week of 10/20- 10/26/25
Day 54 Showcase Flower Room
Showcase Flower Room
The plants entered Week 8 of flowering (days 49-56). The exciting news in the room this week is that we had our first harvest in the room. The Grape MOB #1 was harvested at 47 days. This is incredibly fast and to be honest it was taken a little early but we were so excited to try it we couldn’t wait. The aroma is grape forward, but there is a gassy funk with traditional MOB smell in there as well.
The next strains coming down will be the Micro Batch Litchfield Afghani (LitchGhani?) and the Cheetah Fat #4. These strains represent opposite spectrums in cannabis breeding. The Litchfield Afghani being what is considered “Old School”. It is based on landrace genetics grown and stabilized over many years to finish outdoors in Maine. It is mostly green with hints of purple and a true Afghani aroma. The Cheetah Fat would be considered more modern with strains such as Gelato 42, Sunset Sherbet, and GMO Cookies in its lineage. It is very frosty and has some beautiful color and hues. The #4 almost has a maroon look to it.
This room is in its maintenance stage as we wait for the flowers to ripen. This means we are constantly monitoring for proper irrigation strategies and removing large fan leaves and yellowing leaves as well.
A view of plants in week 2. Already showing pre-flower!
F0A Flower Room
The plants entered Week 2 of flowering (days 7-14). They have transitioned nicely into flower and are growing vigorously. There are a few strains that have some of the largest fan leaves we have ever seen on indoor plants!
All three layers of trellising were laid out and the plants have already grown into the second tier. There are a few tall plants in the third tier. These plants are going to be big.
All the plants had their undergrowth pruned this week. This focuses their energy into the branches we want to keep. It also helps with air flow and light penetration. As the plants grow we increase the light intensity, atmospheric CO2, and irrigation lengths.
Four new strains and six Micro Batch strains makes this room exciting to grow.
Tahoe Freezer
Mom and Veg Room
The plants in this room continue growing and growing. They are all ready for a good pruning which will take place in the next day or two. It is also about time to take some back up clones of most of the moms. As the moms get old it is good to have a back up in case they don’t respond well to their pruning. The older a plant gets the trickier it can be to work with and having spares is never a bad thing.
As of this writing plugs are being soaked and the seeds for the next round of the Showcase room will be planted in 24 hours.
That’s about all for the Grow this week. In other Small Batch news we just did a taste test of a new Super Micron Bros. drop and it was fantastic in taste and high. There are always good things happening at Small Batch. Thanks and stay tuned next week for more Small Batch adventures.
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