Venom OG 2020

The Update: Great bud development this week. All of the colas are stacking up nicely. They’re also developing a fair amount of trichomes which you can imagine are contributing to an increased intensity of fragrance. Some of the buds are also developing some purple which is apparently to be expected with this strain. We started the week with a regular nutrient feeding along with a pk boost (700ppm). We watered with plain water next and followed up with a slightly ramped up ppm of 900. In all cases the water ph was 6.3 and just under 70°F. It was slightly colder this week which ultimately we are stoked/pumped/hyped on. The watering slowed a touch earlier on but the more they stacked the more they consumed. The temp and humidity are really under control at this point. We’re setting up to finish in a well balanced environment. *UPGRADE* The much anticipated light upgrade to the Mars Hydro SP3000 happened this week. This fixture is getting the job done better than the three lights we had before and with less power/less heat. That gives us more control and we like that very much, very much indeed. The plants have responded well, but the proof will be in the yield. In Retrospect: When we started we were super worried about height during veg and went pretty ham on the lst. We know now that we can definitely let them get taller in veg. Given that we’ve just taken cuttings, we’ll probably go right back into flowering another round of Venom OG once these are done in about a month or so. The timing should be pretty good. Last week we had lamented about using trellis. A week later we’re here to say that we’re sold. Next time around we’ll get it going on earlier in the process, like late in veg as the canopy is developing. We also found a source for biodegradable trellis 🐬 Concerning nutrients and medium: When we first started doing research a few months back there was a sea of information and so many options for everything, especially nutrients. It made our heads spin. We went with GH nutrients because they had been recommended, they were easy to get ahold of, they’re cost friendly, and we saw a lot of reviews about people liking them and talking about how easy they were to use. GH nutrients are all of those things, but after learning what we have learned about organic growing, we think having well dialed and conditioned organic soil will be even easier. Time will tell. We have to give a shout out to CaliGreen on YouTube. This guy spits some serious knowledge about growing organically. His videos are solid. Check them out if you’re interested in learning about growing organically. We honestly were super intimidated by starting organically. It seemed like it was too advanced or too nuanced for a beginner grow. Thanks to his vids we’re going to embark on an all organic journey. Looking Ahead: We’re going to ride out our GH nutrients until they’re gone and go fully organic thereafter. We are officially turned on to that shit. The clones have also mostly taken off. We got the environment under control this week and that was the key. They got a little stressed out along the way man but I think they’re going to be alright. The success rate for rooting turned out to be around 80%. Not too shabby for something we were both unprepared for and didn’t ever plan on doing. We also ripped on that hardware store rooting hormone and we have to take it back. It was user error, the product works well and once we dialed the temp, humidity, and light we saw lil furry white root tips poppin and searchin. Looks like 4 or so more weeks of flowering. We can’t wait to see these buds get fat. That’s it for the week. Thanks for stopping by! If you have any tips or questions, please comment in the section below. Thanks!