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Indoor
Room Type
FIMing
weeks 3
LST
weeks 3-6
Defoliation
weeks 3-6
HST
weeks 7-8
Coco Coir
Grow medium
Perlite
Grow medium
12 L
Pot Size
2 L
Watering
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Week 1. Vegetation
4 years ago
22 hrs
25 °C
5.9
400 PPM
50 %
12 L
Nutrients 5
CANNA RHIZOTONIC - Canna
CANNA RHIZOTONIC 2 mll
Calmag - BioBizz
Calmag 0.5 mll
Jungle Urban A - Jungle indabox
Jungle Urban A 0.75 mll
Took a little longer to germinate at about 4 days so I was getting a bit impatient. First time growing in pure coco, hoping I won't mess anything up since I barely got soil figured out. Update day 7: Everything seems to be going nicely. I started feeding with about half of the recommended dose for seedlings. One thing that is definitely not ideal is the humidity, which is in the 40%-50% range, but I am keeping in under humidity dome, so hopefully that helps. 🤞.
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Week 2. Vegetation
4 years ago
22 hrs
28 °C
5.9
850 PPM
70 %
12 L
Nutrients 3
Jungle Urban A - Jungle indabox
Jungle Urban A 2 mll
Jungle Urban Mikro - Jungle indabox
Jungle Urban Mikro 1.25 mll
Jungle Urban B  - Jungle indabox
Jungle Urban B 0.75 mll
I doubled the nutrient amount this week, since the color on new leaves seems to be a little too lime green, so now I am giving full "seedling" dose. Will probably try to increase further to full veg dose if I do not see any nute burn. Otherwise it seems to be doing nicely 🤞. EDIT d14: The light leaf color is getting better, so it seems the heavier feeding helped.
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Week 3. Vegetation
4 years ago
20 hrs
25 °C
5.9
850 PPM
70 %
12 L
Nutrients 4
Calmag - BioBizz
Calmag 1 mll
Jungle Urban A - Jungle indabox
Jungle Urban A 2 mll
Jungle Urban Mikro - Jungle indabox
Jungle Urban Mikro 1.25 mll
The plant is looking great so I decided to FIM, let's see how she handles it. Also added some calmag as it seems the base feed did not have enough. Edit d20: recovered nicely from the FIM, continued growing the same day. Then I decided to do some LST and in the process took off 2 fan leaves that were crowding everything up.
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LST
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FIMing
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Defoliation
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Grow Questions
minigroww
minigrowwstarted grow question 4 years ago
I have noticed what seem to be roots poking up through the substrate really close to the stem. Is this normal or should I be worried?
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Roots. Other
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Nastyfishanswered grow question 4 years ago
They are just reaching for moisture, nothing to worry about. Once they get established anything above soil will harden up.
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Week 4. Vegetation
4 years ago
22 hrs
25 °C
6.2
Weak
900 PPM
50 %
12 L
1 L
Nutrients 4
Calmag - BioBizz
Calmag 1 mll
Jungle Urban A - Jungle indabox
Jungle Urban A 2.4 mll
Jungle Urban Mikro - Jungle indabox
Jungle Urban Mikro 1.6 mll
The plant is doing great, growing vigorously every day. I even saw first roots to reach the bottom of the pot. I am now watering every day while alternating between two regimens each 2 days. One is full dose nutrients, the other one is 3/4 nutrient strength and some biobizz calmag to keep the Coco fed. Edit d25: Growing on ... a little too well maybe 😄 I am adjusting the LST daily. A really faint "fresh" smell started to be noticeable.
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LST
Technique
Defoliation
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Week 5. Flowering
4 years ago
22 hrs
25 °C
5.9
Weak
950 PPM
50 %
12 L
2 L
Nutrients 5
CANNAZYM - Canna
CANNAZYM 1.5 mll
CANNA BOOST Accelerator - Canna
CANNA BOOST Accelerator 2 mll
Jungle Urban A - Jungle indabox
Jungle Urban A 0.75 mll
The plant is becoming quite the bushy monster! I hoped for a bigger one with Coco and bigger pot this time, but I did not expect this 😄. Defoliated again, tying up branches, trying to spread everything evenly. Saw first pistils few days ago 🎉. Will probably switch to flowering nutes ratio by the end of the week. Edit d32: Growing and stretching at an alarming rate, I hope I will be somehow able to manage this one in my tiny box 🤞. Otherwise I started feeding flowering nutes, hoping it will maybe bump her to stop growing and start flowering 😁. Edit d34: Next episode of "fighting the jungle" continues 🌴 ... Humidity started rising, and there were lot of wet spots and leaves covering other leaves etc. So I defoliated again .. I am getting the feeling that it slows down flowering, but I see no other options for my small box ..
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Technique
Defoliation
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Week 6. Flowering
4 years ago
22 hrs
25 °C
5.9
Weak
950 PPM
50 %
12 L
2 L
Nutrients 5
CANNAZYM - Canna
CANNAZYM 1.5 mll
CANNA BOOST Accelerator - Canna
CANNA BOOST Accelerator 2 mll
Jungle Urban A - Jungle indabox
Jungle Urban A 0.75 mll
This week was a fight, and I fear the worse has yet to come. Over this week it became crystal clear that I REALLY overshot my container size, causing this plant to stretch to a size that my box cannot handle. As a result I am defoliating every few days, as the grow is so bushy and strong that I sometimes cannot see the back of my growbox through the thick canopy. I have supercropped a few smaller branches that were too tall, but I fear that I may have to supercrop all of them later.
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Week 7. Flowering
4 years ago
22 hrs
25 °C
5.9
Weak
950 PPM
50 %
12 L
2 L
Nutrients 5
CANNAZYM - Canna
CANNAZYM 1.5 mll
CANNA BOOST Accelerator - Canna
CANNA BOOST Accelerator 2 mll
Jungle Urban A - Jungle indabox
Jungle Urban A 0.75 mll
The fight continues, the stretch has slowed down, but the branches still gain about a centimeter every day. This has forced me to attempt supercropping almost all of the branches. I managed to gain a few centimeter, but the plant soon grow them back ... I am now getting seriously worried that I wont manage to bring this plant to successful harvest. End of week edit: The stretch has slowed down, but it is so close to the light even the millimeters it grows every day are a problem. Buds & sugar leaves are starting to get frosty, but no major bud growth yet.
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minigroww
minigrowwstarted grow question 4 years ago
Long story short, I overshot my container size, and now I have plant that is outgrowing my box. I cannot move it, so the only options are to manage the growth or kill it. Any tips that would help me keep the size down and bring this plant to successful harvest would be great.
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Plant. Too tall
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sir_isOanswered grow question 4 years ago
Imo, twist, bend and maneuver some of that. Don't chop tops. BUT even before that, look if stretches more in the next few days (since you posted that 2 days ago, that'd be now, so yeah maybe I'm too late with this comment). It's BARELY gonna stretch more than that at that stage, from most plants I've seen.
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Week 8. Flowering
4 years ago
20 hrs
25 °C
5.9
Normal
950 PPM
50 %
12 L
2 L
Nutrients 5
CANNAZYM - Canna
CANNAZYM 1.5 mll
CANNA BOOST Accelerator - Canna
CANNA BOOST Accelerator 2 mll
Jungle Urban A - Jungle indabox
Jungle Urban A 0.75 mll
Another hard week. The time I spent on this plant is already more than all of my previous 4 grows combined. Tying down the branches and doing super cropping is extremely hard, since I can't really reach most of the branches, and have to contort my hands in weird ways. Nevertheless I supercropped 3 branches that needed it this week, as they were pressing against the top LED diffuser panel. The one upside is that tested the growbox manufacturers claim, that the box is made so that plants can grow actually all the way up to the diffuser, the buds were literally pressing onto it, and no signs of light burn. I am just waiting to finish this ordeal, hopefully get some good bud, and start a little smarter anew. With all the stress i gave the plant I think it will need at least another month ...
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Week 9. Flowering
4 years ago
20 hrs
23 °C
5.9
Normal
950 PPM
50 %
12 L
2 L
Nutrients 5
CANNAZYM - Canna
CANNAZYM 1.5 mll
CANNA BOOST Accelerator - Canna
CANNA BOOST Accelerator 2 mll
Jungle Urban A - Jungle indabox
Jungle Urban A 0.75 mll
Pretty "quiet" week, did not have much time to care for the plant. The smell got pretty skunky and strong. The colas are getting somewhat thicker. I just hope all of the plant is ok, since I can only see one side of the plant, if the other was all mouldy I would not even know ... Here's to hoping that won't happen 🤞
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minigroww
minigrowwstarted grow question 4 years ago
I found strange purple/dark brow discoloration on one of buds and surrounding leaves. It could be caused by bad supercropp of the cola, or I am thinking bud rot. What do you think, should I harvest immediately, or am I stressing too much? RH is 50-60%, but the box is cramped.
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Buds. Other
Leaves. Color - Dark-brown
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sir_isOanswered grow question 4 years ago
Yeah that's a bit of shit that got too moist for too long. Don't worry about it, it's really minor, just take the affected area off, and try lower moisture levels.
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Week 9. Harvest
4 years ago
Happy Harvest Day!
Double Grape - Mephisto Genetics
Spent 64 days
Ger Veg Flo Har
9/10
Rated
80 g
Bud dry weight per plant
1
Plants
Normal
Difficulty
Sleepy
Energy
Indica
Hybrid
Sativa

Day air temperature
Air humidity
PPM
PH
Light schedule
Pot size
So, this grow was everyday battle. I wanted bigger plant when went with coco as a medium, but I did not know what I was in for. The plant totally outgrew my small box. I cut off so many branches & leaves, which only made the plant bush out more, which resulted in more pruning & defoliation and again and again ... In the end I harvested early due to concerns about bud rot. Really conflicted about this grow, since it went so good it turned to shit 😆. But the harvest is not bad, with about 60g of passable bud, and another 20 g of really sparkly larf, only the taste is not there, as it did not mature properly, and was harvested in a rush.
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