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Seed germinated directly in soil, time to sprout 4-5 days.
Soil is BioBizz Light Mix, 19L (5gal) textile pot. I will be using BioBizz nutrients.
This is my first run with this setup so I'll be happy to see how this goes 😊 I have total 3 plants in this tent, all Dutch Passion autos. Colorado Cookies sound great as a bud, but I have no idea what to expect as I've never grown this before and I've seen results here anywhere from 25-250g per plant.
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 3,5cm
>> 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'm trying a dome on 2 out of 4 plants, this one being without, I'm trying to up humidity with wet towels in the tent, misting etc.
Day 3:
>> Height 5,5cm (+2cm)
No watering today but some misting with pH adjusted water.
Day 4:
>> Height 6,5cm (+1cm)
>> Water 0,3l
Watered with pH adjusted water when lights went back on. This one's a stretcher and is reaching over 6cm already. I'm hoping the plant focuses more on growing bigger leaves soon like the other plants, but I'm hoping this fast growth is also a sign of fast growing roots.
Day 5:
>> Height 7cm (+0,5cm)
No watering today but some misting with pH adjusted water.
Day 6:
>> Height 7cm (+0cm)
No watering today but some misting with pH adjusted water. No growth in height, but leaves growing noticeably and next layer about to grow out.
Day 7:
>> Height 7,5cm (+0,5cm)
>> Water 0,3l + Root Juice
Watered with ph adjusted water and some root juice. She's growing nice and steady.
Day 8:
>> Height 7,5cm (+0cm)
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 8cm (+0,5cm)
No watering today, waiting for soil to dry a bit more before feeding tomorrow. After removing humidity domes couple days ago, RH has stayed at ~60% with wet towels hanging inside the tent.
Day 10:
>> Height 8,5cm (+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 8,5cm (+0cm)
Nothing to be done today. However, I forgot the lights on at 60% for the last day, as I dimmed them not to be blinded so much while feeding, and then forgot to turn back to 100%... Luckily this was just one day.
Day 12:
>> Height 9,5cm (+1cm)
Nothing to be done today. She's exploding with new leaf nodes and starting to give off a nice faint smell.
Day 13:
>> Height 10,5cm (+1cm)
>> Water 0,3l
She's growing nicely, nothing to note yet.
Day 14:
>> Height 10,5cm (+0cm)
Nothing to be done today.
Day 15:
>> Height 12cm (+1,5cm)
Nothing to be done today, she'll be fed tomorrow.
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 (+1cm)
>> Water 0,6l + Root Juice, Fish Mix, Bio Grow
She is doing fine, fed today.
Day 17:
>> Height 14cm (+1,5cm)
>> Water 0,2l + Calmag
I ponytailed her today to give more light to the new shoots. Also gave a bit of calmag as all the plants are seeming to develop slight deficiency.
Day 18:
>> Height 16cm (+2cm)
>> Water 0,2l + Calmag
Ponytail was removed for the previous night and kept half day today. Shoots below starting to develop, leaves slightly crumbly after ponytail but this is fine.
Day 19:
>> Height 17,5cm (+1,5cm)
Nothing to be done today.
Day 20:
>> Height 19cm (+1,5cm)
>> Water 0,7l + Foliar spray (Calmag 0.3ml/l, Fish Mix 1ml/l)
Watered today, all good.
Day 21:
>> Height 21cm (+2cm)
>> Foliar spray (Calmag 0.3ml/l, Fish Mix 1ml/l)
I was considering doing proper lst on her, but as her stem had already gotten very thick and I saw some pistils appear, instead of bending the main stem, I just tied the shoots a bit more horizontally to give them better access to light and open her up a bit.
Day 22
>> Height 22,5cm (+1,5cm)
>> Water 1,0l + Calmag
Some lst adjustments done. She's starting to flip to flower, plenty pistils and first tiny bud formations becoming visible.
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 27cm (+4,5cm)
Nothing to be done today, slight adjustments and leaf tucking. After rich watering yesterday some extra growth noticeable. Also starting to show pistils and form budsites, flipping to flower.
Day 24:
>> Height 30cm (+3cm)
Nothing to be done today, slight adjustments and leaf tucking.
Day 25:
>> Height 33cm (+3cm)
>> Water 1,0l + Calmag, FishMix, BioGrow, Root juice, Top Max
Feeding today, adjusting some of the lst.
Day 26:
>> Height 38cm (+5cm)
Nothing to be done today, slight adjustments and leaf tucking.
Day 27:
>> Height 40cm (+2cm)
>> Water 1,0l
Nothing to be done today apart from watering, slight adjustments and leaf tucking.
Day 28:
>> Height 45,5cm (+5,5cm)
>> Foliar spray (Calmag 0.3ml/l, Fish Mix 1ml/l)
Just slight adjustments and leaf tucking, gave a very light foliar spray.
Day 29
>> Height 49cm (+3,5cm)
>> Water 1,2l
Just watering 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 30
>> Height 53cm (+4cm)
>> Water 0,7l
Light watering today, took off all LST to let it just shoot up. Light switched to 20/4.
Day 31
>> Height 56,5cm (+3,5cm)
>> Water 0,5l + bottom watering through 5min submersion in ~7cm water
I felt like the bottom soil was too dried out, and chose to go for submersion in water for a while.
Day 32
>> Height 59,5cm (+3cm)
Nothing to be done today, just bent some stems back and forth to make them grow stronger.
Day 33
>> Height 62,5cm (+3cm)
>> Water 0,3l (pure) + Water 0,7l + 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 65cm (+2,5cm)
Nothing to be done today.
Day 35
>> Height 66cm (+1cm)
>> Water 0,5l + 1,0l + Calmag
Watered first with plain water, 45mins later with 0,5ml/l Calmag added.
Day 36
>> Height 67,5cm (+1,5cm)
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 37
>> Height 68cm (+0,5cm)
>> Water 2,5l
Watered today at lights on in 2 batches, 45mins apart.
Day 38
>> Height 69cm (+1cm)
Nothing to be done today.
Day 39
>> Height 69cm
>> Water 2l + Bio Grow, Bio Bloom, Top Max, Calmag
Fed today.
Day 40
>> Height 69cm
Nothing to be done today.
Day 41
>> Height 69cm
>> Water 2l
Watered today.
Day 42
>> Height 69,5cm (+0,5cm)
Nothing to be done today.
Day 43
>> Height 70cm (+0,5cm)
>> Water 2,5l
Watered today.
Day 44
>> Height 69cm
Nothing to be done today.
Day 45
>> Height 69cm
>> 2l + Bio Grow, Bio Bloom, Top Max, Calmag
Fed today.
Day 46
>> Height 69cm
Nothing to be done today.
Day 47
>> Height 69cm
>> Water 3l
Watered richly today.
Day 48
>> Height 69cm
Nothing to be done today.
Day 49
>> Height 69cm
>> Water 2,5l
Watered today.
Day 50
>> Height 69cm
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 69cm
>> Water 3l
Watered today.
Day 52
>> Height 69cm
Nothing to be done today.
Day 53
>> Height 69cm
Nothing to be done today.
Day 54
>> Height 69cm
>> Water 0,7l + 2l + Bio Grow, Bio Bloom, Top Max, Calmag
Fed today. She has been fading a little bit, possibly a little deficient, hopefully it'll balance a bit.
Day 55
>> Height 69cm
Nothing to be done today.
Day 56
>> Height 69cm
Nothing to be done today.
Day 57
>> Height 69cm
>> Water 2l
Watered today.
Day 58
>> Height 69cm
Nothing to be done today.
Day 59
>> Height 69cm
Nothing to be done today.
Day 60
>> Height 69cm
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 69cm
>> 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 69cm
Nothing to be done today.
Day 63
>> Height 69cm
Nothing to be done today.
Day 64
>> Height 69cm
>> Water 2,5l
Watered today. Starting to show first amber trichomes, flushing now and harvesting likely within a week.
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 69cm
It is flush time! First amber trichomes have appeared, and bottom buds are mostly cloudy too.
Day 66
>> Height 69cm
>> Water 4,5l
Heavy watering today until runoff, this will be the last. I am planning on letting her be for last couple days in the grow box, then when her dark period starts on Saturday I'll let her be in dark for 24h and harvest on Sunday on day 70.
Day 67
>> Height 69cm
Nothing to be done today, last day under lights.
Day 68
>> Height 69cm
After 8h of light, moved into darkness. Harvest in 48h!
Day 69
>> Height 69cm
Darkness period half way through, RH holding up well despite soil having still been a little moist when she went to dark. 24h to harvest 😍
Day 70
>> Height 69cm
Today is the time for chop at exactly 10 weeks. I will do a rough wet trim and hang them in a dark grow tent, once they have dried they will be moved to jars to cure.
Good experience as first grow. Some difficulties in optimizing nutrients and lights, but overall good result with 87g dry bud. Smoke quality and flavour great after cure and it packs a punch.
This was a great learning experience, great bud and next time I'll know even better 😊