Hello all and welcome to the end of Week 8, Bloom w/ Space Cookies. The Deets:
The Good:
-Feel like I'm just cruising along with this sweet little plant. She's very robust and doesn't react or stress out when I work on her, nor has she for most of this grow. Even with my multiple mistakes this strain is a tough one to keep down.
-Just caked in trichomes. Have to include more natural pictures because the camera flash rebounds off the trichs so hard that it's almost a blur of white. Awesome "problem" to have๐.
-Still getting thicker and putting on weight. Each bud, big or little, is very dense w/ a good (but not over-powering) terpene profile developing. Seems pretty run of the mill so far w/ Mercene and Caryo (?). I don't have the best nose, but that's what I'm picking up and it's only getting stronger๐.
The Bad:
-Notta.
The 'Meh':
-Love her buds and their alllll gold but there is a lack on her (in my mind). Whether the weight will be there due to their density or if she will just be low yielding, this girl will not put out as much as her counterparts.
-Got what I wanted but careful what you wish for. Weather is consistent now... consistently hot AF!๐ Having issues w/ heat and humidity spikes, but it is what it is. I don't have the means to properly control it so I'm just doing what I can to limit any excess heat w/ extraction and circulation.
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!
Anywho, hope that wasn't too long!๐ Thanks for popping by and checking out this frosty beast. Have a great week all and I'll catch you on the flip side! Busy times! Cheers and take care peeps๐๐
**Contact Edit** If you haven't heard of @Cariboo_OG yet...where have you been!๐ 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 fella๐
Reflection of your Handlings are the best ways to pervent new issues.. well done.
You found your mistakes and thats very good
again a lesson learned,,, and beleive me... more to come^^... hahaha
srtay healthy and have fun with the ladies
@Mrs_Larimar, Haha, thanks for the support! Still learning for sure. Maybe in ten years I'll have a good handle on it๐.
Ohhhhh there will be more issues, I don't doubt that, lol๐ . But with every mistake, I understand more and more.
I hope you have a wonderful week aswell and that you and yours are happy and healthy.๐. Cheers Mrs_Larimar๐
@Mrs_Larimar, I swear, everytime I sit down to write these I tell myself to keep them short. Then 25 min goes by and I've written another novel ๐ .
I guess my definition of short is when my fingers get tired and I stop. Hahaha
I love your comments i was laughing out lout whn you mentrioned, that abiology/chemistry course may would have been better.... and the funniest thing was your " typing aloud"......
I got to admit that iam typing sometimes without real thinking ......and if i read week later my comments .. iam asking myself if i have written this....
Its kinda Intuitive writing.. or maybe iam just he channel for some ____ "weed force"
And no... i am not smoking and writing... its my mind that works that way... I dont need weed for " weired thoughts"
@Mrs_Larimar, Hahaha. I'm glad you got a laugh out of it. I too, was not high when I typed that and we may have the same weird thinking๐ . Not a bad thing at all! When looking back at what we wrote, it does seem foreign and sometimes I think to myself "Where'd that come from...I might be a weirdo". LOL! Cheers Mrs_Larimar!๐
@JinksyGrows, thanks man, quarantine time got us haha but weโre very excited. Iโll definitely throw any info you want your way, spend most my time on forums and reddit.
@DeepRootGrows, omg man! Cool! Congratulations on the new little one๐๐. Thanks for sharing that๐.
And also cool! If you start breeding I'd love to follow along. I've been reading about it too but don't have the space yet. Also need to move, haha. If you have any solid links and info for me to read, please don't hesitate to send me them in PM!!
@JinksyGrows, Iโll be moving to a bigger house the end of this year (got 2nd kiddo baking in the oven) and once I get more room Iโm gonna be getting a bigger tent for more strains and then use my small two I have now to dip my toes in plant breeding. Been doing lots of research lately.
@Mrs_Larimar, Omg๐คญ. Just realized you and @silky_smooth placed too! I wasn't paying attention ๐ . Congrats grow girls!!!! I'm in great company โบ๏ธ๐
I also heard these bags are like 550 for you over there!?! Crazy! 350 CDN for me๐ฌ. Really happy you won. Die happy Silky ๐ ๐
Looking happy and frosty ๐ might need to start building a second cupboard soon ๐
Do you use syringes to extract vol of nutrients directly from each bottle? I'm trying to find an effective manageable way to extract liquids when the bottles are running low ๐
@HazeyBobby, I don't have much going on, so I obsess over the plants ๐ . Going back to work very soon, so I probably won't be able to keep it up. Really not necessary ๐.
@ROM101, No doubt man. I was all panicked and such, but only took 5 days to bounce back this quick. Keep forgetting cannabis is versatile as all hell. And ya, was really happy with all the reviews on green planet. Plus these guys are quite close to me and have hydro shops throughout BC Canada, long before their nutrient lines. Very interesting story and very passionate guys. Farmers love them, and that's a great sign of quality, imo๐. To
I have vitathrive, rezin, liquid weight and massive bloom as additives. Do you suggest any other additions (besides humic acid)?
There are hustlers in any setting. These guys may be proโs pretending to be nubes. Several idโs just pumping up activities. I have no idea what they are after.
Just go with people and things that enrich your life.
Cheers.
@Med_in_Tropic, In a lot of ways I have so much growing up to do. That includes understanding when I'm being used and/or abused. Also don't know how to say "No". That's not working out too well for me, haha!๐ After I wrote that, I see my end in all of this. Wouldn't have happened if I set boundaries, and something I'll need to learn to do asap. I also need to complain less and just go with the flow...
Retrospective thinking is fun!...๐ฌ Thanks for your kind words and advice Med. I'll take it to heart.
I know what you are talking about, if you talk about the Guy who just want s help . but does not implement any advise you give
and its the right decision to say NO.
Dear Jinxy.....not every person is so receptice and reflective as you are------You were a great Student
These Person got a huge EGO but no self esteem..If they say. "I now what I do....."..........I just say: Ok do what you know... Happy growing
@Mrs_Larimar, I probably shouldn't have wrote that when I was mad... I'm much calmer about it now but was just so frustrated and no one to tell, but you folks.
I have let him go now, but I feel so bad for his girls. All twelve he's touched have suffered greatly ๐. I know they're just plants but it hurts to watch.
Unfortunately, this whole thing showed some true colors of my friend... Like Med said, he hustled me, I know that now, but unsure about our relationship. Lol, I'm talking like this is group therapy...๐
Anywho! I'm good. Thank you for your positive affirmations ๐. I will be editing out some "anger" from this entry. I want the message to stand but I'd like to be more civil, lest I stoop to their level
These temperature swings are in Europe too ( could be we live in the same World^^?)
and Master Jinks,,,, ( bow).... very well done... and if you think your setup is ready,,, hahaha believe me you are never ready to change the setup.... but you have now good parameters and your new Light is a Huuuge step).......i can see you setting up another tent^^
,,,,,,,or maybe a growroom
would be the most logic thing
however,,, stay healthy my canadian Growmie
@Mrs_Larimar, Lol, you're right. It'll never be perfect in my mind and I'll keep refining๐ . A grow ROOM would be perfect. If I find a location where they'll allow me to DIY my own set-up, I'd be rockin๐.
You stay healthy too my German friend. And oh ya! Same world, damn weather, hahaha.
@HazeyBobby, Thanks Hazey! Great cola potential for sure๐. Feel she may be the thickest lady by end game. I like her leaves too and hoping for some colors near the end. Fingers crossed๐
@DeepRootGrows, Ha! I'm close! Haha. Thanks man๐. I definitely can't complain. Things are better now then they've been from the beginning ๐. Happy days๐
@Mrs_Larimar, I'm super stoked with how well this is going. I trusted you and glad I did๐. Just like I said in the entry, I'm very comfortable with this now and feel like I have a good handle. Thought it might take weeks, but patience (as you said!) Paid off. Two weeks now, zero problems. Haven't been able to say that once with this grow๐. I'm happy and their happy! Thank you so much!โ
if you look at my face, when i look at the Pictures. You only see me smiling. I only see happy healthy Plants. I hope your Powersupply is going to be stable again-
Iam so happy that girls are sooo fine
@Mrs_Larimar, Thanks so much dudette๐. I think they're smiling too! Your advice was amazing and things are sooo much better! Cheers and Ty very, very much (once again๐).