2nd Balcony Grow (GG#4)

I’m in for round 2. This time I have the experience and knowledge of last year’s grow so I know the suns path during spring and summer…I know what bugs to expect and how to fight them…I know what nutes work best and how to LST and supercrop to keep the girls well under the screen height.
Yesterday I put 4 GG#4 seeds in the paper towel method. They all hatched after 24 hours and now I have them in seedling soil, and in a homemade hothouse. I’ll grow 2 (other 2 are for backup) and have set up 2 white, 15 gallon grow bags with organic soil and trellises.


Last season I got snitched on by the neighbours and had to harvest 3 weeks early…this season may be the same but I’ve had ’words’ with the neighbours and am hoping they are cool. The joy of growing is worth the risk…and there’s a strong possibility that by 2024 it will be legal to grow a few plants in Melbourne Australia.

Happy to have input from anyone in this journal.

V happy, all 4 popped out of the soil. I’ll leave em in their baby pots for a couple of weeks then repot to 2 gallon bags….then the 2 best go into the 15 gallon bags.

Repotted the 2 best keepers into 2 gallon bags. This spring weather is great, far better than last years…all going to plan.

Perfect spring weather. No issues so far.

Repotting went well and the girls now in their 15 gallon bags..with a light feed. This years grow is on track!

Sigourney_GG4 said:

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Repotting went well and the girls now in their 15 gallon bags..with a light feed. This years grow is on track!

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Who is the pup/grow supervisor? Such a handsome fella.

curious2garden said:

Who is the pup/grow supervisor? Such a handsome fella.

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He is generally a good pup but has a fascination with the pots and the girls…caught him with a leaf in mouth yesterday…oh the horror!!

Topped both at the 5th node. Recon I’ll do it once agin. They are the same height but one is a fatty!
No problems to report so far.

Looking good

Did a second topping on both. Excited to see the difference from last years grow with only one topping.
No issues to report.

Training is going well. I’m LSTing so they only grow wide. When in correct position I want no growth towards or away from the screen, only sideways along the screen.
Here’s how they look from above and side on I

Renting and growing is a hard task.
7 weeks ago my landlord decided to sell the apartment I’m renting so I found a mate to take both girls, and in exchange I gave 1 to him.
Last week the apartment was taken off the market due to lack of interest. So I took 1 girl back home.
Compared to last year, these girls are tiny! they are only 4 foot from the ground and 2 foot wide. Can’t work out why, the difference is 12 gallon bags rather than 15, and I topped twice.
I wanted smaller girls but not this small, it’s embarrassing!
Last year they were 7 foot high and 6 foot wide (that’s the last 2 pics posted).
Anyway I’m looking at very solid, tight nugs and I recon I’ll get 6-7 ounces, so one can’t complain!
Happy to hear any thoughts on how long till ready.




And here are last year’s girls. Same strain (GG #4) and purchased from the same place.

Beautiful plants and pictures~ Thanks for sharing your work!

Ok, kinda forced to harvest but I’m well “in the window”! Last pics of living tree, next pics will be post chop!

Changed my mind…I’m going to push my luck and go another 8 days..

38 degrees Celsius today and the following 2 days…I thought it may slow (or damage) THC for 3 days and then take 3 days to recover. Fuck that, I harvested.
It doesn’t look like much in the pic but it’s more than I thought. Hopefully I can get 7-8 ounce's.
Temp and humidity looking good!
I’ll post weight in 7 day’s.