Solfire - Eucalypto and Don Lemon

Decimotox This pic for week 1 is a week after sprout. 8 days old. E2 and E3 absolutely took off and are by far the most vigorous of the bunch, while the other 4 have begun rather slowly. DL1 is a runt and E4 is a self-topper and will be a bit of a runt likely, too. DL2 and E1 are similar sizes even though E1 is about 4 days older. Pictured: Clockwise from top right: DL1, DL2, E4, E3, E2, E1.

Decimotox Day 15! Looking good. Slow growing, but assuming it's because they're spending their energy filling out the solo cups. E2 and E3 still far away the more vigorous of the plants. Will be transplanting E2 and E3 within the next 2-4 days. Same position in the picture as last week -- clockwise from top (they are grouped together visually): DL1, DL2, E4, E3, E2, E1.

Decimotox Completed 3 weeks as of earlier this week, so we're starting week 4 for most of the plants! E1 is a few days older, so she's almost done with week 4. Lumping them all in one diary entry, though. Not much to report other than transplanting this week. We transplanted E3 on 6/16 as she was the biggest at the time. E2 was transplanted the next day. Then E1 and DL1 were transplanted last night, 6/19. E4 and DL2 will be transplanted in the next 2 days. Will begin training these girls this weekend, and will top them within the next 7 days most likely. My last diary I'd been updating at the beginning of every week (i.e. week "4" update was the end of week 3). This one we're doing it the opposite. Updates will be at the end. So today's update labeled as week 3 will be the actual end of week 3 and the start of week 4. I gotta remember that myself. lmao basically each update will be the end of that week.

Decimotox End of week 4! Topped four of these girls so far (E1/2/3 and DL1). Will be topping E4 and DL2 here soon -- transplanted these two since last update also. Obviously we've starting LST, bending them over to get those lower nodes more light. I'll be opening up my other tent soon and moving the three smaller plants over there (probably DL1/2 and E4). We'll see what it looks like over the coming week. Looking to flower at least E1/2/3 in the next ~3 weeks.

Decimotox End of week 5! We're a day late on the update, oopsie poopsie. We're looking great! Topped DL2 and E4 this past week. Been giving these girls recharge and silica the last few waterings. Also, I've ramped up my other tent and moved E4 and DL1/2 over there. We've been doing some LST, but haven't had to do as much on these as I've had to do on other plants in the past. These have bushed out really nicely without much work. You love to see it! Some of the lowers have actually been able to catch up to the others, which hasn't always been the case for my plants. For E1/2/3: will be transplanting into 5 gallon pots and flowering within the next 2 weeks. The DLs and E4 might need an extra week or two. They're a tiny bit younger. Thanks for checking out my journal! Stay up!

Decimotox End of week 6! Not much to report...just letting these girls grow. All showing female pre-flowers, but DL1's look a little odd. Definitely not full on male parts, but definitely odd-looking female bracts early on lol. Watching her closely. Been giving them alternating waterings of silica and recharge. The branches have strengthened up nicely the last week or so. I'll be transplanting E1/2/3 today or tomorrow and flowering them within the next 7-10 days. Usually I flip to flower about 4-5 days after transplanting, but might give these girls an extra couple days on top of that. They've outgrown their 2 gal pots - drinking so much water that I need to water every 36 hours (it had been 48-60 hours between waterings). Won't be transplanting E4 and DL1/2 for another 10 days or so. These girls are looking pretty damn good. Excited to see what flowering brings. I'd like to take clones of E1/2/3 just in case one of them is a keeper, but I don't have the facilities to house them. Anyway, thanks for checking out the diary! Stay up!

Decimotox End of week 7 for DL1/2 and E4. Start of flowering for E/1/2/3! I flipped those girls 3 days ago. Will be transplanting DL1/2 and E4 today after I post this update, so next week's update will have the start of flower for those girls as well! DL1 especially is showing her hunger, so it's definitely time to transplant! We pushed it out a few days longer than I'd have liked, but it's ok. We're looking good overall. The Eucalypti (1/2/3 especially) are looking insanely healthy. They seem to have taken to their new soil well and are loving the silicore supplement from Solfire that I've worked into the waterings. Can't wait until I can buy more of this silicore stuff. The sample won't last me long lol. In about 10 days, I'll do a heavy defoliation on E/1/2/3 and check for herms/sacs; then another, lighter defoliation 2 weeks later around week 4 of flower. Smooth sailing after that. Haven't seen any signs of sacs in the preflowers, but we'll see what we get in a couple weeks. I'm not even close to the best grower in the world, but I definitely feel like I've found a great recipe for success. This might've been the least amount of LST I've ever done on plants to get ~10-12 tops per plant, which is usually my goal. I would love to find a keeper pheno in a grow sometime and keep one giant mother plant, or even just train one plant in my 3x3 and fill the whole thing out. But for now, I'll keep going with three in the 3x3 lol. Should be another great harvest when all is said and done; fingers crossed no major issues. Humidity and temp will be my biggest challenges this summer. I likely will have to contend with 60+% humidity in flower. It's gonna suck. But we're going to persevere...somehow.

Decimotox --E1/2/3-- We are starting week 2 of flowering for E1/2/3! E1 and E2 are looking especially nice. E3 has weird looking leaves but is keeping up in height with her sisters. I figured she would end up being a runt. I'll do more detailed photos next week after I defoliate and lollipop them all. The Eucalypto is gaining reputation in the Solfire discord as an uber-stretcher, and it's seriously no joke. These girls have grown nearly 2 inches per day the past week. I should have enough vertical room, no problem, but it's still insane! As mentioned, in 7 days from this post I'll be doing the first round of heavy defoliation and lollipopping (about 40% of the plant from the dirt - day 14). After that, I'll do another moderate defoliation in week 4 (~day 28) and then let them rock for the last ~5 weeks! These should be 56-63 day flowering plants. I'm guessing ~60 days. --E4 and DL1/2-- Starting week 9 of veg for E4 and DL1/2 (end of week 8). Will be flowering E4 and DL1/2 in the next few days. They were transplanted a week ago so the roots have been stretching out a bit. I'm really starting to think DL2 might be a keeper. She's vegging super well, has been very resilient, and has responded well to the training and topping. Really an easy plant. I'm hoping her flowers reflect the same potential I'm seeing in the vegging plant.

Decimotox --E1/2/3-- Starting week 3 of flowering! Looking great. I gave them a heavy defoliation and lollipopping 2 days ago. They've stretched so much and are still going. By far the tallest plants I've ever grown. I have about 1 foot of space left in the tent (maybe slightly less), so hoping they don't stretch much more! No doubt the craziest stretching strain I've ever grown. I'm very wary of herms after my last grow, so I've been watching these girls like a hawk. No signs of sacs yet! Hoping the defol/lollipopping helps me identify herms/sacs much more easily, but also hoping that it didn't stress the plants too much and cause those same herms that I'm trying to avoid. We'll see. --E4 and DL1/2-- We're on day 4 of flower for DL2 and E4. I had to cull DL1 as "he" was a true-blue male. I hadn't seen a true, 100% male before in my grows. First time seeing it. I'd noticed weird looking preflowers on DL1 for a couple weeks though, so I did a little photo research last week and it was obvious that it was a male. Not a single female preflower on the plant after a thorough inspection. I had a pic of one of the preflowers but I've since deleted it or I'd have posted here too. Looked like the eagle claws, had stems. 100% male..which is crazy from feminized seeds. But I guess it does happen very rarely. We move forward with DL2 and E4! They both look great and are for sure females! Thanks for checking out the grow! Stay up!

Decimotox --E1/2/3-- Starting week 4 of flower! We've made it through the heavy defol/lollipop and the week after! Not seeing any stress sacs/herms, thank goodness! Had an issue with this in my last grow, unfortunately. But we've given a thorough check 3 times over the last week. Looking good! They've stopped stretching. In 6-7 days, I'll give them another herm/sac check as well as one last little defoliation to open light/airflow for buds and then we're on autopilot! Will be top dressing them tomorrow. ***Update 24 hours later (8/10)*** Found some sacs on E2 (they were unopened). Checked each plant for about 20 minutes and didn't see any on E1 or E3, thankfully. They mostly appeared on the inner, larger stalks around bud sites that I'd already removed during lollipopping. Not seeing any on actual, growing bud sites. --E4 and DL2-- Middle of week 2 of flower! Looking great. Will be giving them their first heavy haircut in about 3-4 days. E4 has stretched a bit faster but I've tied some of her branches down and broke one neck lol. Should be fairly even now. Will be trying to fill this tent during the stretch. Thanks for reading! Stay up!

Decimotox --E1/2/3-- Starting week 5 flower! We're on the back stretch now! These girls are on autopilot and will only remove fan leaves as needed to open light/airflow. Top dressed them a week ago today (8/10), so about 2 days after I posted last week's update. Those new bloom nutes should be kicking in now! Can't wait to see how they finish these last 4 weeks or so. I've been seeing a lot of early finishers from the others growing this in the official Solfire discord. Lots finishing in 42-48 days, which is crazy! These pics show day 29, so we'll see how the next week goes. Will tell us if we have any early finishing phenos or not. --DL2 and E4-- These are in the middle of week 3 flower. Looking good! They got their big haircut already and will be continually checking for herms over the next week. E4 already threw out some sacs that we removed, but DL2 looks pristine! I sooo wish I'd been able to take a cut or two of her. Oh well. Next time I will if I think I've found a keeper. All in all, we're cruising along! The thing I've been hating is the humidity. Nothing I can do--just part of the summers where I am. I can get the tents under 55 sometimes, but it's mostly 58-65%. I'm powerless to stop it other than keep airflow up and try to keep the temp up a little to match. Watching for herms like a hawk. Looking good otherwise! Thanks for reading! Stay up!

Decimotox --E1/2/3-- Looking great. Today is day 39F. E1 and E2 look like faster finishers than E3. Several folks in the discord chat have said there are fast finishing phenos, so maybe we have a couple as well! These girls are on autopilot at this point. --E4 and DL2-- Looking great here, too. Top dressed these two girls yesterday with 2-8-4 power bloom, day 26F. Today is day 27F. Still plucking off a few stress sacs here and there, but none are opening/ripe. Thinking we'll be good on all 5 plants! Not much to report...just growing! Thanks for reading. Stay up!