25 Sunday Punch EV

Northern_Ent April 26: seedling looks strong. Using soil blocking this year to minimize use of plastic. Soil is wetter than usual when starting seeds and the cannabis doesn’t seem to like it. Got one strong one going so that’s all i need. April 30 Day 5: transplanted into 7 gallon grow bag. Very early start but we’re now past last frost which is historically around May 6 here. Forecast is 28C this weekend so I wanted the seedlings to be hardened off in time for that. She’s definitely the biggest of the seedlings and should be a good one. oh, and the main risk being out so early are (damn) magpies and other birds looking for something to eat. Under protective cover for now.

Northern_Ent May 3: it was sunny and hot today and yesterday and the young seedlings made it through safely. This Sunday Punch is the biggest and most robust at this early stage. plants are moved into the enclosed but unheated garage to help make it through cold nights. This is risky having them outside this early but it should be okay. May 7: foliar spray of Extreme Blend from Kelp4Less. Highly recommended. Also watered with Monster Maxx last night.

Northern_Ent May 10: looking good. She’s outdoor quite early this year but i am putting the cannabis plants in the unheated but enclosed garage each night. Also watering in the early morning with warmed water. So far so good. May 15: growing quickly. This is still the biggest and most robust of the strains this year. The ruderalis genetics in these fast varieties also gives them better cold tolerance. Great stuff.

Northern_Ent May 17 Day 22: she looks great and is growing quickly. The fifth node is starting to form so I’ll be doing the first topping in a day or two. This will be done as a 16 cola manifold. May 22: been quite cool and rainy last four days. First topping this morning for the manidfold.

Northern_Ent May 24 Day 29: finally warmed up and is sunny again today. There should be some serious vegetative growth kicking in this week with warm weather and the plant old enough to be ready to take advantage. May 25 Day 30: rained enough lately that I didn’t water it today. May 26: warm enough overnight now to leave outside full time. Until force flowering starting in mid-July at least. May 28: hit 30 C today. May 29: hot again today and brief windstorm took out out a big tree across the street. My yard was untouched though. Shape looks great and will likely tie the two growing stems down tomorrow for a couple of days. May 30: tied down using pipe cleaners and paper clips onto edge of grow bag. This will keep the two main stems in the manifold nicely separated. A couple days of this is all it takes.

Northern_Ent May 31: up and down weather again this week but Sunday Punch EV just keeps on growing. Very robust and fast growing plant is nicely far along for the end of May. She’s likely going to be quite big. June 1: pipecleaners attached to the grow bag with paper clips worked for a couple days of growth, but replaced with loose scrog net today. Did this last year and it works great. Outdoor Scrog nets don't need to be tight. Loose Scrog layers work great. As a campaign slogan it needs work, but loose scrog layers are a good tip.

Northern_Ent June 7: Sunday Punch EV is an excellent plant. I’m very impressed. June 8: using the scrog net to keep the fan leaves from shading the growth tips. Loose scrog nets are great when doing a manifold outdoor. Very effective and easy. At this early stage just the weight of the string is enough so there’s no need to tie it down. June 9: video tip about making up for dry air by moistening the leaves a couple time a day. Quick gentle shot with the hose is all it takes. June 10: she’s growing fast now. Entering the stage of fast vegetative growth where it will be growing by over an inch per day. Fun times. June 12: Sunday Punch EV is really growing fast now. Re-arranged Scrog net and clipped it down to spread it out and provide some stability. Leaves are quite big and catching wind. The eight main colas are ready to be topped tomorrow, and there are another 8 inner growth tips that i can leave and they’ll be big enough to reach for sun like the soon to be 16 main colas…so 16 legit colas and 8 bonus cheaters for a nice and uniform 24 cola plant…sure why not?

Northern_Ent June 14: this Sunday Punch EV is a very fast growing plant that can handle some cool weather. The ruderalis genetics from the autoflower used to create this fast flowering (Early Version) add some toughness that make it well suited to short season areas. Likes to stretch too. 😎 it was to be a 16 cola manifold but it has grown so fast i realized I can also match another 8 colas from the next lower node. So i did that final round of topping this morning and we’ll see how it goes. Added second layer of Scrog net to stabilize it and keep the fan leaves from shading the growth tips. June 15: did the weekly foliar spray with Extreme Blend this morning. Rained last couple days which cleared the air of smoke and now it’s a nice sunny Sunday.

Northern_Ent June 21: Sunday Punch EV is doing just great. Very vigorous and robust plant. Manifolded to 16 colas with a bonus 8 colas from inner branches. Started another compost tea for use tomorrow morning. A five gallon bucket with 26 C ish water adding compost, shredded coco coir, molasses, and a weak-ish dose of Monster Maxx. Leave it overnight and give it a brief stir a few times. Works great. A surprising benefit of using the bacteria from compost tea like this is that they regulate moisture to the plant and you don’t need to water as much. Course it’s rained lately so I haven’t had to do much watering. June 23: adjusted net. June 24: some holes have been burned through some of the leaves. My new sprayer made it easier to apply a foliar spray, and I think it was just a bit overdone. Some holes in big fan leaves are likely minor hail damage. Lesson is don’t over do the foliar spray. June 25: new growth is a bit yellow so did a foliar spray with Epsom salts (Magnesium sulphate). June 26: looking good after Epsom salt foliar spray. Guesstimated at about 0.5 g per litre. June 27: warm days, long sunlight hours and fast vegetative growth. 3 inches of growth in 3 days. Right on.