First grow - Laughing buddha

Pugbutt After 18 hrs of soaking, moved to paper towels with 6.5ph for 48hrs. Seeds then have a 3/4" tail, and moved into solos with a CFL light. Light misting of 6.5ph water. Within 24hrs seeds broke ground, by next 24hrs plants reached to just over 1.5" Fox farms soil used.

Pugbutt Not much change.

Pugbutt Not to much has changed. They stretched out a little more, and added in a few more leafs.

Pugbutt All the plants are coming along nicely. I added in 2.5ml /gal feeding solution with thier standard 6.5ph water this week. Moved into bigger pots midweek.

Pugbutt After the move into the larger pots, I noticed the girls starting to lean in, and lift thier leaves. I adjusted the height of the lamp to 23" and thier leaves backed off from over reaching. Thinking of topping this weekend, as the ladies look to have enough nodes now. All in all, things have been going very well. *** topped 4/5 on sunday

Pugbutt Topped the girls at the very beginning of the previous week. New tops are looking great and have stretched out. Just started to notice a smell coming from these lovely ladies. So far, everything is looking great. I'd like to top another round, but will need to wait another week most likely.

Pugbutt The ladies are looking good this week. 2 of them on Wednesday had a few twisted leafs, so I have been trying to figure out how my ph got high. My normal routine is to prep the water the day before feeding to the correct ph. But finding after it sits over night, it rises from 6.5 to 7.1. This has now been corrected and only time will tell if these two ladies decide to untwist. My topping is looking really good, I've enclosed a photo of the beautiful knuckles on them. Trying to decide if I should top again, and when can I? I think the SCOG net will be coming out real soon, maybe this week or next. My one shorter girl has gotten bigger, but still considerably shorter than the rest. SCOG, should give her a chance to catch up. I'm really looking forward to this grow, and being my first, it's been really enjoyable. I only wish I picked up this hobby sooner. I find it fulfilling and relaxing.

Pugbutt This week, the ladies got put under control, and have been filling in the squares nicely. Each day I make sure the canopy stays level to give some of the shorter areas time to catch up. Soon, I'll do the defoliation to help guide the energy the plants are using to be put to better use. This allowing for air flow and better, fatter nugs. The 2 girls that showed ph issues has now gone away and everyone is looking great. We will most likely turn to flower soon, just after they all recover from defoliation in week 9 or 10.

Pugbutt This will be the last of veg for these girls. Moving into flower to a 12/12 starting today. The ladies also received a little defoliation on the lower branches. My one smaller plant got a tiny bit of Nute burn, so she received a few days of only Ph water. Everything is looking great, the canopy is filling in nice, I'm hoping for lots of good bud sites.

Pugbutt Well, well.... here we are in flower! One week in for the ladies running on 12/12. They all look great, my shorter gal is still lifted, but her canopy is now matched with the rest. Overall canopy is 30" with a few taller gals at 39". These taller ladies can be seen in the photos. Not sure what to do with them, as bending would definitely do some damage... but I am concerned about them getting to tall for thier current location.

Pugbutt Week 11, all the plants are doing great. Still have a few still stretching out over the rest but everyone just started stacking up lots, and lots of bud sites. Not to much to report this week, just adjusting thier nutrients for flower, other than that it's just a waiting game at this point. So far, this has been a very good strain for my first grow.

Pugbutt Everything going great, not to much to report this. Plenty of new bud sites, and some very beautiful tops. Added in just a few inches of fresh fox farms soil to keep roots covered. They feel as they finally stopped stretching so much, so I'm feeling alot better about my taller girls getting too tall.

Pugbutt Girls are starting to really bulk up with bud sites this week. So far so good, everyone but one is in perfect health. My one lady got a little nute burn, but I'm currently flushing her with ph water. Smell is still very weak, and although the ladies look skinny, I think they will fatten up down road. Only time will tell.

Pugbutt Trying to get some of these ladies back on track. I stopped all nutes and just ph water with cal-mag.

Pugbutt Still flushing to get ph back, nothing added to water this week. Buds are packing on weight and the smell is getting very sweet. Also, had to add in another support net for the extra weight these girls could start making.

Pugbutt Still trying to get them back to where they were 2 weeks ago. Did a flush to raise ph as it was sitting really, only feeding water at the moment. One girl is definitely not doing well. But the others seem to be trying to turn around.

Pugbutt Still looking a little weak and discolored. Been just giving ph water of 6.8 to help raise the soil ph. Run off has been reading 5.6 and up. Switched the light to only bloom, hoping less intense light will help in these final weeks.

Pugbutt Still have a good amount of color on the leaves, water with 6.8ph. The healthy gals are back to getting thier regular feedings, the one weaker one just water.

Pugbutt Down to the wire, another week or two and these ladies should be ready. Still not back to full health but at this stage, not much i can do. Watering ph 6.8 x 1 gal everyother day. Gave them tiger bloom one day in the middle of this week. That will be thier last of additives for this grow. Tricombs are still clear as of today 5/8. Will keep an eye on the turn.

Pugbutt Getting there.... not much to report, just ph water here till harvest. For now, I just watch the tricombs and wait.

Pugbutt Buds are getting fat, still waiting on the color change. Still, everything is clear, looking for some milky whites.

Pugbutt Getting some nice milky white color finally.

Pugbutt Seeing more milky ones now, hopefully I can start to see some amber already.

Pugbutt I'm starting to see some amber but not enough to harvest. I may start with a branch at a time, as they turn.

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Pugbutt Looking tasty, I think we are just about ready for harvest. This strain has really taken a long time but I'm hoping it will all be worth it.

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