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Seed planted directly in soil (BioBizz light mix) in the final 26L (7gallon) fabric pot, updates to come once germinated.
As a first time grower I have spent months investigating and learning about everything from equipment to organic soil life, and over the past few days I have finally received my long-waited equipment. I tried my best putting together a setup that works well for my needs, but as I have not yet had any real experience with it, I might have to do some tweaks over time and I am also happy to receive any comments and tips. I will be growing in 2 smaller end tents with near identical setups just in slightly different sizing, this Auto Ultimate will be run as a single plant in a Secret Jardin DS60 tent (2'x2'), I will soon also run few other Dutch Passion autos in the 2nd larger tent, in the future I'm likely to keep the smaller tent for veg/preflower and bigger for flower, so I could circulate 3-4 plants every 6-7 weeks. Growing my own bud has been a dream of mine some years now, so I am very excited for this grow and hope to learn a lot and hopefully end up with something nice to smoke in the end!
Update : seed germinated after 5 days in soil. Lights will now be on 18/6.
I am struggling to get my humidity high enough as it keeps trying to fall to 30-40% and I'd like it to be above 60% - any good tips how to do this and how much it will affect the plant? Laundry hanging near tent gives ~10%+, I've also tried misting some water every few hours.
I personally put wet laundry in my tent, with the bottom soaking in water so it keeps wet. But at your stage, I put a half cutted bottle over my seedlings (with small holes to get air moving) and mist inside. It keeps a good humidity when plants are young.
Hope it helped
Have a good day 💚
PLEASE NOTE Updates are made daily so each new post will only include first day of the week but more gets added every day around 5PM CET
Day 2:
>> Height 4cm
>> Water 0,3l + Root Juice
I gave a little bit of root juice already with water, this is just a quarter of the recommended dose. Rest of the week the plant will only get water. I am using plain tap water as mine is good quality, however due to slight alkalinity I'm adjusting with BioBizz pH down.
I have struggled keeping humidity high enough, I've now put in place a 1L dome with an opening. I also have wet towels hanging inside the tent. For the moment it seems to hold over 70%, last days I only had around 40% in the tent.
Day 3:
>> Height 6cm (+2cm)
Humidity has been around 80% now with dome, no watering today but some misting with pH adjusted water.
Day 4:
>> Height 7cm (+1cm)
>> Water 0,3l
Watered with pH adjusted water when lights went back on. Stretched slightly less than day before but this was expected. Leaves are clearly growing bigger, hoping to see true leave form soon.
Day 5:
>> Height 8cm (+1cm)
No watering today but some misting with pH adjusted water.
Day 6:
>> Height 8cm (+0cm)
No watering today but some misting with pH adjusted water. No growth in height but leaves are clearly getting larger and next layer of leaves is starting to grow out.
Day 7:
>> Height 8cm (+0cm)
>> Water 0,3l + Root Juice
I gave a little bit of root juice again with ph adjusted water. She's now clearly focusing on growing leaves fast and has not gained height in the last 48h.
Day 8:
>> Height 8,5cm (+0,5cm)
No watering today but some misting with pH adjusted water. Humidity dome removed as it became too small for the leaves.
PLEASE NOTE Updates are made daily so each new post will only include first day of the week, but more gets added every day around 5PM CET
Day 9:
>> Height 9,5cm (+1cm)
No watering today as soil was still quite moist. Feeding tomorrow once the soil has used the remaining water. She's growing happily and seems really healthy. Growtent has remained at steady 55-62% RH since removing dome and adding wet towels. Switched to 20/4 light cycle.
Day 10:
>> Height 10cm (+0,5cm)
>> Water 0,5l + Root Juice, Fish Mix
Feeding properly for the first time, starting with 2ml each, upping next week.
Day 11:
>> Height 10,5cm (+0,5cm)
Nothing to be done today.
Day 12:
>> Height 10,5cm (+0cm)
Nothing to be done today. She's growing exponentially, the new leaves are just exploding. For the first time today, I also smelled a faint smell when opening the tent.
Day 13:
>> Height 11,5cm (+1cm)
>> Water 0,4l
Growing continues well, couple little burn spots on one leaf from water droplets.
Day 14:
>> Height 13cm (+1,5cm)
Nothing to be done today. She's growing faster and faster!
Day 15:
>> Height 14,5cm (+1,5cm)
Nothing to be done today. Depending how she grows today, I might begin with LST tomorrow before feeding her again.
PLEASE NOTE Updates are made daily so each new post will only include first day of the week, but more gets added every day around 5PM CET
Day 16:
>> Height 13cm (-1,5cm LST done)
>> Water 0,8l + Root Juice, Fish Mix, Bio Grow, CalMag
I started with LST today, going to bring it further in the next days. I first thought the spots that appeared couple days ago were burns from droplets, but as they spread it started to look like Calmag deficiency and so I added some to the feed today.
Day 17:
>> Height 12cm (-1cm LST done)
>> Water 0,3l + CalMag
Just LST readjustments today, she doesn't seem to bothered by it. Calmag deficiency signs seem to slow down, but I still gave her a bit of water with Calmag today.
Day 18:
>> Height 11cm (-1cm LST done)
Just LST readjustments and some leaf tucking today. No new spots from Calmag deficiency, she seems to do better now but I’ll continue giving small amounts in future watering.
Day 19:
>> Height 13cm (+2cm)
While readjusting the lst, my nightmare happened and a hand twitch made me accidentally amputate a shoot. I tried to put her back with tape and some plant wire, but given the whole shoot came off entirely from the attachment to the stem, I don't have high hopes for this to recover. Still going to keep it on for a while and eventually just pick it off if it won't reattach and revive itself.
Day 20:
>> Height 14cm (+1cm)
>> Water 0,7l + Foliar spray (Calmag 0.3ml/l, Fish Mix 1ml/l)
Watered today, Calmag issue doesn't really seem to be gone so added Calmag as foliar spray as well. The severed shoot looks to be completely dying, but I'm still giving it a while longer.
Day 21:
>> Height 15cm (+1cm)
>> Foliar spray (Calmag 0.3ml/l, Fish Mix 1ml/l)
Just readjusting lst and tucking leaves away, she's getting real bushy which is a bit challenging in some crowded spots.
Day 22:
>> Height 17cm (+2cm)
>> Water 2,0l + Calmag 0.6ml + Foliar spray (Calmag 0.3ml/l, Fish Mix 1ml/l)
No amount of dark magic could raise this severed shoot back from the dead, and so I removed the tapes and took it off. The plant had recovered well from he cutting point (last picture). Calmag issue persists even if spreading has been now quite contained. pH should not be an issue, but I gave her carefully pHd water today with Calmag in quite generous amounts. I've also removed all LST and redone it completely, making sure it's not overly tight anywhere. The stem is becoming impressingly thick, starting to resemble a little tree trunk.
PLEASE NOTE Updates are made daily so each new post will only include first day of the week, but more gets added every day around 5PM CET
Day 23:
>> Height 21cm (+4cm)
Nothing to be done today, slight adjustments and leaf tucking. After rich watering and some calmag yesterday, she really shot up and grew overnight.
Day 24:
>> Height 22cm (+1cm)
Nothing to be done today, slight adjustments and leaf tucking.
Day 25:
>> Height cm 22cm (+0cm)
>> Water 1,5l + Calmag, FishMix, BioGrow, Root juice, Top Max
Feeding today, adjusting some of the lst. Calmag issue seems to finally (maybe really this time?) ease up, I have both given her Calmag and moved the light a little further away, I think the intense light together with 22/2 cycle was really eating up all the calmag. Next time I grow her I'll definitely supplement from beginning, and maybe stick to 18/6 or 20/4 cycle, as well as wait a little before I bring the light closer than 60cm.
Day 26:
>> Height 25cm (+3cm)
Nothing to be done today, slight adjustments and leaf tucking. Picked off couple very low leaves that were touching soil.
Day 27:
>> Height 27cm (+2cm)
>> Water 1,0l
She seems to do well, the other stems are catching up with stretch and starting to get stronger. Her stems are quite impressive, the main stem being already thicker than my fingers!
Day 28:
>> Height 29cm (+2cm)
>> Foliar spray (Calmag 0.3ml/l, Fish Mix 1ml/l)
Some LST and leaf tucking to bring canopy more even, gave a very light foliar spray. Pistils starting to appear.
Day 29
>>Height 28cm (-1cm lst)
>> Water 1,5l
Rich watering and more LST done
PLEASE NOTE Updates are made daily so each new post will only include first day of the week, but more gets added every day around 9PM CET
Day 30
>> Height 29cm
>> Water 0,7l
Light watering today, took off all LST and fully rearranged it to have better even level canopy.
Day 31
>> Height 29cm
>> Water 0,5l + bottom watering through 5min submergion in ~7cm water
I felt like the bottom soil was too dried out, and chose to go for submersion in water for a while. Some lower leaves removed, especially ones that were damaged from earlier Calmag deficiency.
Day 32
>> Height 33cm (+4cm)
Nothing to be done today, she looks happy after yesterday's water treatment and is starting to gain height.
Day 33
>> Height 37cm (+4cm)
>> Water 0,5l (pure) + Water 1,0l + Calmag, FishMix, BioGrow, BioBloom, Top Max
Just feeding today, all looks good. Watered first with just plain water, then 45min later with nutrients included.
Day 34
>> Height 39cm (+2cm)
Nothing to be done today.
Day 35
>> Height 41cm (+2cm)
>> Water 0,8l + 1,0l + Calmag
Watered first with plain water, 45mins later with 0,5ml/l Calmag added.
Day 36
>> Height 43cm (+2cm)
Accidentally snapped a stem today (last picture), taped and supported, hopefully heals fine.
PLEASE NOTE Updates are made daily so each new post will only include first day of the week, but more gets added every day around 9PM CET
Day 37
>> Height 45cm (+2cm)
>> Water 2,5l
Watered today at lights on in 2 batches, 45mins apart. The broken stem seems to be healing, it has hardened up again and the leaves droop less.
Day 38
>> Height 47cm (+2cm)
Nothing to be done today.
Day 39
>> Height 49cm (+2cm)
>> Water 2l + Bio Grow, Bio Bloom, Top Max, Calmag
Fed today. She seems to have cannibalised couple old fan leaves, but looks healthy otherwise so today's feeding should take care of it.
Day 40
>> Height 50cm (+1cm)
Nothing to be done today.
Day 41
>> Height 51cm (+1cm)
>> Water 1l
Watered lightly today,. Tape removed from the stem that broke earlier.
Day 42
>> Height 52cm (+1cm)
Slight defoliation on the bottom.
Day 43
>> Height 52cm
>> Water 2l
Watered and picked couple dead bottom leaves off.
I’m starting to be at a loss with this. Calmag issues earlier in veg, seemed to improve for a while but now bottom leaves started to die - I thought this was just due to beginning of flower but it’s getting worse and spreading even to healthier new growth. PH (should be) fine.
@Uk420Show she's still getting Nitrogen and got almost too much of it a couple weeks back so I doubt it's that - last feeding was 1ml/l Grow (4-3-6) 1ml/l Bloom (2-6,5-4) 1ml/l + Topmax 1ml/l and Calmag 0.5ml/l, I think if I gave more N I'd burn the plant, it's also an autoflower...
To me it looks the most like a pH issue, but all tests show normal levels - I was wondering if it can be just too little P or some root issues? She also seems to not grow the speed she should, so something is wrong here but I don't know what. No pests found.
I really don't know what to do next, just flush the whole darn thing and reintroduce nutrients, cut some of the bad parts off and hope for the best?
Day 44
>> Height 53cm
Nothing to be done today.
Day 45
>> Height 53cm
>> Flush + 2l + Bio Grow, Bio Bloom, Top Max, Calmag
As I couldn't figure out what caused sudden dying of leaves, I decided to go for a massive flush. Turns out the pH was off and soil was too acidic. Over 50 litres of ph controlled water flushed through over 3h period until run off pH was back to normal. In the end light feeding to replace flushed nutrients.
Day 46
>> Height 53cm
Picked off some of the dead leaves and checked collectors had no run off left.
Day 47
>> Height 53,5cm
Nothing to be done today.
Day 48
>> Height 54cm
>> Water 1l
Watered lightly today.
Day 49
>> Height 54cm
Nothing to be done today.
Day 50
>> Height 54cm
Nothing to be done today.
PLEASE NOTE Updates are made daily so each new post will only include first day of the week, but more gets added every day around 9PM CET
Day 51
>> Height 56cm
>> Water 1l
Watered today lightly.
Day 52
>> Height 56cm
Nothing to be done today.
Day 53
>> Height 56,5cm
Nothing to be done today.
Day 54
>> Height 57cm
>> Water 1,5l + Bio Grow, Bio Bloom, Top Max, Calmag
Fed today. She seems to be a little deficient following the flush, but hopefully any nutrient lockout has now solved itself and feeding will balance her.
Day 55
>> Height 57cm
Nothing to be done today.
Day 56
>> Height 57cm
Nothing to be done today.
Day 57
>> Height 57cm
>> Water 1,5l
Watered today.
Day 58
>> Height 57cm
Nothing to be done today.
Day 59
>> Height 57cm
Nothing to be done today.
Day 60
>> Height 57cm
I had to move the plants out of the growtent for house inspection, and so they spent 12h packed in big bags in the storage... No stems broke, but the humidity was quite high despite few dry days prior.
Day 61
>> Height 57cm
>> Water 0,5l +2l + Bio Grow, Bio Bloom, Top Max, Calmag
Fed today. She seems to be a little deficient following the flush, but hopefully any nutrient lockout has now solved itself and feeding will balance her.
Day 62
>> Height 57cm
Nothing to be done today.
Day 63
>> Height 57cm
Nothing to be done today.
Day 64
>> Height 57cm
>> Water 2,5l
Watered today with pH controlled water.
PLEASE NOTE Updates are made daily so each new post will only include first day of the week, but more gets added every day around 9PM CET
Day 65
>> Height 57cm
Nothing to be done today.
Day 66
>> Height 57cm
>> Water 3l
Watered today.
Day 67
>> Height 57cm
Nothing to be done today.
Day 68
>> Height 57cm
Nothing to be done today.
Day 69
>> Height 57cm
>> Water 1l + 2,5l + Grow, Bloom, TopMax, CalMag
She was fed today. There is some light burn on some leaves, but she's starting to do better now especially since couple plants were removed for harvest.
Day 70
>> Height 57cm
Nothing to be done today.
Day 71
>> Height 57cm
Nothing to be done today.
Day 72
>> Height 57cm
>> Water 4l
Heavy watering today, picked off few dead leaves. Trichomes starting to have no clear left. Starting flush now.
Day 73
>> Height 57cm
Nothing to be done today.
Day 74
>> Height 57cm
Nothing to be done today.
Day 75
>> Height 57cm
>> Water 2l
Watered today, probably still a week to harvest.
Day 76
>> Height 57cm
Nothing to be done today. Struggling to keep the tent temperatures in control as we've gotten a heat wave and have no AC.
Day 77
>> Height 57cm
Nothing to be done today.
Day 78
>> Height 57cm
>> Water 3,5l
Watered today.
Day 79
>> Height 57cm
Nothing to be done today. Flush week.
Day 80
>> Height 57cm
>> Water 3l
Heavy watering, flushing
Day 81
>> Height 57cm
Nothing to be done today.
Day 82
>> Height 57cm
Nothing to be done today.
Day 83
>> Height 57cm
>> Water 3,5l
Heavy watering today.
Day 84
>> Height 57cm
Nothing to be done today.
Day 85
>> Height 57cm
>> Water 3,5l
Heavy watering today.
Day 86
>> Height 57cm
>> Water 3l + Bio Grow, Bio Bloom, TopMax, AlgAMic, CalMag
As she seems to take longer to finish as expected, feeding her now at least once more to make sure she has enough food to ripen.
Day 87
>> Height 57cm
Nothing to be done today.
Day 88
>> Height 57cm
>> Water 4,0l
Watering until runoff.
Day 89
>> Height 57cm
Nothing to be done today.
Day 90
>> Height 57cm
Nothing to be done today.
Day 91
>> Height 57cm
>> Water 2l
Light watering today. I've noticed she likes cycling bigger and smaller quantities of water.
Day 92
>> Height 57cm
Nothing to be done today.
Day 93
>> Height 57cm
>> Water 3,5l
Watering today. Nutrients last week have made her a bit better looking and she's about to finish soon. Flushing this week and hoping to harvest on day 100 after 48 darkness. Trichomes now 90% cloudy, very few ambers and couple clears still left.
Day 94
>> Height 57cm
Nothing to be done. I'm going to let her dry out before putting in darkness, so she's now just finishing up a few days and going to darkness on day 48.
Day 98
>> Height 57cm
My usual lights off time is from noon to 4pm, so as today lights went off at noon, I turned them off completely. On Tuesday at noon (Day 100) after 48h darkness I will do last photos, trim and hang her to dry.
I'm very excited for this harvest, despite all the mistakes made along the way and some unfortunate events like with 24h plant evacuation and struggling with temperatures and humidity in heat wave without AC, she reached a pretty nice size for a first time grow, even if with some beauty flaws. Comparing this to the other 3 plants I grew on this run, I'm thinking this should reach over 100g/4oz dry. On these last days the buds have changed their appearance a lot and are now quite frosty, almost blue-silver hue with orange hairs, well covered in trichomes that are milky/cloudy with hints of amber, depending on the location 5-20%.
If anything, this was a great learning experience. This strain was extremely resilient and quite slow, which was great for going through about every possible mistake and learning to fix them. From RH levels to underwatering, pH fluctuations, finding right nutrient levels and even having to evacuate the plants for a day in bags out of the apartment, everything possible happened. Regardless in the end the plant produced nice quality buds with 123g dry trimmed bud, which is already good but the strain clearly has potential for far more.
The smoke is great and this strain works at any time of the day. I really like the strain and can't wait to grow this again.
LottaBuds
