NamasteDave

Still in working order after 3 grows. I do wish it was 160cm in height, had a few more access points for cables, and cross bars to prevent the sucking in of the tent, overall it works.

One light for both veg and flower, flowers were covered in trichomes!

Blue Dream harvested day 107 from seed. She was an easy plant to grow, I had no issues with transplanting, LST, defoliated days 47, 50 and 57, plus a few branches. Ran nutrients with my water at ~1200 EC, likely could have increased a bit, but her tent mate would show signs of nutrient burn, she was on FinalPart for 29 days prior to flushing, likely due to overfeeding nitrogen. She grew to height of 68 cm with heavy flowers that smell of pine and increasingly citrus. Massive plant that had 5 large colas that were similar in size and benefited from supporting/tying. Trichomes never really "turned"; there were a few scattered amber trichomes. Flowers were fairly airy and will made great hash. Trimming was done over multiple days. Final dry weight was 245 grams. Very light buzz for me lasts around an hour. Still smells good. The kief is strong and a relaxing high. She could have been much better, but she struggled with something I did and it was difficult to determine when to harvest. Thinking calmag is not needed until later in the grow. Amazing plant she was huge!!!

Works great! Roots were everywhere, top 5-10cm in coco was a nice mat of roots, then attached to the side of the 5 gallon fabric all the way to the bottom of the pot and out, roots!

Sour Diesel harvested day 89 from seed. She was a strong seedling and there were really no issues with her. Ran the nutrients with my water at ~1200 EC, any higher and the tips of her leaves would burn and she was slightly more sensitive to EC then her tent mate. I attempted LST with her and I likely either removed a support or bumped a support that caused her to self-top at week 4, day 27. A happy little accident as it helped to keep her height in check at 86cm and did not inhibit her growth. She grew with sativa traits, good spacing between nodes, did not produce a bunch of leaves or get bushy, had good spacing between branches, robust stems, and had a strong tendency to want to grow up. Removed a few branches and defoliated day 48 & 51, then just defoliation as needed and she tolerated it well. Nothing slowed her growth. She had 7 main colas of similar height, several with sizable flowers, and multiple other flower sites. Top flowers are dense, sticky, covered in sparkly trichomes, with dark orange hairs everywhere and she smell amazing! Very easy to trim. Her fall colors are beautiful. *****217 grams dried***** 10 out of 10 score for ease of growing, smells, flower density and colors. Highly recommend this one and likely to grow again! 7-12-2024 - 2 week cure Oh my! Great sativa high, feel like doing activities, projects or going for a walk. Has a sour flavor and a bit of diesel. Just pulling out the jars causes a dank smell that you know is going to be good! 21-12-1024 - 4 week cure - Simply getting better, sour flavor and smell, just awesome!

Worked well with coco......would recommend.

Thanks for the great genetics these Strawberry Gorillas are strong, robust plants, that are great for a beginner! They thrived in coco, with light EC requirements, LST to even out the canopy, and leaf defoliation all along. This is only my second session making a few mistakes along the way, all detailed below. They grew into amazing beautiful plants with great smells, and dense flowers covered in trichomes. Smoke report after cure 2-4 weeks 2-2-2024 - Smells improving, good balanced hybrid. 16/2/2024 - Sweet smells of tropical, fruit with gas. Great smoke well balanced hybrid. Big thanks to @mOuse, @1_Plant_Wonder, @AsNouri, and @Roberts for answering my questions as a new grower, much appreciated! These seeds were determined to live from the beginning, sprouting tails within 2 days of soaking the seeds. Once sprouted they took off, although I overwatered one seedling (#1) and yes you can overwater in coco (week 3 day 16)! Deficiencies noted in week 3-4 due to my mistake in flushing the coco for seedling strength vs simply leaving buffered and not supplementing with calmag. Gotta pay the coco tax and use calmag water to dilute to appropriate EC, lesson 3. LST was a great tool and I see the benefits and plants really seemed fine with the bending, will add support at the base of the main stem. Will need to defoliate better and remove smaller branches to open up more light, air and energy for other sites. ScrOG was beneficial to tie some branches and tuck them to help open up sites and visually see where stuff should grow. Need to use the space to better plan branches to prune. The ScrOG made it difficult to defoliate and pull plants out of tent for closer inspections. Both were on ~40% strength of TA’s coco’s recommendation. Lower EC seemed be fine for these two during later veg, pre-flower and flower. Used 20/4 lighting, no bugs or mold noted during the grow. Temperature, humidity and air circulation seemed good this session. The size of these two would have likely been larger, but due to my mistakes in week 4, I did limit them somewhat. However, #1 was smaller due to overwatering and I used a 3-gallon tall pot for her, knowing I missed a week or so of growth and she was not as big/tall as her sister. #1 had great flower structure, 3-4 main colas and multiple other medium sized colas. Dry 124g #1. #2 was flower machine, a lot of sites that could have been improved had I defoliated/spread her out better, and I needed to thin out more of the smaller branches. Flowers were beautiful and thick, can only imagine if I had trimmed her better and had a better week of growth; 3-4 main colas, and 6-8 medium sized colas and multiple other smaller sites. What a beast, Dry 153g #2. Looking back – I could have defoliated small amounts in week 5 and more of the inward growing branches and other small branches Day 34. Week 6 was stretching in preflower. Day 51 week 8 I trimmed – could I have removed more branches at that time? I believe a few branches at a time would have been OK. I did pluck and defoliate leaves during veg, pre-flower and flower and the Strawberry Gorillas handled it well.

Worked well, I should have flushed. **Recommend TA standardize their feed charts (US/EU).

Works well, single drops and measure. Lid leaks

Lights out, amazing! Appreciate the easy access to the dimmer and one light from veg to flower.

Kudos RQS, Northern Lights Auto is a resilient heavy producer! This was my first grow, lots of learning, but NL was a great teacher! Highly recommend this strain for new growers. These were the free seeds included in my order from RQS. My initial attempts in germination were unsuccessful with my seeds (PP, RG -drowned them 😥), but the NL did germinate and so glad they did!!! Stressed both plants with heat, changed from 18/6 to 12/12 and back to 18/6 for lighting, super cropping, ScrOG, defoliation, and not flushing between veg/flower, and yet somehow, they did not hermie and made it to harvest.