1st Time Grow ~ Green Crack

Im growing Green crack in a 50% FFOF and 50% Mother Earth Coco plus perlite mix.

Not sure why she is stressed, but I am not phased. I have also decided to drop the LED light to about 24'' so she can get some more light! Also plan on misting. Should i do that when the lights are off or on?

Im noticing that the ends of the leaves are folding up which are an indication of stress. Im not sure if this was because of moving the plant closer to the light or other reasons. RH was pretty low, 30%-35% during this time The light was also probably higher than it needed to be but I didnt have a PAR meter

Fixed my low humidity issue. Im already noticing a growth difference! Given the plants slow start and it being an autoflower, I wonder how she is going to turn out. Pipe cleaners were a bust. Didn't really hold her down, Ended up using insulated wire I had around the house and seems to do the trick. Trying to get PH down to the 5.8-6.2 range were she should do well

Week 5: Transition phase. To start the week off, she was recovering from an accident involving tipping over and somehow didn't break any branches. -I adjusted the highs a couple inches higher and stopped lst until I could tell she would bounce back. added a root stim as well when I added dirt back in. -I started a 2-4-4 bloom once i started seeing pistols and she showed very little signs of her accident, torn leaves and small cuts at most. -Started lst back up mid week, she just looked too happy.

Beginning of the week i noticed my light had slipped a couple inches closer to my plant then i would have liked... Once i noticed crisp leaf edges and obvious light stress I readjusted it. Lowers growth is turning yellow and dying off. RH is around 50% and at the end of this week will stay at about 40% Had signs of a nute burn last week and cut them half-strength, checked run-off PH, roughly 5.8 Having to adjust the lights just about every 2 days, shes really growing at a different pace Her structure has also changed, almost like stacking buds.

This week has been relaxing watching... new growth is already having yellow tips, shes about 18' from the light per the manufacture guide. i realized I should have been rotating her every so often as now she has a heavier side. Slight smell to her but still weak. im guessing from where she is at compared to other green crack dairies ...( tons of variables i understand )...she will take about 12 weeks. I have removed all LST from the plant and I'm going to let her do her thing. LST was slightly successful, i wasn't able to create an even canopy but practice makes perfect. Will apply the last pk13/14 at full strength this feed to follow the 1 week instructions. I did one other feed with it at 1/2 strength to avoid any further brown fan leaf tips.

Humidity was becoming a problem because both plants are drinking a good bit of water so I got rid of the companion plant and RH is back at 40% Im using 50%-50% coco/soil and i find that the pot dries out rather quickly (1-3 days, 3Lish) and anything past 2 days will result in her using her lower leaves and more brown tips. The stretch is over, she has maybe grown half an inch this week. The once little popcorn buds are getting rather juicy. Im hoping to have my smell back in time for harvest, covid didnt play with that one. But from what I'm told, she smells great. Not overly strong yet. Every morning when I check how shes doing, check RH and temps, sometimes more lst, I get the chance to admire an autoflower that was 7' go into flower and coming out over 18'

Buds are continuing to fatten up and pistils are starting to turn orange, Her lower leaves are still naturally fading but some of the upper leaves are starting to look rough. I raised the lights a couple inches but still showing signs of light stress. Fan leaves are really turning brown, curling up and looking rough. PH meter is acting up so I ordered a new one.

This week has been far the most exciting. Finally watching these things puff up in size. Pistols are 50/50 orange/white. Home stretch, maybe 2 more weeks. I really want her to grow to her full potential. I decided not to remove the dying fan leaves because she didn't undergo any hst in veg. No stunting here. Will keep you guys posted as she continues to ripen!

Just flushing from here, occasionally checking temps and RH and watching her continue to fatten up Pistols are 80%-20% orange but still no amber trichomes. Not many pictures this week but you get the idea. Hopefully after another week or 2 I will be able to start the drying process.

Still searching but cannot find any amber trichomes so I will keep giving her ph water I honestly stopped giving her nutes roughly 2 weeks ago because i thought she would be closer to being done...not the case. She continues to fade, showing all sorts of def. as she hopefully uses up any extra stored salts, etc. 2 more weeks?

Hey guys, week 13 went really slow. Not to much grow to show here, she continues to fade and isn't drinking as much water. The smell is definitely getting stronger and more complex, almost sweet. Drying a little taster and will give a summary on it. Still searching for some damn amber trichomes. I hope she finishes up in the next week or two

Overall this experience has been amazing. This started as a fascination for things that grow and soon enough I was doing as much research for growing as I was for school. With the little bit I came to learn and the helpful people on grow dairies, I was able to have a successful grow. I wanted to wait to post this until I was able to sample the Green Crack. I will have to admit my biases, nothing will compare to the first hit of your own grow. ==Assessment== Appearance 6/10 Nothing to special about its appearance, does have that nice frosty touch to it Flavor/Smell 8/10 Smells out of this world good, not the loudest but still can be heard / Mango undernotes the earthy smell Growability 10/10 I did so many things wrong and yet she pulled through, very noob friendly. Overall High 8/10 I am a sucker for energy smacking strains, this is a good one. I did want to explain in detail some of my problems during my run to maybe help new growers. 1. During weeks 1-4 I had a very low RH, roughly 30-40%. This caused some stunting and would have been avoided by having a humidifier and dehumidifier ready. Be prepared to battle for climate control. 2. During weeks 7-9 I added a second light to the tent. I didn't have a par reader at the time and caused some bad light stress. Find the sweet spot for your grow before you start, makes it much easier. 3. Weeks 9-10 I noticed leaves went to hell and back again. I thought at the time i was adding to many nutes and didn't have a TDS meter to check. I ended up starving her even more while she was showing signs of deficiencies. 4. Finally, the last thing I want to add is be patient. This strain is supposed to be ready for harvest in 9 weeks according to the breeder. Most new growers don't understand that it will only achieve that in perfect or near perfect conditions. Don't chop to early! The total weigh in dry for this one plant was --------------------------- 26g Good quality buds 24g Fluffy/ airy buds ------------------------ 50g Total dank