Badazz Cheese

Main-lined her to the first pair of nodes after she reached 3 pairs. A co-worker recommended I lower the grow light to 10-12 inches. Her growth rate skyrocketed after following his advice!

The joints of the mainlined branches are thickening up quickly. I trimmed the fan leaves obstructing the side branches, but left the leaves on the ends to allow as much light absorption as possible.

Increased watering to a full liter. Gave a half-dose of the main veg nutrient because I didn't want to risk burning her while she's still fairly small. Training looks brutal, I almost feel bad for doing it to the plant!

She experienced a slight pause in growth at the end of week 4, and the newer growth was starting to get pale. The large fan leaves looked green, so I ruled out nutrient deficiency. The weather has been getting colder--the room actually dipped below 60 F during the night. Good for bringing out color in the flowering stage, no bueno in the veg stage. I turned down the fan, turned off the ventilation (she doesn't really stink yet), raised the light, and gave her a full feeding. This girl really loves to eat! She bushed out in a hurry, perked up, and greened up. Looking much better, back on track!

Shortly after the week 5 entry, she turned very yellow and wouldn't green up. Tested water runoff, pH was around 8. Added PH Down to my recipe, and she's been greening back up nicely. Flipped her after she got some green back, replaced the 100W light with the 200W. Light color is different, so pics will be looking different after this. Thoroughly defoliated right before the flip, got rid of just about all the yellow leaves. Blank slate, time to start the pre-flower stretch right!

She's stretching like a yoga instructor! Growing before my eyes. The nutrient line I'm using recommends feeding a dose of veg nutes during the first week of flowering to accommodate the stretch. I'll do 2 plain waterings between feedings to make sure the extra nitrogen is consumed before starting the bloom formula. She's a deep, dark kind of green, not a spot of yellow on her. Clearly getting enough N, don't want to risk burning...but she's got a hell of an appetite, so there's probably room for error. Either way, definitely one of the healthiest plants I've raised yet. If I can land her safely, she's gonna put out some quality bud!😁

Smooth sailing this week, first feeding of bloom formula. Installed the UV/IR light now that she has baby buds. Added the Ancient Earth supplement (0-0-1) to the lineup because I wanted a little more potassium in the recipe. Reduced watering/feeding volume to 1 liter at a time. I'll have to water her more often, but I'll also be feeding her more frequently, too. Thinking this'll allow me to keep up with her appetite/thirst without dumping a crap ton of nutes on her all at once.

Her fan leaves started turning yellow a few days after switching to the bloom nutrients, had to add the veg nutrient back into the recipe. Even well into flower, she's still demanding nitrogen. Picked the leaves off the tallest colas to get more light to the bottom, and to spare her trying to recover the yellow leaves. Hard to call her buds "baby buds" because even this young, they're frosted with resin. She seems to be doing okay with the less volume/higher frequency waterings. Given the resin output & nitrogen deficiency, I'm thinking that I should feed her with every watering. She certainly seems like she could take it, and it might even speed up her growth. It'd be awfully nice to harvest her 4 weeks from now!

Got caught up in Christmas shopping and whatnot, so I didnt end up taking any photos of Week 9. In short, I defoliated her a bit more to get more light to the lower branches, and I picked off the dead/dying leaves. She looks neat, trimmed, lean, and green. Hooked up my outdoor ventilation. She started getting stinky. Not strong, but you could definitely notice it when walking in from being out for a while. Have started feeding her with every watering, will keep a close lookout for signs of any nute toxicity. So far, she's eating everything up and asking for seconds. Her resin output has notably increased. Even with young buds, she's getting frostier than a cupcake. Maybe it's the extra nutes, maybe it's the UV/IR light, maybe Seedsman lowkey has some fire genetics. Looking forward to the final product more and more every day.

Tested the soil. N and P levels are solid, K levels could be a bit higher. Tells me the plant is eating up a lot of potassium, I should anticipate potentially supplementing more. Skirted as well, trimmed off the piddly little sucker-buds. Buds are swelling, resin output is steady. Smell of the resin is earthy and cheesy, with a sweet, grassy note. The amount of runoff after 1.1 ml of water is getting progressively less, may have to increase volume and/or frequency.

After considerable contemplation, I realized her leaves may be turning yellow not because she's hungry, but she's trying to ripen. Decided to flush her and see what happens. Four gallons + 1/4 tsp of citric acid, brought the pH to about 6.3. Aroma still not super potent, but she's still pretty green. Hopefully they come out after flushing and drying out.

Last week before harvest. Only took about 5 or so days after flushing for her to start turning colors. She was trying to ripen after all, ready to move onto the next phase of her life. Her drinking has slowed way down, probably will only water her once this week. As she's been yellowing more, she's been throwing out a ton of new trichomes. Her aromas have started coming out in force: Musty, earthy, fruity, bleu cheese forward that melts into funky, fermented, cheesy musk. Hopefully the rest of this week will allow her to pull every last bit of stored nutrients from the leaves into the buds.

Good grow, more lessons learned, more comments soon...