Cream 47 Photo - 3gal vs 5gal

Photoperiod Run......Germination stated July 11/20 and Week 1 started on July 18/20 ********* Here we grow again😃 To add a little to the grow, thought I would do my own 2 plant comparison of a 3 gal fabric pot vs 5 gal fabric pot in my own environment. The bigger the roots the bigger the fruits.....agreed......but is it that much more? Two phenos of the same strain being fed the same nutrients and grown in the same environment........1/2 ounce more, 2 ounces more? Have the answer in a lighnight quick....4 months😃😃 So, on to the grow......Microbial Mass is a new addition to the grow and pretty excited about it. Switching from AN line as it has been getting so pricy. This line is cannabis focussed in the microbe selection and has been seeing great results in rapid root growth and rigidity. A lot more cost effective as well!! Otherwise will be running base nutrients of Green Planet.....I think.....things change😃 Usual coco selection as well for consistency.......plus Royal Gold line is awesome😃 Dynomyco used for Microryza in the coco. Sprinkled into he holes before setting the root in. 100ml watering with Microbial Mass and Vitathrive.......that will be it for roughly a week, just plain RO water until week 2......then since using RO water will introduce CalMag to the watering. Another dose of Microbes and will add a little sweetener to feed them in week 2 as well. These girls will be in veg for roughly 6 to 8 weeks......have some autos on the go in another tent and have to time flowering to move some lighting around so I can keep the watts in the 400 range by mid flower. This should get the diary up and running for now....... Germination dates: C471: July 11 - water July 13 - paper towel July 16 - into solo July 18 - up from the coco C472: (Slow cracking and took extra day for her root to come out July 11 - water July 13 - paper towel July 17 - into solo July 19 - not feeling good and started a replacement seed in rapid rooter July 21 - called it.....pulled up seed and she was done......RIP☠️ New C472: July 19 into rooter July 20 cracked but looks like an issue, upside down. July 21 cut out from rooter planted into solo July 23 up from the coco That puts C472 roughly 5 days later......not much we can do👍 *********Week 1 July 18 to 24/20 - Days 1 to 7 Nothing fed all week for these girls.....just misting of RO water is all they had all week. By the end of the week C471 was opening up and making way for her second set of leaves. C472 was only 2 days old at this point so she will always be behind #1.......I will just keep flowing with the weeks following C471 and C472 will always be 5 days behind that👍 They both have gotten longer stems than I may have liked this week but since they are being transplanted into 1 gals before the final pots, its all good and will just set them lower in the pot. Right now though, don’t want them to work so hard on holding themselves up so wire was used for support. Keeping the photoperiod tent (Sweet Seeds tent😃) colder for this run. I am not in a rush for these girls to grow fast. I want them to grow healthy and with minimal stress but they can take their time😃😃 I am not in a rush to flip to flower but may have to run it as long as 8 weeks for veg and I prefer 6 weeks tops otherwise they get to tall for my tent. There we go.....SWS26 (Cream Caramel X AK 47) on the go.......time frame will hopefully see harvest around the first week of November.......sounds like a long ways away😃

*******Week 2 July 25 to 31/20 - Days 8 to 15 since germination. Good growth week over all. They have been kept cold and are growing nicely👍👍👍 I am likely looking at an 8 week veg so taking it slow. May also get a little creative in the weeks ahead with topping or some further high stress training. There were only two feed days this week. They were misted everyday otherwise and have not shown any signs of lacking nutrition. Leaf colour is good and they are doing well. Not pushing it and will keep focusing on the root development. Not a lot of comments to make really. The autos in the other tent have been keeping me busy this week so its been nice having these girls running smooth👍👍👍 Week 2 of veg for photo in a solo cup........its boring😂😂 Little more detail: July 26/20 - Day 9 - 125ml each of Microbial Mass, B52, and Sensi CalMag @ 1ml/l = 385ppm and 5.5pH. - the feed was 285ppm before microbes.....added nutes and then pH’d.....added microbes. - top up the coco in the cups soon July 28/20 - Day 11 - 100ml each of Velokelp @ 1ml/L = 85ppm and 5.6pH, - tip burn noticed from the feeding two days ago. - since they are already burnt, hell with it adding some kelp for the girls. - C471 is very tall now and getting taller. July 31/20 - Day 14 - C472 fell over as she couldn’t support herself. Added in a wire to support. - they are getting a little too tall. That will wrap up week 2......again not much action as I am trying to keep the growing slow and steady. Cheers Growmies!!

******Week 3 August 1 to 7/20 - Days 15 to 21 since germination. There were only two feed days this week. Not a lot of comments to make really. They have been kept cold buy happy overall. Very light feedings overall but this week they were given their first feed of base nutrients this week. Getting close to transplant time. C471 is getting taller and her stem is feeling a little weak. They are growing and cant be ignored much longer😃 Little more detail: Aug 2/20 - Day 16 - 125ml each of Microbial Mass @ 2ml, Dual Fuel, Vitathrive, Liquid Weight, B52 @ 0.5ml/l = 420ppm and 5.5pH. - This is their first feed of base nutrients today. - added in more microbes today for week 3. Aug 5/20 - Day 19 - 125ml each of Dual Fuel, Vitathrive, CalMag @ 1ml/L = 800ppm and 6.1pH, - The leaf colours are light and stems a little weak so hitting them with a higher feed today to toughen them up further. That wraps up week 3......again not much action over all. Kept them happy for the most part.

******Week 4 August 8 to 14/20 - Days 22 to 28 since germination. This was transplant week. The girls have finally out grown the solo cups and its time for 1 gal pots and then fill up that pot with roots before the final pot. Don’t think I will step again and stop at the 1gal. Sprinkled the holes with Microryza and fed them some more microbes while doing so. The roots look good and have circled around the cup forming the first small mass. Microbial Mass is doing its thing💪👍 There were four feed days this week. Been keeping the feedings light as I am not looking for these girls to grow like crazy right now. Just want them to build nice roots right now......likely still 4 to 5 weeks before flipping yet. That will still have them a couple more weeks to fill out the 1 gal before transplanting a week or two before the flip. C471 is getting some large leaves on her.......the fan leaves on both girls are looking large. Not a lot of leaves but what they do have looks to be a good color and healthy so all is good! It’s just not a very exciting time right now but that isn’t all bad😃 Little more detail: Aug 8/20 - Day 22 - 125ml - Dual Fuel, Vitathrive, VeloKelp @ 1ml/L - 615 ppm and 5.9 pH - Leaves getting big and stems feeling a little small. Ready for transplant. Aug 9/20 - Day 23 - 500ml - Microbes and Piranha @ 1ml, B52 @ 0.5ml - 345ppm and 5.9pH - Transplanted today and watered around the cup. - Looking really nice overall. Aug 11/20 - Day 25 - 350ml - Vitathrive @ 2ml & Dual Fuel, CalMag, VeloKelp @ 1ml/L - 850 ppm and 5.8 pH - higher ppm than I wanted but went with it as they have not been overly feed. - Top node of C471 looking odd. slow pushing out the top node and when did, appeared to be missing one side?? Aug 13/20 - Day 27 - 750mL - Dual Fuel & CalMag, Vitathrive, VeloKelp @ 1ml/L - 800ppm and 5.7pH - Tips up again and growing well. They took the transplant very well!!! - Looking very nice👍 That finishes week 4 comments for veg.......really not much excitement.........no pest issues, no growth issues, no feed issues........enjoy the ride for now👌

******Week 5 August 15 to 21/20 - Days 29 to 35 since germination. Pheno 2 is starting to catch #1 now. Side branching growing longer and filling out. Side branches on pheno 1 are very strong though and thick. Leaf colour on the girls still a little light but they are fine. C471 slightly lighter but growing harder? Their large fan leaves are getting really large compared to the other leaves😃 Over this last week. There were 3 feed days this week. They were give 1L watering and knew there was a lot of run off. Increasing dry out days. Little more detail: Aug 15/20 - Day 29 - 200ml each watering with Vitathrive @ 1ml - 250ppm and 5.2pH - pH that low was a mistake but ran with it. Aug 17/20 - Day 31 - 1L each - Dual Fuel @ 1ml, CalMag @ 0.5ml, Microbes @ 1.5ml, Piranha @ 1ml - 750ppm and 5.8pH - added in beneficial fungi and microbes for the root development Aug 20/20 - Day 34 - 1L each - Dual Fuel, Vitathrive, Microbes @ 1.0 ml/L, Liquid Weight @ 0.5ml - 365ppm and 5.6pH - C471 is a little droopy on her large fan leaves and side branches are pushing out more leaves now.....she is bushing out more. - C472 is a slow a steady type of girl......she is moving forward but not going to crazy. That wraps up week 5. They took the transplant to the 1 gal pots well and didn’t slow down much. They have not been been overly warm and hit with as much light as they would like. Just working on taking our time and shaping the girls to fill the tent while the autos flower in the other tent. Sorry for the delay on the updates last couple of weeks Growmies......finishing up summer holidays and trying to enjoy the last days of summer in my neck of the woods 👍☹️ Have a great week growers and hope you are finding yourselves outside and getting some sun😃

******Week 6 August 22 to 28/20 - Days 36 to 42 since germination. The girls were topped this week on day 37, early week 6. Decided to top them in the 1 gal pots before upsizing to next pot. thinking it will be C471 into a 5 gal and C472 into a 3 gal pot. I will let the girl with more vigour fill up the larger pot and let the slower one fill the smaller pot. Should keep them at similar stages as they age. C472 took the topping well and kept on eating and her top leaves were standing up again two days later. C471 reacted more poorly and was slower coming back. She didn’t eat much for three days and stayed droopy in appearance. She worked herself out of it by the end of the week. There were only two feed days this week.....almost starved them😃😃 It was really an uneventful week after the topping. They are still getting another week or two before upsizing so just keep them relatively happy and alive😃 I let the temp come up in the photo tent as I stressed them more this week. Little more detail: Aug 23/20 - Day 36 - 1L - B52 @ 1.5ml - 200ppm and 5.7pH - kept it light on watering after topping. - Vitamin B and kelp to help reduce stress Aug 26/20 - Day 36 - 1L watering with Dual Fuel @ 1.5ml, CalMag @ 2ml - 950ppm and 4.8pH - been seeing issues with pH drift in the auto tent so decided to give these girls a watering with a really low pH as well. That’s the end of week 6 and topping the girls. They were topped at the fourth node leaving four sets of branches to mature and produce further side branching. They are solid girls and coming along nicely. Growing evenly and balanced at a very nice pace. They are going to be a very nice size are my impressions for now. Node spacing on these girls is very good as well and tighter than the spacing on Gorilla Girls growing beside them. Sweet Seeds genetics doing very well again.......the girls have been thriving in a colder and darker environment.....can’t wait to give them what they want and watch them explode in flower😃👍💪👊🤞

***** Week 7 August 28 to Sept 3, 2020 - Days 43 to 49 since germination ***** The girls are doing well this week and I feel their root zones is developing because they are looking more robust at the end of the week and not quite as "floppy" when moving their branches. For this week there isn't a lot planned as I am just working on keeping them calm and want them to focus on root development in the 1gal pots. They were pulled out mid week to clean up some of the lower inside growth. We don't need the lower branching coming off the side branches and will remove those sites........keep growing longer branches of what they do have for now and focus on them. Will let the lateral branching develop further, later on in their lives😀 That is the main idea this week Growmies.......keep them alive and preferably happy😂😂😂 Little more detail.......... Aug 30/20 - Day 45 - The girls are feeding and its watering time again. - 1.5L each with CalMag, Dual Fuel, Vitathrive, Velokelp @ 1ml, Liquid Weight @ 0.5ml = 675ppm and 5.4pH - Pulled the girls out and removed all the lower growth coming off the main stem. - Repositioned the girls in the tent and work on filling in the canopy now and start bending them over once the branching is a little longer. Sept 1/20 - Day 47 - Give the girls a little moisture and add rinse off the roots. - 500ml plain water - 10ppm and 5.2pH........kept pH low to counter the drifting pH in the pots. - Pots actually still had some weight in them today? Sept 2/20 - Day 48 - Need to give them more of a feed today and get some ppm in them. - 1L each with CalMag and Dual Fuel @ 1.5ml, Massive and Rezin and B52 @ 1ml = 1010ppm and 5.8pH - That wraps this veg week..........the girls were fed twice and given a little moisture in between as well. Keeping the pots a little drying and trying not to overwater but also need the runoff to ensure the pH doesn't get crazy😀 Looking for the girls to get a little longer yet and thinking that I will not tie them down until they are in their last transplant. Again......focus is the on roots this week and next👍🙏

****** Week 8 Vegetation - Sept 5 to 11/20 They were transplanted from solo cups into 1 gal pots on day 15, topped on day 37 and then into 5 gal fabric on day 50 (C472 into 3 gal two days later) C471 transplanted finally into her final home of a 5 gal pot on September 6. Mixed with roughly 20% Perlite and 80% Coco Coir. She has been the more aggressive grower so I gave her the 5 gal pot. Will put the slightly slower grower C472 into the 3 gal fabric pot. Hope this will balance out things with the size of the root mass in an equal amount of time. C472 not tranpsplanted until Sept 8, once I finally got a 3 gal fabric pot.......was sure that 5 gal looked like a 3 gal🤪🤪🤪 Anyway.....she spent and extra two days in the 1 gal pot👍 So they are finally done with transplants. Now its time to stay focussed on filling in the canopy with bud sites. Need to let these girls grow a little more vertically to keep up with the Gorilla Girls, which are growing so hard already💪👍 Suspect this might be an ongoing issue in this run.......the indica in this strain may keep her a fair bit shorter in height. The photo tent has basically been turned into the Sweet Seeds tent for the next couple of months😃😃 Once in flower will be cooling these girls off at night to bring out their potential colour changes in late bloom. They are growing leaves nice and large and plentiful. Node space is staying pretty tight still. Just need those branches to take off vertically so Silica will be introduced soon. Still working out a bit how I need the branches to bend around to fill in the canopy. Once I start increasing the silica as an additive on its own, its tougher to bend around her branches but she will certainly grow stronger. I want to put a SCROG in but I am actually a little concerned about SCROGing two potentially pretty different strains........lots of Sativa in Gorilla Girl and those phenos are pushing out more branch than leaf🙁 A little more detail..... Sept 5/20 - watering in the morning simply to get ready for transplanting in PM: - 500ml - CalMag, B52 @ 1.5ml - 385ppm and 5.7pH - transplanted with Mycorrhizae - watering in the PM after transplanting: - 1.5L - Velokelp, Vitathrive, Microbes @ 2ml - 110ppm and 5.2pH - missed the damn pH again but running with it. Sept 8/20 - 2L - CalMag @ 2ml/L, Vitathrive @ 1.5ml, Dual Fuel @ 1ml/L - 775ppm and 5.8pH - C472 transplanted today. Really not looking for these girls to take off just yet so been keeping the feedings light. Noticing some possible issues forming though with light leaf colours and some dark areas in the roots. Time to bump up the feeding ppm and more ml’s to get more runoff water from the coco at feedings. CalMag might be a little light as well but start with more water. Been keeping it a little light and that is likely causing some of these issues. That wraps up this week and feel better about how the tent is looking now. The plan is to fill in for another week and then flip next weekend.......see how the week goes🤞

********Week 9 Vegetation- Sept 12 to 18, 2020******* This will be the last veg week. Flipped to flower cycle at the end of the week:) LST this week on these girls. Getting them ready to put in a SCROG I think. Pull them down for now to start pulling them wider and make it easier to fill in the canopy’s net. Actually, they were only tied down for this week. At the end of the week I removed the ties. These girls need to be allowed to grow tall. I achieved my goal of spreading out the branches and making her wider for the start of flower. Now I just have to let her go and hope she will get another 12” to 18” taller in the stretch. There were 4 feed days this week and Advanced Nutrients Bud Ignitor was introduced this week.......getting ready for flower👍 Switch to Bloom nutes next week. Going to finish these girls with Advance Nutrients line this run. I may have to use a supplemental from Green Planet to get through to harvest. This lines bottles are getting closer to a year and a half old now........use em uip👌😃 Not buying more Bud Factor X for example (still have a couple of syringes worth) but rather will add Terpinator and Rezin instead. Little more detail: Sept 12/20 - CalMag @ 2ml, VeloKelp, Vitrathrive @ 1.5ml, AN Sensi Grow A&B @ 1ml - 610ppm and 5.9pH - Each girl given 2L - Pulled out and cleaned up to get ready for netting - Canopy height fairly even today.....little more time to fill in though. Sept 14/20 - Giving them a hearty feeding today with lots of ml’s to rinse off the roots a little more - Sensi CalMag @ 2ml, B52, Microbial Mass @ 1.5ml, Sensi Grow @ 1ml - 880ppm and 5.4pH - Each girl given 4L and they had a nice amount of runoff - maybe 30% this time. - Canopy filling in nice but worried about these girls height compared to Gorilla Girl beside them. Uneven heights down the road?? Sept 15/20 - Add some sweetener to feed the microbes today,. - Sensi CalMag @ 2ml, Bud Candy, B52 @ 1.5ml - 625ppm and 5.2pH - 2L each for the girls - Leaf colour is a little light so getting the Magnesium up and Nitrogen......that’s why using the heigh nitrogen Advance Nutrients Cal Mag. - pH is a little low but I am cool with it and working on not letting the pH drift too much yet in their run. - They are ready.........they want to flower😃 Sept 17/20 - Bud Ignitor introduced today as we get ready for Flower phase next week. - Sensi CalMag, Sensi Grow A&B, Bud Ignitor, all @ 1ml/L - 485 ppm and 5.7pH - Each girl given 2L - Ready to flip now but I concerned that I need to have these girls at least 8” higher than they are beucase they are not going to stretch as much as the other girls in the tent. - these girls have some most fan leaves growing.......I want to pull them but I am resisting😉 - Swtich the light cycle tonight to 12/12 and get the party started👊👍 That takes us to the end of Veg for these two girls. They have some very thick main branches and lots of large fan leaves. I expect to see further side branching growth in the next couple of weeks. they both have 4 nice main tops forming so I expect they should have a few chunky buds by the end💪 The girl in the 3gal pot is doing very well and I would suggest looking better than the girl in the 5 gal pot right now. Not fully surprising to me though.......the bigger girl with the extra room for roots, will likely seem a little happier in about 5 weeks but time will tell. Cheers Growmies and have a great week🙏

********Week 1 Flower - Sept 19 to 25, 2020******* We switched to flower this week and put in the first SCROG layer.....been busy😃 These girls have some very thick main branches and are pushing out some huge fan leaves💪 They were easily stretched out horizontally to fill in the net and the topping helped to keep the canopy at an even height. The girls are in the same tent as another strain that is known to grow big and will benefit from a SCROG. I don’t feel these girls necessarily need one though. To combat this I decided to set the Cream 47 on boxes before putting in the netting. I set them on boxes which put them 10” taller than Gorilla Girls......may still not have been enough but that is what we are running with🤞😃 Pest maintenance this week as we are getting the last days I am able to comfortably spray the girls. Lost Coast Plant Therapy to keep the gnats, aphids and thrips in check😃 Had a small mishap this week and a damn fan fell on one side of C471 while opening the tent. The net helped to not make this more disastrous but it still set her back a day or two. She has bounded back now and that side of her is coming back and getting taller. At the end of the week I finally gave in and started to pull some of the upper fan leaves😗😗 There is so much leaf in this little 3’ x 3’ tent that it is impacting airflow.......would love a 4‘ x 4’😃 They have reacted very well to the removing of the leaves and those branches are standing up taller and look more healthy the next day!! Keeping the waterings up and getting a fair bit of runoff from the feedings but that is best for Coco to avoid lockouts and pH issues. There were only three feeding days this week. We switched to bloom nutes for base and added silica for supplementals. Vitamin B and Kelp coming from B52 and sweetener for the microbes from bud candy. As well as Sensyzime to let the enzymes clean up the root zone because they have been in the pots for a few weeks now. Little more detail: Sept 19/20 - Day 1 - Plant Therapy @ 5ml in 1L water. Ph to 5.4. - Folier spray applied to whole tent half hour before lights on, used 3/4 of mixture - Feeding mixture was Sensyzime @ 1ml only - 25ppm and 5.2pH......missed it a bit. - each girl given 3L - SCROG put in Sept 20/20 - Day 2 - Sprayed the last of the IPM mixture on the tent tonight. - Noticed several small shinny spots on leaves later today.....suspect from Folier spray on leaves. Sept 21/20 - Day 3 - Nice full strength week 1 mixture applied today - Rhino Skin, Cal Mag @ 2ml, Sensi Bloom A&B , B52, Bud Ignitor, Bud Candy @ 1ml. - 625 ppm and 5.7pH - 3L given to each girl.......not enough runoff.....bump feedings up to 4L going forward. - silica added today. - freaking fan dropped on C471 today in the one corner🤬 Could have been worse👌 Sept 23/20 - Day 5 - CalMag @ 2ml, Rhino, Sensi Bloom A&B, B52, Bud Candy, Bud Ignitor @ 1ml. - 850ppm and 5.9pH - 4L given to each girl. - better run off amount That wraps up the first week of flower........Cream 47 was more of a transition week while Gorilla Girl was well in flower. The net is in and the lights flipped. The girls were ready for flower and now we just need to keep giving them what they want for the next 6 weeks and then coast from there👍 Hopeful they will find another 12” of growth in them but not sure they will stretch that much in the net....time will tell. Sweet Seeds girls making me smile again with anticipation of some fat colas from these girls😃

********** Week 2 of flower, Days 8 to 14 - Sept 26 to Oct 2/20 *********** It has been an exciting week with finding a crack in a main stem and started plus we added new supplemental nutrients to the feed as well. These girls are starting to push out some frost now as well. Overall, they are a little more squat than the other girls in the same tent but these girls are looking awesome. Buds are setting and starting to stack more as well😃 Pretty solid growth and bud sites for week 2 flower. Her leaf tips have been up and she is happy........she is happy all the time other than the first half hour of waking up😃👍 Very nice little girls to grow so far. The branching is certainly a little more lateral/horizontal than other strains I have grown. Could be that I was a little more aggressive with topping and tying down and they simply didn’t need it. She is not a long lanky strain and is making nice little bush shapes. She won’t have many colas but should be thick guys. C471 should be fewer and thicker while C472 will have a couple more colas but likely the main ones won’t be as thick as C471.......time will tell🧐 On Sept 28 I found a crack and had to do some repairs. Cream 471 was worse off the Gorilla Girl 4 with her cracked stem. GG4 was caught early enough that she didn’t separate much at the base. Looks to be as though I have caused the issue by topping the main stem a little too low😢 Coming back though now and when she was tied together and looked after she is bouncing back, its crazy how these plants can heal themselves😀💪👍 Took the tips from fellow growers and decided to try and fabric something with some cushion so that the straps holding the branches together don't cut into the branches. Needed another tool of the trade.......DYNAVAP to calm the nerves😀 because the grow has been going well and this set back has me pissed off as it is grower error😡 Seems to have worked out pretty well though and will keep our fingers crossed that the end result will be a frostier girl👊🤞 Switching the PK booster at the end of the week to Big Bud and started to add Rezin from Green Planet. Not much for Bud Factor X left so will run with Terpinator and Rezin as a replcement. 2nd layer of SCROG netting added early in the week, Sept 27/20. They are pushing out a good amount of leaves now and stretching so need to provide that added support for down the road. IPM spray again this week, last opportunity, with Plant Therapy. There has been something in the tent and I think I have killed them. One more shot though to make sure and before there are too many bud sites. Love this product!!!!!! Works so well at getting rid of thrips and mites. Little more detail........ Sept 26/20, Day 8 - Little heavier feed as they have not been watered for two days - 4L - CalMag @ 2ml, Sensi Bloom, B52, Bud Candy, Bud Ignitor @ 1ml - 830ppm and 5.7pH - will start to let the pH rise bit now over next couple of weeks Sept 27/20, Day 9 - 2nd SCROG layer added. Sept 28/20, Day 10 - more microbes today - 4 L - Microbial Mass @ 1.5ml, CalMag @ 1ml - 290ppm and 6.3pH - pH was a little high but left it...wasn't moving and then boom,,,,,,,oh well. - Good amount of runoff today. Sept 30/20, Day 12 - Heavier feeding today - 5L - CalMag, Vitathrive, Rezin @ 2ml Rhino Skin, Bud Candy, B52, Sensi Bloom @ 1ml. - repaired the cracked stem a little better tonight......was not sure how this girl will work out. Crack is fairly substantial. - Try and keep the paper towels wet now so the humidity is high around the wound. - Should have left a little more branch from the node above when cutting the top. Oct 1/20, Day 13 - Switching PK booster today to Big Bud......these two girls are past bud ignitor.....already stacking. - 3L - CalMag, Sensi Bloom, B52, Bud Candy, Big Bud @ 1ml - 665ppm and 5.9pH - IPM spray tonight again with Plant Therapy. Think I have seen some bug damage on Cream 47 girls. That takes us to the end of week 11 in growth and week 2 of flower. Time will go quick now that we are off and running. Will be done feeding by early week 7. Want a good flush and leeching on these girls to get all the nutes out. I have been missing it by a few days on the last few auto runs and want this photo run to be better as I have a better track of weeks and when she will be done..........should be done by the end of week 9, about 7 more weeks. Cheers Growmies and have a great week. Thanks very much to Mr_Motalovah and spacecadet55 for sharing your comments on cracking the main stems. Should be avoidable next time and appreciate the knowledge🙏👍 Nice strain Sweet Seeds.......these girls have my curiosity and can’t wait for the smells to start more as well!!!!👍🙏

******** Week 3 of flower, Week 12 growth - Oct 3 to 9/20 *********** It has been less exciting this week with respect to new issues👍😃 Leaves are getting a little darker for my liking this week. It is one of the things I have often struggled with using AN Sensi Grow and Bloom base nutes.,,,,,,keeping the feeding at 1ml.L to maybe 1.5ml at max.....stopped using their CalMag Basie of nitrogen levels as well. Not sure where else to go and will just give her some time for now and stay the course and see what the next two weeks bring.......keep up, increase, the plain water feedings. Little more detail........ Oct 3/20, Day 15 - 4L watering with CalMag, Rezin @ 2ml, Sensyzime @ 1.5ml - 450ppm and 5.7pH - they look to be stretching a bit. Oct 4/20, Day 16 - 4L feed with Rezin, Terpinator @ 2ml, CalMag, Sensi Bloom, Big Bud, B52, Bud Candy @ 1ml - 1025ppm and 5.8pH - left alone for the most part. - C472 needs some lower branching removed. Oct 5/20, Day 17 - 3L - Vitathrive, Piranha, Microbial Mass @ 1.5ml = 110ppm and 5.9pH - 100ppm and 5.9pH - fair bit of runoff yesterday with 4L so backing down a bit. Oct 7/20, Day 19 - 4L - Rezin, Terpinator @ 2ml, Rhino, Big Bud, B52 @ 1.5ml, CalMag, Sensi Bloom, Bud Candy @ 1ml - 1025ppm and 5.9pH - girls are really frosting up! Bud sites stacking......feeling might be a little slow though???? Oct 9/20, Day 21 - 3L- Rezin @ 2ml, CalMag, B52, Sensi Bloom @ 1ml, - 500ppm and 5.9pH Girls are looking good.....slow though?????

*********Week 4 Flower - October 10 to 16, 2020, Days 22 to 28********* They are doing awesome!!! Nice progress for week 4. The tent is getting stuffy and full. Flower has been very strong for growth. Cream 47 girls are getting thicker and praying hard everyday. The leaves are big and pointing up everyday. Further leaf strip this week to allow more light below. Nutrients are following the same for the most part this week. Big Bud doing its job and helping to swell the colas. Silica still added to keep strengthening her stems. Overall, stay the course this week and keep them happy. Getting stuffy and looking forward to a bigger tent arriving soon😀 Little more detail........ Oct 11/20, Day 23 - 4L - Rezin, Terpinator @ 2ml, Big Bud, B52 @ 1.5ml, CalMag, Sensi Bloom, Bud Candy @ 1ml - good amount of runoff from the pots. - water only next feed.....reminder😀 - had some higher heat levels yesterday at 86 degrees. The leaf strip is helping and down to 82 now. Oct 12/20, Day 24 - Light watering again today. - 3L with Enzymes @ 1ml = 25ppm and 5.6pH - Leaves are darkening up.....little concerning. - letting them do their thing. Oct 13/20, Day 25 - 3L - Rezin, B52 @ 2ml, CalMag @ 1ml = 400ppm and 6.1pH. (missed pH was 6.4…...added B52 to lower) - took a couple of lower branches from C47 girls. Oct 14/20, Day 26 - 3L - Microbial Mass @ 1.5ml, Piranha @ 1ml = 80ppm and 5.9pH (was shooting for 6.0) - C471 had runoff pretty quickly. - Microbes to help the roots as we get closer to the end. - sticky girls removing a couple of leaves today. So that wraps up the week. They look good but I am not seeing huge changes from the start of the week? Looking good though......keep getting frosty girls👍

***Week 5 Flower - October 17 to 23, 2020, Days 29 to 35********* New tent arrived this week. Finally getting into a 4 x 4......room for the girls. They were moved on day 33 to the new tent. Pulled the girls out and their stems are pretty strong so I am not going to stake these girls. Cut them out of the SCROG and will finish without the netting. The girls look really good overall. Hoping for a swelling week and keeping them happy. The end is getting close and not many feedings left so will be working on getting the last nutrients in to them. 5 watering days this week, 3 were feed days. Microbes and enzymes again this week. They are really frosty Sweet Seeds......hash making strain👍💪😃 Little more detail......... Oct 17/20, Day 29 - 4L with Terpinator, Massive @ 3ml, Rezin, Sensi Bloom @ 2ml, B52 @ 1.5ml, CalMag, Liq. Wt @ 1ml - 1165 ppm and 5.9pH. - gave them a little Massive this feed to see if they will stretch a little more these last days. Oct 18/20, Day 30 - 3L watering with Vitathrive and Rezin @ 2ml - 65ppm and 6.0pH - feeling like the girls are bit bigger today......could be phycological though as well.😀 - been battling pH issues so I am ignoring the runoff numbers and just giving them lots of water going in. Oct 19/20, Day 31 - 3L with Enzymes Komplete and Microbial Mass both at 1ml/L - 100ppm and 5.9pH going in. - not going to flush them at this point so I am continuing to hit them with microbes. Oct 20/20, Day 32 - 3L - Terpinator, Rezin, Sensi Bloom, Bid Bud @ 2ml, B52, Cal Mag, Liquid Wt. @ 1.5ml = - 1000ppm and 5.7pH on this feed. - full week 5 feed......base nutes upped to 2ml/l Oct 22/20 - - 3L - Sensi Bloom, Big Bud @ 2ml/L - 445ppm and 5.4pH - wanted to flush them today with a heavy amount of 4.5pH water but life didn't work that way. Finished off the week at that. Will be watering again first day next week so didn't water that last day this week. They are looking very good.....darker but very good.

**Week 6 Flower - October 24 to 30, 2020, Days 36 to 42********* The girls spent a full week in the bigger tent now and appear to be liking the extra room and air movement. The girls are not changing much in size now and just want them to swell at this point. Some of the hairs are going red now and need to get a flush in to bring down the ppm and then lay a nice finishing feed in the media. Overdrive being added now that we are at the finish line for feed. Expect another week of feed and then flush for two weeks. These girls may need some help though and Flawless Finish might be used.....will try and avoid though and let them finish on their own. Trichomes are really plentiful on these girls. The lower points are also very frosty. Nugs are getting really nice colour to them and expect to see further colours come out in the days ahead😀 So we give them their last ripening feeds and then reduce to plain water by mid to end of next week. Since they are in coco I am going to feed them a little longer this run, feel I have missed some potential last run and hopeful this will run 9 weeks for a nice finish. There were five days this week with adding moisture to the pots and a larger flush at the start of the week. Little more detail....... Oct 24/20, Day 36 - girls flushed in the morning with 20L of water at 4.5pH. - in the PM they were given a feeding of nutrients as RO water was used to flush. - 2L - Sensi Bloom, Overdrive @ 2ml/L, Liquid Wt, Vitathrive @ 1.5ml, CalMag @ 1ml - Last feed was 850ppm and 5.7pH.......should make the girls a little happier and rinsed off the roots. Oct 26/20, Day 38 - Heavier week 6 feed today....not many feeds left - 4L - Terp.@3ml, Sensi Bloom, Overdrive, Rezin Microbes@2ml/L, Liquid Wt, [email protected], CalMag@1ml - 1125ppm and 5.8pH going in. A stronger feed today with the last microbes for the girls. - the green on these girls is a little lighter than Gorilla Girls and looking better. - the colours are continuing to come out in the bud. Oct 27/20, Day 39 - 3L - Sensi Bloom @ 3ml, Overdrive, Rezin, B52 @ 2ml, Liquid Wt @ 1.5ml = 1125ppm and 5.7pH - the girls had lots of runoff yesterday and then lots again today......slowing down now? - There is getting to be some pretty red hairs in the bud.....she may not go much past weeks??? - the bud sites are forming pointy tops now.......hmmmm she's getting close. Oct 29/20, Day 41 - 3L - Terp @ 3ml, Sensi Bloom, Overdrive, Enzymes Komplete @ 2ml, Rezin, Lq Wt @ 1.5ml - 1150ppm and 6.0pH for the girls. - runoff amount was lower today, dry out day yesterday. Oct 30/20, Day 42 - 3L - Terp @ 3ml, Sensi Bloom, Overdrive, CalMag, Rezin, Lq Wt @ 2ml - 1350ppm and 6.0pH........one of the last feeds. - C471 is a lighter colour than C472. C472 has some green/bluish leaf colour. - I suspect we are going to need Flawless Finish to bring these girls home.....they are still darker than I would like. 👍 That wraps up week 6 and the girls looking really nice. They fill up half the tent nicely and have room to breath. They are a beautiful height to work with. Buds are getting more dense. She will be a nice girl.......I am missing somethings though and she is not finishing as I had worked out in my head😵

******* Week 7 Flower - October 31 to Nov 6, 2020, Days 43 to 49 ********* This was flush week.......hurry the hell up and flush week!!!!!😃 This strain is an 8 week strain!! She was close to ready at the end of the week, Day 49. Start your flush week 6......I waited for week 7 thinking she would go 9 weeks. Gave them two doses fo Flawless Finish and 10 gallons of water each. Cant do much more than that🤞👍 She is a sticky girl........move any leaves around and you find out just how much😃 These are some nice Freakin looking buds!!!!!! Beautiful colours and so frosty all the way down the fan leaves........so pissed off at myself because I missed her flush timming.....there are some beautiful purples and yellows in this strain that I missed!☹️ Little more detail....... Nov 1/20, Day 44 - Heavy flush day today. - 32L of tap water with 180oom and 5.7pH going into the girls. - runoff numbers for the girls were both pretty close to the same at 185ppm and 6.3pH. - last 3.5L of flush contained Flawless Finish @ 2ml/L. - Decided I do need to use a flushing agent with these girls......they are so close to done now!!!!! Nov 3/20, Day 46 - Another flushing agent watering today. - each girl given roughly 5L mixture of half tap water and half RO water with Flawless Finish at 4ml/L - More than I would normally do but feeling a little desperate at this point!!! - I am almost feeling like C472 is close to pulling now........damn.....I need a couple of more days yet so just going to let more go amber and hopefully she will continue to take the water and flush herself. Nov 6/20, Day 49 - 1L of plain water for each girl. 25ppm and 6.2pH. - we are at the finish line.....just keeping the pot moist right now. - they are ready for darkness anytime now........they are......I am not😂 Looking good Apolo.......Trichomes are lots and smells are plentiful👍 They finishing too damn fast though😀😀 Good problems I guess, wish I cut some clones to run her one more time and stop feed at week 5 flower😞

***** Week 8 Flower - November 7 to 13, 2020, Days 50 to 56 ********* Okay Growmies this is the last update until the harvest week. The girls are down now and doing their thing in the dry box 😀👍 This is the last days for Cream 47 from Sweet Seeds. They have been fun and a learning experience with topping and trying to flush too late! I must admit.......sometimes I am tired of learning, how about an autopilot run soon😂😂😂 The girls were given their last bit of moisture on Nov 7/20, Day 50 of 2L RO water. November 8/20, Day 51 they went into darkness for two full days and then cut down. They had green leaves but the bud itself is looking pretty good.......smoke in a couple of months will tell the full story of how they flushed but for now there isn't anything else we can do and they are being harvested this week. Next update will be a harvest week!

Trying to delete this week but system wont let me....there is no week 18 😃

Sweet Seeds Cream 47 grow 2020. Sweet Seeds Cream 47 was finally run and she was a great experience…….as always there was something to be learnt here but in the end these girls were super frosty and finished super fast! Done in 8 weeks Veg and you keep ALL the trim for further processing😊 Stayed under 30” for height and can fight off many issues including pests and temps……as well as cracked stems and broken branches😊 I believe I ordered these in 2018 after my first experience with Sweet Seeds and Gorilla Girl photo. I was so impressed I had wanted to try something else from them. Then I don’t know what happens…..something else newer or possibly more interesting at the time comes along and you push this seed pack to the back. For some reason AK47 has been the strain I have played with a couple variants of and these girls finally had their chance. The seed pack I have has a date stamp of 2016…….not a worry Growmies, seen lots of other growers popping 10 year old genetics from seed and thy will still work out fine. Just sharing a little reminder that its about storage…….I keep mine in a sealed container in a different fridge in a dark spot😊 As an example, these were 4 years old and I got two girls from my three seeds…..works for me😊 Beginning the diary……during germination everything is rosy and you are going to set things on fire!!!!!! Germination started on July 11/20 with two seeds. First one came up from coco 7 days later on July 18 and C472 was actually the third seed and was put into a rapid rooter on July 19 and came up from coco on July 23…….that left us with C472 actually being 5 days behind C471. Quick note….C472 was a bigger girl at the finish line even though she was 5 days younger and being grown in the 3 gal pot vs the 5 gal pot. Typical photoperiod process and went to solo cups and then to 1 gal and then a final upsize to either a 3gal or 5gal. I put one in each. At the start of this diary I wanted to focus on seeing the difference in yield between a 12L and 20L pot and is it worth the extra media and nutes? Well things change and you have to go with the punches😊 Early veg and building root mass……..come one girls, lets see some snow white roots!!!! The girls were grown in 90 – 80% coco and 10 - 20% Perlite……..COVID made many things hard to get here and there this past year and I believe and I even had to use some Vermiculite as I couldn’t get perlite. As in the previous couple of grows I battled pH drift in this run as well. Quick note…….I am now mixing my media with 65% coco, 25% peat, 10% perlite and the current run is doing very well for both autos and photos……pH is holding at 6.1 in media rather than damn 7.2 a couple of weeks later, may consider dropping peat a little next run to 20% or 15% and increase the coco by the same percentage to see the impact😊😊😊 By the end of 7 days they had a whopping 1 set of single blade fan leaves out and the thought of a second set of leaves. Then by the end of 14 days they really rocked and we had a set of 3 blade leaves out and a sliver of green forming the first set of 5 blade fan leaves……..on fire they were😊😊😊😊 With the girls facing an 8 week veg, I was in no rush. At the end 21 days they were roughly 7” tall and it was time for their first upsize to a 1gal pot. They were finally transplanted on day 23. C471 had a better root development that C472 and she was slightly bigger so was eyed as the pheno to get the 5 gal pot in the future. Usual Mycorrhizae added to the holes and in the pots and further microbes to supplement the girls. Need the roots to more plentiful than what they currently are. The girls loved the extra room and week 5 saw good growth as side branching developed and the leaves became bigger……on course! Late veg and forming a canopy for flower……SCROG or not?????: Weeks 4 and 5, plus the start of 6, the girls continued to flourish and grow in 1 gal pots. Being feed a couple of times a week they continued to progress. The girls had reached a little of 10” tall and it was time to top them. Not sure about LST or SCROG at this point, I knew they had to fill half the tent, so I went a head and topped the girls on day 37 between the fourth and fifth nodes. The girls grew a little different shaped fan leaves and they were more “pointy” and long in growth……and long lateral growth fan leaves. She wanted to grow laterally on her own…..bonus! The girls reacted will to the toping over the next days and kept a solid growth. This strain has tight node spacing and will not grow into 5’ monsters like the Gorilla Girl strain they were grown beside. Finally at day 50, Sept 6/20, the girls were given their final home and transplanted a last time. C471 with more vigorous growth was given the 5 gal pot to fill with roots while C472 was designated the 3 gal pot. I finally decided that a SCROG was going to be the answer because the other girls in the tent will need to be kept tied down. Problem was that these girls won’t stretch much but the other girls will……how the hell to SCROG that situation otherwise you have nodes 12” taller than others and creates a tough canopy to give the correct amount of light??? Solution was to put C47 girls on boxes and rise them up. Took a guess at the potential height difference in the strains and figured I should plant at least a 12” riser of some type. It actually worked out not to bad……they were coming through the top of the SCROG first but as they grew things balanced out between the strains😊 In week 9 the girls took off and we finally had a good canopy to start flower with……all the girls were down low and touching all sides of the tent and each other. Getting them ready to SCROG I decided to perform LST for a couple of weeks and ensure the branching grows to the side and not straight up. They formed 4 main tops on each girl and the side branches were thick. Bud Ignitor added to the feed in week 9 and we are ready…….lets change the light and watch the explosion Baby 😊😊😊 Still only positive thing happening in the grow to this point!! Flower time and filling up the tent with sticky buds………my F@#%ing tent is too small for the girls: Okay Growmies……we are on fire, all 4 girls are growing with pistols popping, branches bent everywhere and put in the first layer of the SCROG……..right on!! Soon reality sets in and the fictitious Gremlins arrive to F my grow and actions☹️ Getting ready for putting the net and decided to cut to low branches from C471 as they just don’t have any thickness to them. Concern was that she was now down to 6 main branches on her…..don’t break any!! Mid week I check the tent in the morning and there is a damn fan laying on top of C471!!! That’s no good but shit happens, no visible damage to the plant…..or the fan😊 So we get through week 1, IPM spray done and net is in, and moving into week 2 of flower my heart stopped when I noticed a huge crack in the main stem of C471……WTF??????? So on day 12 of flower I am looking at two girls with cracked main stems…..one C47 and one Gorilla Girl……WTF everything is the same, why did this happen for no apparent reason? Answer - - - - usual “grower F-up”…….I topped the girls to close to the lower node when done and I should have the scissors up against the node above and left a larger “nub” on top……I had them against the node below when I cut and little to no nub left on top!!!! Once they were trained a bit and started growing harder, the stem didn’t have any more strength and cracked right in the middle of the main stem! Learning point……remember to always leave a good piece of stem at the top when using scissors……hasn’t been an issue for me in the past when “pinching” tops as they develop, this was though☹️ So what to do now they are doing awesome????? Well, that is why I support Grow Diairies and continue to use the site outlining my grows……I asked for help and other opinions about what happened😊 Sure enough within hours, I had some input from fellow growers, thanks again @Mr_Motalovah who pointed out quickly what I had done because they had shared about what has happened to them in the past……thanks a bunch for the input Growmie….you rock!! Now that I know what I screwed up, we vaped a bunch of bud and put on the MacGyver Hat and fashioned some supports and ties out of a pool noodle, zip ties, tape, and more weed😊 Tied the girls up and kept the area moist for a week! She never did weld right back together at the crack because it was too major and at a high stress point for the branches. I feel this certainly contributed to C471 not being as big a yielder as I am sure she should have been. So now we are getting back on track, forget all the other shit of the last two weeks, stay positive and lets rock this grow😊 There was lots to be positive about as the second lay of SCROG is in, the girls are 20” tall and looking happy with leaves up. She has some huge fan leaves and starting to really show some trichomes already! Right on Sweet Seeds……they are pulling through and doing awesome now! Problem I am now having is keeping the air movement in the tent as these four girls are killing it and I am out of room. If I don’t help with more room or air movement, the yield and quality of the bud will suffer……they will finish and all is good but there will be lost opportunity. I really struggle to grow 4 plants in a 3’ x 3’ tent. I am always out of room and can’t get the light down as low as I want. This grow is a perfect example of that. Not to mention how to cool them off and reduce light intensity when ripening in the last two to three weeks?? I need a bigger freaking tent….finally bit the bullet and ordered a 4’ x 4’ tent for flower. Will then have a 4’ x 4’ for photos and keep one of the 3’ x 3’ for autos. Through week 3 of flower and going now Baby, just waiting on a new tent😊 Late flower and watching them buds swell……no worries now, let the deficiencies fly!!!: Now in week 4 of flower and the girls are getting very big. The trichome production has kicked in and they are looking happy everyday at this point. Tips up everyday and they are loving the light and feed at this point. Chugging along and feeling like we will feed them though week 6 and flush for weeks 7, 8, and 9 and take down about day 62 or so. Feed moved into Big Bud and silica going to keep the stems strong so they support the bud weight. Her nodes have stacked very well and for week 4 she is chunking out nicely! The girls are pretty dark green now at this point and looking healthy. Again, buds are big and they are frosty…..the grow is going very well. New tent finally arrives in week 5 and we move the girls to a new home with more room for air and light penetration lower on the branches. Had to cut the girls out of the SCROG and added bamboo to the other strain being run with these girls. Since C47 was not very tall, they were not supported. So feeling that everything is good and we are moving forward. Like I say, feeling good, but I think the girls had their issues in weeks 5 and 6 and I didn’t really pick up on it. They had battled high pH through the grow, again why the media change this run, and it seemed to stall the girls. I think I was so focussed on the success of the Gorilla Girls that I didn’t really pick on the fact these girls were slowing down. At any rate, they looked very good and frosty and still eating so we kept going, there were even resin rails beginning to form on fan leaves and they are 24” tall😊 LST helped to keep them short, along with topping. She is showing that she will make hash people happy!!! Awesome trichomes for this stage of growth…..excited as hell! We move into week 6 and start working on some flushing. She is dark now and concerning. Her hairs are starting to red here and there and I am seeing some colour in the buds. She smells of a strong floral or something that almost “stings” your sinuses…..sorry for description but it was good strong smell. Flush should have begun at the start of this week, six. Instead, it was not given until week 7, almost too late at this point. She had slowed down her drinking and was not uptalking much anymore. Her buds looked beautiful but her leaves were dark. Yup…..F#$% I missed her and she will not finish with the colours that she should. Not much you can do at this point. She was given Flawless Finish twice and roughly 7 days of plain watering before darkness. Then on November 8, Day 51 the girls went into darkness……..the trichomes had matured and it was time. This strain should have stopped her feeding at the end of week 5 and keep the water only for up for 2.5 weeks idea and colours should pop on her…….not one week like I did☹️ After two days of darkness the girls looked gorgeous and faded a little more than when they went in……right on. The buds are beautiful with the light colour of purple on some calyxes and red hairs in there. Frosty as all heck and sticky like crazy😊😊😊 Harvest, dry, cure and smoking Cream 47 from Sweet Seeds……..is she Sweet Smoke?? Remembrance Day was harvest for the girls. They ran their 53 days and its time to cut them down. It was a little surprising to see that C472 had better bud production that C471 since she was the slower grower. At the same time, it was not surprising as C471 had her stem split and this impacted her yield because of a challenge getting the amount of nutrients she wanted up the stem. She made it to the finish line though and was still making me smile at the end😊 can’t ask for much more than that really! Again, I wanted to compare 3 gal vs 5 gal but this diary simply didn’t work out that way. (one should also use clones for a better test of this and not seeds but its all good because I was just having fun😊) I hope that my pictures show her level of trichome production as very good to excellent. She has a lot of crystal in her buds and they are sticky. They hung for 10 to 12 days, took a couple of days to finish his time, and went it jars. I kept ALL fan leaves and of course sugar leaves…….in the freezer right now waiting for the next edible or hash run……grower bonus😊 not to mention the crazy good kief in the tray from trimmings you can enjoy as the grower😊 Full Melt Hash!!! The yield was not the largest for this girl and you can see that in the pictures by the amount of leaf in the buds. They didn’t swell right up……again going back to weeks 5 and 6 in flower I suspect☹️ This is my smoke and I am not worried about yield to be honest. Therefore, even though I only pulled a couple of ounces from each girl…….its primo smoke! The lung expansion is huge and takes my breath away for a couple of seconds as well😊 One dab the size of a rice grain for light weight friend and he was sleeping on the couch 15 minutes later😊 Anyone have insomnia issues?? She is a strong one but with my crazy tolerance she is a nice day to evening smoke for me. That will wrap it up for this grow and Cream 47 for 2020. Have a few ounces to enjoy plus still have another seed to keep the dream alive😀👍 Should have cloned her........there are so many options though👊 Still, would love to have ran her again knowing that she is done at the start of week 8 and hit the flush properly. On to the next one though. She was indeed Sweet Smoke!!! Cheers @Sweet_Seeds another one you should be proud of😍😎👊