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New year, new diary ! :)
Here is what I'm planing to use / do :
Seeds : RQS Dance World (1:1 CDB) x3
Pots : 9L airpots (in a few weeks)
Lamp : ViparSpectra V600 (LED) (mostly blue lights for a few weeks, then blue + red)
Nutrients : Foxfarm Big Bloom, Grow Big, Tiger Bloom + Calmag (not until I repot them in a few weeks)
Technique : Topping + Mainlining (same as last year, but it seems I was confusing it for LST. Please tell me if I'm wrong)
Medium : Soil
Light schedule : 18/6 for a few weeks, then 12/12
So, everything went fine, except one of the sprouts had cotyledons stucked in seed hull. I managed to get it out by applying some moisture and remove the shell with tweezers VERY carefully. I think one of the leaves was a bit scrunched, but sprout seems fine.
I put them in intermediate recipients just an hour ago, and set up the grow room. Everything's ready for their first night :).
As usual, I'll try to update every week on Sunday. Again, thanks to RQS for providing seeds !
Wish you a great week !
I transplanted them this afternoon into their final recipient (9L airpots). I plan to top them in a few days, as soon as they show their 5th node.
Plants looks healthy, except for one :(. It's the one that got stuck in its seed shell; don't know if I can do anything to help.
Also started to give some mild fertilizer tonight, and added some red lights, earlier than last year, to avoid them having stacked internodes. Also kept the lamp 50cm away from canopy, and turned on another fan.
Everything's fine so far. Have a nice week my dudes ! :)
Hey friends !
I topped and pruned my plants (except the feeble looking one, whom I just removed some subbranches) saturday, and now realize it might have been too early :(. Or rather, I should have kept more fan leaves. They do not seem to be affected almost 2 days later, and are still growing strong, but still. Veg state might last a few days / weeks longer, but it should be ok.
So for the context, my previous crops were trained in an LST fashion, but somehow ended up looking like a manifold. So I'm not sure what it was, and wanted to do more "by the book" this time. Also pruned too late.
Anyways, I added some 6-4-4 nutrients to the mix yesterday. Should have started a bit sooner, but with this climate, soil don't dry quick enough to be watered everyday. Also, I'm still not sure how much to feed my plants; I just looked at feeding scheduled provided by Fox Farm, and cut in half. Did the same thing for the past 2 years, and it kind of worked out. I remember giving them more back then, and it didn't feel like a big change anyways.
If you guys have some advice, or just want to share their opinion on either of these raised points, feel free to do it !
See you next week ! ;)
Plants are still growing strong ! No matter how hard I try, they don't get stressed haha ! (jk)
So, I waited a few more days, so I could train them. I pruned subranches on the new mains yesterday, and this time I keeped fan leaves.
Now, this is starting to look like a mainline :) I plan to top again on 3rd node as soon as tips get a bit longer. Then in a few more days, I'll top again to have 8 mains in the end.
3rd plant is still looking ill; I don't know what I can do about it, so I'll take any advice you can give.
Also, I added calmag to the mix.
Have all a nice week friends; See you next time ! :)
2nd topping occured on 26/04, and they're almost ready to get their 3rd (and final) one. I also removed some more fan leaves and topped the ill-looking one. I'll keep its first internodes so I don't have to top her a 3rd time later on, unlike the others. I still don't know if I can do something about her; stem is strong, but leaves are very thin. I might post a grow question about it later.
Everything's fine so far; have all a great week mates ! :)
Hey, sorry for the delay ! :)
So, this week I topped (3rd and final) and trimmed again; the usual stuff :D.
I only realized recently that I should have done the 2nd topping on first node as I wasn't planning to keep the first subbranches anyways. It's not a big deal, but now my plants structure is super-long, and I lost some time waiting for them to grow.
Now I'll wait another day or two, then tie down the 8 future colas, mostly to keep them appart from their twin brother :D (don't know if it's clear, hopefully you'll understand seeing pics next week). I still don't know how I will do that; I might have to use sticks. Then one or two weeks more and I'll switch to 12/12.
One of the plants have some burnt tips and very mild leaves discoloration (hard to spot on pics), somewhat like a magnesium deficiency but she should have plenty; I suspect a mild nutrient burn, I'll keep an eye on it.
TTYL !
One of the plants I'm growing is looking feeble. Leaves are growing thin and she drinks less than the others. Same strain and same growing conditions.
Seedling was stuck in his seed's hull and I had to remove it myself, scrunching a bit one of the cotyledons. What should I do ?
I would hazard a guess and blame it on the fact that you only seem to be watering near the main stem and not the whole pot. This may have "signalled" your plant, over time, that water is scarce and as an adaptation she has reduced the size of her leaves to cope with the possible low moisture content of the substrate. Mind you this is just a guess on my behalf and I do not hold a degree in plant psychology!
You really should be watering the entire pot, roots will not grow and explore into dry areas. As you seem to be growing in coir, there is very little chance of over watering, just don't water too often and everything should be fine. A good deep watering, to run off, every few days, is far better than giving small amounts often, Just remember to wait until the top 1-2 inches are dry before watering again and water from edge to edge of the pot. Watering to run off will also help prevent excess nutrient salts from building up to toxic levels and also ensure water is getting right to the bottom of the pot, which is where most of the roots will be by now.
This leaf mutation has nothing to do with cotyledon damage, big or small.
Sometimes plants with broad leaves will revert to growing narrow leaves when flowering, so this could be perfectly normal too, but watering properly and deeply is vital for strong and healthy growth.
Hope this helps,..........
Organoman.
Hey ! I'll never be able to update on Sunday, so it seems :D.
Anyways, plants are doing great; I removed some more fan leaves and tied them down in a way that maximize space usage. If only I had topped (2nd) after first or second node, I'd have a less stretched manifold base, and more room around the pots to tie down future colas. Bah, it's not that bad and I'm pretty sure it'll work just fine.
Next, I adjusted the setup; moved things around, hang the lamp, etc... It's almost switch time ! I think it would be wiser to wait one more week, so branches can stretch and grow a little more, then they'll be at the perfect height after the start of flowering stretch. Seems about right.
And finaly, thanks to everyone that answered my question. Shoutout to @OrganicNature420, @ORGANOMAN and @sir_isO for their advices. Issue is not solved, and it'll probably never be, but that doesn't matter.
Now for the advices, the watering part might play a role, but 1) This plants was skinny from the start, even when she was in a little pot which I watered whole. 2) It's not easy to water everywhere with airpots, or water leaks through holes :/. Soil is stumped in some sort of cuvette, especially for this purpose. 3) I water all my plants (in those pots anyway) the same way and they're all doing well.
It doesn't mean you're wrong though, and I hold it as a precious advice anyway. Now I try to cover a larger area when watering plants in those pots.
As for the nutrient imbalance suggestion, maybe. I checked my calmag bottle ratios and it leans more heavily on calcium, but again, it doesn't mean you're wrong. I'll keep an eye on it.
Again, thanks to each of you; I really appreciate your input :). Looking again at her, she seems healthy, just with thinner leaves. We'll see how it goes !
That's it for now; have all a nice week fellow growers !
Plants are growing fine, stems are getting thicker and thicker, and now are just tall enough for me to switch, which I did yesterday.
I removed ties and set up tomato cages, so I could tie up colas to rings, or use them as support when they'll start to get heavier. First time I'm experimenting with those; we'll see how it goes. Also, it's worth mentioning that these things are a nightmare to set up, and you can see how poorly I did on last pics :D. First ring is at 25cm from the edge of the pot; I'll adjust the others as plants grow.
Coming next : Adjusting setup a little bit when plants stretch (remove pedestals and later the table table, re-orient fans, ...). Stay tuned !
I can't wait to see them flower :)
It's been really hot these past days, and I'm pretty sure 35°C is a bit too much for my plants, but I'm not sure how to handle this. I also had to water them twice a day for a week. Temperatures are way better today, and I hope it'll stay as is for the next month.
Apart from that, nothing new; flowers are getting bigger and stickier, and that's it !
Thanks for stopping by; ttyl ! ;)
Hey !
Everything's fine; only thing worth mentioning is that I cut Grow Big (6-4-4) apport by half this past week, and fully starting today.
Temperatures lowered a little, so my plants (and I) are feeling better :). Now I expect harvest to happen in 4/5 weeks.
Wish you all a nice week friends ! :)
Uneventful week; flowers continues to bloom, things are getting stickier, yada yada...
Completely cut off Grow Big (6-4-4), removed leaves here and there, and watching them in awe every night :).
Later !
One of the plants is almost ready (seen a few amber trichomes).
Another is growing strong, but buds are so heavy I had to put some ties between branches; it's the one that looked sick earlier, glad I keeped it :).
And the third one was the chosen one (Anakin !) but is late compared to the others. Also, you can see curled leaves on pic 4 and I don't know why; she doesn't seem to be overwatered and airflow is ok. Anyways, it'll be fine but I hope I won't have to throttle-harvest, if that mean anything.
It's funny to see so much differences between those three; none of them look the same :D
So, I haven't touched nutrients this week, but removed calmag and cut in half phosphorous (Tiger Bloom) this morning. I feel harvest is due in 3w, 4 top.
Have all a great week folks ! <3
So, I'm a bit in a pickle there; none of them 3 plants are on the same pace. One is ripe, another almost is and the third one is way way late.
I never had to, but I think a progressive harvest is due. Then I'll have to adjust nutrients. It was so simple til then : 1L -> 3 plants, once a day. :(
I also have to find an appropriate spot for drying, for I usually use the same space.
If you read this, what's your opinion on this ?
Apart from that, everything is fine. Plants seems happy, although I expected them to be fatter on their 8th flowering week.
Anyways, feel free to comment on that, and I wish you all a nice week ! :)
So, I made up my mind about the "late plant / when to harvest" situation; by looking closely, I can see a few amber trichomes already, with white pistils.. So, I'll wait til the end of this week and harvest all of them then.
Nutrients-wise, I keep feeding the late one this week, and water only for the other two. For now on, it's water only.
I can't wait :p
Have all a great week growmies ! ;)
PS : I also realized I haven't updated the light scheduled since I switch to flo. Those are not auto, so it's 12/12 from week 9. I won't do it manually, I'm just too lazy -_-'
So, I harvested almost two weeks ago. Plants took about 10 days to properly dry, and I tried my first bud after 3 days of curing; very enjoyable :).
It was my first main-lining attempt and it went well. I love how symmetrical they looked, and it felt like an optimized way of training them. I definitely will try again, with minor adjustments !
Apart from that, I had no issue growing in the same conditions as previous years (temperatures were more manageable this year though). Though I expected to harvest a bit more (same quantity as last year); maybe I should try to feed my plants more, or invest in a more powerful lamp ? Anyways, it's well enough for me, I was just wandering how I could do better, so if anyone have any suggestion / advice, I'll take it !
That's it ! I might plant some leftover seeds from earlier grows later this year or wait til ~April 2022. We'll see !
It was fun, as usual ! :) See you later !
Cockpitloulou
