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Quick one, first proper grow

val95

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2276

4y ago

VEG

SF-1000 Light Emitting Diodes/100W

Spider Farmer

FLO

SF-1000 Light Emitting Diodes/100W

Spider Farmer

Tent

Spider Farmer 2'x2'x5'

Spider Farmer

Soil

Custom

Perlite

Custom

Indoor

Room Type

LST

weeks 3-5, 8

Topping

weeks 4

Defoliation

weeks 8

11 L

Pot Size

val95 After attempting a grow in a small cabinet with side lighting i decided to just get a proper tent and light it from the top. the larger plants in the tent are Paradise seeds Vertigo but won't be tracked. Lights are at 80% intensity at 70 cm from the plants. I'm currently only using ph'd water Any comments or advice are very welcome as i'm still very inexperienced. especially about light intensity and distance from plants :)

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Used method

Directly In Substrate

Germination Method

18 hrs

23 °C

6.2

82 %

11 L

70 cm

Nutrients 1

Power Roots 0.75 mll

val95 I'm giving the little ones pH adjusted water with a tiny bit of Power roots

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5 cm

18 hrs

23 °C

6.2

70 %

11 L

70 cm

Nutrients 2

Power Roots 0.5 mll

Pure Zym 0.75 mll

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5 cm

18 hrs

23 °C

6.2

85 %

11 L

70 cm

Nutrients 4

Calmag 0.3 mll

Power Roots 1 mll

Pure Zym 0.75 mll

val95 Started LST, removed one big leaf that was covering the new shoots. I hope i did it correctly. any comments/advice are welcome :)

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Used techniques

LST

Technique

5 cm

18 hrs

23 °C

6.2

85 %

11 L

70 cm

Nutrients 4

Calmag 0.3 mll

Power Roots 1 mll

Pure Zym 0.75 mll

val95 continuing to adjust ties and spread branches out as much as possible On day 26 i accidentally snapped off the top with maybe 4 extra nodes by accident after i tripped while carrying the pot. She seems to be doing fine but i'm sad to have lost so many potential branches but i hope this "topping" will still work out fine

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Used techniques

LST

Technique

Topping

Technique

5 cm

18 hrs

23 °C

6.2

60 %

11 L

70 cm

Nutrients 5

Calmag 0.3 mll

Power Roots 1 mll

Pure Zym 1 mll

val95 First pistils are showing up. Im still moving the wires to spread out the branches a little more.

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Used techniques

LST

Technique

5 cm

18 hrs

23 °C

6.2

60 %

11 L

70 cm

Nutrients 3

Calmag 0.6 mll

Pure Zym 1 mll

Terra Bloom 2.5 mll

val95 Defoliated her a little bit, despite having damaged several big branches early during LST, she's looking very big! also switched to only bloom nutes

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Used techniques

LST

Technique

Defoliation

Technique

18 hrs

23 °C

6.2

Weak

60 %

11 L

70 cm

Nutrients 3

Calmag 0.6 mll

Pure Zym 1 mll

Terra Bloom 2.5 mll

val95 she's looking very healthy and very leafy too do you guys think it would be beneficial to defoliate her a little? i'm afraid of being too enthousiastic and removing too many leaves

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Grow Questions

val95started grow question 4y ago

She seems to have quite a few leaves covering up bud sites but I'm afraid of removing too much Any thoughts? Any other comments on how I could improve/mistakes you see in my diary are welcome too!

Solved

Techniques. Defoliation

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Organomananswered grow question 4y ago

I wouldn't remove any leaves, your plant needs every healthy green leaf she has to be able to produce the energy she needs to grow her biggest and best flowers. Less leaves = less energy production potential = less growth. Those "bud sites" that you think are covered, are relying on those very leaves to make the energy she needs to be able to grow those "bud sites". Within a few days those buds will grow out from under those leaves anyhow, making the removal of the leaves needless. With future grows, don't be afraid of tying the branches even further down, getting them quite horizontal even, this will help with light penetration and can lead to an improved yield. Cheers, Organoman. (and very much an anti defoliation freak!)

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18 hrs

23 °C

6.2

Weak

60 %

11 L

70 cm

Nutrients 3

Calmag 0.9 mll

Pure Zym 1 mll

Terra Bloom 2.5 mll

val95 Trichones are getting milky but the buds still seem a bit skinny. i hope they'll fatten up enough before harvest. apart from that i still notice some brown spots on the leaves. Runoff pH is normal so i've upped her CalMag a little

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