Purple Punch Organic Grow

Received our Purple Punch clones that were not grown organically by the original grower. Since we are conducting a pure organic grow we started these girls in organic soil and are only watering with distilled water. We transplanted the 3 girls at different times during the week due to their size and since this is our first grow we are still learning the techniques of a 'perfect grow'. From solo cups to 3gal pots the girls are adapting nicely in their new home.

All 3 girls are adapting to their new homes quite nicely. Plant number 3 seems to be falling behind, it was the smallest clone of the 3 plants. We are going to be monitoring her to see if she will catch up to the other 2 girls within the next few weeks.

Clone number 3 is coming along quite nicely, despite being our smallest clone. She is slowly catching up to the other two and looking quite healthy. We have topped them and continued our low stress training which really seems to be working and making the plant spread out more. We are excited to see some results! They are also taking nicely to the 3 gallon pots, but we are thinking that we would like them in a bigger pot for the final home.

Today we did a large defoliation of the plants to create a better airflow at the base of the plant in order to stabilize humidity, and we also wanted to plant to focus its energy up towards the top of the plant. We noticed a bunch of extra vegetation that was blocking light from nodes lower down that we wanted to coax towards the top of the plant. We will monitor the plants and see how they react in the coming days

The girls have adapted well to the defoliation that was performed last week. We transplanted them into larger 7 gallon fabric pots as their final home. We chose the fabric pots in order to maximize airflow to the roots. They seem happy and healthy in their new homes. We have also moved the girls to a new, larger, 3x3 tent, instead of the older 4x2. In this new tent, we plan on finishing their veg cycle and then keeping the tent as a dedicated flower tent, and keep the 4x2 for a veg and clone tent. In addition to the move, and in anticipation for the increased growth, we have added a trellis in order to train, and control the growing plants. They have undergone a lot of stress lately so we are interested to see how they react.

The plants have, for the most part, reacted well to all the new stress. Clones number 2 and 3 are developing light green leaves, which we believe to be a Mag deficiency. As a remedy for this we are using Epsom salts mixed into our distilled water as part of our watering routine. We have also added another trellis for the plants to grow in to and they are growing very rapidly! Our plants main colas are stretching nice and high! Our tallest cola on clone 2 (our best plant) is 17 inches from the soil to the top of the plant. The overall canopy has really evened out on the plants. Our first clone, which happened to be our largest, is actually seeming to be doing the worst of the 3. It can be seen in the far back left corner and is the smallest plant. We are not sure why it is growing this way, we assume genetics, but we have given it the same treatment as the other two. As we are nearing the flowering stage for our plants, we purchased veg top dressing and bloom top dressing from StepWell Soil and have applied 7 tbsp to each of the girls and watered it in. We are waiting about a week to see some initial results. The schedule to apply the top dressing is once weekly and it will give the plants and extra boost of nutrients during veg, and flower, hopefully increasing yield.

This week is a short veg week as we decided to flip the girls to flower on Friday night (day 47) instead of Sunday. The girls started growing quite rapidly and clone #1 is already reaching the third new trellis we installed this week. We did another top dressing on Wednesday, as well as some LST on the trellis to increase yield and more importantly even out the canopy.

Today we officially ended the veg cycle with our girls and have flipped them over to flower and changed their light schedule to 12/12. We will be waiting a couple of weeks until we do our first defoliation. We will be applying a flower top dressing next week, and start to water with molasses to help improve the life of the soil.

This week we have watched the girls grow plenty of vegetation and we wanted to increase our yields so we did a light defoliation of the plants. This will help with the humidity in the tent and allow for improved airflow which will help to reduce pests. We are doing flower top dressings for our girls once a week, and we are introducing organic unsulphured blackstrap molasses which will feed the soil and give us nice large buds come harvest.

Week 3 of flower and the girls are really starting to fatten up. We have noticed that the pistils are starting to turn orange. We are also lowering our night time temperatures to around 19 degrees Celsius and as as result we have started to notice the buds turning purple.

This week we finished our flower top dressings so that we could essentially let the plant use that nutrients during the rest of its cycle. This will allow all of it to be consumed by the plant instead of having leftover. We will continue to water with molasses however, until the last week of flower. We are currently at 28 days, so about halfway through her flowering period. The girls are looking fantastic now and the buds are really starting to fatten up. Our night time temps are around 19.5 degrees which has brought out some nice purple colours in the buds so far. We hope this continues to develop. We also did a minor defoliation just to clear up some bud sites and get them more access to light. From this point forward we won't be defoliating anymore and we are just letting the plants grow and use all their stored energy. Stay tuned for next weeks updates!

Our two Purple Punch clones are doing fantastic! They are coming along really nicely and are starting to really frost up and get fatter. There are so many colas on these plants, we are super excited about our yield potential, although we figured it would have been better to have fewer plants in this tent, to really maximize their potential. The plants are probably too large for this tent as or right now but were going to see what we can yield off this. They are looking super healthy and have stretched nicely during the flowering stage. Since they are coming up to their 6th week of flower, we will hopefully start to really see some big changes in the flowers as they near the end of their cycle. We are super pumped for this grow and can't wait to share it with everyone! Stay tuned for more pics this week. Feb 26 - The end of the week for purple punch, and tomorrow will be her final watering with molasses. This is the end of the 5th week of flower and for the final two weeks (hopefully), she will just be watered with distilled water. The girls are looking great, and really starting to fatten up. were seeing more purple colouration on the buds each day. The lower buds don't seem to be developing as quickly as the top buds, but they obviously aren't getting the same amount of light. were just hoping that they will be ready too when the top buds are done.

Starting week 6, Purple Punch is looking fantastic. Maturing very nicely, as we have noticed many of the white pistils turning orange at this point. the buds are really starting to swell and plump up so we are hoping she has about 2-2 and a half weeks left. It has been a really fun grow and interesting to see what we could do with the training. They are really large plants and are probably too large for the space they're in but that's just something we have to live with for this run. If were going to run 7 gallon pots in our 3x3 then we would have two at most

Harvest time! Purple punch is finally ready after 50 days of flower. She is looking super nice and the branches are so heavy they are just falling over. We are giving her the rest of the day for some light, and then in the afternoon were chopping her off! It has been a super long journey but we are so excited for these two plants! The girls are smelling very sweet and have aromas of berry and sweet tart. Cant wait to dry up these buds and cure them. Were seeing some nice purple colouring on the buds and are super happy. Should make for some nice jar appeal