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After 3 failed germinations from growerschoiceseed.com I decided to order from ILGM.com. 2nd time around decided to germinate just 1 seed and it worked out well. Started soaking seed in ph adjusted water 6.5 for 48 hours. Seed showed small cracking so I placed the seed in damp paper towel. Let that sit for another 48 hours then placed in rock wool that I had soaking in ph 6 water for 24 hours. Placed Rockwell in DWC and turned both lights on at 12". She sprouted after 2 days. No nutrient yet.
Added another air stone and seems to be growing faster. Water change of 2 gallons. Cut nutrients basically in half to prevent further burning on the tips. Let lights to 25". New growth no burning so far. I will be adding the same amount of nutrients throughout the week. Keep in mind my tap water is 300ppm so adjust accordingly. Low stress training by pressing gently on the main leaves a few times a day to help light distribution. Once the new growths were established I strapped down the whole plant.
This set up seems to work well to maintain heat and humidity while keeping energy usage to a minimum.
AC Infinity Exaust Fan set to 3
Humidifier set to medium
Bottom left vent open
Intake fan - Low
Rotating fan - Low
What light to plant distance would you set it at? The only test I've done is at 25 inches its stable at 80°f and 75% humidity. When I lower it to 18 inches, the tent read 85°f and 73 humidity.
Other question I have is what's your favorite air stone(disk)?
Lastly, add c02 yes/no
18inch is a good hight for your light
I like 6in disk airstone in my buckets, I would put I bit of reflective sheet over your clay pebbles I’ve found that sometimes I get light leaking I. To the bucket and can turn you water quickly
AC Infinity Exaust Fan set to 5
Humidifier set to High
All vents closed
Intake fan - Low
Rotating fan - Low
Starting week 3 with a bit more low stress pressure. Trimmed some fan leaves and just watching while forming her structure daily.
Decided to try distilled water since it's always 0 ppm. Added nutrients and upgraded air pump. Pending results...
Good coverage and new growth seems healthy. Turned on red lights for height now.
Leaves started turning off pigment so I added 1 gallon of distilled water to dilute nutrients to 529. Let's see how she reacts...
Showing new growth and no new pigment change. Added armor si, floranectar, and floralicous plus.
Tips showed sign of nutrient burn so I added 1 gallon of distilled water. New growth no burns
This week's summary. She's growing pretty fast. 2 issues with nutrient balance but was fixed and seems to recover well. 1/4 of what the bottles recommend is a good starting point.
So I changed the water and noticed these leaves changing color. It's like half leaves though...I'm not sure if this is anything to be concerned about? Would like to catch the problem before it becomes an issue... any thought?
Continue Daily low stress training. Cut all nutrients in half. Added another led light. Cutting back lights to 18 hours.
Started to defoliate a small amount(day 30)
New growth seems pretty healthy. Few leaves have nutrient burns but not all of them. Checked ph and it was a little high so I got it down to 5.75. Adding 1/2 gallon of distilled water a day to prevent further burn.
Day 33 She starting to show some preflower so I did a water change added 1ml of each nutrients (added koolbloom)execpt armor si and hydroguard 1/2 ml each. PPM 325 PH5.8 Humidity 50% Temp 80F
Week summary. A few issues with nutrient burn but I think I have found the sweet spot 300PPM. Vegetative growth has slowed down this week and started preflower. She's drinking about a gallon of water a day. I'm a little worried about the height so I might switch to 12/12 lighting. (Small tent height)
1st flowering week so I will be changing the lights to 12/12. Cutting back one hour everyday til I hit 12/12. She's getting tall so I would like to stop her growth and only flower so hopefully changing the lights gradually will trick her into flowering faster. This strain seems prone to nutrient burn so I will keep the same ppm(325) for now. I fed her yesterday so will feed again in 4 days. Adding distilled water and checking ph daily. I plan on defoliating very soon.
Day 37- did 1st major defoliating. Added 1.5 gallons distilled water. Lights 16/8
Day 39- more defoliating and water. Keeping lights at 16/8
Day 41- Added nutrients right before she goes to bed
Week 6 starting out with only red and white lights on. Noticed some heat stress on the top leaves so turned all the blue lights off (50%). I will try to get the lights higher if she keeps growing taller but it's noticeably cooler with just the blue lights off.
Day 44 - Strapped the lights to the very top of the tent. Should have set it up that way from the beginning 😅 All lights on now. Still 16/8.
Day 45 more defoliating
Week summary- she's growing quit well! Keeping nutrients around 250 ppm seems to be good at this stage. Feed her only once this week and just kept adding distilled water kept it at the level. Her growth showed a sign on the last day of slowing down(height). Hope to only flower from here on out.
This week I've been focusing on defoliating. Lots of little buds now. Should be last major trimming and just big flowers from here on out... I'm hoping 🤞🤞🤞
Had to remove exaust fan and carbon filter due to the size of my tent and plant. Flipped my intake fan around so there is good air flow still. Keeping lights on 16/8. Fed she only once this week. Will be increasing next week after she recovers from defoliating.
Starting the week with most fan leaves removed and fresh water/nutrients 280ppm for now but will increase if she response well.
Day 58 fed her again : 380ppm
Day 60 noticed a small amount of white on the flowers turning brown...most likely nutrient burn so I added 1 gallon of distilled water to dilute.
This week has been pretty laid back letting her do her thing. I plan on feeding her again in 3 days to 350ppm. She's starting to get frosty!
Unfortunately I was not able to get any pictures from the beginning of this week. Day 67 did complete water and nutrient change. 500 PPM now.
Day 67 Strapped the sides down for 24 hours to get more light in the middle.
Day 69 added 1 gallon of distilled water. 420 PPM today.
Day 70 added 1 gallon of distilled water. 350PPM
LST really opened up the middle well for more even lighting. Should be a pretty chill week. Plan on adding nutrients mid week and fresh water daily. She's still drink about a gallon a day.
Day 73 last trim
Summary- Pretty chill week. Fed her only once and about 3/4 gal of distilled water a day. Same light schedule. Buds are definitely fattening up😎
I think your substrate ph is out of range. I have had similar issues and that was the cause was substrate ph. I never heard of leds eating cal mag. LEDs are brighter and give more light causing the plant to process water and nutrients faster is more realistic. But looks like magnesium deficiency and possibly light burn, and potassium deficiency. Most deficiency signs are ph related not because of lack of nutrition
Starting the week with a little lower nutrients.
Was out of town for 3 days so not much happened. Just trimmed the dying leaves and letting her do her thang😎
You would need to start a flush to get ready to harvest the tops and the other buds that are ready. Then when they are flushed to your liking would harvest them. Then you would have to start nutrients again on the remaining and go through that process again. Only you know if it's worth it to go through that. I would just flush it and at the due time harvest it all and start a new grow.
Buds are getting fat on top. Some leaves turned yellow so cut those off and there is some light damage. Only have Mars led lights on now and its much cooler. Increased fan size as well for better ventilation. Since I had to take my ac infinity out. Took a peak at the trichomes and their still clear. Guessing 2 more week but will be checking them daily to get the right harvest time. Slowing down on the drinking. About a half gallon a day now.
Day 86 main stem broke while moving thing around...🤦 tied the branches together and turned off the fan. Hoping she heals🤞
Day 90 took off support. Branch is strong now.
Week summary: Buds getting fat and good amount of trichomes. Thinking about a week til harvest but still going to check daily for amber trichomes.
Starting this week with only calmag and koolbloom. Will add ripen later this week. Tied the base so it's has even light now.
Decided to cut the bottom buds. They won't grow any bigger.
Day 93 added ripen.
Top buds are getting heavy and was making the plant lean so I tied her straight.
Starting to get a few amber trichomes. Giving another week or so.
Starting this week with only ripen. She's drinking much less water now so that tells me it's almost time. Keeping an eye on trichomes which a few amber tips have appeared. As soon as I see a bit more mature trichomes I will be flushing then 24 hour darkness then harvest!!!
Day 102 flushed nutrients and changed lights to 12/12.
Day 104 turned off lights for 72 hours
Day 107 cut and hanging in tent. Complete darkness but will check in 5 days.
Day 112 trimmed and put in mason jars with 62% humidity packets.
Day 113 burped jars
Day 114 burped jars
Day 116 burped jars
Day 123 burped jars
Day 130 burped jars
Day 137 burped jars
Day 144 burped jars
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