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Moby Dick XXL Auto - 1st grow - 52W LED

AxlWeed

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Moby Dick XXL Auto

Dinafem

Platinium Hydroponics

Nutrients

VEG

Fission 300W Light Emitting Diodes/52W

Custom

FLO

Fission 300W Light Emitting Diodes/52W

Custom

Soil

Custom

Indoor

Room Type

LST

weeks Technique

Defoliation

weeks Technique

4 L

Pot Size

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3 cm

20 hrs

28 °C

No Smell

23 °C

4 L

55 cm

AxlWeed Seed : Moby Dick XXL Auto (Dinafem - 30% Indica / 70% Sativa) Soil : Lightmix (Plagron) Pot : 3.8L (1 gallon) Smart Pot Water : pH 6.0 spring water (local brand) Light : 52W LED CoB VERO SE 29 3500k (Bridgelux) + driver HBG-60-1400 (Mean Well) Box : The small $29 Ikea Billy bookcase (inside size : 36x26x94 cm - 14x10x37 in.) Air Flow : 2x MEC0381V1-A99 (Sunon - 234m3/h) + 1 clip fan Air Filter : Drilled DVD bundle full of activ. carbon, surrounded by a cat litter activ. carbon filter. Roommates : "Moby Dick Auto" (Dinafem) (GrowDiaries ID : 9931) & "Lowryder Auto" (Vision Seeds) (GrowDiaries ID : 11806) Good for : small budgets & tiny spaces

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8.5 cm

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28 °C

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23 °C

4 L

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55 cm

Nutrients 1

Organic Grow 1.5 mll

AxlWeed For more infos, check "Week 1". WEEK 2 : 2018/04/07 to 2018/04/13 Day 08: Started nutes (Platinium Organic Grow) Day 09: Nothing to declare Day 10: Some weird yellow stains appeared on the 2 oldest fan leaves Day 11: Stains getting bigger... Day 12: ... and bigger Day 13: ... and bigger Day 14: Removed these 2 leaves

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18 cm

20 hrs

28 °C

No Smell

23 °C

4 L

1 L

37 cm

Nutrients 1

Organic Grow 2 mll

AxlWeed For more infos, check "Week 1". WEEK 3 : 2018/04/14 to 2018/04/20 Day 15: Nothing to declare Day 16: Nothing to declare Day 17: Nothing to declare Day 18: Started LST Day 19: Recovering pretty well from LST Day 20: Nothing to declare Day 21: Showing its sex :)

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17 cm

20 hrs

28 °C

No Smell

23 °C

4 L

1 L

21 cm

Nutrients 1

Organic Grow 2 mll

AxlWeed For more infos, check "Week 1". WEEK 4 : 2018/04/21 to 2018/04/27 Day 22: Nothing to declare Day 23: Nothing to declare Day 24: Defoliation & More LST Day 25: Moved the plant closer to the LED (from 37cm to 26cm) Day 26: More LST (main stem is now bent at 90°) Day 27: Defoliation & Moved the plant closer to the LED (from 26cm to 20cm) Day 28: A weak smell starts to float in the air... I hope my DIY carbon filter won't take me to jail

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19 cm

20 hrs

28 °C

No Smell

23 °C

4 L

1 L

25 cm

Nutrients 1

Organic Grow 2 mll

AxlWeed For more infos, check "Week 1". WEEK 5 : 2018/04/28 to 2018/05/04 Day 29: Nothing to declare Day 30: Defioliated a bit. A lot of buds start to appear. I think the LST worked quite well Day 31: Stopped nutes & watering for a few days, as advised by other growers on GD Day 32: Nothing to declare Day 33: Dry soil, yellow leaves. Flushed soil with 10L of water to heal nute overdose. Moved the plant away from the LED (from 20cm to 25cm) Day 34: Sun bath & fan pointed to soil to remove water excess caused by the flush Day 35: Nothing to declare

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Grow Questions

AxlWeedstarted grow question 7y ago

Day 30, a lot of small buds start to appear. Do you think i should change the growing nutes to bloom ones now ? Thanks for any advice, i'm new at all these things.

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Techniques. Defoliation

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Athosanswered grow question 7y ago

See those leaves with a claw like shape? That's nutrient overdose. I would flush the media and let the plants consume what's on their leaves for a week before starting nutes again. Also get a PPM/EC meter, that will help a lot in how much to feed without guessing, specially in a micro grow when a couple of drops can put the feeding strength from ok to too much (I do microgrowing too). And to answer your question (if you didn't have nute overdose), you would want to keep using the grow nutes until the stretch is done and start the bloom ones between the 2nd or 3d week of flower, when you notice the first signs of P-K deficiency on the lower leaves.

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20.5 cm

20 hrs

30 °C

No Smell

25 °C

4 L

23.5 cm

Nutrients 2

Love 10 mll

Good music 10 mll

AxlWeed For more infos, check "Week 1". WEEK 6 : 2018/05/05 to 2018/05/11 Day 36: Nothing to declare, still recovering from "nute OD" Day 37: Watered a bit (30cl), and removed lower yellow leaves Day 38: Nothing to declare, still recovering from "nute OD" Day 39: Watered a bit (20cl),, still recovering from "nute OD". Looks very weak :( Day 40: Watered 10cl + a drop of growing nutes. Day 41: Nothing to declare Day 42: Watered 40cl

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22 cm

20 hrs

30 °C

Weak

25 °C

4 L

0 L

23 cm

Nutrients 2

Organic Grow 3 mll

Organic Bloom 3 mll

AxlWeed For more infos, check "Week 1". WEEK 7 : 2018/05/12 to 2018/05/18 Day 43: Watered 40cl Day 44: Nothing to declare Day 45: Watered 15cl with new grow nutes (3ml/l) and 35cl with new bloom nutes (3ml/l) Day 46: Nothing to declare Day 47: Looks a bit better! Watered 10cl with new grow nutes (3ml/l) and 40cl with new bloom nutes (3ml/l) Day 48: Moved the plant 5cm closer to the light Day 49: Nothing to declare. Watered 35cl with pure water

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22 cm

20 hrs

30 °C

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25 °C

4 L

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20 cm

Nutrients 1

Organic Bloom 3 mll

AxlWeed For more infos, check "Week 1". WEEK 8 : 2018/05/19 to 2018/05/25 Day 50: Nothing to declare Day 51: Watered with 40cl of water + bloom nutes Day 52: Nothing to declare Day 53: Watered with 40cl of water + bloom nutes Day 54: Nothing to declare Day 55: Watered with 80cl of water + bloom nutes Day 56: Smells good !

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22 cm

20 hrs

30 °C

Normal

25 °C

4 L

0 L

19.99 cm

Nutrients 1

Organic Bloom 3 mll

AxlWeed For more infos, check "Week 1: WEEK 9 : 2018/05/26 to 2018/06/01 Day 57: Nothing to declare. Smells really good. Day 58: Nothing to declare. Smells really good. Day 59: Nothing to declare. Smells really good. Day 60: Nothing to declare. Smells really good. Day 61: Nothing to declare. Smells really good. Day 62: Nothing to declare. Smells really good. (no pic) Day 63: Nothing to declare. Smells really good.

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22 cm

20 hrs

29 °C

Strong

25 °C

4 L

0 L

19.99 cm

Nutrients 1

Organic Bloom 3 mll

AxlWeed For more infos, check "Week 1: WEEK 10 : 2018/06/02 to 2018/06/08 Day 64: Nothing to declare. Last feeding. Next time: flushing it! Day 65: Nothing to declare Day 66: Nothing to declare Day 67: Nothing to declare - Started flushing Day 68: Nothing to declare (no pic) Day 69: Nothing to declare - Flushing again Day 70: Nothing to declare

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22 cm

20 hrs

29 °C

Strong

25 °C

4 L

0 L

19.99 cm

Nutrients 1

Organic Bloom 3 mll

AxlWeed For more infos, check "Week 1: WEEK 11 : 2018/06/09 to 2018/06/15 Day 71: Nothing to declare - Flushing again (no pic) Day 72: Nothing to declare Day 73: Nothing to declare (no pic) Day 74: Nothing to declare - Flushing again Day 75: Nothing to declare (no pic) Day 76: Couldn't resist. Tried a sample. Strong shit. In the coma for 2 hours. Day 77: Nothing to declare (no pic)

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Happy Harvest Day!

Moby Dick XXL Auto Dinafem

10/10

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For more infos, check "Week 1": 2018/06/16 - Day 78 - first day of "Week 12" Today is Harvest Day for my first grow! I didn't water the baby for the last 5 days, following the flush (pure water every 2 or 3 days for 11 days). I removed most of the leaves, while keeping a few of the smallest and trichromest. Buds are very dense, really sticky and smelly. After the harvest, i had enough to roll a finger hash joint. It was quite complicated to do things for one hour after smoking it... Total wet weight : 80.26 g, including stems (estimated 20g of stems) Total dry weight : 26.49 g without stems (5 days of drying, it's around 30°C here) I'm happy i overcame this yellowing problem, which was caused by the use of 3 years old nutrients. Thanks to the people here on GD who helped me find the cause of the problem, and a solution to it. I'm stoked to get such results from a 52W LED in such a small cabinet (Less than 1 sqft - 26x36cm). The One Gallon (3.8L) pot was only filled at the three fourths (approximately 3L). I'm going to do some butter from the trimmings right now.

Spent 78 days

Ger Veg Flo Har

60.26 g

Bud wet weight per plant

26.49 g

Bud dry weight per plant

Plants

0.09 m²

Grow Room size

Easy

Difficulty

Happy, Relaxed

Positive effects

Citrus, Pine

Taste

Sleepy

Energy

Indica

Hybrid

Sativa

Height

Day air temperature

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AxlWeed I'm going to do some butter from the trimmings right now.

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AxlWeedcommentedweek 17y ago

@Flavoursuk @@Athos @Jeff123fish @Experimentgreen @Stick Thanks a lot for your advices. I'll let her dry a bit, then only water for a week, then add low doses of grow/bloom, then fully bloom. Hope it will do ! :)

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snippybanjocommentedweek 97y ago

that main stem is like a tree 😎

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AxlWeedcommented7y ago

@DinafemSeeds, Thanks a lot, and thanks to all those who gave me advices! :) I've been smoking it for the past 10 days, this is really good. Love the smell of those buds, really pine and lemon. I'd definitely grow Dinafem in the future. Cheers

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DinafemSeedscommented7y ago

@AxlWeed, Yes, old bottled nutrients are never good for a plant. Glad you got new ones whuc h definitely helped and a HUGE congratulations on a successful harvest on the grow diary platform :) Enjoy your hard ended harvest my friend and I'll see you on your next Dinafem adventure :) All the best Mark..

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AxlWeedcommented7y ago

@DinafemSeeds, overfeeding? no, i always stayed under the limitations. Too much heat? always between 25 and 29°C. The problem was definitely the 3y old organic nutrients. No more problem when i bought brand new bottles. I'm starting week 10, maybe it's time to stop feeding it now? Could you confirm? Thanks for your advices! :)

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Experimentgreencommentedweek 57y ago

Hey there the guide I just looked up showed a feeding schedule of micronutrients, grow, and bloom all together for 1st 5 weeks of growing on 12/12. Oh also the guide was a 12 week guide, the 1st 4 being micro/grow, the 2nd 4 weeks being all 3, the last 4 weeks or so being micro/bloom. I hope that helps

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AxlWeedcommented7y ago

@Experimentgreen, Yes, first grow ! for the moment i stopped watering it, as 2 growers told me i'd better to. Next time, i'll add a bit of Bloom :) Thanks again for the advice

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Experimentgreencommented7y ago

@AxlWeed, yes definitely, your buds will thank you for it I'm sure, especially since they're looking so good! A little bloom in there and those babies would explode! Being an auto strain though maybe start with half the recommended dose just to introduce them. :) I think everyone is so impressed by your grow! If its your first ever you should totally enter for newbie of the month in may! If it'll be harvest time that is?

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AxlWeedcommented7y ago

@Experimentgreen, ok, thanks for the info. If i understand well, I could blend a bit of bloom nutes in my grow nutes next time.

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Tryhardcommentedweek 57y ago

Good luck bro I did the auto moby not XXl proper old time smoke your in for a treat good luck happy growing

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DinafemSeedscommented7y ago

@@Tryhard, Glad you liked it brother ;) All the best Mark..

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AxlWeedcommented7y ago

@@Tryhard, thanks mate! i'm growing the Auto Moby too at the same time... can't wait!

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YeOldeGrowercommentedweek 117y ago

looking real awesome man! nice buds! Frosty! 😎👌 bet your going to like the end product! enjoy!

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AxlWeedcommented7y ago

@YeOldeGrower, Thanks!! Yeah, frosty AF! Cant wait to try the final product. Finger hash was some serious shit... :)

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Santiagocommentedweek 117y ago

Nice! I use your diary as a reference, I´m at week 8 with moby xxl and I can get an idea of how fat buds are going to be. Love your grow!

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AxlWeedcommented7y ago

@Santiago, Thank you! i just harvested today. Can't wait to see how much i'll get when buds will be dry! :) Yours looks awesome, way bigger and healthier! nice job mate good luck with it! Following it now :)

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beginnergrowercommentedweek 117y ago

looking good here. no progression on that yellowing. bounced back nice. about time for a flush?

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AxlWeedcommented7y ago

@beginnergrower, yeah, the new nutes stopped the yellowing, that's pretty cool! And yeah, i started flushing on the 5th of june, i'm thinking about harvesting on the 17th! Can't wait! :)

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bobo420commentedweek 57y ago

She's been better, good luck with the flowering ;)

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AxlWeedcommented7y ago

@bobo420, thank you :) It goes really fast, that's crazy!

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bobo420commentedweek 47y ago

Good luck with the grow ;)

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AxlWeedcommented7y ago

@bobo420, thanks buddy!

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2x4grow420commentedweek 47y ago

I think I know what you are going to be doing with training the plant. This is the first time I've seen it tried with an auto. I LST and am looking forward to seeing how this plant turns out. Good luck!

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AxlWeedcommented7y ago

@2x4grow420, Thanks for the infos! I should try to find that Six Shooter then!

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2x4grow420commented7y ago

Ten years ago I was growing photos under HID light in a basement and had to stop. Then 10 months ago I started with autos under LED in a bedroom closet. I can only do autos with this 2x4 space and do the perpetual grow. I want to pinpoint the highest yielding high THC Auto strain for my grow and just do the one strain. At this point Six Shooter is top contender. I'm going to see how both Dinafem and Nirvana White Widows compare. @AxlWeed,

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AxlWeedcommented7y ago

@2x4grow420, That's nice. That's definitely what i'll be doing later (i have to move in early july, that's why i can't do this right now). I think autos are perfect for "perpetual grow", even if you have to buy seeds every time. Do you always use autos ? What's your favorite strain for that ? You Six Shooter definitely looks nice ! Good luck with the new one :)

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beginnergrowercommentedweek 117y ago

awesome! I'm harvesting mine Friday and know the feeling all too well. she looks fire. good work bro. can't wait to see your harvest update.

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beginnergrowercommented7y ago

I'm assuming that's what did it. I've read nutrient stress, heat, and light leaks are the main things that can actually cause a female to flip to make male flowers. there were no male flowers or bananas on it until last week a noticed a couple bananas pop up on BS2 and plucked them but I guess it had pollen sacs in the buds that grew out. other 2 are getting chopped as soon as their pots dry up a little more. runoff ppm was under 50 on both. and my pot size is 3gal or about 11.5L. I use the app and it's a little weird and changes some of those settings sometimes without me noticing.

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AxlWeedcommented7y ago

@beginnergrower, wow shit i didn't know it could happen. How could this herm if it's already flowering as a female? sounds strange! BS1 looked quite normal from what i can see, how did you notice? Anyway, if it really happened, it's probably better to harvest the 2 other babies asap! Can't wait to see how much you can get in such small pots (0.79L ?) Good luck with it mate! :D

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beginnergrowercommented7y ago

yeah I will be doing bc and bagseed 1 Friday. chopped the smaller one yesterday because she hermed on me from starting her flush too early. she threw pollen on a couple of her lower branches and I didn't want a seeded mess. knew the last 5 days would only hurt at that point. it's drying now. other 2 are doing great and I don't think we're affected by its pollen as it was only on it's own buds because they came from within the buds.

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anahatagardenscommentedweek 57y ago

Looks like you may be watering too much. I had the same problem. My problem was with too frequent watering. Cut it back and see what happens. Looking good either way!

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anahatagardenscommented7y ago

@AxlWeed, I don't know about nutrients at all as I don't use them, only water. The way I can tell they are being watered too much is they look heavy and sag a little, they don't have that "spring" to them. If you look at my diary, in like the second to sixth week the plants are droopy, heavy looking and eventually the leaves start to yellow and burn. I stopped watering for seven days until they were dry and light, now my watering schedule is about 1 quart until they are dry. Don't really stick to a timed watering schedule unless the soil is actually dried out. You want those roots to get a good breath in between each watering. Hope that helps you my friend.

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AxlWeedcommented7y ago

@anahatagardens, OK, thanks for the advice ! I see what you mean: lot of small curly leaves. I've been giving it one liter every 2 days for the past 2 weeks, maybe i have to roll back to my "one liter every 3 days" schedule. Do you think it's time to switch to blooming nutrients or is it too early?

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2x4grow420commentedweek 117y ago

Well done! Those buds look nice and thick like the White Widow I just harvested only on a compact plant. Hope the smoke is good!!!

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AxlWeedcommented7y ago

@2x4grow420, yeah, that thing was really compact! Only 22 cm high (less than 10 inches), but so dense! I'll try to let it dry properly before trying it, but THIS IS HARD TO RESIST!

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beginnergrowercommentedweek 77y ago

I think she's going in the opposite direction. nute burn recovery shouldn't take much longer than a couple days. she looks N deficient. give her a feeding and I think you will see improvement in the yellowing. good luck.

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AxlWeedcommented7y ago

@beginnergrower, yeah, thanks for the advice. I just changed my nutes. They were 3 years old, and apparently that's quite bad for the plants, even more if nutes are organic. I was pretty sure they didn't OD as i never went above limits. But everyone here seemed to say it came from a nute OD. Finally it was maybe just an intoxication to old nutes.

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DinafemSeedscommentedweek 87y ago

It may not necessarily be nutrient OD but it does look like you could be feeding to much water :) Let the pots dry out well and feed until you have 10-20% run-off :) Then allow to fully dry until you water again ;) Apart from that things look to be going well and your in for a treat come harvest time ;) The finish line is coming and coming fast ;) All the best Mark..

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