Introduction - Week 09 Summary - Ensign's log, stardate 100906.68, Overall a pretty good grow week! Started the week off by increasing the light's intensity. Also raised it up a bit. Most of the week was basic growth checkups and humidifier refilling. Mid week, increased the light's intensity a bit more. Also did a top soil drench of organic fertilizer along with a simple defoliation. Towards the end of the week, decided to give both girls a large bottom watering. Also did a mini defoliation again. Now that both reservoirs are full with about 2 gallons, shouldn't need to water for a while. Next week will be the big 12/12 flip! Steady as she grows Ensign. Engage! 🖖 [START OF WEEK 09] ========================================================== WEEK 09 - Full Veg Wk4 04/17/23 → 04/23/23 This Week's Estimated Goals ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DLI: 39 mol/m2/d PPFD: 600 μmol/m2/s VPD: 0.5-1.0 kPa This Week's Meter Readings & Averages ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DLI: 40.05 mol/m2/d PPFD: 618 μmol/m2/s VPD: 1.04 kPa Soil %: [25.9, 37.3, 32.0, 34.7] ========================================================== Day 01 - Monday - 04/17/23 - Total Days: 063 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 77.8°F [25.4°C] - Humidity: 68.6% - VPD: 1.00 kPa - Soil %: [19, 28, 30, 28] ----------------------------------- - [09:23]: Quick morning checkup! --- Looking great my ladies! --- EB1 is continuing to explode with growth! --- Refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). - [22:25]: Evening my girls! --- Growing along nicely! --- The top of the canopy is clearly filling in with top sites. --- Refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). --- Looking at the lower leaves, plan to do another fertilizer feeding soon. Day 02 - Tuesday - 04/18/23 - Total Days: 064 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 78.4°F [25.8°C] - Humidity: 67.4% - VPD: 1.05 kPa - Soil %: [31, 34, 33, 35] ----------------------------------- - [09:17]: Good morning my ladies! --- Growing along very nicely! --- Refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). --- Getting a bit droopy, so plan to top water (or better known as soil drenching) tonight! - [16:03]: Good evening my queens! --- Wow! Looking great ladies! --- Top growth is looking very nice! --- Hmm. A bit of yellowing is still developing on the lower leaves. --- Regardless, canopy growth is still spreading out quite nicely! --- With this being the last week of 18/6 veg, these girls are bushing out quite nicely! --- After flipping the light schedule from 18/6 to 12/12, some cannabis plants will double in size. --- Starting to get a bit nervous (well more stoked than nervous) about the growth spurt these ladies may undergo (also known as the 'stretch phase'). - [16:19]: Took PPFD readings. --- EB1 was around 476 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 30.84 mol/m2/d --- EB2 was around 449 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 29.1 mol/m2/d --- Decided to increase the intensity of the grow light. Going for a PPFD goal of 500. --- Will also most likely need to raise it up a bit. - [16:27]: Within the AC Infinity App, --- Adjusted the 'Vegetative [18/6]' Schedule for the grow light. --- Increased the MAX from 3 to 4 --- The FC-6500 is now utilizing around 327.3W from 261.9W (at intensity 4 out of 10) - [16:33]: Raised the grow light up a bit. --- Took new PPFD readings. --- EB1 was around 528 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 34.21 mol/m2/d --- EB2 was around 499 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 32.34 mol/m2/d --- Great! - [16:48]: Took a general light distance reading for EB1. --- She's now about 16.25" from the grow light. --- Plan to do final height and distance readings at the end of the week. --- Okay! Now for the soil! - [16:53]: Checked the Ecowitt soil moisture sensor data: --- 20% - [CH01 EB1 - grow bag] --- 28% - [CH02 EB1] --- 30% - [CH03 EB2 - grow bag] --- 28% - [CH04 EB2] --- Soil moisture is drying around EB1. --- EB2 soil seems to be 10% more hydrated. --- Now for the basic meter. - [16:58]: Using the soil moisture probe, took readings for each EarthBox. --- Soil moisture levels for EB1 was at 5.5 out of 10 --- Top soil both looked and felt dry. --- Soil moisture levels for EB2 was at 3 out of 10 --- Top soil looks hydrated but felt dry. --- Fascinating. 🖖 --- A huge contrast in moisture data. --- Based on the basic meter, both girls have drank quite a bit. Yet the Ecowitt sensors have not really changed much at all. - [17:09]: Rotated both EarthBoxes 180 degrees. --- Checked the fill tube for each EarthBox. --- Both fill tubes are now pretty dry! --- With the current soil moisture levels, decided to continue on with the top soil drenching. --- Don't frack this up Ensign! - [17:21]: Filled a pitcher with 5 cups of distilled water. --- Then filled a measuring cup with 2 cups of distilled water. --- Added 1/32tsp + 1/64tsp + Half 1/64tsp of Quillaja Saponaria Extract --- Added 1/16tsp + 1/32tsp + 1/64tsp of: ------ Horticultural Aloe ------ Big 6 Micronutrients [+ Humic Acid] --- Added 1/8tsp + 1/16tsp + 1/32tsp of: ------ Mycrobe Complete ------ Recharge --- Added 1/4tsp + 1/8tsp + 1/16tsp of: ------ Pure Protein Dry [Organic Fish Aminos] --- Added 2mL of Bio-Catalyst Enzyme Elixer --- Added 5.25mL of Yah-Whey --- Mixed the solution and poured everything straight into the pitcher to mix with the 5 cups of distilled water from earlier (now 7 cups). --- Poured 3.5 cups of the mixed solution into a spray bottle. - [17:54]: Rotated the EarthBoxes 90 degrees. EB2 is now facing the front. --- Before watering, going to defoliate a bit. - [17:58]: Using a pair of trimmers, I gently clipped away lower yellowing leaves. --- Removed a few of the larger fan leaves which were covering top sites. --- To help to further promote top growth, also removed more lower nodes. --- Time to top soil drench! --- Also going to top dress a bit of gnarly barley! - [18:27]: Gently removed the rear moisture meter before pealing back the plastic much cover. --- Now for the top dressing. - [18:30]: Sprinkled 1/4cup of Gnarly Barley onto the top soil. --- Tried to stay towards the back. --- Using my fingers, I gently tilled the topdressing into the top soil. --- Also tried to work in all of the trimmings from the defoliation. - [18:42]: Misted the top soil for EB2. --- Made sure to spray the area with the Grow Dots, but did not spray the grow bag. --- Sprayed the whole top soil, but focused more on the back area. --- Placed the mulch cover back along with the rear moisture sensor. - [18:59]: Rotated the EarthBoxes 180 degrees. --- Now for EB1, --- Using a pair of trimmers, I gently clipped away yellowing leaves. --- Also removed the larger fan leaves covering top sites. - [19:20]: Gently removed the rear moisture meter. --- Then pealed back the plastic much cover. - [19:24]: Sprinkled 1/4cup of Gnarly Barley onto the top soil. --- Again, tried to stay towards the back. Also sprinkled a bit around the grow bag. --- Using my fingers, I gently tilled the topdressing into the top soil. --- Also tilled in the trimmings from the defoliation. - [19:45]: Using the rest of the solution (~3.5cups), misted the top soil for EB1. --- Made sure to spray the Grow Dots, but did not spray the grow bag. --- Tried to spray the solution evenly. - [19:47]: Placed the mulch cover back along with the rear moisture sensor. --- Rotated the EarthBoxes back to the default configuration. --- Refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). - [20:12]: Misted the top growth with a bit of distilled water. --- Really hope I didn't over-water. --- Going to let the water soak in a bit before checking the moisture levels. --- Okay! - [21:31]: Checked the Ecowitt soil moisture sensor data: --- 31% - [CH01 EB1 - grow bag] --- 44% - [CH02 EB1] --- 33% - [CH03 EB2 - grow bag] --- 35% - [CH04 EB2] --- As expected, soil moisture overall is higher. --- Will continue to check moisture levels as the soil dries out. Day 03 - Wednesday - 04/19/23 - Total Days: 065 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 77.8°F [25.4°C] - Humidity: 67.7% - VPD: 1.02 kPa - Soil %: [28, 41, 33, 36] ----------------------------------- - [09:25]: Morning my ladies! --- Quick humidifier refill and growth check! --- Nice! Growth is continuing to bush out! --- Refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). - [+02:40]: Late night checkup! --- Looking good girls! --- Ladies are looking nice and perky! --- The top canopy is already filling in quite nicely! --- Refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). --- Oh yea, --- Happy 420! --- [*smokes a bowl] Day 04 - Thursday - 04/20/23 - Total Days: 066 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 79.1°F [26.2°C] - Humidity: 68.5% - VPD: 1.04 kPa - Soil %: [27, 40, 32, 36] ----------------------------------- - [09:37]: Morning my beauties! --- Quick checkup and refill! --- Growing along and looking great! --- Refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). --- HAPPY 420! --- [*smokes a few bowls] --- Recently been considering how I bottom water my EarthBoxes. --- Usually I never fill the reservoir more than 8-9 cups of water at a time. --- But now planning on doing a larger bottom watering (2-3 gallons or 32-48 cups). --- My main concern of course is over-watering. --- Since all I have is distilled water, will most likely add a bit of CalMag and Agisil along with a bit of Yah-Whey. --- For now gonna wait a bit for the top soil to dry up a bit more. - [20:46]: Evening checkup! --- Wow looking good girls! --- Both are bushing out nicely! - [21:39]: Took PPFD readings. --- EB1 was around 527 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 34.15 mol/m2/d --- EB2 was around 509 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 32.98 mol/m2/d --- Since the 12/12 flip is starting next week, plan to increase the PPFD even more closer to 600 μmol/m2/s. --- Going to further increase the light's intensity. - [21:48]: Within the AC Infinity App, --- Adjusted the 'Vegetative [18/6]' Schedule for the grow light. --- Increased the MAX from 4 to 5 --- The FC-6500 is now drawing around 386.2W from 327.3W (at intensity 5 out of 10) --- Took new PPFD readings. --- EB1 was around 618 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 40.05 mol/m2/d --- EB2 was around 595 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 38.56 mol/m2/d - [10:07]: Took a light distance reading for EB1. --- She's now about 16" from the grow light. - [22:16]: Checked the Ecowitt soil moisture sensor data: --- 27% - [CH01 EB1 - grow bag] --- 40% - [CH02 EB1] --- 32% - [CH03 EB2 - grow bag] --- 36% - [CH04 EB2] --- Soil moisture is drier around EB1's grow bag. EB2 seems to be at a higher level than the back. --- Now for the basic meter. - [22:21]: Using the soil moisture probe, took readings for each EarthBox. --- Soil moisture levels for EB1 was at 7.5 out of 10 --- Top soil looked pretty hydrated. --- Soil moisture levels for EB2 was at 5.8 out of 10 --- Top soil was also looking pretty hydrated. - [22:33]: Rotated both EarthBoxes 180 degrees. --- Checked the fill tube for each EarthBox. --- Both fill tubes were pretty dry. --- With the current soil moisture levels, decided to not water anything. --- Plan to do a large bottom watering soon. Probably tomorrow or Saturday. - [22:43]: Rotated the EarthBoxes back to the default configuration. --- Misted the top growth of both plants with distilled water. --- Refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). Day 05 - Friday - 04/21/23 - Total Days: 067 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 78.8°F [26.0°C] - Humidity: 68.4% - VPD: 1.04 kPa - Soil %: [26, 40, 32, 36] ----------------------------------- - [09:20]: Quick morning checkup and refill! --- Growth looks --- Refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). --- Not much to do today. Gonna be a simple grow day! - [23:36]: Evening my girls! --- Growth is looking great! --- EB1 continues to dominate the tent! EB2 is also filling in nicely! --- Refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). Day 06 - Saturday - 04/22/23 - Total Days: 068 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 79.9°F [26.6°C] - Humidity: 69.7% - VPD: 1.04 kPa - Soil %: [25, 39, 32, 36] ----------------------------------- - [07:02]: Early morning checkup! --- Girls are looking pretty good! --- Refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). --- Plan to bottom water tonight! - [21:16]: Evening checkup! --- Nice! Looking great ladies! --- There are a few leaves on EB1, but overall growth is healthy and perky. - [21:26]: Checked the Ecowitt soil moisture sensor data: --- 25% - [CH01 EB1 - grow bag] --- 39% - [CH02 EB1] --- 32% - [CH03 EB2 - grow bag] --- 36% - [CH04 EB2] --- Soil moisture is drier around EB1's grow bag. EB2 seems to be at a higher level than the back. --- Now for the basic meter. - [21:30]: Using the soil moisture probe, took readings for each EarthBox. --- Soil moisture levels for EB1 was at 6.5 out of 10 --- Top soil looked pretty hydrated. There was even a bit of bokashi fuzz growth. Nice! --- Soil moisture levels for EB2 was at 4.1 out of 10 --- Top soil was also looking hydrated, but with no bokashi growth. --- Okay! Going to attempt a large bottom watering. --- Before I water, going to defoliate a bit more. - [21:38]: Using a pair of trimmers, I defoliated both girls. --- Clipped off a few of the larger fan leaves that were covering tops. --- Overall, did not defoliate much. Less than a solo cup of leaves. --- Mainly focused on yellowing or damaged growth. --- Tucked the trimmings under the mulch covers. - [22:03]: Rotated the EarthBoxes 180 degrees. --- Okay! Time to give this a go! --- Going to give each EarthBox a full 2 gallons of distilled water. --- Going to also add some probiotics and beneficial anaerobic microbes. --- Don't frack this up Ensign. --- Okay! Starting with EB2, - [22:15]: Poured 2 cups out of one of the gallons into a measuring cup. --- Added 60mL (2oz) of Yah-Whey. --- Mixed and poured the solution straight into the fill tube. --- Then poured the rest of the gallon along with another full gallon of distilled water into the fill tube. - [22:27]: Repeated the exact same process with EB1. --- Poured 2 gallons of distilled water along with 60mL of Yah-Whey into the reservoir. --- Great! Now both EarthBoxes are the fullest they have ever been. - [22:36]: Rotated the EarthBoxes back to the default configuration. --- Oops. Some water did spill out while rotating the EarthBoxes. --- Next time, will wait a bit longer for the water to soak in first. --- Refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). Day 07 - Sunday - 04/23/23 - Total Days: 069 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 80.2°F [26.8°C] - Humidity: 69.9% - VPD: 1.04 kPa - Soil %: [25, 39, 32, 36] ----------------------------------- - [07:19]: Morning my ladies! --- Growing along nicely! --- Although some of the growth is looking a bit droopy. --- Refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). - [21:24]: Night checkup and refill! --- Looking good girls! --- Growth has started perking up again. Nice! - [21:27]: Took end of week height readings. --- EB1 is about 18.5" tall. --- EB2 is about 16.5" tall. --- EB1 was about 16" away from the grow light. --- EB2 was about 18" away from the grow light. --- Growth is taller for both, but overall still about the same height. --- But lots of lower growth so not too worried. --- Refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). --- Wow what a week! --- Next week begins the flip to a 12/12 light cycle. --- Curious to see if these girls will stretch or not. [END OF WEEK 09]

Adding the photos I took for that week, sorry it’s been hectic.

Well here we are with the most happiest part of growing marijuana is harvest time!!!! Good Evening Ladies and Gents, as most of you have followed ots been a pretty damn good year for cannabis growers and myself, well I seen to think so lol. In my diary I have shown 1 plant of the Zsweet Insanity..... but truth be told I had 2 more in the grou nd somewhere else. Wait until you see the picks 👀 The strain is amazing! All three ended up about 4 feet Tolland about 4 feet wide. The massive collas were everywhere. You'll see in the pics above. It stinks sooooooo bad and is frosty AF! The Sweet taste of Lemon and deisel and a woody spice on the way out. Its clearly remarkable this strain! Check it out! The best part is I weight 3/4 of a pound dry 👀 Woooooooooooohooooooooooo!!!!! Hope you enjoyed the diary!!!! 🌱🔥🤤

Noticing a little purple tinge to all plants at top , I’m thinking it’s the led , never had it with hps before

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Pictures are from Day 91. Top Gun 2 is coming to the finish line, the whole tent reeks and starting to see good amounts of amber, although the buds aren’t as solid as I was hoping for. I could harvest as soon as today. This grow has been another great experience of learning about these awesome plants. Please also check out my gorilla cookies grow that went alongside these two topguns. Thanks!

The smell is getting stronger and stronger. Super excited so far

D56 - Today is the first day in the eighth week of veg for #2 and the seventh for #1. This will be the final week of veg for the girl as I'm ready to flip in a few days. I did the last heavy defoliation by removing most leaves and branches except the tops. I aim to get the girl to put all the flowering energy into the tops and hopefully result in big colas without popcorn nugs or larf. I did keep a few clones from each girl, though. After defoliation, I sprayed down the girl with my chili tincture to combat the thrips. I took great care to hit all leaves on both sides. This tincture is harsh to work with, and I was coughing like mad, and I damn near filled my N95 mask with snot (yummy!). After all this snot, drool and coughing, I just wanted to be done for the day, so I stressed checking out how my new scrog frame fits. The frame, of course, fell and broke one of the tops clean off. Ugh! I tried to fix it with some tape but the break was in a weird spot and it didn't work. Not a massive deal as it was a corner top, and there will be 15 other tops. Still annoying, but hey, it's my damn fault for stressing. D57 - The girls have bounced back nicely from their heavy defoliation. I just snapped a couple of pics as I hung a blue sticky trap in the tent. I always have regular yellow sticky traps in my tent to monitor pest pressure. However, thrips aren't that interested in yellow but are attracted to blue. D59 - I flipped my lights today from the veg mode to the flower-inducing mode. I have no idea how much these girls will stretch, so better sooner than later. Also, I finally got around to start training one of the tops toward the middle of each girl. (About damn time!) I've thought about it for quite a while but have been ignoring it. The lights are flipped now, so we are almost out of veg time. Now or never! D62 - The girls look healthy, and I can't see any thrip damage on the newer leaves. Fingers crossed that the buggers are gone! I gave each girl around 2.5-liters of water @ pH 6.3.

The PH kept dropping towards the end of the week, I have a feeling the plants could use more pk booster and less of everything else so will be only using pk, bloom and micro for next weeks nutrient swap. I'm thinking of dropping the bloom and micro the following week and then flush the week after. Was hoping for the buds to have fattened up a little more but still very happy with the results so far, especially for my first attempt. Had a look at the trichomes with a little 45x scope and they're mostly cloudy, some clear and very few amber (a few amber on the tops of the tallest buds). The blue dream (front left) has very airy/loose buds but hopefully they'll still smoke well when finished. The critical has improved with the extra light that I put down low as a side light. Bruce banner still out in front followed by gorilla glue. The GSC is probably going to yield the least but it has one big bud that is looking super dense and heavy, it took the biggest hit from the root rot and damage early on so was stunted the worst out of the 5 plants

Ya empieza tener buena pinta esto farmers!! Una semana después de transplantar las niñas ya están recuperadas, menos un par que tiene carencias de nitrógeno... el resto bien,esta vez conseguiremos que no se vayan de madre para arriba como la última vez! Me encanta las nuevas genéticas de royal queens seeds!💚

So, eventful week. Prior to putting my seeds into my system, my light and rdwc system was left on as I was dialling in the growing environment before placing the seeds as a final home. My only issue was I had a light leak BEFORE putting the foil top covers on the clay pebbles. Long story short, I got algae which ended up turning to root rot. I spotted it very swiftly and did a res change adding beneficial bacteria to the system along with the base products of remo nutrients. A few days later new growth and recovery is taking place. Day 16- Fully back on track, new roots shooting out into the water and the growth rate has picked up as it should. Foliar feeding twice a day for a little boost until the root system establishes a bit more. Huge changes in just a day. Can't wait to see what a week's growth looks like. Really loving the sunset/sunrise feature on the trolmaster, something I got to experience watching recently! Watching by closely to make sure everything stays in track. Stay tuned for the next one 😉

Fast Buds has been very kind in extending me the opportunity to try our their new strain C.A. There's not a lot of information out there about this strain yet, other than it is supposed to be indica dominant. No solid leads on the name that I have found. I'd going with a guess of Cali Airlines for now (though I suspect this may be a CBD strain). Put the seed straight into the soil in the final container (3 gal grow bag) on March 3rd. I'll spray the top of the soil once a day until I see the sprout appear. Then I'll let the tap root do its thing and find the water below in the soil. The soil was watered heavily 2 days before planting the seed, then left in the tent to get the soil to temperature. My Perpetual Harvest strategy…. Originally my plan was to start 2 seeds each month, but had some seeds from one breeder that did not germinate early in my rotation. Ultimately, this caused single seeds to pop and messed up my 2 at a time plans. But, that seemed to work out OK, because now I think starting one seed every 3 weeks is a better strategy. This should provide me with 4-5 plants at a time, instead of 6. However… Since Fast Buds has been kind enough to allow me to preview their new CC and CA strains I am now going to be starting a new seed every 2 weeks. This should allow me to get all of the plants I want to grow this season in the perpetual harvest rotation. I need to shut down over the summer because my tent is currently in the attic. Plants get fed once weekly on weekends. Seedlings get water only. Plants in vegetation get water and Recharge. Flowering plants get water, Recharge or Big Bloom (Fox Farm). Feeding is done using 2 gallon watering can. Any additional waterings during the week are given on an as needed basis per plant. I lift the plants to help determine which plants are more dry (lighter) and provide water as needed. I give each pot a quarter turn every day in an effort to make sure the plants get equal lighting from all sides. I rotate the plant in place by turning the pot 90 degrees (I am not rearranging the layout of the plants in the tent on a daily basis). The soil is an ‘organic super soil’ I mixed myself using organic top soil, organic potting soil, organic compost, organic peat moss, organic perlite, organic vermiculite, lime, epsom salt, expanded clay pellets and Jobe’s organic fast start. I am also recycling my soil and water with Recharge when using recycled soil. For plant training I have tried a variety of things, but my plans now are to do LST bending only, no HST anymore. I may decide to go back to HST again in the future, but I’m curious to compare LST training only to see how that goes. Around 3 week I'll do a FIM cut/pinch once there are 4-5 nodes established. And some defoliation around the 3rd week of flowering. I have been doing HST bending and having good results, but think the HST may be causing the plants to take longer to harvest. I hope LST only will help increase harvests while getting me to harvest sooner. Setup: 1- Grow Tent 24”x48”x72” 2- Viparspectra 300W LED’s (1-V300 & 1-R300) 1- Hanging 100w CFL (26w actual) 1- Carbon Filter w/ 190cfm Fan & 4” ducts 1- 6” clip-on fan 1- 700w electric heater - oil filled radiator (in front of air intake behind tent)

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She’s almost ready!!

Maybe next time i will do better, but what a beautiful plant 😻😘

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everything in the second week of flower went well. she really stretched and the buds quickly started getting fat. also every watering i would notice a very strong odor of weed. december 22nd 2021: gaver her last half of gallon used in last feeding. also nothing was tested. ph tested at 6.6 last feeding and it usually comes out a little higher after a few days. january 1st 2022 i noticed the first trichomes.

Week 2 of flower and I can see I should have some nice big buds when fully developed. They finished their stretch at the of week 2 and started to produce terpenes. The choc mint og smell is here!