Longtime smoker,first grow ,fun so far

ffgrove They're all Green Crack but the one in the pink 5ish gallon bucket is a week younger but had a new grow light from the start so it's actually bigger than it's big brothers in the big blue buckets.The soil is a mix of a couple of different kinds of straight up high quality gardening/potting soil mixed with some sea compost.No miracle grow type of added nutrients but the sea marin is a miracle gro product but its just compost not jacked with added nutrients.I've topped them and they're all doing well actually better than I expected as this is my first grow....also trimmed a couple leaves and I've got a couple of cuttings that are also growing now...pretty cool.I like green crack as a smoke but it's also great to grow...if I can do it anyone can.Also I'm using Atlantean products original plant food blend in my water...3-3-1 that has sea veg,molasses,phosphorus,vitamin C(Amazon)...I'm pleased so far as I'm just wingin' it from other grows I've read about...fun first grow,definitely not my last

ffgrove This is week 7 for the pink and week 8 for the blue.The stats are for the pink lady.The blues are 5 " shorter.I mixed some Gaia Garden power bloom into the soil this week on the rec of a local grow shop when I asked for a good fertilizer for outdoors.I'm still watering with the Atantean plant food 1 tsp/L of water I pull from my dehumidifier.It's been raining past few days on and off so no need for manual watering sometimes.The blue plants were stretched during the first week(noob mistake) and the pink darling is a week behind but had a better start.I FIMed...by mistake of course...looked it up and realized I was a natural at this p...they're growing pretty steady and I have the room to let them get tall.I trimmed a couple of lower leaves.I managed to get a cutting to root and she's goin under a light for a boost today.PH is low 6's for the water.I'm not tracking water volume,just listening to my plants)I've noticed recent damage from bugs...not serious...some nibbles here n there at night....what works for bugs that isn't chemicals?I'm brand new to this so any tips are appreciated...I'm absorbing other's knowledge as quick as I can....havin fun so far,I'm hooked...Happy Growing)

ffgrove week 8 was a wet week...it rained for 4 days on and off...and humid.The pink lady is sick unfortunately.I thought it might be too much water but it could be bad ph or most likey,nute burn?Yellowing fan leaves with some brown spots on the bottom and working up to a couple of the bigger fan leaves.The new top growth seems fine but the plant overall slowed growth and is much skinnier than the other two now.I'm flushing with ph neutral water atm.I hit them all with a neem oil/soap spray earlier in the week also.Maybe that's a problem but I figure I just over fertilized the small pot because the other two are doing well and they've caught up.Learnng as I go...all good...Happy growing

ffgrove A little dryer this week but still had a couple days of heavy rain so no water for the next day or two anyway....maybe some Atlantean molasses based fertilizer misted on the leaves before dusk.The pink girl has slowed down and yellowing fan leaves with brown spots were cut off...maybe too many but they re gone...she's hanging in there...new growth looks ok but skinnier than the other two in the bigger pots.The plan is to let them dry out a little(soil) to avoid fungus or rot .I topped the two bigger ones again.I managed to get two cuttings to root also...I'll finish them inside under the light...probably runnin out of outside time up here in NS...maybe a month till flowering starts?Not sure...my first run...still havin' fun😁

ffgrove Well,I tried a new technique...maybe not so new,whereby I defoliated by adding too many nutrients😛.I was out riding during week 10 so on to week 11 and they've started to flower already.We're not down to 12 hours a day yet here,still 14 hours sunup to sundown but the flowers have started😀.I've just been watering until they recover from nute burn and it seems the worst is over.Now I've got 6 weeks or so of flowering but I'm afraid to give the girls any more love....any suggestions?I'm thinking maybe just mist them with the Atlantean molasses blend in a week and then just water for the last couple weeks?I slowed them down with my enthusiasm...lesson learned... I also have a couple of cuttings on the go in my tent and I'm bending the crap out of the big one lol...we'll see how that goes...gotta keep it low....

ffgrove All 3 plants are flowering and recovering from too many nutes(I think).The little pink lady suffered a broken branch courtesy of a clumsy wife p.An amateur repair was attempted...I spotted it quickly so the leaves haven't even wilted really...hit the plant with water and we'll see).It's warm and humid,I sprayed them with Atlantean original blend and I water when they need it.Bugs haven't been too bad,I spray with neem occasionally.A tropical storm is close I may bring the injured girl in if the wind picks up.I'm just glad they survived my over fertilizing...The clones are coming along in the tent...Happy growing

ffgrove just watering when it needs water....all the fan leaves started turning yellow and dying around the same time it started to flower....probably too many nutrients,not sure...just water now...they're hanging in there...the repaired branch didn't skip a beat.Hopyfully another month,maybe more to fatten up the buds

ffgrove Fan leaves keep falling as the flowering continues they re starting to get frosty now...filling out more...another couple weeks or 3?Not sure I'm a stone cold noob grower...never harvested before ...3 more weeks and they ll be phat tho...heavy rain last 24 hours but they seem to like it...soaking up the water

ffgrove Flowering continues...spraying nutrients on leaves and flowers this week obviously it's craving them ...gotta get some cal/mag for next attempt.Buds are coming along despite the yellowing fan leaves...you can see the flowers sucking the life out of the rest of the plant...my guess is two more weeks or so to harvest...first time tho...just a guess