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4 years ago
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Indoor
Room Type
LST
weeks 2-7
Topping
weeks 5-6
Defoliation
weeks 6
Soil
Grow medium
11 L
Pot Size
1.89 L
Watering
0
Germination
4 years ago
Seeds were germinated on Monday by Thursday they were all popped and taproots out so in the dirt they went. Friday the American Pie and Lemon 1 have come through the dirt. Tent is around 80/55. Mix of FF happy frog and ocean forest. Saturday Lemon 2&3 still a no show. If the don't show by Tuesday I will start germinating another American Pie.
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Paper Towel
Germination Method
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Week 1. Vegetation
4 years ago
5.08 cm
26 °C
6.6
No Smell
55 %
11 L
60.96 cm
Monday - I started the 20/4 schedule. Plants are doing their thing. Adding water as needed about a half hour after the light comes on and checking about 12 hours after that. (Around my get home, sleep, go to work schedule). Just misting the top the top the soil with a pump sprayer. My dark times are during during day to help with temps. Using a portable ac outside the tent set at a constant 70 deg. Keeps the tent with the light on at about 78-80 and 68-70 with it off. Humidity is swinging some but not much and average around 55%-56% Rh. (More than likely from the ac turning on and off and the humidifier keeping up). The light is at 24 inches above the plants. Tuesday- gave it a little misting again today. Soil was dry about a finger nail down. Plants seem happy and gave them a little pep talk. Wednesday - Can see the difference in height and appearance. They're happy little plants doin their thing. Thursday - They seem to get bigger by the day. I didn't expect to see this much growth first week. Conditions are looking decent at the pot. Friday - Officially 1 week since emerging from the soil. The American Pie is looking good and the Lemon is looking a little stubby. Lots of mixed reviews on the Seedsman Lemon Auto but good for me to start with. Saturday - Checked on the girls when I got up. The Lemon is starting to catch up and looking short but sweet. Sunday - They did their thing. Tons of growth happening in the first week
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Week 2. Vegetation
4 years ago
5.08 cm
26 °C
6.6
No Smell
55 %
11 L
76.2 cm
Mon- Starting off the week strong. I added an active intake to the grow tent to filter the air and help regulate it. For the intake I used a $15 bathroom vent from home depot rated for 50cfm. Seems a lot stronger than that so I used a speed controller to turn it down some and get good negative pressure. I taped a 12x12x1 furnace filter to an Amazon box and cut out the area for the fan and taped that in with Mastic tape. Used a dryer vent hose and reducer fitting to put it into the bottom port on the tent. Helped settle out the conditions from swinging so much when the ac and humidifier turn on and off. Tuesday- Happy 4/20 Thursday - noticed Weds that I may have either over watered or possibly some light heat/light burn. Moved the light back up to 36 In above canopy. Also downloaded tent buddy and a ppfd meter app on my phone both were close to each other so used that to set my light to "550-600" ppfd per whatever I was reading on the internet the night before. The plants seemed to like it and I don't plan on watering again until Saturday or they show that they're getting thirsty.
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LST
Technique
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Week 3. Vegetation
4 years ago
10.16 cm
26 °C
6.6
No Smell
55 %
11 L
68.58 cm
The American Pie gas taken off since starting LST Weds - mistakes were made. The American Pie almost topped itself from the lst I did andnpartially fimmed itself I guess? So I fimmed it completely and also said screw it and fimmed the Lemon. American Pie is also showing sex. It's a girl. After the lights came on at 6pm I waited about an hour did a top dressing on both plants. American Pie got 3 tbsp of DR. Earth bud and bloom 3-9-4 + 1 tbsp of Down To Earth 4-4-4. Lemon got the opposite because it is still small and not showing signs of flowers. Thursday- everything seems to be responding well to the fimming and LST I did. Again mistakes have been made but i think I'm good.
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LST
Technique
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Week 4. Vegetation
4 years ago
10.16 cm
26 °C
6.6
No Smell
55 %
11 L
68.58 cm
Nutrients 4
Recharge - Real Growers
Recharge 1.302 mll
Recharge - Real Growers
Recharge 1.302 mll
Flower Girl Bud & Bloom Booster 3-9-4 - Dr. Earth
Flower Girl Bud & Bloom Booster 3-9-4 2.604 mll
Been a busy week and a lot of personal issues to take care of and the plants kind of got neglected. I also had a break-in from one of my dogs that got to a plant when i was trying to get some water. The Lemon auto from seedsman took a hit after i fimmed it and it did start to recover. The dog in question has finished it I believe and I plan on seeing what happens. I am removing the Seedsman Lemon from this grow starting week 4. Onto the American Pie Being my first grow I got very impatient. patience is a virtue I do not possess and am trying to conquer with the ancient technique of bonsai. I had taken off way too much thinking that I was doing the right thing. It looked like a garbage truck and a lawnmower had a fight. After kicking myself I went down the rabbit hole to see if there was any way I could help it recover. I have since fed Recharge twice to the plant over a week's time and it has made a complete turnaround. I have since started a couple of new seeds that you may see in this diary. An LSD-25 from Fats Buds and a side creation on a friend one Double Glue Stack (Dutch Passion Gorilla Glue x Glueberry OG Auto) and Beluga ( Auto Ultimate X Glueberry OG Auto). On Weds I have a light top dressing of 2tbsp per gallon of DR Earth Flower (8) and 2 tablespoons total of Down-to-Earth 4-4-4. The plant seemed to like it and after the dressing i gave a 1/2 gallon of recharge. Man this plant has really impressed me. It took a chapter from the school of hard knocks and turned into a grower. She is in full flower now and more than likely stunted from me stressing it but mistakes are learning steps to better grows. Even if I get just a pipes worth out of it I won this battle. Happy Growing Everyone!
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LST
Technique
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Week 5. Flowering
4 years ago
30.48 cm
18 hrs
24 °C
6.5
Normal
50 %
11 L
2 L
71.12 cm
Nutrients 4
Recharge - Real Growers
Recharge 1.302 mll
Recharge - Real Growers
Recharge 1.302 mll
Flower Girl Bud & Bloom Booster 3-9-4 - Dr. Earth
Flower Girl Bud & Bloom Booster 3-9-4 2.604 mll
She has made a great turn around this week. Im guessing that i probably wont get the best yield from this but for my first grow im happy.
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LST
Technique
Topping
Technique
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Week 6. Flowering
4 years ago
30.48 cm
18 hrs
24 °C
6.5
Normal
50 %
11 L
2 L
71.12 cm
Nutrients 4
Recharge - Real Growers
Recharge 1.302 mll
Recharge - Real Growers
Recharge 1.302 mll
Flower Girl Bud & Bloom Booster 3-9-4 - Dr. Earth
Flower Girl Bud & Bloom Booster 3-9-4 2.604 mll
Back to another busy schedule this week. This American Pie has impressed me with the amount of abuse it took and still producing. Still not getting my hopes up for a big yield but im happy so far wit it. slight nute burn at the tips of some leaves so shes at her max right now.
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LST
Technique
Topping
Technique
Defoliation
Technique
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Week 7. Flowering
4 years ago
30.48 cm
18 hrs
24 °C
6.5
Normal
50 %
11 L
2 L
71.12 cm
Nutrients 2
Recharge - Real Growers
Recharge 1.302 mll
Flower Girl Bud & Bloom Booster 3-9-4 - Dr. Earth
Flower Girl Bud & Bloom Booster 3-9-4 2.604 mll
She's a tiny little producer but I'm pleased with my first grow. I would have to guess I still probably have 4-5 weeks left as trichomes just started production. Yesterday I added some EWC and DR Earth 3-9-4 Bloom. Great finish t the week with a lot of trichome production. Shes going to be short sweet and heavy hitting......hopefully
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LST
Technique
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Week 8. Flowering
4 years ago
30.48 cm
18 hrs
24 °C
6.5
Normal
50 %
11 L
2 L
71.12 cm
Nutrients 2
Recharge - Real Growers
Recharge 1.302 mll
Flower Girl Bud & Bloom Booster 3-9-4 - Dr. Earth
Flower Girl Bud & Bloom Booster 3-9-4 2.604 mll
Well, she is a grower. What can I say? I definitely wish I hadn't messed it up so early on but again for my first grow I'm happy with the amount of know-how I learned from this one little plant. She has picked up trichome production and is moving along fine. the age-old "give it two more weeks" maybe looks about right. pistils are slowly fading to red from white and some of the trichs are starting to change as well.
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Week 9. Flowering
4 years ago
30.48 cm
18 hrs
24 °C
6.5
Normal
50 %
11 L
2 L
71.12 cm
Nutrients 2
Recharge - Real Growers
Recharge 1.302 mll
Flower Girl Bud & Bloom Booster 3-9-4 - Dr. Earth
Flower Girl Bud & Bloom Booster 3-9-4 2.604 mll
She's getting real close to the finish line. About a week or 2 left. I took a sample nug and hung it to dry in the closet. Dried pretty quick so hopefully it's not too bad and I'll get a sample of it. Had a tiny bit of amber to the trichomes. Going a littleong and then it's chop time
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Week 9. Harvest
4 years ago
Happy Harvest Day!
Auto American Pie - Pyramid Seeds
Spent 65 days
Ger Veg Flo Har
10/10
Rated
14.17 g
Bud dry weight per plant
1
Plants
0.74
Grow Room size
Easy
Difficulty

Height
Day air temperature
Air humidity
PH
Light schedule
Pot size
Lamp distance
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