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I kicked off the germination process by soaking the seeds in water and keeping them in a dark place and I moved them to a damp paper towel inside of a Zip Loc bag after 24 hours. To keep the seeds warm I used a heat map made by Vivosun and laid the Zip Loc bag on top of the mat. After about 1 - 2 days the tap roots grew to about 1 inch long and I moved them into 7 gallon radicle bags with a blumats drip system. It's been about 1 week in and so far I've foliar fed Optic Foliar Overgrow & fed the soil with Real Growers Recharge every 2 - 3 days + I've applied 1 round of Masquito Bits, Marrone Grandevo & Regalia for IPM. I've also top dressed some organic nutrients at half strength so they can start breaking down to become available over time
The week started off rough because I noticed light stress and what I thought to be a potassium deficiency. The growth was non existant, but after some research I raised my light from 36 - 40" and set the dimmer to level 4. On top of this I dropped the RH from 65 to 60 and once I did this within the next hours I saw the leaves begin to purk back up.
This was also my 1st time feeding my plants a compost tea which I made from Green waste compost, bio char, bokashi, fish hydrosolate powder, azomite, langbanite, humic acid, Fish Sh!t, insect frass, and kelp meal. I airated the compost tea in a 5 gallon bucket for 24 hours before drenching the soil with it, and I added some Recharge by Real Growers after the compost tea.
This week's IPM;
-Mosquito bits
-Regalia
-Venerate
-Attak
So many updates because I haven't posted in a couple of weeks, but the main updates are that the autoflowers started blooming approximately 2 weeks ago. The tallest plant is 34 inches and the other 2 are about 30 inches.
ES 300 set to about 14 inches away and I have. PAR reading of approximately 700 - 800 depending where you get the reading from.
I've been keeping up with the IPM but changed my strategy a little because I noticed more fungus gnats than usual. I added some beneficial insects to the garden along with some worms last week. Since then I've noticed a decline in the amount of fungus gnats so I'm happy with that.
Top dressing bi-weekly;
-fish bone meal
-crab meal
-gypsum
-Langbanite
-azomite
And compost tea bi weekly;
-3 tbsp molasses
-2 cups of worm castings
-2 tbsp alfalfa meal
-2 tbsp kelp meal
-1 tbsp seabird guano
(Brew for 24 - 48 hours in 3 gallons of water)
Last note;
Removed the drip system I've been hand watering for the last week. I've tried the Blumats but I wasn't a fan because I like to water in other things like fermented extracts, Recharge, Fish Sh!t, compost teas, etc and with Blumats I have a fear of overwatering.
This week was really good. No compost tea, just top dress and watering ferments, Fish Sh!t, Recharge, Silica, and Sweet N Sticky. I did comfrey, dandelion, hemp, fish sh!t, and Silica once a week on Wed and insect frass, alfalfa, peach, Silica, and Recharge on Saturday. Any watering in between is plain water.
PAR/PPFD; 1000 at the top and 800 at the lower parts of the canopee
VPD-1.3 - 1.5
Tod dressed;
Fish bone meal- 5 tsp
Crab meal- 5 tsp
Azomite- 3 tsp
Greensand- 3 tsp
Langbanite- 5 tsp
Gypsum- 5 tsp
Bokashi-~5 tsp
Insect frass- 3 tsp
Worm castings- 2 cups
Hotter week this week so my temps were up. I was able to buy a stronger dehumidifier so I can lower the humidity more efficiently. I noticed purple stems this week on one of the plants (the biggest one) and I'm not sure what's causing. The plant looks healthy so I'm not worried about it but I'll keep an eye on it.
The biggest change this week is that the pistils are changing to orange on all plants.
Plants are covered in trichomes and seem to be happy.
Last weekend I fed a compost tea;
-2 cups worm castings
-1 tbsp kelp meal
-1 tbsp alfalfa meal
-1 tbsp seabird guano
-1 tsp coconut powder
-1 tsp fish hydrosolate
-1 tbsp langbanite
-1 tsp recharge
-5 ml sweet n sticky
-1/8 tsp buildasoil big 6 micronutrients
And watered in ferments today;
-1.2 ml fasilitor
-5 ml sweet n sticky
-3 mlfish sh!t
-1 oz peach ferment
-1 oz comfrey ferment
-1 oz insect frass ferment
-1 oz alfalfa ferment
-1 oz dandelion ferment
PAR; 800 - 1000
VPD; 1.5 - 1.7
This week there aren't too many updates. It was a pretty easy week. I watered in ferments during the week.
Today I top dressed some amendments and worm castings (measurements below)
The pictures this week are of the trichomes. They are mostly cloudy and there are very little clear left. So in the next couple of weeks it should be time to harvest.
They all have a strong odor and are super oily. I'm super excited to get this one finished up.
Top dress for each plant; (7 gal pots)
Crab meal - 5 tsp
Fishbone meal - 5 tsp
Gypsum- 5 tsp
Azomite - 3 tsp
Greensand- 3 tsp
Langbanite - 5 tsp
Insect frass - 3 tsp
Worm castings - 2.5 cups
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