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Started in water on June 29 and then into Solo cup.
Not quite a Super Soil mix but pretty close: greenhouse grade soil mix as a base, then adding roughly 25% perlite, alfalfa pellets, bone meal, worm castings, compost, dolomite lime, Epsom salts, blood meal...
Aug 5: tied down using pipe cleaners and paper clips.
Aug 6: adjusted LST. Lower branches are already bigger so I think I like tying plants down as a low stress way to increase yield.
Aug 8: adjusted LST but looking good. 🤠
Aug 10: released tie down
Aug 13: the plant looks awesome and the tie down has produced two main colas and several secondary colas that should work nicely. Extra yield without the delay in harvest that topping creates. 🤠. Also took off two fan leaves that were shading buds.
Aug 16: full nutrient mix including Natures Source, molasses, Superbloom, Epsom Salts, calcium citrate and pinch of kelp extract. This is a transition mix heading toward just bloom nutes soon.
This water has elevated sodium and I need to be more aware of the Cation ratios (Na, Ca, Mg,K) so the soil doesn’t get too much sodium.
Aug 27: gave it a SuperBloom, molasses, Epsom salts nutrient mix and then sprayed with Enhancer.
Pollinated two branches with Devil XXL pollen.
Aug 30: watered with Epsom salts and Big Bud. The plant didn’t grow much since the last visit and that was likely due to a mild lack of water.
Sep 3: I think the water is not helping this plant. The pH is too high on the days where the helper waters the plant, and there is too much sodium. Will leave some pHed water with some Epsom salts to see if that helps.
It’s also starting to get cool overnight and the strength of the sunlight drops quickly in the fall. This plant was started late (July 15) in part to see if it could finish in time. So far so good I guess, and it should finish blooming quickly.
Sep 10: looking good but smaller than I expected for outdoor. It might not be getting the right amount of water daily. We’ll see how she finishes.
Sep 15: watered and fed. Buds are looking nice.
Sep 18: plant is quite purple from the low overnight temps. Lower fan leaves are also discoloured.
This should have been a full sunny day but smoke from California and Oregon fires has made it quite hazy here in central Alberta. SF is at 37 N and I’m at 53 N. The fires are 1,800 km away but the haze is blocking the UV that makes the plant make THC...so climate change is affecting the THC levels in my bud...Damn, I know climate change is serious but talk about unexpected implications...
Sep 20: the plant is doing better than I thought. Purple colouring looks good and buds are maturing. There should be some good sunny days here in the next two weeks so it should finish nicely.
Sep 22: very purple but looking good. The weather for the next two weeks should be nice and sunny so this plant will finish on time. 😎
Sep 29: leaves are basically black now.
Oct 2: decided to chop but it could have gone longer. We have had some great sunny weather this fall and I wouldn’t count on it being this nice every year in early October. We’re pretty far north in Canada and I’m a bit amazed that a plant started in late June can finish nicely in early October. It’s a beautiful plant with some great colours that was an unexpected bonus. A key to getting it bigger would be to plant it well before the solstice on June 21 to take more advantage of the long daylight hours and to make sure it’s watered properly.
This plant came out smaller than I hoped, but this is very high quality bud and the smoke is one of the favourites from this year. The plant turned colour due to low overnight temperatures and the leaves went from purple to nearly black at the end. The bud is colourful, nicely dense and it makes a very nice smoke. This was started late in the season for northern Canada (June 29) but it came through easily. Would be bigger if it had caught more sun around the solstice and had more consistent watering.
This plant was started very late (June 29) and was harvested Oct 2 or Day 92. It was smaller than expected and this might be due to inadequate watering. I was only inspecting it every few days and the helper was a bit forgetful about watering. With an earlier start to take advantage of the long sunlight hours around the solstice, and better tending, I’m sure this plant would get much bigger.
The plant endured some quite low overnight temperatures and turned a really nice purple. The low overnight temps may also have limited the size of the plant.
Furthermore, this was an early attempt at freeze drying and it got too dry. Need to shorten the drying cycle time I think. The dry weight is only 20% of the wet weight, but I think it should be be more like 30%. Volume wise it looks like close to a standard ounce, but the weight is low due to lack of moisture in the bud. The over dried buds are in mason jars with a small piece of wet paper towel to allow them to rehydrate and then Boveda packs. The freeze dryer works great but it’s tricky to optimize. Practice, practice practice.
The buds rehydrate easily and it takes some getting used to the look of freeze dried bud, but they look, smoke, and taste great. Need to measure dry weights after curing not right out of dryer.
@Northern_Ent,
Yeah I usually do it for all my plants. Although this time with my Jack 47 XL i decided to experiment and see what happens when I don't tie them out. It'll be good to compare both our grows.
So how cold did it get while this one was out in it? I got 1 with 2 weeks to go and cold just moved down 2 days ago.. wondering how cold she will get an still perform... just packing trichs on now. Not really weight.
@Jerrylarrydalton, not sure but lows about 5C or possibly a bit lower. My problem this far north is lack of strong sunlight to finish flowering. Most other plants were still okay with a bit of frost. Potatoes and tomatoswere killed off before the cannabis plants so they can take a bit of cold. Good luck.
Damn if yours was that short on week 5 that means I should have a monster auto on my hands lol. Mines week 4 at 18 inchs an no sign of budding yet. Only regrets is the 3 gallon bag shes in lol.. the one time I go small the plants huge.. for an auto.
@Jerrylarrydalton, oh yeah you’ve got a big 4 week old going. I tied mine down for a few days which might have limited the height but it really got the lower buds going. Good luck 🤠
What freeze dryer did you get mate. I just ordered a harvest right and trying to figure out where to start?
The problem with being on the cutting edge of a technology is no one has drawn up any tutorials yet😂
@GuerrillaNo_4, my freeze dried stuff definitely. Now that I’m pretty much out from last year I’m buying some commercial weed again here in Canada and in general I don’t like the regular stuff as much. Freeze dried is lower density but really why should that even matter? It’s smoother and more flavourful so what’s not to like? Likely even has a slightly higher cannabinoid level and more terpenes, so all good in my opinion. And the dryers are great for hash making. 😎
@Jerrylarrydalton, the colour change was due to the low overnights temps we get here. This plant has stayed outside all along and we routinely get nights down to 5 C in September but no frost yet. You’ll see the transition in the pics in the middle of Week 12. 😎
Northern_Ent
