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Before dropping seeds:
Light:
I am fortunate enough to be working with Fulton Lighting and testing the Eagle Series 780w with SP-4 spectrum (includes UV and Far Red). I am very excited about the light and can't wait to see how it performs. As a test for this light, 3 seeds will be started under it, but only one will stay. The other two will be put under another brand light to see the difference in growth and density of the buds at the end. It will also show the same strain in two different very common tent environments. Stay tuned for more to come on this.
Tent set up:
When putting this tent up, I put pvc elbow 4-ways on the corner upright poles. This allowed me to make a scrog net that can be used for a true scrog purpose or just support during flower. I just used zip ties on the poles under the elbows to hold the net in place in height. It's easy to slide the zip ties up and down to adjust the net height. Couldn't find all my zip ties in the garage so I used some plant training twist ties to help hold the net to the pvc. I also made the pvc frame so a tower fan could be installed. Using a tower fan allows more air in a vertical measurement to move air. So its not just air movement above or below, but also through the center of the canopy.
Media:
Mixed the media listed above along with the Dr. Earth fertilizers and placed into the pots 1 week before starting germination. A layer of diatomaceous earth was put on top of the media to make sure there were no gnats. Just before dropping seeds the layer of diatomaceous earth was removed, and the bit that remained was mixed into the media for a natural form of silica.
Water in sprayer and during all watering and feedings is pH'd using Lemon Juice. The sprayer is kept at a 6.5pH. Water and feedings is varied from 6.3pH - 6.7pH.
Germinating 3 seeds, directly to media using 5 gallon fabric pots for each.
Day 1:
Dampened the media with 24oz of 6.5pH water in each pot. Then I placed the seed to the media and sprinkled media on top of the seed. I then used a spray bottle to mist the media and get it damp. I placed clear cups on top as a humidity dome. The wooden skewer pieces lifted the cup slightly to allow a slight bit of air flow and try to keep mold from starting. The light is 45 inches above the pots and set at 520w. Its giving a reading of 450umol/s at the top of the media.
Day 2:
The temperature in the tent is staying between 80*F-83*F when the light is on. The 6" Vivosun vent fan and filter combo along with the Inkbird temperature controller are both working well together. Keeping the media damp with a spray bottle of 6.5pH water.
Day 3:
Everything is looking good. Still keeping things damp with the spray bottle. At a check this evening I found two that are breaking ground just 60 hours after dropping them directly to soil.
Day 4:
The third seed has popped. They are all looking really good.
Day 5:
Damping the soil with just the spray bottle. They are starting to gain size and showing their first set of single leaflets.
Day 6:
Micorrhizae was added and scratched into the top of each pot. A feed was created using distilled water and Olivia's Cloning Solution. 3/4 cup of the solution to 1 gallon of water. The ppm usually comes out at approx 450ppm. You can play with the ratio to get the ppm that you are aiming for. I love how this solution works in my cloner and have used it as an early feeder for root development.
Day 7:
Just dampened the top of the soil with the pH water. All three are looking happy and healthy.
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Germination Method
1
Week 1. Vegetation
3 years ago
More photos +16
3.18 cm
18 hrs
28 °C
6.3
430 PPM
45 %
21 °C
18 °C
21 °C
19 L
114.3 cm
450 PPM
Nutrients 7
Olivia's Cloning Solution 46.875 mll
Organic & Natural Nitro Big High Nitrogen Liquid Plant Food 3-0-1 1.981 mll
Start of Week 1
The Fulton Eagle Series 780w light is great. The measured par is consistent and extremely even throughout the tent.
Day 8:
All three plants still look great. The media is dry at the first 1/4". No water was applied. It was still just damp. By allowing the top of the media to dry the roots will push down and stretch looking for water. It appears that there are two different phenotypes showing. Plant 1 has smooth green leaflets. Plants 2 and 3 have a spotted print. I'm not worried about pests or anything, especially this early on. I have seen plants grow with a spotting like this. Most usually stop as the plant matures.
Day 9:
The ladies look great today. They were ready for another drink so I used Olivia's Cloning Solution again. I raised the amount of liquid given to them with approx. the same ppm as before. This time each pot got 24oz of water/feed. This should keep them fed for the next few days. Also did a check on the par inside the tent at the top of each pot. A 14 umol/s spread is all. Very even coverage from the Fulton Eagle Series 780w light.
Day 10:
The have visibly grown. I don't see any burning or anything to indicate that they aren't happy. The media is still pretty damp, only the top 1/8" has dried here and there. Happy with how they are doing so far.
Day 11:
They are all looking good. It seems that they enjoyed the larger dose of Olivia's on Day 9. Soil is just damp, so I'll wait another day and check them again to see if they are ready for water/feed.
Day 12:
Looking amazing for just 12 days from seed drop. The soil was drier and time to water. For this feeding I lowered the ppm just slightly to about 380. I gave them 1/2 Tbs of Roots per gallon, and 1/4 Tbs of Grow, and 1/4 Tbs of All Purpose. Then I ph'd the water and fed each plant 1500mL of feed. This got the entire top of the media wet. No runoff but I haven't feed with enough volume to have any yet. I'm guessing the next watering/feeding will be 1/2 to 1 gallon to make sure the entire pot gets wet.
Day 13:
They are looking really good. Plant 1 is definitely leading the pack. The media is still plenty damp from the feeding yesterday. Really happy with the progress so far.
Day 14:
Today the media still feels slightly damp. On the edge if I should water/feed now or wait one more day. Ultimately I decided to wait a day. I went ahead and started a tea for them. Check next week for the ingredients for the tea.
Day 15
They are ready for water/feed. I made a tea and had it brew for 24hrs. I put the solids in my compost and the tea I fed to the plants.
Ingredients mixed into 2 gallons of water:
3/4 cup Dr. Earth Alfalfa Meal
1/4 cup Dr. Earth Kelp Meal
1 Tbs. soluble mycorrhizae
2 Tbs. molasses
I mix it all together and use an air pump and air stone, turning on for 15mins every 2 hours. 24hrs later, it's ready. Strain to separate the solids. Put the solids around the plant to water in. This time I put them in the compost bin, it needed it. Checked the ppm and it was at 1410. I added 2 gallons of regular tap water and mixed the 4 gallons up well. Checked again and it was 809ppm. I halved the mixture, saving half for later. The other half, now back at 2 gallons, I added another 2 gallons to it. Now I had 4 gallons, 462ppm, and the pH was 6.6. I decided that it was perfect for water/feeding. Each plant got 100oz of the tea.
Day 16
They look happy today, the media is very wet from the larger amount of tea I gave each one. No signs of stress or problems. All seems well.
Day 17
The media still feels wet from the tea. They look like they had a little spurt of growth. The light was moved lower and the watts turned up to 680w, the medium setting on the light. The par now reads 630umol/s across the top of the plants. They are looking happy with good color so far.
Day 18
The media is just damp, but I'm going to wait one more day before feeding. Hoping to push the roots out further. I have decided to do a foliar feeding of triacontanol and yucca. I used 1.5% triacontanol, adding just .125g to 16oz of water. I also added 1/16tsp of yucca. This was mixed thoroughly and then sprayed onto and under the leaves, once lights were out. I also sprayed the top of the media, but only enough to make it darker from being damp. Depending on how well the plants react to this, I may do it again in about 2 weeks.
Day 19
Feeding day. Since I figure the media will stay damp for a few days, I decided now would be a good time to add dry fertilizer and scratch it into the media which I planned on doing on day 21. I mixed 1Tbs per gallon of media of Veg & Herb 4-6-3 with 1Tbs per gallon of media of Bud & Bloom 3-9-4. I also mixed water/feed using Nitro Big and Pot of Gold liquids. I used. 1Tbs of each, per gallon of water. I fed each plant 100oz of water/feed.
Day 20
They all look good and very happy. Growth looks good so far on all three of them. Plant 1 is still the largest.
Day 21
The media still feels plenty damp. Waiting to see a little more growth before training any of them.
Day 22
After a night of thinking about it and being impatient, I decided to do some training. To the tallest plant, plant 1, I LST trained. Plants 2 and 3 I topped. It'll be interesting to watch how the plants react to the training and what works better. The media is still damp but water/feed will be tomorrow for sure.
Day 23
I added 1tsp per gallon of media, mycorrhizae, and scratched it into the media. I then mixed 1/2tsp soluble mycorrhizae per gallon of water, 1/2tsp yucca per gallon of water, and 1Tbs per gallon of water together. I adjusted the water to 6.5pH and fed each plant 100oz.
Day 24
I clipped just a leaf or two to open up areas lower on the plants. Very minimal right now. With auto's, I believe that you have to defoliate slowly and plan ahead.
Day 25
The media is still good and damp. The plants look good and seem fine after the training. Plant 1 is showing sex and in transition for sure. Plants 2 and 3 aren't showing yet.
Day 26
Not much change. Tomorrow will be a feeding day. I changed the lights to full 780w and now have a par average of around 900umol/s.
Day 27
Feeding today. I mixed 1Tbs Pot of Gold per gallon of water and 1Tbs Root Gold per gallon of water. I adjusted the mix to 6.5pH and fed each plant 100oz. All three plants look like they are recovering well from training and showing signs of good new growth.
Day 28
They look really good. Mixed up the same tria mixture as before and did a foliar spray. With the plants going into flower, this was the last chance I felt.
Day 29
All three plants appear to be doing really well. They have shown great signs of growth and Plants 2 and 3 are finally showing sex.
Day 30
Really noticed how all three plants have exploded in growth. I defoliated a bit today, more than just one or two leaves. I got rid of the lowes bud spots and leaves, more so on Plant 1 with the LST training. Also fed/watered today. I top-dressed and scratched in 1tsp mycorrhizae per gallon of media and 1tsp diatomaceous earth per gallon of media. I mixed 1/2 tsp soluble mycorrhizae per gallon of water, 1/2 tsp yucca per gallon of water, and 1Tbs molasses per gallon of water. I adjusted to 6.5pH and fed each plant 100oz. I also defoliated more to make watering easier and clean up the plants some more.
Day 31
Picture day, lol. Got the camera working again. They are looking happy and healthy. The media looks good and damp but seems to be drying quicker. Happy with how they are looking so far. I turned on the UV on the light. The UVA light won't hurt the DNA of the plant at all and is shown to increase many of the cannabinoids. I don't use UVB light because long periods of exposure can cause damage to the plant and I don't want the risk. I do something else towards the ripening stage of growth, stay tuned to find out.
Day 32 Moving Day for 2 & 3
They seem to be ready for more water/feed already. They are getting hungry. To help with transferring from veg nutrients to bloom nutrients, I decided to feed with just pH water at 6.8 to change it up. All three look really good. I also decided to move plants 2 and 3 to a different tent. They are smaller and I thought I'd give Plant 1 some more room to spread out if it needs it.
Day 33 and Day 34
On a vacation away from things. Crossing my fingers that they will be ok.
Day 35
Finally got to them to give them some feed/water. The new growth is limp, they definitely got thirsty. Feed today is 2oz per gallon of the Dr. Earth Golden Bloom Liquid 1-2-1. BE CAREFUL!!! Make sure to check the ppm of your feed and the pH. The Dr. Earth Liquids will raise the ppm as they sit for about 24hrs. Start at 1oz per gallon, wait for 24hr then add more to the desired ppm level. Also, triple-check the pH. The liquid feeds tend to throw the pH way down, into the 4.5-4.8 range. Make sure you adjust.
Day 36
The girls look ok, hoping they are recovering well. I decided that they were getting tall enough that it was time to spread them out a bit. Lots of people won't do this while they are in flower, but I say whenever is better than a problem later. I don't want really tall plants with great buds on top and fluff on the bottom, so I'm trying to keep them spread out and continue to slowly trim out a few leaves here and there. Trying to train them, but not shock them too much.
Day 37
They are looking really good. Got some pictures of Plant 1. I'll get pictures of Plant 2 and 3 in the other tent soon.
Day 38
Ready for feed/water again today. Today they got 1Tbs per gallon of molasses. 1tsp per gallon soluble kelp. 2tsp per gallon humic acid. These are rough amounts of kelp and humic acid because these are actually weighed out. Adjusted pH to 6.4 and again, each plant was given 100oz
Plant 1 looks good. Its nodes are tight and bud spots are close together. It looks full and happy. A few leaves are moved so light can get lower. If they can't be moved then I trim them. Trying to avoid too much trimming or stress at this point.
Plant 2 stretched under the other light. Still looking really happy.
Plant 3 has also grown, but not in the amount of plant 2.
It'll be interesting to see the difference in the yields and bud structure of the plants under two different lights during the flowering period.
Day 39
They are still looking good and happy.
Day 40
Everything is doing well. Fed today with just water, 6.6pH. Went around the plants and trimmed up any fans that were blocking light to lower bud sites. About 8-10 per plant.
Day 41
They look healthy, color is good. They'll be receiving a dose of dry amendments soon. Next feeding.
Day 42
Still too damp to water. Have to wait one more day. They are looking good.
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Technique
6
Week 6. Flowering
3 years ago
More photos +5
45.72 cm
16 hrs
28 °C
6.5
1000 PPM
45 %
21 °C
18 °C
21 °C
19 L
50.8 cm
950 PPM
Nutrients 5
kelp, soluble 1.302 mll
humic acid 2.604 mll
Home Grown Tomato, Vegetable & Herb Fertilizer 4-6-3 11.719 mll
Day 43
Time to add the dry fertilizer and scratch it into the top of the media. 2Tbs per gallon of media. 70% Flower Girl Bud & Bloom Booster 3-9-4, 30% Home Grown Tomato, Vegetable & Herb Fertilizer 4-6-3. I also added 1Tbs of Mycorrhizae per pot.
I then mixed Molasses, 1Tbs per gallon of water. Corrected the pH to 6.6 and fed each plant 1 gallon.
Day 44
They are looking happy. There are still just very small signs of nutrient burn. I'm not worried and all, and will just keep an eye on them. They seem to be doing fine.
Day 45
I had a few things coming up that would interfere with water/feeding time, so I decided to feed a day early and hope to make it a couple of days out. The plants are wanting water at least every other day now.
I fed 1tsp per gallon soluble kelp. 2tsp per gallon humic acid. I adjusted the pH to 6.7. Each plant got 1 gallon.
I defoliated more, not enough to see in the pictures, but just a bit. Nothing more than about 8 leaves on a plant.
Day 46
Happy and healthy. Watching the humidity in the tent, it's starting to creep up during lights out.
Day 47
Doing good. The media is damp but could use water. No time today, it will have to be tomorrow.
Day 48
They made it without showing any signs of stress. I mixed Dr. Earth - Golden Bloom High Phosphate Liquid Plant Food 1-2-1 until I got to about 600ppm. This made the water very acidic. I used pH up to bring it into range at about 6.4. Each plant got 1 gallon. Looked over the plants and they look good.
Day 49
The buds are looking good. I decided to give them some kelp meal. I added 1Tbs per gallon of media and scratched it in.
Mixed 1Tbs per gallon of molasses into the water, adjusted pH to 6.7, and gave each plant 1 gallon.
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