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Germination
4 years ago
This was my first time with any of this so I messed up a bit by drowning the seeds in the beginning.. thankfully I caught it in time and raised them closer to the top of soil. The next day I started seeing my little girls sprouting. It’s now day 5 and they are looking pretty healthy .... I think? Let me know if you see anything I could improve on!!
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Week 1. Germination
4 years ago
11.43 cm
18 hrs
40 °C
6.5
800 PPM
60 %
40 °C
40 °C
40 °C
1 L
0 L
71.12 cm
DAY 7 SINCE PLANTING: Everything is still going great I really like to baby these girls making sure they are always at the right temp and humidity and never dying for a drink .. you can definitely already tell a difference in how much water uptake each strain differs by... like the washing machine by ripper seeds was the first to take off and definitely sucking up water the fastest. Kosher Kush is super healthy as well along with the free BLUEBERRY seeds from “ Seedsman. I’m planning on moving them into my tent here in the next 10-14 days under my 1000 watt MH (dimmed to 600 watts) and 2 other mars hydro 150 watt leds(at half power) if you guys could help me out with your opinions ,thoughts, critiques Anything would be appreciated like how far away should I keep the lights after moving them into the 5x5?
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Week 2. Vegetation
4 years ago
12.7 cm
18 hrs
24 °C
6.3
800 PPM
55 %
21 °C
21 °C
21 °C
1 L
0 L
71.12 cm
DAY 11 !! can someone let me know if my plants are looking healthy ? It’s my first time so I’m trying not to fu** up... and should I be worried that some of them already have purple stems? They have been purple for at least 4-5 days and nothing else looks wrong with them?
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GarciasGarden
GarciasGardenstarted grow question 4 years ago
HELP! I’m growing in coco coir I’ve heard people having problems with ph and it being to high?just transplanted 2 days ago and I checked my ph in coco when I was transplanting and it was 6.3? (But it was also pretty wet )NOW ITS SAYING 7.3 HOW DO I LOWER IT!! Stems are pinkish?
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Xspellsx
Xspellsxanswered grow question 4 years ago
Listen to thraxa
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Hootchman
Hootchmananswered grow question 4 years ago
I would have to agree with Thraxa. I to grow in coco and recently bought a digital ph tester and it makes it so much easier to test the ph of my nutes.I will try to keep my ph of the water at 5.5 to 6.0 and during veg will use 5ml per gal of Cal-Mag during veg and cut it down to 2.5ml during flower. Don't overthink it and enjoy the ride. Best of luck.
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TheUk420Showanswered grow question 4 years ago
Flush with ph balanced water would be the best course of action. though this plant is not that large so you cant really do that without overwatering her. So its either let her go through a few days until its dry again and then adjust or you can bite the bullet giver her extra water to sort it out but keep in mind this may slow her down. Im not too familiar with growing in coco i know people say its hydroponics but if thats so why are there seperate feeds for hydro and coco I dont know. I know alot about ph though as I am a dwc grower fully hydroponic soil or coco is way too messy and pretty bait if you live in an apartment or somewhere without a garden people see you bringing in soil are going to know instantly what your upto lol If you wanna do Hydro I suggest going the full mile and doing a NFT, DWC, or flood and drain. these systems are what I would call more hydroponic as they dont need a medium :) though I hope this helps and wishing you all the best to sort it. ps stems that discolour or go a bright colour is usually down to light exposure its the plants natural defense against intese light you will notice this when you look in a tent and see its only the stems in the light that turn this colour the others wont :) it could also be genetic though or a mutation of that certain seed or pheno you never know :)
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Week 3. Vegetation
4 years ago
12.7 cm
18 hrs
25 °C
6.8
800 PPM
48 %
21 °C
21 °C
21 °C
8 L
0 L
60.96 cm
Wanted to show you guys a little bit of my first set up and the nutrients I’m using and I even put music behind it for all my stoners out there❤️ So about 2-3 days ago we transplanted and it was a fu***** mess . It was my first time so the coco wasn’t compacted enough and was falling apart but after the first plant I started to get the hang of it. Since transplanting I haven’t seen any huge growth like I did before transplanting and I’m a bit worried about some of my leaves are starting to get darker around the edges but still look healthy? And I don’t know what’s going on with these bright red/pink stems on top.. anyone able to help?
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Week 4. Vegetation
4 years ago
16.51 cm
18 hrs
25 °C
6.4
Weak
800 PPM
45 %
21 °C
21 °C
21 °C
8 L
1 L
60.96 cm
We are only on day 29 from first planting the seed. This last week I’ve been doing a lot of work to the girls . I even MADE A NEW INVENTION for my MARS HYDRO lights so I can get a full rotation ... almost 9 out of the 10 plants are being trained /defoliate for mainlining .. and yes I know that’s not they way most people do it.. I’m doing a little custom mainline with 2 nodes instead of just 1. I’ve definitely been under feeding them the last week and a half so I caught on to that and started making sure they get all the water/nutrients they need. (QUESTION)!!! Does anybody know why my Blueberry’s 2 new tops are looking like the leaves are filling up with little air bubbles?
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Main-Lining
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Week 5. Vegetation
4 years ago
17.78 cm
18 hrs
25 °C
6.4
Weak
800 PPM
50 %
21 °C
21 °C
22 °C
19 L
2 L
76.2 cm
Nutrients 2
Vegetable Garden 4-4-4 - Down To Earth
Vegetable Garden 4-4-4 0.911 mll
Rose & Flower Mix 4-8-4 - Down To Earth
Rose & Flower Mix 4-8-4 1.3 mll
Well let me start out by saying DONT LISTEN TO YOUTUBE BULLSHI** .. LOL almost lost all of my plants to nutrient burn it completely ate my Blueberry #1 and took out one of my washing machines.. I have my (WM) chilling out in the 2 gallon pot still and probably will flower it in there.. good thing is I got more space now for my other babies!! We flushed the 2 gallon pots completely and transplanted as soon as we could to stop any more damage from happening. Thankfully saved 8 of the 10 girls and brought them back to full health . I can definitely tell how much it slowed them down because now that they have the right climate and feed they’ve been exploding in growth ..///I wanted to do my own thing when it came to training so I had a couple experiments 🧐 I honestly can’t wait for this grow to finish because I’m bringing in an auto pot system for the next run I’ll be running some fire (Wet Betty seeds from exotic genetics) well anyways here they are!!
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HST
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Topping
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Main-Lining
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Defoliation
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Week 6. Vegetation
4 years ago
17.78 cm
18 hrs
25 °C
6.5
Weak
900 PPM
52 %
21 °C
21 °C
22 °C
19 L
2 L
76.2 cm
Nutrients 6
DualPart Coco Grow - Terra Aquatica
DualPart Coco Grow 0.793 mll
DualPart Coco Bloom - Terra Aquatica
DualPart Coco Bloom 0.66 mll
TriPart Micro - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Micro 0.66 mll
(DAY 42) This week has been nothing but crazy growth on the ladies part!! I’ve actually been adding super small amounts of (GH) flora grow/micro/bloom into my waterings still running my dry amendments in coco and using a little cal-mag as well! So here’s what they look like 3 days from my last post ! ..OHH and washing machine number 5 that I thought I lost to nutrient death came back! After leaving her in the corner of the grow tent and giving her nothing but water her leaves on top are bright green can’t wait for it to be my lil private stash ! Anyways We’re getting really close to switching to flower and getting that smell I’ve been waiting for 👃🏼 Enjoy the video guys! And again any feedback would be awesome.
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Week 7. Flowering
4 years ago
30.48 cm
12 hrs
25 °C
6.5
Weak
900 PPM
52 %
21 °C
21 °C
21 °C
19 L
2 L
76.2 cm
Nutrients 6
DualPart Coco Grow - Terra Aquatica
DualPart Coco Grow 0.793 mll
DualPart Coco Bloom - Terra Aquatica
DualPart Coco Bloom 0.66 mll
TriPart Micro - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Micro 0.66 mll
MAY 9th (day 50) Well we finally started flowering yesterday and within the first 12 hours they stretched a good 2-3 inches already starting to get that Danky dank smell I have to say I’m being able to train a plant the perfect way you want it .. is probably my favorite part of the whole cycle! Since last week they almost doubled in size. Made the decision to go completely LED got one more light coming in today and that will leave me with 940 true watts led also made some improvements to the grow room like runoff catchers and a whole new veg tent !! Don’t mind the end just a little experiment I’m doing lol!! ENJOY THE VIDEO. P.s. always love to hear any helpful tips or feedback !!
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Week 8. Flowering
4 years ago
45.72 cm
12 hrs
25 °C
6.3
Normal
900 PPM
48 %
21 °C
21 °C
20 °C
19 L
2 L
76.2 cm
Nutrients 6
DualPart Coco Grow - Terra Aquatica
DualPart Coco Grow 0.793 mll
DualPart Coco Bloom - Terra Aquatica
DualPart Coco Bloom 1.321 mll
TriPart Micro - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Micro 0.793 mll
WEEK 8 ~ Beginning of week 2 Flower DAY 8 of Flowering This week Has Been nothing but CRAZY GROWTH!! All plants are super healthy and starting to show their first signs of blooming 🌸 .. last few days I’ve been seeing a little discoloration on one of my kosher lush pheno’s turns out it’s just coco being a biotch again!( PH BEING TO LOW NOW) Lol .. I know it’s only a week in so for me it’s crazy to already see trichomes starting to form . I brought in some support for the plants that should help me with some LST . Next move is putting some bamboo/wooden sticks into a grid over all the plants and making those tops pop up all over this 5x5 !! I Just started some new wet Betty seeds and they are already taking off.. lol 180$ on 6 seeds I’ll die if they die🙏But hey guys thanks for checking in and keeping updated on this grow again any questions or any tips I’d love to hear thanks!! ~Garcia’s Garden
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Week 9. Flowering
4 years ago
91.44 cm
12 hrs
25 °C
6.3
Normal
1100 PPM
43 %
21 °C
21 °C
21 °C
19 L
3 L
50.8 cm
Nutrients 6
DualPart Coco Grow - Terra Aquatica
DualPart Coco Grow 0.396 mll
DualPart Coco Bloom - Terra Aquatica
DualPart Coco Bloom 1.321 mll
TriPart Micro - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Micro 0.66 mll
Day 14 of FLOWER/ day 63 of grow: Starting on day 9-10 of flower we started seeing those first little white hairs coming out.. around day 12-13 buds have actually started forming and almost every plant now is in that stage of growth kosher Kush #1 (front middle) had a Little bit of problems with nutrients and pH so after fixing that last week the plant itself started to takeoff almost done stretching so now we’re actually starting to see those bud sites starting to grow! The BlueBerry by Seedsman was definitely a Wild Card .. it is still stretching ! Today I’m going to go in and do some LST/HST but honestly I’m not too worried about having equal light penetration on the entire canopy because I have so many full spectrum LED’s I can adjust and move the lights as needed for full light exposure to the other plants. I’ve been starting a new feed and they seem to love it ! The dry amendments are starting to dissipate and you can tell that the plants are getting hungrier and hungrier ! After feeding them .5 gallons of feed within 12 hours they are itching for their next feeding. The smell in the tent is a very Kushy smell with some skunky undertones from the washing machine.. I’m using my own kind of support for these flowers because I didn’t want to go through the haste of a Scrog net it almost felt too crowded and it was just asking to snap a branch. Instead I’m using 4 ft long wooden poles and running them through each other creating a scrog pattern! So far so good with this set up! (Experiment): with the blueberry clone I have just left it a little bit to the side and it has exploded at first it was about 1 inch tall and was barely growing anything.. after moving it into the 12/12 tent it has stretched over 10 inches tall with about 8 to 10 bud sites honestly I’m quite excited to smoke on her!! PS I’m doing the entire cycle in a solo cup! Thank you guys so much for reading/watching I can’t wait to show you guys next weeks progress and I’ve got something new coming up in a couple days.. so keep an eye out! ~GARCIA’S GARDEN🌹
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Week 10. Flowering
4 years ago
91.44 cm
12 hrs
23 °C
6.3
Normal
1100 PPM
43 %
21 °C
21 °C
21 °C
19 L
3 L
50.8 cm
Nutrients 5
DualPart Coco Bloom - Terra Aquatica
DualPart Coco Bloom 1.321 mll
TriPart Micro - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Micro 0.66 mll
Cal-Mag Plus  - Botanicare
Cal-Mag Plus 0.74 mll
Well as always This week has brought some amazing growth and all that stickiness and dankiness is finally coming in !!! The Kosher Kush #2 (very front) is definitely a little bit ahead in bud development the smell on this plant is remarkably similar to the CANDYLAND strain it has a very sweet/ OG KUSH smell to it .. best words to descrine it would be a sweet sterling silver kush smell lol! The WASHING MACHINE’s are also starting to get their smell and you can just feel how sticky the nugs are going to be already makes your fingers stick together.. the smell off of this one is remarkably similar to Girl Scout cookies!! And you can already see the zombie look of the buds ! And finally the BLUEBERRY is smelling fantastic like a walk through a field of berries and strawberries and orange hairs are already popping out ! I had to do some HST to her but she came back by the next light cycle ! Well anyways guys im super excited for this harvest I know this is going to be some beautiful smoke 🌸🌹 ~ GARCIAS’S GARDEN P.s. CHECK OUT THE VIDEO ABOVE
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Week 11. Flowering
4 years ago
91.44 cm
12 hrs
23 °C
6.3
Strong
1100 PPM
45 %
21 °C
21 °C
21 °C
19 L
3 L
50.8 cm
Nutrients 5
DualPart Coco Bloom - Terra Aquatica
DualPart Coco Bloom 1.321 mll
TriPart Micro - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Micro 0.66 mll
Cal-Mag Plus  - Botanicare
Cal-Mag Plus 0.74 mll
This last week has been on coast mode with steady growth and slowly but surely the phenos are starting to show each of their characteristics .. the kosher kush is definitely some exotic the smell on this plant is something out of a dream .. and the buds are getting huge light and dark green mixed with bright orange hairs and sooo much frost!! The washing machine by ripper seeds is looking beautiful can almost start to see a light blue on some of the leaves and the smell of GSC and rozé are gooping out of these buds filled with trichomes And finally the Blueberry is such an amazing plant it has such a strong immunity to harsh conditions and the color is a bright bright green with the smell of berries I’m loving these 3 strains!! As you can tell the whole tent is filled from corner to corner with tops and colas I didn’t want to waist any space I’m trying to grow some premium quality bud with a high yield for return$ so there’s some things that offset the other when it comes to growing conditions but I think I’ve finally dialed into a routine!
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Week 12. Flowering
4 years ago
91.44 cm
12 hrs
23 °C
6.3
Strong
1100 PPM
45 %
21 °C
21 °C
20 °C
19 L
2 L
50.8 cm
Nutrients 5
DualPart Coco Bloom - Terra Aquatica
DualPart Coco Bloom 1.321 mll
TriPart Micro - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Micro 0.66 mll
Cal-Mag Plus  - Botanicare
Cal-Mag Plus 0.74 mll
WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE!! NEW GROWING ROOM!!! 12x5 flowering 73 day temp/68 night temp 5x5 veg 78 day temp / 76 night temp MIDDLE OF WEEK 6 FLOWER🌹 This week has been pretty steady starting to see the Purple coming out of the BLUEBERRY and KOSHER KUSH with hugeeee amounts of TRICHOMES gripping to these flowers!! You can tell that the girls are going to be top shelf and have some beautiful bag appeal we got a couple more weeks until harvest .. BUT one of the KOSHER KUSH is going to need a week or 2 extra to bulk up her fruits . I’m starting to see that one of the kosher kush is starting to get yellow leaves working from the bottom up.. a sign that my fruits are finally ripening 🍇🍍
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Week 13. Flowering
4 years ago
91.44 cm
12 hrs
23 °C
6.3
Strong
1100 PPM
45 %
21 °C
21 °C
20 °C
19 L
2 L
50.8 cm
Nutrients 5
DualPart Coco Bloom - Terra Aquatica
DualPart Coco Bloom 1.321 mll
TriPart Micro - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Micro 0.66 mll
Cal-Mag Plus  - Botanicare
Cal-Mag Plus 0.74 mll
WELL LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!! My beautiful KOSHER KUSH #1 is already being flushed and will be chopped this weekend!! All these amazing colors are just starting to devour the plants with yellows purples and oranges inching closer and closer to harvest!! I will only be growing TOP SHELF FLOWER for my local dispensary after they reached out to me and pre ordered all of it!! I’m using some flawless finish on a couple of the feedings for flush and the other plants are still on a steady dose of flora bloom/ micro , terpinator , and cha Ching .. after a couple more feedings I’ll start flushing the rest of the girls and making sure no more nutrients is left in those pretty buds!! Till next week guys!!
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Week 13. Harvest
4 years ago
Happy Harvest Day!
Kosher kush - Custom Breeder & Strain
Spent 89 days
Ger Veg Flo Har
8/10
Rated
113.4 g
Bud dry weight per plant
1
Plants
0.19
Grow Room size
Normal
Difficulty
Sleepy
Energy
Indica
Hybrid
Sativa

Height
Day air temperature
Air humidity
PPM
PH
Light schedule
Solution temperature
Night air temperature
Substrate temperature
Pot size
Lamp distance
PINK KOSHER#1 (keep in mind I have 2 other kosher) I Am super happy with the outcome on this one ! the bright red /orange hairs on top of the light green/ purple frosty nugs really gave it great bag appeal. I ended up getting 4 OZ!! Out is this 1 plant! I was not expecting to get that much off of only one❤️ The smell on this plant is like cookies mixed with a jolly rancher... idk it’s just bomb / The taste is Of super deep Kush With a hint of caramel/ The effects will make you want to create your own dance while watching spongebob and laughing at the most stupid shit ! SORRY IVE BEEN SLACKING MY PHONE BROKE AND I JUST FIXED IT!!
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Week 13. Harvest
4 years ago
Happy Harvest Day!
Blueberry - Seedsman
Spent 89 days
Ger Veg Flo Har
7/10
Rated
141.75 g
Bud dry weight per plant
1
Plants
0.61
Grow Room size
Easy
Difficulty
Sleepy
Energy
Indica
Hybrid
Sativa

Height
Day air temperature
Air humidity
PPM
PH
Light schedule
Solution temperature
Night air temperature
Substrate temperature
Pot size
Lamp distance
SOOO I got a surprise!!! LAST MINUTE I find out that this bi*** decided she wanted to hermie and I ended up getting a LITTLE BIT OF SEEDS in the lower buds I mean it’s barely any bit I still don’t even know how it happened? No MALES at all ! But other then that great strain smells great and looks beautiful!
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Week 13. Harvest
4 years ago
Happy Harvest Day!
Washing Machine - Ripper Seeds
Spent 89 days
Ger Veg Flo Har
8/10
Rated
85.05 g
Bud dry weight per plant
4
Plants
1.83
Grow Room size
Easy
Difficulty
Sleepy
Energy
Indica
Hybrid
Sativa

Height
Day air temperature
Air humidity
PPM
PH
Light schedule
Solution temperature
Night air temperature
Substrate temperature
Pot size
Lamp distance
Damn this strain is something else I’ve never smelt anything this potent and exotic! Ripper seeds really out did themselves with this one .. I would say that the only downside is that one of the pheno’s came out looking too regular for me .. I’m strain hunting so finding something truly perfect is my goal and in this run I can’t say I found any keepers but I would definitely recommend trying this strain ! I promise it’s like nothing you have ever tasted or smelled before!
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