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# NOTE ON NUTRIENTS:
The nutrients you see are the ratios. So use the TDS reading along with it.
This week includes germination and coming out of the soil
Day 1 to 7 Tuesday
Spray bottled water @5.8 throughout the first week.
New light should be in this week! Will be moving these to the 4x4 and getting ready to turn on the Autopots.
Day 22 to 28 Tuesday
400 ppm equal parts.
Lights upped to ~29-32k Lux
Day 26
Turned on autopots
Turned up air
Added terminator, increased to 500ppm @ 5.8
Day 17
Noticing some pH swing in the pots.
Day 18
Setup the GeekBeast Pro 🤑🤑🤑 running it around 18" from the tops @ 40% for today.
Excited for this one 😁
29 to 35 D29
pH problems. 5.8 in the tank and 6.1-6.3 in the pots. Im guessing the pebbles weren't washed properly.
D29
New light who dis?
D31
Did some training this week. New light is really making these plants grow. Got it at 420w 😎 about 20" from the tops.
D34
Woke up, plants don't look too good. I changed too many variables to know what caused it. I put everything back to what it was and I'm going to chill out a bit.
36 to 42 Tuesday
Day 36
Been seeing pistils about 4 days now. Going to let the autopots drain out and start quarter bloom nutes.
D37
Started 1/4 nutes @ 680ppm (see above)
D38
Lights from 450w to 475w at 16-20".
VPD on point.
Just keeping canopy even right now. Supercroping the main stem for the third time. Feels like plant abuse now.
D39
They are thirsty. Will start filling the res more with more water.
Lowered GROW from 100% to 50%
Increased BLOOM from 25% to 50%
Increased mix from 680ppm to 720ppm mid week.
All other ratios remain the same as above.
Solo Cup seeing slight burn @ 680ppm. I was expecting it. Dropping down to ~550 for a bit.
D40
Lights increased from 475w to 500w. Will most likely move the fixture closer and drop the wattage back down with that uniform coverage!!! #geekbeast
D42
Res is empty again.
Decreased GROW from 50% to 25% strength
Increased BLOOM, ASTRO and N.CANDY from 25% to 50%
720ppm
Happy Halloween!!
Day 43 to 49 Tuesday
Bumping up the flower nutes still. Starting off the week at the listed feeding. Hoping to be on full bloom by next week.
D43
Plants are getting tall. Lowered lights from 500w to 450w.
D44
Stretch is still going on. Put a scrog net but decided to wait until tomorrow to push it down a bit.
Lights back to 500w @ 16-18" from canopy. Environment is on point, im going to start pushing the lights and see how big these babies get
D45
Res empty. I reverted back to last week's feeding schedule. 100% grow and back to 25% bloom, astro and n.candy. I was seeing some signs of PK overdose like last grow.
Note to self: stop being influenced by other grow diaries
D46
The res is almost empty again. Looks like I'll be eventually filling this thing daily. Wow I'm going to be going through a ton of nutrients
Lights are 14-18 inches from the tops, at 520watts.
D47
Refilled res. Still at 1/4 bloom. 720ppm
D49
Refilled Res.
Signs of cal def. Spotted leaves on GC4. She is the biggest, upped the dose of magnifical from 1.25x to 1.5x. Also back up to 50% bloom and down to 50% grow.
1.5x calmag
1.25x velokelp
0.5x Grow
0.5x Astro, N.Candy, Bloom
1x micro, terpinator,
830ppm
Day 50 to 56 Tuesday
Day 50
Still on the half bloom from yesterday. Almost done stretch.
Balanced the canopy. Lights are 12-14" from the lights at 450w which is ~700 umol.
Seeing little rust spots. I think it's Cal def? Added magnifical up to 920ppm.
D51:
I believe I have been hitting too hard with nutes :) added water to res and back down to 720ppm.
Got advice that I'm probably dealing with PK overdose and it adds up.
D52
Problem is no longer progressing as quickly, however still some signs.
D53
Res nearly empty. Added water down to 350ppm till empty.
D54
Problem appears to be better but still feeding slow. 🤑.
D55
Flushed the solo cup. Refed at 500ppm full bloom.
Fed rest at 500ppm full bloom.
D56
Another quick day at 500ppm and tomorrow I'll bump to 650ppm.
Day 57 to 63 Tuesday
D57
650ppm full bloom let's go.
495w 12-14" from the canopy.
D59
Bumped lights up to 515w. Trying to bring humidity up a little bit. Seeing low 40s. Would be nicer to be around 45
Sorry been slow on the updates. Been a little busy recently and plants are on autopilot.
D85 to D91 Tuesday
D87:
Most likely will chop em down tomorrow.
820ppm till I kill them.
D91
Changed my mind. Leaving them a few more days. Lots of deep red hairs forming.
Day 92 to 96 Tuesday to Saturday
Harvested Sunday
Still waiting on the trichs a bit more. Any day now.
There is sooooo much weed. Trim day will be long lol.
AYER - looking at you, boi ✂️✂️
D94
Dried a bunch last week and trimmed it today. 30.11grams so far dry.
D95
Harvesting tomorrow
For my second grow ever this feels pretty surreal. Sometimes I still can't believe I actually grew this, like what? Still lots to figure out and looking forward to the next ones
Total Weigh Ins:
Doesn't include any leaves, shake or anything I wouldn't smoke myself.
GC1: 217.09g (7.8 oz)
GC2: 190.65g (6.8 oz)
GC3: 138.76g (5.0 oz)
GC4: 265.87g (9.5 oz)
Total: 813g (29 oz) lol....crazy
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Not as frosty as I expected, but these buds are very hard, suuuper dense, nice shape and smell like GAS, I love it. I think the yield and density would have been much better if I got to dry longer, but I digress.
Hits pretty hard, smells pretty good, I'm happy with it.
There was sooo much I hand trimmed some of it but eventually just clipped and threw stuff in the bowl trimmer lol. The amount of trimming would have taken forever.
Thanks for checking out my journal, ️ purple punch coming up next!
There's soooooo much and it smells great. I had a 3x3 for drying but resorted to just drying in the grow tent since I'm not sure if it would have all fit.
I will not be using a SCROG especially with Autopots and this light as it leaves no room for me to get in and train.
Will post final results in ~10 days or so.
See you on the next one
Hey man, good luck with your grow in Autopots. It's my first grow using this system and my girls are thriving with the Autopots. Do you have the 6mm or 9mm connections and 25l pots? Just curious which model your using. Happy growings and I will be following your grow till the end.
@Metatronix, I love it. The temperature is stable around 23c with the driver out of the tent. The driver is at 480w at the moment and it is barely even warm. Winter is coming and I am actually concerned about it being too cold in the tent, so I might put the driver back so I don't have to plug in a heater. Another good thing about the temperature staying stable between day/night is that the humidity will also stay stable. My old lights were very warm so when they shut off, the humidity would sky rocket. The spread is absolutely amazing and I am extremely happy with all the other benefits it brings to the environment.
Also another thing about the geek I really like is it fits the 4x4 perfect. It doesn't touch the walls or anything but when I turn the exhaust on, the geek will prevent the tent from sucking in like a juice box. My plants are exploding. I love it and highly recommend.
@nerdz,In a DWC bucket the more air the better for the roots. I'm eyeing the Geekbeast 630 too i will watch how it works in your grow and maybe i will find one under the christmas tree if I'm a good grower 😇 You have an wesome set up by the way i love it 💪🤗🤩
@cpt420, hey man. I am not completely sure on the size of the hoses but yeah it's the 25L Autopot XL. They are fricken huge and annoyingly heavy with the pebbles at the bottom lmao.
Do you use the air domes at the bottom of the pots? I'm having trouble finding information on how much air to give them.
Also, when it comes to feeding, do you stick to the same strength as usual or tone it down a bit due to buildup etc? Like for example if you hand feed at ~800ppm would you lower your autopot solution down to ~600 or something.
Thanks for reaching out!
Hey there, Thanks so much for running a diary of our genetics 🙌 Let us know if you need any assistance, we’re more than happy to help. Happy Growing !!! 🌱☘️🌴🍀🌿🌳
Wow😯 the girls did grow so wonderfully ...amazing work 💪👏🏆
I did decide on another bar style light because i could not get the Geekbeast Pro to my country for a reasonable price (over 1000€ with shiping) but i did recived a SE 7000 from Spider farmer which was 200€ less in my place and i'm hoping it will preform as good as the Gerkbeast in your run.
it looks like your gonna have an incredible harvest...all the best and thx for your diary it's inspiring.
Hey! Happy growing my friend! I hope you do well and get some good results! I will come by sometime to see your progress!
If you ever visit my page please say hello!
Peace & love L.S.T
nerdz
