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This week covers day 1 to 7 from seed, including the time to germinate and being above soil for a few days.
Only feeding pHd water, light schedule was 24h during this week.
Days 8 to 14 from seed here
- Feed of 40ppm of Micro for first week.
- Foliar sprayed once with VeloKelp.
- Switched to Remo Nutrients Calculator @ 75% schedule instead of what 420fastbuds recommends going forward.
Following weeks will list the Lux average in the tent. Highly recommend all new growers get a Lux reader if you have a strong light. I was cooking my plants.
Day 15 to 21 from seed
# Day 18:
- Received Lux Meter
- Lights reduced from 37,000- 45,000 Lux to a more balanced ~23,000.
- Nutrients reduced to 0.75ml/L and increased VeloKelp to keep the ppms around 370.
# Day 21:
- FR1 still looking mad at me. Flushed her with pH'd water @ 5.8 before leaving for the weekend.
- Nutrients reduced again to 220ppm by diluting with water, maintaining ratio.
# Lessons learned:
- Buy a Lux meter. I was hitting these plants with 40000 - 45000 Lux. I won't trust internet charts again, there are more factors that you can't see with only your eyes.
Day 22 to 28 from seed
# Day 24:
- After flushing then going away for 3 days, FR1 is looking much better....I think.
- Did some LST, bud sites are reaching out. Will continue throughout the week.
- 3/4 of them are showing preflower pistils. Expect FR2 to show some soon too.
- Still on last weeks schedule
# Day 26:
- The Nutrient Chart listed for this week starts on this day. I fed @ 310ppm using water phd @ 6.1 on all excluding FR1 (big girl)
- Flushed FR1 again - I flushed the 5G pot with 10G of water @ 5.8ph . I should have flushed more water through it before I left, but alas...
# Lights: 24,000 - 26,000 Lux
Day 29 to 35 from seed
# Day 29:
- Fed all plants bloom nutes.
# Day 30
- SD2 showing preflower pistils
# Day 31
- slight burn on all plants, lowered to 260ppm
# Day 32
- Stardawg 2: Heavy tip burn on new growth, probably because I was being lazy and feeding it full bloom nutes along with the others and it has only barely started showing still. Resembled phosphorus excess.
- Flushed SD2 @ 5.8pH with 10 Gallons
# Day 35
- Fed SD2 only Micro, Grow, VeloKelp and 1.25x Magnifical because I already burned her with bloom nutes and figure there will be some leftover P-K in there after the flush lol
- Fed rest @ full nutes listed above. 260ppm
# OBSERVATIONS
- These plants are drinking a lot. I might have to start giving them water daily. Man, I hate mixing Nutrients.
Hi, I want to mix up a strong (let's say 3000+ ppm) solution in say a 2L bottle at the correct ratios. When I need to feed, I pour it into a fresh jug of water until I reach the desired PPM, then close up the 2L and repeat. Any downside? Does the solution get "weaker" that way?
as long as your ph is meeting correct levels for nutrient absortion and your ppm/ec isnt too high upon that jug give her a good stir make sure not too cold and just observe how your girls react!, this is how i did it for abit there but i just stick to my 1L phd 6 rain water then add my nutes and double check ppm/ec but its usually was spot on majority of time. just make sure you double check and shake the bottles before pouring nutrient liquid into the jug so it can be evenly dispersed among pour (y) looks great mate
Day 36 to 42
I haven't been able to strap down Stardawg #2 (bottom left) much because I cracked the stem slightly. It's healing fine and not a major concern but I'd rather hang on a bit.
# Day 36
- Fed 410ppm full strength to FR1
- Fed 360 ppm half bloom(1:2 bloom:veg) to rest until they are flowering more.
# Day 38
- Fed 710 ppm full strength to FR1
(I am going to start boosting higher now, I should have been at this strength at week 3-4
- 360ppm half bloom to the rest
# day 40
- 810 ppm to FR 1
- 610 ppm to rest 5:1 veg to bloom. See nutrients ratios above
# Day 41
- Plants were looking dry and I was nervous about how many nutes I fed them so I fed them water PhD to 5.8.
- FR1 FLUSHED with 5.8. I chickened out 🐔
Until recently I was thinking FR1 will be my big yielder because of how vigorous it grew. The other 3 vegged for about 2 weeks longer and are now stretching and I had to put FR1 on a fricken baby chair to keep her up with the rest! I really underestimated the stretch, and how fast they grow.
I rearranged the tent and put the two burn victims under the same light since the other two are liking the high light. I'll keep a really close eye on the distance.
Now that they are on the same feeding schedule, life will be easier and all I will really need to do is feed them at the ppm I think each requires now.
# Day 44 and Day 45
FR1 - 810ppm
SD1 - 650ppm
FR2 - 550ppm
SD2 - 550ppm
# Day 46
FR1 - 910ppm
SD1 - 730ppm
FR2 - 610ppm
SD2 - 610ppm
# Day 47
Flushed FR2 and SD2. I'm hitting them too hard with bloom nutes.
Day 57 to 63
I have been feeding these girls ~750ppm all week at a 1:1:1:1:1:1 ratio on all nutes.
Ph 5.8.
I learned a lot from FR1 flowering so early. I completely screwed her up but thankfully the 3 other plants being 2-3 weeks behind gives me a chance to avoid making the same mistakes.
Day 64 to 70
On autopilot. I have been light on the nutrients so bumped up the nutes to 810ppm this week.
Forbidden Runtz 1 is coming close, the buds are getting THICC and hard. I'm keeping a close eye on the trichomes. It's almost go time.
I predict 2-3 more weeks for the rest but I don't know anything
Feeding around 750ppm this week.
Lightening up on Nutes for FR1 at ~350ppm.
Alright sorry for the delays...I know there are just so many people eagerly waiting for updates from me lol.
Plants looking good.
I lost a bit of time because my lights were too intense on certain parts of the plants. I noticed some real pale green on new growth of SD1 and kind of realized it had been going on for a while which stunted everyone else a bit. Over the past 2-3 days I've lowered from ~50-55k lux to 40-46k lux and I am seeing a big difference in growth already.
I have been thinking about hanging out at 650ppm for the rest of the grow since I was seeing a lot of salt buildups but I think that might have been due to my plants drinking so much water from the lights. So I'm going to go back to about 700ppm and see how it goes.
I chopped a little big off of FR1. 9.1 grams and looking real nice!
Cutting and trimming that bud was almost surreal. I can't believe I made this, and it's tight and thick. I was a bit obsessed with this plant at the beginning since he took off real quick and I stretched it way too much causing a ton of larf. Fortunately I learned a lot from this plant flowering so early that I avoided a lot of those mistakes for the other 3 in the tent. Can't wait to see how they all turn out.
Anyway see ya!
Day 71 to 77
Lost a bunch of the progress the past couple weeks. Had a couple videos that I took screenshots from.
Not much to report. 750ppm @ ~6.1
Made a mistake on nutes. I was supposed to remove GROW during flower from the recipe and somehow my blind ass thought I just add 3 more bottles when flower starts.
Live and learn!
Day 78 to Day 84 🙄
Oct 13 I had to totally get rid of Stardawg 1 due to MOLD. She was a pretty fat girl. Lesson learned. Keep humidity down.
Worst part of it was I do have a very good dehumidifier. I just underestimated how important air flow and low rh was. I also had an imbalance in my tent. One side was a lot more humid (65%) than the other and for some reason I mentally ignored it!!!!
KEEP VPD IN CHECK
Day 85 to day 92
Day 88
Harvested Forbidden Runtz 1. It was the smallest one, I overtrained it and it grew like a fat baby in a small car seat. Then I defoliated way too much so nothing could really develop. I must have thrown out twice as much as I kept at least since I don't have time to deal with hash or anything right now.
I learned a lot from FR1 and put it towards the other plants and I'm thankful for this one flowering so early on me and paving the way! Later all!
93 to 99
Getting impatient lol
Nuts are thick. A few amber trichs on SD2. Needed to string them up as they are falling over.
Day 95 - Harvested Stardawg 2. FR1 is all we got left in the tent now.
The buds are thick, purple, frosty, sticky and very firm. Super excited for this one.
First harvest ever. It's everywhere man. Even my hair is sticky. Next harvest I'm going to use fiskers instead of my kitchen scissors.
Really disappointed STARDAWG 1 got mold and had to toss it in the bin.
Tons of lessons learned throughout this grow, I did way better than I expected and ready for the next 🤑
First grow!
Once the other plants were removed from the tent, I realized just how big she was and strapped her down for a week to get some light to the places I neglected throughout the grow.
She got a bit singed since I got distracted with my second grow, and to be honest I am just so excited about grow #2 that I stopped really showing this plant the love.
Smells like pineapple, buds are fat as heck. If I reach 6oz, I will hit the 1 pound mark between two plants. Dang, that is pretty good and way exceeded expectations.
Drying for 10 days or so then will post updates.
nerdz
