Trala's Tent: A USA & Australian Comparative Grow

[Carcass]

I’ll post when I finish work today. Xo

Looking forward to it, T!
We want to see that haaaaar too

 

[Trala]

Looking forward to it, T!
We want to see that haaaaar too

Good afternoon C Horse!

It’s Melbourne Cup Day today and I won $10 in the sweep! Winners are grinners

Speaking of winners, your plant. Just wow. You are an amazing grower! Just amazing! She’s defs winning first in the beauty contest.

Now moving in to sloppy second place lolling. My Olivia is really trying to sing for us! While she’s a gigantor, she has kept her shape, and she defs has a CarCanopy of sorts. And I’m calling today Day 1 of flower

Olivia Bee aka Zkittles
Carcasses prize seed from Sponsors Weeds Seed Express
Age: 78 Days
Flip Age: 71
Days Flowering: 1

Thanks for following along. I hope you have the best week!

 

[stinker]

Hi Trala, congrats on the win. It always feels good.

Olivia Bee looks like the Belle of the Ball on her 1 and only Day 1.

Have a great week

 

[Trala]

Hi Trala, congrats on the win. It always feels good.

Olivia Bee looks like the Belle of the Ball on her 1 and only Day 1.

Have a great week

Hey la Rue

Thanks!

It’s my Friday tomorrow and I’m treating myself to a George Ezra concert and a night in a swanky hotel.

I am so excited in fact I haven’t been this excited since… better stop there LOLLLINGGGGG!

 

[Grand Daddy Black]

In all my days "sloppy seconds" never looked so appealing!

Great work Trala.

 

[HashGirl]

We can see her true colors out of the box- The Grow Dots are finally starting to run out of gas a little-(notice the random lighter colored leaves) but for now, she's still on a water-only diet (except for the silica and Real Growers Recharge every other watering )

Why is she on a water-only diet? Is that what the Grow Dots company recommends?

 

[Trala]

In all my days "sloppy seconds" never looked so appealing!

Great work Trala.

Not the first time I’ve ever heard that

Lollllling!

Thanks Black. Xo

 

[Carmen Ray]

Nice to see them both looking so healthy and well cared for week by week

 

[Carcass]

While she’s a gigantor, she has kept her shape,

I think she looks great, and her little sister could use a bit of that "gigantor" stuff....

Olivia Bee looks like the Belle of the Ball on her 1 and only Day 1.

She does look pretty damn good, doesn't she?

"sloppy seconds" never looked so appealing!

Agreed!

Nice to see them both looking so healthy and well cared for week by week

Thank You, Carmen!

Why is she on a water-only diet? Is that what the Grow Dots company recommends?

It is!
The Dots went into the soil right at the beginning (9 tsp.of Dots in 3 gallons of promix) when she was transplanted from the solo cup.
And that's it. Then, they're activated by the first watering, and the Dot clock starts ticking...(6 weeks veg, and 10 weeks flowering).

I think you're on your own after 16 weeks...so things may get a little dicey toward the end...or not- we will see about that...
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Allegedly, nothing else needs to be added the entire grow,(that remains to be seen, but so far, so good) but the Dot folks do recommend adding a couple grams of Real Growers Recharge once a week or so.
They don't mention the silica- that's just something I add to all my plants..

It kinda feels like you're cheating, because, even though the MC I used before was pretty easy to use, the Dots are way easier...because you don't really have to do any "nute stuff", except for adding the RGR once a week. ( I do add it every other watering, so about every 6 days)

 

[Trala]

Omfg! TGINF! (Thank god it’s nurse Friday)

Happy Monday peeps. I’ve just poured a red wine and I’m gonna blaze up

Let’s do this update!

Olivia Bee aka Zkittles
Carcasses prize seed from Sponsors Weeds Seed Express
Age: 86 Days
Flip Age: 71
Days Flowering: 8

I think she’s still stretching. She’s now 76cm/29inches tall and 91cm/35inches wide.

She looks absolutely nothing like she’s meant to. I really dropped the ball with the training. I’m not exactly sure where I went wrong. She was so tall, it was difficult to create a CarCanopy. I mean I kind of have one. But it’s not like my Wedding Cake and it’s nothing like Carcasses lol. I’m hoping Shed will fancy red count my budsites. I’m confident I have around one third of Carcasses plant lol! Tbh I’m just grateful I have a healthy plant in contention. Of the 4 Zkittles seeds I had, I only struck one which is a terrible strike ratio. Hopefully she will flower well.

The Bloom Room

Thanks for taking a squiz and I hope you have the best week ahead.

Your move C Food Basket Xo

 

[StoneOtter]

 

[Carcass]

Your move C Food Basket Xo

Thank You, T!

Happy Monday, everyone!
Seems like a good time to do a little Update on the USA side of this grow,so here goes...

I think she’s still stretching.

I wish her little sister got a bit more of that...

But, she didn't, so here we go...

96 days old, in the Dots for 63 days

She's still 13 inches tall, and this week the Grow Dots seem to have started fading, causing quite a bit of yellowing on (mostly) her lower leaves- I first noticed it on Thursday morning, so she got a couple of grams of 8-0-0 Cal Mag Pro on Saturday morning to help with what appears to be a nitrogen deficit...

The yellowing isn't getting any worse now, but no better either- although, it takes about 4 days to really know if a nute adjustment helps or not.
I think she's going to need another dose of CalMagPro when she gets watered tomorrow...


On to the pics- not a lot of difference from last week, except for the yellow stuff...

She was flipped to 12/12 32 days ago, and she's been flowering for 25 days...

The canopy was pretty flat when she stopped stretching, so it'll stay that way till the end...

A bud...

another bud...

And a "true colors" pic- quite a bit of yellow there, which isn't a surprise...I'm thinking the Grow Dots ran out of N about 6 days ago (on dot day 57) so she'll need a little added nitrogen from now on...not a lot, but she will need some- I don't want to hurt her while trying to fix her, so I'll go fairly easy on the additives...

And finally, a silhouette shot, because she was out of the box..

And that's all for today from the USA!
Thanks for looking, we appreciate your support!
Have a great week, and I'll see you next time..

 

[Trala]

Good morning C Dogg

Omg they are like peas in a pod, if that pod housed one perfect specimen and one nuffy.

 

[Trala]

So my grow struggle is real. On top of growing morbidly obese giagantor plants, I have to nit wash they twice weekly to keep the insects at bay. This involves a lot of lifting. If ever there is a 420 Arm Wresting competition, I’m gonna fuck you guys up!

Olivia about to suffer the indignity of having me shoot nit spray up her skirt.

My Bees, all doused up and miserable. But on the upside, I have had zero insects, and I’m in prime insect weather.

 

[Carcass]

It makes me nervous seeing her on top of those crates...
I know just how that would go if I tried it...

She looks good up there, T!

 

[Trala]

It makes me nervous seeing her on top of those crates...
I know just how that would go if I tried it...

She looks good up there, T!

Hello you!

It’s the only way I can get every leaf. It’s dangerous work that’s fo sho.

Your Zkittles looks amazing! I think she might be your best yet!

 

[Trala]

That moment you accept your CarCanopy for the flawed mess it is.



I am so in love with this plant today.

And C Banger, I’ve monstercropped her. I’m coming in hawt for a second bite at that sweet cherry

 

[StoneOtter]

So my grow struggle is real. On top of growing morbidly obese giagantor plants, I have to nit wash they twice weekly to keep the insects at bay. This involves a lot of lifting. If ever there is a 420 Arm Wresting competition, I’m gonna fuck you guys up!

Olivia about to suffer the indignity of having me shoot nit spray up her skirt.

My Bees, all doused up and miserable. But on the upside, I have had zero insects, and I’m in prime insect weather.

How tall are you? 4 crates high!

 

[Trala]

Good morning Mr O!

First lol for the day

 

[StoneOtter]

Good morning Mr O!

First lol for the day

And many more today! Have a fun day Tra!