RudeBoi OG ~ Seedsman L.E. ~ DWC ~ 3

Week One Down Time for Acclimation Nutrients! Could have turned the heat pad off a couple days earlier - starting to think that they just aren't worth the effort. Seems like if you have all your ducks in a row, it isn't needed - though it does present issues if left on after roots pop out the rockwool. Root rot / lockout etc. Trading an extra day (if that?) for potential problems? Ya, that doesn't make sense to me. I will test the next grow without and most likely stop using.

Seedlings are ready! Just waiting another day and a half for the SuperSilverHaze OG to finish flushing in the 8x4, and then these gals will get transplant ~~~~~~~~~~ Seedling has been transplanted! Looking very healthy, and hungry! 🚀

Gals are fixing to explode in their new homes! 🚀🚀🚀 ~~~~~~~~~~ Root Zone temperature has been climbing a little higher than preferred, and stunting growth a tad (accordion-like leaves) they stop caring once they get a certain size/root mass going on, and I drop the water level (less water to cool). Its these cold packs - they are not perfect unfortunately. Next grow I will be assembling my own Dutchy system, with a water chiller - so it won't be an issue after this one 😀

Time for more nutes! Roots are about to take off 🚀🚀🚀 (The last two days has shown a huge uptick in growth!) We are about one week behind due to the last grow taking a little longer than expected - but all seems fine. Water could be chilled a little better, but with dropping the water level, it shouldn't matter anymore as with my previous grows. Microbe parties are starting to show themselves. Water level is now at 3g (2'' from netcup) - future grows I will be using smaller buckets for the first two weeks of veg, so as to save some time/effort/monies (2-3.5gl buckets) Will be time for LST / Tie-Downs soon! Allowing them grow into 15'' from lamp from here on. ~~~~~~~~~~ Top / Defol Time! Could wait a bit longer but they are starting to look a little cramped so I jumped on it now. Not getting enough airflow on the end so I threw in another small fan to keep things circulating! Took off the two bottom sets of fan leaves / larf. All set to start stretching a bit! Roots are exploding! Decided to train them the same as the OG kush in my first grow - two tops, off 4 sets of branches, instead of the typical three tops off 2 sets of branches. This should save us a week (although less stable - this grow I'm hoping all will be relatively the same height and allow for a trellis! Otherwise its back to Rope / Ties / Yoyo's!) ~~~~~~~~~~ Mornings / Nights are starting to get cold here in MO, and being up in a 2nd story room - temperature's have started to hike into the 80's. I let it go for awhile but now its pushing 90. Time to switch back to venting the AC directly into the tent space* & get back down to 76-82f.

Gals have been a bit mad at me the last week or so (the indoor heat is making things a bit stuffy as we head towards colder weather). But alas - a little temperature correction, some new air pumps, and we are back on track! 🌱🚀👌 For those who didn't follow my previous grows - I use a relief duct to keep away too much positive pressure when venting the AC directly into the grow space. Yes we are positive, but only slightly. Fan in front of the duct for when it rains and the RH spikes - turn on the fan and get it back down to where I need it, cloth cover over duct when the fan is not in use. ~~~~~~~~~~ Guess one of this gals plant ties was too tight, found her split at the base. Branch was still hanging on and had already started the healing process, so I slapped on some tape to help out. (will get some wood glue or something in the future). Hopefully she doesn't give me the finger later on for this 😂😅 ~~~~~~~~~~ Last round of tie downs! (Was VERY careful, considering the break at the base of one satellite branch) Picked up some wood glue! I carefully took off a layer of tape until only one remained - gently cut the tape and opened it up, and filled it with wood glue using the tape as a mold, and closed it back up. This will fill that negative space and solidify overnight - adding rigidity/integrity, and help prevent a future break* She is definitely not happy about this, some wilted tips showing on a couple leaves, but that's it so far. Hopefully she recovers fast and doesn't end up too far behind the others!...or herm on me - that would be a real bummer!

All set for some veg-stretch! Upcoming Defoliation, and some LST by hand, to help further open up the satellite branches. Up till now I have only taken a couple center leaves as I go, as well as implemented some good ole leaf tucking - to help keep the plants from becoming too cramped, or worse case - create a stagnant pocket of air & allowing for powdery mildew! Its all pretty pictures from here :) ~~~~~~~~~~ Center stalk seems to be doing great, and the branch with the break - rigid/unmoving. Tape will come off in a day or two! (No signs of herming just yet 🙏) ~~~~~~~~~~ Defol! Bye bye lower canopy. Break healed nicely. Since I had the time, figured one more layer of wood glue wouldn't hurt - there is still somewhat of a gap that makes me nervous - try and get her as solid as I can before we flip and start packing on bud-weight!

Did away with another layer from the bottom - bye bye larf! If all goes well we may flip to flower next week! Tie downs come off in a couple days! ~~~~~~~~~~ Break is looking good, very solid! ~~~~~~~~~~ Since Its sitting empty, we threw this gal into the 3x2 - make things easier when it comes time to swap buckets. I am VERY restricted on space outside of the tent, so I can really benefit from some extra space inside the 8x4. Much less stress on the gals, since I have more space to maneuver! I'll be moving into a bigger place this next tax station, and will then have much more space!

One more week and we flip to flower! Defol / Lollipop coming soon! ~~~~~~~~~~ Ok, decided to go ahead and flip these gals now - so as to avoid getting too close to lamp after stretch! Lollipop, and we're on our way! Should have done this with nute swap saturday. But no worries, just threw in some Koolbloom, and adjusted PH. Will fix PPM listed above when these are drained and we're back on the spreadsheet with less Gro.

Since swapping to the smaller tent I've been spraying her a few times a day, supplement some humidity and offer some reprieve from the LEDs. Little cramped, but otherwise doing well! ~~~~~~~~~~ Small defol, make room for some airflow / light

Starting to get pretty close to lamp - if the foliage starts to dry out and suffer, I may consider some HST to help stave off the remaining flower-stretch.

No more Root Stimulator Last week for Silica Light* Defol Managed to raise and squeeze a couple more inches out of my lights. Was getting close! Applied some HST and bent the 3 satellite branches too close to lamp - (light bend till light snap on one side, then hold 30 seconds-ish). This will help slow down the remainder of stretch* Fingers crossed this isn't too much for her and causes her to herm on me. I've been nice to her in anticipation of this - but with the break in mid-veg 🤷🤞🙏 Rope Tie / couple pipe cleaners - keep her from getting any wider on me, and crowding more of the tent. She's trying to take over, haha! ~~~~~~~~~~ Swapped this gal with the smallest White Widow in my 8x4. Pretty disappointed in myself for not making this call sooner - but I digress. busy busy adulting, and being a dad 😵 Going to give her a couple more days to heal up from the HST I was forced to implement. After that I will throw in a wedge to open her up to the extra space she now has!

No more Silica Doubled up on Liq. KoolBloom Doing much better in the 8x4! Will give her a good defol soon, since she was a little cramped in the 3x2 - she has a little extra larf to do away with. Chopstick wedge to open her up a little with the extra space available. ~~~~~~~~~~ Defol! Will most definitely do another in a week or so, gal is growing like crazy compared to the rest of the garden.

LED raised as high as the tent will allow Looks like flower stretch is finished

WOW! Big gal! Light defol, clear up some more larf from being cramped in the previous tent. Most or all of it has started to grow again and perk up.

Calyxes have been swelling for about a week, making it time for ripen nutes! Tapering off the rest A little hard to tell due to how much she has, but she got a good defol to assist in bud swell.

Buds are coming along nicely! Added an additional week to ripen @ last week's dosage - switched to the above dosage midweek. ~~~~~~~~~~ Trichomes are looking pretty cloudy. I guestimate a week tops and it will be time for flush!

Getting foggy!!! Some specs of amber popping up - couple more days and it's time for flush. ~~~~~~~~~~ Time for 3-day flush Florakleen @5ml per gal

Rudeboi OG (Feminised Photoperiod) ~Seedsman Limited Edition~ https://www.seedsman.com/en/rudeboi-og-regular-seeds (*Regulars) 60/40 Indica Dominant ~ Irene OG / Face Off OG BX1 Flowering Time: 63-70 Days 20-27% THC 0% / Low CBD ~~~~~~~~~~ We flowered with 1 XS2000 - split the garden between two tents for easier access mid-grow. Diary won't allow for adjusting so the stats are a little off. I originally moved this gal into the 3x2 with the Alien Rock Candy so as to save space and make things easier in the 8x4. Right after doing so - this gal doubled in size and then some! I then had to swap her back with the smallest White Widow, or risk some serious light damage, poor tasting bud, and potentially banana's. This unfortunately lead to some extra/larfy foliage - I let her stay cramped in the 3x2 too long before swapping her for the fix. Of course it's primarily the pheno that's pushing all this foliage - but having her cramped with minimal light pen / airflow did NOT help. After moving her back to the 8x4 she immediately began to perk back up, bamboo wedge to open her up and most the larf branched out. We did see a break in the center stalk mid veg (was working too fast, lesson learned). I tackled that with wood glue and some painters tape - two or three coats over the course of a week and she was as good as new. Very sturdy, and she never missed a beat! ~~~~~~~~~~ During this grow I was forced to constantly changed out air stones! The 3 sets I have are very clogged with photo plus. This led to an oxygenation system that was constantly back n forth, up n down. I'm fairly certain this is why all my plants took a little longer this time around and weren't quite what they could have been - hard to do much when your being choked! I will be switching to Southern AG for the next grow - looking like I will be staying in DWC for a little while and trying out some hydrobuckets with my current system unchanged - but with the ability to trellis! I will be moving and will then have full access to my tent from both sides. I will also adjust my feed chart a bit (I need to redo it, for some reason my excel spreadsheets disappeared) Halfway thought this grow I stopped filling to 2'' below the netcup. So as not to waste so much - Now I start my two weeks at the netcup, and let it drain. I fill when one bucket has emptied enough that I cannot let it go another day - and from here I am now topping off at ONE to TWO gallons so as to not waste so much. You do not need to be 2'' from the netcup at all times - in fact, staying below and letting it drain creates small amounts of drought stress and naturally BOOSTS root growth. Let it drain! ~~~~~~~~~~ All in all - a pretty successful grow! Getting all the kinks ironed out and it's looking like this system of DWC will do me well. Next couple grows I will be dialing in my recipe a bit, trellising!, and will look to improve upon my stress training. Unfortunately, due to the heat being on in my place my dry was way faster than desired - should have thrown in the humidifier! {1st QWISO}: 2.7gs - using a half jar of sugar leaves w/a couple premature buds from both this gal and the Alien Rock Candy {2nd QWISO}: 1.9gs - using all remaining trim from both this gal and the Alien Rock Candy (~half jar after running it through the trim bin for keif) The first run was a little heavy on the chlorophyl for my taste, so for this one I shortened my wash time to 2 minutes, w/minimal stirring. Not quite as much weight to this gal as anticipated! Gal sure was big, and looked girthy but alas, only 95.7g / 7g kief. ~~~~~~~~~~ https://bit.ly/3MplXqf ^^^GrowAce Affiliate Link^^^ Use this if you want to show some support! (Link is good for 30 days) ~~~~~~~~~~ In-depth information regarding my day-to-day / common practice may be found on the front page of my profile (in the comments). Questions & Feedback are welcomed, feel free to message me! Thanks for stopping by growmies! 🤙🤙🤙🙏🙏🙏