Dec 27 (day 8): Start of week 2. Sheβs looking great today, getting taller and her second set of true leaves. Sheβs thirsty though as the water has dried up on top now. I gave her more PH balanced water from the syringe in a circle around the seedling. No nutes until the end of week 2 as the soil will have enough to keep them going until then. Iβm really pleased with how well she is growing.
Dec 28 (day 9): She's looking good and still growing. Gave her a bit more water.
Dec 29 (day 10): Looking good, growing fast and a lovely colour. Leaves are getting really big and she has 2 sets of true leaves now at a good size π
Dec 30 (day 11): More growth but mainly on the leaves. Her second set of true leaves are showing 3 fingers and her third set are starting to come through. Gave her a bit of water with the syringe. Still having to refill the humidifier daily, even on its lowest setting but thats ok. The environment seems stable and RH is averaging 75-80% and temperature is consistently around 22C.
Dec 31 (day 12): She's still looking really good today and her second set of true leaves are now fully separated from the main stem and showing 3 fingers. She's also got her first set of nodes and I got some nice close up photos of them. She's leaning a tiny bit to the left again and so are a couple of the other plants. My best guess is that the light is on too high. I am going to turn it down a bit from 40% to 30% and see if they straighten up. No water required at this point.
Jan 1 (day 13): Happy New Year! Looking good and still growing. Nodes are getting bigger and new ones coming through. She could probably do with some water, but going to leave it until tomorrow as it will have been two weeks, so I can start her on the nute schedule.
Jan 2 (day 14): End of week 2. Cannot believe she is only 2 weeks old as she is SO big! Am really pleased with her progress, she now has fingers on her third set of true leaves, fingers on one set of nodes and the second set are growing. She was due a water today and definitely ready for it. Now 2 weeks have past and she has likely used up all the nutrients in the soil, I am starting her on week 1 of the Biobizz nute schedule, adding a preventative dose of calmag and microbes (which I will add once a week). Its difficult to know how much water to give at this point, so I checked out the FastBuds site and they suggest 300-600ml every 2 days during Veg phase. I prepared 2 litres of feed as its a nice even number to calculate from and thought I would see how much she would take. I gave her 300ml to start with and she drank that very quickly and easily, so I added another 100ml. She also drank that down quickly, so I gave her 100ml more which made a total of 500ml. I got a tiny bit of run off, but I am fairly happy about that as it means I know she got enough water. With my first grow, I was underwatering quite dramatically and didn't find out until well into the flowering stage. It seriously stunted the growth of my first two plants Ophelia and Wendy, but I managed to get Orla and Wanda back on track as they were 10 days behind. As its the end of the week, I have exported the thermometer stats and entered them into my spreadsheet. This way I can calculate the average weekly temperature and humidity. Average temp was 23C and RH was 71% which is improved from week one as I got the humidifier. Some of the plants are still leaning slightly, although two have straightened up a bit since I turned the light down. Have turned it down to 20% to see if the others straighten up. Out of all the 4 plants, it seems the indica dominant plants are slightly ahead as Gertie and Kelly both have fingers on their third set of true leaves. All in all a good week and I'm hoping the onward path is similar π
@Wicked_Stix, thanks mate, I appreciate that. I am still new to this and the diaries allow me to note things down and Iβve found it interesting to compare my last grow at this stage to my current one. It still just seems really unfair though. If it was a close contest Iβd get it, but when it looks like they didnβt even bother to look at or read my diary, the injustice of it stings. Thanks for the reassurance and kind words though, reminds me that the community is more important than the prize π
@greenhousegrowgirl, I know exactly how you feel. Sometimes I think they roll dice to pick winners lol. I have seem some amazing detailed diaries with beautiful top shelf buds lose to diaries with trash buds and no info. Dont let it get you down. Just enter diary of the month every month and eventually you will get it. Best of luck
@Wicked_Stix, thank you so much! This comment comes at a much needed time as well, because I lost the Newbie of the Month contest π I spent 100 days updating my diary with a comment for every day and some of the winners had no detail whatsoever. I've had a bit of a crisis of confidence and felt like I was wasting my time, but to see that someone has read it and liked it, makes a big difference. THANK YOU for taking the time to comment π
Amazing setup! I was looking at your first grow and you really were all out! I'm sure it will be an amazing harvest. I used Air Pots when they first came out and they were so messy. They look clean! Now the Honor The Plant pots I am trying are much more messy. Congratulations on the amazing grow!
@KAPT_SAVE_Da_HOE, thanks so much! The watering is the messiest bit, so I hear you. I wrote a lot about it in my first grow diaries as it took me a while to get to grips with them. I'm still learning, but if you go back to airpots on your next grow, I'd be happy to share what I learned. I'm behind in my diaries, but will update them in the next week or so. I'm going to chop them today!!!
Hey there,
Thanks so much for running this diary :)
We really hope that you enjoyed growing our genetics! Congrats growmie, pollen for days!
Happy harvesting