Leg OG Punch | Purple Quest Candidate #4

INTRODUCTION ------------------ When I started to grow, in 2020, I had one objective: Find a strain with a "Purple taste" as I used to say it. I met that specific taste and smell only 2-3 times. In Amsterdam (NL): Purple Diesel and Sunset Sherbet, And also a Purple Kush in Canada, which was the best one. I grown a Blackberry from FastBuds, a Purple Kush (auto) from Buddha Seeds, and last attempt : A Sherbet Queen from Royal Queen Seeds. Unfortunately, no one had the taste I'm looking for, even if Sherbet Queen and BlackBerry were really great strains :) This is my Thrid grow session, and I'll grow 2 genetics : This Legendary OG Punch from Royal Queen Seeds, which is verry promising on the genetic (parents) aspect, and a Blueberry auto from From Pevseeds. Those last months, I came up to the conclusion that the taste I'm looking for could be related to Mendo Purps parents, the parent of the Grand Daddy Purple. So I'm gowing to give it a try :) And 2 plants, just to be sure :D GROW DETAILS ----------------- I'll grow two Legendary OG Punch! Feeding: Biobizz feeding program, + TopCrop TopCandy Light: Veg at 18H of light/Day, and 12h during flowering. I'll switch to flowering between week 7 and week 9. All depend on how quick current jar get empty :D Techniques: LST, main-lining (nebula's method). And of course, I'll transplant to bigger pot during veg :) 4L -> 15L - 30L GERMINATION ----------------- 2 Seeds direct to 4L fabric pot. 1 germinated in 3 days, the second died, eaten by worms in soil! (see details next paragraph) So I started another seed, and that explain why one plant is 9 days Old and the other 2 days old. SOIL / PEST ALERT -------------------- I dediced to use some homemade compost, containing lot of life! This is risky and could turn bad. So I really need to keep pests under control for first weeks. After that, should be fine. I really don't like buying new dirt grow after grow, so I want to try some alternatives. DAY 01 DIFFERENCE ---------------------- Just to mention, since both plant haven't the same age. I'll count weeks and days for my diary, in relation with the younger plant. I'll make the older plant wait the younger one for topping, and this should make them at same stage.

I been late to update my diary, and I missed week 2. I had differents difficulties to deal with, that I can explain this way : 1) I had to deal with some bugs, as expected, since I used some old soil and homemade compost. So I've been watering verry slowly, trying to get top dry as much as possible. 2) For the first time, I'm growing 3 differents plants at the same time, but at 3 differents stages, with differents pot sizes. So I lost myself with the differents watering needs of the plants and one been overwatered, when the other one underwatered. I already noticed in a previous session that I was terribly bad at keeping more than one plant at the same time. I always give more attention and care to one plant. It's like I was forgetting the second one. I can't think to two differents ladies at same time 😅 That's definitly something I must improve myself! Anyway, enough about myself ^^ RESUME OF THE WEEK : -------------------------- - Lady *One* been transfered to a 15L Pot (4L -> 15L). She been overwatered, and this been a quick fix to solve the problem. This was planned, but a bit later. - Topping (Main-lining / Nebula's method) on both plants. Not the same. Week 3 for Lady *One*, Week 2 for Lady *Two*. So basically, topped above 3th node. Lady *One* was a bit oldier, but the topping gonna help to make them closer each other. - Foliar Spraying BioBizz - Fishmix (1ml/L), 1-2 times a week. The remaining of the spray bottle is put on the soil of all my plants (so not that much). I noticed on previous grow session that fishmix was verry powerfull, better to use it slowly... - Feeding : Only BIo-Grow for now. 2 watering a week, one with feeding. PLANTS COMPARISON : -------------------------- Lady *Two* which is a 1 week youger than Lady *One* is looking more healthy. More dark green, a bit more fatter stem. Lady *One* is in a bigger pot, but she probabby suffered more of the soil bugs from compost. Lady *Two* been grown in only used soil, without compost..

Yes, I had a long break and did not updated my diary for a long time, needed some time for myself... What happend during all this time? Well, A LOT :D Switched light schedule to 12/12 on day 71 (first day of week 11). DIARY FOCUS ON LADY #2 : -------------------------------- I started the diary with 2 plants. They are both totally fine, but I decided to document only the more promising one, Lady #2 :) I'll keep posting pictures of Lady #1, there is one pîcture of both plant together on current week diary. But every photo details, comments, everything will be relative to Lady #2 from now :) I'm not applying the same LST on Lady #1, so Lady #2 get more space. That's the big difference between both plants. Every branchs of Lady #2 are at same level, but center ones from Lady #1 are way smaller (less LST : Less light) FIRST OBSERVATIONS WITH SOIL : -------------------------------------- For this grow session, I actually germinated 3 seeds of Legendary OG Punch. I did 3 differents "soil mix", reusing old soil, and adding homemade compost. Well, homemade compost for Indoor grow : Never again !! One of the 3 seeds never germinated. I had a look at it : she been literally eaten by worms. Found the seed sheel with worm going out of it 😖 Lady #2 was the only plant that had only brand new soil (biobizz - allmix), and it gave me the best results... I did some research... To use compost indoor, I should clean it from any pest by cooking it (oven). Well, I can't do that :D I also don't feel OK about buying soil again and again. It's not a matter of $$$, but just the non-sense of adding hundreds of litters of used soil to my garden after each grow. I may start to consider Hydro next year. Comment if you have any opinion, or suggestion about that :) BROKEN MAIN-LINING : ---------------------------- (See Picture 5) - One branch broke on second topping, when I was performing LST on it. I tried to save it, but it was really impossible to make it stay in the right place. And it was a full break... So 24h laters, when I knew for sure the branch was dead, I decided to cut the same branch on the other side of the main-lining, to keep the plant symetrical. And then, I re-topped remaining branch of both side of my main-lining. (Feels like a puzzle explaination, I hope this is clear enough :D). @Mrs_Larimar Reassured me about my choice. I was sad about my mistake, but she told me that my plant will totally recover and well, she was really right. It's like nothing happend... Yesterday (Day 70) I performed the last LST session on Lady #2 before switching to 12/12 light schedule :) I waited to see the plant looking a bit thirsty, to make branches bending easier and less risky. I will not go further : No enough space in grow room, and I need her to pass door to make the pictures ^^ GENETIC OBSERVATIONS : ---------------------------- - With cannabis, at some point, branches start to grow alternate, and not by pair. I noticed that this appeared right after first topping, so after node 3. - This genetic come with huge and longs stipules, it's crazy. Check pictures. Does it predict huge buds :D ? FEEDING : ----------- Plant been feeded with verry light doses of Fish-mix, since I know it's a powerfull product. The plant is showing verry small signs of deficiency, but I'm not worried about. I'm going to feed with recommended doses now since I'm starting flowering. I'm switching to Bio-Grow from now. I'll have to be vigilant about any more signs of deficiency, especially since she will start to stretch soon.

Last week I talked about a deficiency. The diagnostic was easy, I been using Nutrients as 1/4 of recommended dose (fish-mix), since I had issue with over-feeding with my last diary. BUT my previous grow was a way smaller plant, so she was probably less Greedy. Anyway, the deficiency wasn't that bad : Leaves a bit too light green, and One leave starting to have like brown spot. That's why I decided to feed her with an extra amount of Bio-grow and Fish-mix during this week. The deficiency been fixed, no other leaves got thoses brown spots, and globally, the plant is less "light green" now :) BUT, I'm seeing another sign of deficiency : The edges of some leaves is a bit red/Pink. I believe It's a molybdenum deficiency, and so, I have a PH problem. Too low ! My mistake was to not retest the PH of water before feeding. Because the nutrients added to the water changed, and this changed the value of the PH compared to Veg period. But I noticed this really on the begining of the issue, it's really not bad for now. I tested my solution, and changed the amount of Ph-Down I'm using for the next watering. Plant look Healthy, leaves praying all the times.... She showed first pistils 6 days after light switch to 12/12 schedule. Lady #1 (the second Leg OG Punch I'm Growing) got her first pistils out fter 2 days. I'm still verry impressed by the stipules this strain grow... They are sooooo long!

Last week, I been talking about potential defiencies. I made a funny experience this week. Some leaves been nutrient burned, which occured because of 2 parameters : - Me trying to fix the little deficiency by enhancing feeding and spraying fish-mix on leaves. - The moisture retaining function from Biobizz - Bio Heaven, that make the plant more resistant to under-watering stress. I noticed since multiple week, that the plant (Lady #2) isn't showhing signs of thirstiness, even when the pot is reallly light and need watering. I can easily compare this with Lady #1, the second Legendary OG Punch I'm growing. Lady #1 really show quickly signs of watering needs (dropping leaves), when Lady #2 actually never show it. The difference : I'm using Bio-Heaven with Lady #2, and not with Lady #1. So what happened : Some of the higher leaves, the more closes ones from the light, got nutrient burned. The plant been water-feeded with a great amount of nutrient. She laterly been feeding with fish-mix by foliar application. But the plant was needing more moisture. I didn't noticed it. So some top leaves had a lack of moisture, and the nutrients abosrbed by the leaves burned it. Luckily, it was only concerning like 10-15 leaves, and all the new leaves looks totally fine now :) I had to perform some defoliation, so, perfect timing ^^ So, what I learned : 1) BioBizz - Bioheaven is really a plus regarding plant resistance. The plant can be low on moisture for longer without being stressed. 2) Biobizz - Fishmix shouldn't be applied on the end of your watering schedule period. You should waterspray your plant before spraying fish-mix, and at least 48h later. Make sure leaves NEVER get moisture stressed. Remember folks : Fish-mix in watering : Up to week 1 of flowering. Foliar : Up to week 2 of flowering. Even if the plant suffered from this episode, this was just a dozen of leaves, that were going to be cut during defoliation. I'm actually verry excited to sort-out this myself, and to notice the effects of the products I'm using. UPDATE ABOUT PESTS -------------------------- I been annoyed with a little amount of thrips since the begining. I was germinating plants for my garden indoor. This involve wet soil for multiple days... This didn't helped... But well, I want tomatoes this summer :D SOOOO I been using blacksoap, blue sticky paper, spraying water to keep this under controle. I'm not seeing any thrips since last week. I may use Blacksoap one last time, as preventive. Not sure yet. I'm in flowering, but still verry far from harvest so.... A part of my garden (near home entrance) is FUUUUUUL of aphid on wild carrots plants. It's crazy, it's a damn factory farm, they are soo fucking big. I must be verrrrrrry careful not to bring them indoor. They scare me so much XD Last year, when I grow my first plant, I used to place her outdoor when the weather was perfect : It's a NO GO ZONE this time :D

Just a quick update, not having so much time thoses days, having important stuff to do. Plants deficiency got worst, I wasn't abble to really fix it. They still produce huge flowers, with sugar leaves covered of trichomes like I never seen before. I'm sorry for not providing much details, I hope I'll be abble to provide more details in my next update.

I went on a trip with my BF for some days who was on holidays. So I made sure the plant were well hydrated, and I left the house with some windows open, to let my cat go in and out. When I came back from our little trip.... DAMN, i was smelling the plant IN THE STREET. I'm not sure what happend, but the plant reaaaaally did a huge step forward. Flowers getting fat and fully covered of trichomes, it's crazy ! I was amazed by my previous plant. Those 2 ladies are so much more promising, I wasn't expecting that :D So the smell becoming a problem ^^ It's not a dank smell. It's a sweet / fruity smell. But still, it must stay in home :D I ordered an air filter to reduce smell and keep this under control. Harvest is in less than a month, but I guess it will become stronger and stronger ^^ I performed a bit of defoliation on both plants, but I'm not gonna lie, it's still a bush, with lot of buds not reaching light. I don't want to go further with defoliation, I preffer having some smaller buds, it's totally fine. Feeding mention : I used BioGrow only once this week. In the past week, I fixed a PH issue, and so a nutrients lockdown. I believe that plant had enough to eat because of the lockdown. I'm bringing Bio-Grow back slowly to avoid nutrient burn. Update (week 16) : Air filter added to the grow room. It's simple charcoal air filter, with an air extractor. It extract 105 m³/h, so If my calculs are correct, the air inside the tent should be renewed arround 50 times / hour. This setup cost me less than $50, decent stats for that price. I hope it will make the job to keep smell inside ^^

My friends, harvest should happend soon, probably next week :) Week 16 : I performed a kind of VLST (Verry low stress training ^^) : Bended branches to get them distant of the center of the plant, to allow more light to get to lower buds. I performed that right before watering, so the plant was easier to bend (learned that from previous grow ^^). Also performed some defoliation, and lower buds got way bigger 2 weeks after that :) 2 weeks ago, I ordered an air filter, to reduce plants smell, since It was noticable from the street... 😎 Well, this definitly helped a lot regarding smell. But this created an humidity problem. I have a dehumidifer, but it's not enough. The tent need to be fully closed for making the air filter worth. Sooo, not easy, I reached 80% multiple time those last days, it's not good at all. And the problem is that the weather isn't going to help : It's hot and rainy since 2 weeks, making temp/humidify regulation a nightmare. I'm following weather forecast everyday to know exactly when it's the right moment to open windows and refresh home air ^^ But it's going to be worst next week... I hope it will be fine.... I would harvest the plants 2 times, to give more time to lower buds. But this humidity problem may prevent me from doing that, since I will not be abble to dry buds somewhere else than i the tent. Well, this will depend of the weather for the next days. If global air humidity isn't too high, I may be abble to dry buds out of the tent, and so leave plants in it for like one more week :) Will see! I'm sorry, not that great pictures. But my photo setup is almost inexistant, and with plants of that size, I can't really do better. I will try to make great ones right before harvest, by using the grow light as a side light, out of the tent. Thanks for reading guys :) Spoiler: It will not be the strain I'm looking for Again 😌 Not the right smell 😢 Wondering how many years I'll need to find my "purple taste" again.....

Last week of flowering before harvest! Luckily, the weather got way nicer with me during this week. Those last days, I had terrible humidity levels, reaching 80%! Was a new problem for me, happening because I was closing the growing tent for the first time, trying to keep smell indoor and not out of my house ^^ Weather made the air humidity verry low during this week, (30-40% outdoor), so I been abble to reach the expected 50% in the grow tent. Perfect for the drying process, which arealdy started ^^ I'm verry happy plants didn't suffered from this... It last one week, but no issue, beside leaves dropping down. Fun fact, Lady #2 who had bio-heaven during all the grow, was way more resilient to this, leaves started to drop like 3 days after Lady #1. I noticed in previous week that Bio-heaven was also helping with underwatering.... What an interesting product! Plants been harvested, and hooked upside down in the grow room. My cheap 50$ smell filter working verry well. It also creat a benefical airflow for the drying process. I had a sample, and I can already tell you that she's aptly named :D A little couch-lock effect, which is why I decided to not wait too much amber. Second important thing : she make me SUPER GIGA hungry. Haven't felt this since a long time. I litterally eated food for 3 days in an evening, going to bed and sleeping with bad stomach all night 😝 I'm going to organize myself about that, filling my fridge with the right food, either way I may become verrrrry fat in the next months 😝 Harvest update incoming ;)

This is the best strain I've grown so far. Taking in consideration the growing process, buds quality & effects. This plant was my 4th attempt to find a specific taste I'm searching since I started to grow, in 2020. My "Purple Quest". Once again, it's not the right one 😔 But it's still the best plant I've grown so far. 10 Weeks of veg. Topping, main-lining (nebula's method), defoliation, LST. Everything went well :) But I may try to have a shorter veg period with my next grow. Arround 6-7 week. 8 weeks of flowering. Matching perfectly RQS estimations. Mention : Made 3.4g of Bubble Hash out of the trim of two plants (leaves only).