First Grow - Critical Purp/GG4 Autos grow diary by Dbkoop

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Dbkoop • Germinated following Growers Choice directions. • Tap roots sprouted within 36hrs. • Setup grow tent and prepped the soil and amendments.

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1/3

2.54 cm

Height

18 hrs

Light Schedule

26 °C

Day Air Temp

6.5

pH

80 %

Air Humidity

24 °C

Night Air Temp

5 L

Pot Size

0.5 L

Watering Volume

91.44 cm

Lamp Distance

Dbkoop • 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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1/10

5.08 cm

Height

18 hrs

Light Schedule

26 °C

Day Air Temp

6.5

pH

70 %

Air Humidity

24 °C

Night Air Temp

5 L

Pot Size

0.5 L

Watering Volume

91.44 cm

Lamp Distance

Nutrients 3

pH Perfect Micro

1 mll

pH Perfect Grow

1 mll

pH Perfect Bloom

1 mll

Dbkoop • Good growth this week. • Started using Advanced Nutrients 2-part system at 1/4 strength and will increase slowly.

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1/6

15.24 cm

Height

18 hrs

Light Schedule

26 °C

Day Air Temp

6.5

pH

70 %

Air Humidity

24 °C

Night Air Temp

5 L

Pot Size

0.5 L

Watering Volume

91.44 cm

Lamp Distance

Nutrients 3

pH Perfect Micro

2 mll

pH Perfect Grow

2 mll

pH Perfect Bloom

2 mll

Dbkoop • 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

1/6

25.4 cm

Height

18 hrs

Light Schedule

26 °C

Day Air Temp

6.5

pH

Weak

Smell

70 %

Air Humidity

24 °C

Night Air Temp

5 L

Pot Size

0.5 L

Watering Volume

91.44 cm

Lamp Distance

Nutrients 3

pH Perfect Micro

3 mll

pH Perfect Grow

3 mll

pH Perfect Bloom

3 mll

Dbkoop • 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

1/5

35.56 cm

Height

18 hrs

Light Schedule

26 °C

Day Air Temp

6.5

pH

Weak

Smell

65 %

Air Humidity

24 °C

Night Air Temp

5 L

Pot Size

0.5 L

Watering Volume

71.12 cm

Lamp Distance

Nutrients 3

pH Perfect Micro

3 mll

pH Perfect Grow

3 mll

pH Perfect Bloom

3 mll

Dbkoop • Still going strong.

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LST

Technique

Defoliation

Technique

1/10

45.72 cm

Height

18 hrs

Light Schedule

26 °C

Day Air Temp

6.5

pH

Weak

Smell

60 %

Air Humidity

24 °C

Night Air Temp

5 L

Pot Size

0.5 L

Watering Volume

60.96 cm

Lamp Distance

Nutrients 3

pH Perfect Micro

4 mll

pH Perfect Grow

4 mll

pH Perfect Bloom

4 mll

Dbkoop • They are in preflower. • GG4(1)/CP(2) are behind schedule and probably stunted.

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LST

Technique

1/5

60.96 cm

Height

18 hrs

Light Schedule

26 °C

Day Air Temp

6.5

pH

Weak

Smell

60 %

Air Humidity

24 °C

Night Air Temp

5 L

Pot Size

1.5 L

Watering Volume

60.96 cm

Lamp Distance

Nutrients 3

pH Perfect Micro

4 mll

pH Perfect Grow

4 mll

pH Perfect Bloom

4 mll

Dbkoop • 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

Technique

Defoliation

Technique

1/7

76.2 cm

Height

18 hrs

Light Schedule

26 °C

Day Air Temp

6.5

pH

Normal

Smell

60 %

Air Humidity

24 °C

Night Air Temp

5 L

Pot Size

2 L

Watering Volume

60.96 cm

Lamp Distance

Nutrients 4

pH Perfect Micro

4 mll

pH Perfect Grow

4 mll

pH Perfect Bloom

4 mll

Dbkoop • 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

Technique

1/6

91.44 cm

Height

18 hrs

Light Schedule

26 °C

Day Air Temp

6.5

pH

Strong

Smell

50 %

Air Humidity

22 °C

Night Air Temp

5 L

Pot Size

2 L

Watering Volume

60.96 cm

Lamp Distance

Nutrients 4

pH Perfect Micro

4 mll

pH Perfect Grow

4 mll

pH Perfect Bloom

4 mll

Dbkoop • 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

Technique

1/20

91.44 cm

Height

18 hrs

Light Schedule

26 °C

Day Air Temp

6.5

pH

Strong

Smell

45 %

Air Humidity

22 °C

Night Air Temp

5 L

Pot Size

3 L

Watering Volume

60.96 cm

Lamp Distance

Nutrients 4

pH Perfect Micro

4 mll

pH Perfect Grow

4 mll

pH Perfect Bloom

4 mll

Dbkoop • 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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91.44 cm

Height

16 hrs

Light Schedule

26 °C

Day Air Temp

6.5

pH

Strong

Smell

45 %

Air Humidity

22 °C

Night Air Temp

5 L

Pot Size

3 L

Watering Volume

60.96 cm

Lamp Distance

Nutrients 1

Blackstrap Molasses

1 mll

Dbkoop • 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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1/19

91.44 cm

Height

16 hrs

Light Schedule

24 °C

Day Air Temp

6.5

pH

Strong

Smell

45 %

Air Humidity

21 °C

Night Air Temp

5 L

Pot Size

2 L

Watering Volume

60.96 cm

Lamp Distance

Nutrients 1

Blackstrap Molasses

1 mll

Dbkoop • 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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1/8

91.44 cm

Height

16 hrs

Light Schedule

24 °C

Day Air Temp

6.5

pH

Strong

Smell

45 %

Air Humidity

21 °C

Night Air Temp

18.93 L

Pot Size

0.95 L

Watering Volume

60.96 cm

Lamp Distance

Nutrients 1

Blackstrap Molasses

1 mll

Dbkoop • Largest plants’ fan leaves yellowing now. • CP(1) looking a little purple finally.

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1/27

76.2 cm

Height

16 hrs

Light Schedule

24 °C

Day Air Temp

6.5

pH

Strong

Smell

40 %

Air Humidity

20 °C

Night Air Temp

18.93 L

Pot Size

0.95 L

Watering Volume

60.96 cm

Lamp Distance

Nutrients 1

Blackstrap Molasses

1 mll

Dbkoop • 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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Happy Harvest Day!

Critical Purple Autoflowering Growers Choice Seeds

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.

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 m²

Grow Room size

Normal

Difficulty

Happy, Relaxed, Sleepy

Positive effects

Dry eyes, Dry mouth

Negative effects

Insomnia, Pain, Stress

Medical effects

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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Equipment Reviews

pH Perfect Micro Advanced Nutrients

8/10Rated

pH Perfect Grow Advanced Nutrients

8/10Rated

pH Perfect Bloom Advanced Nutrients

8/10Rated

CALiMAGic Terra Aquatica

8/10Rated

Happy Harvest Day!

Gorilla Glue Autoflowering Growers Choice Seeds

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.

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 m²

Grow Room size

Normal