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weeks 4-5
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weeks 8
California SuperSoil
Grow medium
Fox Farm Ocean Forest
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Week 4
Flowering
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DaBeers DaBeers
2 years ago
Day 36 1/18/22 - Doubled in height last week! raised lights 7 inches above manufacturer recommendation. Gonna try to stretch the ladies a bit this week. I feel I have the watering part down as I water slowly and (now) I feel the bottom of the cloth pots to make sure I got it down all the way. Day 37 - a little more LST as I was late to the party of understanding just how important LST, and other techniques, are to increasing your yield. Once you do LST the first time it becomes completely obvious that this is necessary. Plants now need water at different times so I will no longer be documenting when I water. Also I think I correctly diagnosed a wind burn issue and therefore have raised the offending fan a bit. Day 39 - Noticing a little yellowing on some of the leaf tips and found a little more of what I'm calling wind burn on another plant. I moved one of the fans, set the lights back to 75% intensity, and lowered them back to about 20 inches above tops (Mars says 18 inches). I think the ladies will like this better than 3 Mars TS1000's at full intensity inside a 4x4x66 tent (450W total). Note - I'm struggling a bit with temps in this small room. Hard to keep the tent under 80. Then at night the substrate gets down to 66 along with the room temps. So, during the day, when it gets too warm inside the tent, I open the doors and things are OK again. This is not a long term solution cause I can't be opening and closing it every day. Plus it's winter and the outside temps go into the 20's (F) at night. Run the AC in winter? No way. I can't imagine what I'll have to do when outside temps go into the upper 90's every day. So what is the long term solution you say? I've just about made up my mind to do away with the tents and dedicate the entire room for growing. I see myself growing 12 of the same or similar ladies per grow - one grow at a time and I can only fit these if the tents go. I'm currently figuring out what is involved besides grabbing an AC unit and venting it and the room up into the attic. That is what I'm thinking at the moment. Day 41 - upped my game cause I knew that I could not be accurate using my current ph testing solution. Could only get kinda close maybe sorta. So I picked up a BlueLab PH pen (recommended by the "420 Scene"). Long story short it looks like I've been feeding the ladies something near 7.0. Now I am able to get 6.3 or 6.4 consistently. Maybe I want to be at 6.5. Not sure so I'm going for 6.3 +/- 1 for now. Hoping they like it better! Day 42 - life is good. This was a fun week!
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Grow Questions
DaBeers
DaBeersstarted grow question 2 years ago
My 5 gal cloth pots are layered with approx 1/3 Cali Super Soil (bottom) and 2/3 Fox Farm Ocean Forest (top). I assume when the roots reach the super soil all nutes will be supplied. But what happens until then? Should i provide nutes until they reach the SS and if so what kind?
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GrowCN
GrowCNanswered grow question 2 years ago
Do nothing for now. You can usually go 3-4 weeks with Ocean Forest and no additional nutrients. Your super soil layer on the bottom could buy you more time for needing more nutes. Just keep an eye on your plants and listen to what they are telling you. This site (https://www.growweedeasy.com/cannabis-symptoms-pictures) has pictures that show many of the most common problems you might have. I am not a fan of layering soils. I want all the soil working. But super soil can be really good stuff! Make sure you water slowly and deeply, especially when the plants get larger. Early on you want to water beyond where you think the roots are. Roots will not grow into dry soil so you want nice moist soil for them to seek out. Then when the plants get bigger feel the bottom of the pot to make sure you are getting water all the way to the bottom. You can feel and see the sides of the pot to feel how you are watering the sides. Just make sure to water slowly. Water takes the path of least resistance so if water erupts out the side of the pot, water more slowly so it's soaking the soil and not blowing out the side. Fabric pots evaporate a lot of water so don't be surprised if you need to water heavily every day. With 19 liter (5 gal) pots I'm watering every day and each pot takes 1.5 - 2 liter of water when in late veg & early flower.
DaBeers
DaBeersstarted grow question 2 years ago
For example I look up Afghan Kush Ryder. The overview says "flowering takes 45-55 days" and then in the description part it says "Flowering - 70 days". I assume it means once you reach the flowering stage it will flower for 45-55 days and harvest in 70. Am I close? Thx!
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Ezzjaybruh
Ezzjaybruhanswered grow question 2 years ago
If this is an auto than that’s the explanation
DaBeers
DaBeersstarted grow question 2 years ago
I diagnosed these pics and added some Tiger Bloom (2-8-4). Now I'm thinking I need some CalMag. Do you have any recommendations? Adding the Tiger Bloom was the first nute I have ever added. See substrate used. 4 of 6 plants have variations of this and it's slowly getting worse.
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m0useanswered grow question 2 years ago
I think it was smart to add in some Tiger Bloom in case it was lacking a bit of P. CalMg is also a good option. The spots look like calcium issues but also potassium. however potassium will be covered in tiger bloom as well. Give it some calmg and check how its doing in the following week. I'd also raise your ph to 6.5 in soil grows Best Of Luck
DaBeers
DaBeersstarted grow question 2 years ago
Howdy peeps. Wondering if anyone has any thoughts on Burp Lids. I'm nearing my first harvest and think that maybe these are worth getting. Does anyone here use these? Thanks in advance!
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LeastExpectedGroweranswered grow question 2 years ago
Or you can just untwist the jar lid. ;) Can't see this is worth the extra expense especially if it's just your first harvest and you don't have dozens of jars to work with.
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DaBeers
DaBeersweek 0
Day 8 - things progressing as per the plan! But what do I know... this is my first grow lol
homerjgangia
homerjgangiaweek 0
Good luck with your grow mate!πŸ’ͺπŸ’ͺ
DaBeers
DaBeers
Thanks I appreciate it! Fingers crossed...
WisdomCulture420
WisdomCulture420week 0
Good luck mate πŸ˜‰πŸŒ± All my support for your new growth I wish you a beautiful and big future harvest πŸ™ŒπŸ»πŸ”₯
DaBeers
DaBeers
@@WisdomCulture420, Thanks! Regardless of what happens It'll be my best grow ever!!! lol
homerjgangia
homerjgangiaweek 0
Good luck with your grow mate!πŸ’ͺπŸ’ͺ
Wackytabacky_420
Wackytabacky_420week 0
Best of luck and Happy Growing!πŸŒ±πŸ’šπŸ˜ŽπŸ’ͺπŸ’ͺ
DaBeers
DaBeers
Thank you. It's good to be here with all of you...
bon_gg
bon_ggweek 7
It's going very well and looking greatπŸ‘ Great job,broπŸ’ͺ
DaBeers
DaBeers
@@bon_gg, Appreciate it thanks!
bon_gg
bon_gg
@DaBeers, Amazing! I think you'll be a great grower in no timeπŸ’ͺ
DaBeers
DaBeers
@@bon_gg, Thank you G! Soon it will be another first for me - harvesting, drying, and curing. I've learned soooo much on this grow and already have applied the new knowledge on my second! Thanks again brother G!
bon_gg
bon_ggweek 8
Great garden😍 The girls probably have a few weeks left to harvest! If harvested too early, yield and potency may be greatly reduced. I wish you the best of luck with your harvest😎 https://www.growweedeasy.com/harvest
DaBeers
DaBeers
@@bon_gg, Thanks for the link to gwe/harvest. That helps a lot!
Red_Rockst4r
Red_Rockst4rweek 5
πŸ’šπŸ’šπŸ’š Gr8 pictures πŸ“·πŸ’– Keep sharing πŸ‘Œ I wish you and your plant the best - 1 love 🍁🌿
Y0ink
Y0inkweek 0
Good Luck! Wish you the best! πŸ’ͺπŸ™πŸ’š
OrganicNature420
OrganicNature420week 0
Nice set up goodluck βœŒοΈπŸΌπŸŒ±πŸ’š
DaBeers
DaBeers
@OrganicNature420, Thank you for your input! I do have my heat mats working properly now - they were reading 20c and are now set for 22c and are now "ON" (I read in a couple places that 22c was the proper substrate temp). I will immediately increase the tent temp to 27c per your suggestion. As I look for a better device I have cranked up the room humidifier to it's max of 65%. Many thanks...
OrganicNature420
OrganicNature420
@DaBeers, for day 15 they are looking a little behind bro. Always start in smaller pots and get a propergater to keep seedlings warm and high humidity for 1st week. I'm guessing your temps are a little low aswell as your humidity? Your looking for 27c and 70% humidity. A 3lt humidifier will work great in your tent. Will only cost you Β£30 and is a key piece of equipment that's needed
DaBeers
DaBeers
@OrganicNature420, Thank you Grandmaster! As I near the end of my first Diary I may ask you to take a couple mins and review my notes and provide your expert feedback and advice. That would be much appreciated and extremely helpful before I start my 2nd one! Thank you again and have a great day!
Maryjane23
Maryjane23week 10
Great buds!!✌️✌️
DaBeers
DaBeers
@Maryjane23,Thanks MaryJ!
Kynareth
Kynarethweek 4
lovely diary
DaBeers
DaBeers
@Kynareth, Thank you! Being my first grow I feel I should write down every seemingly important detail so I know what I did right and review what I can improve on. Thanks for taking a peek at my diary!
OrganicNature420
OrganicNature420week 3
Well done great start πŸŒ±πŸ’š
DaBeers
DaBeers
Sour_D
Sour_Dweek 2
Looks like you're off to a great start @DaBeers. πŸ’ͺ I also use Fox Farms Ocean Forest and usually don't add any additional nutes till 4 weeks or more. 😎
DaBeers
DaBeers
@Sour_D,Thanks Bud. My goal this grow, and every grow actually, is to not use anything external just use the soil that nature (that's me!) has provided the plants lol. They are looking great so far IMHO.
Chris42081
Chris42081week 10
Burplids have many flaws. I tossed mine the first time I used the. When they would not keep the seal sealed. Multiple times. To bad good concept poor cheaply made product.
DaBeers
DaBeers
@Chris42081, thanks for your feedback. seemed like a gimmick to me. maybe if they actually worked...
m0use
m0useweek 10
Big Harvest! Congrats!
DaBeers
DaBeers
@m0use, Thanks man
OrganicNature420
OrganicNature420week 10
Congrats on the harvest bro πŸ‘πŸ»πŸŒ±πŸ’š
Only4passion
Only4passionweek 9
Nice grow my friend πŸ€πŸ‘Œall bestπŸ™Œ
OrganicNature420
OrganicNature420week 3
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