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First Grow - Critical Purp/GG4 Autos

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3 years ago
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Custom Light Emitting Diodes/240W
Custom
Custom Light Emitting Diodes/240W
Custom
4x4
4x4
Indoor
Room Type
LST
weeks 3-9
Defoliation
weeks 4-5, 7
Soil
Grow medium
Perlite
Grow medium
19 L
Pot Size
0.95 L
Watering
0
Germination
3 years ago
• Germinated following Growers Choice directions. • Tap roots sprouted within 36hrs. • Setup grow tent and prepped the soil and amendments.
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Paper Towel
Germination Method
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Week 1. Vegetation
3 years ago
2.54 cm
18 hrs
26 °C
6.5
80 %
24 °C
5 L
1 L
91.44 cm
• Planted all seeds in the final containers. • Used Jiffy seed starting mix to plant germinated seeds in and as the roots grow they’ll reach the mix of FFOF/FFHF/Perlite/Lime.
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Week 2. Vegetation
3 years ago
5.08 cm
18 hrs
26 °C
6.5
70 %
24 °C
5 L
1 L
91.44 cm
Nutrients 3
pH Perfect Micro - Advanced Nutrients
pH Perfect Micro 1 mll
pH Perfect Grow - Advanced Nutrients
pH Perfect Grow 1 mll
pH Perfect Bloom - Advanced Nutrients
pH Perfect Bloom 1 mll
• Good growth this week. • Started using Advanced Nutrients 2-part system at 1/4 strength and will increase slowly.
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Week 3. Vegetation
3 years ago
15.24 cm
18 hrs
26 °C
6.5
70 %
24 °C
5 L
1 L
91.44 cm
Nutrients 3
pH Perfect Micro - Advanced Nutrients
pH Perfect Micro 2 mll
pH Perfect Grow - Advanced Nutrients
pH Perfect Grow 2 mll
pH Perfect Bloom - Advanced Nutrients
pH Perfect Bloom 2 mll
• Lots of growth for all plants. • GG4(1)/CP(2) are a little behind so I lowered the light. • Slowly increasing nutes to full strength. • All are very healthy with no signs of stress. • Built an easier way to collect runoff water. • Started to LST all plants. • Added yellow gnat traps and mini fan.
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LST
Technique
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Week 4. Vegetation
3 years ago
25.4 cm
18 hrs
26 °C
6.5
Weak
70 %
24 °C
5 L
1 L
91.44 cm
Nutrients 3
pH Perfect Micro - Advanced Nutrients
pH Perfect Micro 3 mll
pH Perfect Grow - Advanced Nutrients
pH Perfect Grow 3 mll
pH Perfect Bloom - Advanced Nutrients
pH Perfect Bloom 3 mll
• Good growth this week. • Increased nutrients to 3ml/liter. • Continued to LST. • Started to defoliate fan leaves.
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LST
Technique
Defoliation
Technique
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Week 5. Vegetation
3 years ago
35.56 cm
18 hrs
26 °C
6.5
Weak
65 %
24 °C
5 L
1 L
71.12 cm
Nutrients 3
pH Perfect Micro - Advanced Nutrients
pH Perfect Micro 3 mll
pH Perfect Grow - Advanced Nutrients
pH Perfect Grow 3 mll
pH Perfect Bloom - Advanced Nutrients
pH Perfect Bloom 3 mll
• Still going strong.
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Used techniques
LST
Technique
Defoliation
Technique
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Week 6. Flowering
3 years ago
45.72 cm
18 hrs
26 °C
6.5
Weak
60 %
24 °C
5 L
1 L
60.96 cm
Nutrients 3
pH Perfect Micro - Advanced Nutrients
pH Perfect Micro 4 mll
pH Perfect Grow - Advanced Nutrients
pH Perfect Grow 4 mll
pH Perfect Bloom - Advanced Nutrients
pH Perfect Bloom 4 mll
• They are in preflower. • GG4(1)/CP(2) are behind schedule and probably stunted.
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LST
Technique
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Week 7. Flowering
3 years ago
60.96 cm
18 hrs
26 °C
6.5
Weak
60 %
24 °C
5 L
2 L
60.96 cm
Nutrients 3
pH Perfect Micro - Advanced Nutrients
pH Perfect Micro 4 mll
pH Perfect Grow - Advanced Nutrients
pH Perfect Grow 4 mll
pH Perfect Bloom - Advanced Nutrients
pH Perfect Bloom 4 mll
• CP(1)/GG4(2) are growing and stretching tall while the CP(2)/GG4(1) are shorter and bushier. • They all look healthy and show good overall growth.
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LST
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Defoliation
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Week 8. Flowering
3 years ago
76.2 cm
18 hrs
26 °C
6.5
Normal
60 %
24 °C
5 L
2 L
60.96 cm
Nutrients 4
pH Perfect Micro - Advanced Nutrients
pH Perfect Micro 4 mll
pH Perfect Grow - Advanced Nutrients
pH Perfect Grow 4 mll
pH Perfect Bloom - Advanced Nutrients
pH Perfect Bloom 4 mll
• CP(1) showing some deficiencies-CalMag? • Started adding CalMag to schedule. • Topped off soil with 50/50 mix of Potting soil and Perlite.
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LST
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Week 9. Flowering
3 years ago
91.44 cm
18 hrs
26 °C
6.5
Strong
50 %
22 °C
5 L
2 L
60.96 cm
Nutrients 4
pH Perfect Micro - Advanced Nutrients
pH Perfect Micro 4 mll
pH Perfect Grow - Advanced Nutrients
pH Perfect Grow 4 mll
pH Perfect Bloom - Advanced Nutrients
pH Perfect Bloom 4 mll
• Deficiencies haven’t spread. • GG4(2) pistils have turned orange and buds are fattening up nicely. • CP(1) colas have really stretch and is filling out. • GG4(1)/CP(2) are shorter but still flowering very nice. Both will have big fat colas.
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LST
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Week 10. Flowering
3 years ago
91.44 cm
18 hrs
26 °C
6.5
Strong
45 %
22 °C
5 L
3 L
60.96 cm
Nutrients 4
pH Perfect Micro - Advanced Nutrients
pH Perfect Micro 4 mll
pH Perfect Grow - Advanced Nutrients
pH Perfect Grow 4 mll
pH Perfect Bloom - Advanced Nutrients
pH Perfect Bloom 4 mll
• Just waiting for them to ripen. • Raised GG4(1)/CP(2) to even out the canopy. • Lightly flushed all of them, but especially CP(2) needed it to possibly fix ppm and ph issues and they should be nearing the end so it’s time to stop feeding. • The smell is amazing and seems to get stronger everyday. • Decreased LED intensity to ~80%.
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Week 11. Flowering
3 years ago
91.44 cm
16 hrs
26 °C
6.5
Strong
45 %
22 °C
5 L
3 L
60.96 cm
Nutrients 1
Blackstrap Molasses 1 mll
• Stopped feeding and only ph water until harvest. • Stopped the CalMag and replaced it with molasses. • Buds on GG4(2)/CP(1) have slowed down on growth. • Just waiting for the trichomes to turn. • Pistils on the other two plants are starting to turn orange and trichomes are cloudy. • Defoliated to open up the canopy for light to the lower buds.
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Week 12. Flowering
3 years ago
91.44 cm
16 hrs
24 °C
6.5
Strong
45 %
21 °C
5 L
2 L
60.96 cm
Nutrients 1
Blackstrap Molasses 1 mll
• Trichomes CP(1) ~85% cloudy 10% clear 5% amber CP(2) ~75% cloudy 20% clear 5% amber GG4(1) ~75% cloudy 20% clear 5% amber GG4 (2) ~ 85% cloudy 10% clear 5% amber • Waiting for more trichomes to turn amber. • Ideally 70% cloudy 30% amber • Will most likely do a staggered harvest. • Plants have started to drink less. • LED intensity at ~60-70%.
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Week 13. Flowering
3 years ago
91.44 cm
16 hrs
24 °C
6.5
Strong
45 %
21 °C
19 L
1 L
60.96 cm
Nutrients 1
Blackstrap Molasses 1 mll
• Largest plants’ fan leaves yellowing now. • CP(1) looking a little purple finally.
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Week 14. Flowering
3 years ago
76.2 cm
16 hrs
24 °C
6.5
Strong
40 %
20 °C
19 L
1 L
60.96 cm
Nutrients 1
Blackstrap Molasses 1 mll
• Harvested the top halves of the two largest plants GG4(2) & CP(1) • GG4(2) 506g wet + 43.5g trim • CP(1) 449g wet + 42.2g trim • Hang drying at ~ 55-65* 50-60% RH • Lower halves will remain in the tent to see if they’ll fatten up/waiting for trichomes to turn. • GG4(1) & CP(2) leaves are starting to yellow - will wait until the weekend at least until harvest. • Trimmed fan leaves off GG4(1) & CP(2) • Going to do a dry trim on these 2 - hoping this will prevent the “grass” smell that I got after wet trimming and drying the first harvest. • After 4-5 days drying, the first harvest is finally starting to lose the “grass” smell and stems are still bending.
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Week 14. Harvest
3 years ago
Happy Harvest Day!
Rated
8/10
Rated
Overall a good first grow. Grow was pretty easy. Plants were very resilient. One plant stretched and grew pretty tall while the other remained bushy, but had similar wet weights. They didn’t start to turn purple until about 2 weeks before harvest. I still have the lower buds of CP(1) growing in the tent and they’ve really turned purple and have actually put on a little weight. I’m hoping the second batch turns out a little better than the first and the third batch will most likely just be for edibles as the buds are smaller. Buds looked and felt very dense on the first plant and dried fairly light though, but with a decent flavor and smell. Dried weight = 15% ~ 3.25 oz off the CP(1). Will have to update when the second batch dries.
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Spent 101 days
Ger Veg Flo Har
617.4 g
Bud wet weight per plant
102.75 g
Bud dry weight per plant
2
Plants
1.22
Grow Room size
Normal
Difficulty
Positive effects
Happy, Relaxed, Sleepy
Positive effects
Negative effects
Dry eyes, Dry mouth
Negative effects
Medical effects
Insomnia, Pain, Stress
Medical effects
Taste
Berries, Cream, Pungent
Taste
Sleepy
Energy
Indica
Hybrid
Sativa

Height
Day air temperature
Air humidity
PH
Light schedule
Night air temperature
Pot size
Lamp distance
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Week 14. Harvest
3 years ago
Happy Harvest Day!
Rated
8/10
Rated
Overall a good first grow. Grow was pretty easy. Plants were very resilient. One plant stretched and grew pretty tall while the other remained bushy, but had similar wet weights. I had some issues with the smaller GG4(1) but it came through with some decent colas. I still have the lower buds of GG4(2) growing in the tent and they actually put on a little weight. I’m hoping the second batch turns out a little better than the first and the third batch will most likely just be for edibles as the buds are smaller. Buds looked and felt very dense on the first plant and dried fairly light though, but with a decent flavor and smell. Dried weight = 15% ~ 3 oz off the GG4(2). Will have to update when the second batch dries. Curing the first batch now.
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Spent 101 days
Ger Veg Flo Har
584.9 g
Bud wet weight per plant
96.75 g
Bud dry weight per plant
2
Plants
0.37
Grow Room size
Normal
Difficulty
Positive effects
Happy, Relaxed, Uplifted
Positive effects
Negative effects
Dry eyes
Negative effects
Medical effects
Insomnia, Pain, Stress
Medical effects
Taste
Diesel, Pine, Pungent
Taste
Sleepy
Energy
Indica
Hybrid
Sativa

Height
Day air temperature
Air humidity
PH
Light schedule
Night air temperature
Pot size
Lamp distance
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