'Dutch Dragon' by Paradise

Hello, hello and welcome to the end of Week 8 Bloom w/ Dutchy. The Deets: The Good: -I'm just standing back and watching this girl blow up. She's getting thicker by the day and still has a ways to go👍. Not as trich heavy as the other girls, but definitely looking like she'll back a punch. -Health is still very good w/ her color very slowly bleeding out, evenly. Might get a show, might not. We shall see. -Changes to nutrients and defo has proven to be A-okay. No stress, no anger, no dipping out. Pretty happy little kid👌 The Bad: -Heeeeeeeeey....nope! The 'Meh': -Due to high heat, some fox tailing is occurring on Dutchy (also on 2 others). This may be a symptom of her lineage, though, as she is an 80/20 Sativa. @Visions brought this up and it would make a lot of sense (He grew a DD too!). Some of it is heat related, but I can definitely see the strain type being part of the issue. Regardless, it is what it is and I'm not going to stress over it... Nature of the game😊. -And ya, just heat is high right now and I don't currently have the means to control it, except for circulation and 24/7 extraction. She's eating and drying faster now too, so I need to watch how much salt based nutrients I'm subjecting her too. There was some slight leaf tip burn this week as a result of the higher heat and faster eating. -I realized this is my first "Summer" grow and in my first grow I was in vegetation right now. The heat and RH was great for this, but now that I'm in Bloom, I see summer isn't exactly an ideal growing time in my area for this time. I also see that it's far easier to create humidity and heat then it is to reduce it, making winter grows kinda preferable... May try to line up Veg next year to fall in July/August and flip to flower in early/mid September. Notes of the Week: -Space Cookies will certainly be the first to get the chop as she is further ahead of the others. Tentatively looking at 2 weeks for SC and 3-4 weeks for the other three girls, pending on their maturity. -Due to the current high heat, I've noticed some fox tailing on the girls tops. Dutchy seems to be the most affected but is also the heaviest sativa...so, genetics a bit? -Move to King Kola over "Massive" has gone very well. All girls took the change without a reaction. Not there should have been, however. -Tent has become a battle of the terpenes again. Each girl fighting to dominate the space. It's getting quite smelly in there! I'm nose blind to all of this now, but when friends come over the first thing they say is "Smells like weed in here!" lol. I think I need to control the odor a little better. It's legal...but I still don't like to advertise for safety and security of my home. That and I live between two very young families with kids. Though I love Cannabis and it's my right to partake and grow, I do respect the noses and sensibilities of my neighbors. I actually just feel it's best to keep it on the down-low, legal or not. Protect yourselves and your homes! -I can't guarantee grow #4 will be this way but chances are it will be too. I see I need to choose my strains a little better to improve my turnover. If SC goes first and the other still have 2 weeks, that's a lot of big tent down time. I also use my propagation tent as my drying tent, so one project can't really start until the last one has ended. Weighing the option of picking up a second propagation tent so I can dry and start grow #4 @ the same time. It's only 2-3 weeks of down time, but that's a dog's age in cannabis! Hey, thanks for stopping by everyone. Hope this wasn't too long and I realllly hope you're all doing well out there. Kinda chaotic times and certain days I feel it more then others. If you're like me, just remind yourself that this too shall pass and every little thing, gonna be alright. Enjoy your projects, family and friends this week grow guys and grow girls. Until next time, Cheers👋👊 **Contact Edit** If you haven't heard of @Cariboo_OG yet...where have you been!😀 Dude has one of the best attitudes I've encountered on this platform. Super supportive, passionate and talented. Making really positive waves on here and Instagram, helping others and paying it forward. For the love of God... Please give this grower some love. Someone I don't feel you're going to want to miss! Cheers. And thanks for all the love and support @Cariboo_OG. You're a genuinely awesome fella👍