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NoVC01 Seedling Program - 4 Weeks (Photos of plants numbered for Wk/Day). Weeks 1 - 4, 18 hours on. Hanging height 30” (from container). Sunrise/sunset 15 minutes each. Controller settings as shown. Day 1 starts each week. Day 7 completes each week. The sunrise/sunset controller feature gradually ramps lights on and off (dawn - dusk). Personal setting - 15 minutes each. Ramp up/down included during program On/Off. Germination method: spring water soak 14 hours, direct sow into coconut coir seed starting discs for transplanting sprouts. Placed Into a seed starting tray/dome under 10/20/20 light until sprouts begin. Once they pop the dome was removed. Seeds are Zacatecas Tribute feminized (Genetics Big Sur Holy Weed X Oaxacan Gold). Lot of history this breeding. BSHW goes back to the 60’s. https://seedsherenow.com/big-sur-holy-weed-strain-review/ The Oaxacan goes back to the 70’s. A time when big colas of sinsemilla were readily available on the market. https://seedfinder.eu/en/strain-info/highland-oaxacan-gold/green-mountain-seeds https://seedfinder.eu/en/strain-info/zacateca-tribute/green-mountain-seeds Soil prepared with N,P,K; Cal-Mag; Big Bloom, flush @ 1 gallon per bag. Individual N, P, K amounts as recommended from manufacturer of NPK Industries RAW products. Only original NPK , PH flush before transplant. Garden is growing without additives. Week 3 Day 1 fed 1/4 (7ml) recommended seedling dose Big Bloom). 1 quart mix around drip ring. Week 4 Day 1 fed Big Bloom @ 30ml per gallon over the pot with ½ gallon mix. A little light on nitrogen Plant photos Week 4 Day 1. Trixie - My FIRST MUTATION “Why plant maybes.” versus wait! one grower said magnesium. I thought a diluted slurry of mixed guano (Big Bloom). I choose Wait! Magnesium plays an important role in plant growth and development. The role of magnesium in plants includes: It is a key element of the chlorophyll molecule, essential for photosynthesis. It gives leaves their green hue. It activates most plant enzymes needed for growth while contributing to protein synthesis. It helps in respiration and plays an important role in binding ribosomal particles. Fox Farm Big Bloom Liquid Plant Food 0.01-0.3-0.7 contains the following ingredients: Earth, worm castings, Bat guano, Seabird guano, Rock phosphate, Sulfate of potash magnesia (a mined natural mineral), Norwegian kelp Week 3 Day 1 fed 1/4 (7ml) recommended seedling dose Big Bloom). (full seedling dose wk 4) Hope she grows to harvest. And this breeding goes back to the 60s/70s. IBLs. My garden will not be hurt by keeping her.

NoVC01 Growth Program - ? Weeks Weeks 5 - ?, 18 hours on, canopy height 30” (except right side light readjusted to 28"). Controller settings as shown. Sunrise/sunset 15 minutes each. Day 1 start week, Day 7 end week. Plant Photos (Wk/Day) Nutrients - At Wk 5 Day 1 begin Week 1 of soil feeding schedule (see last photo). Each week during growth Day 1, apply appropriate nutrient mix per feeding schedule. Days 3 - 5 & 6 Ph adjusted water w/ cal/mag 2mg @ ½ gallon per. Increase to ¾ gallon as growth dictates. Extractor for run off removal in saucers. Week 5 Day 3 soil test. PH in and PH runoff both 5.9. NPK in acceptable range. Light on phosphorus and that's good. Week 5 Day 6 PPFD adjusted to 600±. Lights adjusted to 40/90/90. One light canopy dropped 2”. End soil NPK test. Acceptable growth levels.

NoVC01 Week starts Day 1 Ends Day 7. Photos as captioned front and back. Start of Week 6 equals 36 days since sowing seeds. Following Soil Feeding Schedule for Week 2 of Growth. This is their first feed with the exception of some Big Bloom. The plants responded well overnight. All plants topped Week 6 Day 4. Photos marked Week/Day and tent position.

NoVC01 Terraform 7 - All In One Climate Control Week 9 Unit delivered 1½ months ahead of original ship date. This is a spendy product, but if you are a lifetime grower it’s worth the investment. PayPal! Since the tariffs the price has gone up by 100 dollars. It is still only available through pre-order. The concept is fantastic, and I have been waiting a long time for something to control tent climate. It is designed for up to a 10’x10’ tent. The limitations of using this product to full potential is grow tent design. NOT ONE manufacturer of tents, supplies enough duct ports on any side to allow full configuration. It requires 2 duct ports top of side and 2 bottom of side. Because of this you have to switch out your hose between cool and heat. Still, it beats having to turn space heaters off and on when needed. Same with cooling having to position the AC into the front of the tent. The manual provides instructions for setup and operation. Did require me to read and understand multiple times. Took a bit but I have been able to maintain 74°F - 78°F by using the cycle on/off feature. First attempt to run AC the tent went from 80°F to 60°F in minutes. POWERFUL!! UPDATE 4/25/25 Dry mode requires a 4 duct configuration to operate. My tent would require 2, 25' lengths of duct to accomplish that configuration (opposite side of tent). And, that only works in dry mode. To use cool or heat you still have to reconfigure the ducts. So here's the deal set up AC at the start of that season and reconfigure to heat the start of heating season. This is an all in one climate control unit, not an all in one system.

NoVC01 End Of Growth Program - (6 weeks) Week 10 Day 7, 18 hours on, canopy height PPFD/dli dependent. Controller settings as shown. Sunrise/sunset 15 minutes each. Average plant height 16”. PPFD 500 DLI 32. Feeding Week 10 Day 1, Week 4 of soil feeding schedule. These plants suck. My problem for not reading them. Three plants bushy on the hybrid side and three plants stretchy on the sativa side. Moving to pre-flower Week 11, Day 1. At week nine day 3 during regular water added 30ml Epsom salt (magnesium) on a once-a-month basis. I purchased Dr. Teal's Pure Epsom Salt - fine grain - unscented. I chose watering versus foliar spray. I fiddled around a lot with PPFD/dli during week 9. Finally satisfied. When I went in to adjust the controller setting for pre-flower, adjusting intensity lower by 15% put me in a 600+ PPFD range and starting flower DLI is 28+. Ladies love that weekly feed. They get real perky and all happy! They don't like watering so much and go into overwatered mode after water routine. But, if you go two days they cry for water. Spoiled and Children!

NoVC01 Pre-Flower Program - (2 Weeks) Weeks 11 - 12. 12 hours on, light height canopy. ppfd/dli dependent Controller settings as shown. Sunrise/sunset 15 minutes each. PPFD 800 DLI 34 Nutrients Start Week 5 of soil feeding schedule. Water continues @ 1 gallon per plant as needed. Trixie, Garden Middle and Garden Right Photos. Terra Form 7 Update 5/3/2025: Black plastic trash bags taped around exhaust duct. Outside light was shining about 18 inches into the duct. Flowering concern. Reinstalled Climate probe now that I understand the purpose. Probe reads temperature, vpd and humidity. The unit control panel shows these values and shows changes in the environment. PROBE: All probe readings include a trend indicator that signals rise, stability, or fall in temperature within the last hour. Probe Temperature: Displays the current temperature the probe is detecting. Probe VPD: Displays the current VPD the probe is detecting in (kPa). Probe Humidity: Displays the current humidity the probe is detecting-

NoVC01 Week 12 Day 7 - End Pre-Flower Program (05/10/'25) Week 12 Day 1 feeding at Week 6 0f Soil Feeding Schedule. Watering @ 1 gallon per plant every other day or two. Temp fluctuates between 72° F - 80°. PPFD 900 DLI 38 (danger will robinson) Need to raise lights sometime today. Holding judgement. Plants stretched 13" during preflower. During 1st week they stretched 10". Blamed myself, blamed lights, blamed genetics for the plant growth. Some issue bottom fans, slow progression toward yellow. Think they want the monthly dose of epsom salt. Hand Pump broke, back to the old reliable. Hurts back!!!

NoVC01 So, the grow is at Week 14 Day 3. Another 6-8 weeks to go. They smell like pine-sol and are as sticky as all get-out. A little afraid of this weed. Pretty sure this is going to be a very heady smoke. The smell gets your attention. I'll post the garden at the start of week 17. Photo is 5-30-2025.

NoVC01 Half-way!!! Week 9 of Soil Feeding Schedule. Plants were sent into early senescence by temperature swings and air conditioning, sans the defoliation. The colas look as though I am growing with too much blue with these plants. This is week five of flower. Strain is advertised as 9-10 weeks of flower, I'm betting 8-9 weeks.

NoVC01 El dia de los muertos es domingo!!! Smoked from dried "c" bud pick - hesitated, then head came on strong, rush lasted a half hour or so and high has lingered for some time. Loady that I am it left me wanting to twist up another. UVB now at 2¼ hours exposure day cycle. Some might disagree but I am in the two-week window of harvest! At harvest I'll surmise this grow. I need time to reflect. This weed possesses a trickster spirit. Anyone remembering the colas de Oaxaca spears of the 70s, I'd say the garden achieved a miniature version. It also produced the phenotypes that others have reported. (tall lanky, short bushy) and the Highland Oaxaca Purple line came through. They got so dark (purple chocolate) tricksters made me think I burned the heads. But more at harvest . . .

NoVC01 End of Flower Program Week 19 Day 7 Hoy es la cosecha el 29-06-2025 Week 19 Week 19 - Day 1 Feed at Week 12 extended 0f soil feeding schedule. Week 19 - Day 3 Flush with 1 gallon ph adjusted Sledgehammer Nutrient Rinse. Week 19 - Day 5 Flush with 1½ gallon ph adjusted water. End watering. Week 19 Days 6-7 Dry. The progression of photos are from Day 1 through Day 7 of Week 19. For the purpose of Grow Diary posts I’ll message each with the date. THC Farmer I’ll caption pictures.

NoVC01 Harvest Week 20 Day 1 Sprout to finish!! Under The Wild LED Sky. AFTERTHOUGHT: Thanks to the wife for encouraging me to document my grows, all the work she puts into trim and her ability to get sprouts above soil. “THIS GROW: I’m instinctual and do not embrace all the “science” or all today’s accepted growing practices. I find “bro-science” to be a badge of honor. I brought this very selective breeding to harvest!!! A more experienced grower with mad training skills could do much better. The weed posses a trickster spirit, can be fussy and reacts quickly to changes. For that I rate it difficult Germination - The seeds were very viable. However, of six beans sprouted, 1 was a mutation (followed as Trixie this diary) and one sprout produced deformed leaf. Each grew out fine to harvest. Growth (Veg) - topped for four leads (colas). One plant six leads (back right plant). Performed an unconventional mainline. All grow sites preserved, no further topping. Target was 16” height to accomodate flower stretch. Front left plant (runt) 6.9 ph and Front Left plant 6.9 ph. Corrected, and really only issue this stage. May have caused growth issues. Added Epsom salt at 2 tbls per gallon during a regular watering, once a month. All stalks,branches, stems and leaf underside were purple. Flower - Plants stretched 10” first week of flower. End of stretch plants reached a 34” height. Was left with more than enough canopy distance and did not need to clip lights to ceiling. I began running cooling in earnest because summer heat arrived. Learning curve and wild temp. swings. Sometime after that the plants started showing issues. First it looked like the start of Magnesium deficiency. It was time for the monthly dose and I’m thinking, man once you start with the Epsom salt its like dope to a junkie. No noticeable difference. Then bottom leaves start to yellow (nitrogen). I flush the plants with Sledgehammer (fresh start). Wait a day and adjust the NPK. Resume regular feed/water. They seem to recover. This strain requires heavy red during flower. My blue was at 40% and would have been better at 25%. Cut to the chase, I sent the plants into early senescence three weeks into flower (week 15), because of the cooling mode learning curve. I honestly thought I lost this grow. They looked so ragged I was forced to defoliate (week 17). Plants recovered and started looking good again. Cooling issue hastened ripeness and the plants came in at 8 weeks instead of it’s supposed 10-week window. Terraform 7 - End of growth program AC Infinity Terraform 7 Climate Control Unit arrives. At last an all-in-one climate control for grow tents NOT!! Purchased to stop the tediousness of remembering to flip on heaters night or wheel the portable AC up to the front of the tent and monitor temperature. Any mode with the Terraform requires reconfiguring the ducts. Tents do not have enough ports for a one sided hookup.Unit intake inside tent. Would require 2 - 25’ ducting for a full hookup in dry mode. Still, if you want to use another mode you change duct routing. Have only used Cool Mode. Two months now still tweaking programming. Have experience wide temperature swings mid-80°s F - high 60°s F. Finally, running Cool “On” and monitoring during day. Requires adjusting fan level and opening tent when the room (not the tent) gets to warm. Intake ventilation fan speed adjustments helps to mix with AC air. Increased Exhaust also assists TF7s exhaust. The best feature is the climate probe - temp, VPD, humidity. The unit expels a lot of condensation. The drain valve is close to the ground so using the drain hose really does not do anything. An 18” saucer is the substitute. That needs to be sucked out in the evening before shutting up for the night. Heating drain is up high enough to go into a container. The exhaust duct to the outside has about an 18” light leak from the sun. Fix, large black trash bags taped around it. Stretched unit’s intake duct to center of rows and placed a 6” to 4” sheet metal reducer on end. Cool air is now funneled down the center of tent at floor level. Harvest - the estimated yield will be 3 gallons of flower and 1.5 gallons of “c” flower for edibles. This is sativa so the yield is about 45% less than my past harvests. This grow I set up my drying rack inside the tent, sealed it up and am running cooling close to the 60/60 drying rule. 7 - 14 days Changes In Technique: Embraced Epsom Salt as part of nutrient routine. Purchased PAR meter. Purchased Magnifying Camera. Added plant risers to saucers and finally stopped using river rock. Added 6 gallon shop vac for runoff removal. Experimented with PPFD/DLI. Found the lighting schedule I use was very intense. Grew at the lower intensity for several weeks. Brief time plants were happy. Reverted back to my regular lighting schedule. Had to adjusted hanging height, reposition containers trying to get into the sweet spot and adjust light intensity. Finally, I just took a reading at the center of lights at plant height. That was good enough. Multiple light systems are difficult to get an even PAR. Worrying about keeping in this range is distracting and takes away from actually growing. I will keep checking intensity going forward. Not going to make this a mandatory procedure. Researched VPD. May add a humidifier and adjust/monitor VPD in the future. Never really measured runoff ph until this grow. Stupid measurement in my opinion. Testing the soil is more accurate. 1:1 soil to distilled water, stir slurry 30 seconds, settle three+ hours and take reading. Sample is taken from several inches below soil. 24-hour wait is best.