Poison is the Antidote

In preparation for Week 1, we spent some time during germination to clean the grow tent and equipment. We wiped down the fans, lights and inside of the tent with a mild disinfectant. We test ran all the equipment, set timers and schedules and just generally ensured that everything was in good working order. Day 1: - Both seeds have officially burst forth into the light! - Light intensity is at approximately 5,000 LUX inside the humidity domes. Day 2: - RH: 74% - Temp: 78F Day 3: - RH: 73% - Temp: 79F - Turned on 6" oscillating fan at top of tent - Exhaust fan set to run at minimum speed when temperature reaches 80F or relative humidity reaches 75% Day 4: - RH: 68% - Temp: 76F - Turned on 6" fan at bottom of tent for approximately 8hrs. We'll slowly be introducing this fan to the seedlings to help promote strong stems, running it for 8hrs per day for the next week or so before leaving it on full-time during "lights-on". - Turned on humidifier, on low setting - Lowered Sunblaster LED strips to approximately 24" above seedlings, providing around 9,800 LUX. We'll keep a close eye on the seedlings and will back off the lights if there are signs of stress. Day 5: - RH: 74% - Temp: 79F - lowered the intensity of the humidifier, to try and stay under 75% RH. Day 6: - we decided to adjust our light schedule. We're sticking with 18/6 but we previously had our lights-off scheduled for 6am-12pm. We've changed that to lights-off being between 12pm-6am. To do this, we let the two Sunblaster LED's turn off 6am (for the last time) but kept the Elite 360 fixture on. So these girls ended up getting a bit of a break at their usual time, but ultimately ended up getting 32hrs of light. We hope this won't cause too much stress but the timeframes work much better for us now. Day 7: - RH: 73% - Temp: 78F - watered Plant #1 with very small amount of water, approximately 50ml

Week 1 went well, with no concerns. For week 2, we'll be slowly increasing the light intensity and will increase the air movement within the tent to promote strong stems. No plans to feed this week since the soil mix already contained an initial charge of fertilizer. Day 8: - RH: 75% - Temp: 74F - 79F Day 9: - not much to report... Steady as she goes! 🌱 Day 10: - watered both plants with a very small amount of dechlorinated tap water, approximately 60ml per plant. Day 11: - We discovered that there was an issue with our timer, which controls the Sunblaster LED strip lights & humidifier. It was not shutting off, so for the last 4 days, when our main light would shut off (on a separate timer), our strip lights would stay on, giving our seedlings 24hrs of light. We've fixed the issue and are now back on to a proper 18/6 schedule. Day 12: - lowered the 2 Sunblaster 6400K LED strip lights a couple of inches, increasing LUX levels from 11,500 to 14,000 at canopy. - soil is feeling pretty dry by weight but we're going to hold off on watering until tomorrow. Day 13: - RH: 75% - Temp: 69F-79F Day 14: - watered each plant with approximately 200ml of dechlorinated tap water, pH-adjusted to 6.5.

Week 3! So far, so good... Day 15: - raised plants up by approximately 5" closer to the lights. - increased air circulation to provide a slightly stronger breeze for the plants. - lowered the humidity just slightly compared to last week. We'll be aiming for 70-75% RH and temperatures around 79F during lights on and trying to stay above 69F during lights off. Day 16: - light levels at canopy are around 15,000 LUX - our 6" oscillating fan bit the dust and was replaced with a fixed 10" fan Day 17: - we made a few "fine tuning" adjustments with our lighting, by increasing the light intensity of our "Elite 360" fixture (with the QB96 boards) from about 10% to 15%. This provides approximately 10,000 LUX of light at the canopy from this fixture. We raised the Sunblaster strip lights up until we were at a combined, total LUX of about 19,000. This way, we have a more even mixture of light, incorporating the 6400K spectrum of the Sunblaster strip lights with the wide spectrum and far reds of the QB96's. Day 18: - Temp: 80F - RH: 70% - watered with .5ml/L each of BioBizz "Bio-Grow" and "Acti-Vera". This resulted in a nutrient solution of approximately 250ppm and a pH of approximately 6.6. - started seeing some light stress on the leaves so we moved the Sunblaster strip lights up a few more inches. We'll see how the plants respond. Day 19: - Plant #1 had a very severe negative reaction to yesterday's watering. The plant looks severely over-watered. We're not sure if it's a problem with the nutrients, drainage of the soil, or perhaps even too much humidity? - we lowered the RH to less than 50% and we also reduced our light intensity to under 15,000 LUX. Day 20: - Plant #1 is looking much worse, with the "over-watering" symptoms moving up the plant. Plant #2 is starting to show symptoms as well. - we transplanted both plants to 5 gallon fabric pots, using the "Bluesky Organics 'Super Soil'". Both plants seemed to have healthy root growth and were definitely needing to be transplanted. - we watered the new soil lightly with a fine mist spray bottle before transplanting but did not water after transplanting. Day 21: - Temp: 80F - RH: 60% - both plants are still looking heavily affected by over-watering symptoms (and possibly a nitrogen deficiency). The issue has been a pretty big set-back to the progress this week. Both plants have slowed their growth considerably over past couple of days. - we lightly watered, in a circle around each plant with dechlorinated water with 125ppm Cal-Mag/Nitrogen.

We're a bit behind on the updates this week. We ended Week 3 with what we're pretty sure was a severe nitrogen deficiency, which was causing over-watering symptoms as well as lower leaf damage. We waited too long to transplant and had expected our seedling soil mix to last a bit longer than it did. It was really only good for about 2 weeks, at most. Once we transplanted into fresh soil, things started improving but it has cost us some progress, so we're hoping this week will provide some needed recuperation and renewed vigor to our girls. 💪 We're going to try to stick to a regular, light feeding schedule starting this week using our BioBizz organic nutrients and Remo's "VeloKelp". We'll also add Cal-Mag on an occasional basis or as-needed. Day 22: - watered with 1ml/L of BioBuzz's "Bio-Grow" & "Acti-vera", 1ml/L of Remo Nutrients' "VeloKelp" and .5ml/L of General Hydroponics' "CaliMAGic". Solution measured approximately 350ppm, pH 6.2. - both plants still recovering from sudden nutrient deficiency. Day 23: - Temp: 80F - RH: 61% - leaves on both plants looking very "perky" compared to just a couple days ago, praying to the lights. Day 24: - Topped both plants at the 4th node, removing all lower side branching. Day 25: - Raised the Sunblaster 6400K LED strip lights up a few inches until they were providing approximately 9,000 LUX at canopy. - Increased light intensity of our "Elite 360" fixture until it was providing approximately 10,000 LUX at canopy. - Total LUX levels at canopy = approximately 19,000 - watered with .5ml/L of BioBizz's "Bio-Grow" & "Acti-Vera", .5ml/L of Remo Nutrients' "VeloKelp" and .25ml/L of General Hydroponics' "CaliMAGic". Solution measured approximately 250ppm, pH 6.4. Day 26: - Temp: 80F - RH: 61% Day 27: - Temp: 79F - RH: 61% Day 28: - Not much to report by week's end. Growth is still very, very slow but at least there's some progress. - We're not in a rush but if the slow growth continues, it's unlikely we'll continue high-stress training. - Due to the slow growth, we will wait to water. The pots still have some weight to them today, and the plants just aren't big enough to be drinking up gallons of water yet.

We're really hoping that our girls do some catching up this week! We're keeping a close eye on our nitrogen levels. 2 weeks ago we had some major symptoms showing up of nitrogen deficiency. Since transplanting into fresh soil and lightly feeding, we're seeing some signs of nitrogen toxicity, with a slight "clawing" of some new leaves, which are also quite a dark shade of green. Day 29: - Temp: 68F - 79F (lights off / on) - RH: 61% - We had planned on watering today but we're going to wait until tomorrow. The pots still had some water weight to them. Day 30: - Watered with dechlorinated tap water, pH 6.3/6.4 - Each plant received approximately 2L of water - Removed 1 of the Sunblaster 6400K LED strip lights & relocated the 2nd strip light crossways in the center of the tent. - Increased the intensity of our "Elite 360" fixture, from 25% to 40% to maintain LUX levels of approximately 18,000 at canopy. Day 31: - no changes Day 32: - did some LST on both plants, bending the top 2 growing shoots down. We plan to top these at the 3rd node, once we get 5 nodes showing. Day 33: - no change - both plants recovering quickly from LST Day 34: - minor LST adjustments - watered with dechlorinated tap water, with .5ml/L of BioBizz's "Fish Mix" & "Acti-vera", .5ml/L of Remo Nutrients' "VeloKelp" and .25ml/L of General Hydroponics' "CaliMAGic". - 280ppm, pH 6.2 Day 35: - minor defoliation, removing the fan leaves and shoots at the 2nd node of each of the 2 main branches. We were going to do this at the same time that we do the 2nd topping but we still have a couple of days before they're ready for their 2nd topping and we decided to go ahead with the minor defoliation to help give the branches at the 1st and 3rd nodes more light.

Welcome to Week 6 everyone! :) Our plans for this week included topping both plants, increasing light intensity and training the new growth. We're going to be slowly increasing the light intensity from 19,000 LUX up to a goal of about 25,000 by end of week, depending on how the plants respond to the small increases throughout the week. Day 36: - topped both plants at the 3rd node of the main lateral branches. Adjusted LST ties. Removed 2 large fan leaves from the bottom of Plant #1, which were shaded and had some leftover damage from our nitrogen deficiency a few weeks ago. - increased the light intensity of the QB96 boards in our "Elite 360" fixture, from 40% to 45%. This increased the LUX levels at the canopy from about 19,000 to 20,500 LUX. Day 37: - no changes Day 38: - no changes - very minor LST adjustments Day 39: - watered with dechlorinated tap water, with .5ml/L of BioBizz's "Bio-Grow" & "Acti-Vera", .5ml/L Remo Nutrients' "VeloKelp" & General Hydroponics' "CALi-MAGic". Resulted in a 500ppm solution with a pH of 6.4. - defoliated a few fan leaves on Plant #2, as well as trimming some of the small, developing side branches at the first node of the 4 side branches. - LST adjustments on side branches, as well as some leaf tucking. - increased the light intensity by 5%, which increased the LUX levels at the canopy to approximately 21,500. Day 40: - no changes Day 41: - LST adjustments Day 42: - no changes - temperature swing has been greater than normal. We try to keep the lights-on / lights-off temperature within about 10 degrees Fahrenheit but last night our temps inside the tent dropped to about 64F. With lights-on temps steady at 80F, that's a 16F swing in tempreature change. We hope to be able to fix this for next week by better controlling our fresh air intake.

Week 7! We're hoping that this might be our last week of veg. We still have some more training to do, hopefully to fill out the horizontal space a bit more. Day 43: - no changes - plants feel pretty dry but we'll wait one more day to water Day 44: - watered with dechlorinated tap water with .25ml/L of General Hydroponics' "CALi-MAGic". pH adjusted to 6.3. - made LST adjustments, as well as defoliation of some of the large fan leaves that were crowding the growing tips. Day 45: - no changes - noticing a very slight yellowing between the veins of a few leaves. It's barely noticeable but we'll be keeping a close eye on it. Day 46: - no changes Day 47: - no changes - the fabric pots felt light but we'll wait until tomorrow to water. Day 48: - watered with dechlorinated tap water, with .5ml/L of BioBizz's "Fish Mix" & "Acti-Vera", .5ml/L of Remo Nutrients' "VeloKelp" and approximately .25 tsp (a small pinch) of epsom salt per 10L of water. Resulting in a 250ppm solution with pH of 6.4. - Plant #1 also received a top dressing of Gaia Green's "Power Bloom" Dry Amendment Fertilizer, approximately 1 tbsp for the 5 gallon container (1/5th of the recommended amount). - we tested the runoff after collecting approximately .75L and had the following results: - Plant #1 runoff was over 1000ppm, pH 6.7 - Plant #2 runoff was 850ppm, pH 6.6 - we feel like our pH should be a bit lower and our ppm's seem a little high but given that we're using soil, with "BioBizz" organic nutrients, we don't think the ppm's are too out of place. Let us know what you think! - defoliation of Plant #2, removing the small side branches growing from the 2nd nodes of each of the 8 "tops". We each have conflicting opinions on whether we should be doing this gradually each week, while the branches are just starting to develop, or whether it's better to wait a couple weeks and then do a more invasive and extensive defoliation. Again, let us know what you think... better to do it gradually, or let the plant fully recover and defoliate the lower branches after they've grown out a bit? Day 49: - no changes - increased circulation fan speed due to higher humidity due to yesterday's watering. - we're noticing more yellowing coming out in the leaves, especially on Plant #2. We suspect that we've been going a bit too light on the organic nutrients but we're also worried that our soil pH is a little bit high and so could be causing lock-out issues with things like magnesium. Our runoff was testing at a pH of 6.7-6.8 but we'd feel better if it was around the 6.5-6.6 range. Overall, it was a good week, although, we were hoping to see a little more progress with the growth rate of these plants. We didn't push them too hard with the lighting this past week and we're still averaging around 20-22,000 LUX across the canopy. We continually try to push the light intensity up but the plants seem to react with "canoeing" leaves and the appearance of light stress. We had a fun time taking photos for the journal this week and we were happy to be able to participate in the Sweet Seeds "Masquerade" and "Mary Lovers" contests. A shout out to Sweet Seeds for putting on those contests. As always, we want to encourage body positivity and express our respect for people of all colours, creeds & orientations. That's all for this week, brothers and sisters... see you all next week!

Week 8 Our last week of veg before hopefully flipping to flower next week. We want to make sure that we've addressed any issues, like the yellowing leaves, before switching to flowering. A couple of things we're watching out for this week: - Light intensity (we want to push the light levels up a bit more) - Nutrient lockout or deficiencies - pH Levels (we will be testing our runoff next watering) As always, thanks for stopping by our journal! 🌱✌️🌱 Day 50: - no changes - both plants seem to be absorbing water well and have recovered from the LST adjustments from a couple days ago. Day 51: - we're seeing a bit more yellowing showing up in Plant #2 and a little bit in Plant #1. - the pots still have some weight to them so we'll wait another day to water. Day 52: - watered with dechlorinated tap water, with 1ml/L of BioBizz's "Fish Mix" & "Acti-Vera", 1ml/L of Remo Nutrients' "VeloKelp" and .5ml/L of General Hydroponics' "CALiMAGic". - this resulted in a 470ppm solution. We lowered the pH to 6.1 due to our previous runoff tests of pH 6.7 - 6.8. - during our last watering we added a 1 tbsp top dressing to Plant #1 of Gaia Green "Power Bloom", which is a slow-release organic fertilizer. Today we did the same to Plant #2. - our runoff tests were still showing a pH of 6.8 - 6.9, which is much higher than we'd like. Day 53: - definitely concerned about the yellowing in Plant #2. We're considering doing a foliar feeding of magnesium sulfate (epsom salt). We did just feed with Cal-Mag yesterday so we want to give that a chance to work. We'll likely wait to foliar feed until tomorrow at lights-out. - we increased the light intensity of the QB96's in our "Elite 360" fixture to approximately 55%, giving us around 22,000 - 23,000 LUX across the canopy. We raised Plant #1 up on foam blocks so that it was receiving the same light intensity as Plant #2. Day 54: - defoliation of side branches on both plants, to focus growth on the 8 'tops' of each plant. - LST adjustments to Plant #2. - foliar fed both plants at lights-out w/ .1tsp/L of epsom salt (1tsp mixed into 10L of dechlorinated water, resulted in a 370ppm solution, pH adjusted to 6.2). Day 55: - today we decided to re-pot both plants into 7 gallon fabric pots. We hadn't originally planned on doing this but since both plants seem to be suffering from either nutrient deficiency or possible lockout issues due to high pH, we figured it might help to have some fresh soil and a bit more space for the roots to spread out. We used the same Bluesky Organics "Super Soil", with a little bit of Fox Farms "Ocean Forest" soil (we didn't quite have enough "Super Soil" alone for both plants). We also added about 3/4 tbsp of Gaia Green "Power Bloom" dry amendment fertlizer and about 1tsp of "Bloom Microbes" by NPK per plant. - we removed all the tie-down's for transplanting and we decided to leave the tie-down's off of Plant #2 for a day or two, just to help minimize any additional stress and hopefully let Plant #2 grow out a bit more. Plant #1 is practically the perfect size to start flowering but we do want to wait a few days to let the plants recuperate from the transplant and hopefully to have the nutrient issues fixed. - we watered with dechlorinated tap water with only .25ml/L of General Hydroponics "CALiMAGic", resulting in a 170ppm solution, pH adjusted to 6.1. Day 56: - Plant #2 is getting worse, continuing to yellow and starting to show tiny brown spots on the leaves. It has all the signs of a continuing Magnesium deficiency, although we're starting to suspect it's more than just a deficiency... possibly caused by lockout issues. - Plant #1 is about as big as we want it to be for flowering. Any bigger and we're worried that we'll run out of head room during the flowering stretch.

Week 9! This week starts out on a bit of a precarious note, where we find ourselves struggling with what we believe is a worsening Magnesium deficiency, possibly caused by lockout due to high pH. We had hoped to have switched to flowering this week but instead, we're reducing daylight hours from 18 to 16 so that we can begin regular foliar feeding of epsom salt. We're running out of time though, as Plant #1 continues to grow and we want to make sure we have adequate headroom for the flowering stretch. Day 57: - raised light fixture 2 to 3 inches. - adjusted on/off schedule to 16hr days - foliar fed with dechlorinated tap water with .5tsp per gallon of epsom salt, resulting in a 370ppm solution, with pH of 6.9. Applied fine mist spray at lights-out. Day 58: - it's hard to tell but it looks like the foliar feeding may have helped slightly, with a bit more green coming out, rather than yellow. - we're a little unsure whether to foliar feed again tonight or whether it's better to wait a day or two in between. We might do another foliar feed tonight but slightly less strength. - UPDATE - we ended up foliar feeding with a 210ppm epsom salt/dechlorinated tap water solution, applied at lights-off. Day 59: - both plants are looking a little better and a little more green. - we finally replaced the LST "tie-down's" that we had in place prior to transplanting Plant #2 into its 7 gallon pot. We'd been weary of putting extra stress on Plant #2, to minimize any transplant shock. Within 2 hours of applying the tie-down's, the tops had all recovered and were pointing to the light... a good sign! - we're suspecting that part of our Magnesium (and Calcium??) issues are that we may have an abundance of Phosphorus which is causing a bit of a lock-out. We hope that by starting flowering, the plants will start using up that Phosphorus and we hope that this helps bring a bit of balance. Day 60: - tonight will be the first night of 12/12 light cycle. - we've replaced the Sunblaster 24W LED strip light, which emitted light in the 6400K spectrum, with the Sunblaster 24W T5HO strip light, which emits light in the 2700K spectrum and will be better for flowering, although, given the relatively poor coverage, it isn't going to make much of a difference in the grow. The main reason we even have it in there at all is that it helps keep the sides of the tent from collapsing in due to the negative pressure caused by the exhaust fan. We've considered just using a piece of PVC pipe to do the same thing and saving energy costs on a light that doesn't really do anything. - both plants are looking a bit healthier. Plant #1 is due for some defoliation but we'll likely wait until next week. What are your guys' thoughts on the guidelines of defoliating during week 1 and week 3 of flower? I think we're going to try to follow those guidelines. Day 61: - Plant #1 is feeling dry, Plant #2 still feels wet. We'll wait another day to water. - defoliated Plant #1, trimming off side branches from each of the 8 main tops. Left most fan leaves in place. - Foliar fed both plants with .5tsp Epsom salt & dechlorinated tap water, measuring 270ppm, pH 7.0. Applied at lights-out. Day 62: - watered Plant #1 with dechlorinated tap water with .25ml/gal of BioBizz's "Bio-Grow", "Bloom", "Top Max" and "Acti-Vera" and .25ml/gal of Remo Nutrients' "VeloKelp". This resulted in a weak nutrient solution measuring 170ppm. pH adjusted to 6.2. - runoff ppm test came back extremely high, measuring over 3000ppm!! 😳 pH was better than last week though, measuring 6.5. - we flushed a few extra litres of water through the pot, until ppm's were around 2,000, which was still much higher than we'd like. Day 63: - no changes - Temp: 68F-79F - RH: 58%-64%

Week 10! This is our first official week of flower! New for this week, we'll be introducing bloom nutrients and we've changed our pH adjusters to a "natural" product that's meant to work better for living soil. We don't plan to do much to the plants this week, as we want to minimize any stress while they transition to flower. Day 64 (day 4 of flower): - increased our main light intensity from 55% to 60%. - plants are receiving between 22,000 - 26,000 LUX across canopy. Day 65 (day 5 of flower): - Plant #1 is starting to stretch. Plant #2 has not yet shown much stretching. - Plant #2 feeling a bit more dry (by pot weight) but we'll wait until tomorrow to water. Day 66 (day 6 of flower): - watered Plant #2 only, with dechlorinated tap water with: .5ml/L of BioBizz's "Bio-Grow", "Bio-Bloom" & "Top-Max", 1ml/L of "Acti-Vera", .5ml/L of Remo Nutrients' "Velokelp" .25ml/L of General Hydronics' "CALiMAGic" - This resulted in a 430ppm nutrient solution, pH adjusted to 6.4. - Runoff levels for Plant #2 were 2430ppm & a pH of 6.7. We might like to see the pH a tiny bit lower and normally, when not growing with organic nutrients, we'd consider 2400ppm to be very high... but we've been told that it's not uncommon to have runoff ppm's between 2-3,000 with organics in soil. We didn't bother to flush additional water through the pot, watering until approximately 2-3L of runoff was collected. Day 67 (day 7 of flower): - no changes - Temp: 69-79F; RH: 56-62% Day 68 (day 8 of flower): - defoliated small side branches from Plant #1 - increased light intensity from 60% to 65% Day 69 (day 9 of flower): - watered Plant #1 with dechlorinated tap water mixed with: 1ml/L of BioBizz's "Acti-vera", .5ml/L of BioBizz's "Bio-Grow", "Bio-Bloom" & "Top-Max", .5ml/L of Remo Nutrients' "VeloKelp" and .25ml/L of General Hydroponics' "CALiMAGic". This resulted in a 280ppm solution, pH 6.5. - watered to runoff. Runoff tests came back at 1,950ppm, pH 6.7. Day 70 (day 10 of flower): - no changes

Week 11 (2nd week of flower!) This week we'll continue to increase the light intensity and start to lower the day-time temperature. We'll be increasing our feeding ppm's and will likely do a bit of lolipopping to remove some lower fan leaves. Day 71 (day 11 of flower): - increased light intensity from 65% to 70%. LUX levels are about 28,000 across canopy. Day 72 (day 12 of flower): - no changes Day 73 (day 13 of flower): - watered Plant #2 with dechlorinated water with 1ml/L of BioBizz's "Bio-Grow", "Bio-Bloom", "Top-Max" & "Acti-Vera", .5ml/L of Remo Nutrients' "VeloKelp". This resulted in a 500ppm solution, pH 6.3. - runoff from Plant #2 measured at 1950ppm, pH 6.8. Day 74 (day 14 of flower): - increased light intensity from 70% to 75%. - raised the light to provide 24 to 26 inch distance to canopy. - LUX at canopy: 30,000+ Day 75 (day 15 of flower): - watered Plant #1 with dechlorinated tap water with 1ml/L of BioBizz's "Bio-Grow" & "Top-Max", 1.5ml/L of "Bio-Bloom" & "Acti-Vera", .5ml/L of Remo Nutrients' "VeloKelp". - Resulted in 550ppm solution, pH 6.4. Day 76 (day 16 of flower): - no changes - trichomes are really starting to show on some of the sugar leaves Day 77 (day 17 of flower): - no changes - smell is becoming stronger

Week 12 (Week 3 of Flower) So far things are moving along nicely. The plants are healthy and growing and the smell is getting sweeter and more intense with each day. We're going to continue pushing our light intensity a bit higher and so far we've been able to achieve adequate cooling through fresh, outdoor air intake. We're hoping the buds will continue to stack but so far things are looking promising. We're going to do one last defoliation this week, to provide more light to the bud sites, especially on Plant #2, which has much more dense foliage. Day 78 (day 18 of flower): - no changes - Plant #1 seems to be producing more trichomes than Plant #2. Day 79 (day 19 of flower): - increased light intensity from 75% to 78%. - set exhaust fan thermostat to 78F. When the temperature reaches 78F, the exhaust fan turns on and the negative pressure draws in fresh, outside air via a 4" duct. So far we haven't had to use the air conditioner but that may change as our light moves past 80% or if the outside temperatures aren't cold enough. Day 80 (day 20 of flower): - increased light intensity from 78% to 80% Day 81 (day 21 of flower): - watered Plant #2 with a 600ppm nutrient solution, pH 6.4. - runoff levels tested at 1,750ppm and pH 6.8. Day 82 (day 22 of flower): - smell is getting stronger, more trichome production. - increased light intensity from 80% to 85% Day 83 (day 23 of flower): - watered Plant #1 with 8L of dechlorinated tap water with 500ppm nutrients, pH 6.3. - runoff from Plant #2 tested at only 1070ppm, which is way down from last week. She seems to be hungry! The runoff tested at pH 7.0, which is the highest it's been so far, despite consistently watering with mixtures around pH 6.2/6.3. Day 84 (day 24 of flower): - no changes

Week 13! 🌱 Things are going well! The buds are getting bigger and things are starting to smell very nice. Day 85 (day 25 of flower): - temporarily increased the light intensity from 85% to 90%. - set up our makeshift air conditioning duct, which is just an old cardboard box with a 4" hole and 4" duct that we put over top of our portable air conditioner. - we'll run the air conditioner only if the outside temperatures get too high to provide adequate cooling. Day 86 (day 26 of flower): - nothing to report! Day 87 (day 27 of flower): - watered Plant #2 with 8L of dechlorinated tap water, with nutrient solution equal to 780ppm, pH 6.1. - tested runoff of Plant #2, results were 1490ppm and pH 6.9. - watered remaining 1.5L of nutrient mixture to Plant #1, no runoff. Day 88 (day 28 of flower): - the smell is increasing - the lower leaves of Plant #1 are yellowing... Is this early signs of fading, or is there a problem? We're not sure yet but so far it's looking reasonable. Day 89 (day 29 of flower): - increased light intensity from 95% to 100% - increased AC Infinity exhaust fan maximum intensity from 50% to 60% when temperature reaches 78F or higher. Day 90 (day 30 of flower): - watered Plant #1 with 9L of dechlorinated tap water, with .5ml/L of General Hydroponics' "CALiMAGic" & Remo Nutrients' "VeloKelp", 1ml/L of BioBizz's "Bio-Grow" & "Top-Max", 2ml/L of Biobizz's "Acti-Vera" and 2.5ml/L of BioBizz's "Bio-Bloom". This resulted in a 830ppm mixture, pH adjusted down to 6.3/6.4. - runoff levels from Plant #1 tested at 1560ppm and pH 7.0. - lower leaves of Plant #1 have really yellowed over the past day. It still seems a little bit early in flower to be fading that much so we're suspecting that there is a deficiency or imbalance. At the moment we are just continuing to feed normally. Day 91 (day 31 of flower): - no changes - A/C used for 3-4hrs

Week 14! Wow, it seems like this grow has been going on forever! We're trying to keep it interesting for you all! 😉 We're seeing pretty major deficiencies with Plant #1... although we're pretty sure that some of it is just due to the late flowering "fade". With this being a "Fast Flowering" variety, Sweet Seeds states that this strain flowers in 6 weeks, so i guess fading at week 4-5 is reasonable. The buds are looking very good. Maybe not quite as big as we expected but we think that we might have been a bit light on the feeding. For this week, we're lowering temperatures a bit more and will likely continue feeding this week... possibly starting a 1-2 week flush next week? We'll see! Day 92 (day 32 of flower): - smell has gotten much stronger. - lower leaves of Plant #1 have completely yellowed. Day 93 (day 33 of flower): - adjusted the AC duct so that the cold air isn't blowing directly on the fabric pots. Day 94 (day 34 of flower): - Plant #2 feels ready for watering. We'll wait until tomorrow to water. - Temp: 68F (lights off), 77F (lights on) - RH: 68% (lights off), 55% (lights on) Day 95 (day 35 of flower): - removed some of the dead and shriveled leaves from the lower part of Plant #1 - watered both plants with plain, dechlorinated tap water. Plant #1 received about 1 gallon, Plant #2 received about 2.5 gallons. - did a 'gentle' squeeze test to one of the buds on each plant. They felt very firm and dense and the smell was intense and very sweet, with a pungent note that reminds me of some "Skunk" strains. Day 96 (day 36 of flower): - trichomes on Plant #1 are looking about 25% clear, 70% cloudy & 5% amber - trichomes on Plant #2 are looking about 50% clear & 50% cloudy. Day 97 (day 37 of flower): - removed dead leaves from lower part of Plant #1. Day 98 (day 38 of flower): - Not much to report! The week has gone pretty well. We're a little disappointed that we didn't catch the late flower deficiencies that were showing up at the start of the week. By the end of the week, both plants were showing a lot of yellowing of the leaves. We think that we haven't been feeding quite enough and probably haven't been watering as often as we should have, often only watering once a week. The smell has really been developing this week and is much more intense and complex and pungent.

Week 15 We're getting close to wrapping things up with this grow. The trichomes are starting to amber and the smell is so pungent and thick... it's lovely! 😍 This week we're watering with just plain, dechlorinated tap water. We're keeping our day-time temperatures around 73F to 78F, which has been requiring the use of our portable a/c unit for 4-6hrs per day. Our lights have been running at 100% for the past few weeks but the outside temperatures have been rising and the outside air hasn't been sufficient to keep things cool enough. Day 99 (day 39 of flower): - removed 6-7 dead leaves from Plant #1 Day 100 (day 40 of flower): - removed more dead leaves, from both plants. - Plant #1 needs to be watered and probably should have been watered yesterday. It'll have to wait until tomorrow. Day 101 (day 41 of flower): - watered both plants with plain, dechlorinated tap water Day 102 (day 42 of flower): - today marks the official end of 6 weeks of flower, which is how long Sweet Seeds says this "F1 Fast" strain needs to flower. We think it's pretty damned accurate! We expect (hope) to be chopping sometime next week. - Plant #1 showing about 20% amber trichomes, 80% cloudy. - Plant #2 is showing about 5-10% amber, 70% cloudy and 10-15% clear. Day 103 (day 43 of flower): - more leaves yellowing - removed dead lower leaves Day 104 (day 44 of flower): - no updates Day 105 (day 45 of flower): - things are very close now. Plant #1 showing approx. 40% amber trichomes, Plant #2 around 30% amber.

Week 16 This is our final week guys! The buds don't seem to be putting on any extra weight and things have slowed right now... except for the smell! Very strong smelling, very deep and complex aroma, very pleasant but stinks up the whole house when the tent is open. We're happy that our carbon filter is doing a great job. We're letting the pots dry out and then we'll be giving these girls 48hrs of darkness, before chopping and hanging the whole plants. We're seeing how we could have probably improved the bud growth with a better watering & feeding schedule but we're still happy that the buds are dense, uniform and very frosty. Day 106 (day 46 of flower): - nothing to report! Day 107 (day 47 of flower): - removed a few more dead leaves from both plants - Plant #1 looks ready to chop, Plant #2 is not far behind. Day 108 (day 48 of flower): - today we start 48hrs of darkness in preparation for chopping. - temperatures kept between 66F - 72F - both pots are very dry and both plants are starting to show signs of under-watering. Day 109 (day 49 of flower): - darkness - temp: 67F - 69F Day 110 (day 50 of flower): - darkness - removed all dead leaves and most of the larger wilted fan leaves. Day 111 (day 51 of flower): - darkness - trimmed Plant #1 while still in the pot. Plant #2 will be done tomorrow. - temp: 65F - RH: 60% Day 112 (day 52 of flower): - darkness - trimmed Plant #2 while still in the pot. - chopped and hung both plants. - turned off circulation fans. AC Infinity exhaust fan set to low speed.

We had a lot of fun with this grow. These were some of the stinkiest plants we've grown! The plants would have benefitted from a little heavier feeding but we're still very happy with the bud formation. We chopped these plants on day 113 after wet-trimming each plant in it's pot. We hung both whole plants, keeping the temperature around 66F and the humidity around 65%. Weights are preliminary estimates. We will update with weight reports and length of final dry time. UPDATE Day 18: - After 5 days of drying the whole plants, we trimmed off the buds and put them into mason jars. The buds on both plants were crispy on the outside but still pliable. Plant #1 felt a bit drier than Plant #2 and probably should have been jarred yesterday. We would normally plan to cure for 3 months but given how smooth and tasty our "taste test" bud was, we doubt it'll need the 3 months. Final weights: Plant #1 - 75g Plant #2 - 65g