21.11. - Entering new week, still recovering from the deficiencies ❤️‍ 24.11. - Watered 27.11. - It's been a calm week. Plants have recovered from the deficiencies, but not completely. I've learned that I should have used also Bio Grow in the mix with the Bio Bloom. Next week I'm planning to add some of the grow to the mix and then flush another week. However the buds are looking nice, fat and really smelly 🍋🍊 21.11. - 27.11.2023

Die Gorilla cookies auto hat sich auch wieder von ihrer besten Seite gezeigt. Nach 6 wochen blüte solche wunderschöne buds zu entwickeln ist einfach ein Traum. Ich kann jedem nur fastbuds empfehlen. Egal ob outdoor oder indoor.

Animal Mints — Legends of the Frozen North ☃️ Part 1 — The Harvest Begins Before we begin this harvest report properly, we once again want to apologize for dividing this journey into multiple parts. Just like we did with the Legends of the 12/12 Galaxy series, the harvest, drying, trimming, curing, smoke review, and final strain analysis will happen across different weeks and different reports. But honestly… this is the only way we can truly document everything properly. We do not want to simply show the final dry buds and disappear. We want to show the process. The details. The decisions. The mistakes, the observations, the science, the emotions, the beauty, and the philosophy behind the work. Educational growing deserves time and space, and these girls absolutely earned it. So today marks the beginning of the final chapter for our Animal Mints — Legends of the Frozen North. And what a chapter this is. ⸻ From seed to harvest, these girls proved once again why 12/12 from seed continues to fascinate us so much. The morphology is incredibly efficient. Plants stay relatively compact compared to traditional long-vegetative runs, but what they lose in height, they repay with density, structure, resin production, and flower efficiency. The result? Compact giants. Dense towers of medicine. Heavy branches unable to support themselves anymore. Massive flowers held up by yo-yos because gravity simply started winning the battle. And honestly… this room became absolutely beautiful near the end. The senescence was fully setting in. The fade was impossible to ignore. During daytime photos and nighttime photos alike, the room transformed into a palette of autumn colors: * bright yellows, * faded lime greens, * soft oranges, * reddish and brownish tones, * curled leaves, * dry fans, * exhausted but fulfilled plants reaching the end of their biological cycle. And this is important to explain. A lot of growers panic when they see plants fading late in flower, but in many cases, especially near harvest, this is completely natural senescence. The plant understands its lifecycle is ending. Nutrients stored inside the leaves are being mobilized and redirected. Chlorophyll breaks down. Colors emerge. The plant slowly consumes itself while finishing resin and flower production. To us, this is one of the most beautiful moments in cultivation. Not death. Completion. ⸻ As always, we also harvest in darkness. Once the lights go off for the final night… they do not turn back on again. The plants remain in their night cycle until harvest. We personally prefer this approach because the plant is already in its resting metabolic state. The environment is cooler, calmer, and less stressful, and we avoid “waking the plant back up” only to cut it down shortly after. Before harvest, we also stop watering completely. We allow the substrate and the plant itself to dry naturally during the final stage. This helps reduce excess moisture inside the flowers and assists with the beginning of the drying process after harvest. ⸻ And speaking of flowers… These buds are enormous. Absolutely stacked. Rock solid. Frost-covered. Dense from top to bottom. The yo-yos became mandatory near the end because several branches simply could not support their own weight anymore. Every cola looked like it was carrying the entire weight of winter on its shoulders. Animal Mints truly lived up to its name. Frozen flowers. Heavy resin. Cold-looking trichome coverage everywhere. And despite the density, airflow management remained extremely important during the entire run. Defoliation timing, environmental control, humidity balance, and branch spacing all played a major role in making sure these flowers could mature safely without issues. ⸻ Of course, while removing dead leaves and cleaning the plants before hanging them whole for drying… something magical happened once again. Charas. That beautiful living resin slowly started building up on the fingers. And for those unfamiliar: Charas is one of the oldest forms of hashish production in the world. Traditionally associated with India and regions like Malana, charas is made by gently rubbing living cannabis flowers with the hands until the resin accumulates on the skin, later rolled into small resin balls by hand pressure alone. Unlike dry sift or modern extraction methods, charas is made from living plants. The resin is still alive, fresh, fragrant, warm, and incredibly aromatic. In places like Malana, ancient traditions surrounding charas still survive to this day. Entire generations preserved these techniques for centuries, often connected spiritually to Lord Shiva himself, who in Hindu mythology is deeply associated with cannabis. So every time we feel that resin slowly coating the gloves and fingers while handling living plants, it feels less like waste… and more like participating in something ancient. Something human. Something sacred. ⸻ The girls are now hanging whole. Full plants. Slow drying, exactly the way we prefer. For the first couple of days, humidity stays around 45% to help pull initial excess moisture away safely. After that, the environment stabilizes around: * 60% RH * 18–20°C And now begins one of the most important parts of the journey: patience. Over the next 7–10 days, chlorophyll will continue breaking down slowly, moisture will redistribute through the flowers, aromas will evolve, and the entire profile of the medicine will begin transforming. This is where harvest stops… and curing truly begins. ⸻ But this is far from the end. The next reports will focus deeply on: * drying observations, * trimming, * resin collection, * finger hash, * curing methods, * storage, * aromas, * textures, * smoke reports, * and the final strain review itself. And honestly… we still do not know how many parts this journey will require. Maybe two more. Maybe three. Maybe even four. But these girls deserve every detail. ⸻ As always, thank you to everyone following this journey and helping make these projects possible. Thank you to: * Zamnesia for the genetics, * Plagron for the nutrients and support, * F.O.G. for the lighting, * and everybody supporting this educational approach to cultivation. And of course… thank you to every grower, every reader, every silent observer, and every curious mind still exploring this incredible plant with respect, patience, and love. The Frozen North still has more stories to tell. As always, this is shared for educational purposes, aiming to spread understanding and appreciation for this plant. Let’s celebrate it responsibly and continue to learn and grow together. With true love comes happiness. Always believe in yourself, and always do things expecting nothing and with an open heart. Be a giver, and the universe will give back in ways you could never imagine. 💚 Growers love to all 💚

Hallo zusammen 🤙. Sie wächst sehr schön und macht keine Umstände. Bis jetzt nur Wasser gegeben.

moved outside on balcony for less humidity an more air flow.. supp. light .. hoping for the best.. got her on drip feed 2x notes 1x rain water also started ipm... started to take off this week,, still feel she is a week behind from transplant...

Added a photo to show where I take RH/Temp measurements from in the tent, pretty much inside the canopy. Went lower on EC this week to give the plant a little time to regenerate and pack some more before harvest. The dehumidifier is pulling less and less moisture out of the air every day, this is a additional sign to me that the plant is nearing its end. Not quite sure when to harvest, maybe next week or the week after, the plant isn't really stacking, it is frosty but I am missing the quantity, the pictures are kinda deceiving. Values are average of the day. DATE - °C - RH% (Tent Temp/RH) 20241216 23.6 61.7 20241217 24.2 62.2 20241218 23.3 61.5 20241219 22.9 61.7 20241220 22.1 60.7 20241221 23.1 61.5 20241222 22.6 60.9 DATE - PH 20241216 6.09 20241217 6.03 20241218 6.14 20241219 6.16 20241220 5.99 20241221 5.97 20241222 5.87 DATE - ORP (mV) 20241216 74 20241217 63 20241218 30 20241219 11 20241220 50 20241221 24 20241222 82 DATE - EC(us/cm) 20241216 2097 20241217 2004 20241218 1692 20241219 1749 20241220 1636 20241221 1688 20241222 1695 DATE - CF 20241216 20.97 20241217 20.05 20241218 16.92 20241219 17.49 20241220 16.36 20241221 16.88 20241222 16.95 DATE - °C (Reservoir) 20241216 22.1 20241217 22.1 20241218 21.8 20241219 22.2 20241220 20.9 20241221 21.6 20241222 21.4

RIE Genetics Flower 10 IR1Q Week 14 Cultivars Purple Heart [5] (Cherry Jelly CBD X Afterglow (Clementine X Arise) [Fem/Seeds]: PH1Q24, 65 Days Scarlet Begonias [1] (Haze X William’s Wonder) X Arise)
 [Reg/Seeds]: SB1Q24, 70 Days Lemon Jeffery [2] (Lemon Skunk X Golden Goat) [Fem/Cut]: LJ124, 70 Days Environment Plan Vegetation - Temp: [ 78,°F] - RH: [ 63, %] - VPD: [ 1.2, kPa] Fertigation Plan - Flower - RLA Hydro Week 5: EC: [ 1.6, mS] Biology: # (One of…) - Photosynthesis Plus: [ 6, ml, gal] - King Crab: [ 0.5, ml, gal] - Mammoth-P: [ 0.6, ml, gal] Line & Res Maintenance: - SLF-100 Enzymatic Cleaner: [ 5, ml, gal] Foliar Feeds - RLA Foliar Schedule Start of Week: [ Sun 19 May, 2024, IRIE1Q24 64:F:10:1] End of Week: [ Sat 25 May, 2024, IRIE1Q24 70:F:10:7] Notes: - Flushing Purple Heart prior to Harvest - [x] Chop __ Sun May 19, 2024 IRIE 1Q24 64:F:10:1 PURPLE HEART HARVEST - 5 Plants - Not Weighed, Branched and Hung - Temp: TBD - RH:67% - AIRFLOW SPEED (1-10): 4 - Harvest Date: 2024.05.29, 9 Weeks Complete - Bring Fan Speed down to 2 on Tuesday - Didn’t Weigh Wet - Will weigh Trimmed Flower Runoff - [x] RunoffAmt: [ 1.7, ml] - [x] RunoffEC: [ 1900, mS] We’ve FINALLY got runoff within 0.3 mS of Input! __ Mon May 20, 2024 IRIE 1Q24 65:F:10:2 Update Grow Journals Flower Weeks 8 & 9, Harvest (9) Purple Heart Runoff - [ ] RunoffAmt: [ , ml] - [ ] RunoffEC: [ , mS] Flooded tent, no numbers. Easy cleanup, just a little overflow __ Tue May 21, 2024 IRIE 1Q24 66:F:10:3 - Dry Chamber to AIRFLOW SPEED: 2 Runoff - [x] RunoffAmt: [ 3800, ml] - [x] RunoffEC: [ 2.0, mS] Drilled 9 holes on remaining drip rings for FED irrigation, not drip. l __ Wed May 22, 2024 IRIE 1Q24 67:F:10:4 - Dry Chamber Airflow Speed to 1 Runoff - [ ] RunoffAmt: [ , ml] - [ ] RunoffEC: [ , mS] __ Thu May 23, 2024 IRIE 1Q24 68:F:10:5 Runoff - [ ] RunoffAmt: [3800 , ml] - [x] RunoffEC: [ 1.7, mS] Reduced 10 0 min per irrigation 1900 ml less over 40 min 80/min gal __ Fri May 24, 2024 IRIE 1Q24 69:F:10:6 Runoff - [x] RunoffAmt: [ 1900, ml] - [x] RunoffEC: [ 1.6, mS] __ Sat May 25, 2024 IRIE 1Q24 70:F:10:7 Runoff - [ ] RunoffEC: [ , mS] - [x] RunoffAmt: [ 0, ml] Irrigation Line Blocked - cleared - restored operation.

SUMMARY: I've stuck with the transition nutes this week to try and squeeze every last drop of veg growth I can out of her. She's very bushy and needs defoliating really though I am hesitant to as I worry it stunts her development though I have removed around 20% of her leaves that were dying or blocking bud sites and could not be tucked. There are still too many leaves and tucking daily is time consuming but I dont want to mess with her too much. The RH of the tent is stable around 45-55% now and so I have turned the humidifier off. DAY 37 ------ Friday 29th January 15:00 I TURNED THE HUMIDIFIER OFF COMPLETELY AS RH IS AT 55-60% AT 25% POWER. Friday 29th January 18:20 I fed Jesus 2.6L as that was the last of the transition nutes I had made and yesterdays 2L didnt cut it. This produced 920ml runoff (35%). I think that's all her shoots popped now and so it was just a case of adjusting them today. There are 12 shoots I have tied down all reaching out to the sides of the pot evenly spaced and then theres 3 in the middle so that's a total of 15 tops that if I'm lucky and all goes well and the Gods smile upon me will all fill out into nice long colas. [23°C/57%] DAY 38 -------- Saturday 30th January 12:00 I made 5L of transition nutes with rainwater at a pH of 5.9. Saturday 30th January 19:00 I fed Jesus 2.2L of transition nutes which produced only 50ml runoff (2%). Some more slight adjustments on the LST to keep the canopy as flat as possible. Shes really showing pistils now which makes me wonder if she's actually finished her pre-flower growth spurt in which case I may have fucked up and overdone the LST...I dunno DAY 39 -------- Sunday 31st January 18:30 I fed Jesus 2.4L of transition nutes which produced only 200ml runoff (9%) which is good as I believe she is going through her final growth spurt now and is drinking more. I removed 2 large fan leaves that were covering the entire centre of the plant and couldnt be tucked. This has made a huge difference and opened the lower canopy up to more light. DAY 40 -------- Monday 1st February 11:00 I made 5L of trans nutes at a pH of 6.1 and 5L of increased strength week 3 nutes (extra 0.4ml of each nute) at a pH of 6.1. Monday 1st February 18:00 I fed Jesus 3L of transition nutes which produced 890ml runoff (30%). She is showing a lot of pistils now and I'm concerned shes finished vegging which isnt too good as I could do with a little more vertical growth. [23°C/49%] DAY 41 -------- Tuesday 2nd February 11:40 I made 10L of transition nutes with rainwater at a pH of 6.0. Tuesday 2nd February 18:00 I fed Jesus 3L of transition nutes which produced 800ml runoff (27%). I lowered the odd branch. It looks like the veg growth is slowing down now. [22°C/59%] DAY 42 -------- Wednesday 3rd February 18:30 I fed Jesus 3L of transition nutes which produced 660ml (22%). Shes a beast drinking 3L per day now. I defoliated removing around 20% of the plants leaves, strictly removing older unhealthy ones, ones hanging over the edge that were burnt to a crisp by the heater, and then ones covering bud sites that I couldnt tuck. [23°C/54%] DAY 43 -------- Thursday 4th February 18:00 I fed Jesus 3L of transition nutes which produced 800ml runoff (26%). I have removed a couple more leaves and ensured the bud sites are open to light. [23°C/56%]

Pulled the girls down today, on day 58. Drying in 55% RH / 19c-21c - seems to be stable.

The blue/purple hue in the buds is starting to come through under the shimmering trichomes, the size and density of these buds is blowing me away. week 8 is at an end and i am avidly checking trichomes awaiting the end. the fade is in full effect

Purpling on one plant, lots of light-colored fan leaves on the others. The buds keep growing and maturing. The seed source says 9 weeks but I am aware they often take longer. I wonder if the top buds will eventually grow to the size of the preflower buds.

Still hot af in germany but we’re only watering her any 3-4 days. Over night she stands in the greenhouse, if there is a chance of rain we also put her inside the greenhouse.

After a weeks growth in four litre pots I defoliated them ready to go into flower. Started feeding them full strength with coir feed even though they are in soil. Looking happy so far, I'm tight on space so will keep them in check if I can as they flower.

Final weeks of flowering, she didn't turn purple unfortunately. Nevertheless buds are big and smelly. Leaves are starting to turn yellow, I have been removing old leaves every day. Harvest will come soon. No fertilization this week, only water.

It grew nicely but could have been cared for better and might have had better results but it came out much better than I expected it to. Very dense nuggets

2024-07-28 2 Opium Plants remain in my Outdoor Garden. One sits in a 75l container, and stands near the house the other Plant sits into 30 l container , in a corner in my Garden Die Outdoor Girls are starting to flower, still in stretchmode the Plant in the 75l container looks super impressive the 30l girl gas a good spot to go on lets see. for any reason the system dont let me do another updates, so iam forced to do all updates at once in one week 2024-08-16 The Plants are stretching and building sweet flowers Temperatures became perfect, with lots of Sun and warm weather. 2024-08-23 The Weather continues to stay very warm and sunny, the Girls drink up to 10 liters daily, and they get some feedings with organic more PK, because they need the Energy 2024-08-30 Both Girls doing fine, the Plant in the 75l Growbag, is very thirsty and develops sweet Floweringsites. the Girl in the 30l pot, has grown into the open Ground. she was sticking her roots out of the holes from the growpot i was wondering why she looks so fresh and green without getting nutrients, now i know why, she is sucking all good stuff out of open ground clever, clever. 2024-09-07 In the meantime we had some heavy rain and Wind, i had to stabilize both Plants the Girl in the 30 l Container was stretching so massively , she was growing one meter!! in short time but she was blown the most, i had to tie her and she is leaning onto a bigger treee i kinda forgot to save her from winds. but anyway, shes safe and goes on The Girl in the 75l is safe for the moment she shows already massive buds, next week i have to take pictures from above her 2024-09-13 Weather truned for summerly and hot, to autumn and raniy and cold so i have to watch her closely, and hope for more warm / dry days, for her to finish up. It weather continues to stay rainy- and she starts to mold, we will harvest instantly.

WEEK 12😍 This AU is doing very well, im just studying and learning best time to harvest sativas like this. Maybe first ?? 1 one week first? 5 days?? dunno we will study it through microscope and daily checks. I think surely another week but i could change my mind this week if i decide to give her more sativa effects. UPDATE : i will harvest tomorrow 9th october with 5-10% ambered trichomes

Everything going well so far, Res change on day 19 + started ScrOG Day 21 will have the first 12h night. Need to keep scrogging during the stretch.. but i won't be here -.- UPDATE: I will be going away at the and of this week for Approx 14 Days.. Day 25 [f3] I will move the plant to a bigger container so that it has enough water to survive on its own