Tent-Venture Season Two - Episode 10

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Tent-Venture - S02E10

Day 112 (5/20) F57

This will be the last episode of this season and follows through the harvest, dry, and final trim. What a great ride it has been!

Today I gave her a flush with distilled water. I think I’m a bit late on that. I’ve been neglecting close investigation of the trichromes but it looks like it’s closer to harvest time than I thought.

Day 113 (5/21) F58

This picture doesn’t do it justice, but most of the trichromes have become cloudy with some amber all about. I can’t photo through my microscope to highlight it. I think I’m going to accelerate my harvesting plans. I let it get away from me a bit.

Day 114 (5/22) F59

I stared at the plant for about 20 minutes before deciding today is chop day.  All the tops looked developed to my eye. Maybe it’s not as ready as it could have been, but there’s no going back.

I pulled the girl out of her home and brought her outside for one final glamour shot.

I only did the rough trim today, but my god was it a chore! Way more work than the last grow. This is probably the last time I grow so large.

Once the large fan leaves were off I set up the tent, setting the temp to 15 C and the humidity to 59%. I maxed out the hanging  capacity with this one.

Day 115 (5/23) drying day 2

I checked my humidity and temps, they’re both steady inside the range I’m looking for.

I made a couple changes though. I decided I wanted dryer air for a few days so I moved it down to 50%. I moved the tower fan out and put a smaller fan in to lower the air turbulence. It freed up some real estate to evenly space the buds out too.

The next photo was my last harvest, I think it’s safe to say I have yielded more but I guess we’ll see after weighing.

Day 117 (5/25) drying day 4

I moved the humidity back to 60% this morning. I’m mentally planning to leave it here for at least a week and possibly two.

I also hosed some dirt off of the root ball to see what it looked like. It had a vibrant root system.

Day 118 (5/26) drying day 6

I dialled the humidity back to 60%, the temp is sitting around 16-18 but I can’t affect that lower so it is what it is. The smell is a bit like wet cut grass - a chlorophyll scent that is natural at this stage. So far so good I think.

Day 121 (5/29) drying day 9

I’ve been all over the place with drying because I’ve been super busy. The humidity has been up and down from 60-45.. I hope this doesn’t poorly affect anything. The reservoir kept going empty so I added a second humidifier, hopefully keeping it in there for 2-3 days will help things.

Day 125 (6/2) drying day 13

I decided to trim and bin today.

It was a sticky mess of an affair and I found myself rough cutting a lot. I had to clean my scissors and change my gloves a few times.  Final weight was 4.9 ounces!! That’s more than twice the size of my last harvest!

I thought it could use a bit more drying so I put it all into a brown paper lined cardboard box and plan to leave it there for a few days.

The house reeks badly.

Final Thoughts

I clearly had a boosted yield compared to my first outing. I seem to be learning. This is more cannabis than I’ve had on hand than any other time in my life, and I just realized I haven’t smoked any in over a week. I doubt I’ll need to grow again any time soon, and it will be smaller grows with shorter timeframes. 4 months is a hell of a time commitment.

I’m currently waiting 2 weeks for the curing stage to wrap up, but I smoked a little bit. It definitely has more THC than the last batch, but I found myself more productive than couch-locked. A good feeling smoke that I hope improves with curing.

Tent-Venture Season Two - Episode 9

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Tent-Venture - S02E09

Day 98 (5/6)  F42

We’re close to the endgame now.

I gave it a rich nutrient feeding today just for the hell of it. She’s still sucking back around 3 L of water per day at this point. The scent when I open the tent makes me thankful that I put the external vent in, I think it was a worthwhile investment.

Here was my last grow at day 42. I like the improvements.

It will be interesting to see the yield in comparison.

Day 99 (5/7) F43

Some nice zoom ins. You can see a few amber trichromes starting.

Day 100 (5/8) F44

The colas are bending from their own weight.

Day 101 (5/9) F45

I’m hoping to harvest around day 70, but I’m excited now. This gal has been filling out lots over the past 2 weeks with only a few more to go!

Day 102 (5/10) F46

I’m surprised that there aren’t more yellow leaves at this point of the life cycle. It may be due to hammering it full of nutrients up to this point. The tips are definitely burnt which is fine with me.

I may start tapering off the nutrients and just clean feeding water soon.

Day 103 (5/11) F47

It’s interesting to see that even the small bud sites that are under the canopy are pretty large. I trimmed out a lot of these beforehand but left a few tiny ones to see how they’d do.

Day 104 (5/12) F48

I don’t really do much these days other than peek in and drool a bit.

The last plant was 64 days in flowering until the chop, so just over 2 weeks of it’s the same. It will depend on what the plant tells me. I’ve read differing opinions about whether to continue feeding nutrients right up until the end.

Day 105 (5/13) F49

Today I broke my distilled water streak. I realized that the reservoir was empty and I just filled it with water I had sitting out for a while. I didn't want to go to the store. The amount of plastic bottles I’ve gone through is enough for one run. The last few weeks will be fine.

I feel like the last grow showed more cold stress and colouring due to the time of year and the ambient temperatures in the basement. My temperature control was dialled in about the same, and I don’t see any of the same signs. Although for all I know there were other deficiencies at play in my last effort. Oh well.

Day 106 (5/14) F50

It’s a strong smell when I open the tent. I took a stroll outside to smell the exhaust and there’s barely a whiff when I stick my face against it. An absolute win.

Day 107 (5/15) F51

Day 108 (5/16) F52

I think she’s drinking a little less water than usual. The leaves aren’t yellowing and dying.. maybe I should have cut off the nitrogen earlier. I think this will affect things. Oh well, another lesson learned. I’m gonna leave it alone and hopefully it clears out in a few weeks. I may do a flush tomorrow to clean things up a bit.

Day 110 (5/18) F55

Day 111 (5/19) F56

I think I’m going to shoot for 70 days which will bring me to the end of the next episode. I’ll keep monitoring throughout and adjust as necessary.

I tried to put some bamboo support in for the heavier branches but just succeeded in getting sticky rosin on my hands and accomplished little.

I’ve been reflecting on my journey to this point. It was roughly a year ago that I started my growing adventure with a poor attempt at a space bucket. I was so excited and uninformed, just like anyone starting a new hobby, and was constantly messing with parameters which ultimately led to my downfall - what a fool I was. Now I don’t often mess with anything in the grow, and the plant benefits from stability and consistency. I can see why people go for larger scale grows, but for me one plant is more than enough. This is a hobby that anyone can pick up and turn into a successful endeavour with a bit of investment.

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Day 84 (4/22) F28

I gave a good feed of base, bloom, cal mag, and molasses today. This girl is doing pretty well but there is some leaves being drained of N that seems a bit early for me.

Day 86 (4/24) F30

I fed it today but I increased the amount of fertilizer because the apparent N deficiency continues to be a nuisance.  The buds are thickening up nicely but you can see the yellow in the photo.

Day 87 (4/25) F31

Here’s a 2 foot level for scale:

The close up view warms my heart.

Day 88 (4/26) F32

I noticed a little bit of burnt tips yesterday so I’m going to back off the nutrient concentration a bit, the Nitrogen especially. According an article on nutrient burn on growweedeasy.com : “These burnt leaf tips are a sign the plant isn’t able to move water and nutrients properly in the plant”

Day 89 (4/27) F33

Day 90 (4/28) F34

I feel like I’m near the halfway point for the flowering period.  Some of the branches are getting girthy enough that I’m concerned about stability. I may need to invest in some bamboo stakes to tie them to if they keep fattening up at the same rate.

I haven’t fed since F30 but may start up again over the weekend.

Day 91 (4/29) F35

It’s drinking a fairly consistent 3L per day, it’s been the same for some time.

Day 92 (4/30) F36

They’re getting pretty sticky now. My hands get really smelly when I touch the flowers.

I fed with 2.5 ml  (1/4 tsp) bloom, 1.25 ml base and 1.25 cal-mag to 1 L with a little splash of molasses for some razzle dazzle.

The photo makes me think of corn.

Day 93 (5/1) F37

Another day another 3 L down. The buds are filling and forming nicely, getting frosty little trichromes all over.

Day 94 (5/2) F38

Peeked in for a second but it’s doing fine.

Day 95 (5/3) F39

I feel like I’ve been riding the line between nutrient deficiency and excess. This photo shows off both yellowing leaves and burnt tips - pretty neat. I believe it’s also just running down on it’s life clock so it’s not unexpected. I gave another nutrient drink today regardless.

Day 96 (5/4) F40

Everything looks alright.

Day 97 (5/5) F41

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Day 70 (4/8)  F14

I think the stretch is done. Now it’s generating flower power!!

I mixed up some bloom fertilizer and cal mag - I didn’t bother with the molasses this time because I didn’t feel like going to get it. 

Day 71 (4/9) F15

The buds are really popping off now.  I refilled the reservoir and will  feed with nutrients again in a day or two.

Day 72 (4/10) F16

Not much to report, peeked in and didn’t really do anything.

Day 73 (4/11) F17

Another quiet day, just checked in and left it.

Day 74 (4/12) F18

The reservoir ran dry overnight so I threw 2x 4 L jugs in. I trimmed up some shades put lower sites and a branch or two that looked puny.

I applied 1/2 tsp each of bloom fertilizer, cal-mag, and molasses to 1L of water and applied.

Day 75 (4/13) F19

I haven’t been able to smell anything yet, but the buds themselves haven’t started to really grow yet 

Day 76 (4/14) F20

She’s looking thick and healthy.

For comparison, here was the last plant at day 20 of flowering.  Fewer bud sites overall, but I think the size was only a bit behind.

I’ve picked out a few leaves that look like this over the past while. I feel that it’s normal and I’m not very concerned because it looks healthy.

Day 77 (4/15) F21

Gave her another good feeding today with bloom 1-4-7 liquid, cal-mag, and molasses. 

Day 78 (4/16) F22

I peeked in but forgot to photo.

Day 79 (4/17) F23

Day 80 (4/18) F24

I fertilized again today but added some base 4-0-0 into the mix because there seems to be some N being sucked out of lower leaves.

Day 82 (4/20 !!) F26

I fertilized again today as well. The flowers are progressing well and a few  pistils are starting to turn red.  It’s really cool to see how much progress there is, and it’s theoretically only 1/3 complete at this point. I hope weight won’t prove to be an issue for the colas.

I’m happy with the temp and humidity distributions as well. I think the flip to flower clearly increases transpiration and raises humidity.

Day 83 (4/21) F27

One final look for this episode.

And a throwback to Sadie at this point, with my weird sad and ultimately abandoned scrog attempt:

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Day 56 (3/25) - F1

The water consumption has been pretty consistent and heavy .

Day 57 (3/26) F2

Day 58 (3/27) F3

I mixed bloom fertilizer with molasses today and added with about half a litre of water to dilute. Apparently molasses feeds the microbes in the soil. I’ll add some cal mag during the next feeding. I aim to keep that up every few days.

Day 59 (3/28) F4

It feels like there is an increase in growth, and I’ve really been folding growth underneath the net more lately.

Day 60 (3/29) F5

Trying to weave shoots down has become a chore, and it seems to be producing a waxy film that’s getting on my hands at this point. I think I’m just going to leave it to fill out how it likes and defoliate as required.  Seems to be drinking a lot more lately too. I filled up to 6 L this morning.

Day 61 (3/30) F6

She’s guzzling 3 L of water in 24 hrs at this point, and the little early white pistils are starting to show. After a few more days I’ll trim up again.

I defoliated a bunch of shaded out leaves and stems as well, it left the canopy slightly ravaged.

Day 62 (3/31) F7

I forgot to take a photo, but the progress is nice. It bounced back from the defoliation without really any issue. It’s guzzling water still.

Day 63 (4/1) F8

Day 64 (4/2) F9

I applied more nutrients and molasses just like the last time. It seems pretty healthy.

Day 65 (4/3) F10

I did another good defoliation today and focused on the shitty thin branches that probably won’t amount to much.  I’ve taken out multiple piles this size over the past few days.

Day 66 (4/4) F11

I plugged in the wireless monitor a few weeks ago just to have a record. Everything is sticking inside parameters well. I unplugged the humidifier a while back.

Day 67 (4/5) F12

Looking like it’s happy today. The bud sites are really showing now.  I think next grow I’ll try to trim all but the central branches and only get 8 dense colas.

Day 68 (4/6) F13

The smudge on my lense makes it ethereal.

Day 69.. nice. (4/7) F14

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Day 43 (3/12)

I trimmed a few lower nodes again today, hopefully it wasn’t too soon after the last trim.

Before:

After:

I also added another ring to support the plant and let me tie off to on the outside .

Day 44 (3/13)

Day 45 (3/14)

The fungus gnats are back.. I’m not sure if it is just some dormant ones coming to life or if they’re sneaking in with the new vent, but it seems like a curious amount in a small time. They seemed to pop up overnight, and if they were from the outside that means they would have had to crawl through 2 backdraft blockers to get in. I must destroy them.

I have had a mosquito dunk sitting in a small jug of water for just such an occasion. I added that water to the surface, and sprayed the top of the soil with Neem oil spray. I also turned the extractor fan on to keep the air pushing back any potential outside invaders. 

I also noticed a split on the first hub that I’ll keep my eye on. I later read that if I had left a bit more of a stump when I did the first trim this would have been avoided.  As the plant gets larger I’ll have to properly support the shoots to avoid stressing this joint.

Day 46 (3/15)

Slurping down around 1.5 L in 24 hrs at this point. I’m closing in on the 55 days I left Sadie for before flipping.

Day 47 (3/16)

I tied down a few branches but some are just taller than others and there doesn’t seem like much I can do about it without further measures.. so I took them today.

I did a bit of pruning and added the scrog net to force the horizontal evenness I’m looking for. After removing the outer tomato cage, I hung the net frame from the top of the tent and dropped it to the rough level. I folded the taller growth to the net level as best I could.  It looks ugly but it should recover.

Day 48 (3/17)

It has altered orientation to adapt to the screen and I pushed a few branches under.

Day 49 (3/18)

I may run out of spaces for the shoots. I’m trying to coach growth to the center a bit more.

Day 50 (3/19)

I’m founding home base now, day 55 is close and I’m getting antsy. She’s getting difficult to manage in the net.

Day 51 (3/20)

It’s getting to be quite the chore to weave new growth through the net. I’m hoping the pay-off is worth the time, but it’s crazy the growth and coverage in only 4 days. I think future grows I will try shorter veg times and multiple plants.

Day 52 (3/21)

I nipped off a few leaves but that’s it at this point. The flip is going to happen in a few short days so I gotta leave it. It’s getting pretty difficult to control at this point.

Day 53 (3/22)

Rounding near the flowering phase. I need to look into fertilizer for bloom I think. I used liquid fertilizer before but I’m not sure about this time around.

A fingerprint smudge on my lens gave me a hazy photo.

Day 54 (3/23)

I’m not sure if I’m supposed to weave these down during the flowering stretch, but I’m almost out of room to practically do that anyway.

Day 55 (3/24)

Well, that’s the end of the vegetative phase! I’m going to do what I can to weave the stems into the net for a day or two, and I read that I should defoliate about 2 weeks into the flowering stretch but I’ll play that by ear.

I switched the timer to 12 hours of light and 12 dark. Time to party.

I really hope it’s not a male plant..

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Day 29 (2/26)

Manifold trim day! It’s bushy as heck right now.

I topped above the 3rd node on the shoot and removed the second node as well as the fan leaves from the base. I think it looks good.

Day 30 (2/27)

Looks like it bounced back well.

Day 31 (2/28)

Forgot to take my phone with me when I checked in.

Day 32 (3/1)

I did some additional tying down. I’m going to cut down a tomato cage to use for training, but not quite yet.

Day 33 (3/2)

I forgot to take another photo!

Day 34 (3/3)

I put a tomato cage ring in so that I can train the plant outwardly  a bit more.  The smaller diameter ring will force the shoots to grow out and up, which in theory should give them lots of space to grow.

Day 35 (3/4)

The adjustment to the training ring is going well. There is still a shoot or two that I have to coax under for a bit.

I’ve just been using tap water in the humidifier and it’s left a white mineral powder on things in the tent. I may need to switch to distilled for that, but I’m not sure it’s really hurting anything. I turned it off though, I think the transpiration of the plant will be plenty at this point to keep humidity steady. If it feels dry it should drink more water, at least I hope it would.

Day 36 (3/5)

I’m still waiting on the branch in the lower left of the image to grow a bit more, it’s not quite making it under the ring so I keep adjusting it. I’ve been considering when to flip to flower. I did 55 days of vegetative growth last time which may have been a bit long, but I’m closing in on that timeframe now and I think I want some more restorative growth after the topping and training.

It’s interesting to compare this to my previous grows at 35 days. Here’s the Euphoria CBD I named Sadie:

The pot is the same size in both photos - it’s actually the exact same fabric pot. I had been over-feeding, over-applying nutrients, and generally fucking up that grow by this point in retrospect. The deep green really shows the over abundance of nitrogen. I also had less of a handle on dealing with fungus gnats as evidenced by the diatomaceous earth. At the time I was proud of the improvement of Sadie over the Cheese Autoflower I named Delilah.

Here’s Delilah at 35 days, already starting a stunted flowering period due to genetics and general mismanagement on my part.

And finally, here is the space bucket fiasco grow at 35 days. This was in a 1.5 gallon pot if I recall. Barely a seedling.

This grow I focused on making sure the soil was in good order, the conditions were dialled in from the start, the watering system was set up, and the water is just distilled. The only fertilization added has been the top dressing just under the drip emitters. This seems to be a good combination along with the Mars Hydro TS1000. The distilled water hasn’t been that costly so far at around a dollar for 4 L. I think I’ll complete the grow with it for consistency, and see what happens if I use tapwater on the next one while keeping other factors consistent. The water is super hard here so I expect some differences.

Day 37 (3/6)

Still looking good. Going through more water as well, so I guess it’s the response I expected to turning off the humidifier.

I did a little manicure trimming of the undercarriage to get some air flow.  Then I put a spoon of the top dressing under the drip emitter and spritzed with water to keep it in one spot.

Day 38 (3/7)

It’s going through about a litre per day and the passive humidity is around 40-50% without the humidifier on. It seems like I could probably have turned off the humidifier even earlier, I’ll remember that for the next grow.

Day 39 (3/8)

I removed the last of the stick-based restraints and all training is happening via the ring. It’s still sucking down a litre every day too.

Emboldened by the progress and the rapid regrowth, I got a little more aggressive with my defoliation strategy:

In theory this will spurn more vertical growth but time will tell as in all things.

Day 40 (3/9)

I seem to have pissed it off and it’s coming back with enough vigor to fight me.  The resiliency of this plant amazes me. So does it’s thirst, which maybe linked to the stress response from all the cutting. It’s drinking over a L per day now, and doesn’t seem to be slowing down. The 55 day veg may not be entirely necessary, but damn it may just make a monster.

Day 41 (3/10)

I’m going to use this same training process in the future for sure. This thing is a beast. It’s pretty cool how it twists to cover the center mass with leaves to take full advantage of the light (or to hide its shame?).

I added a spoon of dry amendment under each drip emitter again today.

Day 42 (3/11)

I’m getting to the point where I need to flip to flower sooner than later. I installed the window vent today. 

I purchased a backdraft blocking vent and installed it in a piece of 3/8 plywood that I cut to the size of the window frame. It was a fancier vent than the base model, and I painted the wood white to match.

On the inside I attached rigid insulation and then gap sealed with spray foam. It’s ugly but it works. I then added a second backdraft damper to the connection to help seal out cold air in the winter. It’s not bad now but it gets into the sub-30 C range in the dead of winter.

If I eventually take this out it will mean taking a putty knife to the foam to chisel off, but that’s a problem for future-me.

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Day 14 (2/11)

The progress has not been bad for 2 weeks.  Not as robust as Sadie but way better than Delilah - I’m not even counting the space bucket plant anymore, it was a shame what I put that thing through. I don’t understand the lengths and efforts others go to in order to be successful in those cramped spaces. It seemed like a neat idea at the time but it’s really just an exercise in making a plant survive despite being uncomfortable.

Day 15 (2/12)

Seems like it’s happy. I bumped the light to full power at roughly 22 inches above, kicking out 38k lux.

Day 16 (2/13)

Day 17 (2/14)

Day 18 (2/15)

The plan on this grow is a more aggressive training called ‘main lining’ and or ‘manifolding’.  This will involve topping at the 3rd node and clearing all growth except for the 3rd node. The growth should then develop in 2 main stalks rather than just one main stem. I’m not sure if I’ll top the new mains, but the option is there. I’m nervous but excited.

It just took a few snips to clear it down. Now I’ll stress out for a few days and hope it bounces back.

Well, this will either work or it won’t I guess. I’m hoping not to wake up to a dead plant tomorrow.

Day 19 (2/16)

I feel like it’ll be ok. She’s a fighter.

Day 20 (2/17)

Success! Growth is evident!

Day 21 (2/18)

It’s popping off now. Those new shoots are the ones I will be tying down. They will be the new main stems. If I hold to the plan I will let these grow out to 3-4 nodes each and top them just like the main one.

I threw a bit of top dressing down and spritzed with a bit of water on it.

Later in the day I began the training.

Day 22 (2/19)

It looks like another node is poking through .

Day 23 (2/20)

Growth is popping off now.

Day 24 (2/21)

I think it’s in a good grow zone right now. It’s hard to believe I stripped it 6 days ago.

Day 25 (2/22)

Day 26 (2/23)

I added additional training posts to the outer ends. I’ll have to keep moving those ones to ensure I keep it from getting upward leverage for now.

Day 27 (2/24)

Day 28 (2/25)

So far so good!

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Day 1 (1/29)

This time it was roughly 2.5 days from seed to emergence.  The seed shell came off pretty easily this time which was nice.

The tiny hygrometer helps with a soil level conditions check. Everything seems in order and there’s lots of moisture in the soil so I topped up the humidifier and left it be until noon.

At noon I check it out again. Looks to have made some progress, but it was being constrained by some of the remaining seed membrane. I carefully got that off so it can spread its wings. I also dribbled a tiny bit of water around the exterior edge of the container but not the center, maybe a thimble worth, to encourage it to reach out for moisture.

By the evening check in it was looking more proud.

Day 2

It has shot up overnight from around 1 inch to 2. The soil surrounding the jiffy pod center was very dry so I lightly sprayed the outside edge of the container taking care to avoid the middle. Although I tried to put as little as possible , it looked like I overdid it a bit. Hopefully the roots will reach out for this delicious water.

The final container has been prepping for a little while now. I'm using another 5 gallon fabric bag for this grow, I thought the results were suitable for me on the last showing so I'll see if I can match or do better this time. I've added bone and bloodmeal to the soil mix from last season but added more of the soil amendment powder, and no manure because it was frozen. I’ve wet it all down and I’m letting it dry to help even everything out in the soil.

Day 3 (1/31)

It’s getting pretty leggy so I turned up the light from around 8000 lux to 12000 to prevent stretching. These aren’t exact figures because lux only captures the white spectrum, but close enough for me.

Day 4 (2/1)

The true leaves are really growing now.  I inched the light up to 15000 as well.

Day 5 (2/2)

Day 6 (2/3)

Day 7 (2/4)

I pushed the dial on the light up to 19000. It seems to be responding well so far.  The growth isn’t as strong as Sadie the Euphoria CBD strain from season 1 but it’s going well regardless.

Day 9 (2/6)

I took a photo yesterday but deleted it accidentally. Oh well, here’s today. It’s trucking on well and positively responding to the light increase so far.

Day 10 (2/7)

I top dressed a little bit of that stinky would amendment and sprayed it with a bit of water.

Day 11 (2/8)

Day 12 (2/9)

Although not as large as the Euphoria plant Sadie at this many days in, I think it’s doing well.  I turned the light to max, reading lux at 30k now.

Day 13 (2/10)

It’s time to transplant. I’m doing it.

This involves a few steps because I have to install the irrigation system at the same time.

I filled the reservoir and marked litre measurements on the side, something I should have done ages ago.

I then fully soaked the medium in the 5 gallon pot for transplant. This will set the target for the watering devices.  I put the plant in a bit deeper to hide some of the stalk.

After adding the plant and watering carrots I moved it into the tent and hooked up / bled the water line and set the moisture sensors up. I also had to reduce the light a tad to get to 30k lux since it sits higher than before.

And we’re off to the races! I’m guessing about a week of transplant adjustment, but who knows. Some people transplant a few times up to the final pot but I don’t care, this worked before. There’s enough moisture to last a few days so now it just had to recoup and get strong. It may show some overwatering symptoms in the short term due to the moist medium, but that will sort itself out. I hope my soil isn’t too nutrient rich.

The seedling stage is the most stressful for me.

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Planting Day 1 (Sunday Jan 17)

This is going to be a Blue Cheese strain from Quebec Cannabis Seeds.

My entire demeanour around this grow is different from the previous attempts. I feel like I’ve learned a lot of good lessons and I have a pretty good handle on what I need to do in order to be successful. I have my environmental parameters more dialled in than my last grows. I have everything automated to the point that I shouldn’t need to be very hands on, and hopefully that will help with yields.

I’m going to do more aggressive plant training this grow as well. Where I simply bent the stalk the last time, I plan to cut and more aggressively shape the growth of the plant this time around in a process called manifolding.

Today I planted the seed and now I’ll let nature do it’s thing. My record for germination has been really good so far so I’m not going to worry too much. Seed, moist soil, and cling wrap under a light and sitting on a warming pad. I’ll see if anything sprouts by mid-week.

I made some modifications to the grow area and moved the tent into a less trafficked area with added shelving for all the gear and power supplies. All in all I’m happy with the use of the space and I think I’ve used the lessons from my previous flailing trials to dial in parameters right from the get-go which should help things.

Plant Day 3

I dug down a bit and found the little taproot sticking out. Looks like it’s game on!

And in another fortunate turn of events, I found a seed when going through some of Sadie’s buds today! Free seed!

Plant Day 5  (Thursday)

A bit slow to sprout, but who knows how long this seed has been in storage. I’m just glad it’s viable. It’s peeking through this morning, maybe I’ll see it start to stand proud today or tomorrow.

Plant Day 6 (Friday) / Day 1

Standing up today.. sorta.. so it’s day 1. This one feels sickly.

I moved to the tent and set the humidity to 65% and temp to 26 C.  The light was set to around 7500 lux reading for now. The heater and humidifier both point away from the seedling to avoid blasting it. I also purchased some air filter fabric and taped pieces over the passive air intakes on the tent to keep particulates out a bit better.

Day 3 (Sunday Jan 24)

This seedling looks to have some issues and may not make it. It flopped over on me to I took some pipe cleaner and made a bit of a splint for it’s feeble stalk. I then put a ziploc cover over to keep the humidity up a bit more.  The tiny true leaves are poking out a bit. I was really hoping not to start over so here’s hoping she pulls through.

Day 4 (Monday)

Still slow going and doesn’t look great. But I put a pepper plant I had wintering inside in with it for company.

Day 5 (Tuesday)

Well shit, this is unfortunate. The little fella is toast. It’s all black and shrivelled up. Maybe the pepper plant killed it? Malicious pepper murder mystery?

Well, time to start over! I plucked the fuck, dumped the dirt, and carried on.

I took a Rapid Rooter puck this time and soaked it in water to expand it.

I then placed the seed in and put the plug into a little starter pot.

I gently surrounded this with soil, dampened the top of the whole thing, and put it on the warming mat with a ziploc over it.

What a day. Season 2 is starting off more challenging than past attempts. I have 3 more attempts at this strain of this one doesn’t work out, but I’m hoping it’s a one-off.