An here we are. At the end of another cycle. The end of another year, and what a year it was. For Sunshine and me personally, it was a tough year, with our families sick on multiple occasions, life-threatening. We are very thankful for many things but most of all that all our parents are healthy again. We wish your families are as fortunate in the coming year. So we end this Gorilla's life with a swift cut of the scissors, after thanking her again for the companionship, the well-needed distraction, and all the love she has given me already. I sometimes read that people won't go near their plants when they are angry or sad. Please do go to your plants when you are sad or angry! They are millions of years old. They have been healers of animals and humans since they were around. Our emotions can not taint something so pure as the spirit of this plant. She will heal us, give her life for us, sacrifice herself for our healing. She is all-powerful and all-knowing, there is nothing we mere humans can do, except disrespect her powers. Bask in her glowing light, enjoy her soothing energy, her creative spark when you are in need of love, just don't smoke her at that time, for she will soothe you bit not give her treasures, she will seduce you. Next to thanking Santa Maria for her healing, we would like to thank our friends here, all who shared their kind words, advice, and attention. I had made a video to share my thanks on video, but every time I got very emotional. You guys have no idea how tough this year was. The gorilla is real easy to clean and sticky and cristally. Its amazingly great to smoke! So a special thanks to: @Sailormoonflowers for being a buddy to talk to, @JamMAKEcan for being there with ideas and always a lot of love, @Roberts for being an inspiration @Cannabeast and @LegendarySeedThumb for always checking out my grows, to all who I forgot who are always here to greet me! @Growdiaries for being an awesome site and community and last but not least: @MarsHydroLED for letting us try their SP-3000. VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR XXX We wish all of you freedom, love, happiness, but also the awareness to see many of us are still being repressed, with growing but also with our human rights. Jah jah gave us life to live, so let us live brothers! It is time the rastaman made a plan! We are 99% loving people on this planet, we need no 1% to fuck it up with wars and strife. We need to stop cooperating, peacefully resist. If you can buy local, ban exploiting multinationals. Help your local businesses, help your neighbors, we need to wake up and stop funding this black stain on our planet. Sell your stock in multinationals, invest in local businesses. Buy local products, speak out when you get taxed higher than millionaires (and you are). The day is coming my brothers and sisters. Soon a handful of CEO's will find out when billions are done with them. For now thanks for everything!

End of week 8 it's almost time for the chop. Really gonna mis this Vieuw

2/10: I watered today with about 3/4 gallon each, plus cal-mag, signal, bembe, armor si, a little open sesame, and their final dose of endoboost. The short one never did stop making the hook leaves on all her new growth, but she seems happy..budding faster than anybody else.. 2/11: Wife home sick today....postponing construction project to raise the lights. 2/12: Today, I tackled the project to raise my ceiling another foot. In addition to that project, I installed and hooked up my new AC Infinity 6" intake fan. It's pulling in fresh air from the soffit vent on the eave of the attic, and currently feeding the garden with 46f fresh air. I'm able to easily maintain daytime temps in the lower 70f's now. I am able to drive the nighttime temps as low as I want. The only issue is that the outdoor RH varies quite a bit, so I ordered a 30-pint dehumidifier to put in the top of the closet. I sprayed everybody with boomboom spray to try and mitigate the light burn damage that is likely to ensue. 2/13: The taller one is still stretching a little bit, but the 2-footer is just budding up. 2/14: I fed them today with about 3/4 gallon each including grow big, big bloom, tiger bloom, cal-mag, signal, bembe, humic acid, and I switched over from Open Sesame to Beastie Bloomz. Raised the lights another couple of inches. I did some training on them and defo'd a little bit. 2/15: Installed the new dehumidifier and rigged the continuous drain on it...works great. 2/16: I rotated the edge plants and removed some old leaves. I added another 22w 3000k 4' bar light under the canopy. 2/17: I rearranged the garden and defoliated a little bit. That's it for week 8-

Day 63 since germ

Switched to 12-12 4 days ago and she’s bushing up and taking off . Just gonna keep up the defol and tie down next week and watch her stretch .

Week 7 green space looking amazing

Slow, precise, solemn. The Acapulco Gold doesn't run. Don't elbow. It just... takes its space. And he does it with authority. At the sixth week of vegetative, it began to show that calm power typical of true sative: slender branches, sharp leaves, and a structure that is being composed as a natural work of art. It doesn't make the noise of the most flashy, but those who cultivate with heart know it: This is a genetics that knows exactly what it wants to become. ⸻ 💧 Irrigation routine managed with precision: After the forced pause of the timer, I let the plant speak. Just one minute of irrigation a day did its job. The ground breathed, drained well, and she replied: No sign of stress, just balance. ⸻ Weekly nutritional formula: In the 50L tank I kept the flow constant with: • Grow / Micro / Bloom – Advanced Nutrients for the complete base • Sensizym, to keep the root system active and clean • B-52, which gives tone to each leaf and supports the push • ATA Clean, silent but essential for the health of the plant ⸻ 🧠 Growth impressions: The Acapulco is not growing. It's maturing. It's taking its form, like a rebellious bonsai that doesn't want to be contained. The SCROG network is waiting for you... and you will arrive when the time is right. The beautiful one? Every day it gets closer. His pace is slow, but he leaves his mark. ⸻ 🎯 Next goal: Guide her in the quadrants of the net with patience, while the rest of the team closes the vegetable carpet. When he shoots on 12/12, he won't need to chase anyone: The Acapulco Gold will arrive straight to the heart of the flowering, long, tall, intense. ⸻

Enjoyed this plant. Please make sure you check out high caliber genetics @ phenohunt Seedbank. Only place to get these. S/o to the Midwest growers.

Tag 85: + Generative Phase III der Canna Dünger Tabelle + Lichtdauer von 16 auf 15 Stunden reduziert. Ein Video und ein paar Bilder für den Größenvergleich . Ich hab versucht so nah wie möglich an die Buds zu kommen ohne das ich die Trichome platt drücke . Ausserdem hatte ich gestern noch etwas Entlaubung betrieben . Tag 86: + 2,25L Flaschenwasser (16:00 Uhr) ++ Dünger Blüte +++ Generative Phase III des Canna Düngeschema Leicht + final PH 6.10 Die Dame war heute Morgen noch fitt und noch Wasser vorhanden , 7 Stunden später war schon ein sichtbarer Wassermangel aufgetreten (Die kleinen Fanblätter hingen schon leicht). Tja so schnell kann es manschmal gehen . Tag 88: + 2,0L Flaschenwasser (16:00 Uhr) ++ Dünger Blüte +++ Generative Phase III des Canna Düngeschema Leicht + final PH 6.00 Tag 89: Tageslicht von 15 auf 14 Stunden reduziert. Tag 90: + 2,0L Flaschenwasser (13:00 Uhr) ++ Dünger Blüte +++ Generative Phase III des Canna Düngeschema Leicht + final PH 6.00 Tageslicht von 14 auf 13 Stunden reduziert. Photos mit Dose zum Größenvergleich !!! Und ein Video !!

It looks like this girl is going to finish in 56 days, very early, maybe it was the Clearex when she was starting to bud, that moved things along? It looks like the second swell has started and drinking has slowed. Getting sticky and frosty, I think I'm going have to try a early sample.

IRIE Genetics 4 Grow IR1Q Veg Week 4 Cultivars Purple Heart [5] (Cherry Jelly CBD X Afterglow) [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: [ 82,°F] - RH: [ 72, %] - VPD: [ 0.85, kPa] Fertigation Plan - Seedlings - RLA Light Week 4: EC: [ 1.5 mS] (0.8 Nutrients + 0.3 Filtered Tap Water) 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: [ Wed 28 Feb, 2024, IRIE1Q24 29:V:4:1] End of Week: [ Tue 05 Mar, 2024, IRIE1Q24 35:V:4:7] __ Wed Mar 6, 2024 IRIE1Q24 29:V:4:1 Planning on flip today - we still need to deal with Topping and sufficient start height. - [ ] REDO Diary Index once Flip DETERMINED - [x] Rooted Leaf Foliar: CalMag Fuel: [ 20, ml, gal], Lush Green: [ 5, ml, gal]  - [x] Post Grow Diary Fertigation 330 ml/plant 1845: 120 * 8 (960 ml) - Fertigate 120 ml/plant 2200: 210 * 8 (1680 ml) - Fertigate 210 ml/plant 2640 / day 330 / plant Irrigation Calibration Line 0: 100 ml, 12 second lime fill +120 sec, 775 ml 7 lines Line 1: 100 ml, 225 sec, 650 ml 7 Line 3: 100 ml, 208 sec, 750 ml lime 4: 100ml, 215 sec, 725 __________________________ Target 440 ml/ Day 4 Fertigations/Day 11 Hour Duration 2h 45m Frequency, Lights On 2.16 sec/ml/plant feed rate Fertigation Duration: 235 seconds Once Running - We need to calibrate on RUNOFF. DURATION PER EVENT 200s (3 min, 20 sec) ( 92 ml/fertigation/plant) Event 0 3/6/24 19:00 Event 1 3/6/24 21:45 Event 2 3/7/24 00:30 Event 3 3/7/24 03:15 RLA HYDRO: EC 1.8, 2 Gallons to Res Primer A & B: [ 16, ml] Silica Skin: [ 8, ml] __ Thu Mar 7, 2024 IRIE1Q24 30:V:4:2 Prep Reservoir: # 2 Gal, EC: 1.5 - [x] Primer A: [ 8, ml, gal], [ 16, ml]l - [x] Primer B: [ 8, ml, gal], [ 16, ml] - [x] Silica Skin: [ 4, ml, gal], 8, ml] - [x] King Crab: [ 1.0, ml] - [x] Dr. Bronners Soap: [ 10, drops] - [x] SLF-100: [ 5, ml, gal], [10, ml] - We’re attempting to assure we ONLY use low sediment inputs (clean lines). ONLY Low/Non-Precipitating inputs . . . Messed up initial mix, Only achieving EC 1.5/No Change … ok for a day or two . . . 1100 - Ran total of 320 sec. 320/2.16: ~ 148 ml @220 sec per fertigation, we should be delivering ~92 ml/event Or 368/plant/day. This implies - Deliverered to Tent: 2944/day - 10% Runoff: 294/day We’ll be looking for ~300 ml runoff @ Lights on @ 1900 - [ ] ADJUST Fertigation Duration to achieve 294 ml/day __ Fri Mar 8, 2024 IRIE1Q24 31:V:4:3 I’m pretty much sure we’re delivering significantly less Fertigation than we think. Ran pump for a FULL 9 Minutes at noon. There has been no runoff, and plants are not terribly happy. I think we’re severely under watering. Solution - Buy pump with advertised 6’ HEAD,, 35 Watt SICCE Syncra 2.0. - [x] Order SICCE Syncra 2.0 from Amazon - [x] Order 3/4” NPT Male to 3/8” Barb Fertigation Observations We need to be able to irrigate in minutes per event, NOT 10’s of minutes. The Little GIANT transfer pump LACKS sufficient HEAD to consistently deliver across the irrigation rings. The new pump should be able to provide sufficient pressure to do . . . Pressure (psi) = .433 * Height (ft) Alternatively 2.31 ft/psi The Syncra 2.0 has a 6.5’ Head, delivering ~ 2.8 psi, 10% of the max flow at the manifold, meaning the pressure restrictor, won’t. Ex. - If we Deliver @4ft, we have (2.8 - 4(.4333)) or 2.8 - 1.7 or 1.1psi IFF We’re not getting decent flow, will have to RAISE TANK 2.3 Ft to achieve 2.0 psi or more … - [ ] Rooted Leaf Foliar: Solar Rain: [ 20, ml, gal], Peak Bloom: [ 5, ml, gal]  ONCE WATERING IS RESOLVED and we have obvious Vegetative growth . . . - [ ] Top to Node 4 - [ ] Clone Tops - [ ] CLIP Growth Tips Nodes 1 & 2 (Leave node 3 tips for clones in 2 weeks) - [ ] FLIP TO FLOWER: Drop Intervening Dark Hour (Tent Light Controller) - [ ] RE-Index Grow Log to Flip ‘This’ date . . . __ Sat Mar 9, 2024 IRIE1Q24 32:V:4:4 Removed Pressure Restrictor from XeriBird8 Manifold and cleaned well. Replaced Little Giant pump with SICCE Syncra 2.0 (6.5’ head). The little giant was probably fine . . . __ Sun Mar 10, 2024 IRIE1Q24 33:V:4:5  KEY Problems were the back flow protector on the Little Giant that reduced flow 1PSI, and flow restrictor on Xeribird8 for 10x the pressure of our little system. We’re lucky to have a couple of PSI at the emitters. That said - we produced ~1.5 gallons of runoff yesterday. To maintain runoff (but less than 1 GAL!), I’ve HALVED delivery times. Goal is to reduce runoff to ~10% of estimated delivery … Current Fertigation Run: 5 min Duration, 4 times in 11 hours.   We’ll FLIP on Week Change - give a couple of days for root development, some more height. We need to - [ ] Would like to grow to middle bar of tent BEFORE topping. - [ ] VERIFY ROOT POPULATION AT BOTTOM OF CONTAINERS BEFORE FLIP. (If we’re well populated, we’ll rock - delay FLIP UNTIL All containers need to demonstrate significant root development around periphery of the bottom of each airpot. __ Mon Mar 11, 2024 IRIE1Q24 34:V:4:6 - [ ] Rooted Leaf Foliar: Solar Rain: [ 20, ml, gal], Silica Skin: [ 20, ml, gal]  __ Tue Mar 12, 2024 IRIE1Q24 35:V:4:7 Runoff: [ 700, ml], [ 1.0, mS] During Dark - Flushed RLA CalMag Fuel, ~ 450 ml/plant @ EC: 1.8 mS - I’m not convinced I properly buffered the coco. Will do this weekly if Coco induced Calcium deficiency observed.

Day 33: What an amazing height and bud gain in just 3 days! Lady #1 is 67 cm tall now, her sister a tad smaller. Both still have a great color, and I dared to cur away just the lowest branches and leaves that do not look like they could gain height in time. Really enjoying this strain so far! At the end of their day, they are a bit dropping leaves, so clearly no hunger for more light. The impressive growth speed continued on their buds: Tallest lady at 70 cm now. Their next morning shows growth is still at an impressive 5 cm/day as lady #1 with her leaves erected again stretches now 72, the maximum of my previous growth. Pulled the lights as close as possible to the ceiling and hope they won’t make it much more than 1 m. I activated the Sansi 30 W folded wings LED to give them somewhat of a morning and evening light and to add some more light to their overlapping center branches in the middle of "their" day. Sadly that’s causing some interference to the timelapse videos, but I can’t say they’re perfect if it wouldn’t. Watching the timelapse video of day 34, I have the feeling the additional light rather irritates them. Maybe the interference is not only visible for electronic eyes. I’ll keep it off next day for comparisons. Day 35 shows stretch speed has reduced indeed and they seem to be concentrating on leaf and bud growth instead. 75 cm, so we are currently at "only" 3 cm/day. Watered them with a HPE/Bud growth mix again last night, about 1 l each. Well, forget my words about reduced growth. After they recovered during the night, we are at 77 cm for lady #1. Which measured at 78 with hanging leaves in their day’s evening. I must have missed a day number – day 36 concludes their 5th week. I gave them another 2 l of fertilised water each and will lave them for the weekend again. Video shows that growth concentrates now more on leaf and bud development than on gaining height. So I guess my 160 cm tent will be sufficient. For a moment I was worried, but it looks like stretch is over. Anyway, time to rearrange the camera next week. Leaves are running out of focus.

Bending Into Bloom 🌿✨ She’s hitting her stride! This week was all about upward growth, and wow—she took full advantage of the sunny weather. Her structure is really starting to shine, with wide, open leaves and rich green tones. No stress, no pests, just a plant loving life. 🌞 Before any training or topping, I let her focus on building strength and vertical energy. And it shows—those leaves are soaking up the rays like solar panels, and the internodal spacing looks ideal so far. 👌 Here’s what fueled her this week: 🔸 Fed with BioBizz Grow, CalMag and Alg-a-Mic for balanced nutrition 🔸 Two days later, a fresh brew of compost tea for microbial diversity 🔸 Two days after that, Effective Microorganisms added to enrich the soil life 🔸 Silica spray every 3 days to keep those leaves resilient and shiny 🔸 Watered to slight runoff with pH adjusted to 6.58 and EC at a steady 1200 µS/cm The soil is alive, she’s thriving, and the overall vibe feels dialed in. No signs of deficiencies or stress—just solid, healthy growth. If she keeps this pace, next week will be the perfect time to start shaping her future. Can’t wait to see what happens when the real training begins! 💪✨ Stay tuned!

Week 5: Bud Bulking Bonanza As the fifth week unfolds, excitement brews among growers as their prized plants enter a phase of explosive growth. Golden, the ever-watchful cultivator, observes with delight as a subtle change takes hold – a sign that the harvest is on the horizon. The once delicate buds are now transforming into hefty, resin-dripping colas, reminiscent of robust donkey dicks. It's a sight to behold for any cannabis connoisseur, promising a bountiful yield and the fulfillment of months of dedicated care.

The Lady with some other girls 😜 ...

Good weed will come back with full harvest weight when it’s all fully dry total weight 1650g and a plant that went to complete shit that had about 6oz on it added to the trim to be made into something what ever she decides so over all a good harvest if I had another two weeks and not a massive heat wave in middle of flower i reckon I would of touched two keys

6/1 topped all of the mains(about 5 or 6). Shes so fucking bushy its crazy. Each main is branching out more and more at each node. Shes gonna be a huge bush by the end of summer. Also attempted to defoliate some of her more crowded areas 6/2 Shes looking super happy after a good feed yesterday. Responded super well to the topping on most of the mains. Slightly concerned its gonna make her even more thick and bushy 6/6 fed some recharge and slf100

I wasn’t gonna post this grow, then I figured why not. I couldn’t come up with a reason not too so here goes nothing

Partially drained the tank at the start of the week and topped up with ro water and 1ml of final solution per Litre. Last 2.5 days were in darkness. I trimmed the majority of fan leaves before hanging up to dry in the tent today. Started out trimming with the plants in the tent and soon realised it would be much easier to just cut them down whole, hang them upside down outside the tent and trim them up a bit. I have a small dehumidifier and a small fan heater setup in the tent and they have been keeping a humidity level of about 60% and a temp of 16 Celsius for the last few days while the lights have been off. I figure that's a good starting point for drying and I can increase the temperature if needed, that will drop the humidity also. Intake fan at the bottom and extract fan at the top are running constantly as they have been since the grow started (low power 4" fans). I might add back in a fan for circulation depending on how the drying goes, or maybe even trim or hang the plants better to get more airflow around the buds

We've made it to week 3! (10/12/20) I'm very happy with how the girls are going, they have definitely put in a HUGE amount of work over the past 7 days. Plants 3 & 8 are very similar(extremely fat leaves & extra bushy) Plants 1 & 5 are similar (smaller phenos reacting to nutes slightly differently) & Plants 2, 4, 6 & 7 seem to be a cross between the previously mentioned phenos(not too small and not too big/bushy & reacting to nutes fine) Feel free to compare Week 1, 2 & 3 to see the differences. Nutes are staying the same this week, although I will be spacing feedings out a little bit further(18 hours-ish), as well as feeding straight PH'd water once a fortnight. I am contemplating hooking my simple drip-to-waste irrigation system up, although the girls are pretty close to the medium still and the halos sit 5-10cm above the medium, meaning fan leaves would be drooping onto the wet halos, so I'll give it another week and see how they're doing :) Update 11/12/20 - day 22 The girls have beefed up quite a bit over the last 24 hours, I'm really looking forward to seeing a stretch soon :) No feeding today & will water plain ph'd water tomorrow. Update 12/12/20 - day 23 Gave the girls straight ph'd water today with little run off. Veg growth is really starting to boom now, looking forward to seeing where this grow goes! I'm gladly accepting any tips or tricks, as I'm still only a beginner to indoors. Update 13/12/20 - day 24 Girls are looking great today, not much to report. They didn't get a feed or watering today as the medium was still wet after a pure watering yesterday. Update 14/12/20 - day 25 There's been a big increase in growth over the past 24 hours. All the girls besides the 2 smaller phenos look 100% happy, the smaller ones have looked a little weird since day 1(Weird as in colour of the fan leaves look deficient of something, but I'm not sure what. The girls will be getting a full feeding today. There's still no signs of sex but they are feminised seeds. Update 15/12/20 - day 26 Girls are looking happy today. Temps are back to normal after a heat wave in my city(its only going to get hotter from here on out). No feeding/watering today, pots are heavy/wet enough. Started using iphone for photos now, my only lens for my DSLR is useless for most grow related photos. I will upgrade my lens before next grow. I received my new silenced fan today! I couldnt be any happier :) It is a silenced Sigilventus SE-A150J, which I have set-up with a brand new Can-lite carbon filter. I went from a rocket loud eBay fan to a completely silent inline EC fan :D I hope the girls like the silence! Update 16/12/20 - day 27 The girls are continuing to boom! and I'm over the moon about it :D I gave them a full feeding today. I have seen white pistils coming out of calyx's on most of the girls, so i'm hoping they start to flower soon. I'm having weird issues with my humidity, it seems to be fine at 40-50% for 70% of the day, but the remaing 30% of the day it goes up to 60-65%. Temps stay the same in the 5x5 tent, I have ducted air-con in the house which is on most of the day. Thanks for viewing! :)