Dr Bruce Banner CBD - OSS

WILLIAMSII_Fr_Farm Here we go with the Dr Bruce Banner CBD from Original Sensible Seeds. I'm going to keep them in VEG until I move from here. She was super lively coming out of the ground, let's hope that continues. Day 7, slight nitrogen deficiency, I gave her a bit of nettle tea as a supplement; half dose at 50ml/L. She should soon start to regain some color in this already fertilized substrate.

WILLIAMSII_Fr_Farm This Dr. Bruce Banner CBD is quite the hungry one. Enriched soil, and she's still asking for nitrogen. So of course, I give it to her. As a result, beautiful growth on this strain; she started branching out from the second node. You can even see leaves coming out at the cotyledon node. I'm really excited to see her progress. Now it's up to me to give her what she needs. I've never planted with enriched substrates indoors. Back in the day, pellets and regular soil took over after the original substrate; that won't be the case here, especially with these extra needs. To be continued...

WILLIAMSII_Fr_Farm Day 15, Really a big eater, she has asked me for nitrogen several times so far. So I added nettle tea, and I’m going to give her a little boost of Bio-Heaven and Acti-Vera from Biobizz just to be safe, because I feel a deficiency coming at the rate she's going. But it makes for a nice, strong plant, which has even produced a branch above the cotyledon. So here we are, tomorrow is the first step of main-lining. Topping above N3 and cleaning the lower nodes (NC; N1; N2), which I will do just before watering. I’ll take some photos, of course. See you tomorrow ;-) Day 16, FIRST STAGE OF MAIN-LINING Step 1: We start first with the TOPPING. By getting rid of the top, you’ll see things more clearly. Select a strong node, with nice branch starts that preferably already have one or two nodes formed. They need to be formed but still young so they have good flexibility from the base, which will make LST easier for you. I cut above node N3, there were nice young branches with the 2nd node forming. I’ll be able to manipulate them in a few days. Step 2: Cleaning the lower nodes (NC; N1; N2), which will now leave you with only N3 and its two leaves, which I will leave for now. I’m going to stop here for today, and I’ll come back with photos of the LST in a few days. Step 3: Start of LST: Very simple for now, and it basically consists of tying the branches of N3 to the petioles of the leaves just below. This will spread the branches for light and prepare them for the next steps of LST.

WILLIAMSII_Fr_Farm Day 21 (a bit late), I started LST by gently passing a wire under one of the highest nodes (on each end) to then stretch them out gently to flatten them. Each of the apexes is now pointing away from each other. Day 23, the leaves tend to thicken and have the serrations pointing up. So I added 50/33 ahead of time to compensate for its high potassium demand and anticipate the phosphorus. Other than that, it's doing really well and will soon be ready for the next stage of the main-lining. Day 24, I continued to lay it down a bit by tightening the wires on each side. Defoliation is a must; it's consuming a lot of nutrients and is starting to show early signs of potassium deficiency. Day 26, it's consuming too much potassium; I need to give it nutrients. I'm going to start the Monkey Nutrients program in week 1; it's in a Royal Mix PLAGRON that's already enriched. So I'll take it easy.

WILLIAMSII_Fr_Farm Day 29, 2nd STAGE OF MAIN-LINING STEP 1: Topping the two branches. As with the 1st step, select the node you want to keep and cut cleanly just above it. Do the same on the second branch. You end up with two main branches, each with a complete node. STEP 2: Defoliation of the branches. On each of the two nodes you have left, you have two secondary branches and the leaves below. Remove the 4 leaves under the 4 secondary branches. A good watering on top and we're off again for a while. Day 34, nice recovery of the Dr. Bruce Banner CBD. It’s perfectly adapting to its new feeding from @MonkeyNutrients, its leaves have all flattened out or almost, and have also regained a brighter green.

WILLIAMSII_Fr_Farm I continued the LST and defoliation last week, followed as usual by its watering. Day 43, She's asking me for potassium again (yellowing tips and slight twisting of the youngest leaves), I might need to give her a little boost of 50/33 (to keep a close eye on).

WILLIAMSII_Fr_Farm Lamp: TSW-2000 MARS HYDRO Dr BB CBD is still asking for potassium, even though the problem is currently fading. I'm going to have to do a little defoliation earlier than expected. Day 54, defoliated a few sensors to make room for the center branches and lighten up the plants a bit. The four TOPs of the main-lining are showing some pre-flowers and stretching despite the 18/6. My two CBD plants are the same, both are pushing for a reason that totally escapes me. So whether it's recessive genes or a flaw in my setup, I don't know. (Considering these are two different strains from two different banks, I suspect it's more of a setup flaw causing my CBDs to flower prematurely.) In any case, they will stay under 18/6 for now until the two little ones are ready. Given the pre-flowers, I'm going to switch to flowering nutrients.

WILLIAMSII_Fr_Farm Having declared it under 18h, I gave it bloom fertilizer mixed with PK-50/33. The high demand for P and K is due to the fact that it's preparing for its flowering. It should regain some color after a few waterings. LIGHT: TSW-2000 MARS HYDRO

WILLIAMSII_Fr_Farm Slight defoliation for the light on the lower branches. It's regaining its colors. D70: beginning of the big stretch the leaves are almost all back to normal with a nice green, except for a few tips that still need a bit of potassium. Light: TSW-2000 MARS HYDRO Feed: MONKEY NUTRIENTS

WILLIAMSII_Fr_Farm Just a light addition of biobloom Green House Feeding, scratched in at the base of the plant for its slight persistent K deficiency. Day 78, it's not far from full flowering, I think in 2 or 3 days I should start to see them. Here they are, the first flowers are starting to peek out. So I was able to clean up the lower branches and the branches that were too small to get light and would have just caused issues; the top will gain much more vigor to give me nice, chunky flowers. Light: TSW-2000 MARS_HYDRO Feed: MONKEY NUTRIENTS MASTER GROWER

WILLIAMSII_Fr_Farm Light: TSW-2000 @marshydro Substrate: RoyalMix @plagron feed: @monkeynutrients

WILLIAMSII_Fr_Farm It works quietly at its own pace. I will keep her at this fattening while the flowers take a little more. Some trichomes begin to appear on the leaves around the buds and she starts to smell strong when handling it. Light: TSW-2000 @marshydro Feed: @monkeynutrients

WILLIAMSII_Fr_Farm Light defoliation to lighten the plant a bit and switch to PK 14/15 @MonkeyNutrients. Light: TSW-2000 @marshydro Feed: @monkeynutrients

WILLIAMSII_Fr_Farm Dr. Bruce Banner CBD produces me beautiful Cola. The Flowers will still take and she is almost the width of my fist, already. The flowers of the tip take a bleaching, I wait to see what it will give when all the calyxes will be filled with resins. Light: TSW-2000 @marshydro Feed: @monkeynutrients

WILLIAMSII_Fr_Farm over-fertilization due to slow flowering, so early switch to clear water.

WILLIAMSII_Fr_Farm A strain that's not easy to master, it asked for Potassium very early, I think right at the end of the 3rd week, and then followed up with Phosphorus the week after. After that, it only needed that. I ended up with 70g from it, mostly from the colas because the rest didn't weigh much. I think I got around 55g of colas, or a bit more. I highly recommend working on it a bit to increase the yield, and also to remove all the lower branches to optimize as much as possible. Personally, I should have removed more to get some real bud down there. Aside from that, I recommend this strain; I would suggest it mainly to growers with a few years of experience under their belts. Light: TSW-2000 MARS HYDRO Substrate: Royal Mix PLAGRON Feed: Monkey Nutrients