'Dutch Dragon' by Paradise

Hello all you fine folks. Welcome to Week 7 of Bloom w/ Dutch Dragon. The Deets: The Good: -Just had a great week watching this girl bulk up. As previously mentioned, it appears she will undoubtedly be the highest yielding plant out of the four. Her cola stacks are very well defined and meeting up, forming wonderful columns of beauty bud. -Trichomes have been shedding at an even faster rate now and she's still pushing very healthy new pistils @ all sites. She's got a ways too go. Being this large and well defined with 2-3 weeks left is an exciting revelation. So much more time for more progress, growth and girth. -Reformed and defo'd the remainder or what needed to go this week. She's still thick but opening up the inner canopy by taking key fan leaves has allowed for some lower growth to ripen at a much more satisfying rate. The little popcorn buds are turning into substantial golden nuggets w/ tonnes more potential then previous. The Bad: -All positive, zero complaints. The 'Meh': -Humidity, that's it. I talk about it every-week and things are decent, but spikes in RH here and there have been causing a bit of drooping when it's at it's heaviest. Circulation is on full and nothing is sweating. I'm not worried about bud rot, but I do like a nicely acclimated unit and I do try to give them the best environment for them to thrive. Trying to achieve this right now is tough, but things will fall back into place soon. I have faith👍 Notes of the Week: -SC and DD have been braced inwards (finally) and some relatively heavy defo was performed. They are essentially in shape until harvest and won't be needing much intervention. GPDB and PSK were also braced inwards, but have not been as big an issue as SC and DD. Their height vs width is the issue here. After the bracing, I was able to move the two back girls in and out with ease. -SC looks like she is the first to start turning in and her pheno's have started to pop. Looks like we're going to get some purple and blue! PSK has very dark pheno's, reminiscent of DSD in my second grow. It's a surreal color to watch pop out and it's a really good show. DD is starting to turn in and GDPB seems to still be full green and a tad behind her counterparts in terms of bud development and color changes. -Tentative harvest (very loose) for SC and PSK will be in 2-3 weeks (First week of August) w/ DD and GDPB in 3-4 weeks (Second week of August). Trichs on all girls are still clear and transparent atm, but I'm going for a more narcotic high on all these girls. I'm willing to sacrifice some THC and let them go a week or so past optimal harvest in order to achieve this. I love couch lock smoke that helps me eat and sleep. Even with the 80/20 DD sativa, I plan on letting her go to allow for some THC conversion and a more narcotic, laid back stone👍. I shall see what I'm able to do in these regards. -Second SF-2000 is working out very well. The girls in the back aren't fighting for light anymore and have been praying very nice to their new light source😊. Any cupping occurring is a symptom of the girls starting to turn in on themselves. I friggin love Spider Farmer man. I love this tech👍 -No pictures available of it, but those 4 plants I've been working on for my friend are doing quite well! or at least far better then before😅. At the very least, they aren't visibly dying anymore... Necro and foliar symptoms stopped and they're actually putting on some weight now/pushing small new fans to make up for the previous loss. This is allll from a massive pH imbalance causing a lockout of P/K/Cal/Mag/Zinc/sulfur and probably a few others that were overshadowed by the more serious symptoms. Ran a second regiment on them on Friday w/ both pH rising and ppm's dropping. Still a ways to go, but we are on our way. He's happy, I'm happy and his girls are far happier. Continued luck that I can get his girls to end game w/ some decent bud (quantity won't be there...) -Purchase next grows medium and nutrient's. Going with my favorite potting soil, Dutch Treat, mixed 50/50 w/ a peat moss medium for aeration. Moving to Future Harvests full Veg and Bloom line and outing Green Planet as my primary line. Will also be moving back to King Kola (PK booster) by Emerald Harvest as I've already run out of 'Massive' by GP... w/ 3-4 weeks left. Super. They wanted another 35 bucks for 1L of Massive. This is dirty up-selling to me. Don't give enough product to complete the four plant grow (as they advertise) so you're forced to buy more and at a higher volume/price. Getting stuck in the cycle of never having enough or having too much isn't for me. I'm not playing this game. There's nothing wrong with the product...it's actually good, but I'm looking for consistency and I feel I'm not getting that w/ GP. Run-off notes: Previous Read (July 14th): 6.0pH and 1134ppm New Read (July 18th): 6.0pH and 1377ppm (Small spike, increased feed dosages) That's the ballgame my friends. Thank you for dropping by, for real's😀. I love to share and I'm happy to share with all of you! Thank you for your continued support and help as I navigate cannabis cultivation! I need you all, man. Wouldn't be this far without you. Cheers and take care this week everyone. Much love and catch you on the flip side👋👊 **Edit** Met this grower very recently and checked out their diaries. They're brand new to the site but already making positive waves. Wonderful plants and pretty colors! If ya'll are interested, please check out @ujekg. I feel you'll like what you see👌. Cheers!