Blueberry Kush 02, Growers Choice Seeds

ALL ORGANIC! WEEK 4 RECAP (TL;DR journal comments): Was finally able to get the BK transplanted this week. This will be the final pot. I will give it a week to recover from transplant shock before giving it some LST to prepare for the SCROG. I then put the pot on a BBQ grill on top of 2”x4”s to keep the pot off of the ground. The only negative this week is I’m starting to see a bit of nitrogen toxicity via the dark green color and curly leaf tips (the LED lighting makes it hard to see the darkness of the green in the pictures). This is living soil though, and I’m not using fertilizers, so I’m just going to have to ride it out. It will be okay. As you can see, I’m running at higher temperatures. This is okay because since I am supplementing a high amount of CO2 and keeping the VPD in check, the plant will do just fine under these temps and LED lighting. Target VPD 1.0kPa. VPD = Vapor Pressure Deficit, the temperature to relative humidity equation that affects plants’ water intake and respiration rates. Average light wattage for the week is 451W. ~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ FULL GROW RECAP (the long boring journal comments, unless you’re a nerd like me): ~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ TIMELINE: Pre-Week 1: 1. I put two seeds in peat pods in a seed dome. 2. Light set at low intensities, 142W. Week 1: 3. Seedling “A” popped after 3 days, and “B” popped after 4. 4. Transplanted to 1gal pots to prevent the tap roots from getting too exposed. 5. Target VPD for the seedling cycle was 0.7kPa. 6. Second half of the week light intensity was increased to an average of 238W. Week 2: 7. Halfway through the week changed the Kind LED XL1000 to Automatic Mode. Temps are up. The average daily wattage is now 451W 8. Halfway through the week adjusted the target VPD to 1.0kPa. Week 3: 9. Removed the “B” seedling from the grow. Now only a one-plant diary. 10. Forgot to get enough soil. 11. Got my new CO2 setup going, but late because of snow. 12. Power outages due to heavy snow outside. 13. Soil farm closed due to heavy snow. 14. Plant is rootbound and will go one week longer for veg planning. Week 4: 15. See weekly recap at the top. ~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ FUTURE PLANS: Next week (for real this time) these will be transplanted into their final containers - 10gal fabric pots. Then I will give it a week recovery time to recover from transplant shock. After a week, then I will start LST to get it ready for a SCROG. I will be trying a SCROG setup on this grow because I haven’t done this technique yet. I’m trying to figure out a good training technique that I can do without having to top the plant. This SCROG will be done with the tucking method. In fact, tucking is how you do a true SCROG; otherwise, you are just trellising (SCROG’ing is a specific form of trellising). I will not be defoliating either, unless dead leaves need to be removed. Contrary to popular belief, living leaves should not be removed at all. Leaves are both solar panels and batteries for plants, and you actually slow down the plant a tiny bit for each leaf plucked due to shock. If need be, I will only tuck large leaves to expose other areas that need more light. The reason why a plant seems to “boom” after defoliation is just because the plant is trying to quickly regain the leaf power that it just lost. Even the growth of mass in flowers will slow when the plant is trying to expand existing leaves or regrow new ones. Some people deny this, but they should do a side by side clone comparison to prove that defoliation actually increases the yield of a plant. That being said, there are some reasons to defoliate: keeping the bottom leaves from touching the ground, helping air circulation down low, and removing dead leaves. ~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ GROW SETUP: GROWING MEDIUM: - KIS Organics: Water Only Soil with Biochar (living soil), the bottom half will be amended with a dash of KIS Organics: Nutrient Pack. I miscalculated some factors on my last grow, and my flower phase suffered because of it. This time I have properly readjusted. I’m hoping to not have to use any nutes or amendments/supplements at all, besides a small dose of the nutrient pack mixed in at the bottom of the pot, and a tiny dose of CAMG+ calmag every watering. CONTAINER: - Vivosun Premium Fabric Pot 10gal (might not fill it all the way) TENT: - Gorilla Grow Tent: Lite Line, 4’x4’ (actually only using 2'x4' space, because I'm sharing the tent with @Mothra) LIGHTING: - Kind LED: K5 XL1000. Every light cycle stage is programmed with a sunrise and sunset mode where the light intensity starts low, increases, peaks, and then gradually dims before shut off. I use lower intensity programs for seedlings, and gradually increase the intensities through veg. I use a Kill-a-Watt meter to measure the actual wattage draw, and will post the wattages of each cycle on this page. HUMIDIFIER (the tent usually runs dry): - Elechomes: UC5501 Ultrasonic Humidifier (has an automatic humidistat control) CO2: - Autopilot APC8200 CO2 Monitor & Controller (has an automatic sensor to regulate CO2 levels, and has a photoeye sensor to keep the CO2 from turning on at night) - DoubeSun Aquarium CO2 Regulator with Solenoid - Two 20lb CO2 tanks (brands always change due to periodic exchanges), one connected at a time so that I can exchange the other at my leisure when it runs out. VENTILATION: - AC Infinity: Cloudline T6 (has an automatic sensor control I use to decrease temp and RH) MONITORING: - Pulse One Temp, RH, and VPD monitor with WiFi (I really like this. It really helps me to keep everything dialed in at all times. The graphing feature is a really great addition. VPD (Vapor Pressure Deficit) is the way of the future. - Hydrofarm: CO2 Monitor ~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ STRAIN DECISION: This time I chose to do “Blueberry Kush” from Growers Choice Seeds again because my first plant of this strain was honestly the best weed I have ever had. Blueberry Kush is a Blueberry x OG Kush cross. It had an awesome smell, and the high was calm and relaxing. The aroma was a perfect mix of both the Blueberry and OG Kush parents without one of the flavors suppressing the other. The high doesn’t cause too much couch lock or anxiety - even while still getting you very stoned. Let’s see how well and similar this next phenotype will do. Unfortunately, this strain isn’t listed on this site as an official strain yet, so I have to say “Custom Breeder & Strain”. When I did this strain the first time, the site’s user interface was different and I was able to input the correct breeder. If you’d like to give this Blueberry Kush strain from Growers Choice Seeds a try, you can find it here (I highly recommend it): https://www.growerschoiceseeds.com/shop/cannabis-seeds/feminized/blueberry-kush-feminized-cannabis-seeds/ ~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Also in the tent is @Mothra’s Doctor Seedsman CBD plant. Check out her first journal and first grow: https://growdiaries.com/diaries/47143-seedsman-doctor-seedsman-cbd-grow-journal-by-mothra ~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ THANKS FOR READING!