📅 Week 12 | 🗓️ Day 78–84 Day 84 – 4-5 week of flower 🌸 Lemon Cherry Runtz 🍋🍒 🔸Nothing much happened this week. I spent a few days in London with friends and watching the NFL London Game between the Denver Broncos and New York Jets, my mother took great care of the ladies, hehe. 😇 🔸Conditions are stable over the entire period. I am very excited. 📈 Current Conditions (Day 77) 🌡️ Day = 26 °C 🌡️ Night = 19 °C 💨 Humidity = 55% 🌬️ VPD = 1.4 – 1.6 kPa 🔦 PPFD = ~1000 µmol (12/12) 🛠️ Setup (unchanged) 💡 2 x SANlight Evo 4-120 @100% ⛺ 120 x 120 x 180 Spiderfarmer tent 🍯 Pots: 18L fabric pots 🌱 Soil: Bio-Bizz Light Mix 💊 Nutrients: BIO Tabs 🌱 “Easy, organic, only-water method. Save 15% with GDBT420. biotabs.nl/en/shop/”

18.08.2024 D7 of flowering we got almost nice temp this week, sunny day and nice cool temp at night...except for today the rain shorten the weekend at the camping 4 cut of the black berry and 2 of the fast berry have been take to run a clone chalenge

Starting to get orange hairs, smell is fruity and delicious. Can't wait.

Day 70-77 (Day 71) Not exactly sure why but node spacing on bbb 6&7 is super tight still. Their stems are also harder and less bendy, almost like they’re root bound. Bbb #5 in my veg tent is looking bizarre and I’m at a loss for what to do. I’ve been looking up and asking around about the leaf crinkle and no one seems to know what’s wrong. Trashing a pheno of this would hurt. It could be a keeper too as I don’t think the problem is genetic. It’s definitely root bound but that doesn’t cause contorted new growth like that. I’ve concluded that it’s my dense soil coupled with root bound issues, overwatering and high RH. (Day 72) Later tonight I’m going to give bbb 5 a bath tub flush until it’s reading 200ppms, drain it well and then transplant into a 3g pot with lightly amended soil. I’m also going to give it a light defoliation. I don’t mind stressing the shit out of this plant right now because I won’t be flipping for another week at least. With the small container it will run out of amended nutes mid flower so I will hit it with a few synthetic feedings around then to test out the smokabilty and taste compared to organic nutrients. I might as well give the rest a good defoliation on the rest of the plants too. I will try to get most of what is under the trellis. (Day 73) I definitely defoliated #7 waaay too much. Since it’s tucked away in the corner and a really bushy plant I can’t train it as well as the others. I cut most of the sucker branches and the majority of the lower fans. This should prevent the need to defoliate at all until week 3 of flower. (Day 74) I’ve been reading that higher temperatures with a high RH can affect growth big time. It could be what’s causing all the crinkling and twisting. And now that the plants are in very late veg they could probably benefit from a lower RH. When I was running my temps around 74-78F and 70% RH I was in the perfect range. Now that I’m around 82-86F with the same 70% RH that could be what’s causing it. Hotter air holds more moisture than cooler air and proper vpd at 84F is around 75-80%. I’m going to turn up the speed on my carbon filter and set my controller to 75%. If I don’t see a difference or it gets worse I will drop to 65 and go from there. (Day 76) I finally got the lights raised up another 4 inches or so. It’s not much but it should help reduce the intensity and stretch the nodes more. I’m starting to think the super tight node spacing and droopy/contorted growth has more to do with something I’ve been reading about called ‘soil compaction’. Apparently farmers often deal with compacted soil in fields from running tractors over it all day. When I potted the plants I gave them a good little jiggle to compact the soil down further so I could fit a bit more in the container. I think this could be the culprit as they don’t seem to be drying out evenly. Even the plants in my other room are not drying out like they should and it’s probably from compacting too. With the addition of rock dust and dry amendments the soil can become sandy/clay like and retain a lot more moisture. Wish I would have added a few more liters of perlite and packed the soil a bit looser. Either way I need to get this problem sorted ASAP before I get root rot. Earlier in the season when I overwatered, I stuck a fish tank air pump into the soil and it aerated the soil enough to prevent overwatering. The only reason I discontinued it is because it didn’t have much effect in the 1.7g pots. I just ordered a 36w 6 way fish tank pump that is way more powerful. It was 50 bucks and I’m willing to take a gamble on it. It seems to be my only option at the moment because I can’t just repot. Worst case scenario I can use it for brewing compost teas if it doesn’t work. I’m not sure how well this will work in a giant fabric pot but it’s worth a shot. I’ve heard of people supplementing additional air into raised garden beds with great results. I’m picking off some of the new auxiliary branches to try and widen the node spacing. Growth is definitely slow and stunted but no signs of deficiencies. I just thought of another theory on the node spacing... and the more I think about it, the more I think it’s the mystery problem. I’ve been foliar spraying with 1-1-1 VeloKelp at pretty high concentrations 2-3 times per week. I have heard in passing that kelp and seaweed can somehow reduce stretch. A quick google search reveals that Ascophyllum Nodosum Seaweed and other marine algae extracts contain large amounts of hormones and auxins that reduce plant height and stretch. *facepalm* Guess I’ll stop that for the rest of the cycle. As far as I know there is nothing I can really do but wait for the plant to use up all those excess hormones and nutes. The recent 0-0-15 seaweed extract and 1-0-3 kelp meal I bought is derived from the same kind as the velokelp. I guess I won’t use it again until week 3 or 4 in flower. Tight nodes are very useful in flower but aren’t desirable at all in when trying to scrog in veg. Especially when they’re like a half inch apart. It slows the shit out of a grow. Vietnamese and biker gangs in my area used to grow SOG style and use a synthetic PGR hormone (meant for bonsai trees) called ‘paclobutrazol’ that would make the weed rock hard dense so they wouldn’t have to pay people as much to trim it. I’ve heard that in recent years they have made the switch to using kelp extracts because paclo is getting harder find and is not meant for food crops let alone smokeable crops. I’m ashamed of it but I have smoked pounds of PGR weed long before I knew what a PGR was. 🤷‍♂️ (Day 77) One more theory. Ever since raising up the plants up onto that shelf the root zone is probably significantly warmer and the bottom of the pot (where most of the roots are) drys out way quicker. It’s possible that the warmer root zone could not be holding dissolved oxygen at the proper rate resulting in that over/underwatered look. Or it could be that I’m not watering enough at once to reach the bottom of the pot where the roots are and it’s indeed under watered. I’m going to water in a gallon when I get my new air pump and see if that makes any positive change. If I see the new air pump making a difference, I will flip on the 21st of April. If I don’t see a difference, I will carefully untangle the plants from the scrog net and remove the shelf. That extra foot should make a massive difference with ppfd and will cool down the roots significantly too. I’m thinking about grabbing a simple soil/compost thermometer to check the temp of the medium. Better safe than sorry. Rough week. Hopefully everything get smoothed out in the next little while before I flip.

. 🌱 : test harvest on day 86, 40,3g, day 88 44,5g, day 90 54g, day 92, 60,6g 💧 : 💡 : 🤔 :

Week 9 for Strawberry gorilla by fast buds Shes getting so close to the end 😍 I had to remove a little bit of bud rot at the start of the week, but ever since haven't been able to find anymore developing 😇 Quite surprising how little water these girls drink... still only got fed once this week with a bit of (WCA) Water Soluble Calcium & (FFJ) Fermented fruit juice for its last few weeks of life now. Really excepted her to drink more with this hot hot weather.

Day 43. Watering skipped. Day 44. Watering with fertilizers. Day 45. Watering skipped Day 46. Watering with fertilizers. I removed all the leaves and unnecessary branches under the net. Day 47. Watering with clean water. Day 48. Watering skipped. Today I filled all the fan leaves that were blocking the light with new twigs. Day 49. Watering with fertilizers.

Still looking good. Have a little leaf yellowing, but plants still appear healthy. I’m gonna give them a tea I have brewing and the new just water for rest of flowering. Keeping my fingers crossed, and starting get impatient. I would imagine thee plants have 3 to 4 weeks left. Beginning of this week is day 42

Was such a pleasant harvest from start to finish, no issues at all. A tip for next time would be to have the SCRoG lower as I couldn’t really tuck any node sights this time round, smells absofuckinglutely amazing from 3RD week bloom onwards!

Not much to report on these the big one stretched a little more and is looking promising, the little runt is still kickin. I've had to defoliate the small one more the fan leaves are just too big and thick and it is very compact which is annoying. Growth has been steady and everything is thriving right now. Might need to get a new dehumidifier soon mine is starting to shit the bed so RH levels are a little high with lights out but the heater keeps them low enough to get by at this point. Still feeding the veg nutes for the most part, I dropped the calmag and grow dose a little and added in a little bloom. I will slowly increase the bloom and decrease the grow over the next few feeds. The green buzz bloom doesnt have much N in it so I find it best to add atleast some grow all the way up to around week 5 of flower. Hope everyone is practicing their social distancing skills. Use the code bangdang at any of my sponsors for 10% off. @greenbuzzliquids  @growlightscience.led  @rainscience_growbags  @gorilla_grow_tent

Started Training Late! Was on summer holiday for a week and only started training now. Above are the plants during training as well as a few hours after training. Autos are definitely more delicate and the two runts are growing slow but yet still showing some progress. Changed my bulbs back to the CMH set to 400w each (2) Also gave them a good amount of water as the FloraCaps aren’t covering the whole pot I felt like it was necessary to wet the entire grow medium well for a change. Some of them were a bit far along for training but I did the best I could. Also the Purple Lemonade and 2 other plants are showing signs of flowering.

Welcome to week 10. First trichome pics coming in. one BPP seems to be getting there, rest is still 1-2 weeks out, my estimate right now, might change in the future. No watering as of yet, problably next on 16/04. Watered on 16/04., 1.5L, 5.7PH 1.5 EC, 5ml/L Bloom 1ml/L Green Sensation Watered the two BPPS only on 18/05, 1.5L, 5.7PH 1.7EC, Same nutes Trichomes on all seem to ambering up, but still a bit to go. Closely monitoring their progress.

Week 11 has started and the buds are going good! Smell is really strong. Just watch the Video :) I hope the buds will fatten up a bit more! Day 39 - I have found some Thrips in my garden 😟 gonna start fight against them with some predatory mites, buut they will arrive at Day 43 Day 40 - already some milkdy trichomes

Started adding the nutes at 1ml/l. Just using Advanced Nutrients Sensi Coco A+B for veg, Will add in some molasses after any HST or defoliation (stress). Looking good so far.

The plant has become a real monster. I expected it to be stretched for another 4 to 5 days. But it has stopped growing and is now producing flowers. I used the vegitative fertilizer again for the nutrient solution. In a few days she will receive a nutrient solution for the flowers and then I'm very excited. The treatment with BAC was very successful

Hello guys, Hope you are doing good. Second week of flowering and what a beautiful stretch she got almost 20 cm ! but it's now over since 1/2 days. Before starting the third week of flowering I like to defoliate a bit as you can see into the pictures. Not big defoliation but enough to keep that energy on the flower and enough leaves to power that beautiful machine. I also started to use the PK BOOSTER following the recommandation by GHSC. She start to smell as well, when I was cutting her leaves that smell was playing with my nose and let's be honest it kinda made my day. Hope you like it, don't hesitate to follow the tutorial and update on my IG. Take care Sawyer

So far so good transplant to a 15 gal...good thing I didn't wait till nxt week...top soil sink to the bottom and was hand for the roots to get tru

Es ist fast geschafft ☺️! permanent marker im Dognabiscup wurde geerntet und hat schöne große Feste harzige buds geliefert,die nun für mindestens 7 Tage im Dryferm bag Trocknen werden! Für ihre Größe ein sehr gutes Ergebnis! Es hat Spaß gemacht und ich sage Mal keep Green and grow High ✌️🍀😉🍀