🌱 S11-E20: Final Weeks Before Cannabis Harvest

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This grow has now passed 141 days since seed, and the plants are on Day 64 of Flower — the first day of Week 10. They’ve completed nine FULL weeks, and the finish line is officially in sight.

Whether harvest happens before the next episode airs or is the next episode… we never know until it happens. That’s the GrowDaddy way.

🌿 Our Growing Style: The Scrogless Scrog

We get asked constantly why our tents never have a traditional 4-inch trellis net.
Here’s the truth:

The GrowDaddyTV Style

We grow:

No net
Level canopy
Muffin tops only (dense top colas)
40–60 bud sites per plant (on purpose)
Near-zero larf
Why?

Because we train early, we maintain shape, and we defoliate strategically so light hits every top evenly.

This Week… the Ring Light Attacked Louise!

A YouTube ring light fell onto Louise mid-filming. (yes it was Mrs. GrowDaddy’s fault!)
She wasn’t harmed, but after the impact every branch suddenly leaned over in slow motion like a fainting goat.

Cue the yo-yos.

Louise went from 1 yo-yo to a full harness system in under 30 minutes.
The shame is real… [Mrs. GD blushing!]

💧 Our Organic Method (Simple AF)

GDTV Style

We grow using a 100% organic “water-only” soil system with:

A pre-amended soil mix (full recipe in our downloadable spreadsheet)
One single top-dress during the grow
Daily watering
No pH adjustments
No salts
No bottled nutrients
No runoff
No flush

This system creates:

Strong stems
Even canopies
Hard, dense buds
Very little leaf clawing or nutrient stress

🌸 Bud Count & Canopy Stats

We always count bud sites — because that’s how we measure success with a scrogless scrog.

Here are the numbers for this run:

Plant Bud Site Count

Louise – 64 tops (monster this season)
Chantel – 53 tops (wild child; refuses training)
Colette – 48 tops before she nannered last week
Marie – 24 tops (smallest but incredibly beautiful)
Louise is shaping up to be the heavy hitter this season.

⚠️ About Those Nanners…

Last episode, Colette had to be removed from the tent due to nanners (pollen sacs – she was self-pollinating).
Why it matters:

Pollinated branches redirect energy into making seeds
Bud quality drops
Aroma changes
Final smoke is compromised

We’re watching closely to make sure Louise wasn’t affected by her tent-sister before Colette was pulled.

💡 Light Cycle, Hanging Height, & PAR

We moved lights around this week — and accidentally dropped one on Louise (oops).
Here’s where we landed:

Light Cycle

12/12 for all of flower

Veg lasted 186 days (long story… watch earlier episodes!)

Light Specs

Using a 320W LED in a 4×4
Suggest a minimum of 240W in a 4×4

PAR after adjustments this week:

Louise: ~700 PPFD
Chantel: ~850 PPFD
Marie: ~800 PPFD
These levels are right where we want them in late flower, preventing foxtailing and protecting terpenes.

📆 Cannabis Grow Timeline

141 days since seed
Day 64 of Flower
Start of Week 10
Likely 7–8 days until chop

We’re nearly there — trichomes are close, buds are swelling, and fans are already imagining the smell of Trim Jail.

🔥 What’s Next?

Depending on how the girls look this week:

We might film one more pre-harvest episode

OR Episode 21 might be the chop

Either way, harvest is coming FAST.

If you want the full breakdown — PAR data, light heights, soil recipes, bud counts from every historical grow — grab our free downloadable spreadsheet (as mentioned in the video).