Apolo F1 Mission Diary - Week 3: The Ballet of Bend, Blossom, and Root Rhapsody Greetings, fellow cultivators and guardians of the green frontier! Week 3 of our Apolo F1's botanical saga has unfurled with a kaleidoscope of growth and a symphony of roots that dance beneath the surface. Join me as we explore the verdant ballet of bending, the flourishing foliage, and the hidden root rhapsody. This week has been a crescendo of controlled chaos, with the delicate art of bending taking center stage. Each branch gracefully sways and contorts, responding to the gentle nudges like a botanical ballerina in an intricate dance. Our Apolo F1 is not just growing; she's performing a choreography of resilience and elegance. And here's the thrilling revelation - roots! Yes, beneath the soil surface, a clandestine world is unfurling. Root tendrils are popping up like eager spectators in the front row, reaching out to absorb the nutrients and anchor our green virtuoso. It's a root rhapsody, a silent applause to the nutrient-rich symphony we've orchestrated. As I continue to guide the botanical ballet, the TDS in the watering regimen maintains a harmonious 390 ppm, providing our plant with a nutrient-rich libretto. The pH, the conductor of this aqueous symphony, remains a steady 6.0, ensuring optimal nutrient absorption and a thriving performance. Temperature-wise, our Apolo F1 revels in the cozy embrace of a 26-degree Celsius environment. It's like providing the ideal backstage conditions for our botanical star, ensuring she performs at her peak. Now, let's talk about the behind-the-scenes technique – the bottom feeding spectacle. Water is tossed into the plate, and our green companion sips from this botanical wellspring. It's a refined and controlled drinking session, a sophisticated soirée for our growing virtuoso. And as always, a tip of the hat to Aptus Holland, the maestros of our nutrient symphony. Their meticulous regimen ensures our Apolo F1 gets the VIP treatment from the roots to the tips of her flourishing foliage. As we marvel at the ongoing dance of growth and the flourishing of our green virtuoso, I extend my gratitude to the digital coliseum, Grow Diaries, for being the stage where our horticultural epic unfolds. And to Royal Queen Seeds, whose Apolo F1 has become the star of this green opera. In the next enthralling chapter of our Apolo F1 Mission Diary, we'll witness the continued ballet of growth and the root rhapsody beneath the surface. Until then, may your gardens flourish and your green endeavors be ever bountiful! As always thank you all for stopping by and for supporting me on this journey, i am super passion about growing and fell blessed to have you all with me on this new journey

I've been busy and missed updating several of my journals. This has started to show amazing colors so wanted to share. It started REALLY showing flower late in week 5, and early in week 6 hints of purple showed up. The plant is 52 days from seed at the time of writing this. I have had an issue with just this strain with random funky leaf growth and discoloration. I have another FB Pineapple that doesn't show the same, as well as 11 other strains. Started another Blackberry seedling and it's showing the same discoloration so I'm thinking it's a genetic/strain issue. Hopefully it doesn't affect the final outcome, so far it's looking good!

A los 15 dias terminé deshaciéndome de la nº6 y resitué las plantas dejando en medio la segunda más peque , la nº2. A los 17 dias una poda de apicales nº1 nº3 nº4 y nº5 . La nº 2 la dejé para que crezca un poco más y así también poder hacer la poda sin dificultad. A los 19 dias podé el apical de la nº2. La del medio. After 15 days, I finished removing plant #6 and rearranged the plants, leaving the second smallest one, #2, in the middle. After 17 days, I performed apical pruning on plants #1, #3, #4, and #5. I left #2 to grow a little more so I could also prune it more easily. At 19 days I pruned the apical bud of number 2. The middle one.

Everything as usual. Molasses, earthworm juice at this days. Cut some inmature branches. No diseases, the buds are going bigger and bigger :) I think I'll harvest my ladies on ca. 20th August, so in less than 1 month!

Nice growth out of these girls in their first 9 days above soil. The Dinafem Critical+ is larger out of the gate, but the Blackberry is showing signs of catching up towards the end of the week. I also notice twisted/wrinkled looking leaves on the Blackberry, but that seems to be common with purple strains at this age. They did need a little water near the end of the week, I added some Recharge to the water and the next day I saw noticeable growth in both girls. It could be coincidence since rapid growth at this age is expected, but I've never had any bad experiences with Recharge. Looking forward to the progress this upcoming week! Keep on growing!!!

01/26/22 PH 6.02 TDS 540 Decided to put into bud cycle. Gave 2 quarts recharge. Changed 2/3 nutrient water. Will start on foliar feeding with TPS Canopy Boost at lights out. Will foliar feed approximately every 3-4 days for the next 3 weeks. Will check PH and TDS daily. 01/27/22 PH 6.13 TDS 570 plant grew about 2 inches over night. 01/28/22 PH 6.15 TDS 630 light at 70% power 01/29/22 PH 6.1 TDS 700 tied some branches down. Gave 2 quarts recharge. Will give foliar feeding tonight at lights out. 01/30/22 PH 6.03 TDS 650 added 4 gallons water to reserve tank. Added bloom nutrients. 01/31/22 PH 6.03 TDS 705 02/01/22 PH 6.1 TDS 697

Starting the week with PH water and calimagic. Fed and defoliated this week.

She has entered her "flush" stage of low dose nutrients (as suggested by emerald harvest) and should wrap up in the next week to 10 days. Her smell is intoxicating and she is EXTREMELY sticky to the touch

Overall this was a great grow. Wish I grew more of this! Follow my IG (@campexotic) for more/better grow content. Also promo code “campexotic” gets you 5% off your cart to Neptune Seedbank. Thank me later! 😁

Otra semana más Creo esta semana hoy día 27 Anunciando así el próximo día 28 inicio de esta quinta semana de floración del calendario de mis niñas,semana en la que comienzo subiendo la cantidad de comida y con ello de agua para mis niñas. En los últimos riegos de la cuarta semana fui subiendo hasta alcanzar los 1700. Las plantas mayoritariamente lo aceptaron,así que con ello subiré esta semana hasta alcanzar los 2000. No defoliaré ninguna planta Hoy ajuste la luminaria a una altura de 30cm con respecto a los 45 de la anterior semana. Esta semana pegarán un buen apretón con la subida de PK,y la ayuda de los azúcares. Seguimos con muchas lluvias y una humedad muy alta que dentro del armario se combate entre ventiladores extractor y desumificadores pasivos de sales de silicio. Que me mantienen un 35% menos de la que tengo en el exterior llegando muchos días a los 45/50% de humedad. Tengo que añadir que vivo a un kilómetro de la playa. Día 28 Di un pequeño fumigado, de agua con ajo y jabón potásico en la entrada al cuarto de cultivo. Como preventivo ante cualquier insecto que quiera acercarse atraído por el aroma. Hoy e podido ver que el último riego de 1700EC,no causó ningúna sobre fertilización apreciable en el cultivo casi nula,viendo esto en el siguiente riego subiremos a 1900Ec. Día 29 Primera impresión al abrir el armario es que había una humedad alta dentro del almario. Un 72% que una vez encendí el pequeño desumificador de 8l de casa,a mejorado a 53% Hoy compré la gama de completa de aptus. Iré añadiendo alguno de estos componentes de la fase de floración,para ver qué tal se combinan con la gama de plagron. Hoy le metí un riego de 55litros,una Ec de 1900 Sin carga de pk,desorbitada. Este riego me centro en los azúcares junto con algunos aditivos como silicio,aminoácidos,azúcares,encinas,sulfatos y manteniendo el nitrógeno en pequeña parte el potasio y el fósforo,calcio y magnesio que nunca falte en cada riego!,las lámparas están bajas y a toda potencia. Quiero en estos días conseguir mejorar con grandes empujones . Saludos compañeros! Día 30 Todo bien,todo correcto y me alegro!,buenas tardes,buenas noches. El cultivo aceptó muy bien la subida de EC 1900,esta variedad come de buena manera!. De esta manera seguiremos subiendo para ver,hasta donde llegan. Obviamente no vamos a sobrecargarlas,pero vamos a ver hasta donde llegan. El siguiente riego lo haré trabajando con pk,mineral y algunos aditivos más orgánicos-minerales. Tengo que decir que el aporte del té frío de plátano junto a la melaza le habrán venido fantástico también a las lombrices! Día 31 Todo perfecto dentro del cultivo ,veo que las 9 semanas de floración son fijas.. Un gran punto a favor,es que el clima empieza a ser más favorable a partir de este fin de semana.. Subirán más las temperaturas y las lluvias van a detenerse por unos días. Espero contar con una humedad ambiental más baja para poder seguir tranquilo con el desarrollo de las flores. Dia 1 Lo comentado en el día anterior,bajo la humedad ambiental,tenemos buenos parámetros! Una temperatura con luz de 21 grados y una nocturna de 16. Va aumentando mucho la resina!,eso me gusta! Hoy le metimos una EC2100 en el riego. Mañana veremos qué tal lo reciben las niñas. Va aumentando de buena manera el engorde,no me puedo quejar! A ver si llegamos al 1,7g/w que es el rendimiento que se está obteniendo con esta configuración en los cuartos de los compañeros! Sin Co2 obviamente.

// Day 85 I started to give her only water + CalMag at the last watering. That was 3 days ago and today I gave her water + CalMag again. No nutrients anymore, she still has plenty, which you can see by her green leafs. And she is still drinking a lot, which means that she is not near to be done. No fade on her what so ever which is really sad, I was looking forward to some nice colours at the end of flower. It's day 85 already, she does not look ready at all. I'll give her 2 more weeks max., after that I just chop her down no matter how she looks. I go on vacation and want her to dry during that time. I cannot let her stay in the tent when I am gone so that's her last chance. Hopefully she finishes during the next 14 days. For the ones who missed it: I removed a head bud from a side branch because of spider mites. I catch some here and there on the leafs but did not spot another camp yet. Hopefully it stays that way and they're not well hidden inside bud sites. That would be a catastrophe. I'll do a bud wash of course but I doubt that you can flush all their well hidden web-camps out, if more of them exist. Let's just hope that I am lucky this time. // Day 88 Got 3L again, just plain water. No CalMag, no pH adjustment, just hard H20. She does not need anything anymore at this point of life.

I changed the water and raised the nutrients this week, I'm going to start 12/12 today. Not much to report but they're growing fast, power plants are already out pacing the rest like last time.

Week 6 Light cycle=18/6 Light Power=120w 50% Extractor controller settings High temp= 25c Low temp= c Temp step=0c High Rh= 56% Low Rh= % Rh step=0% Speed max=8 Speed min=2 Smart controller settings (during lights on). Lights on=06.00am Radiator on= below 21c Radiator off= above 22c Smart controller settings (during lights off). Lights off=00.00am Radiator on= below 18c Radiator off= above 19c VPD aim=0.6-1.4 DLI aim=35-40 EC aim=1.9 PH aim=6.2 Fri 26/1/24 #1 (Day 36) 📋 defoliate lower leaves that hardly get any light. Sat 27/1/24 #1 (Day 37) 📋 H=42cm D=39cm DLI=32.5 Raised light about 10cm Increased light power to 140w H=42cm D=49cm DLI=30.1 Sun 28/1/24 I have decided today is going to be the last day of veg before I flip to flower. Lights will have come on today at 6.00am and go off at 10.00pm, they will get 14hrs light today and tomorrow will be day 1 of 12/12. 💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧 Method= automatic Feed=Veg nutes. Neutralise=0.1ml/L Silicon=1.0ml/L Calmag=1.0ml/L Terra grow=4.0ml/L Roots=0.2ml/L Easy Ph down=0.125ml/L Ec= 2.05 PH=6.1/6.3 Time start=12.00pm Finish time=13.45pm (11×5 minute runs with 5 minute gaps) Total flow rate=181ml/min Flow rate per plant=45ml/min. Total volume made=12L Total volume left=2L Total volume used=10L Volume per plant=2.5L (Est) Runoff. Total runoff=1L Ec=2.7 PH=6.1/6.3 💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧 #1 (Day 38) 📋 With no information for flower time I'm going to have to guess she will be finished in 45-60 days. I removed quite a few lower nodes that probably won't break through the canopy, they where ideal candidates for clones. Light cycle=12/12 Light Power=140w 58% Extractor controller settings High temp= 25c Low temp= c Temp step=0c High Rh= 56% Low Rh= % Rh step=0% Speed max=8 Speed min=2 Smart controller settings (during lights on). Lights on=10.01-21.59 Radiator on= below 21.5c Radiator off= above 22.5c Smart controller settings (during lights off). Lights off=22.00-10.00 Radiator on= below 18c Radiator off= above 19c Mon 29/1/24 Lights on at 10.00am off at 22.00pm #1 (Day 39)(Day 1 flower) 📋 H=45cm D=46cm DLI=23.1 At 9.00pm increased light to 150w H=45cm D=46cm DLI=24.0 Tue 30/1/24 #1 (Day 40)(Day 2 flower) 📋 Wed 31/1/24 #1 (Day 41)(Day 3 flower) 📋 H=48cm D=43cm DLI=28.4 🚿 foliar sprayed (Sumo Boost 2ml/L). Thur 1/2/24 💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧 Method= automatic Feed=water Neutralise=0.1ml/L Roots=0.2ml/L Easy Ph down=0.ml/L Ec=0.2 PH=6.6/6.6 Time start=12.00pm Finish time=13.45pm (11×5 minute runs with 5 minute gaps) Total flow rate=181ml/min Flow rate per plant=45ml/min. Total volume made=14L Total volume left=4L Total volume used=10L Volume per plant=2.5L (Est) Runoff. Total runoff=1L Ec=2.0 PH=6.1/6.2 💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧 #1 (Day 42)(Day 4 flower)**** 📋 H=50cm D=41cm DLI=29.0 Lifted light and increasd power to 196w. H=50cm D=50cm DLI=29.5 She is doing great, has a nice height and shape to her. No problems still. She has been under 12/12 for majority of the week. Back soon. Take it easy.

Hey guys. For this week i upload some videos 1 video per plant. I am not giving any more the bio nova autoflower supermix, i m thinking on let them going only with water until the end, but lets see. Plant 5 is close to harvest i think on the end of this week. Plant 1 and 4 are doing good on flowering. Plant 2 is slowly flowering Plant 3 is still in middle of the transition to flowering, is going very slow. I think she probably is blocked because of the size of the pot and light . When i harvest plant 5 the others will have more space, and i can bend some branches to increase the bud quality. The big question is, when harvest? its the first time im doing this and i am afraid of doing that wrong. Hope the videos can help someone to help me :D I have also made a video of plant 5 on a more close look, not to much quality but for now its what i can get , sorry 28/05 day 69 small trichome update of plant 3,4 and 5. Plant 1 and 2 still on pre flowering analysing the trichomes, i would say, Plant 3 and 4 need almost 2 more weeks Plant 5 - probably only 1 week more, so up to almost week 12 plant 1 and 2 - will take much time as fotoperiodic LOL

Week 10, so from today I stopped watering the Gelato Cookie D'ohpe and on Saturday no more light as well. Sunday is harvest day finally. Not much changed, I raised up the water with 25ml so the Purple Punch gets 200ml 2 x a day. That's all, since last week I started giving 13 hours darkness and 11 hours light and from Monday will be 12/12 after I harvested the Gelato Cookie D'ohpe and I can use the tent only for her. Fertilization will happen on the same days. Sunday fun day, Gelato Cookie D'ohpe is harvested. Purple Punch left alone. From tomorrow I will switch the light schedule 12/12. End of the week Purple Punch is 43 cm.

Alright guys so here we go, After more and more LST We finally get to see this lady Getting thicker and bigger Thanks GG

D75 (04/02/2021): Glue Gelato has been in the closet for 24h. Banana Kush is ripening everyday. I might place her in the closet with light ON for one more week when Glue Gelato will be chop and in the tent drying. RH% and temperature are fine in the closet at the moment and it does not smell that strong with Glue Gelato inside. That give me an option to continue Banana Kush for more days in it. - temp in the tent: 22C light ON ; 18-19C light OFF - temp in the closet: 18-19C - water: approx. 3L of tap water for Banana Kush - RH in the tent: 42% light ON ; 45% light OFF - RH in the closet: 42-44% D76 (05/02/2021): Glue Gelato has been in the closet for 48h. I will chop her tonight! I will place Banana Kush in the closet with light ON. She needs at least one more week I guess - temp in the tent: 22C light ON ; 18-19C light OFF - temp in the closet: 18-19C - water: approx. 2L of tap water for Banana Kush - RH in the tent: 40% light ON ; 46% light OFF - RH in the closet: 42-44% D77 (06/02/2021): Banana Kush is in the closet and the environment is good at the moment. - temp in the closet: 18-19C - no water - RH in the closet: 42-44% D78 (07/02/2021): Banana Kush buds are getting fat. When I squeeze them I can tell that they are getting denser. She drink less water which is a sign she's getting closer to the end. - temp in the closet: 18-20C - no water - RH in the closet: 40% D79 (08/02/2021): I gave around 3L of tap water. Trichomes still look cloudy with no amber but I can see more of them and they look bigger. - temp in the closet: 20-21C - water: 3L of tap water - RH in the closet: 35-40% D80 (09/02/2021): She get frostier everyday! It's beautiful to see! She definitely have more trichomes than she had last week when she still was in the tent. The trichomes of Banana Kush are not yet at the same stage where Glue Gelato's trichomes was when I chopped Glue Gelato. I'm glad that I waited and that I did not chop both at the same time. - temp in the closet: 20-21C - no water - RH in the closet: 35-40% D81 (10/02/2021): I gave approximately 3L of tap water. She's a beauty but she's not ready. I said one more week last week... I say the same haha one more week! 😅😏 - temp in the closet: 20-21C - water: tap water, 130 PPM, PH7.0 - RH in the closet: 35-40%

Sunday, July first was the start of week 5. Having slight issues with the mothers but the clones are doing awesome! So even if they die I have 17 more tries, lol. UPDATE: Saturday, July 10...final step in mainline. I was super excited to do this 😁 Here goes nothing, lol. Oh, and the clones are rooted and potted!!!

Proche de la récolte.