler months. Originally thought 8 weeks from seed, but I will now think about waiting 10 to 12 weeks before I change the light cycle, which would bring the start to October, instead of September. Will feed all plants either today, or tomorrow, but most likely tomorrow, as I'm feeling too lazy right now, should have done that in the morning. 28/7/20: Fed the Amnesia fast again, 5ml of Medi One and 5ml of Massive Bloom, seems I will be needing to water this one often, so I will give it two feedings and one watering per week. Other tent is still showing moisture in the soil, so I will feed them tomorrow morning. Starting to smell very sweet and delicious, cannot wait to try this sativa. 29/7/20: Fed everyone in the first tent 2gal/8L 10ml Grow A + B - 1.25ml/L 5ml Gold - .625ml/L 5ml Terpenoid Booster - .625ml/L 5ml CM Plus - .625ml/L 5ml Thrive - .625ml/L Next week I will start adding in some Carburetor into the mix, I bet that will give them a good boost to get bushing out. Thinking about transplanting the photos soon, as three of them are already branching out over the sides of the cup. Pretty soon it will be time give them their first topping.

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12/8/20: Fed everyone their respected doses. The autos are flowering, so they got some bloom nutrients, along with the bud+. Photos are still on the grow nutrients. Veg: Grow A + B: 1.25ml/L Gold: .625ml/L Terpenoid Booster: .625ml/L Carburetor: .25g/L (1 1/2 of 1/8tsp) Flower: Bloom A + B: 1.25ml/L Gold: .625ml/L Terpenoid Booster: .625ml/L CM Plus: .625ml/L Thrive: .625ml/L Carburetor: .25g/L (1 1/2 of 1/8tsp per gal) Bud+: .2g/L (1/8tsp per gal) 15/8/20: Moved all photos into the second tent, that way they can stretch out. Topped them all at the 4th node, removing the top two nodes. Thought about trying to clone the tops, but decided against it right now, as I don't think I'd remember to take care of them. Autos are looking great. BerryBlue is stretched very nicely, along with the White Widow. Sweet Cheese remains a nice little bush. Tucked some leaves yesterday, but nothing else. 18/8/20: Watered all autos and photos. Photos are bouncing back nicely after being topped. I will think about tieing the new growth back, or just going with 4 main colas. 19/8/20: Gave photos remainder of the nutrient water. I will put them into their final homes soon, as it's almost time to start thinking about their second pruning, but this time it will be FIM'ing. Forgot about a seed I put in water, and it sprouted a taproot in the water. It didn't survive after being placed in dirt. I will think about what will be the next plant for a perpetual grow. Possibly thinking about doing another solo cup grow.

Week 6 20/8/20: Pots are looking dry, but still have a little bit of weight to them, so I will water them tomorrow. Going to start on a two-three day feeding schedule. Trying for every two days, but I'll wait a third of they aren't quite dry enough. 22/8/20: Fed and watered everyone. Photos are looking great. I will try and replant them this week, so I can start thinking about flowering. Did some FIM'ing to all photos, hoping to have 8 large colas, and a few small ones. Dropped 2 new seeds in water today, both Northern Lights x Big Bud by Oasis Genetics. These are to be planted in the 5 gallon HDX box, and will be for my comparison grow against Crit. Going into the Vivosun tent, and under the Mars TS-1000. 23/8/20: Decided to drop another new seed in water, Magnum Auto by Canuck Seeds. This will be going down in the basement to keep a perpetual going. I will be doing some LST again, as it's time to start maximizing yields and space again. I'm tired of these tall lanky plants, I want bushy little bitches. Need to drill holes in all my empty pots, that way I'll be ready at any time. 24/8/20: Northern Lights x Big Bud are in paper towels on the heat mat, only one has split open so far. Magnum is still intact, probably pop open by tomorrow. 25/8/20: Replanted the photos, and applied a little LST to start them spreading out. NLxBB are still waiting for the taproot to show, and the Magnum is now in paper towel. Built my own crude smart pot made from a solo cup, that will be my vessel for the challenge. Just need to decide which seed to put in it. I have an idea, another BerryBlue. Watered everyone, as they were quite dry. Accidentally added half a dose of Grow nutes into the Bloom batch. I don't think it will be a big deal, but we shall see by next week if it did anything. Next week I will be buying more fans and some cool must humidifiers, need to get the temperatures down if I want to grow during the summer again. I will also be upgrading my exhaust fan to a 6 inch one, that way I can use the lower powered 4 inch fan to suck the cool outside air into the tent. That move alone should help out greatly.

Week 7 27/8/20: BerryBlue just kept getting taller, and was only a few inches away from the light hood, so I decided to move her outside to finish up, thinking I'll do the same with the White Widow. Sweet Cheese is not flowering yet, but it's definitely female. I will give it another week or so before I decide what to do with it. I might have to top it, and clone the other branches. Dropped a Green Poison XL Auto in water, to go into the same tent as the Sweet Cheese. 28/8/20: Green Poison XL had cracked open, and is now in paper towels on the heat mat. All photos are doing great, even though I f****d up some of the FIM's. Going to try and hold off until next Wednesday, the end of this week, to finally switch the lighting schedule over to 12/12. All autos left inside are doing well, with the Sweet Cheese looking amazing. Structure is perfect, nice and bushy, and not too tall. Still hasn't started to flower, so I'm not sure what I should actually do from here. I was going to move the White Widow outside today, but a major storm moved in, and is really pouring down. I'll try and get that done this weekend. 29/8/20: Only watered the White Widow and Sweet Cheese, straight water, no nutrients. The photos are still looking good, so I'll take care of them tomorrow. Green Poison XL still needing it's root to pop out. 30/8/20: Fed all the photos, as the Super Skunk Kush is looking a little yellow. Gave a dose of Cal Mag for good measure, whether it was needed or not. I will feed them again on Tuesday, to see if I can bring it's colour back. Will be switching to flower sometime this week. 1/9/20: Checked on all seeds, useless. Nothing is happening, all cracked, but then just stopped. I might have to adjust my technique, I'll start by not using the heat mat, or at least hook up the thermostat to it, and turn the temperature down. I will be feeding all plants today, not just the photos. Sweet Cheese is looking very thirsty again. It also seems it may now be starting to flower, which absolutely sucks to no end. It's already over 18 inches, I can't afford it to stretch twice as high, and I doubt it will remain so short, so it might be the next plant to be flowered in the pool room. Dropped two more seeds, to make up for the others. Change of plans though, were doing a photoperiod under the TS-1000, along with a solo cup entrant. The plan this time though, is to start it in a larger pot, like the 2gal Air Pot, then upgrade to a 5gal smart pot to finish in. Amnesia Lemon Kush by Garden of Green, since nobody else has a diary yet, I want to be the first. Solo cup will be an Auto* PK by Oasis Genetics. I use the astrix because of my past experience, of actually being photoperiod. The breeder rectified the problem by sending me Auto BerryBlue, which I've had great success with so far, and will continue to grow. Even if the seed is a photo, I will move it down to the flower tent after 4 weeks of vegging, and keep the ALK going for another few weeks before flipping to flower. Once I do that, I'll move the Solo cup back into the bedroom. Added a large floor fan into the bedroom tent, as the small one crapped out long ago.

Week 8 2/9/20: PK cracked and in paper towel. ALK is still floating, so I dropped another one just in case. All new autos seem to have stopped sprouting, so I dropped some others. Garden of Greens Super Skunk Auto, and Seedsmans Lemon Auto. As the Sweet Cheese will more than likely be finished outdoors, I will put the new autos down under the SilverStar. I will use 3 gallon smart pots, and LST them all. After a few weeks, I'll germinate another seed, to create the start of my perpetual growing. Added Dagda Bloom to the photos outside, as well as to Little Boy BerryBlue. He was looking quite yellow at the bottom, so monitor his comeback. 4/9/20: Watered everyone before I left for Toronto, will feed everyone when I get back. 6/9/20: PK planted in its cup 7/9/20: Fed the photos, and did some more FIM'ing to them. Only the tallest branches, as the shorter ones can remain singles. I will switch to flowering this Wednesday. Amnesia Lemon Kush are not splitting open, so I decided to go with another strain. Seedsman's Power Africa Fast. Veg for 8 weeks or so, that way it will flower in the colder months. Hopefully the basement run will be over by then. Planted the Super Skunk Auto into soil, decent root already showing. 8/9/20: PK is doing great, a full inch above the soil. Power Africa Fast is already cracked open with a root showing, so I moved it into paper towel. Super Skunk Auto is already above the soil, but I had to remove some of the membrane and shell. 9/9/20: Topped the Sweet Cheese, man did it have a thick stem, nearly solid all the way through. Noticed something wrong with my timer for the photo tent, it wasn't turning on and off on schedule. Turns out the switch on the side was moved, so the lights were on 24/7. No wonder they didn't start to flower yet. I thought it might have been the high temperature, thankfully it was something easier to control. All fixed now, so hopefully there is some change for the next update. I'll be changing out fans very soon, going with more power. I'll use the old fan to boost the cold basement air into the tents, lower the temperature and humidity a little bit, that should aid in producing better flowers.

Week 9 10/9/20: Fed the photos, and left the rest. I moved the Sweet Cheese over to the other tent, but I may have to move it back. I would rather it be in the same tent as the other flowering plants, but it takes up too much room. PK is doing great so far, much better than expected. The modified air pot solo cup seems to be working well, but we will see for sure very soon. Super Skunk Auto is above soil, but still very small. I will move him down into the basement soon enough. Power Africa is showing a little root, perhaps tomorrow it will be ready for planting. 11/9/20: Fed the White Widow, but with the added Bloom Boost. Another week or so before the Final Drive is added into the lineup. Current goal is to water every other day. Less than usual, but more frequently. I will also cut back on the dosage of nutrients. I will be buying some Gaia Green products very soon, that will make my growing much easier. Power Africa is ready for soil, but I'm too lazy to get dirt ready today, so that will be my morning task. 12/9/20: Planted the Power Africa into its first home. 4-5 weeks in this bucket, and then moved into a 5 gallon smart pot. 3 more weeks of vegetative growth, and a lot of training, then it's fine for flowering. That should bring it to November, so a nice cool temperature to bring out any purples. 13/9/20: Watered everyone under the Vivosun, as there should still be residual nutrients left in the soil. Gave the Budroom their first dose of nutrients. Very early for the Power Africa, but I want to try something. The PK and Super Skunk are doing very well, so the growth over the next few days will be monitored very closely. 14/9/20: All plants in the Budroom took the dose of nutrients well, even the very young Power Africa. The PK is just about to spread it's growth over the sides of the cup, tips are already there. Super Skunk is much larger, quite a noticeable amount. I might keep both the Super Skunk Auto and the Power Africa Fast up in the Budroom, and that will allow me to have more options to go in the perpetual tent downstairs. I am toying with the idea of getting another tent to put out in the garage. It will be for drying the outdoor harvest, and then be used to grow in the winter. I would use it as a place to either hold a mother, or simply grow one massive plant by itself. The tent will be purchased regardless for drying, it's just the growing portion that is not finalized yet. 15/9/20: Watered the Sweet Cheese and White Widow, but no nutrients. All the photos seem be doing well, on their transition to flowering, even though it's only been a week. I did not give them a 24 hour period of darkness to jump start it, but I think the shock of seeing some dark for the first time after 2 months was enough of a kickstart on it's own. The stretch is noticeable, as is the growth of a lot more pistils. I have plenty of room for them to stretch, so I'm not worried about that at all.

16/9/20: Decided not to feed them today, as I was lazy, and partially busy. I will give everyone a nice dose of nutrients tomorrow, and get them started on a set watering schedule consisting of: D1-Feed D2-Nothing D3-Feed D4-Nothing D5-Water D6-Nothing D7-Nothing 17/9/20: Everyone is looking good right now, stretching out beautifully. My delivery of plant saucer trays will be delivered today, so I will wait until then before I feed everyone. Fed everyone. Made enough to be roughly 2l per plant. 18/9/20: Moved them around. Seedsman is on the left, the others on the right. I will defoliate all the bottom leaves tomorrow when I feed them again. Quite a few yellowing leaves down there. Pots felt fairly dry, so my new watering schedule should be quite good for the plants. 19/9/20: Plants are looking well, and starting to smell fantastic. I didn't water them today, as I was in a lazy haze. I will do that today, as I want to start keeping on top of their watering. 21/9/20: Fed everyone, but at a lower dose than usual. I figure if I feed more often, I can use less nutrients each round. I will see how that goes. No idea if the plants will be stretching anymore at all, as they are all showing signs of budding. There is still plenty of room, just in case they do. New filtration system will be ordered next week, and should be up and running by the following weekend. I cannot wait to see how well it will work. Higher power exhaust, proper air intake fan using all the cool air in the basement. Should help in all aspects of the growing cycle .

Week 11 24/9/20: Day 71/15 Fed all the photos downstairs. I need to remember to stick to the feeding schedule. I should have watered them yesterday, but you know, I'm lazy. I'm very much thinking about trying Gaia Green nutrients soon, that way I can use my laziness to my advantage. I will have to test it out on some autos first, and then work up to photos. The bud formation on everyone is looking great. At only two weeks into flowering, everyone is on the move. Stretching seems to have stopped, and they are now focusing on putting their energy into the buds. 26/9/20: Fed everyone again, sticking to a proper schedule. I need to skip a day or so to get it back on track, from Monday to Sunday, with the weekend being the drying out days. I am starting no notice some trichome production already, but little smell. Without movement they all smell like pungent cannabis, but only the Respect 4 Gorilla and Super Skunk Kush have any change in smell once touched. Not overpowering yet, but I'm sure they will get there right shortly. Other reviews mention the dankness of the Badazz OG Cheese, I'm looking forward to that. 27/9/20: For once, the plants are still holding moisture. I gave them a larger amount of water yesterday, so that certainly explains it. The leaves are looking darker than before, which is a sign they are getting healthy again. They were looking quite pale to me a little while ago, that's when I decided on a new, more frequent, watering schedule. 30/9/20: Fed all the photos. The Respect 4 Gorilla and Super Skunk Kush are still just looking amazing. The White OG and Badazz OG Cheese are not shabby either, just not as bushy and vigorous as the others. The White is looking the healthiest overall, as the leaves are dark green up top, and showing no signs of yellowing below. All others have a little yellowing of some leaves. Smell is still nominal, but I expect that to change in the next few weeks. Trichome production is still moving forward nicely, with the tops becoming nice and frosty.

3/10/20: Fed everyone. They are looking great. Smell is still nominal, but I'm sure they will be kicking into overdrive once the new air intake is installed. The cooler air being blown in should be a great reducer of the air temperature. Increased exhaust flow certainly won't be causing any negative effects. 4/10/20: Day 81/25 Plants are looking amazing. The smell of them combined is most excellent. Badazz has little smell from the rubbed trichomes. OG White smells like a typical strong cannabis strain. Super Skunk Kush smells like a mixture of cleaning chemicals, but not in a bad way. Respect 4 Gorilla smells very sweet and fruity right now, I didn't expect that at all. I know the profiles will change as they fully develope, it's just fun to see how they smell during maturation. The colas are all developing nicely, with the Badazz still being the slowest. As the Seedsman strains are listed as being a week to twelve days longer in flower, I plan on a somewhat staggered harvest. The Gorilla and Skunk Kush will be harvested and dried upstairs in the Budroom. While the rest fully ripen, I can begin the auto cure for the first batch. Initial smoke report will be tested and given before the cure begins. I like to know exactly what the difference is between dried and cured. 5/10/20: Fed everyone, finally keeping up with the schedule I want. I might need to start going with a larger dosage, as they were quite dry today. I will only go with another gallon of water, that way they only get an additional litre, making it 3 each, and I can see how that goes. The smell is becoming a little stronger each day, but still not too powerful. The White OG has taken over the lead in most covered in trichomes. Really living up to its name so far. Badazz still looks good, just nowhere near as frosty as the others. 7/10/20: I was going to water everyone today, but they are all still holding a fair amount of moisture. The Super Skunk Kush and Respect 4 Gorilla are heavier than The White OG and Badazz OG Cheese, I'm going to assume it's because they are located further away from the fan, as opposed to directly in front of it. All buds are looking great, nice accumulation of trichomes. I'm going to pick up the final pieces needed to setup new exhaust. I was going to do it yesterday, but realized the lip on the new fan is very short, with virtually no room to get the hose taped on. So, I'm going to the Depot to get some 6 inch pipe clamps. It's much cleaner than using Gorilla tape anyhow. Also, it should make a tighter seal, as yesterday I noticed the old taped ducting is leaking air in some places. Will only cost a few dollars, but should easily be worth it.

7/10/20: I was going to water everyone today, but they are all still holding a fair amount of moisture. The Super Skunk Kush and Respect 4 Gorilla are heavier than The White OG and Badazz OG Cheese, I'm going to assume it's because they are located further away from the fan, as opposed to directly in front of it. All buds are looking great, nice accumulation of trichomes. I'm going to pick up the final pieces needed to setup new exhaust. I was going to do it yesterday, but realized the lip on the new fan is very short, with virtually no room to get the hose taped on. So, I'm going to the Depot to get some 6 inch pipe clamps. It's much cleaner than using Gorilla tape anyhow. Also, it should make a tighter seal, as yesterday I noticed the old taped ducting is leaking air in some places. Will only cost a few dollars, but should easily be worth it. 8/10/20: The amount of trichomes I can see is really amazing. Still a faint smell, but I can tell that they will be quite pungent after a few more weeks of flowering. Buds are swelling, and I've noticed a few pistils have already started to turn amber. If I decide to do another 4 strain run, I need to remember to cut back on the length of vegetation, as their is absolutely no extra room right now. If I don't too them at all, or as often, then 4 plants can remain. Otherwise I will be sticking to 1 photoperiod per tent. 12/10/20: Fed everyone a good dose of nutrients. Some branches are leaning over on the Super Skunk and OG White. I will need to stake them to prevent snapping. Contrary to what I was expecting, the Seedsman plants are ripening sooner than the others. That doesn't mean they will be finished first, just that they are starting sooner. The 5th week of flowering is almost over, so bulking up will be what's next. 13/10/20: Found some small garden stakes, tied down two branches of the Super Skunk with two separate stakes, and two of the OG White branches with one stake. I will find more tomorrow, and stake down any other branch bending over.

By far my best plant I've grown. Buds were quite dense, and loaded with crystal.