GSC - Going Again

** Germination - July 11 to 20/20 and Week 1 started on July 21/20 ***** Hey Growmies......here we go again with another auto run!!! Fast Buds Girl Scout Cookies. Just coming a run of this strain and I was so mixed up with it all that I have to run her again. Perfect situation as I need one more girl to fill the tent. I am running Lemon AK from Fast Buds at same time right now, three phenos in different pots......fun thing to try on that grow. GSC is running 1 to 2 days behind my LAK1 and what I call week 1 maybe a little off this run. Four autos all broke the surface on different dates within about 6 days of eachother......not much we can do👍 The plan with this girl will be to keep her low and get some chunky buds this run. I may look at topping this girl.....see what week 3 brings.......she will be trained to keep her down at minimum😃 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 for first week......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 early week 2 as well. I expect this girl to run a full 10 weeks and likely come down around day 77.......may consider pulling this girl a little early......time will tell. This should get the diary up and running for now....... Germination dates: GSC (first): July 11 - water July 13 - paper towel July 17 - into rapid rooter......think she is done July 21 - called it RIP girl☠️ GSC: July 17 - rapid rooter July 19 - cracked but she is twisted. Need her to make it so planted in coco July 21 - up from the coco She has only been misted so far with plain RO water and the coco was buffered with Microbial Mass, Vitrathrive (Vitamin B), Velokelp. The girls have not been feed nor watered directly so far. That puts LAK2 roughly 2 days behind LAK1 and LAK3 is roughly 5 days behind LAK1......not much we can do👍 The girls have only been misted so far with plain RO water and the coco was buffered with Microbial Mass, Vitrathrive (Vitamin B), Velokelp. The girls have not been feed nor watered directly so far. ******First Week, July 21 to 27/20: July 21 to 24/20 - Days 1 to 4 - only misting with plain RO water if anything given on these days. July 25/20 - Day 5 - 250ml - Microbes @ 2ml, Liquid Weight & Vitathrive & Velokelp @ 1ml = 250ppm & 5.2pH - Mixed some for the Lemon AK girls and decided what the hell and gave her a few hundred ml’s as well. - last run this girl didn’t mind the nutes and she is looking growing well. July 26/20 - Day 6 - all the pots are getting moistened today with microbes, vitamin B, kelp and introduce some CalMag as I didn’t add when I buffered the coco. Damn.... - Gave 1L - VeloKellp, Sensi CalMag, Vitathrive, Microbial, L. Wt. @ 1ml = 400ppm & 5.4pH - air pots have lots of air movement on the bottom and on the sides. Don’t want her growing into dry spots and stalling out. - that was may rational anyway👍 July 27/20 - Day 7 - 750ml RO water with B52 = 225ppm and 5.8pH - she is doing really well. - tips pointing up today. First week was a typical first week of seedlings and this girl was on autopilot through the days. She is progressing as I would expect. She might be a little small in overall size but she is progressing just fine. Keep up the misting and keep her easy on the feeding next week. All the leaf colors are light and looking good. Coco now has all the nutrients in it that I am after and we are going. Keep the light at the right height and next week should go well. Other girls in the tent taking some of my brain power this week so happy to have one not to worry about😃😃 There we go....Fast Buds Girl Scout Cookies on the go.......time frame will hopefully see harvest around the second week of October🤞

*******Week 2 July 27 to Aug 2/20 - Days 8 to 14 since germination. She was given feedings on 4 days this week. She was misted everyday otherwise and has not shown any signs of lacking nutrition. Leaf colour is good, too possibly a little light, and they are doing well. Not pushing it and will keep focusing on the root development. She is not very large above the pot so trusting she is building a nice mass inside the pot😃 Not a lot of comments really. No training or any other interesting tasks yet. This strain has been doing well and she is progressing......she might be a little small overall but she is solid and progressing with nice structure to her. Week 2 of veg......keep environment dialled in but otherwise, its boring😂😂 Little more detail: July 27/20 - Day 8 - 750ml - B52 at 1ml = 225ppm and 5.8pH. - didn’t adjust the pH as it was 5.9. Added the microbes and it dropped to 5.8. No pH adjuster added.....nice for the microbes! - Increased light intensity today by turning on the second light. - environment averaging 77 degrees and 65% humidity. July 28/20 - Day 9 - The little girl is very happy with tips up. - She is staying squat and small in general.....okay for now. July 29/20 - Day 10 - 500ml Feed with B52 @ 2ml = 185ppm and 5.5pH - She is doing well but her leaves are not up as much as this strain has been in the past when she is happy. - Lighting at 24” now. July 30/20 - Day 11 - showing some small signs of leaf tip burn. - been pushing the B52 the last couple to work on providing some strength for her main stem. July 31/20 - Day 12 - 1L feed given with Microbes @ 2ml, Vitathrive @ 1ml, Dual Fuel, VeloKelp, Liquid Weight @ 0.5ml - 355ppm and 5.5pH. - the feed was 280ppm before adding the microbes so I don’t feel its overly strong. - raised the light 2” off the canopy....little droopy today. Aug 1/20 - Day 13 - leaves are horizontal today rather than pointing up. - still surprised a bit at the tip burn from the B52......didn’t think it was too much!!!!! Did I accidentally add the nutrients twice to the water???? Aug 2/20 - Day 14 - Had some feed water left over some other girls so added a little to this pot as well - 250ml - Microbes @ 2ml, Dual Fuel & Vitathrive & Liquid Weight & B52 @ 0.5ml - worked out to 320ppm and 5.6pH That will wrap up week 2......again not much action but that is what we are after at this stage!

******Week 3 - August 3 to 9, 2020 - Days 15 to 21 from germination Overall a good growth week. Her branching has gotten bigger and her leaves are certainly larger. Leaf color is a little light, she is lookimg for the nitrogen😃 So focussed on keeping the ppm down and medium lightly watered the first days and now she is a little deficient.......we can straighten that out though👍 Introduced more CalMag to the feed this week. Used the A.N. Sensi CalMag at the start of the week as the N value is 4% compared to GH which is 1% for N. She was fed three times this week in different combinations of nutrients. She has been fed very lightly and it is showing in her leaf color so stepping it up more.....she is needing some more nitrogen. Continued with microbes as well for the roots and added in some fungi as well through Piranha. An okay week overall for growth but not as much as would have liked. Running her last time, they were slow coming as well and didn’t start setting bud sites until week 5 so not panicking.......feel like she could be more robust right now though🧐 Little more detail: Aug 4/20 - Day 16 - 1L feed with Sensi CalMag, Vitathrive, Dual Fuel - 725ppm and 5.8pH. - Bringing up her nitrogen. - Increased fresh air intake as they were a little droopy. Aug 6/20 - Day 18 - 500ml feed with Microbial Mass and Liquid Weight. - 110ppm and 5.3pH. - Missed the pH a bit not chasing it. Microbes added after adjusting. - focus was to get the microbes in with some sweetener and a low ppm. - She is looking a little greener now as well. Aug 8/20 - Day 20 - 1L feed - Dual Fuel @ 1ml, Vitathrive, Velokelp, CalMag = 720ppm and 5.8pH - She is happy and leaves up. Been a good week for the most part. Sorry Growmies but its just not been an exciting week. Added a couple of nutes and wanted to get going on LST but don’t know exactly where I stand with her this grow and bending her top....running out of time though......she needs a little more height before I am comfortable bending her main top otherwise I will just open up the side branches and let her top go. Have a great week Growmies🙏

****Week 4 - Aug 10 to 16, 2020 - Days 22 to 28 from germination****** She has seen further growth this week and finally getting greener. She has been light in colour but its time to get her a little happier and get the nitrogen up so she can grow more. Added some support to pull her straighter out of the soil and have her stand up better. She as fed on four different days this week. With her being an auto I have been trying to keep her feeding light this run. May have it a little too light but time will tell. Too much feed and she will stunt her growth so keeping that in mind. Verified the runoff numbers on day 24 and it was 900ppm with 6.6pH. Starting to see some drift on the pH. Keep the feed pH in the 5.8 range and not higher, water at a lower pH as well going forward. She reacted well to the CalMag only feeding with 5.2pH feeding on day 27. Little more detail: Aug 10/20 - Day 22 - 1.5L feed - Vitathrive, VeloKelp @ 2ml, Dual Fuel @ 1.5ml, CalMag and Piranha @ 1ml - 925ppm and 5.9pH - she is getting greener now. - full strength feeding today to help build up the medium as she matures. Aug 12/20 - Day 24 - 2L feed - RhinoSkin and Microbes @ 1.5ml, Vitathrive, Dual Fuel, CalMag @ 1ml - 700ppm and 5.8pH - checked run off numbers today and she is not bad at 900ppm and 6.6pH but would like to bring both down a bit more. - added support to her main stem today.....feels a little less firm than I would like. Aug 15/20 - Day 27 - 2L feed - CalMag @ 1ml - 285ppm and 5.2pH - let her dry out for a couple of days and then hit her with lower pH watering. - see how she reacts to this in the next days. Aug 16/20 - Day 28 - 2L feed - Rhino, CalMag, Vitathrive, Liquid Weight @ 1ml, Dual Fuel, VeloKelp @ 1.5ml - 925ppm and 5.6pH - She has reacted well to drying out and the lower pH CalMag feed yesterday. - Since pots were so dry the other day I fed her again today That wraps up week 4 for this girl. She has been growing and doing well this week. She is one of the best auto’s growing in the tent right now and will continue to work on keeping her feed light as she starts her transition soon. Sorry for the delay on the updates last two weeks......finishing up summer holidays and trying to enjoy the last days of summer in my neck of the woods 👍☹️ Have a great week peeps and hope you are finding yourselves outside and getting some sun😃

***Week 5 - Aug 17 to 23, 2020 - Days 29 to 35 from germination****** She has been growing well but seemed to slow down a bit this week. Gave her a heavier leaf strip as well at the end of the week to open her up and see how she is growing to ready for LST. Removed a lot of large fan leaves and some lower branching. She is really compact and needs to stretch out a bit more so I can tie her down. Massive has worked well at helping past plants grow bigger and longer branches so starting that a little early. She was fed 4 times this week. Sensizym (enzymes), Massive (pk boost), Rezin (trichome enhancer) were added to the feed schedule this week. Little more detail: Aug 17/20 - Day 29 - given 600ml of feed from the photo tent Aug 19/20 - Day 31 - 3L - microbes @ 2ml, CalMag @ 1ml = ppm and pH - 200ppm and 5.8pH Aug 21/20 - Day 33 - 2L - Dual Fuel @ 2ml/L, Massive @ 3ml, Liquid Wt @ 0.5ml, Microbes @ 2ml - 1100ppm and 5.7pH Aug 23/20 - Day 35 - 2L - Dual Fuel @ 1.5ml, CalMag & Sensizym & Rezin & Liquid Weight @ 1ml - 875ppm and 5.8pH Still lots of updating to do and working on it😃 Have a great week Growmies