In the final week, highly resinous flowers that I cannot wait to sample from the 3 phenos. Had more pics and vids but the site won’t let me upload. Hope everyone has a great week! GHL

So this is the Tear Down week. The timing of it makes it so i will need to the harvest flag in a few days when I can weight and test the plants. I have included the Cleaning, and Cutting and some Root Porn. I will make the harvest post in about 4-5 days, when I can trim these plants. There is a lot of Plant here. I got way more than I was expecting. I don't have a scale that measure this amount of plant, without taking like 10 measurements and then adding them together. So I will just be posting the dry weight. I will post the wet weight as dry weight * 1.65. Autopots: Wow, what a great product. I have been blown away by how well and how easy it was to work with them. They really did solve the watering issues. Excellent product. If you are a beginner, start with Autopots. -= Lessons Learnt =- - Overdrive the air to your Autopots. In my control plant, I used a small rectangle air stone (instead of a standard air dome). This lead to root rot and some other issues, it also put significantly less air into the water. The root rot, give the material for the Brown Algae to grow. Using a huge Air-disc-Air-Stone would be an excellent combo to mix in with the air dome itself. Something like this: https://www.amazon.ca/Pawfly-Diffuser-Suction-Hydroponics-Aquarium/dp/B01MY3AQ33 at the bottom and the air-dome on top of it, will be what I do with my next experiment. - Air stone in the reservoir. I had two instances where algae grew into the res. An air stone would have helped. It would have also helped my control plant get less root rot. Given the amount that the air-domes and air sources got engulfed, having the water have more o2 in it would have only been beneficial. - Don't grow 6 plants in a 4x4. Since my control plant was about 1/8th the size of the others, I think I could have grown 5 in the shape of a 5 (on a 6 sided dice)⚄ This placement would give a much more spaced canopy for airflow and more importantly light. The sides of some of the plants were lighter green and produced larf due to lack of light penetration. - This tent was on 19-5 schedule. This worked out very well for this strain. After every lights on, they were in the praying position, so this strain was able to recover in that 5hrs off. If I had more seeds, I would run these again, and try 20-4. I think this strain could handle it. All for all, I think I'm going to 19-5 as my default timing. This kept up a solid DLI. - Staring at .9EC (really .7 EC cause my water here is .2 EC) Then bumping up at .1 a week, until 1.6EC worked out VERY well. I experimented on this crop all the way up to 1.9EC, which burnt the tips of this plant. I think if I did this strain again, I would do 1.6EC until 3-4 weeks left then crank it to 1.9. It did plump them up when I went to 1.9, however it left them looking rough. Bulk was added though. - Sticking to 6.0PH for all of veg, and 2 weeks into flower worked great. The plant had solid and consistent color and leaf shape . The plant's did get hurt, due to some issues (as noted on the weeks). I switched to 6.5 PH in the last 3-4 weeks and it helped them recover, and plump up noticeably. -VPD. The #1 thing I focused on was VPD. I keep it .9kpa range, as best as humanly possible. It was honestly, HUGELY noticeable compared to my other grows. I know truly understand the value of properly dialed in VPD. This is the one lesson that will stick with me forever. - Super-cropping: On the plants I give the chiropractic treatment too, had much thicker stems as much larger channel internally. I did this treatment to 4 of the 6, and the 4 that had it done has larger buds and recovered from defoliation faster. TLDR; VPD is king. Super-cropping is worth the time. Keeping PH and EC dialed in were all wins. Autopots kick ass.

Another Friday! I think I made a bonsai but really like her! Smells good!

Al final de la jornada realizamos poda apical

Noticed some spots on the leafs I think it's due to the heat (discoloring mostly, not related to a nute burn)

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.

Finally, this week they got some light. Plants seemed to enjoy it and made a nice jump in bud size this week. And, there were some small caterpillars this week which wanted to eat the buds. Had to remove them, no big deal.

Dropped light hours down to 16 . Topped off nutrient solution with 5.0 ph evened out .removed none chosen phenos to be flowered in separate room no longer tracking those we will only follow the chosen mothers clones i cut clones today as well had the lady friend clean floor with bleach and dawn put clones in ez cloner 32 systems

5000 ml jeden 3 Tag in der Neunten Woche pH-Wert: 6,2 EC-Wert: 1.4 mS/cm Temperatur: 30ºC Luftfeuchtigkeit: 50% Schädlingsbekämpfung: im Moment haben wir keine Anzeichen das es was zu bekämpfen gibt, sobald die ersten Anzeichen da sind werden wir handeln :) Düngemittel: Brenneseljauche self made hat einen EC wert von ca 1.4 Besonderheiten: Sie wurde nun in den Outdoor Bereich -Tag 60 Heute wieder Wasser mit etwas Jauche. Von den Farben her ist sie klasse aber ist leider irgendwie nicht das was wir uns Erhofft haben, Sieht eher aus wie so ne Roggen Pflanze 😓 wird auch warscheinlich nur so ein 10 Gramm sein. aber wir wolten es ausprobieren.

August 30th: (F13) Fertigation once a day with same recipe (1150 EC 6.1 PH) watered until 10-20% run-off August 31th: (F14) Fertigation once a day with same recipe (1150 EC 6.1 PH) watered until 10-20% run-off Sept 1st: (F15) Fertigation once a day with new recipe (Mid-Bloom)(1200 EC 6.2 PH) watered until 10-20% run-off Screwed each QB Board to the roof of each tent to gain some height space Supercropped two branches on the TUT Sept 2nd: (F16) Fertigation once a day with same recipe (1200 EC 6.2 PH) watered until 10-20% run-off Sept 3rd: (F17) Fertigation once a day with same recipe (1200 EC 6.2 PH) watered until 10-20% run-off Sept 4th: (F18) Fertigation once a day with same recipe (1200 EC 6.2 PH) watered until 10-20% run-off Sept 5th: (F19) Fertigation once a day with same recipe (1200 EC 6.2 PH) watered until 10-20% run-off Defoliation on both plants Note: Im happy the TUT stretch is finally over, we are on the extreme limit on the light distance from plant in the TUT tent, I don't see any stress sign so far, will have an eye on this for sure in the next week! :)

Feb 22 Really starting to thicken up! The soil underneath is still plenty moist even though the fan is blowing on it 24 hours a day. The roots will grow more quickly as the water dries up and the roots continue their search for more.

Welcome Back!💚 Nach der fünften Blütewoche konzentriert sich die Pflanze voll auf die Blütenproduktion! Der Stretch hat sich allmählich eingestellt, den es kamen nur noch 2 cm an höhe hinzu. In der vergangenen Woche, habe ich nur nochmal die untersten Blätter und Seitentriebe rausgenommen. Jetzt bleibt die Pflanze so wie sie ist. Auch die Entwicklung der Aromen nimmt an Fahrt auf, es ist ein leicht süßer Geruch wahrnehmbar. Die Pflanze ist von der Beschreibung her nicht darauf getrimmt viele Trichome auszubilden, da dass Hauptaugenmerk ja auch auf die THCV Produktion gelegt wurde. Leider haben sich doch ganz versteckt ein paar mänliche Polensäcke gebildet und die Pflanze hat ein paar Samen ausgebildet. Ich hoffe dass sich die Samenproduktion in Grenzen hält Die Umgebungsgegebenheiten sind ok: ————— 🌞 Temp: 26°C 🌚 Temp: 18°C bis 19°C 💨 RH: 56% VPD: 1,10 kPa 😎 PPFd: 830 mqm ————— Viele Grüße 👋

IT'S A FEMALE.!! :D....Pre Flowers showing the white hairs. Flushed her last night with PH'd Cal-Mag, Will add Nutes again with next watering. Will keep this in Veg for a week or 2 more then switch to flower.

These are clones that I managed to take from my summer garden that became a disaster due to a heat wave that we had breaking 100 year records. I expect everything to be 48” in height at maturity.

Week 9-10 flower She’s a thirsty girl! Drinking about 1/2 gallons every 2-3 days Looking good! Thanks for lookin

Another week has passed. An eventful week in our lives, but the plants came back on track. Some regular water and defoliating made them happy again. I see lots of similarities between the two strains. Where the XL Runtz ae a true XL and sees to adapt a little better to the conditions than the Forbidden Runtz. But the fight isn't over yet. We still have weeks to go and the forbidden Runtz might recover, my two cents is this: Fastbuds are just a little bit less heat resistant and temps went up last weeks with the SP -3000 on high. Also the XL Runz are closer to the intake of cooler air. So it would be fair to trade places what I do coming week. Thanks again, see you next week!

Week ten 64-70 days after germinating

Growers Diaries – Sweetopia (Paradise Seeds) Week 6 Bloei (dag 42 van 12/12) – 2 planten Strain 🌱 Sweetopia – Paradise Seeds Algemene status 📈 De stretch is allang klaar en de planten zijn nu volop in de dikke bloeifase. Buds zwellen fors op, worden hard en compact. Suikerblaadjes zijn bijna volledig bedekt met trichomen. Pistils zijn grotendeels bruin/oranje aan het worden. Geur is intens: zoet tropisch fruit (mango/ananas), citrus en een zware gas/hasy ondertoon – de tent ruikt al heerlijk als je binnenkomt! Omgeving 🌡️ Dag 24–26 °C Nacht 19–20 °C RV 42–48 % (laag gehouden voor harsproductie) VPD 1.2–1.4 kPa Luchtcirculatie sterk met oscillerende fan + clipfan – geen hot spots onder de BestVA Licht 💡 BestVA BP4000/Pro4000 @ 415W (12/12, dim op 90–100%) Afstand tot canopy 35–38 cm PPFD 900–1100 µmol/m²/s op de buds Bloom-modus volledig aan – diepe penetratie, buds worden dikker en dichter Pot & wortels ? 11 liter Air-Pot BioBizz Light-Mix + 20–25 % perliet Wortels zitten vol in de pot, maar focus ligt nu helemaal op de bloemen Voeding week 6 bloei 🌿 pH altijd 6.2–6.3 EC in 1.6–1.8 EC run-off 1.9–2.1 (lichte opbouw, volgende week spoelen) Schema deze week: Bio-Bloom 5 ml/L + TopMax 4 ml/L + Acti-Vera 2 ml/L + CalMag 1 ml/L 3.5–4 L per plant, 3x per week Trichome productie is nu echt explosief Training & ontwikkeling ✂️ Defoliatie ronde 2 en 3 gedaan (alle grote fan leaves die licht blokkeren verwijderd) Canopy nog steeds mooi gelijkmatig Buds zijn dik, compact en beginnen al wat kleur te krijgen (lichte paarse tinten mogelijk) Calyxen zijn gezwollen en bedekt met hars Gezondheid & trichomen ✅ Bladeren nog grotendeels donkergroen, wat ouder blad geel (normaal in late bloei) Geen plagen, geen schimmel, geen tekorten Trichomen: 70–80% melkachtig, al wat amber begin te zien op suikerblaadjes Super plakkerig – vingers blijven eraan plakken bij aanraking Hoogte nu 📏 Plant 1 → 52 cm Plant 2 → 62 cm Sweetopia maakt haar naam meer dan waar! Met de 11L potten en de krachtige BestVA 415W Pro LED worden dit echte harsmonsters. Nog 1–2 weken tot oogst (rond dag 50–55), flush starten binnenkort. Dit gaat een dikke, zoete en plakkerige oogst worden! Tot week 7 bloei (eindfase) Super sticky vibes ✌️