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DIY cabinet grow // LED // Autos

GreenHillZoneGreenHillZone
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Northern Light Automatic
Royal Queen Seeds
Jon Snow Auto
Custom Breeder & Strain
Auto Cinderella Jack
Dutch Passion
Bio Tabs
Nutrients
Vitalink
Nutrients
BioBizz
Nutrients
Ecothrive
Nutrients
Canna
Nutrients
VEG
ISH100 R / BR Light Emitting Diodes/110W
Invisible Sun
FLO
ISH100 R / BR Light Emitting Diodes/110W
Invisible Sun
Tent
50 x 50 x 150 stealth cabinet
50 x 50 x 150 stealth cabinet
Soil
Custom
Perlite
Custom
Coco Coir
Custom
Indoor
Room Type
Topping
weeks 2
Defoliation
weeks 4
6 L
Pot Size
G
Germination
4y ago
More photos +16
Nutrients 3
Organic Fertiliser Tablets - Bio Tabs
Organic Fertiliser Tablets 1 mll
Startrex - Bio Tabs
Startrex 1 mll
Mycotrex - Bio Tabs
Mycotrex 1 mll
GreenHillZone Hi folks! Welcome back to another grow diary. This one is gonna be quite different to my last runs. I am in a new living situation and having a tent setup isn't feasible, so I have modified a wardrobe / cabinet for my grow space with the concept of STEALTH being of the utmost importance. The cabinet has inner dimensions of (roughly) 50 x 50 x 150cm - a significant volume increase (about 50%!) over my previous 40 x 40 x 140 space, with the added benefit of me being able to position everything just how I want it. I've included some pics of the build. It's fairly straightforward. A white cabinet lined with reflective material (coming soon), with some intake vents cutout of the base and an exhaust system up top. Light proofing is accomplished with weather strips and gaffa tape (coming soon). The light is hanging from a clothes rail which came with the cabinet - handy! This gives me about a meter of vertical space to play with. The biggest decision was what to do with the exhaust system. I have mounted the exhaust fan inside the cabinet with the carbon filter outside, sitting on top in a decoy cardboard box. I added some baffling to the box with egg cartons and some foam to create some soundproofing from the "woosh" of the fan. The whole setup is pretty quiet, especially with the fan speed controller at low. The fan is extremely overpowered for the area - the total volume is 0.375 cubic m and the fan is rated at 277 cubic m / hour. Overkill, but it helps keep noise to a minimum. The fan is blowing straight into a Rhino Pro filter, with minimal ducting - see pics for more. For the plants I'll be running a mini SOG style setup - 4 small pots, 3 strains. The strains are Sweet Seeds Black Cream Auto x 2, Royal Queen Seeds Northern Light Auto x 1 and a rogue freebie called Jon Snow auto - I believe the breeder is "Cali Weed" but can't confirm. (The NL and Jon Snow are pretty old seed stock at this stage, so won't be surprised if they misfire.) They are all autoflowers, leaning toward indica heritage and will be living in 6L pots, 4 of which should just about fit inside the cabinet. I might amend this to 3 plants if it's too much, but 4 is the plan for now. The medium is a mix of Biobizz Light mix, some "hot" multi purpose compost and perlite. I will create a "well" of just Biobizz light mix for the seeds to start off in. The seeds are currently germinating via the paper towel method, placed in a glass food container atop a heat mat to encourage quick germination. Once the radicles are showing I will pot them straight into the 6L containers where they will live until they die. Food will be a mixture of mainly Biotabs and Biobizz, with some Vitalink CalMag in the mix from about week 3 / 4. The first few weeks will be entirely organic, but I'm not afraid to add some synth nutes during flower (Canna pk 13/14 to be specific). Thanks for stopping by, see you next week for potting up and the final touches of the grow area. Edit update: the seeds have (mostly) popped and I've done a bit more work on the cabinet, as well as the grow media. Media is now 33% coco, 33% biobizz light mix and 33% multi purpose "hot" compost, with some extra perlite added. I mixed this all together in a large container, with added "Startrex" from the Biotabs starter back. Each 6L pot was filled about 1/3 with this mix, then a biotab was added, then the remainder of the pot was filled. I created a well with a small plastic cup where I added pure Biobizz light mix as a starter environment for the seedlings. The sprouted seeds were watered in gently with a spray bottle containing water and "Mycotrex" from the Biotabs range and covered with small plastic cups with holes drilled in them for humidity domes. I also added a tube heater to the cabinet to try and keep temps up over the next few days until I turn the light on. The cabinet: I added 2 more intake vents. I attempted to plug some light leaks with weather stripping. It kinda works, but will need to tinker with it a bit more. My to-do list for the next few days is: add filters for intakes (likely carbon material from an extractor hood), install a proper floor / drip tray, finish the light proofing and attach a lock. Additionally I will prepare a baffle for the exhaust vent/carbon filter but not too concerned with that yet. I might leave the carbon filter off until flowering begins - it's had a few full grows (albeit small) already and might not be working at max efficiency, so I'll save it for when I really need it. I'll also add some reflective material to the walls over the next week or so. 02/10/21 : made some more minor adjustments. Added carbon filter covers to intake vents, added raised floor for the plants and sealed all gaps with silicone sealer. Still have some light leaks around the edge of the door, but hoping once I fit a lock that it will seal tight. Not too concerned since it's a full auto run, but I want it to be as discreet as possible. Turned the light on giving about 25 PPFD at pot level, will see how they are in the morning. 04/10/21: Jon snow broke soil today! One of the Black Cream also poking through so hoping for 3 / 4 sprouts in the morning. The NL was a bit behind in germination so will give that a few more days. Added the tube heater back into tent as it was getting a bit chilly.
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Paper Towel
Germination Method
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Week 1. Vegetation
4y ago
More photos +1
20 hrs
22 °C
6
No Smell
65 %
6 L
Nutrients 1
Organic Fertiliser Tablets - Bio Tabs
Organic Fertiliser Tablets 1 mll
GreenHillZone Hi everyone, back again. Sorry for the delay but I hit a few snags. The story so far: one of the Black Cream Autos never broke soil, so I replaced her with a Cinderella Jack Auto from Dutch Passion. I started the CJ in a jiffy pellet and transferred to the very same pot with the same soil etc - after pulling the aborted Black Cream. So the lineup now is, from top left to top right in the photos: CJ Auto, Jon Snow Auto (flying!), Black Cream Auto, Northern Lights Auto. Quite a mixture in my tiny space - we'll see how it plays out. The NL had a rough start - the seed coat never quite came off so I pulled it off with a tweezers. The cotyledons seemed not quite developed, and it actually sprouted an additional pair of cotyledons (see pic) - she'll probably end up a mutant but the whole project is a bit too far along now to consider popping another seed, so she will continue to live for now. Approximate ages as of today, 15/10/21: Jon Snow: 11 days Black Cream: 10 days Northern Lights: 6 days Cinderella Jack: 5 days So there's a bit of a disparity in the times which will make keeping track of everything a bit tricky. I'm gonna just consider this the end of week 1 and continue as normal. They're all under about 175 PPFD of light at the moment, on a 20/4 cycle. Temps fairly stable at 21.5c, dropping a bit during lights off. I have a tube heater which I engage prior to lights off to try and maintain the temps a bit better. The cabinet received a bit more work - I haphazardly added some mylar to the walls with gaffa tape. I have heaps more so I might redo this with staples to make it a bit tidier. The carbon filter is now in place in it's oh-so-subtle gigantic carboard box. This has helped with the noise greatly. It sounds like a PC computer running hard, or like a bus idling down the street. Really not bad at all, and in the day time you wouldn't even notice with street noise etc. I've been giving them plain water for the last few days. I'll likely add some seaweed ferts to the next batch of watering. No feeding necessary for a couple of weeks at least, and when I do it will be using the Biotabs starter kit. That's where I am so far. I was going to abandon this diary since it got so thrown off schedule with failure to sprout, but your comments encouraged me to come back and keep updating. Thanks folks!
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Week 2. Vegetation
4y ago
More photos +4
20 hrs
22 °C
6
No Smell
65 %
6 L
Nutrients 3
Organic Fertiliser Tablets - Bio Tabs
Organic Fertiliser Tablets 1 mll
Bactrex - Bio Tabs
Bactrex 1 mll
Orgatrex - Bio Tabs
Orgatrex 5 mll
GreenHillZone Day 16 - the black cream auto hasn't grown a mm as far as I can tell, so made the decision to pull it. Shame, that's 2 for 2 Black Cream that never took off, not sure what the problem is. The first one may have been a bit too deep in the soil to sprout properly, but this one was growing fine until about day 6 or 7, then just stopped completely. Maybe I shocked it with too much light but the Jon Snow is absolutely flying it. Oh well, not to worry. This does give me a bit more room to play with in the grow area. Gave the JS Auto (16 days old) a feed of 1L water w 5ml Orgatrex and 1g Bactrex, not pH'd - as per biotabs instructions. The NL and CJ autos are still just getting sprayed with plain water - I'll give them the same treatment in a week or so when they're about the same size. I was considering topping the JS auto, I'm gonna let it go another couple of days and then decide. Now that there's a bit more space a topped, bushy plant might be right at home... Day 17: Approx but close to accurate ages: Jon Snow auto 17 days Cinderella Jack auto 10 days Northern Lights auto 10 days All looking pretty good. The NL is a bit pale looking but I'm sure will grow out of it. Impressed with Jon Snow growth - making me want to check out "Cali Weed" strains more. Is any one familiar with them? This seed was a freebie from a UK based seed centre, it's at least 4 years old so maybe they're out of the game now. Extremely vigorous growth so far, thumbs up from me! Back next week for a another update, thanks for reading! Edit: decided to top the JS auto as per pics. Let's see how it turns out!
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Week 3. Vegetation
4y ago
More photos +15
20 hrs
23 °C
6
No Smell
65 %
18 °C
6 L
40 cm
Nutrients 3
Organic Fertiliser Tablets - Bio Tabs
Organic Fertiliser Tablets 1 mll
Bactrex - Bio Tabs
Bactrex 1 mll
Orgatrex - Bio Tabs
Orgatrex 5 mll
GreenHillZone Gonna use X / Y dates from now on, to differentiate between the Jon Snow / Cinderella Jack + Northern Lights ages - more for my benefit than yours! Day 19 / 12 - the topped Jon Snow auto seems to be recovering, what a champ. The Cinderella Jack is chugging along nicely while the Northern Lights is a bit on the smaller side - as expected. I gave them all a spray down with Plant Magic Evolution spray yesterday - fulvic/humic acid foliar feed. so it looks like I may have FIM'd instead of topped the Jon Snow auto - a genuine case of Fuck, I missed.. oh well, let's see what happens! There are additional nodes growing from the "topped" point, so it looks like I'll have 4 - 8 main colas depending on how the side shoots perform. Growing like crazy, really impressed with this strain. The Northern Lights is looking a bit worse for wear, not sure how well rooted it is yet. Cinderella Jack starting to take off now too - she will likely get snipped as well to maintain an even canopy, but not for another few days yet. The NL will remain untouched, but I might bend her a bit when she stretches depending on how the canopy is developing. If she does turn out to be very small I can always raise the pot closer to the light. Day 23 / 16 - first teeny tiny pistils appear on JS auto. it's a girl! the side branches really exploded in the last few days. Day 24 / 17 - calling this the end of the week. All looking good today. I adjusted my light cycle from 20/4 to 24/0 as the humidity at lights out was climbing above 80% - the plants seem to love it at the minute but with flowers beginning to develop I don't want to risk the high humidity. DLI stayed the same at around ~ 37.5 for the canopy of the bigger plant and about ~25 for the smaller ones. DLI is the Daily Light Integral - search Bruce Bugbee on Youtube for more information on this. I was gonna give the little ones some water today but the pots still feel a bit wet, so I will wait until later or tomorrow. Gonna get in there with the clippers this week and do some defoliating on the big girl, and top the little Cinderella Jack. Pretty fun grow so far. I'm pleased with the cabinet even though it ain't perfect. I had a house inspection yesterday and no one noticed, so that's a win in my book. The secret garden is a success! Thanks for reading, see you next week!
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Week 4. Vegetation
3y ago
More photos +9
24 hrs
23 °C
6
No Smell
65 %
23 °C
6 L
40 cm
Nutrients 3
Alg-A-Mic - BioBizz
Alg-A-Mic 2 mll
Organic Fertiliser Tablets - Bio Tabs
Organic Fertiliser Tablets 1 mll
Cal Mag - Vitalink
Cal Mag 0.5 mll
GreenHillZone Day 25 / 18 - topped the CJ auto today, was getting a bit worried about the height getting out of hand so it seemed prudent. I think I did a proper "topping" this time and not a FIM. letting the NL auto grow naturally as mentioned previously Day 30 / 23 - been going heavy on the defoliation this week, really opened up the Jon Snow although she's looking a bit annoyed about it today. I gave her a drink of 1L w 2ml Alg-a-mic per litre, hopefully she'll perk back up. She also had a drink of 1L w 0.5ml calmag earlier in the week. The light has been turned up a good bit over the course of the week, and the NL auto has been boosted up a bit. She's so small and wasn't getting enough. Currently at about 40 DLI. 31 / 24 - another week in the books. The JS is about to start flowering in full swing. She's looking a bit annoyed today still, but getting better. I'll give the two others a drink today, and then in a couple of days I'm gonna brew up some "biosys", which is a microbial tea of some sort that I got free when buying other nutes. Interested to see how it affects flowering. Thanks for tuning in, gonna get a bit more exciting next week with some budlets developing.
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Week 5. Vegetation
3y ago
More photos +12
24 hrs
23 °C
6.4
Weak
65 %
23 °C
6 L
40 cm
Nutrients 4
Alg-A-Mic - BioBizz
Alg-A-Mic 1 mll
Organic Fertiliser Tablets - Bio Tabs
Organic Fertiliser Tablets 1 mll
Cal Mag - Vitalink
Cal Mag 1 mll
GreenHillZone Day 33 / 24 - gave them all a special treat of microbe tea. I used "Biosys" by Ecothrive. I mixed in a little Orgatrex from the Biotabs kit too, for extra fuel for the lil folks. Mixed up about 3L total and split it between the 3 pots, with a little more going to Jon Snow and a little less to the Northern Lights. Also gave another minor trim. Starting to get a bit of a vegetative, skunky pong when I open the cabinet now, but my carbon filter setup is working perfectly. No leaky smells when it's all sealed up - let's hope that continues through flower. I noticed some interesting growth patterns on the Jon Snow. Some of the side branches which have grown to the canopy kinda topped themselves. Got a double bud site on one of them - see pics. Day 35 / 28 - looking good. I've moved the plants around a bit to average out the light intensity. I've also ramped the light up to about 50ish DLI average at canopy after reading a bit on autoflower.net and ILGM.com. Some auto growers seem to think that ramping up to 50/60 as soon as flowering starts is the best course of action for autos, and can limit the stretching a bit. The Cinderella Jack auto is threatening to be a real lanky monster, so anything I can do to control the height is welcome. I've been defoliating pretty aggressively too, taking off a few leaves every other day. I'm kinda doing everything you're not supposed to do with autos - topping, FIMing and defoliating... haven't noticed any stunted growth yet. (Note: apart from the NL auto, but that was stunted from germination) Gonna be an interesting few weeks ahead. I'm not above supercropping the CJ auto to control height if necessary. Remember, she is one week behind the JS auto and already taller.... Day 36 / 29 - gave them all a drink of about 1.5L water (each) with ~1ml pl cal mag and alg-a-mic. I randomly decided to test my runoff pH and it's sitting nicely at around 6.2 - 6.5, so that's a good sign. I also raised the NL auto up on a super high tech rig to create an even canopy - if she wants to stretch a bit I can always bump her back down. Looking nice in there today, everyone happy and healthy. DLI around 55 in the middle of the canopy. Getting pretty crowded in there. I think next time I'll do either one plant in a bigger pot, topped and trained (now that my HST cherry has popped), or a proper SoG with even smaller pots. Day 37 / 30 - slightly early update this week as I'll be away for the weekend. Gonna miss my girls, but my real girl will keep an eye on them. Looking excellent in the cabinet today. In a way I'm excited to leave for a few days and come back and see the growth that's been going on. They'll get a nice big drink on Sunday when I return. Thanks for reading, have a great weekend all. See you next week with some more updates.
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Week 6. Flowering
3y ago
More photos +8
24 hrs
23 °C
6.4
Weak
65 %
23 °C
6 L
40 cm
Nutrients 5
Alg-A-Mic - BioBizz
Alg-A-Mic 2 mll
Organic Fertiliser Tablets - Bio Tabs
Organic Fertiliser Tablets 1 mll
Orgatrex - Bio Tabs
Orgatrex 10 mll
GreenHillZone Day 40 / 33 - so, after being away for a few days I came back to a complete jungle. The Cinderella Jack has really taken off in height, so I bent over her stems in a kinda supercrop fashion - nothing tied down, just extreme bends. I also rotated the plants a bit to average out the light intensity, and gave a pretty hefty defoliation. I'll be busy with the clippers this week, trying to get maximum light to bud sites and also to try to limit the humidity in the grow area. Pots still feel a bit wet so not gonna bother watering for another couple of days. Looking really good in there though, if a bit chaotic! Day 42 / 35 - gave them all a drink today. The mix was water, 10 ml orgatrex, 1g bactrex, 0.75ml cal mag and 2ml alg-a-mic, all per litre. Jon Snow got 1.75 L, Cinderella Jack 1 L and Northern Light 1 L - roughly anyway. Not fretting too much over exact amounts. All the plants look pretty healthy so far. The Bio Tabs are doing their job! CJ was a bit droopy but I've been bending and twisting her a lot. She's also squished up against the door of the cabinet so suffering the most. I'm still absolutely hammering them with light, and see no signs of stress whatsoever. Currently around 60 DLI mid canopy. Woo-ee, that's a lot of PPFD! Day 45 / 38 - another week in the books, everything ticking over nicely. The Cinderella Jack Auto is now flowering for real, the Jon Snow has been chugging away and the NL Auto is finally starting to catch up. Interesting spread of maturities in the tent. They are all getting blasted with about the same amount of light, same feedings etc Plan of attack next week is to get in lollipop / tidy up the Jon Snow auto - there are quite a few budlets underneath the canopy not getting any juice from the light, so they'll get the snip. Same for the CJ Auto but I'll probably let her settle into flower a bit more before going crazy. The NL auto has taken on an interesting shape, it kinda LST'd itself. Ill be fairly hands off with that one but will defoliate as necessary to keep my airflow nice and unobstructed. Really pleased with how everything is going so far. The biggest difference between this and my other grows (apart from the crowding) is my more liberal application of CalMag - basically every watering. My other grows tended to begin to show all sorts of gnarly leaves around about this time in the run, but not so this time. Thanks for reading, see you next week after the girls get their haircuts.
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Week 7. Flowering
3y ago
More photos +8
24 hrs
23 °C
6.4
Weak
65 %
23 °C
6 L
40 cm
Nutrients 6
Alg-A-Mic - BioBizz
Alg-A-Mic 2 mll
Bio-Bloom - BioBizz
Bio-Bloom 2 mll
Organic Fertiliser Tablets - Bio Tabs
Organic Fertiliser Tablets 1 mll
GreenHillZone Day 47 / 40 - did a good bit of maintenance and messing around today. I lollipopped all of em, as per images. Took off any lower foliage and small bud sites that weren't receiving light. I also adjusted my light height to it's absolute maximum, and turned the power up all the way. This is giving me a bit more even footprint of light with a DLI of around 60 at the middle of the canopy. The 3 ladies also received a drink with 1ml Calmag 2ml Alg-A-Mic per litre, 1.5L for Jon Snow and 1L for the others. Day 51 / 44 - gave the Jon Snow auto a pretty severe makeover. It had gone extremely bushy in the grow area, with humidity getting a bit high for my liking. After a bit of research I found examples of a technique called "Schwazzing" which is essentially extreme defoliation. Seeing some people apply this to autoflowers gave me confidence to go ahead and give it a try. I didn't go as extreme as some others would, but it definitely opened up the canopy. The other ladies got a minor trim also, to try and give every bud site a chance. Day 52 / 45 - looking good. Everyone got a drink today of about 1.5L w some Biosys microbe tea blend, 10ml Biotabs Orgatrex p/l, 2ml Biobizz Bloom p/l, Alg-A-Mic 2ml p/l. A nice treat for them as Jon Snow is in full flower, Cinderella Jack not far behind and Northern Lights chugging along slowly behind. Can't wait to see the flowers continue to develop. Very happy. Thanks for reading, see you next week!
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Week 8. Flowering
3y ago
More photos +5
24 hrs
23 °C
6.4
Weak
65 %
23 °C
6 L
40 cm
Nutrients 6
Alg-A-Mic - BioBizz
Alg-A-Mic 2 mll
Bio-Bloom - BioBizz
Bio-Bloom 2 mll
Organic Fertiliser Tablets - Bio Tabs
Organic Fertiliser Tablets 1 mll
GreenHillZone Day 55 / 48 - looks good to me! Definitely dealing with some minor deficiencies in the Jon Snow and Cinderella Jack. From my research it looks to be a Phosphorus def - purpling leaves were my main diagnostic, especially as they appear on both the Jon Snow and the Cinderella Jack. This plus some other diagnostic leaf tests (crinkling and yellowing of lower leaves) means I will add some Biobizz Bloom nutes to the feeding (as I did for the last one) from now on and see how things go. Nothing drastically out of whack anyway, the buds are still doing their thing, still plenty of green leaves across both plants, just need to up the feeding a bit. Day 57 / 50 - each got about 1.5L water with Biobizz Bloom 3ml, Topmax 1/2ml, Algamic 2ml per litre. I should really be splitting up the feedings to be a bit more precise for each plant, but I'm following Biotabs motto - "Don't panic, it's organic" - and hoping my lil microbial friends will do the work for me. Day 59 / 52 - another week in the books. I'm really impressed with the bud formation on the Cinderella Jack, they're gonna be huge. Jon Snow looking good and Northern Lights just getting into the swing of flowering now. Can't wait to see the buds on all of them begin to fatten up. It's gonna be a good Christmas! Thanks for reading, see you next week.
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Week 9. Flowering
3y ago
More photos +6
24 hrs
23 °C
6.4
Normal
65 %
23 °C
6 L
30 cm
Nutrients 4
Bio-Bloom - BioBizz
Bio-Bloom 3 mll
Top-Max - BioBizz
Top-Max 1 mll
Organic Fertiliser Tablets - Bio Tabs
Organic Fertiliser Tablets 1 mll
GreenHillZone Day 62 / 55 - each got a drink of about 1.5L water with 3ml Biobizz Bloom, 1ml Biobizz Topmax and 1ml (a tad more) Calmag per litre. I think I might stop feeding the Jon Snow now, she's kinda on the home stretch. Trichs and lower buds need time to mature but probably only 10-14 days more for her. The buds are super frosty but a bit on the small side - still plenty of time to fatten up before the New Year however. The others will get another few feeds, especially the NL auto.. gonna be a while til she's done. At least once the Jon Snow is out and drying she'll have a bit more space in the sun. Day 64 / 57 - looking good! Day 66 / 59 - so another week in the books. The Jon Snow is really starting to look excellent now, but not as excellent as the Cinderella Jack. I can't get over how perfectly formed the colas are, the pictures don't do it justice. I could just stare at their geometry for hours. The NL auto is still ticking over too, starting to thicken up and get frosty. A pretty uneventful week, kinda cruising now to be honest. I'd say another couple weeks for the Jon Snow, another 3 weeks or so for the CJ and who knows about the NL auto. I'll continue to feed the CJ and NL as normal and will likely taper off feeds (maybe even just water) for the Jon Snow. She probably only has 3-4 more drinks due anyway. Thanks for reading, see you next week!
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Week 10. Flowering
3y ago
More photos +8
24 hrs
23 °C
6.4
Normal
50 %
23 °C
6 L
30 cm
Nutrients 6
CANNA PK 13/14 - Canna
CANNA PK 13/14 1 mll
Alg-A-Mic - BioBizz
Alg-A-Mic 2 mll
Organic Fertiliser Tablets - Bio Tabs
Organic Fertiliser Tablets 1 mll
GreenHillZone Day 69 / 62 - each got 1.5L +/- .3L with 1g Bactrex, 10ml Orgatrex, 2ml Alg-A-Mic, 1ml Canna PK 13/14 and 1ml Calmag per litre. I think this will be the last nutrient feed for the Jon Snow auto, and I'll look to harvest her on January 3rd (ish) which is about 3 weeks from now. I'll be travelling a bit over Christmas / New Year and I don't want to be away while there's a plant drying. That should give her plenty of time to fatten up anyway, and some of the trichs are still clear anyway. Should be a nice harvest, she's really looking excellent - the others are looking good today too. Day 70 / 63 - 10 and 9 weeks for the Jon Snow and Cinderella Jack/Northern Lights respectively. Looking nice. Some new growth still on the JS. CJ getting incredibly frosty. Day 72 / 65 - my rough estimations for completion - Jon Snow: 2 more weeks, Cinderella Jack: 4-5 more weeks, Northern Lights: maybe forever. Smells great, each of them pretty distinctive. The NL is very "red berries" and the JS is very gassy. Not much aroma from the CJ yet, or none that is holding its own at least! Plan of action: water only for JS auto and chop in the first few days of the New Year. Cinderella Jack and Northern Lights, carrying on as normal. Thanks for reading, see you next week.
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Week 11. Flowering
3y ago
More photos +4
24 hrs
23 °C
6.4
Normal
50 %
23 °C
6 L
30 cm
Nutrients 6
CANNA PK 13/14 - Canna
CANNA PK 13/14 1 mll
Alg-A-Mic - BioBizz
Alg-A-Mic 2 mll
Organic Fertiliser Tablets - Bio Tabs
Organic Fertiliser Tablets 1 mll
GreenHillZone Day 77 / 70 - definitely approaching the finish line for Jon Snow, looks great. Been taking a few popcorn buds here and there, from all 3 plants, as samples. Trichs on JS are starting to amber - she's gonna be some great sleeping medicine. Been busy over Christmas. The ladies are basically on autopilot from here on out. Thanks for reading, see you next week for what will likely be the last update before harvest.
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Week 12. Flowering
3y ago
More photos +18
60 cm
24 hrs
23 °C
6.4
Strong
50 %
23 °C
6 L
30 cm
Nutrients 1
Organic Fertiliser Tablets - Bio Tabs
Organic Fertiliser Tablets 1 mll
GreenHillZone I was away for a few days over Christmas. The girls were okay thankfully. The Cinderella Jack has foxtailed ever so slightly, likely due to the extreme light conditions I've been using. Nothing major, and useful information to know where her limit is. I'm thinking of another CJ run after this as I'm so impressed by the bud structure and vigor, so having a benchmark of maximum light is great. Some minor smell leaking from the cabinet. I think my carbon filter is finally giving up. I have some Ona gel for reinforcements. The smell leaks seemed mostly confined to my apartment thankfully. I still have my liberty, for now. (Update harvest day: I have installed a new carbon filter - not exactly stealth if the whole building smells of dank. Let this be a lesson to everyone - have a backup carbon filter ready to go!) Day 82 / 75 - gonna be just water from here for another week or so, then they will all get the chop. Ideally I'd let the CJ and NL run a bit longer (judging by trichs), but for the sake of convenience and stank I will cut them all at once, and hang dry them in the cabinet. I have to go away again for a few days so I'm going to give them a nice big drink of plain water before I leave, and plan to chop on 3rd January 2022. Day 90 / 83 ish - I've lost track of the days, but it's around the 90 day mark for Jon Snow and the others about a week behind. Today is chop day! The Jon Snow has ambered up nicely, as has the Northern Lights. Judging by trichomes the Cinderella Jack could go a bit longer but for the sake of convenience they all die tonight. Harvest: I will trim most of the large fan leaves off and anything that looks a bit gnarly. The plants will be hung by individual branches from small plastic clothes hangers (see pics) inside the grow area which has been cleaned with some anti-bac spray. I ran out of room so rigged up a small hanging line for the remaining branches. The odd small popcorn nug has been throw into a brown paper bag. I'll have a small desk fan in there too, just not in pics. I live in a cool, relatively high humidity area, usually ~ 17c/65% ambient so I have the dehumidifier running alongside to keep it around 60% ish. After a few days of hanging I will trim the branches down to individual buds and place them in brown paper bags for a couple of days, before moving them to jars for the final cure. Thanks to everyone who has been checking in. I will be back in a couple of weeks with weights, smoke report and journal recap. Happy growing and happy new year!
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Week 13. Flowering
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60 cm
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23 °C
6.4
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50 %
23 °C
6 L
30 cm
GreenHillZone Hey folks, After 8 days of drying between hanging and paper bags, the plants seemed about ready for a trim and jarring. Jon Snow went into bags on day 4 of drying, and the other plants went in on day 6. My daily environment readings have been between 15-19C, and 50% and 70% RH - getting this high only in the early hours of the morning. I sleep in the same room and the ventilation isnt great, but it was only at these levels from about 3-7am, when I would wake and switch on the dehumidifier. Too noisy a machine to have running all night. There doesn't appear to be any signs of mold anyway, so all looks good. If anything, I would have preferred them to dry a bit slower, but they were ready now. I trimmed them and jarred them in about 2.5 hours. I didn't go too heavy handed on the trimming to be honest - this is a head stash for me and I'm not too fussy, and can always manicure before consuming if I want. Anything with absolutely zero trichomes was removed. It was a pleasant afternoon, watching some youtube and drinking coffee, and admiring the different smells and structures of the plants before me. Jon Snow, weight before jarring was about 56g all included. When adding to the scales I was extremely surprised and had to double check - I was not expecting this much in a tiny space with a tiny light. About half of that weigh was top colas and the rest smaller, though still dense nugs. Really pleased with the appearance and feel of these buds, I can't wait to try them. Cinderella Jack, weight before jarring was about 42g. At this point in the weighing I was truly shocked, double checked everything again, weighed individual nugs. All correct. Dense, stinky, slightly foxtailed colas made up the majority of the weight. My favourite of the bunch, even before sampling. It just looks and smells the business. Great genetics. Northern Lights, weight before jarring was about 25g. Not a bad result all things considered - this plant had its seed coat stuck on, which I ham-fistedly plucked off, stunting it from the get go. It was also the plant which was receiving the least light throughout the grow. Based on my measurements it was always receiving about 20-30% less light than the others, just based on the logistics of my grow area and placement of everything. The nugs on this were VERY leafy, which is not unexpected as I was defoliating this plant the most heavily throughout the grow to try and make space for the others. She truly was the least favourite child, so I'm not going to hold these shortcomings against RQS when it comes time to review. Total weight before jarring: ~122g. Very happy growmie here. I think this can be somewhat attributed to my unorthodox lighting schedule. These plants were sitting under 24 hours of VERY intense LED lights since about week 5, when preflowers emerged. Generally it is not recommended to exceed a Daily Light Integral (DLI) of ~50 with cannabis, and these levels are recommended only for very late flower. I had them at 50 DLI from day 35 / 28 (Jon Snow / others) and ramped it up even more to ~60 DLI during late bloom. There were definitely some signs of stress but not enough to hinder their bud growth. Autoflowers can really take a lot of punishment... until they can't! I don't recommend you try this with your plants, but I do recommend researching DLI and autoflowers - there's some growers pushing it even harder and getting great results. I'll be back to give the strains a proper smoke report in a week or two, once they've had time to settle in the jars. I'll be burping daily unless the RH gets too high, in which case I'll remove the buds to air them out for a day or two. Thanks for reading!
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GreenHillZone
GreenHillZonecommentedweek 123y ago
@wrongleverkronk, thanks Kronk... me too!! Some pretty amazing smells coming from the dry area. The Northern Lights smells like lemon cleaner, the Jon Snow is very cheesy and the Cinderella Jack oddly, to both me and my missus, smells like a spicy beef dinner! I kept telling her to "smell my fingers" while doing minor pre-dry trimming... Hope you had a nice Christmas / New Year period. Time to look ahead for the year and get the grows planned out. Good luck, thanks for stopping by!
Chisma
Chismacommentedweek 04y ago
Buen crecimiento! Me gusta tu armario. Yo estoy jugando con uno de 32x32. Seguiré de cerca. En un par de semanas voy a montar un cultivo Mini lollipop. Buenos humos
wrongleverkronk
wrongleverkronkcommentedweek 04y ago
Nice 'drobe, raising the floor and putting the intake in the bottom is... much better than what I did. Enjoy your 4 wee ones friend, may they grow fast and fat!
wrongleverkronk
wrongleverkronkcommented4y ago
@GreenHillZone, mine is showing her age a bit - she's been with me over 10 years multiple moves and a few reconfigurations etc, but she does the job!
GreenHillZone
GreenHillZonecommented4y ago
@wrongleverkronk, thanks for stopping by - gonna take a look at your methods now. Always interesting to see how others approach the same problems. Happy growing!
Sweet_Seeds
Sweet_Seedscommentedweek 04y ago
Thanks for sharing a new diary with one of our strains. We hope you enjoy it :P Sweet smokes! Jaypp
GreenHillZone
GreenHillZonecommented4y ago
@Sweet_Seeds, thanks Jaypp, I've had great success with your genetics in the past. I love this strain, Black Cream Auto. Some of the most beautiful buds I've ever seen.
homerjgangia
homerjgangiacommentedweek 04y ago
Good luck with your grow mate!💪💪
Cannabeast40
Cannabeast40commentedweek 04y ago
Wish you best of luck and happy growing 👌👊😎
Cannabeast40
Cannabeast40commented4y ago
@GreenHillZone,thank you very much 🙏😊
GreenHillZone
GreenHillZonecommented4y ago
@Cannabeast40, thanks Beast, good vibes to you and your garden also ~~
Godesskat
Godesskatcommentedweek 34y ago
Everything is better with a bag of weed👻 Good luck happy growing😍
GreenHillZone
GreenHillZonecommented4y ago
@Godesskat, haha, it doesn't take a genius to figure that one out :D but much appreciated all the same. happy growing and happy halloween!
Red_Rockst4r
Red_Rockst4rcommentedweek 04y ago
All the best to you and your plant - happy growth 😍
GreenHillZone
GreenHillZonecommented4y ago
@Red_Rockst4r, thanks so much for stopping by, best of luck to you and your garden also
DreamIT
DreamITcommentedweek 04y ago
Enjoy growth mate 🍀🤘🦄
GreenHillZone
GreenHillZonecommented4y ago
@DreamIT, thanks growmie! Just posted an update - I was gonna abandon this diary but your and others' comments got me back in the drivers seat.
wrongleverkronk
wrongleverkronkcommentedweek 123y ago
Congrats on the harvest, a nice new years treat - I look forward to reading the smoke report!
GreenHillZone
GreenHillZonecommented3y ago
@wrongleverkronk, thanks Kronk... me too!! Some pretty amazing smells coming from the dry area. The Northern Lights smells like lemon cleaner, the Jon Snow is very cheesy and the Cinderella Jack oddly, to both me and my missus, smells like a spicy beef dinner! I kept telling her to "smell my fingers" while doing minor pre-dry trimming... Hope you had a nice Christmas / New Year period. Time to look ahead for the year and get the grows planned out. Good luck, thanks for stopping by!
420Highlifecouple
420Highlifecouplecommentedweek 103y ago
Good luck bro 😎🌱🤙🏼🍁💨
GreenHillZone
GreenHillZonecommented3y ago
@420Highlifecouple, thanks growmie, getting close now. I'm optimistic for 2022! Good luck with your grows and take care pal
wrongleverkronk
wrongleverkronkcommentedweek 83y ago
They're looking fantastic my friend, I've not smoked Jack Herer, but C99 used to be one of my regular strains. If she's anything like her mother, it will be a great smoke. The 4th pic looks like magnesium deficiency to me, but you're using calmag, so phosphorous is the best bet!
GreenHillZone
GreenHillZonecommented3y ago
@wrongleverkronk, thanks for checking in! The CJ is really bulking up now, gonna be some beautiful buds in a few weeks time. Agree with your diagnosis, something between mag and P deficiency. I might have been going a bit too light on the calmag, especially considering the light is pummeling them 24/7. Gonna try an increased calmag feeding on my next run. Not too worried about these ladies now, they have a few gnarly spots but overall looking good, but I'm always aiming for maximum quality and efficiency. Good luck with your grows and thanks again for the comments!
BioBuds
BioBudscommentedweek 43y ago
Going very nice!! Good luck!! 👌💪
GreenHillZone
GreenHillZonecommented3y ago
@BioBuds, thanks bud! It's been a fun experiment. Gonna be an interesting couple of weeks as they begin to stretch - could get a bit jungley in there. We can only hope! Thanks again for stopping by, gonna check your diaries out now. Happy growing!
cannapassion
cannapassioncommentedweek 133y ago
Nice job 👌💪🌱
Kynareth
Kynarethcommentedweek 133y ago
nice plants mate
JaramnieJazz
JaramnieJazzcommentedweek 123y ago
looking good💪
Inganjawetrust
Inganjawetrustcommentedweek 113y ago
Fine looking bunch of bud you have coming along there 🥦🥦🥦🥦 nicely done 🙂
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