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Day 1 - She poped up in 3 days and she's now inher 1st pot for 1 week or so & then she'll be in a 3L final pot.
My medium is coco ans I'm a real coco newbie
Day 14 - She's the youngest of my 1st coco run. But she's healty , more than the others. She's under a 50w Led Ufo from the start and will be out after her first pistils and before the stretch
Day 15 - Wattering with some nuts , Ec is 0.9 and Ph is 6.1. I also add some physiolith granule to keep Mg an Ca at a proper level , it will slow release during the plant lifetime. But it seems that it will up the Ph all the time.
Hi @SpinnerGrow! I'm just starting a coco run like you so I had to process a LOT of informations. Here's a summary for you : 1) pH should be between 5.5 and 6.3 Usually 5.8 during vegetative stage and 6.0 during flowering stage. 2) nutrients should be in every waterings, since the very beginning of the plant's life. 3) Container could be 2 to 3 times smaller than in soil. 4) Ÿou should measure the drain pH and EC levels, and give your plant a good flush if the drain's EC is > 2.5. Hope this helps, keep us up-to-date and good luck with this coco run!
Day 19 - She's doing better since her bad start , now that I'm understand how coco works.
She's only get Bloom nuts during her lifetime beceause I'm currently trying the LUCAS FORMULA nuts schedule.
Day 22 - Big changes this week , I decieded to switch nuts as the lucas formula seems to require some ajustments... too much for a lazy man like me. So now I'm using a one part nut : Greenhouse Hybrids which also require some Cal-Mag adds.
The plant is doing good , she's short but healty and already pushing some secondery stems.
Day 26 - Still healthy , she seems to enjoy the changes.Will gave her more cal-mag granul. My strongest plant on that run
Day 28- Feeding were done on day 26 with the same formula , I put that light 10 cm higher to develope the canopy and she likes it as she seem to "open up". The genetic is really strong thanks to her sativa features she's doing well in my climate.
Day 32 - Feed her with a 1.4 Ec & 5.8 Ph , I use a fresh lime juice as Ph down & it performed well.Th3 colors are a bit pale , she have a little lack of Nitrogen due to a lack of calcium , after few searchs it appear that a calcium deficiency can lead to a bad absorbtion of every other elements.
I still waiting on a calcium delivery to cure her
Drain Ph : 5.9 Ec: 1.31
Day 29 - 10.06 - She's starting to stretch , It could be beceause I put my leds 15cm higher so she wanna reach up the light. Or she's in pre-flowering stage but I can't see pistils yet and her vertical grow is still symmetrical : so no doubt it's the light !
No feeding today. Coco seems to work better since I learned the very basics thanks to @MUDBUG
Day 37 - This 3rd run is surprising , today bad luck , I let the plant outside for 20min under sunlight and she hated that as you can see on the pics 23 cm
Day 40 - She's now 30cm tall so she's clearly stretching. I did some defoliation on the lower leaves , the sun or nuts burnt them. I'll give her some calcium in her feeding today , was the 1st add ever so I hope she'll like it.
Day 43 - I'm happy with my new nuts schedule , the Blue dream seems to like it too as she pushing her secondery stems and she's got a good vertical grow. Now she's got planty of calcium she can really thrive . Today she was feed with a 1.7 ec & 5.9 ph mix.
Day 45 - She had a 1.65 EC & 6.1 Ph mix today as the coco is quickly dry beceause of the heat. The plant is nice , still not so bushy but the primary stem is stong is some secondary are getting taller. Let's wait to the end of the stretch
------ I just figured out that my feeding schedule was too agresive ! A bit of reading shows me the way ! I'm growing under low watts so my plant need less nutrient to thrive well so I'll reduce my EC to 1.4/1.5 but not higher except in the 2 last weeks of flowering. ------
SONG OF THE WEEK : DAMIAN MARLEY - LIVING IT UP
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Day 56 - She is fine. Only rain water
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Day 50 - That grow is a mess , I was running out of Ph down so I use lime juice since 2 or 3 weeks (maybe more) so my Ph was fluctuating a lot but she's strong so far.
I'm now using 80% of rain water & 20% tap water to obtain a 5.9 Ph and 1.47 Ec so it will fix any Ph fluctuation & High Ec issues.
SONG OF THE WEEK : FLATBUSH ZOMBiES - 'HEADSTONE'
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Day 61 - As she's really dark green for a flowering lady , I decieded to gave her only 6.3 PH rain water for last 2 watering to let her have a slight deficiency then I'll feed her again , I don't want to overfeed her or to cause a nitrogen toxicity and I've got the bad feeling that my greenhouse nutrients is a good "salt builder" . I also reduce the light schedule from 20 to 18hours of light a day . She's also starting to push a discreet but good smell 🙌, can't be described yet. She's now 65cm tall and will not grow taller (or up to 2/3 cm ) and she's got a nice shape : she's got many secondary stems thats are full of bud sites , even if I expected something more bushy I'm still really happy with her. She's also got her own 50w (real draw) ufo light upon her head.
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Day 62 - Today I decieded to use Mega Crop instead of Hybrids Powder as I would like to go with something more organic to avoid any salt buildup and (high) PH variation and Maga Crop is a One Part fertilizer so I'll not add nothing else to the water as it contain Cal-Mag and a lot of micro nutrients. I gave her a soup with 1.4 EC and 6.0 PH but the drain water Ph was 5.8 and 1.25 EC : not so bad this time.
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Day 63 - Nothing special today , she's fine and I took my 1st pictures of her under the LED spectrum, I don't like to take pics under that pink colour but I had to show you more about my setup 😎🌱. I must say that I'm positively surprised by this little 50w (3x50w in the box : 2 in the 60×60 cm flo compartment and 1 in the 30x60cm veg part) led light as I taught it would not make it. My 1st try with Led was a "collab" grow with a friend and his 90w ufo died just 2 days before harvest but provided us an average yield.
SONG OF THE WEEK : VYBZ KARTEL - Thank you jah jah
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Day 68 - Mega crop is working just as expected 🌱, new roots are running out of the pot 💪so she's finally stimulate by her feeding. Buds are starting to pack nicely and she's finally pushing a nice little smell without touching her like I used to 😍. Thanks to that coco grow I was/will be able to learn a lot of stuff about that medium and more good infos, I first wanted to give up but now I know that I wanna make a better coco grow next time 🤓
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Day 69 - Coco was dry so I feed her today 💧🌱 with Megacrop : Ec 1.51 / Ph 6.1 and no runoff. Will be clear water or 0.6 Ec next time.
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Day 70 - Finally I'm feeding her with Megacrop today as she seems strong enough to handle it 💧🌱 EC 1.49 / PH 6.0
SONG OF THE WEEK : Skrillex - Bangarang (feat. Sirah)
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Day 72 - 💧Watering PH 6.0 EC 1.60 : MegaCrop / 💧Runoff PH 5.8 EC 1.67 🌱 Colour : Dark green but lower leaves are yellowing a bit will check and correct the def.
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Day 75 -💧Watering PH 6.0 EC 1.69 : MegaCrop / 💧No Runoff 🌱 Colour : Dark green , lower leaves are yellowing a bit less , tips are slightly burning , I still pushing her as my fertilizer is organic. Next week will try a mix between megacrop and hibryds powder (25.08)
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Day 77 - 💧Watering PH 6.3 EC 0.3 : Calcium / 💧 Runoff PH 5.9 EC 1.18🌱Colour : Slightly less dark and I think I'm gonna up the PH to 6.4 for the next feeding as the runoff PH is always lower and I want a 6.3 PH to help her to find the flowering needed nutrients🤔 (6.3 is the best range for that). See y'all next week 😘
SONG OF THE WEEK : Jah Cure - Sunny days
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Day 80 - 💧Watering PH 6.0 EC 1.70 : MegaCrop / 💧No Runoff 🌱 Colour : Dark green & to get rid of it I will try to add a bit of Ghe Rippen at low dosage as I don't want to create an issue.
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Day 81 - Outside for today as my box did not have airflow in it 🌬️ I want the girl to take fresh air and good sun 🌞. I sprayed a branch with sts 2/3 weeks ago and I've got pollen sacs 👍🤘
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Day 82 - Tomorrow water with Ghe Lucas formula with Rippen to get rid of that dark colour
Song of the week : Eminem - Fall
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Day 87 - Back for another week🤘 , that grow seems to be endless ⏲️ but you can put it in me as I am on a Nitrogen excess since... a lot of time. But the lady is good , buds are packing and smelling really nice : a mix of Guyana/pineapple/bubble gum 😍😍😍. Contrary to the leaves the buds are clear green , did not check the trichomes yet but I can see many but not that much , I would like her to be just a bit more frosty. Yesterday she get a 1.80 Ec feeding with 6.4 PH and no runoff, feed with megacrop+calcium (once again I'am not doing what I said last week 😅).
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Day 88 - Water with clear rain water with EC 0.03 ph 6.3 and the runoff was 1.98EC and 5.8Ph. Next watering will be water + calcium to low the nutrients amont of the coco and to prepare the plant to a low N feeding for the next weeks. I will only use GHE rippen the last weeks then flushing. Today I check the trichomes and they are all milky (90% at least) so I hope they will soon become amber.
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Day 90 - I just water her with clear water yesterday as she started to burn a bit due to the high EC in the medium. Couples flush should get rid of it but it means that I'll go light on the next feedings. She's also packing beautiful nugs, last week was a good fattening one ! She' still Dark green but the buds are clear. And the most important thing : She's out since a week now
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Day 91 - Last day of the week and an ultra hot day with 31/32 °C outside 😲. Clear water today , Runoff 6.3 PH & 0.70 Ec. Next week will be the full PK one
Song of the week : Eminem - Pac man (RIP MGK)
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Day 94 - 13.09 - Today she's great but my island is on a Storm Alert so as my wife don't wanna see her inside ( she's jealous ) So fingers crossed as the wind will be around 130 Kmh. I'll keep her in a tent for 2 days. Feed with Ghe Ripen PH 6.2 Ec 1.75 , did not check how many ml of ripen just checked EC & PH.
I also made a little tiny slight defoliation to increase light penetration , I only removed 3 leaves.
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Day 96 - Everything's safe 👍🌱 the storm was more like a big rain , some of my tomatoes trees are broken but they don't make me stone so It's fine 😂
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Day 98 - Watered today with tap water . Runoff : EC 1.20 / PH 6.0 . Next time will be the last feeding with Ripen and then I'll let her slowly yellowing. I also cut a stem that was sprayed with STS to take female pollen out of it and keep it in the fridge for a later use. I probably gonna chop her on day 120
MOLD/ROT ALERT : As you can see a part of the main bud is a bit rotten and a side stem have been cut because of fungus so I will not play with the lady health🤕 and I will not let the mold take her down so the better option is to cut her today after another full flush 🌧️😟😒. I am not happy as my trichomes are 90% cloudy 5%clear 5%amber so I will not enjoy a high/stone effect like I wanted to with the 30/40% amber trichomes ratio that I wanted to reach. It was my 1st coco experiment so I made a lot of mistakes and learned a lot too😋🌹
Day 100 - This is my longest auto grow so far. Everything's fine , except a bit of mold on a stem that I cut but no big deal. Last watering was tap water , next will be ripen.
: 1:The harvest song : Fool's Garden - Lemon tree 😁
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It was a bit tricky to grow that strain as it was my 1st coco grow and I did not really search for infos before I was actually growing , I found a pack or 2 of coco for cheap at the garden store ( the last pack because they did not restock it) and I dicieded to use it. The Blue Dream is a strain that allow you to make some mistakes , even a lot of mistakes so I can say that it is a strong strain but she will not reward you with a shorter grow 😉.
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The smell is amazing , exotic, Guyana and mango for me but I feel like I smell a lot of mango since a couple weeks.
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I am a bit sick but after blazing the first 0.5 grams I feel my body lightweight and I feel like I'm doing smoother motions. After 20 min I feel like a change in my sense of touch specially on my lips 😋. After after 20 more minute I was sleeping in my sofa 😁. I need a 2nd and a 3rd try to really review the effects and a 4th one for the taste as I'm sick so I'm not able to recognise any taste.
After the 2nd and the 3rd try I can say that even with a 100% milky trichomes ratio she's kicking my ass , I feel lightweight 1st then the high turn into a hard stone , 2 of my stoners friends tried it with me and felt the same way. So it's not my wake & bake choice to start a productive day.
The taste is amazing , we'r all ok to say that their is a hint of incense when you exhale , the 1st tons are more like tropical ( pineaple , guyava) and a bit exotic with a slight berry taste ( Yeah berries and apples are exotic to me , pineaple and bananas are local food). A nice strain to smoke and potent for an Auto.
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THE CALL OF DUTY WORLD WAR 2 TEST : Well I'm an (hardcore tho ) call of duty player and I decieded to play on high/stone and to review the weed thanks to that , so after 2 joints and 6 hours playing on my Xbox I can say that : I'm surprised cauz even if I felt stone , this weed kept me focus on my objectivs , I mean I'm usualy a good player ( Xbox player too ? ask me for my gametag in the chat) but this weed turns me into a killing machine : focus & reactive so I can fairly say that it's a balanced effect as a real Stone would not let be so good at the game. Period !
Well the harvest was a hard decision to take as the trichomes were milky but it wasn't the ratio that I was searching for and the main bud was under a fungus/rot attack so I had no choices but it took 6 hours before I decided to cut her.
I also only cut 85% of the plant as the lower stems are actually making seeds (S1) after a sex reversion so let's wait to see if it's working.
@Ageddd,For a lazy boy like me it is really worst to grow in coco ! There are too many parameters to take in consideration. I'v got to correct my Ph , adjust my EC level , don't give plants too much water but don't let the coco be too dry 😤 ! When I make a mistake , the next day the plant is suffering ! Coco should be better to organized/methodique growers but I'm not ! To be honnest I think that the soil medium rhythm is synchronized to mine while the coco rhythm is faster than mine 😁
@OutForRealbeanCarib, Ohh i understand, so perfecct then... I dont know so much about coco mate but the less chemicals the better, for sure ^^
Do you find it better or worst than soil ?
@Ageddd,Thanks bro ! In fact she's doing well right now after a serval days flush with rain water ph 6.3 ! She seems to like light feeding and she can perform from 5.7 to 6.3/6.5Ph without too many damages but I think I'll change my nutrient to something less chemical 👍
@PharmaZ,Hi mate thanks but in fact that one is still under a 2x50w led ufo alongside my others fastbuds strains. I don't know if I'm gonna put her outside one day due to my coco medium and a rainy summer in my area.
But yes the sun is good here and a another batch of seeds will enjoy it
Love me some Blue Dream. While I have never run the strain in my garden,I am always a fan when I can get my hands on some. Best of luck with this grow!!!
@MagicMikesMeds,Thank you bro , I never smoked or even smell any Blue Dream in my life so I don't really know what I have to search for in that strain , but I know it's a legend out there so I need to taste a part of it !
I grew that strain last grow and got 7.6 oz and 4.6 from GG Auto in a 2x2. First throw that UFO out . A good grow will get you half of your watts, so if you have 100 watts you might get 50g. I have a Optic 2 205 watts and a Appollo 300 at 136 watts. Use coco + 30 % perlite in 2-3 gallon fiber pots. Also I use Advanced Nutrients system with about 6 AN products and a whole lot a stuff for the roots. 15 weeks for 15 g ? Do those 3 things and you should triple you harvest!
@Wildotter, You used 300 watts of light to get 60 grams : 60/300 = 0.2 grams per watts
I used 50w of light to get 16 grams : 16/50 = 0.32
Mathematically speaking I have a better gram per watt ratio than you without using 12 bottles of nutrients
She’s looking good this week. I would cut off the leaves that are more than 50% discolored, she has already gotten most of the stored sugars and carbohydrates from them and now they will become a breeding ground for stuff that you don’t want.
@Tazard,She's the only one out of troubles until now , hope it will be like that till the end. I'll cut off those yellow leaves. You giving me a good motivation bro 🤘
Hi @OutForReal! I'm just starting a coco run like you so I had to process a LOT of informations. Here's a summary for you : 1) pH should be between 5.5 and 6.3 Usually 5.8 during vegetative stage and 6.0 during flowering stage. 2) nutrients should be in every waterings, since the very beginning of the plant's life. 3) Container could be 2 to 3 times smaller than in soil. 4) Ÿou should measure the drain pH and EC levels, and give your plant a good flush if the drain's EC is > 2.5. Hope this helps, keep us up-to-date and good luck with this coco run! 👊
OutForReal
