Dark Devil Auto

HomerAndAbe Day 1 - Seedling broke ground 07/05. Currently growing outside in a solo cup until my two plants are harvested. Currently in FFOF amended with perlite and worm castings. Once she gets bigger I will transplant into a 5 gallon fabric pot with Pro-Mix. Day 2 - I have been moving the cup from outside to inside to take advantage of sunlight and my LED. Current light cycle is around 20 hours.

HomerAndAbe Day 9 - Transplanted into the final pot. 5 gallons with Pro-Mix amended with some compost. Day 10 - Fed a light dosage of nutrients as the plant is looking a little light in color. Day 13 - Third set of leaves is beginning to come in.

HomerAndAbe Day 17 - Fed nutrients Day 20 - Started LST in the morning. By the afternoon, I already saw the smaller growth tips breaking out and the main cola bending upward. Day 21 - Fed nutrients. Doing 1/2 strength GHE schedule. It looks like I have some leaf miner damage on my older growth. I will be treating with Spinosad tomorrow.

HomerAndAbe Day 24 - Treated the plant with Spinosad. I am hoping this will control the leaf miners. Day 25 - Fed nutrients. Treated with neem oil after dark. Day 26 - Treated with neem after dark. Day 28 - Plant is throwing out lots of calyxes. I am not noticing any new leaf miner damage.

HomerAndAbe Day 32 - Came back from a trip to increased purple color and many more pistils. Day 33 - Fed nutrients. Day 35 - Watered. Leaf miners seem to be gone. I did notice some lacewing eggs today. Luckily these are beneficial predators.

HomerAndAbe Day 38 - Fed nutrients. The plant is turning very purple. Day 39 - Watered. Buds are getting bigger. Day 41 - Fed nutrients. Plant is still going strong but is getting attacked by caterpillars now. I have been giving it neem the last few nights.

HomerAndAbe Day 43 - Watered. It looks like my nitrogen may be low. I will add some more FloraGro at the next feeding. Day 47 - Watered. Day 49 - Fed nutrients. buds are getting larger.

HomerAndAbe Day 51 - I finally harvested my previous grow so I brought the Dark Devil inside on 18/6 to finish off. Added water. Day 53 - Fed nutrients and put in my Blumats. Day 54 - Treated with neem before lights out. There are still some small bugs hanging out on the plant. I don't think there are any damaging pests, but it doesn't hurt to make sure. Trichomes are looking pretty cloudy. I'm guessing there aren't too many weeks left.

HomerAndAbe Day 57 - Fed nutrients. Found an aphid on one of my colas. I picked it off with tweezers and will spray Spinosad tomorrow. Day 61 - Plants have a little bit of foxtailing going on. Temperatures have been 78-83 which I feel are decent. I will lower them a little bit more. Day 62 - Fed nutrients. Day 63 - The trichomes are still looking clear/cloudy.

HomerAndAbe Day 64 - Still only cloudy or clear trichomes. Day 68 - I spotted a few amber trichomes. Still mostly cloudy. Many of the fan leaves are dying off. I will probably harvest in about a week.

HomerAndAbe The growth was a little stunted from having to veg the plant outside. The plant ended up drying much faster than I expected and was a little too dry. I had my room at 75 with 50% humidity for the last 5 days. The buds still smell amazing though. There is a very distinct berry smell to them and they are very sweet. The buds even have some sugary sap that has dripped out of some parts. The buds were not as tight as on my last harvest and had a higher density of sugar leaves. The calyxes were all very large, and I attribute this quality to the low bud density. This made trimming pretty time consuming and I ended up with over an ounce of trim compared to the 1,8 ounces of bud.