🌿 Week 9: The Grand Root Reveal & Bud Sites Popping! 🏺🥦
Strain: Sticky Broccoli Automatic (Zamnesia)
Stage: Mid-Flowering / Bud Development
Light Cycle: 18/6
📝 The General Vibe:
Welcome to Week 9! The stretch has slowed down, and the "Sticky Broccoli" is officially shifting all her energy into flower production. The canopy is an absolute jungle of tops! Those red and green LST clips did exactly what they were supposed to do, breaking the apical dominance and giving us a beautiful, bushy, multi-topped structure. White pistils are shooting out everywhere, and the bud sites are starting to look like perfect little pompoms.
🏺 The "Vase" Experiment Reveal!
This is the moment I’ve been waiting for! I finally pulled back the top layer to check on our hidden structure, and the results are amazing. The main stalk is incredibly thick and woody, and you can see the roots actively gripping and growing right over the little blue vase nested in the soil. The experiment is a massive success so far! She is anchored in deep and looking incredibly sturdy.
🍽️ The Menu (Nutrients) - Powered by Plagron, Hesi & BioBizz:
Continuing to push the bloom nutrients to help these flowers swell.
Plagron Green Sensation: (The secret weapon for heavier yields and resin production)
BioBizz Bio-Down: Keeping the pH dialed in around 5.9 - 6.0 for the coco mix.
🌿 Plant Progress & Observations:
Structure: Bushy and dense. The internodal spacing is tight, which means these colas are going to stack up nicely.
Health Check: I am noticing some slight yellowing/crisping on the very tips and edges of some of the older, mid-tier fan leaves. It looks like a little bit of nutrient burn from pushing the bloom feeds, or a slight pH fluctuation. I'll be keeping a close eye on the runoff and might dial the EC back just a fraction on the next watering so she stays happy.
👽 The Garden Guardian:
Our heavily tattooed Kewpie garden manager is still holding it down in the corner of the tent. No pests, no bad vibes, just pure Eternity Cup focus!
Let the bud swelling begin! Growers Love! 💚