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Stonecrusher
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Good morning friends. It is day 54 for the Gorilla Cookies and Purple Banana Punch. I'm looking out at snow on the ground today, and the garage is a little cold. But in the 2x4 everything is holding just right. 70*, 50% humidity. On colder days I try to "batch" my efforts in the tent, that is, I get everything ready before opening the tent, then I try to be efficient with the plant tending. The goal is to keep the environment from getting to cold and dry. But dang I just want to hang out with the plants right now.
They are looking great and stacking on like firecrackers! The smells in the tent are bright and loud! Banana Purple Punch may be my favorite plant ever with thick beautiful buds in black/purple and bright white pistls. And the smell is off the charts, bananas and berries with a skunk/gas undertone. She never got too tall but she is making up for it in dense, fat, buds.
The Gorilla Cookies are starting to thicken up. They had longish legs with more spread out bud sites. They are now growing together and starting to become much more dense. Were on schedule for a nice harvest in a two to three weeks. If last week was an indication, we should be putting on some weight for the next phase.
Ive been messing around with the Vivosun watering system. After initial setup it seems a nice tool to have. It easily pumps the desired water and is reliable. I have decided to have it water plants at a rate of ~1 liter daily, and then I do a weekly deep water. This week I plan to improve the system by adding 2 drippers per pot so I can have 4 drippers in each and even out the distribution, avoiding dry spots. The drawback of this system is that when you want to add to it there are no parts available from Vivosun. So you get the whole system for 49$, but parts are not found in normal garden stores. I found parts online, but most are sold in bags of 20-50 pcs when I need like 2-3 pcs. So you spend another $50 to get up and running. I now believe I could have built a drip system from standard garden store parts for less with better customization. Either way I love the security of watering on a schedule, even when I'm not home.
Finally I want to note my challenges for the week. I have said before the biggest challenge I face is to stand back and let the plants work for themselves. They were looking perfect, but I couldn't hold back from adding some "bloom booster" on top of the Grow Dots and Recharge they have been living on. So I mixed up some Organics Terp Tea Bloom with a little extra "booster" for good measure. I watered deeply as the plants were light. Now, for the first time Im seeing some very faint "rust spots" on the leaves. DANG! I should have just watered. There are plenty of nutes left in my 5 gal pots considering they have Grow Dots in there. In fact, this week I saw another grower growing in similar conditions, with Build A Soil light soil, who added water only for the entire grow and the plants turned out beautiful. Les is more Friends! When you all start going off on Ph and PPMs remember, It doesn't have to be hard. WE make it hard! (It wouldn't be fun if it were easy).
Family portrait day 53
Gorilla Cookies plant 1. Starting to thicken up!!
Gorilla Cookies
Banana Purple Punch
BPP
Just love this plant!
Gorilla Cookies 2. Ever since the LST this has opened up and looks like a whale carcas.
They are looking great and stacking on like firecrackers! The smells in the tent are bright and loud! Banana Purple Punch may be my favorite plant ever with thick beautiful buds in black/purple and bright white pistls. And the smell is off the charts, bananas and berries with a skunk/gas undertone. She never got too tall but she is making up for it in dense, fat, buds.
The Gorilla Cookies are starting to thicken up. They had longish legs with more spread out bud sites. They are now growing together and starting to become much more dense. Were on schedule for a nice harvest in a two to three weeks. If last week was an indication, we should be putting on some weight for the next phase.
Ive been messing around with the Vivosun watering system. After initial setup it seems a nice tool to have. It easily pumps the desired water and is reliable. I have decided to have it water plants at a rate of ~1 liter daily, and then I do a weekly deep water. This week I plan to improve the system by adding 2 drippers per pot so I can have 4 drippers in each and even out the distribution, avoiding dry spots. The drawback of this system is that when you want to add to it there are no parts available from Vivosun. So you get the whole system for 49$, but parts are not found in normal garden stores. I found parts online, but most are sold in bags of 20-50 pcs when I need like 2-3 pcs. So you spend another $50 to get up and running. I now believe I could have built a drip system from standard garden store parts for less with better customization. Either way I love the security of watering on a schedule, even when I'm not home.
Finally I want to note my challenges for the week. I have said before the biggest challenge I face is to stand back and let the plants work for themselves. They were looking perfect, but I couldn't hold back from adding some "bloom booster" on top of the Grow Dots and Recharge they have been living on. So I mixed up some Organics Terp Tea Bloom with a little extra "booster" for good measure. I watered deeply as the plants were light. Now, for the first time Im seeing some very faint "rust spots" on the leaves. DANG! I should have just watered. There are plenty of nutes left in my 5 gal pots considering they have Grow Dots in there. In fact, this week I saw another grower growing in similar conditions, with Build A Soil light soil, who added water only for the entire grow and the plants turned out beautiful. Les is more Friends! When you all start going off on Ph and PPMs remember, It doesn't have to be hard. WE make it hard! (It wouldn't be fun if it were easy).
Family portrait day 53
Gorilla Cookies plant 1. Starting to thicken up!!
Gorilla Cookies
Banana Purple Punch
BPP
Just love this plant!
Gorilla Cookies 2. Ever since the LST this has opened up and looks like a whale carcas.
, do your amendment magic on it for sure!
