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4/4 all sprouting taproots after 24hrs. 3/4 seeds sprouted through medium 24hrs. 1 seed was curled and took 3 days to break through medium with shell stuck and required removed and now growing.
Think one of the girls had a Manganese deficiency but she's catching up now. Feel like these girls aren't tall enough but definitely big at 3 weeks and in 7 gallon pots.
Changed light from Enfun 1000 to Marshydro FC-E 3000 some Black Friday purchases. LST and defoliation after Topping still feel like these girls are short for Week 4 of Veg. Though not sure as its my first grow and I cant find too much on his strain
Week 6 Veg - 2 Week Seedling = 4 weeks of Veg
6 weeks in growing medium of Plagron Batmix so time to start feeding, Girls where looking a bit sad so give them a hair cut and some sippy sips of Alga Grow. Just waiting on my little slow girl to catch up a bit but all looking good. hopeful flip in 1 or 2 weeks.
Plants too short and bushy for scrog net. Removed netting and continued LST with adding bending and super cropping to keep level canopy.
The splits in the mains of the 2 plants have seemed to healed continued to leave tape and garden tie support on.
Forced to do a big defoliation due to controlling the high humidity was 70% rh now holding 50-60% rh.
Removed tape from split stems and healed 🙌🏼
Added a dehumidifier to tent
Keeping the girls looking happy
Daytime Approx – 75f and 64% rh / Nighttime Approx – 66f and 61% rh
Plant Height – 14” to 16”
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Humidity higher then I would like still reintroduced LST to help manage humidity. Anyone any other ideas on how to reduce my humidity
Tent ext. fan set to no. 5 (half),
intlet fan full,
LST to increase space between stems
Dehumidifier in grow space
Watering x2 per week.
Managing defoliation
Other than the RH% level my girls seem to be loving everything no issues and getting frosty already.
I am having issues keeping my RH% below 60%. Any tips or ideas in how I could reduce this?
I have...
Set tent ext. fan set to no. 5 (half) and Inlet fan to full for improved air flow
LST to increase space between stems
Dehumidifier in grow space
Watering x2 pw
Defoliation
The increase in rh during flowering is due to the massive increase in perspiration during flower, all veg growth stops and everything is devoted tooooo flowers,
Humidity will always rise to the top of a grow tent, along with heat.
Tent air outtake should be as high as possible, while Intake should be low.
Humidity at top of tent will be around 20rh higher than the bottom or thereabouts. Make sure to take readings from various parts of tent and not making decisions based on one reading from one area.
It's vital that there is good air circulation in entire tent.
I chained a portable dehumidifier to top of my grow tent, buy a extra bar to reinforce the tent if it's heavyyyyy.
Most portable dehumidifiers come with a universal extension for drains. Just run rubber hose to a 5 gallon jug and empty every couple days. It's actually a very good way to measure when to water next.
Also good to make sure your fan has adequate CFM cubic feet per minute for the space you plan to clear in the time you want it cleared. If you add carbon filter or have any distance over 12 ft use substantially more cfm than is required.
4x4x6=96ft 100 cfm
+carbon filter 200 cfm
+ distance to extract over 15ft 300cfm or additional fan.
Idea is to create negative pressure (sucks in) within the tent so you extract the entire tent within a minute.
Set timer to 1 on 10 off or whatever works for you.
Balanced out tent humidity from last week by adjusting the air inlet and extraction fans, lowering the lights from 22" to 20" and reduced watering RH% is now below 60%
That much to report this week all's going pretty sweet, though I still feel my girls a rather short at 17" not sure if this is due to my growing methods and learning as its my first ever grow or down to strain as this is a new strain its hard to find much about it. If you or know anyone with Growers Choice - Blue Forest Berry let me know.
She's quite frosty I'm hoping I can get the night temperatures low enough to bring out the purple hue
I have tracked daily recordings throughout the series
I feel my plant height is still somewhat short for 4 weeks into flower I still have LST in place to allow light to lower parts of the plant. should i keep this and not worry about the height or take off LST and focus on top flower growth?
Your plants are looking great! Don't over think it.
I would keep the LST in place that has all ready been done, and just it grow out as is now.
The canopy is nice and even and everything is frosty. Just need to wait for it to thicken out a bit.
Some plants don't stretch a lot and that part of it is mainly done in the first 3 weeks of switching to 12/12.
Give it lots of light and keep up your feedings the plant will start to thicken up in no time.
Check out your PPFD and par map for your lights. Maybe you could lower then 2-4" and get a higher DLI.
Best Of Luck and Happy Growing!
Not much to report on everything's going great, reduced feed to half measures to aid in flushing.
Girls have some sweet candy like aroma going on at the buds smells unbelievable cant wait for harvest.
These girls are in auto-pilot not much for me to do.
- Lowered light height 18" to 12" to see if these flowers will plump up.
- Reduced nutrient intake to prepare for flush, still keeping up with the Molasses.
- Trichomes developing from clear to cloudy.
- Leaves staring to change as the girls look to feed on the nutrients.
The strain I'm growing can get hues of purple and blue if temps low.
I don't have a AC just fresh air in. If I drop the light % 100% - 75% my temp drops from 77 to 71.
last week before harvest is it best to keep lights full or drop them and get those girls changing colours?
Keep the lights at 100%, cannabinoids and terpenes are more important than colour.
Anyway, to encourage colour change, which can not be guaranteed, the temps between day and night are the ones that matter, not just cooler day temps.
To get this to happen there needs to be a 10-15 degrees Celsius difference between day (lights on) temps and night ( lights off) temps and this needs to occur for 3-4 weeks before anything happens.
It only affects leaf colour too, (and is an accumalation of anthocyanins or pigments, which have no effect on potency), so once trimed there is little to even validate the experience.
Flower (calyx) colour is another thing all together and is largely a function of genetics.
If you want purple buds, you need to buy a strain that has the genetic dominance for doing so.
Hope this helps, Organoman.
Trichome not developing as fast as I anticipated will have to extend flowering
give the plants 1 last feed after 1 week flush, before flushing again before harvest.
Trichomes
90% - Cloudy
5% - Clear
5% - Amber
These girls have went from absolute zero to hero in their last week of flower and im super excited to get these girl down but were not quite there yet. Ive been reading up on the 48hr of darkness before harvest and other techniques, so the the ladies are currently under 75w bloom light in in 65f for the next 48hrs.
Daytime Approx – 75f and 54% rh
Nighttime Approx – 65f and 60% rh
Trichomes - Cloudy/20-30%Amber
the wait is almost complete but we've still some time to go, they smell super sweet almost like a bubblegum.
This was my first ever grow and was a super easy strain to grow. Very weak smell through the whole cycle and any aromas where super sweet and floral plants heights were easy manageable.
Growing this strain again there is definitely a couple of techniques that i could work on in improving the grow these girls would benefit from topping, lollipoping, LST, Defoliation and main stem splitting.
Last 2 weeks of harvest
Week 1 cold, water flush with half feed
Week 2 ice flush
48hrs of bloom lights in 62f
Dry time 10days 64f and rh 55-44%
Couple of issues throughout the grow but that was down to my inexperience and trained techniques i may have taken to long to trim my plants as my curing rh% is at 48%. But was great being able to post and share the process on growdiaries and reach out for any issues that develop. Was tough sometimes growing a new strain that I haven't come across to have reference to especially has a first grow.
Plants 4
Wet weight 2270g (5lbs)
Dry weight 420g (0.95lbs)
Almost a lb for my first grow 🙌🏼 I know the 2nd can be better.
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