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The ninth week of flowering is now over and the last days of the ladies have begun. The stated 9-10 weeks flowering time is definitely correct. One plant of the Hardcore Zoap was ready a little earlier, but as I want to harvest everything at once, everything is left standing until the majority looks ready. I also preferred to harvest the plants a little more mature than too early. In terms of appearance, I like the Miracle Gushers flowers best, as they have a fine and compact structure. The Banana Creamz seem to be able to develop very thick flowers, whereas the Hardcore Zoap seems to have the lowest yield. I will be able to say more after drying and weighing.
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1/29 Week 5 She is just doing so well! Cant wait to see what she does in flower. Dropping CocoTek to 5ml and increasing run off as some white tips are showing 1/30 She now at 14 inches 2/1 Chiana now at 15 inches Major defoliation last night at lights out. Removed perhaps 25-40% or leaf mass on her to allow them to stay in the tent another two weeks. It was time to learn the process anyway, took a compromise path to doing it, some recommended taking more some less.
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Week 9 started on May 29, 2022 This week is gonna be the last full veg week. I added the flowering HPS light to the side where the cola was injured, plants love the HPS so I figured why not, I'll ned it during flower. Of course that raised tent temps a full 3-5 degrees, had to change some ventilation parameters, fan speed went up on both in tent, and on the a/c infinity. I also cleaned the screens, and opened another vent at the base. Fans are on. The plant has done very well. Added Foop spray into the mix and so far so good, I see that it has slightly improved the plant in a short period, and it smells pretty good, took it to the garden for more trials. Dudes at AutoPot USA fixed my stuff!! Thanks guys. The fix they troubleshooted worked. My res is below 300 ppm and at 69 degrees F I have Fox Farms Bloom diluted and Bio War Flower crushing the biologicals - after I fixed the leak issue, I figured why not feed her while she gets her finals sea legs for the flower trip ahead. Nothing crazy, I run stuff diluted, especially when I am dialing my light pre flower, I can't risk burning them with heat or nutes. I am a tucking fool, a bending fool, and a foop spraying fool this week, you guys are not gonna believe how many fan leaves this thing put out in seven days, and I took off a significant amount mid week 8, I was a bit worried, oh well, never-mind this is White Widow, she doesn't care, all she wants to do is bust outside in jungle in South America
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Transplanted them to 15L pots. Should have skipped 3L pots. One plant is showing signs of deficiencies. I’m not sure what causes it. Have noticed small holes in leaves. Overall everything goes well👌🏿👌🏿
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Todo dentro de los parámetros adecuados, esta semana no aplicaré nutrientes.👌 En el día 15 se aplicó riego foliar por primera vez dando un gran resultado en solo 24 AGUANTE ARGENTINA 🇦🇷 EL CANNABIS Y SWEET SEEDS 💪
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Been a slow week. Been trying to fill out as much of the Scrooge as I can. I will be defoliating in a couple days. I still want to see if any more sites will reach above the trellis. The feeding is still the same 4g B1/B2 of Floraflex and 2gs of Bulky B per gallon. Thank you all again for tuning in to my diary see you all again next week.
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After you found some good sector and clone it you let the mycelium grow and fill almost all the petri dish like I did last week. So now you're ready to move forward. Making grain spawn!🍄🍄 For grain you can use Organic Rye Berries, but you can also get away with wheat berries, or brown rice or even corn kernels(which I used myself) ! And you'll need some mason jars or honestly I used some jars that I had home just clean them very well and sterilise before using Making a grain spawn can be broken down into 6 easy steps. 🍄Hydrate Grain By Soaking 🍄Make Specialized Lids 🍄Simmer, Drain and Dry The Grain 🍄Sterilize 🍄Put your agar in the jar 🍄Colonize 🍄Soak the grain by placing it in a bucket, covering in water, and leaving it for 12 -24 hours. Easy. 🍄Drill 1 hole on top of the lid. Right in the center and cover with a small dab of high temperature silicone sealant, and leave it overnight to dry. And your jars are done. There other diff types for different methods like liquid culture etc. But I'm just going roughly through what Ive done. 🍄The next step is to simmer the grains on the stove. This will thoroughly hydrate the grains, and will soften them to make them easier for the mushroom mycelium to consume. Cook soaked grain on the stove for about 15 minutes. You don’t want to cook it too long, because eventually all the grain will crack and you’ll get some mushy grain spawn. We don't want that. 🧐After the grains have simmered on a low boil, you’ll need to drain them off. What I did is I drop them in the sink with the drain cover on. The grains will drain over an hour or so, after which you can go ahead and fill your jars. 🍄Once your jars are filled, they need to be sterilised.This kills off all the other nasty contaminants in the grain cover the lids in tinfoil (to prevent water dripping into the lid) and then just pressure sterilise them for about 90 minutes at 15 psi. 🍄After that let them cool down. Get your SAB, wipe down the walls with some alcohol wipes and place the jars inside. And wait untill they will be warm to the touch... not hot and painful 😤patience is key. Bring in your plates that had been stored by you in a dark place. And what u have to do is sterilise your scalpel and just accurately and efficiently decide your mycelium into about 10 pieces and quickly place them in your jar. And complete for every jar u make. You have to be very quick. The more you keep you're jar and your agar plates lids open the more cans they will get contaminated. There certain technics you can see online.. 🍄Ones you're done close all your jars lids tight and Jake your jar so the mycelium pieces will mix around the jar and place them in the dark place to colonize. And just keep waiting... 😅 Untill the mycelium will conquer your grain. Keep your eyes on the jars, any weird smells or colour during the waiting time.. because that would mean you got a contamination going on. Oh yeah and when about 55% of your jar is filled with mycilium shake the sh*t out of it so it will break the mycilium inside and make spread more faster.
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gsc is about a week away from harvest blueberry will be shortly after and og kush plus blueberry muffin are a little longer still, they were slow to start flowering.
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23.05. today is the end of the fourth week for the plants, they haven't progressed much since last week, they grew a few cm and gained a little weight, but they are healthy, which is the most important thing... in a few days I will transplant them and top them because some of them have already developed the sixth pair of leaves, so I simply have to top them. turned out... I thought of transplanting them into 10-liter pots and after two to three weeks into 50-liter holes, however, the weather didn't cooperate, and I was already late anyway because of the bad weather, and because of the same, my plants in the fourth week were the same as they should have been in the second, and because of the same, I couldn't even transplant earlier... now that nothing went according to the "plan", of course, I don't know how smart it is to transplant them into 10 L and then into 50 with the fact that it is with me the longest day of the year is June 22, so that actually a week after that it can start flowering (it usually starts at the end of July or at the end of August, but it can be late and start even in September, and it also knows how to plow and start already at the end of June)...now I think that it is better to buy smart pots of 50-60 liters and immediately transplant into them and then just bury them...another problem with that is that the soil that I took for vegetation has food in it for a month days, if I transplant twice, it may happen that it enters flowering, and the food for the vegetation has not yet been used up, and that would be a problem...advices are welcome Stay high!!!
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Showing signs of flower. Checking for stress seeds or hermie plants every time I water. So far so good though. Feeding schedule seems to be working great. I'm gonna really hit em hard with the florabloom next week.
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Ok so finally decided to harvest the big beast of critical mass after a week of flush and two days of darkness shes finally down and in drying net will post updates on pics vids when its dried properly so harvested the big critical mass now have the 3 critical mass and 2 white widdow x big bud so taken a few pics will now push these over the next 4 weeks do some slight leaf stripping and then put on overdrive for last two weeks to get the best from this strain the longer u leave it the better the taste and overall flavour will be trust me guys
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01/15/24 - 13.5 - Veg - Pre Flower - Light defoliation - Nute feeds have increased to once a day - with 1 gallon clean water feeds (1.5 gallons) daily*
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Began flush on cca with molasses and water ph to 5.8, rest are as noted for nutrients inc molasses. Also canna rhyzotonic is now bio version.
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Puues ya queda meenos, o una semana si corren o dos, pero no mas. Las puntas blancas! Jajajajaja blaancas infestadas de resina. Edito 07/02/2026: las primeras fotos son de esta semana hechas el dia 2 de este mes. Hoy 07 he cortado esta planta. Mi intención era cortar las 4 juntas pero es un hecho que esta estaba ya en su punto, tricomas ambar como un 30/40% y el resto blancos. Muuuuy resinosa, peero, con algunas telarañas algunos cogollos hasta el final 😅 no eran todos pero si algunos, por lo que motivo suficiente para hacer budwash o lavado de cogollos. Subo las fotos del proceso igualmente pero lo explico por aquí: 3 garrafas llenas de agua, una de ellas con limón (medio exprimido) y bicarbonato de sodio (un par de cucharadas) y lo remuevo bien, los otros dos con agua. Conforme voy cortando ramas las enjuago con los cogollos en las garrafas, primero la del limon y el bicarbonato y luego en las otras dos y ya finalmente colgados al tendedero y a iniciar el secado, quizá uno o dos dias de mas por el lavado pero bueno. Le pongo un ventilador oscilando enfrente pero alejado para evitar el moho y nada, cuando seque, manicure y enfrasque finalizaré el diario y terminaré de poner los resultados.
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Any advice on moving these or keep them all in square base?? The two females are random seeds, along with the ones in the ground. Can anyone tell if the ones in the ground are likely to be male or female? The two small ones in the video are fastbuds stardawg auto and grapefruit autos..
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|»» LOG DISCLAIMER: Not intended as a grow guide. Grow log entries are usually posted 3 weeks later and are for my learning reference. ««| Introduction - Week 26 Summary - Ensign's log, stardate 17608.3, Wow what a week! Drying is always pretty simple and been checking daily. Buds are drying nicely and terps are smelling pretty dank!! Most of the week has been in the veg tent with tissue culture! Mixed another batch of establishment media and took proper explant cuttings. Also super-cropped the mothers to even out the canopy. Ahh yea! Getting hyped for trim day next week! Next week will also be the last week for this grow log, but am already planning out the next cycle. Anyways! Onwards to next week! [START OF WEEK 26] ========================================================== ---------- [ 4x4 MAIN TENT ] ---------- Heady OG BX1 #1 [Round4 ~Wk19] - WEEK 26 - Dry Wk1 ----------- [ 3x3 VEG TENT ] ------------ TKO - WEEK 09 - Full Veg Gorilla Goat #1 - WEEK 05 - Full Veg Heady OG BX1 - WEEK 09 - Full Veg Garlic Budder OG#1 - WEEK 05 - Full Veg 10/13/25 → 10/19/25 This Week's Estimated Goals ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DLI: ~0 mol/m²/d PPFD: ~0 μmol/m²/s VPD: ~1.5 kPa This Week's Meter Readings & Averages ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Light On/Off: 00:00 - 00:00 | Wattage: ~000.0W [LV00] Distance From Canopy: ~00” DLI: ~0.00 mol/m²/d PPFD: ~0 μmol/m²/s VPD: ~1.17 kPa Soil %: [47.4, 34.1, 35.0, 55.7, 43.7, 43.6, 44.0, 43.3] ========================================================== Day 01 - Monday - 10/13/25 - Total Days: 183 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages ~[+01:00] - Temps: 78.8°F [26.0°C] - Humidity: 64.4% - VPD: 1.19 kPa - Soil %: [49, 34, 35, 57, 44, 44, 44, 42] ----------------------------------- - [22:05]: Night check on the 4x4 tent. --- Ca-Caw!! Looking great! --- Heady OG BX1 #1 is drying along and no signs of mold. Also airflow and RH is stable and within the 60-70% range. --- Getting stoked! Trim day is 9 days away! - [22:09]: Checked the Ecowitt soil moisture sensor data: ------------------ [ 4x4 MAIN TENT ] --------------- ------ 48% - [CH01 FT » G30 - Heady OG BX1 #1] ------ 35% - [CH02 FB » G30 - Heady OG BX1 #1] ------ 35% - [CH03 BT » G20 - TKO] ------ 56% - [CH04 BB » G20 - TKO] ------------------ [ 3x3 VEG TENT ] ---------------- ------ 46% - [CH05 BL » GR7 - TKO] ------ 40% - [CH06 BR » GR7 - Gorilla Goat #1] ------ 40% - [CH07 FL » GR7 - Heady OG BX1 #1] ------ 40% - [CH08 FR » GR7 - Garlic Budder OG#1] --------- Veg: 38% - 45% | Flower: 45% - 55% --------- General: 30% [Dry] «| 45 - 60% [Moist] |» 70% [Wet] - [22:18]: Checked the 3x3 veg tent. --- Looking healthy in the veg garden! --- All of the vegging mothers are looking great and the canopy is starting to even out. --- Also clones look healthy and no need to water yet. --- The stems, err, I mean, explants, don’t show any signs of contamination. --- Staying positive, glad the growth media is sterile and the overall procedure was successful. --- Anyways! Plan to create more establishment media and cut proper explants soon! - [22:21]: Checked the humidifiers. --- Tanks are still full and no leaks found. Day 02 - Tuesday - 10/14/25 - Total Days: 184 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages ~[+01:00] - Temps: 76.9°F [24.9°C] - Humidity: 64.8% - VPD: 1.11 kPa - Soil %: [46, 34, 35, 56, 43, 43, 44, 43] ----------------------------------- - [21:44]: Night check on the 4x4 tent. --- Looking good in the dry tent! --- Heady OG is drying along and humidity levels look great! --- Nothing to do but maintain and wait to trim in 8 days! - [21:55]: Checked the Ecowitt soil moisture sensor data: ------------------ [ 4x4 MAIN TENT ] --------------- ------ 45% - [CH01 FT » G30 - Heady OG BX1 #1] ------ 34% - [CH02 FB » G30 - Heady OG BX1 #1] ------ 35% - [CH03 BT » G20 - TKO] ------ 56% - [CH04 BB » G20 - TKO] ------------------ [ 3x3 VEG TENT ] ---------------- ------ 41% - [CH05 BL » GR7 - TKO] ------ 40% - [CH06 BR » GR7 - Gorilla Goat #1] ------ 47% - [CH07 FL » GR7 - Heady OG BX1 #1] ------ 46% - [CH08 FR » GR7 - Garlic Budder OG#1] --------- Veg: 38% - 45% | Flower: 45% - 55% --------- General: 30% [Dry] «| 45 - 60% [Moist] |» 70% [Wet] - [21:59]: Checked the 3x3 veg tent. --- Looking healthy and growth is raging! --- All mothers are looking beautiful! --- Clones are getting taller and looking healthy! --- Gorilla Goat #2 needs watering. Let’s go Ensign! - [22:03]: Here is the starting initial watering range: ------ Gorilla Goat #2 » 255.4g → 300.3g and was last watered 4 days ago. --------- General Solo Range: [Dry] «| [Initial Cup Weight] + ~55-100g |» [Wet] --- Took the starting weight before watering, ------ Gorilla Goat #2 » 230.8g --- While on a scale, --- Gently misted her straw mulch with RO water. --- Tried to keep the top growth dry. --- Misted 5-10 sprays. Waited a few seconds, then misted again. --- Made sure to reference the watering weights. --- Repeated this process until the cup weighted at least 300g. --- There was no runoff. - [22:23]: Took the saturated weight after watering, ------ Gorilla Goat #2 » 345.7g --- Marked the watering date on the side of the cup. Also marked the saturated weight on the back. --- Placed her back into the tent. --- Decided to train and super-crop both clones. --- Bent the taller branches to lower the canopy. - [22:38]: Checked the humidifiers. --- Tanks are still full and no leaks found. --- Onwards Ensign! Day 03 - Wednesday - 10/15/25 - Total Days: 185 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages ~[+01:00] - Temps: 75.6°F [24.2°C] - Humidity: 63.8% - VPD: 1.09 kPa - Soil %: [48, 34, 35, 56, 44, 43, 44, 42] ----------------------------------- - [+01:33]: Quick night check on the 4x4 tent. --- Looking great in the dry tent! --- Also starting to smell dank! --- 7 more days until the big trim! - [+01:37]: Checked the 3x3 veg tent. --- Veg garden is healthy and growth is green! --- Both the Heady OG BX1 #1 and TKO mothers will need another topping soon. --- Clones in the propagation tray also look great and no need to water. --- The explant media is still looking sterile with no signs of contamination. --- Easy night in the garden. Nice! - [+01:40]: Checked the humidifiers. --- Tanks are still full and no leaks found. --- Okay! Tomorrow plan to dive back into tissue culture and prep more growth media. --- Onwards Ensign! Day 04 - Thursday - 10/16/25 - Total Days: 186 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages ~[+01:00] - Temps: 74.6°F [23.7°C] - Humidity: 62.2% - VPD: 1.11 kPa - Soil %: [46, 34, 35, 56, 43, 44, 44, 45] ----------------------------------- - [11:41]: Alright! Back to tissue culture and time to start another batch of establishment media! --- Took the plant growth regulators out of cold-storage (my fridge). ------ [ » SMOKES A BOWL « ] --- While the products warmed up, gathered the necessary supplies and setup my workstations. --- Currently, focusing on: ------ PHASE 01 » ESTABLISHMENT --------- » DAY 01 » MEDIA - PART 01 - Mixing the growth media --------- » DAY 01 » MEDIA - PART 02 - Sterilization of media and tools [via autoclaving] --- Going to use the same establishment formula, but doubling the yield. --- Also using RO water instead of distilled water. --- Here's the establishment media formula: --- [» VER.0001 |» INITIAL TROPICAL PLANTS FORMULA |» 0.5L (500mL) RO WATER «] ------ MS [Muashige & Skoog] --------- » 2.22g ------ Sucrose [Cane Sugar] --------- » 15g ------ BAP [6-Benzlaminopurine | Cytokinin] --------- » 0.5mg » 0.5mL » 500μL ------ IBA [Indole-3-Butyric Acid | Auxin] --------- » 0.05mg » 0.05mL » 50μL ------ AGAR [Jelling Agent] --------- » 3.5g ------ PH [Potential Hydrogen] --------- » 5.7 --- [» 1mg/mL CONCENTRATION ratio | 1mg = 1mL | 1mL = 1000μL «] - [12:59]: Time to prep the growth media! --- Made sure to turn OFF the lung-room's oscillating fan. --- Filled a measuring cup with 400mL of RO water. --- Dropped a clean magnetic mixing bar into the measuring cup. - [13:05]: Placed the measuring cup on the magnetic stirrer. --- Turned the unit ON and have the unit on LOW. - [13:11]: Using a precision scale (sensitive to 0.01g) along with a micro-pipette (1000μL capacity along with tips) and disposable (100mL) weigh boats, ------ Added 2.22g of MS [Muashige & Skoog] ------ Added 15g of Sucrose [Cane Sugar] ------ Added 500μL of BAP [6-Benzlaminopurine | Cytokinin] ------ Added 50μL of IBA [Indole-3-Butyric Acid | Auxin] ------ Added 3.5g of AGAR [Jelling Agent] ------ Then filled the measuring cup to the 500mL line before covering the top with plastic wrap. --- Alright! - [13:46]: Let the media mix on the magnetic stirrer for a bit. --- Have the unit set to LOW with a steady vortex. ------ [ » ~20 MINUTES LATER « ] - [14:09]: Okay! Time to pH the establishment media! --- Gently removed the bottom cap of the AC Infinity PH Meter PRO [AC-PHM7]. Placed the cap in the storage case for later. Covered the top with plastic wrap (KCL solution still inside the cap). --- Swirled the probe in a cup of RO water to rinse off the storage solution. --- Shook the excess water out and wiped the unit with a clean paper towel making sure all mineral buildup was removed (kept away from the very tip of the probe). --- Temporarily placed the meter back into the cup of RO water. --- Removed the plastic wrap of the establishment media. - [14:13]: Using the AC Infinity PH Meter PRO [AC-PHM7], --- Took the establishment media's initial pH reading. --- The pH was at 5.14 --- Using the micro pipette, ------ Added pH Up solution. --- Made sure to let the media solution mix for a bit before checking for pH readings. - [14:21]: Adjusted the media's pH until it stabilized to 5.58 --- For this batch, tried to go for a range of 5.4 to 5.8 pH. --- Also glad that I did not need to add PH down. - [14:43]: Poured the pH'd establishment media into separate polypropylene containers. --- Made sure to re-mix the media solution between container fillings. --- Ended up splitting the media solution into 12 containers. ------ 8x » 125mL Polypropylene Bottles [with screw cap lids] ------ 4x » 236mL (0.5pt) Glass Mason Jars [with polypropylene jamming lids] --- Have the lids of all vessels loosely on and set each aside for later autoclaving. --- Also filled 12 empty polypropylene bottles with RO water and placed the lids on loosely (4 bottles are re-used). - [14:58]: Prepped the tools for sterilization. --- Took a new 5.25in x 10in sterilization pouch and added the following tools: ------ 3x stainless steel forceps ------ 3x stainless steel scissors --- Before placing into the pouch, wiped each tool with a paper towel sprayed with 70% isopropyl alcohol. --- Sealed the bag and marked the date. --- Time to autoclave everything in the pressure cooker! --- Filled a Presto 23qt-Pressure Cooker with 12 cups of RO water. - [15:06]: Added a few aluminum foil balls to the bottom of the pressure cooker. --- Placed the first rack on top of the foil. --- Made sure the rack was level and stable resting above the water. --- Gently placed the containers of media into the pressure cooker and onto the first rack. Lids are still loose. --- Made sure to give space for each container and kept them away from the sides of the pressure cooker. --- Placed a second pressure cooker rack on top of the containers of media. --- Placed the containers of RO water onto the second rack. Lids are still loose. --- Placed the third rack on top of the containers of water. - [15:16]: Lastly, placed the sterilization bag of tools on top of the third rack. --- Took the pressure cooker lid and made sure the release vent was clear of debris before placing it on. --- Sealed and secured the lid. --- Pressure vessel has been sealed! --- Alright! Time to sterilize! --- While keeping the vessel level and straight up, moved the sealed pressure cooker to the kitchen for heating. - [15:23]: Placed the pressure cooker onto a butane-gas stove. --- Turned the stove ON and set it to HIGH. ------ [ » ~20 MINUTES LATER « ] --- Once steam was venting out of the release vent, --- Placed the metal rocker onto the vent. --- Shortly afterwards, the pressure top-lock sprung up to indicate the vessel was under pressure. --- Then the pressure gauge started to rise. ------ [ » ~10 MINUTES LATER « ] --- At 15psi, the metal rocker started to rock! - [15:56]: Turned down the stove down to LOW. --- Set a timer for 15 minutes and began monitoring the pressure gauge. --- Maintained the 15psi by making minor adjustments to the stove. ------ [ » ~15 MINUTES LATER « ] - [16:12]: Turned the stove completely OFF and waited until the pressure cooker's top-lock dropped down which indicated that pressure levels were safe to open. ------ [ » ~40 MINUTES LATER « ] --- Once the pressure cooker was at safe levels (0psi) and the top-lock was down, - [16:48]: Moved the pressure cooker into the lung room. --- The pressure cooker was still quite hot so was careful to keep the vessel straight up and level during transport. --- Used towels for insulation. --- Rested the hot pressure cooker onto a stack of 5-gallon buckets covered with layers of towels and folded paper bags. --- Gently opened the pressure cooker and set the lid aside. - [16:57]: While wearing nylon gloves, sprayed my hands with 70% isopropyl alcohol. --- Gently removed the bag of sterile tools placed it onto a Pyrex dish. --- Removed the top rack and set it aside. --- Then one container at a time, --- Gently tightened and secured the lids of each bottle of sterile water before placing onto the Pyrex dish. --- Removed the middle rack and set it aside. --- Then one container at a time, --- Gently tightened and secured the lids of each bottle and jar of sterile media before placing onto the Pyrex dish. --- Throughout the entire process, kept the gloves on and sprayed my hands regularly with 70% isopropyl alcohol. --- Decided to store all the bottles in the Pyrex dish. - [17:16]: Have the dish resting on a shelf in the lung room. The jars of media are set right next to the Pyrex dish on a towel. --- To prevent dust, covered everything with towels. --- Done for now and will check on the growth media tomorrow. --- If all goes well, should be taking new explant cuttings in a couple days! - [17:39]: Night check on the 3x3 veg tent. --- Looking beautiful and healthy in the veg garden! --- All moms are getting bushy and getting pretty close to the grow light. --- Since I plan to take explant cuttings soon, not going to top or train quite yet. --- Clones also looking healthy and seem unaffected by the super-cropping. Nice! - [17:57]: Checked the Ecowitt soil moisture sensor data: ------------------ [ 4x4 MAIN TENT ] --------------- ------ 45% - [CH01 FT » G30 - Heady OG BX1 #1] ------ 34% - [CH02 FB » G30 - Heady OG BX1 #1] ------ 35% - [CH03 BT » G20 - TKO] ------ 55% - [CH04 BB » G20 - TKO] ------------------ [ 3x3 VEG TENT ] ---------------- ------ 43% - [CH05 BL » GR7 - TKO] ------ 45% - [CH06 BR » GR7 - Gorilla Goat #1] ------ 42% - [CH07 FL » GR7 - Heady OG BX1 #1] ------ 44% - [CH08 FR » GR7 - Garlic Budder OG#1] --------- Veg: 38% - 45% | Flower: 45% - 55% --------- General: 30% [Dry] «| 45 - 60% [Moist] |» 70% [Wet] - [17:59]: Checked the 4x4 main tent. --- Ca-Caw!! I got Headies! --- Wow! Heady OG BX1 #1 is drying along beautifully and she is smelling dank! --- Also no signs of mold and RH levels look stable! --- 6 more days until the big trim! - [18:11]: Checked the humidifiers. --- Tanks are still full and no leaks found. --- Wow what a day! --- Still gots more to do! --- Let’s go! Let’s grow! --- Onwards Ensign! Day 05 - Friday - 10/17/25 - Total Days: 187 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages ~[+01:00] - Temps: 76.0°F [24.4°C] - Humidity: 62.0% - VPD: 1.16 kPa - Soil %: [48, 34, 35, 55, 44, 44, 44, 42] ----------------------------------- - [22:57]: Night check on the 4x4 tent. --- Ca-Caw! Headies is smelling dank! --- RH levels are getting a bit dry, but are okay. --- Wow buds are frosty with trichomes! --- With 5 days until trim day, getting stoked! - [23:04]: Checked the Ecowitt soil moisture sensor data: ------------------ [ 4x4 MAIN TENT ] --------------- ------ 47% - [CH01 FT » G30 - Heady OG BX1 #1] ------ 34% - [CH02 FB » G30 - Heady OG BX1 #1] ------ 35% - [CH03 BT » G20 - TKO] ------ 55% - [CH04 BB » G20 - TKO] ------------------ [ 3x3 VEG TENT ] ---------------- ------ 46% - [CH05 BL » GR7 - TKO] ------ 40% - [CH06 BR » GR7 - Gorilla Goat #1] ------ 45% - [CH07 FL » GR7 - Heady OG BX1 #1] ------ 50% - [CH08 FR » GR7 - Garlic Budder OG#1] --------- Veg: 38% - 45% | Flower: 45% - 55% --------- General: 30% [Dry] «| 45 - 60% [Moist] |» 70% [Wet] - [23:11]: Checked the 3x3 veg tent. --- Looking healthy in the veg garden! --- Mothers are getting bushy and tall! --- Super-cropped and trained the taller branches down to lower the canopy. --- Plan to take tissue culture cuttings tomorrow so glad there are plenty of tops to choose. Still deciding on which mother to preserve next. --- Clones in the propagation tray look healthy! --- The original Garlic Budder #2 clone needs watering. - [23:26]: Here is the starting initial watering range: ------ Garlic Budder OG#2 » 256.4g → 300.2g --------- General Solo Range: [Dry] «| [Initial Cup Weight] + ~55-100g |» [Wet] --- Took the starting weight before watering, ------ Garlic Budder OG#2 » 258.9g --- While on a scale, --- Gently misted her straw mulch with RO water. --- Tried to keep the top growth dry. --- Misted 5-10 sprays. Waited a few seconds, then misted again. --- Made sure to reference the watering weights. --- Repeated this process until the cup weighted at least 300g. --- There was no runoff. - [23:40]: Took the saturated weight after watering, ------ Garlic Budder OG#2 » [000.0]g --- Marked the watering date on the side of the cup. Also marked the saturated weight on the back. --- Placed her back into the tent. - [23:45]: Checked the humidifiers. --- Tanks are still full and no leaks found. Day 06 - Saturday - 10/18/25 - Total Days: 188 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages ~[+01:00] - Temps: 76.8°F [24.9°C] - Humidity: 60.3% - VPD: 1.25 kPa - Soil %: [47, 34, 35, 55, 44, 44, 44, 47] ----------------------------------- - [15:19]: Decided to decrease the VPD level a bit. --- Within the AC Infinity App, --- Changed the schedule name from 'Flower [12/12]' to 'Drying [0/24].' Oops. --- For the Main Tent [4x4] controller, --- Adjusted the 'Drying [0/24]' Schedule for the exhaust fan. ------ Decreased the VPD LOW trigger value from 1.5kPa to 1.4kPa --- Adjusted the 'Drying [0/24]' Schedule for the humidifier. ------ Decreased the VPD target value from 1.5kPa to 1.4kPa --- This should increase the relative humidity a bit and will maintain a 60-65% range - [16:59]: Evening check on the 3x3 veg tent. --- Wow the veg garden is raging with healthy growth! --- Even with the lower veg temps, growth has been perky and bushy! --- The TKO mother has been looking a bit on the purple-side, but I plan to increase the temps back after trim day. - [17:23]: Okay! Time to continue the tissue culture journey! --- Checked on the sterilized media, water, and tools. --- Ooo yea! The growth media in the glass jars have solidified nicely! --- The media in the bottles also look great! Found only one that did not gel properly. --- Hmm. The sterile water bottles are not looking sterile. Unlike the first batch (using distilled water), each RO bottle had tiny white particles floating in the water. --- I think this was due to the water source. The RO water used was from the plant reservoir. For the next sterilization, will try using water straight from the tap. Will discard the entire batch and try again later. - [17:34]: Anyways! Time to cut and sterilize another batch of explant cuttings. --- Using the similar protocols as last time, but with a few changes. --- Instead of distilled, using reverse-osmosis (RO) water. --- Also simplifying the workflow and will not be using the sterile water. --- Only taking cuttings from one cultivar. --- Today, attempting to preserve Heady OG BX1 #1 --- Unlike the last attempt, going to be cutting apical nodes and will leave all leaf growth on. --- Last attempt was more for monsteras and not cannabis. - [17:35]: Made sure the lung room's oscillating fan was OFF during the entire process. --- Put on a fresh pair of nitrile gloves. --- Okay! Let's grow Ensign! - [17:47]: Filled a glass beaker with 180mL of RO water. --- Using a micro-pipette, ------ Added 20mL of Clorox bleach --- Mixed the solution. - [17:52]: Poured the bleach solution into a glass mason jar. ------ Added 1 drop of Dawn dish soap. --- Dropped a magnetic mixing rod into the jar before setting it onto the magnetic stirrer. --- Turned the unit ON and set it to a low setting. --- Placed a polypropylene lid loosely on. - [18:02]: Rinsed and filled the glass beaker with 70% isopropyl alcohol. --- Filled another glass beaker with RO water before adding a drop of Dawn dish soap. Mixed the solution. --- Okay! Time to take the cuttings! --- Using a clean pair of trimmers, - [18:09]: Gently cut two clone cuttings from the Heady OG BX1 #1 mother. --- Stripped each cutting down to 2-inch apical nodes making sure to leave about 0.5 inch of stem growth for planting. ------ Prepared a total of 2 nodal cuttings. --- Dropped the nodal cuttings into the cup of soapy water. --- Swirled the cuttings in the soapy water for a bit. --- Opened the jar containing the 10% bleach solution. --- Using clean tweezers, --- Took each cutting out of the RO water and carefully submerged it into the beaker of 70% isopropyl alcohol for about 30 seconds. --- Then transferred the cutting from the isopropyl alcohol straight into the jar of bleach solution. --- Once both cuttings were in the jar, sealed the top with the polypropylene lid. - [18:23]: Flipped and set the entire bleach jar upside down onto the magnetic stirrer. --- Started using the magnetic stirrer. --- But the cuttings were getting hit by the bar so ended up turning the unit OFF. --- Instead, made sure to swirled the bottle every few minutes to agitate the cuttings. --- For a proper sterilization, the cuttings should be agitated in the hypochlorite (bleach) solution for at least 20 minutes. --- While waiting for the explants to sterilize, prepped the still air box. - [18:39]: Unfolded and placed a Safloga still-air box onto my desk. --- Thoroughly misted the inside of the air box with 70% isopropyl alcohol making sure to coat the entire chamber. --- Then isopropyl misted and placed the following items inside of the still air box, ------ x1 » Jar of Establishment Media ------ x1 » Bottle of Establishment Media ------ x1 » Glass-Bead Sterilizer ------ x1 » Roll of Plastic Wrap [pre-cut] ------ x1 » Sterilization Bag Containing: --------- x3 » Stainless Steel Forceps --------- x3 » Stainless Steel Scissors --- Made sure to fully coat the outside of the tool bag and each of the containers with 70% alcohol. --- The bag had a torn corner (Oops), so made sure to spray the inside with a few mists of isopropyl alcohol. --- For the glass-bead sterilizer, ------ Wiped the entire unit with isopropyl alcohol. ------ Before filling the unit with the included beads, misted the heating chamber with a spray of isopropyl alcohol. ------ Misted the glass beads again with a spray of isopropyl alcohol. --- Set the cleaned glass-bead sterilizer into the still air box. - [19:02]: Still air box fully prepped for explants! --- Okay! Explant nodal sterilization complete! --- While still wearing gloves, --- Misted the outside of the explant jar with 70% isopropyl alcohol before placing it into the still-air box. --- Turned the glass-bead sterilizer ON. --- Made sure to re-seal the chamber. - [19:05]: Okay! Finally time to start the tissue culture transplant! --- Let's go Ensign! --- Sprayed my gloved hands with 70% isopropyl alcohol (also put on a pair of cloth arm sleeves), --- Placed my hands through the arm holes and into the still air box to begin the process. --- Started by laying out my initial workspace: ------ » Far Left Quadrant » Jar of Sterile Establishment Media ------ » Far Center » Bottle of Sterile Establishment Media ------ » Far Right Quadrant » Glass-Bead Sterilizer ------ » Mid Center » Bleach Jar with Explant Cuttings [Main Workspace] ------ » Near Left Quadrant » Empty [Trash Area] ------ » Near Right Quadrant » Bag of Sterile Tools & Roll of Plastic Wrap --- Opened the bag of tools and placed the forceps and scissors into the pre-heated glass-bead sterilizer. --- Set the bag in the trash area (near left quadrant). --- Loosened the lids of both containers of sterile media but did not remove the lids. The lids were resting on top and could easily be lifted. --- Also took lid off of the bleach jar and gently set it on the table. --- Took the jar of sterile media and set it in the center of my workspace (to the right of the bleach jar). --- Using my left hand, took a set of scissors from the glass-bead sterilizer and gently cut the bottom of the first cutting. --- Once the bottom cut was made, placed the scissors back into the glass-bead sterilizer. --- Using my left hand, lifted the lid off of the jar of sterile media and inserted the trimmed end of the cutting straight into the growth media (using my right hand). --- Covered the jar with the lid and placed the forceps back into the glass-bead sterilizer. --- Tighten the lid of the jar and set it aside. ------ [ » REPEATED THE ABOVE PROCESS FOR THE BOTTLE OF GROWTH MEDIA « ] --- Once the last cutting was transferred from the bleach jar into the sterile media, --- Turned the glass-bead sterilizer OFF. --- Cleaned up my workplace and placed the scrap stem tips and bleach jar out of the way (near left quadrant). - [19:28]: Wrapped the lid of each explant container with plastic wrap before setting it in the center of the workspace. --- Explant transplant completed! - [19:59]: Using a label printer (Brother DT410), made a set of labels for each container: ------ Heady OG BX1 #1 | 04.24.25 | Photo | Reg ------ Formula: v0001 | ExBatch: 0002 | Lot: 01 | Pod: 01 ------ Establishment Media | Sealed On: 10/18/25 --- Opened the still air box. --- Then one container at a time, took an explant out and wrapped the lid with a label. --- Set the labeled containers onto the propagation tray (in the 3x3 veg tent). - [20:07]: Done! ------ The explants are around 37 μmol/m²/s which gives a DLI of 2.40 mol/m²/d under an 18/6 light cycle. --- Will check daily for contamination. --- Ca-Caw!! Ahh yea! --- Heady OG BX1 is now officially my first true attempt at cannabis tissue culture! --- Using this new workflow, I may try reusing the TKO media. Do plan to take new cuttings soon. May even try using the liquid media. --- Shout out to microclone and Bill Graham! His 'Tissueponics' video contains tips and tricks of the trade that have straight up changed the way I think of DIY cannabis tissue culture. --- Plan to further refine my process and will continue to refine the workflow with each attempt. - [20:15]: Checked the Ecowitt soil moisture sensor data: ------------------ [ 4x4 MAIN TENT ] --------------- ------ 54% - [CH01 FT » G30 - Heady OG BX1 #1] ------ 34% - [CH02 FB » G30 - Heady OG BX1 #1] ------ 35% - [CH03 BT » G20 - TKO] ------ 55% - [CH04 BB » G20 - TKO] ------------------ [ 3x3 VEG TENT ] ---------------- ------ 43% - [CH05 BL » GR7 - TKO] ------ 48% - [CH06 BR » GR7 - Gorilla Goat #1] ------ 42% - [CH07 FL » GR7 - Heady OG BX1 #1] ------ 45% - [CH08 FR » GR7 - Garlic Budder OG#1] --------- Veg: 38% - 45% | Flower: 45% - 55% --------- General: 30% [Dry] «| 45 - 60% [Moist] |» 70% [Wet] - [20:56]: Checked the 4x4 tent. --- Ca-Caw! Looking great my ladies! --- Humidity levels are still a bit on the dry side, but still okay. - [21:08]: Checked the humidifiers. --- Tanks are still full and no leaks found. --- Wow what a day! --- Oh yea, 4-more days until trim day!! Ca-Caw! Let’s go! Day 07 - Sunday - 10/19/25 - Total Days: 189 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages ~[+01:00] - Temps: 76.7°F [24.8°C] - Humidity: 59.4% - VPD: 1.27 kPa - Soil %: [48, 35, 35, 55, 44, 43, 44, 42] ----------------------------------- - [07:08]: Quick morning checked on the 3x3 veg tent. --- The veg garden is healthy and perky! --- All moms and clones are healthy and raging with growth! --- Both Heady OG BX1 #1 explants also look alive and green! - [19:26]: Night check on the 4x4 tent. --- Ca-Caw! We got MENDO DOPE in the trunk! --- Wow terps are getting loud and buds are drying along nicely! --- Looking frosty and coated in trichomes! --- Three more days until trim day!! - [19:33]: Checked the Ecowitt soil moisture sensor data: ------------------ [ 4x4 MAIN TENT ] --------------- ------ 46% - [CH01 FT » G30 - Heady OG BX1 #1] ------ 35% - [CH02 FB » G30 - Heady OG BX1 #1] ------ 35% - [CH03 BT » G20 - TKO] ------ 54% - [CH04 BB » G20 - TKO] ------------------ [ 3x3 VEG TENT ] ---------------- ------ 40% - [CH05 BL » GR7 - TKO] ------ 43% - [CH06 BR » GR7 - Gorilla Goat #1] ------ 47% - [CH07 FL » GR7 - Heady OG BX1 #1] ------ 41% - [CH08 FR » GR7 - Garlic Budder OG#1] --------- Veg: 38% - 45% | Flower: 45% - 55% --------- General: 30% [Dry] «| 45 - 60% [Moist] |» 70% [Wet] - [19:35]: Checked the 3x3 veg tent. --- Vegging along beautifully in the garden! --- Mothers are getting taller and probably could train, but will wait until tomorrow. --- Clones and explants also look healthy and green! --- Gorilla Goat #2 needs watering! - [19:44]: Here is the starting initial watering range: ------ Gorilla Goat #2 » 255.4g → 300.3g and was last watered 5 days ago. --------- General Solo Range: [Dry] «| [Initial Cup Weight] + ~55-100g |» [Wet] --- Took the starting weight before watering, ------ Gorilla Goat #2 » 244.9g --- While on a scale, --- Gently misted her straw mulch with RO water. --- Tried to keep the top growth dry. --- Misted 5-10 sprays. Waited a few seconds, then misted again. --- Made sure to reference the watering weights. --- Repeated this process until the cup weighted at least 300g. --- There was no runoff. - [20:04]: Took the saturated weight after watering, ------ Gorilla Goat #2 » 345.6g --- Marked the watering date on the side of the cup. Also marked the saturated weight on the back. --- Placed her back into the tent. - [21:41]: With a few days before the big trim, decided to sample a few buds! --- Cut and trimmed branch for sampling and wow she’s got terps! --- Buds are dense and have a gassy diesel funk! Ca-Caw!! Wow! --- Without even curing, pretty sure she’s the one! --- Plan to grow out another cycle (in clone of the same pheno), but I think I found my female for my first breeding project! - [22:01]: Checked the humidifiers. --- Tanks are still full and no leaks found. --- Ahh yea! Three more days until the big trim! --- Also next week will be the last for this log. --- But already stoked for the next! --- Planning on popping more seeds and continuing the pheno hunt for another female! --- Since I lost TKO this harvest cycle, plan to grow a clone cutting of the same pheno (#2). --- As for seeds, popping more regulars and going to attempt to grow some of Mr. Grow-It’s Chillout OG! --- Got a pack of F3s and am stoked to give them a try! --- Also going to sprout some beans of Dead Ops OG from Zaza Genetics! --- Chillout OG, Dead Ops OG, and another round of TKO! Let’s go! Let’s grow! --- Hunters of the dank! Ca-Caw! --- Anyways! --- Onwards to next week! [END OF WEEK 26]