Hey! Welcome to week 8! Karen is mid way through her flowering stretch. Please check back to last week as I update daily so the week is now complete. I count about 20 colas now. Day 51: Have reconfigured the tent, see video. Karen is now 36cm and still stretching. Karen has more light now. Smell is still there hits you when you open the tent. Fertigated 2l. Day 52: Height: 39cm. Karen's scent is heavenly. I have reconfigured again and installed some upgrades. Better reflector. Much bigger carbon filter. Increased airflow. Better config. More efficient pot layout. Karen is lovely. I am grateful to her and for her, so I wrote her a little poem, I hope she liked it. "Karen! Oh Karen! The phoenix of flowers, Three lowly weeks she struggled in vain, Shadowed and starved for five hundred hours, He slowly wept to witness her pain. Karen! Oh Karen! I P-H'd your showers, and in the fourth week you started to gain, Hallowed and hard you survived as you cowered, I thought you meek, I was wrong once again. Karen! Oh Karen! Forgave me my howlers. She set a pace, a pace she maintained, Now shes a girl at the peak of her powers, And so I'm a geek, with buds on the brain." Day 53: Approx 48h into a simulated dry spell. Alright I think it is time for Karen to get her first MAJOR defoliation. I will update shortly with photos and info. I will also be doing some gentle LST to separate the colas a bit. Day 53.5: Defoliation and LST. Finally got chance to photograph that bunda. Enjoy! Day 53.75: Bit of a fail. Messed up the timer and the lights ended up being off for about 3 or 4 hours. Because I was cooling the room (open window) to keep temperature in the tent down, without any light the temperatures absolutely plummeted as it is sub-zero outside. By the time I realised and turned the lights on, the temp in the main tent had dropped to 14 degrees celsius. Whoops! How is that for mistreating your girl? Defoliated about 80% of her leaves, 4 nodes, significant LST, then stuck her in the cold and dark for 1/6 of a day. Not to mention she is now almost 3 days into a "dry spell". There do not seem to be ill effects, and Karen has already begun to respond to the LST; all the colas that had been changed in angle are now upright again. The dry spell I keep mentioning, there is a method behind my madness, I have spotted one or two small flies and I think they may be fungus gnats. I am starting to suspect that the 2nd seedling in the Purple OG Punch Auto grow was actually beheaded by fungus gnat larvae. So I am drying out the mediums as much as I dare. I am closely monitoring the plants, so far the only one I have had to break the drought for is Enigma; all the girls in big pots haven't even noticed it's dry yet. How far am I going to push it? Well I will judge it on a plant by plant basis, but quite honestly I am hoping to see physical signs of thirst before I breakdrought. Of all the plants the two I think will respond most strongly to this will be Karen and Bertha, because of where they are. Karen here is actually probably 4 weeks into flowering rather than two, so about now is a good time to give her a little hydration stress. I do not think I will push it past 5 days, as RH is 34%. By now all the plants will be compensating for the lack of moisture and the high temperatures and low humidity. They will be taking more and more moisture out of the coco, and as the coco dries further and further down, those plants that have space will start desperately growing roots to find moisture. Mark my words, 24 hours after I end this drought, every plant in the tent will throw out crazy growth. Day 54: Ended drought and fertigated 6l, no run off, I will re-fertigate tomorrow. Karen is still stretching her height post LST is now 37cm. The two tallest colas seem to have stopped but the other colas are still stretching. Day 55: Alright so it has been 5 hours since lights on, and Karen is looking in good shape, all her drooping leaves have perked back up and she has added quite a bit of foliar growth. The colas are all still rising, except perhaps the two tallest. This girl is absolutely loaded with pistils, I'm starting to see trichomes on the sugar leaves, but trich production hasn't started in earnest yet. She has a least 20 colas, and 6 of them are thicker/taller than the primary cola at her tip. Every one of her nodes has reinforced itself with a bulbous growth and these cola branches are swelling rapidly. I am increasingly of the opinion that, all being well, this girl is going to surprise us all with her yield. My first grow, which was just mucking about really, I got 60-70g of the two main plants, and they were just bare sticks with 2 colas. Although her height is less than theirs was, 2/3 of their height was bare stick... whereas every mm of her is befoliaged and living. So in terms of the height of the actual cola I think they were about comparable in usable space on a per cola basis. The main difference being that Karen has 20+ colas whereas they had 2 primary and 2 lower. I know that it is probably unrealistic to expect more than 70g from a single auto grown indoors. Nevertheless my gut tells me this baby could achieve at least 100g, perhaps as much as 150g. The next few weeks will determine that, but given where we were in week 3 I will be grateful for any yield of quality bud. I have dropped the lights down to 18/6 from 'tonight' onwards. I really have no idea how long we have left for Karen. According the the "brochure" she flowers for 7-8 weeks, with a total crop time of 9 weeks. The problem is I don't know what a total crop time is? Does that mean from seed to finish? If so Karen is clearly not going to be anywhere near that timescale.I am going to go ahead an assume that, for my plant anyway, the first 4 weeks were veg weeks. I think it is fair to count week 5 and 6 as flowering because pistils were popping out very early in week 5 if not before. So that makes this week four of flowering. I am going to assume 8 weeks rather than 7, so I think we have another 4 full weeks give or take a week. On that basis I am expect harvest week to be around week 12 or so. I am not fixed on this though, I am determined not to harvest this girl early. Day 55: Photos taken 00:00 9/3/23 Strong 24h of veg growth as predicted. Day 56: Existing leaves continue to swell. Stretch appears to be slowing. I've taken so many media this week that I cannot scroll down far enough to select a recent thumbnail. Probably Karen's biggest week in terms of changes. She is looking like she is going to impress. Height 39cm.

New reservoir on the 2nd with Flowering nutrients, still at 50% of recommended dosage - and I'll probably stick with it, even at this strength I've seen a few burnt tips. Used dechlorinated tap water this time, something I'll probably stick with as well. Also added some bud trainers that I got from amazon, they're quite cheap and I've been liking it so far, although not the best canopy, it's something I'm learning a lot and enjoying. And a side note: Using autopots feels like cheating. These two are topped and still are producing some enormous branches! Glad I did top them in the end, else I'd be stressing a lot over space right now. -- update Decided to give them a heavier defoliation/lollipopping to improve light penetration and to help them focus on the bigger branches instead of larf. We'll see how well they'll respond to that.

Hi guys entering week 7 veg on the scrog grow of strawberry chemdawg og and blackberry moonrocks under the marshydro sp3000. There very small considering there on week 7 🤔 but now i realised that my light has been on 25% 🤣🤣🤣 now its on 50% until nov 1st when I flip it.

These girls are getting super frosty, especially the Pineapple Skunk. In the middle of the week I learned a lesson. I chopped off a few larger leaves from Pineapple Express 1 and that stressed it out sending out just one (hopefully) banana. I pulled the banana and since I didn't see any other bananas or signs of stress I decided to carry on and not harvest early. The smell started to become stronger this week, I can get a big whiff of it when I open the door early in the morning before the fans take all the smell out. In the middle of the week I moved from "Late Bloom" nutrient mix into "Ripen". I want this to be on the early side of the harvest so it is more awake. At the end of this week I saw little to no amber trichomes. Nothing exciting except the awesome photos! They have all become very fat and crystallized. I have no idea what to except for harvest weight. Maybe the same as my last grow which had taller but thinner stalks in the same grow space. Stay-tuned for the final week and the harvest updates! I have already started my next grow and I'll be raising 2-3 Blue Dream plants. Hoping to get that monster harvest I've been shooting for! That might not be this time but maybe next.

This week was an absolute scorcher with daytime temps in the low 30C, but we had no rain so I had to water more frequently. Seen a lovely burst of growth after last week's nutrients. Decided to bend and secure today to learn new technique. I'm fairly happy with the results. Think I might need to book up a scrog net worth all my girls after this training.

With a mix of stress about nutrients and drops she can recover... seems that after changing to a MarsHydro 120w change a lot and after 4 dsys she love it

Tropicana Cookies — Week 3 Flowering Tropicana Cookies reaches week 3 of flowering with a well-developed canopy and a large number of active flower sites. The stretch phase is slowing down, while flower formation becomes increasingly visible across all main branches. Its trained structure continues to provide excellent light penetration and airflow, allowing for uniform development throughout the plant. Bud sites are stacking consistently, and the overall vigor remains strong, with healthy foliage and balanced growth. This phenotype stands out for its efficient canopy, strong branching, and high production potential, showing all the signs of a very promising flowering cycle in the weeks ahead. 🌱🔥🍊 Seed: World Breeders Grower: Piperoots 🇲🇦

SEMANA DOS VEGE (12-05-2022) * Al día 15 desde que salieron del sustrato entra en el día 1 de la segunda semana de vegeta * Se agrega al riego 1m/l del fertilizante para vegetación de Laboratorio LAAOS, "Vegalquimia" * Al día 20 desde que salieron del sustrato, se le aplico LST a las 6 plantitas

Starting to see some purple on some of the leaves and I smell them every time I open up the tent . Just giving them regular ph water now and waiting for the harvest. Older leaves are also fading yellow .

I grow in pure coco with organic nutrients

Zbliżamy się do końca. Dziewczyny dostają już tylko wodę. Pojawiają się mleczne trichomy, czekam mniej więcej na stosunek mleczne-brazowe 80-20%. Gubią dużo liści (szczególnie ethos) , dziewczyny się zjadają :-). Ravenberry ma piękne jesienne kolory. Temperatura w dzien w tym tygodniu nie przekroczyla 25C w nocy 18-19C. wilgotnosc 40-50%

she looking real nice! she appears to be plumping up really nicely, definitely nice and healthy. She has roughly 3 weeks left before harvest, so still plenty of time to continue to plump up. Co2 has been added to the tent now and I have continued the foilair feeding. Hoping for a strong finish! 👌

Almost finished. A few more weeks to go. Just bulking up now. They are smelling realllllly strong. I love the way they smell growing organically. Nothing else like it. No more feeding these girls just watering every few days until harvest. Might try the molasses trick if anyone has had experience with it let me know in the comments. I'd love some feedback on how to do it or if its even beneficial at all. Thanks for following!

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This week we will see the colas and buds really dense up. We are about 2 weeks away from harvest now. Next week I will start my flush.

* ***************** Week 4 - May 2 to 8, 2020 - Days 22 to 28 from germination ********************** * It was a good growth week for her....compared to the other girls😀 Killer Kush is taking the higher pH better than some of the other girls. End of veg coming soon so starting to introduce Rezin this week. Overall there was not a lot of activity this week as life was busy outside the tent☹️ Slit cut in the bottom of the bag has noticeably allowed the moisture to run off quicker leaving less time in the bag to mess with things.........so why still battling high pH issues? Tried tp keep things lighter this week as not sure what is happening to the medium?? Thinking there is an issue with the fabric bags because nothing else has changed?? All that is in the medium is coco and perlite....I am controlling the pH at 5.0 with a calibrated pen?? There are 4 plants all suffering the same issue so going to transplant 2 of them into plastic pots and work on ruling out the fabric pots.....there isn’t anything left. Killer Kush has been pushing through this better than others and growing better so deciding to leave her in the fabric bag. Since acknowledging there is a pH issue I reacted with regular, heavier waterings and she seemed to be in a good enough pH range to uptake most of the base nutrients and has been growing. I will keep up the regular watering to runoff and work on controlling the pH through these increased feedings. Little more detail......... May 2/20 - Day 22 - 2L feed - CalMag @ 0.5ml, Vitathrive, Sensyzime, Pranha, Voodoo @ 1ml, Dual Fuel @ 1ml - 625ppm and 5.0pH. - Bringing ppm closer to 700 by end of week. May 3/20 - Day 23 - 2L feed - Vitathrive, Velokelp, Densyzime, Rezin, Dual Fuel @ 1.5ml - 685ppm with 5.0pH - runoff numbers - 480ppm with 7.2pH - she is eating but the pH is not coming down. - leaves wider and looking happier this morning - Been hitting them with a fair number of enzymes with the intent of helping to cleanup any issues building in the medium. May 4/20 - Day 24 - dry out day - she is still not taking off vertical in her growth - her leaves are getting bigger. May 5/20 - Day 25 - 2L plain watering pH to 5.0 with 40ppm - just plain watering with low pH to keep working the medium down. - leaf color is nice.....not overly green....no burnt tips May 6/20 - Day 26 - 1.5L feed - Dual Fuel, Vitathrive @ 1ml, CalMag, VeloKelp @ 0.5ml - 675ppm and 5.1pH - She is still slow overall - stem is getting thicker....good sign - twisted, rolled, and moved around most branches on the girl. Was fairly abrupt on purpose. May 7/20 - Day 27 - 1L light feeding - VeloKelp @ 1ml, Sensyzime @ 2ml - she is looking a little bigger all around - branches thickened more this week. May 8/20 - Day 28 - Dry out day That ends week 4. Half the girls in fabric pots and half in plastic. Giving lots of water to keep pH from drifing. This grow is not flowing on autopilot hmmmmmmm👌👍🙏

Last week or maybe less then a week 🤔 Day 127 Mon PH 6.0 EC 0.2 PPM 70 DLI PPFD Water 18c Day 128 Tue PH 5.8 EC 0.2 PPM 70 DLI PPFD Water 17c Day 129 Wed Add Ph Up PH 5.6 - 5.9 EC 0.2 PPM 80 - 90 DLI PPFD Water 18c Day 130 Thu Add water PH 5.6 - 5.7 EC 0.2 - 0.2 PPM 100 - 90 DLI PPFD Water 20

Como es un cultivo s.o.g hice el transplante rápidamente el día 12, para dejar crear raices ya que se pasará a floración tempranamente por el día 20 a 25 de vegetación, se transplanto de 1 a 5 lts. El día 14 se hará 1° riego con fertilizante y el día 15 ya se hará riego foliar con estimulador de floración delta 9 para próximamente pasar a floración ✌️🍀💚