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These were freebie seeds from the North Atlantic Seed Company of Skunk #1 Autoflower.
Used a combination of germination methods this time around. Glass of Water > Paper Towel > Into Substrate. Took 4 days to germinate. gently removed the seed cap from the sapling once it became erect and was able to stand on its' own stem. Moved the newer seedling to its' own 5 gallon pot when it sprouted.
Step by step:
-Placed one seed into 0 PPM 6.0 pH cup of water, until the seed sank to the bottom.
-After which, I soaked a paper towel with the same water and left it in a small container with no light and minor airflow.
-Placed into medium inside of grow tent once the seed opened slightly, with the opening of the seed facing down.
-Put a clear cup on top of the sapling after spraying inside with a plant mister, to increase the relative humidity of the seed/sapling.
-Re-applying mist every 3-6 hours and a very small watering every 18 hours.
-Placed the other seed directly into the medium of the same 5 gallon fabric pot, 2 days after the first seed was placed into the pot. (12/19/21)
-Watering with tap water left to settle for 24 hrs and adjusted to 6.0 pH + ~50 TDS/PPM.
12/21/21: Sprinkled some Great White (about 1/2 a tsp.) on the top of the soil around both seeds to help improve root growth while watering.
12/23/21: Both seeds have successfully germinated in the same pot.
Used a tablespoon and a spare pot to 'transplant' the new seedling into the spare pot. Sprinkled Great White directly around/on the seedling/root and watered new pot with the same 6.0 pH water. Made sure the taproot didn't become exposed while transplanting in an attempt to avoid transplant shock on the new seedling.
12/24/21: The transplanted seedlings' stem seemingly has not become erect since transplanting. The seedling itself seems to still be alive, so I will simply continue to water and mist it as necessary.
Also, happy holidays if anyone happens to be reading this!
12/25/21:
-Pictures uploaded.
-Plant 1 is coming along nicely.
-Plant 2 has resumed normal growth and its' stem is now erect and starting to grow.
12/28/21:
-Both plants seem to be growing well. Fed both with a low dose of CalMag and Big Bloom for root building.
-Plant 1 no longer has a cup for humidity on top of it.
-Misting both plants a generous amount every 6-8 hours.
1/1/2022:
-Both plants are growing well, especially with the increased RH lately (area has been far more hot and humid this Winter than usual). Despite the grow being inside a grow tent, the rH seems to remain around half of that outdoors (60% outdoors and 30% inside tent on avg).
-Both are being given very little 6.0 pH water per day, started adding a very small dose of CalMag to their water as well.
1/4/2022:
-Humidity has returned back to average levels, therefore I've resumed misting every so often with tap.
-Continued watering either daily or every other day with 6.0 pH water with some CalMag. Both seem to be growing well so far.
1/9:
-Just added some Great White + Big Bloom to the water, not much happened this week. Plants are growing without any issues so far.
1/11:
-Added a low dose of Grow Big to the water.
1/13:
-Plant 1 is much shorter/stout in comparison to Plant 2. After giving the plants some lights out time, plant 2 had a large growth spurt in height, while plant 1 remained relatively the same in height.
1/14:
-Watered with remaining dose of previous water.
1/17:
-Plant 1 finally grew taller during lights out.
-Watered with low dose of CalMag and Big Bloom at around 5.8 - 5.9 pH.
1/18:
-Medium is still wet, no watering for today.
1/20:
-Very particular fan leaves removed from Plant 1.
-LST begun on Plant 1.
1/22:
-While plants were recovering from LST, the tent hit 50 degrees F during lights out thanks to my family deciding heat wasn't necessary while it is 12 degrees outside.
-Due to living with such Pepega's, the plants recovery during lights out seemingly didn't do much for them, if it even helped at all.
1/23:
-Plant 1 has seemingly made a full recovery from LST during lights out today.
-Plant 2 is not in a great state. After LST, the plant has gradually become droopier and droopier. From previous experience, it's similar to how a plant reacts from transplant shock. Perhaps I pulled the base of the stem too hard and caused the plant roots to move a bit too much. I'll more than likely take the plant out of the intense light and let it rest until the leaves are no longer drooping.
1/25:
-Began defoliation where necessary on both plants, more so on Plant 1.
-Plant 2 has been having some issues making a full recovery since LST was started 2-3 days ago. It has been drooping quite a bit on and off.
-Been watering with 5.8-6.0 pH water, sometimes with Grow Big and Big Bloom and other times without them.
-Lights out temperatures haven't been as high as I would like, but things have still been growing well all things considered.
1/30:
-Both plants received a watering solution of CalMag @ 5.8 - 5.9 pH on 1/27.
-Today both plants received a watering solution with (8mL) Grow Big, (3mL) Big Bloom and (3-4mL) CalMag.
-Continued to LST both plants due to additional nodes appearing. Canopy on Plant 1 is fantastic is comparison to Plant 2, this is ofc my fault due to starting LST on Plant 2 about 2-3 days too early.
-Two of the largest top fan leaves that were covering two growth nodes were defoliated since I was unable to tuck them (On both plants).
2/2:
-Continued LST on both plants as necessary.
-Minor defoliation of some under-nodes of Plant 1.
-Both plants watered with 10mL/gal Grow Big, 4mL/gal CalMag and ~3tbsp Big Bloom.
2/5:
-While doing some LST on both plants, BOTH of the main colas had snapped around 75% off. I of course attempted to offer them support for healing. Overnight, Plant 2's seemingly became worse, so I removed the top cola and planted it in a separate planter with rooting hormone, hopefully that can salvage that part of the plant. Plant 1's support is *SEEMINGLY* doing okay, hopefully it will heal up...
2/6:
-Both plants watered with 6.0pH water with a small dose of CalMag added (2.5mL/gallon).
-The supports of both plants holding up their main colas has failed, probably because I didn't support them well.
-I completely removed these snapped colas to help the plant stop diverting so much energy to healing these wounds and instead focus on growth elsewhere.
-I am attempting to root these cola's in a separate pot I'm using for another grow. It was beyond disappointing to lose these colas, considering I am a noob to growing and DO NOT want to super-crop or anything of that nature. Hopefully they'll root with the Great White I put on to them and create small plants.
2/7:
-Both plants watered with 6.0 pH solution with a small dose (~4mL/gal) of both Grow Big and Tiger Bloom (to help induce flowering), 4mL/gal of CalMag and some Big Bloom.
2/8:
-Both plants are making a decent recovery after losing their main colas. Plant 2 is seemingly healing better than Plant 1.
-I've also continued to defoliate Plant 1 to allow the to penetrate lower.
-Both plants are beginning to rapidly grow in height, I've heard this happens during preflower and it has been helpful with watering, especially because Plant 1 has been so bushy.
2/9:
-Watered both plants with the same solution as last time (mixture of Grow Big + Tiger Bloom, as well as some CalMag and Big Bloom).
2/10:
-Both plants are recovering well from the LST mishap, they're starting to gain height rapidly as they continue through preflower
2/11:
-Watered both plants with 3mL/gal of Grow Big, 4mL/gal of Tiger Bloom and 4mL/gal of CalMag.
2/13:
-Watered both plants with a small dose of Grow Big (2mL/gal) and a larger dose of Tiger Bloom (5mL/gal), along with some CalMag (3mL/gal).
2/14:
-Both plants given a small 6.1pH watering with no nutrients
2/15:
-When I went to turn the light off today, I noticed both plants were drooping quite a bit. I believe this is due to both the expectation of lights out, but more-so think it's because I've been watering them too frequently, despite being a mostly coco mixture.
-After turning lights on, the plants were mostly back to their normal stature.
2/16:
-The plants were once again drooping drastically before lights out. I still have reason to believe this is because they were overwatered in the past couple of days. The medium was still fairly wet all things considered. I'll give it another day before I water them.
2/17:
-Watered both plants with some Tiger Bloom (4mL/gal) and CalMag (3mL/gal) at around 6.1 pH.
-Both plants were LST'd once again to create a far better canopy, especially on Plant 2.
-Constant defoliation, almost daily.
2/18:
-Watered both plants with some Tiger Bloom (4mL/gal), some CalMag (3mL/gal) and some Big Bloom (2mL/gal) at around 6.1 pH.
-Did a vigorous and final round of defoliation as the plants head into the 2nd/3rd week of flower to supply far better light to both plant canopies.
-Plant 1 is far bushier and required a bit more defoliation for better light penetration.
-The leaves drooping is more than likely a result of the constant stress from defoliation. I'll definitely stop doing so and be more selective about the timing.
2/24:
-Watered both plants with some Tiger Bloom (4mL/gal) and a low dose of CalMag (2mL/gal) at around 6.0 pH.
-They can definitely use another round of defoliation, prob better now than later, so I'll probably give them an extreme defoliation before their next feeding.
2/25:
-Defoliated both plants quite a bit to increase light exposure inside the canopy. Even though dozens of fan leaves were removed, it still seems like light penetration will become a problem when things continue growing.
-Watering both plants again tomorrow.
2/26:
-Watered both plants with the rest of the watering solution from 2/24, as well as dechlorinated tap water at 6.1 pH.
3/1:
-Watered both plants with a small amount of 6.0 pH dechlorinated tap water, no runoff.
3/2:
-Watered both plants with 6.2 pH water with a small dose of CalMag (3mL/gal).
3/4:
-Watered both plants with 6.2 - 6.3 pH water, no nutes.
-Some more minor defoliation on both plants.
-Will give them some Tiger Bloom later in the week, at a VERY small dose.
3/5:
-Watered both plants with the same water from yesterday.
3/8:
-Watered both plants with 6.1 - 6.3 pH water without nutrients yet again. Their next feeding will contain liquid nutes, though not too much since they seem to be growing perfectly fine without any further assistance atm.
3/9:
-Watered both plants with 6.3 pH solution with about 2ml/gal of Tiger Bloom, 1 mL/gal of CalMag and a cpl tablespoons of Big Bloom.
3/10:
-Both plants were defoliated quite a bit. almost all large fan leaves were removed.
-Watered both plants with the remaining solution from yesterday.
3/11:
-Both plants seem to be growing quite nicely.
-Plant 2's upper leaves are perking up quite a bit, unsure why that's happening only them in particular.
3/12:
-Watered both plants with no nutes at around 6.4 - 6.5 pH.
-The buds on one of the plants are nice and plump in comparison to the buds on the other plant. Not sure what could have caused this, since both plants have been receiving identical treatment.
3/14:
-Watered both plants with the remaining water from last feeding, though it wasn't much.
-While examining Plant 2, I snapped a large branch from the base of it. It's quite a large branch so I would like to save it. I immediately attached a band aid around the break and tied a plant wire around the stem and anchored it to the main cola for support.
3/15:
-Watered both plants with no nutes at around 6.4 - 6.5 pH.
3/17:
-Watered both plants with 3mL/gal of Tiger Bloom and 2mL/gal of CalMag at around 6.3 - 6.4 pH.
-I may hold off on liquid nutrients for the rest of the grow, though I'll let the plants be my guide.
3/19:
-Lighting schedule was changed from 18hrs of light to 16hrs of light since all plants within the tent are in the flowering phase.
-Both plants watered with no nutes at around 6.2 - 6.4 pH.
-Both plants are in need of another round of defoliation, I would like to make it the final round of defoliation for these two plants and will more than likely do so tomorrow.
-After the flowers have continued to grow, I can definitely tell Plant 2 is suffering from foxtail buds. Since I have two seeds from the same distributor growing next to one another and the other plant has gorgeous fat buds with no foxtailing, it seems likely that it's genetic.
3/21:
-Used remaining water on both plants.
-Started brewing a compost tea to help both the plants get the juiciest buds possible, while attempting to avoid giving anymore nutrients to the plants afterwards.
Tea will contain:
-3.5 TBsp, Black Strap Molasses
-3 TBsp, Worm Castings
-1.5 TBsp, FoxFarm Big Bloom
-1.5 TBsp, Down to Earth 4-8-4
-1 TBsp. Down to Earth 4-4-4
-1 Tsp. Great White
3/23:
-The compost tea didn't smell amazing, almost like a weird BBQ-sauce. Probably due to lack of air-circulation during the brew. Beneficial microbial life will likely suffer as a result, but it *SHOULD* be good to use regardless.
-Watered both plants with the compost tea at around 6.2 pH.
-After about three hours of them being watered with the compost tea, I gave them an additional watering at around 6.4 - 6.5 pH.
-Compost tea was around 5.2 pH upon initial brewing, added a bunch of pH-Up to compensate for the plants growing in coco coir. Adding that much pH-Up definitely killed off a lot of the microbial life that was brewed up, sadly. In the future I will probably avoid using pH products on my compost teas, I will also brew for less time to avoid drastic pH drops or increases.
3/25:
-Watered both plants with no nutes at around 6.1 - 6.2pH.
-Plant 2 is starting to develop gorgeous autumn-like colors and doesn't seem to be developing any new buds. I'll keep an eye on it since it seems it'll be ready to pull sooner than later.
3/26:
-Both plants are approaching their harvest dates. I think Plant 2 might be done a few days before Plant 1, but I'll keep an eye on their trichomes.
3/27:
-Watered both plants with no nutes around 6.2 - 6.3 pH.
3/28:
-Pulled Plant 2 today, put it into the drying rack to begin drying.
3/29:
-Watered Plant 1 with no nutes at around 6.2 - 6.3 pH.
3/30:
-Watered Plant 1 with the same water as yesterday.
-Plant 1 is still continuing to grow white hairs and become even denser than it already was. The trichomes are *MAYBE* beginning to become cloudy. I'll keep an eye on the hair growth and development to get a better idea and have a look at the trichomes again in a week or so.
3/31:
-Plant 2 is almost done drying, though not done just yet.
4/1:
-Watered Plant 1 with no nutes at around 6.3 - 6.4 pH.
-Plant 2 is dried, trimmed and has been put into curing jars.
4/2:
-Watered Plant 1 with no nutes and no pH solution. Just de-chlorinated tap water.
4/3:
-Watered Plant 1 again with the same water as the previous watering.
-Dried weight of Plant 2 = 51.3g
4/5:
-Watered Plant 1 with dechlorinated tap water again.
4/6:
-Watered Plant 1 with same water from yesterday. I've been getting plenty of runoff everyday for the past week without anything but tap water. I'll be pulling the plant within the next day or two.
4/9:
-Plant 1 has been pulled and is beginning the drying process.
4/14:
-Been trimming since the 13th, but all bud is now trimmed and in curing jars.
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Week 14. Harvest
3 years ago
Happy Harvest Day!
Skunk #1 Autoflower - North Atlantic Seed Company - Custom Breeder & Strain
Loved growing and harvesting these seeds. Aside from the trimming part, can't stand trimming but it needs to be done! Only a crazy person would enjoy trimming for a minimum of 6 hours! 😋😋
They exceeded my expectations by FAR considering they were 'freebies' from North Atlantic Seed Company. I'd honestly love to try growing some of their other autoflower strains in the future.
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