Violet Beauregard’s Fate

This time I planted the seed into a 1L airpot after a taproot emerged, and waited for it to push up through the soil. I germinated in a wet washcloth, sorry no images. I’m going to try to get daily images. Using Black Gold seedling mix. I will be adding more images this week up to day 7. ******** From Leafly: A true A-List cannabis strain. Blueberry’s legendary status soared to new heights after claiming the High Times’ Cannabis Cup 2000 for Best Indica. The long history of the strain is traced back to the late 1970s when American breeder DJ Short was working with a variety of exotic landrace strains. However, throughout the decades of Blueberry’s cultivation the genetics have been passed around, due in large part to DJ Short working with multiple seed banks and breeders. The sweet flavors of fresh blueberries combine with relaxing effects to produce a long-lasting sense of euphoria. Many medical patients appreciate Blueberry for its ability to suppress pain and relieve stress, while connoisseurs and growers admire the strain for its colorful hues and high THC content.

So much for daily pictures. Moved a bit closer to the light. Added low ppm fertilizer as it looked possibly hungry.

Small starting week 3, still very small. May have overwatered, as I lost a seedling from underwatering and may have overcompensated. I’m confident this will recover. Still learning! Added 250 ppm grow nutes as cotyledons went yellow on day 20

I added some nutrients and topped the soil off. I am starting to see roots at the bottom. I’m going to wait until the soil is drier to feed again. If you have any suggestions I am open. I’m still figuring out the best height for my LEDs.

it’s probably time to transplant! Transplanted on 4/22

Transplanted into 5 gal equivalent air pot. I used a mix of leftover Recipe 420 soil, perlite, earthworm castings and Earth Juice Amazon Bloom soil which was a bit more spendy. The plant seems very happy! Last week I also augmented my lighting with a 65W Horticulture Lighting Group 3000K quantum board I found on Amazon for $99, thanks to Bigpun. It’s making an enormous difference. I will get back to numbering days. Added nematodes on day 37 and watered I have never had a plant look like this yet. Like it’s supposed to. Added nematodes to innoculate soil.

4-30 Beginning of week. This plant is living up to the diary’s name. WISH I COULD GROW OUTSIDE USING THE SUN AS NATURE INTENDED! 5-1 Swapped spots with White Widow so WW could have more light. Watered and light 300ppm feed. 5-4 Watered with light 400 ppm nutes. 5-6 looking dark. I may have spilled some nutes on the leaves, or perhaps I have a calcium deficiency showing per @farmerbrett . I will add in more cal-mag as I am using bottled water.

5-7 I’m not sure if the ugly leaf spotting is calcium deficiency, spilled nutes, or something else. I added some Cal Mag. The plant is otherwise healthy and I am not worried. I got a new fan, and it’s got hit pretty hard with it. I’m figuring out the best placement for fans. The plant looks a bit janky but I am sure it's fine. 5-11 topped off soil. Added water plus nematodes. Rearranged space. 5-13 super cropped

5-14 beginning week 9. Still dealing with fungus gnats. Going to try Mosquito Bits. Someone nobody ever listens to recommended it.

5-21 I just watered and she gets droopy. Tomorrow she will be perkier. Added sulpomag and bacillus thuringiensis israelensis for fungus gnats

5-29 ✅ overwatered ✅ ph meter off (reading 1 pt too high) ✅ probably other things Flushed, letting her get nice and dry. Foliar fed fish emulsion, kelp & molasses in water using pressure sprayer 6-1 looking a bit darker from foliar feeding. Pot still heavy so not watering.

6-4 Still moist and still not watering. I think my soil compacted a lot. Next time I’m going back to perlite and Recipe 420 soil. Leaves are looking greener, but are still curled under. Defoliated lightly and misted with fish emulsion, kelp and molasses plus Cal Mag.

Last watered-fed 6-9. Struggling with a combination of possible issues: overwatering, windburn, ph, deficiency, and fungus gnats. Still looking pretty terrible. 6-15 After some discussion with @farmerbrett, I decided to unwrap the airpot and pull any compacted soil and coco gently out. There was a pretty good root ball. I gave it some pokes with a skewer, refilled the pot with half perlite half soil, added mycorrhizae and microbes and gently set her back in, and filled in the sides with 2 parts soil, 1 part perlite. She was pretty dry, so I watered with cal/mag, enzymes, microbes and some Fox Farms KELP me KElp you.

6-19 very light water & fed—recovering from overwatering 6-22 Watered slowly and lightly with enzymes. Soil was very dry. 6-22 flipped: While not ideal for this plant, I flipped lights to bloom. The other girls need to get going and I personally need the mood boost of blooming cannabis. I also don’t want to be flowering into the worst of So Cal heat in September. 6-24 photos. LOoking nicer

6-22 flipped to flower 6-24 enzymes/water/food 6-25 took photos. Much better a after overwatering but still needs time. Some twisting on leaf tips. Still mag def. Lots of bud sites. Spread branches open more. 6/29 enzymes/water

7-2 Defoliated to optimize light exposure to bud sites. 7-6 watered & enzymes

7-10 no watering and she likes it! 7-11 Watered w/enzymes & humic 7-13 buds spurting out! No real scent yet.

7-18 watered w/enzymes 7-19 smells like blueberries!

Smelling more blueberry! Adding in missing week retroactively. Not many notes.

Updating retroactively.

Updating retroactively.

Not sure why this diary hasn’t been updated but I will go back and add in the missing weeks. Very frosty but definitely not optimum due to my mistakes.