Intents

I've grown outside quite a bit. Saw a buddy with an autoflower packed tent and thought I'd give it a grow. 16" pots, 1" pond rock in bottom with holes, full of miracle grow potting soil. I'm going to see what happens with Walmart garden center supplies for the most part, tomato plant food for nitrogen and a bloom mix for flowering. I started with a "1200" light that draws 235w with the cooling fans and added more lights every couple weeks as these 2 plants grew. I eventually got another of those "1200"s, a thin aluminum "1000" full spectrum at 100w and 5 side lights that draw under 20w each off Amazon. I have right at 600w total from the socket in led light. I don't intend to use techniques beyond picking off really large leaves and bending stalks away from each other some. I will also love them and hug them and squeeze them and call them George, as well as mist with water and breathe CO2.

began using miracle grow tomato plant food for N

I let the soil dry over 2-3 days and then pour as much water as it takes to start dripping. Every 3rd watering gets the extra food. I use pond water every other bucket, I don't know how fish shit and algae affect the growth but the plant has seemed quite happy and easy being green.

height increase rapidly, leaves out to edge of pot, hairs coming in. Started the bloom fertz.

exploded in all directions and hairs coming in thick, getting stinky

full of hairs, thick main stem and thickening side stems starting to go vertical. let dry over a few days, mixed watering. remove huge leaves, bend and blow and rotate and love gently.

full of buds, thick hairs. Both a and b seem to be doing about the same

main cola vertical growth has stopped, sides are still coming up. full of yet thickening buds, about 50% hairs browning. I'm getting antsy, most photos are from the last day of 8 weeks from seed as we pass on to the 9th full and hopefully final week. i will be using plain ass-water from now on. i did cut off one lower bud where i convinced myself i saw an amber blob, drying 16.7g of moist shame.

day 63 since sprout and I'm pretty happy, there isn't as much filling out as i'd want, maybe by the end of the week. I feel like this is going to take another 2 weeks instead of 1 like i'd hoped. i've edit-HAD been using aired out tap water for a few days now. I'm letting it dry more to get humidity below the mid 50s to low 60s and i got a small dehumidifier, it's been over 80% outside several days recently. I gave another dose of bloom after seeing some new pistils, i guess i have another week and a half til they puff out and are ready. Last couple days have had bulking up, i'm psyced.

It sure is difficult to wait. At 70 days from sprout the plant is beautiful. There are still pistils coming in. There's been only water for a couple days. There is an amber every now and then but will take a while to get to a bit heavier. The sister plant was iced yesterday and chopped today, I'll detail that in the harvest section. both plants down at just over 10 weeks for 1a and just under 10 from sprout for 1b. 1b grew prettier overall and produced thicker buds 1a appears to have slightly more weight, i wish i'd done the diary for plant b instead. I should pull over 7oz total. harvest info incoming after the weight finalization and curing starts.

I'm very happy so far. I was expecting that I might get an ounce or less of good smoke from an indoor grow. Getting over 4oz of good smoke and a couple for fat doobie filler is terrific. I will update with more photos and details after the curing process has gone on for a couple weeks. I am smoking some of 1b's fluff that is dry and I must say it is totally worth watching this grow. a bit over 2 oz has cured for a month, it has been great smoke for morning and work. It doesn't knock me out at all but i get a great high and alot of energy. it tastes like a stick of fruity gum and is very smooth. i've saved enough to warrant the investment already, i couldn't be happier with the results so far.