Hey Guys! Super excited this week! I've really been wanting to try growing outdoors, so I built a cheap hoop house! Got most of this stuff for the frame from Lowes under 300$. All the soil products I got from GrowGreenMI. Some really cool people out there. One thing I'm super worried about is drainage. Right now those holes are about 4 feet deep and they've got about 4 inches of water in them already. What's been cautioned is that, eventually, about 2 months in these plants roots will grow and reach the bottom and cause root rot to form. One of the biggest things I was trying to be wary of was causing root rot. This was also the biggest precautionary measure I took when mixing the soil. Adding the extra perlite, coco, and clay pebbles. Best advice right now is to build the soil up on the holes another 16 to 18 inches and possible stick a PVC pipe down to the lowest drainage point of the hole to allow some of that natural occurring water to evaporate. Any advice anyone has on it is welcomed! Making a compost tea for the soil outdoors, will probably put 2 cups in each RDWC bucket as well and let that do it's magic for a day or so before nutrient change. Raised the bed about 14 inches as well! All the seeds sank! Off to a good start! Lol

Blütewoche 1 – Start | Crimson Clay Clone 🌸 Blütewoche eins beginnt – und der Wechsel ist klar sichtbar. Die Pflanze reagiert sofort auf den Photoperiodenwechsel: Die ersten Stretch-Bewegungen setzen ein, neue Spitzen drücken nach oben und die Struktur richtet sich langsam auf die kommende Blütenphase aus. Dieser Run basiert auf einer ursprünglich gereveggten Mutterpflanze, die aus einem feminisierten Seed von Wizard Trees selektiert wurde. Nachdem der Phänotyp im ersten Run identifiziert wurde, wurde die Pflanze erfolgreich revegged und anschließend als Mutter weitergeführt. Die Vegetationsphase dauerte etwa 2,5 Monate. Während dieser Zeit wurden mehrere neue Mutterpflanzen und Klone gesichert, um die Genetik langfristig zu stabilisieren und zukünftige Runs vorzubereiten. Erst nachdem die nächsten Backups gesichert waren, wurde die ursprüngliche reveggte Mutter schließlich in die Blüte geschickt. Man merkt dieser Pflanze die lange Vegetationsphase deutlich an: Kräftige Verzweigungen, stabile Hauptstämme und viel gespeicherte Energie im gesamten Aufbau. IPM & Pflanzenpflege Während der gesamten Vegetationsphase wurde konsequent nach dem Athena Plan gearbeitet. Stack und IPM wurden regelmäßig zwei bis drei Mal pro Woche angewendet. Aufgrund eines früheren Kontakts mit Spinnmilben wurde das Präventionsprogramm bewusst konsequent gefahren und die Dosierung zwischen minimaler und maximaler Empfehlung gehalten, um stabile Bedingungen zu gewährleisten. Die Pflanze hat sich dementsprechend sehr sichtbar entwickelt – dichtes Blattwerk, kräftige Struktur und eine stabile Gesamtvitalität. Natürlich wurde während der Vegetationsphase die Grow-Formel statt Bloom verwendet. Aktuelles Schema zum Start der Blüte • tägliche morgendliche Bewässerung mit der Standard-Nährlösung • Stack + IPM alle drei Tage • dieses Programm wird voraussichtlich bis maximal Ende Blütewoche drei weitergeführt Gerade während der Stretch-Phase ist das Ziel, die Pflanze weiterhin stabil zu halten, Stress zu minimieren und gleichzeitig ein konsequentes präventives Schädlingsmanagement aufrechtzuerhalten. Gesamtbild – Start Blüte Die Pflanze startet massiv in die Blüte. Kräftiges Blattgrün. Saubere Blattspannung. Stabile Struktur mit viel gespeicherter Energie aus der langen Veg-Phase. Die Grundlage ist gelegt. Jetzt beginnt die Phase, in der Stretch, Budsite-Bildung und genetischer Ausdruck der Crimson Clay Genetik sichtbar werden. Blütewoche 1 hat begonnen. EN – Flower Week 1 | Start Flower week one begins – and the transition is immediately visible. The plant reacts quickly to the photoperiod change: early stretch movement starts, new tops push upward, and the structure begins shifting toward full flowering mode. This run originates from an originally revegged mother plant, selected from a feminized Wizard Trees seed. After identifying the phenotype during the first run, the plant was successfully revegged and maintained as a mother to preserve the genetics. The vegetative phase lasted roughly 2.5 months. During this time several backup mothers and clones were taken, securing the genetic line and preparing for future runs. Only after those backups were established was the original revegged mother moved into the flowering cycle. The extended vegetative phase is clearly visible in the plant’s structure: strong branching, thick main stems and significant stored energy throughout the canopy. IPM & Plant Care Throughout the entire vegetative stage the plant followed the Athena schedule. Stack and IPM were applied two to three times per week. Because of a previous encounter with spider mites, the preventative program was maintained carefully, keeping the dosage between the recommended minimum and maximum range. The plant responded extremely well, developing dense foliage, strong structure and overall healthy vigor. Naturally, during vegetative growth the Grow formula was used instead of Bloom. Current schedule at the start of flower • daily morning irrigation with the standard nutrient solution • Stack + IPM every three days • this program will likely continue until the end of flower week three at most The goal during the stretch phase is to keep the plant stable, minimize stress and maintain consistent preventative pest management. Overall impression – Start of Flower The plant enters flowering with strong momentum. Healthy deep green color. Good leaf tension. Stable structural framework with energy built during the long veg phase. The foundation is set. Now the phase begins where stretch, bud site formation and the full genetic expression of the Crimson Clay phenotype start to appear. Flower week 1 has begun.

Cutting this week.

***New Addition*** Day 82 - Big tank change out. Had a massive drop in pH while EC rose some again (Only been adding RO water the last few days to keep tank in check around EC1.2-1.3, had jumped to 1.6. PH Drop was from 5.9-6 to 4.9-5.0 from it being stable for 4-5 days). After epsom salting the leaves last week, still noticing some lower leaves "Praying" and some dead and drying ones hanging from the plant. Its getting to about the mid-way point of the plant now (again, all that's under the scrog but...) but getting too close for comfort!!! Have edited my formula slightly for this change out to: *2ml/L Bloom A & B (So 100ml of each in a 50L tank) *1ml/L Silicon *0.6g/L Epsom Salts *1ml/L 9/18 PK Warrior (This was a f**k up, should have been 0.5ml/L - hopefully doesn't impact or isn't the cause for Mg issues - causing a lockout) 2ml/L Sumo Active Boost 2ml/L Fulvic Acid 2ml/L Sensizym 2ml pH Down to bring the lot to pH 5.7-5.8 This brought me to about 1.6EC, pH6.4 (Expected value was 1.521 from Hydrobuddy Calc for the * ingredients - My water bases at 0.2EC so a close enough calc!!!) - Higher than I have been putting in but i think most of the EC rise is from the Sulfate in the Epsom Salts (The Sulfur alone is about 0.32EC). Also, with it coming late autumn and the tent in an outdoor cabin, got a temp controller to bring on a heater to stop the temp dropping below 16.5C...its now averaging out around 18.7 during the night so that's decent enough (Was potentially getting sub 15C - recent day temps have been 9-11C so could have been pretty chilly in there!!!). Also put my aquarium heater in the tank to bring the solution to around 19C as 1 of the plants has grew an absolute root mass into the tank itself - It is defying the Smart Pots and getting itself into there even after a pruning a few weeks back!!! So, tank change happened a few days early but what the hey...passed the time with a hot whiskey or 5!!! :P ******************************************** Day 78 - Really haven't done anything with the girls the last week. Just been topping up with pH adjusted water, bringing down the nute strength a bit as they're taking on water but not really taking on any nutes. General monitoring. Think I am going to have to get a heater out in the cabin as the night (IRL Day temps) are getting 15C and below so worried that could be impacting some nute uptake - Gave them an epsom foliar last night and then the bi-weekly Geisha foliar spray just before lights out this morning. Apart from that, nothing new. Happy growing all.

Overall I enjoyed this grow and learned a lot about living soil. Going for a slow dry, trim, then at least a one month cure. Hopefully another six days and I’ll update with a dry yield. My next batch is already cooking but with 5 gallon pots. 03/25 - Day 7 Drying B & C are done drying and have been in jars for a day now with RH ~60%. Total 3oz from B & C. Total 1.5oz from A & D

The ORP probe is not calibrated and values are to be taken with a grain of salt. Values are average of the day. DATE - °C - RH% (Tent Temp/RH) 20240905 24.3 70.9 20240906 24.7 65.5 20240907 23.9 69.5 20240908 23.2 62.9 20240909 22.4 62.3 20240910 22.5 61.4 20240911 23.0 55.4 DATE - PH 20240905 5.91 20240906 5.85 20240907 6.04 20240908 5.75 20240909 5.85 20240910 5.88 20240911 5.79 DATE - ORP (mV) 20240905 61 20240906 41 20240907 66 20240908 82 20240909 30 20240910 18 20240911 18 DATE - EC(us/cm) 20240905 2209 20240906 2260 20240907 2218 20240908 2297 20240909 2200 20240910 2165 20240911 2202 DATE - CF 20240905 22.09 20240906 22.60 20240907 22.17 20240908 22.97 20240909 22.00 20240910 21.65 20240911 22.02 DATE - °C (Reservoir) 20240905 21.5 20240906 22.0 20240907 21.7 20240908 21.7 20240909 20.6 20240910 20.4 20240911 20.6

After 2 weeks I chose my favorite plant of the three and prepared her for the Autopot. Now she needs to root this pot for another 2 weeks before we can turn on the Aqua Valve and the tank. DLI 30

Water week8/1

Flushing 114 days from seed The smell is amazing best smelling bud just need to let finish flushing and maturing. Excited to harvest

This weather's been crazy! We've been stuck in this deep freeze for over a week now. The temperature hasn't climbed above freezing for like 10 days – it's brutal out there. And to make things worse, with all this cold, the humidity's been acting weird. It's really hard on the plants, especially without the sun to help them dry out a little. "My Gas Tax x Obama Runtz plant is totally killing it right now! After a rough patch, it's finally starting to thrive. The leaves are this super bright green, and I can't believe how many flower buds I'm seeing. It's so rewarding to watch it bounce back." I can also make it sound a little more scientific if you want.

In a few days I will add a scrog net 10 inch above top of nft table and start the training

Day 49 to 56. I'm not going to hide that I'm in a hurry to finish the run. The mold arrived at the end of bloom because of me, it's depressing... Thanks for your comments these last weeks. :) This 8th and last week of bloom for the Kum Zuat 1. I continued to rinse the plant all week with power clean at 5ml/l. The Kum Zuat was harvested at 56 days of bloom with 1 week of rinsing. I still found some mold on some buds of several plants that I immediately removed. My yield will be affected, I still have this pretty Kum to cheer me up! All the photos and videos on this update are about Kum Zuat 1. The other plants have been fertilized normally for this 8th week, you will find them in pictures next week. I enter the 9 th week of bloom and I have 4 plants left which will be all cut on day 63 of bloom also with 1 week of rinsing. 1 kum zuat 1 kosher cookies 2 gmo x animal cookies Can't wait to start this new run.... I'll tease you a bit: Sanlight of course <3 Ebb & Flow Botafarm / Blueberry muffin Advanced Nutrients Are you interested in following this?

Day 30 Top dressed each 5 gal 444 gia green 1.5 tbsp Kelp meal 1tbsp Super fly insect frass. 1 tbsp .5 tbsp of mykos. 1 Tsp glacial rock dust Feed microbial tea. Day 29 and 30. 24 and 48 brew. Crab meal half cup per 5 gal Alfalfa meal half cup per 5 gal I think some humic granual acid for nutrient uptake. Can’t remember Also spread out red wiggler worms “equally” to each pot. Topped some plants after video. Will update in a few days of response to topping. Day 34 last day of week 4 veg. Set the auto water system up. video update showing the system and each plant. Runt gelato does not have auto water. I’ve got 1 to many pots in my veg tent currently.

Started the week with a flush and have been preparing for flower/ recovering from some stress. Trying out the flush to see how good of a response I get to flower nutrient uptake...open for advise. Ive been doing a lot of research and am just doing what seems rite to me as I continue to learn, this is 1st time ever training or applying a feed schedule to a plant I started Foliar Feeding daily this week with Bush Dr Flower Kiss by fox farm and have noticed the plant really liking it. I changed up my Cal mag to advanced nutrients Cal mag Xtra because it seems to have everything my plant was telling me I was missing recently, I like that it replaces the Kelp me Kelp you by fox farm (recommended in the FF nutrient schedule) and gives you slightly stronger doses of cal mag my plant seems to like now.

Moin moin, Die Blüte schreitet voran und viel Arbeit gab es nicht. Die Lemon Zkittle ist riecht top, ist aber winzig und die buds entwickeln sich auch nicht so gut wie erwartet. Die Apples and Bananas hat einen starken Geruch entwickelt den ich aber schwer zu beschrieben finde, als ersten wirkt der Geruch skunkig wird aber schnell von einer süßen leicht erdigen Aroma abgelöst.

Just got back from summer holidays. Start flowering must be a couple of days ago started. She managed well during my 3 weeks out. It didn't rain for a single day during that time. They didn't receive water or any feeding. They will get a last foliar spray.

Blue cheese smelling lovely not much smell off the Sweet ZZ yet