4 strain run... Er 5 strain run...

So I didn't feel like waiting and decided to start a few other seeds to replace the duds. I'm not going add the strains untill they pop. For now the Peyote Critical and Double Black have a head start. I planted 5 seeds and 3 sprouted already. The other 2 are pushing through a little slower. One of the replacement strains will be Fast Flowering OGKZ from Humboldt Seed organization (HSO). The other will be Sweet Zombie from Expert seeds. I have yet to choose a sprout but I'll update soon. They are all out of the soil

Day 8 for the Double Black and Peyote Critical. Day 1 for the Sweet Zombie and F.F. OGKZ The ladies are going to be 1 week apart but other than that the grow is going good. I put the seedlings into cups. Not much going on besides that. I transplanted the ladies into 3qt pots on day 7 / 14. They are growing well, slowly catching up to the others. Just ph'd water so far (6.5)

All the plants for transplanted last week, they recovered quick and are growing well. The Peyote Critical and Double Black got topped. The other ladies are still catching up. Growth is good thou If I'm not mistaken it's day 18, and the ladies that got topped are showing good lower growth. The other 3 that are a week behind would be day 11, and I'm considering topping them soon.

Ladies are growing good, getting ready for a transplant later this week. They are still only getting pH water. The FF OGKZ and Sweet Zombie #1 got topped, but the other Sweet Zombie #2 did not get topped. The lower growth on the Peyote critical is insane 🤯, I'm considering doing a scrog/trellis net go get all the growth even. The FF OGKZ is the tallest by far even though she's a week behind the other 2. Double Black has the best growth overall, nice recovery from topping and good growth from the lower branches. Sweet Zombie has 2 different phenotype one taller w/ thinner leaves. And the other short with broad leaves. Not really impressive but good growth from both. Over all I'm happy with the ladies. They all went into 3 gal pots and are ready to get flipped to 12/12

The ladies are growing beautifully. Lots of growth, especially lower growth. 4 of the plants are topped and 1 isn't (Sweet Zombie #2) Of all the ladies Double Black is the one that has the most nodes growing. Peyote critical is a close second, but it is also the one with the longest lower growth. The bottom branches are already at the height of the tops. FF OGKZ is the tallest but has the fewest nodes in my opinion. Sweet Zombie #1 has nice even growth and decent node growth. Took well to topping only need about 2-3 days to recover. Sweet Zombie #2 is very short. With almost no stretch. I have a solo cup grow with the same pheno that didn't take too well to topping. It took almost a week to recover. This is the last week of veg. Starting next week I'll be switching the lights to HPS and 12/12

This week marks the start of 12/12, the ladies might not show signs of flower for another week. Although some of them already have pistils showing. The biggest changes would be the removal of Sweet Zombie #2 and the autoflower hiding in the garden. Then i changed the led for a 1000w HID dimmed to 400w atm to let them acclimate. I tossed in an extra humidifier because I cranked the exhaust fan up to help keep temps in check. So far temp sits at 77⁰ The FF OGKZ is the biggest in terms of height but not as bushy. I should have topped this one multiple times, but other than that she's going strong and she's only 4 weeks old. Double Black is definitely the bushiest, with lots of fan leaves. But I feel like her leaves have always shown a bit of stress, almost like she doesn't like such a humid environment. Other than that she's going strong too. This lady is indeed the full 5 weeks old along with the Peyote Critical. The Peyote Critical has always been a bit mutated from the start, but as she grows out shows more. The branch structure is uneven, with one side growing more vigorously than the other. I don't mind to much but I would like to grow this strain again to see what type of genetics I get. The Sweet Zombie#1 definitely out preformed her sister. She was taller, had a bit more of a stretch which I preferred because it made LST easy. Her sister on the other hand was so short that all her branches started getting in the way of others with no good way to LST (after topping). She would do better not getting topped and just LST like an autoflower. All in all good growth from #1 with a nice structure that filled in nice with just topping once. And finally Audrey Jr. Is going to crash this party and is finally getting flowered. She was suppose to be given away to a family member, but that family member never came 😭. For weeks she'd sit abandoned in the corner of the grow room like a (sorry no offense) red-headed step child. Until finally one day i puller her out of her corner, took that solo cup of and stuffed her in a 1 gal pot that she came back to life! And since then she's just been chilling like the big sister in the room. There's one other plant in the room that shall remain anonymous out of fear of being identified and reprimanded.... All the ladies are in 3 gal pots. And are getting a mix of nutes from dry amendments to some liquid nutes like Nectar for the gods 🤔 i think that's what it's called. Hopefully these next 8 weeks fly by✌️ Happy growing everyone!

So I've been falling behind a bit with updates, but the ladies are doing great. I was having too much trouble controlling heat with the hps so I switched the lights to led. The ladies are starting to stretch up a bit, hopefully sometime next week I'll put in another trellis net.

I gave the ladies a quick defoliation and kept pulling branches under the trellis. They are drinking a decent amount but I still water every other day. It's hard to tell which plant is which but they are going strong. Kush N cookies CBD seems to be the fastest to flower while the Sweet Zombie seems to be the slowest. Not much smell yet but hopefully that changes soon.

I set up a simple drip system at the beginning of the week to help water the ladies. The canopy is nice and dense I'm late on defoliating the big fan leaves so I've just been trying to tuck them away. I might cut a few thou to help with airflow. The ladies are looking nice and hairy, some frost is starting to show and hints of citrus are starting to come through. The lights at full blast finally and apx. 18" away.

The ladies are coasting along, not much trouble. The Peyote Critical is filling in nicely, much faster than the rest. The Sweet Zombie seems to be the slowest to flower/fill in. The smells are starting to get a bit stronger nothing unmanageable thou.

Week 6 of flower came quick. The Peyote Critical is by far out performing the rest. Nice plump nugs no signs of deficiency, not a pick plant. The worst I'd have to say is the kush & cookies. It's not showing much growth, not really filling in. But it could just need a few weeks longer to fill in. All 5 strains are supposed to be 7-8 week flowering time. But it's looking like some might finish a lot sooner than others. There's is some fading starting to happen already. I've been feeding every other day with plain water in between. Next week I will start checking trichomes.

The ladies are starting to stink up really good, lots of frosty nugs. The Peyote Critical really pulled out ahead of all the other ladies. It's looking like she'll be done by the end of the week. The OGKZ is in close second probably also coming down at the end of this week. The kush and Cookies doesn't seem to be packing on much weight so I might pull her too. The Sweet Zombie and Double Black i might stick in another tent and let them go another week to see if they fill out some more. I put the F.F. OGKZ, Peyote Critical and kush & cookies into darkness mid week. They get chopped in a few days and get hung to dry while the other 2 ladies finish out in the tent.

I had a pretty easy run with this strain, I set up a dripper system when I switched the lights to 12/12. After that it was smooth sailing, she wasn't hard to please, and not to hungry although I definitely could of pushed her harder. I definitely look forward to growing this strain again in the future. I'm still in the drying phase so this journal is incomplete, but it will be updated as the information becomes available. Update* Buds are lovely, dense with golden hairs. I dried for a total of 10 days not including the 2 days of darkness. My drying room was warmer than i would of liked but most of the time the room was at 70⁰/55%rh. The buds have a nice feel to them and grind up beautifully, super sticky but it still drops down in the grinder. A bit of a "sleeper" in the sense that you'll be half way through a bowl thinking that it doesn't hit that hard, but once you pack that second bowl you start to realize how high you really are. Not too heavy, but definitely something to smoke before siting down to watch a movie, or before a road trip. Not too harsh on the lungs but definitely a consistent "sting" with every hit. Definitely one of my favorite strains I've grown in a bit. A total of 98 days from seed to smokable bud (I still haven't cured it thou so + 14 days for that).

This lady stretched a whole lot, it ended up growing extremely fast, being started a whole week behind the other plants. She did not disappoint thou, a bit of a heavy feeder. I could of definitely pushed her more as well. Another strain I look forward to growing again. So after everything was said and done this plant was impressive, It wasn't a very strong or pungent smell, But had a sort of coffee like smell with a kind of earthiness to it when smoked. Maybe it's just me but it almost had a mushroom musk to it. Very pleasant to smoke but a bit heavy, good to sit and watch a movie & eat, but maybe not so much of you have errands to run.

This lady is drying along side both other ladies, since it's still drying I can't really say just yet. Once it's ready to smoke I'll elaborate more on how I feel about this grow. This lady is FIRE 🔥 She smokes very smooth, very sticky, super aromatic, and an impressively balanced high. This is strong enough to settle you down, but still allows you to do your business albeit a bit slower than normal. Definitely a good strain for medicinal use.

Last week and the ladies are looking a bit light. I'm not sure if they might need an additional week but depending on how they look I might let them go on to week 9. No more nutes, I'm just letting them finish up what's in their soil. I've also slowly started to dial down the lights. I'm only using 1 240w board @ apx 85% power apx 12" above the plants. These ladies got moved into a tent to allow the others to dry. Hopefully they finish soon so I can start another run.

This was a relatively easy run, no problem from any of the plants, but this lady was definitely one of the ones that I want to run again. I'm gratefully for all the comments from the community, thank you guys.

This lady seamed like a heavy eater, showed a lot of fading leaves early on. She could of taken a bit more aggressive feed, light and topping. Overall I'm happy with the strain and the overall journey with this grow. I'm definitely looking forward to post more content.