My first go (grow)

Unfazed This is my first grow ever. (Except for a plant that accidentally grew off my deck years ago). Being a complete newb, I confess that I am having a hard time leaving them the F^&*k alone. I bought the seeds through Seedsman and that was a positive experience. I started with 5 of these seeds. The first two I put in water for 18 hours then into rapid rooters. 6 days later I became disheartened because I nothing was happening and started 2 more seeds via the wet napkin method. The latter showed tap root in about 2 days and were placed in rapid rooters. Having no luck with the former, I removed the seeds from the RR and proceeded to drop them both on the floor. I could not find them to save my life as the carpet is the best damn camouflage imaginable for a seed. Three days after losing them I was able to recover one by running a lint roller over the area. (I must warn the reader that running a lint roller on the floor, under your desk is a pretty eye opening experience and will make you feel rather like a pig). It being now about 15 days since I first tried to start the errant seed, I gave up, through it in an old rapid rooter and just set it on the clay pebbles in the grow closet. After two days I picked it up to toss it and was pleasantly surprised to see about 2" of tap root sticking out the bottom. I am sure there are several morals in this story but in any case, I promise not to be so verbose in the future !

Unfazed Plant #1 and #2 germinated at the same time , plant #3 a week later. The seed for #2 was half the size of seed #1 and seed #3. Plant #2 shows some lack of symmetry compared to plants #1 & #3. Also , plant #2 is considerably shorter than plant #1 or even plant #3, and the stem is a light green color compared to the slightly purple_ish color of the other two. I am wonder if they had a seed mix up or is this just a variation in the strain ? Time will tell I guess.

Unfazed Plant #1 hit a milestone this week as the roots finally made it to the water reservoir. Plant #2 is experience plenty of new growth but is not getting bigger. Plant #3 ...one week the junior of the other two is starting to grow a bit quicker. Is now larger than #2. All in all I am pretty happy. Added a couple of USB driven fans to the enclosure .

Unfazed Well last week I installed a small RO system that gives me 4 TDS in my feed-water. Added CalMagic at full strength to compensate. The plants are really starting to "drink" a lot more during this growth spurt. I think I am going to patent an idea. That is to included fidget spinners or games boys on the grow lights and pots in order to distract me from fiddle f$%^ing with the plants :) Tip of the day ...Don't use pipe cleaners for low stress tie down when using a drip ring. My pipe cleaners were getting dripped on and wicked about a half gallon of water into my catch basin ...in just a matter of hours. If other's experiences are any indication, I should start flowering in about a week. Fingers crossed

Unfazed Well the plants really seem to rocking this last week. They have just entered early flowing stage , I will graduate them to a flowering report next week. I am a bit concerned that I am getting leaves turning yellow at the bottom of the plant. These are the big fan leaves and I do note that they don't get much light down there. Any thoughts would be appreciated. I have also noticed a leaf or two that looks nibbled on but I will be damned if I can find any culprits. I went to rotate the pot and broke a big branch off plant #3 that got tangled in a wire :(

Unfazed These last two weeks the growth has been explosive. Gained nearly 18" on plant #1 and about 10" on plants #2/#3. All the plants have become extremely bushy and completely fill the grow space such the the leaves at the canopy are impinging hard against the walls . The grow space is 37" x 17" x 80" . I am almost out of head room to move the lights up any further. Moreover, the canopy is so dense that no light is reaching the lower parts of the plant. I have added to 2 x 26W bulbs to the light fixture. I am amazed at the number of bud sites :) I have 2 concerns at this point. Plant #1 has lost about half of it's lower foliage do to yellowing of the leaves . Plants # 2/3 have had a few losses but nothing like #1. My first suspicion is that the lower leaves are just not getting light. I have tucked leaves like crazy up top but the only way to correct this would be an aggressive defoliation, I am loath to do this for a variety of reasons especially with me losing many leaves on their own. I am also bumped up the nitrogen and iron a bit on plant #1 to see if that helps. PH is right on target at 5.6. Concern number 2 is that I have caught a black fly or two but I will be damned if I can find an aphid despite a very thorough scanning of steams and leaves ...

Unfazed Plant #1 I think has reached its final height almost no vertical growth the last two days. They are really starting to bud out and I fatten a bit . Based on what I have read, I am expecting about 77 days from seedling to harvest. That means I have 3 weeks left before a week of flushing. I am excited and concerned that the buds will not have time to fatten up . I can see a lot of hairs but no resin.

Unfazed Had a bit of a scare ...Found what I originally thought were male sacks all over the plants, on closer inspection I have convinced myself that they are just swollen calyxes ... I am about 8 weeks into the grow from when the seedling went into the grow room and about 3~4 weeks into the flowering ....I would like to ask those with experience to look at the pics and give a rough estimate as to how long the plants will be before they are ready to harvest. I am trying to judge when to start the Powdered KoolBloom and then flush. I know , I know but just your best estimate based on the buds. The trichs are about 70% cloudy, .

Unfazed Well we are now 9 weeks in and the colas are really starting to look better . Plant one has about 30% clear/ 80% cloudy Trichomes on the top buds while the lower buds are 50/50. I have seen one or two amber on the most mature buds. The hairs are about 30% brown 70% white. The trichs have become amazingly swollen on the mature buds. I am thinking two more weeks tops for #1 plant . My plan was to run 10 days with Powdered Koolbloom and 4 days of flushing with plain water. Any thoughts on my timing ? 😁

Unfazed Great learning experience :)