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...so, these have been a bit of a good luck turn around one. Started them in root riots...slept in one saturday (Damn Whiskey) and the riots dried out (they had only broke maybe a day or 2). The RR's were that dry, the seedling was spinning freely 360 in them and wilted...thought them dead but tried watering them anyway and they did their damnedest to come round (took a week or so)...so, thought fuck it - thought these may be good for keeping as mother clones...
I changed them from being under a 60W 6400K CFL to the 15W e-saver 6500K LED bulb I did the last batch of seedlings with and i think literally, I have found the best propagation bulb on the market!!! Tiniest wee 1st leaves were showing so potted them in some Nursery pots, with John Innes #1 Seedling and cutting compost and cut it even further as 5:1:1 of JI#1:Sharp Sand:Agri grit and within 3 days, they were the 1st set of pics....within the week the 2nd set of true leaves were near an inch wide girth and hanging over the side of the 3" nursery pot so I washed of the dirt (really easy with that mix, its soo sandy it just fell away) and had a nice big cluster of 1" roots hanging and into the clay they went under the 600W MH's.
They're already doing better than the 2 Strawberry lemonade I have going (they had some early root problem, same issues with the Root Riots...keeping the moisture right and overwatered and probs transplanted to Hydroton too soon - new growth is happening on one and some new internodes starting so it looks like it may now be a keeper). Now have a problem of a glut of riches as since I thought these were gonners, I planted 2 Wedding Cake and have now done the same with them (planted into Cut John innes #1 at 5:1:1) and they're coming along rightly now (as soon as the protruding roots are protected by this stuff, they explode!!!). Giving one of the strawberry Lemonade a week more to see if it bursts into life and if it doesnt, a wedding cake will go in there and 1 WC will be kept as a bonsai mother - I may also diary that).
Was really scared of the dirt to hydro transplant due to all the horror stories but they have taken to it immediately and are already thriving. Probably helps that the amount of cut soil used is quite minimal in the small 3" pots and the RR takes up about 2/3rds of the volume of the pot. Transplant was done by washing off the soil in 25degree C tap water in a 15L bucket that was pH'd to 5.8 and no other additives...the JI#1 is quite high in sand and me adding more along with potting grit meant as soon as the root ball hit the water, there was only the RR left with clean rotos hanging. Will defs try this in the future as a propagation method as it really gives the roots a chance but have just invested in an X-Stream Propagator and a fogger so next attempt at propagation with be with Fogponics to see how that goes.
Happy 420 all - Sorry I have been so lazy with my diary...life took over and could literally only get out for a few checks in quick bursts. Got to the point where I grabbed myself a Torus Hydro to try an maintain my pH (ended up with the wrong one for my system though...apparently need an inline!!! Not sold in this part of the world...talking with Torus to see if i can get that corrected!!! :D)
Have been coming on great since migrating these as backups from Soil to Clay Pebbles. Back left one a bit slower than the front left one but both pretty healthy so cant complain. Not had too much grief with them apart from slow initial growth (probs due to very early root stress they got in germ when the Root Riot totally dried out - surprised they even survived this!!! and some shit low humidity, like 30-40%...my 5L humidifier was topping out in under 18hours and still couldnt get the humidity into the 50's so have added an extra new one and since then they have exploded).
Think next week will be the last veg week. Will change up feed this week and drop the scrog net so start the week training I do before going to transition/flower. Staggered branching already started so looks ready to flip from the 6/2 to a 12/12.
So talk about your soul leaving your body!!!
Nice day today, pretty warm (For this region at this part of the year...sunny and about 18C)...made the grow room a bit balmier than normal...and then Ordiget Digital timer!!! F**K this thing!!! Bought from the Baldy Billionaire!!! Checked everything this morning before I went to work, all was great. By the time I get in, lights were out so couldn't see anything (I like them in full darkness, even in veg). Built the young lads bike I got him for his b'day, had him cut the lawn while I built it...had my cold jugs of water in the grow area warming up for tonight's feed change and then I open the tent....carnage!!! Everything wilted apart from the 1 root in plant (Using a Wilma but last week I drilled out some holes for roots to drop into the res)!!! Look at the timer and it had fully reset...2nd time this thing has done that!!! after a week, it seems to wipe the clock and the timers!!! About to raise hell on Amazon.
Luckily I'm running 6/2 so at least dark periods not too long so caught this relatively quickly. Threw the pump on and got 15 mins of juice into them...then done a full res dump and change (Took a good hour and a half as I like trying to rinse out any auld shite from it and pump it out a few times). Water was still a bit cool (14-15C) but was finished bang on time for their feeding so thought I better get these some fresh stuff in! Thank Little baby Jesus, 8lb 6oz they started stiffening up their stems from the 1st and 2nd blast of juice. Hit them with a Nitrozyme foliar and they started sucking that up and getting perky. So, got the SCROG net on them...another disappointment. Thought it was a 64 space net but turns out to be only 32 (Checked the website again where I got it from and says defs 64 spaces) so a bit hot about that.
So, finally, was going to defoliate a bit too but after the drying out they got, don't think the stress is worth it tonight so will probs strip them back a bit tomorrow night but at least their drinking so at least I have a crop still!!! Back to the mechanical timer and lesson learned! Also need to see what I can do about getting a 64 space net for next week as have a few growth nodes and dont think 32 will be enough!
Anyway, rant over...happy growing all!!! :)
week the girls get to grow up and Shine...1st Day of 12/12. Thinking how much fun this will be going from a 6/2 but what the hey, they need their beauty sleep now to blossom - may take a few days longer to transition but....
Received a Torus Hydro Inline in the post today (Really didn't think I was going to get it but fair f**ks to Torus Hydro, they delivered!!!) but wont put it in until next grow. Story behind this is I bought a Torus Hydro Standard...Didn't realise that its pretty ineffective unless your setup is roots in (Which it is now, but that's by the by...). I brought it up to my vendor that it was killing my pH to some serious acidic areas and in all fairness, in their sales docs, it states my setup probs not right but I thought what the hey, lets contact Torus just to make sure its not a fault as when researching this last year, the inline didn't exist and claimed to be OK for my setup. Also, nowhere in this region sells the inline so was pretty snookered. Well, the guys at Torus were AMAZING...Seriously amazing (The bad press they get on YouTube from a couple of people must be from some seriously bad manners on the youtubers part!!!). All they asked for was my Proof of Purchase (Which just happened to have my dispatch address in it) and under a week later, an inline arrived from Germany!!! Cant wait to try this in next run as I do go away a few weekends so pH management a pain in the balls when you're not there!!! :P
So, they're now under the Sylvania 600W Dual Spec HPS and SCROG'd so no more "Real Colour" shots for the rest of the grow. Now just to keep them happy and fed!
Oh, also got 1st COVID vaccination today so hopefully my arm doesn't fall off or grow somewhere else - Had that Covid back last November and it was a DICK!!!
Everything has been ticking over nicely so nothing really to report. Not seeing any mad stretch (Didn't in last grow either funnily enough) but only 1 week from lights moving to 12/12 and this is a Dual Spec HPS so maybe the small amount of blue in there limiting that???
There are quite a number of Spindly Top Stems...hoping they beef up over the next couple of weeks but do have a 32hole SCROG net I can put in to support them if needs be if they do remain a bit spindly. Probs the last Nitrozyme Foliar I'll give (...maybe 1 more after a haircut next week just to minimise stress).
Torus In Tank (not the inline as I didnt install it yet) seems to be pretty decent now and holding out the pH quite decent (will tend to acid rather than an upward tend to neutral like a standard drift, esp. when the water is low). Roots are well in the Wilma now and even the Strawberry Lemonade that got an accidental root prune has built up a good mass in a week again.
This grow seems to be drinking more than the last one - from 50L in tank, I took out just shy of 20L in tonight water change, so 30L drunk in the past week. No top-ups/dilutes so they taking the feed nice with no tip burn (Not bad for calculating the feed chart 3 months before beginning the grow and never having used Botanicare Kind Line before!!! :P)
Nothing new to report really. Girls are getting on grand. Drinking like fishes (Dumping 5L per day out of my 5L humidifier in the grow area). Biggest stretch I've had in a grow (can't tell if its strain, feed or the 6/2 veg transitioning straight to 12/12 - all other conditions are essentially the same [lights, etc.]).
The Pink Kush are the smallest out of the 2 plants although they're the middle-aged ones (Strawberry Lemonade Was popped a week prior, Wedding Cake a week after) but look well and even though they had a hard start (1 hangover and a sleep in and the Root Riots dried up!!!), they're doing great - never even had bother going from Hydro Root Riot, into soil for a week to build roots and then out of soil straight into Clay pebbles).
Fresh feed recipe above (came in slightly lower than expected but at least I know there will be no Nute Burn then!). Torus Hydro still keeping the pH in check but may need a run to the hydro shop for some supplies this weekend (Sensizyme, Silicon, maybe more fulvic and probs the hydroton for the next grow... :P ).
They got a light Nitrozyme foliar feed and that will be the last. Removed a few low hanging and dying leaves - not a full defoliate (still too scared for that!!!) but a clean-up and a re-tuck of some big top leaves to expose some more bud sites and that it really!
Happy growing all!!!
Hello all,
Pretty static so far going into Week 4 of flower. Hoping the stretch has stopped. Strawberry Lemonade and Pink Kush #1 went to battle for height at the front of the tent with Pink Kush #2 throwing out a Lanki Boi out of nowhere to be the tallest branch in the house!!! Funnily Enough, the back of the tent, even though the light was very central in the tent stayed relatively stretch free, just the mid section under the bulb went balls to the wall...maybe I was too close but thought the lower light at the back would make them come up looking more? Dunno...could be something with the parabolic throw.
Only change this week, apart from concentrations, is I added Sumo Active Boost as no longer Nitrozyme spraying with flowers there. Don't know if its needed with Pure Blend Tea but hope it can do no harm...apparently it helps with the uptake of P & K so lets see. Didn't add PK Warrior 9/18 as I didnt like what it did to my water last time making it incredibly acidic (Like a drop from pH 6 to 4.7 overnight) so leaving it out as don't know/don't think i should need it with the levels I am using of Kind bloom.
Apart from that, general tidy up and letting it all tick over.
Happy Growing all.
Evening all, this is the beginning of week 5 for me (Week 5 Flower that is). Will be a short update...COVID-19 Jab 2 today and starting to feel the effects of it now! Ready for bed!!! :)
Nothing much to update...they're ticking along nicely.
Plenty of flowers fattening out nicely, stacking up rightly and doing what the big girls should do! No real issues. Tank staying nice and stable with the Torus Hydro (like apart from an adjustment when temp comes to normal tank temp of 18 the next day...may need a few drops from a pH adjuster). Always throwing in 5L on the Wednesday just to keep the Sicce Voyager Nano 2000 submerged to keep everything mixing and it not overheating - also that 5L brings the EC right back to start of week settings so they eating nicely, could even turn it down a notch but no burn so no problem at the moment)!!!.
Fingers crossed it all stays this way to the end! :) Noticed 1 adjustment to my recipe, my mental maths is wrong and Bloom is @ 2.4ml/L and noted in the diary correctly - the volume is accurate used though!
Happy growing all! :)
Nothing strange or startling to report.
All ticking over as it should with no major surprises (Thankfully). Ramping down some feed/additives now (dropping Silicon, lowering Fulvic, etc.) and on the 1st of the 2 highest weeks of bloom feed now.
Hopefully it remains plain sailing!
All going well...Pistils retracting, ripening up well and thats it really.
Deciding on whether I should do a really light feed week or drop the feed and use Dragon Force next week...or light feed next week and dragon force the week after (week 9) and Water week 10...the Kush and Wedding Cake is an 8 weeker really but round here, the stonier the better is the order of the day so not as big a deal if they go one a bit more to allow the Strawberry Lemonade to catch up.
That decision also forces me into changing to the Finisher bulb date....a couple of real coulour shots be coming again soon!!!
Decision, decisions!!! :P
Happy Growing all!!!
Evening all, regular schedule resumed! :)
Again, nothing to report...into Ripening weeks now so changing to the Dragon Force, Got the finisher bulb in there so hopefuly some nice "Real Colour" shots again.
Apart from that, hopefully on the final stretch (or ripen as the stretch finished weeks ago!!! :) )
In the Last week now. Still running the tank from last week...just plain water top ups now. No feed being taken on at all so thinking I could drain the tank, rinse it and flush for the next couple of days.
Couple of buds getting light stressed shown by the fresh pistils (Even though all within PPFD/DLI - Yes, I bought a Lux Meter - Uni-T 383BT and PPFD Meter for Android).
Next update should be the chop! :)
Will be beginning next grow quick. Plan is Sweet Seeds 2x Red Hot Cookies and 2x Sweet Cherry Pie (Thanks for the testers @Sweet_Seeds). They're getting treated to my OCD with Light Tester, CO2 Monitor, IR Thermometer (ordered) to get VPD right and a GeekBeast Pro 630W LED winging its way from China as we speak (to be here on Tuesday latest!!!). Think this run dialled in the new feed (As there no 'Real World', 'sensible' feed strength charts out there for Botanicare kind an NO EFFIN WAY was I going to use their suggested EC's!!!).
Apart from that, happy growing all!!!! :)
Great grower. They became the tallest of the bunch. Some really nice, hard colas on it. No issues with it apart from my own struggles at the start which were fully my own fault!!! :)
All looks good so far. Plants did stretch a fair bit in switch and really only on the last week...couldn't train them down as stems were starting to stiffen (and I am shit feared of Super-Cropping!!! :P ) - This left me with a few Less Ripe lower buds but sure, there's nothing wrong with hash!!! :D
@homerjgangia, Cheers buddy, much appreciated. Now I have finally added their story, I appreciate them more. I killed these at seedling stage...barely even...only had their head out the sponge and I dried them out!!!! Surprised they bounced back. In all fairness, i have to put it down to the John Innes #1! they were sitting with the weeist 1st leaves you've ever seen for like 7 days...looked dead and then bang...fattest plants in the grow. Just looked at the 2 Strawberry Lemonades I have out there too (they are ill looking due to root issues) as opposed to the 2 wedding cakes I have kept as clone reserves and the wedding cakes matching the growth speed of the Pink Kushes which when just in root riots stalled like fuck! thinking of pulling the over brown, slow growing SL for some cake!! :D
@GMSgrows, Much appreciated buddy...had a hellish start with atrocious humidity giving the look of every possibly deficiency, Root Riots drying out, the works...if it could go wrong it did go wrong (That's why there so many missing weeks...too busy fixing each of my f**k ups!!!). Surprised I got this far...have to say though, the Botanicare Kind is a decent wee regimen and using the same recipe I pre-built when I was last talking to you 3 months before starting this grow and its bang on!!!
That truly confused me. I wes thinking, did he post these upsiude diown? Then i realised he was hanging them, then i thought "but aren't you meant to do it in dartkness, then i realised you need light to take a photo! duh!
** Update ** - trying a flush. Not pure tap water but close. Added 60ml pure blend tea, 50ml active boost, 50ml fulvic and 50ml Sensizym to a 50L tank. Probs add 5ml ATA Clean just to start to cleaning process too. Last days now!!! :)
Edit - Added PK Warrior in the end, but very little compared to recommended...added at 0.2ml/L as opposed to the 0.5-1ml/L (1ml/L usually used the 1st week [week 4] and then 0.5 for the following 3 weeks).
xbrico
