Switched the plants into flower the last two days of this week so it has been in flower now for two days now. Will keep the week reflecting veg at 18/6 given the majority of the days it was on this schedule.
Gave the plants their first application of ChitoSal in the form of foliar spray as per its directions. Moved the lights up to 70cm till plants where dry to avoid any burning and they did alright. prepared the mini top dressing of 1/3 the monthly amount to space out the initial shock. Still the 50/50 mix and next week is the 25/75 mix of Herb Thrive/Abundant Bloom 5-4-5 & 2-7-7.
50/50 mix coming in at 3.5-5.5-5.5
25/75 mix coming in at 2.75-6.25-6.5
Following this last week of the 1/3 monthly feeding over three weeks I will go down to 1/4 monthly feeding every week till the last 3rd week and only use water with its added amendments I have been using, also plan on upping the molasses last few weeks in flower for a boot in thickness/plumpness.
I have also completed my LAB serum for the grow by culturing the bacteria. This will be introduced on next weeks schedule and done every other week. I also made a mini wheel of cheese from the leftover curd, taste like a mildly slated feta with a Parmesan cheesy smell :D May upload this process with photos in the week I am drying the buds before harvest is entered.
Found some little creatures when watering them this morning. Have identified them as Springtails and they are none threatening to the plants health. If the populations gets out of hand I will apply some nematodes to the top soil to knock them back. guessing they came with the compost product I mixed into the grow with the last transplant and topdressings. They eat mold so I'm not to upset with them.
Lastly I put the clones that where sitting in water in their first mini homes. They all got dipped in IBA 0.1% rooting powder and the ones that I all ready had rooted got a top dress of compost. The two lager containers of two plants are Blue Cindy "two plants one container previously rooted" all the smaller ones are Maltezerz "one plant previously rooted"
When you are using SCROG, do you like to have the majority or all the spaces filled before you flip to flower?
I plan on using some of the stretch growth to fill the rest of the canopy space. not a lot maybe 30%
Ideas, thoughts?
Hello. Just want to say thanks on your effort on the questions page and congrats on your win. I thought most of your answers were good and I liked that you did some research before you answered some of the questions. It's tough when you try to help only to have some growers jump on you or try to trip you up . I think you did well. Chuck.
Cannabis is a great hobby. I'm still learning. Give it a try and tell us how it went in your diary.
Thinking of planting this outside after harvest...
1) chop just the cola branches, leave all lower nodes/branches
2) reveg the plant to regrow leaves/branches from lower nodes
2.5) transplant outside once ready
3) harvest the plant a 2nd time.
Any insight/advice?
Your plan on paper looks to be correct. Good luck, I'd like to see the progress on this. Just be sure to leave enough nodes so the plant doesn't think it's going to die or near death, and you should be good, imo.
@m0use, I know the version with the powder and I have already used it on my indoor plants. I know fungus gnats aren't that bad, but they're just annoying :D I'll try the pot poppers, thanks for your advice
Just a heads up, hope all the questions your answering is not same advice as your using. You will have a mob coming for you for messing up tons of plants. Came to you page thinking you knew what you were doing. Your plants are small, hurting, and I feel sorry for all the people you gave advice to. Pump the brakes, and get your own grows in order before helping others. I would be pretty pissed with following your advice, and killing my plants or getting small yields.
@m0use,du for flink bror ud med dem der sviner folk vi skal alle hjælp hinanden og det er helt klart det fedeste her inde folk ER BLEVET SÅ MEGET BEDRE TIL TALE PÆNT OG HJÆLPE HINANDEN 💚💚💚🥇
How often are you feeding/watering?
You might want to lower the ph to 5,2-5,8 since they are in coco. It shouldn’t be needed when growing organically, but still.
@m0use,
Oh, ok, I was not aware there’s soil in the mix, since you only have coco, perlite and vermiculite in your table, and they’re not soil.
With only those 3 you would have a hydroponic medium.
Your temps by thermometer are too low, I veg in 26-28 cel and they love it !
Cold - purple, but slows down uptake of calcium too, and all shit starts, they love hot summers while vegging !
@m0use, oh, you was measuring soil temp, ok, my bad ;))) soil is around 20-24, at least area around. Never measure soil, I had blue lab triple unite, but it broke after two days of playing, refunded, never bought other ;)))
Nicely detailed, but shouldn’t it be $1.67 per day (not $0.67) for 144 days is $240 ? So, about $50/month in electricity? Dimensional analysis (I.e. unit cancellation) got me through undergrad.
The amazing related thing is the CO2 footprint for indoor weed. Summers, et al. (The GHG emissions of indoor cannabis production in the US) presents these values:
Indoor: 2,283-5,184 kg CO2 per kg of dried flower (fucking hell that’s three orders of magnitude)
Greenhouse: 326.6 kg CO2 per kg of dried flower
Outdoor: 22.7 kg CO2 per kg of dried flower
As another researcher puts it, growing indoor weed is totally indefensible from an environmental standpoint. It should all be grown outside. Of course, then the starlings might eat the seedlings. Cheers.
@Northern_Ent, Thanks for eagle eye! I'll have to correct it, I was so tired when I typed it all out and thought I ironed out all the details. Can you DM me how you got that number I'm not getting it and just got off work cant think right now. seems GD does not like money talk in comment and it changed some of them on your reply. hopefully dm's are different. its shows some numbers in the notification but nothing about "s_orgional"
I don't want to think of the c02 impact. Granted I don't like to grow indoors in the summer months, rather do it all outside. calculating the total co2 impact on all materials used, tracking how long it travelled and its process, fertilizer, hydro, mediums. it would be nuts I'm sure.
I have a feeling my math is way off on this. I really need a 2nd set of eyes on my calculations and to make a spread sheet that will do it all for me.
@gottagrowsometime, Sorry for the late reply I did not see this comment till now! Thank you and congrats on also placing in DOTY contest!
Best of luck to us!!! :D
Hi @m0use happy to read your diary🤜🤛
I like a lot this technic, i want to try it a day🔥
As I understand it, you have to defoliate a lot and a lot of times
remove all the leaves before the mailing hooks and the plant will be directed to push towards the top, where you need it
Defoliation is essential in this technique. Happy growth bro!🍀
@AwfulBuddy, I have not defoliated this grow.
I stripped some lower growth branches and remove side shoots. but let as many leaves as possible.
Its a half assed version on mainlining to me.
Normally mainlining has just 2 starting branches or one node.
Mine have 4 or two nodes worth.
@m0use, do it ! With photos I was giving 24 hours darkness before flip. Did magic, was saving me few days for sure. They knew the path immediately ...
Btw my Alaskan diesel autos are 181 and 202 , third is still drying ... In two weeks you would harvest that strain and have similar results to mine ... Thing to consider .... Autos are braking records like nothing !
Oh my god this is one hell of a precise diary, i love it!
Thanks for sharing all that! 🤩👍
Leds have slashed my electric bill to a very affordable price, love them! Also i feel so much safer to leave those lights on when i am out, those will not burn my house down in case they fall or malfunctions due to high heat!
Anyway awesome diary, i wish i can do one that thoroughly too! 😀❤️
Hellloo ✌️😁
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looking good 👍 ,
did u get the yellowing under control ? Sometimes just plain over/under watering, not ya levels can yellow the leaf or make the plant drop the leaf ..hey i might be able to help u "tune up" things abit if u want ? ... actually i know i can and would like to help u😷✌️ ..
Hey my friend ..
also what is this place ? Really ?
I thought was a place for growers to show ,share tricks and rate strains .. lol 😁👍 iv found it nonstop ads + scrubby alt accounts looking for glory 😆👍...
Cya 😷✌️
@Medical_Cannabis_Australia,
The yellowing was mostly under control.
What would your advice be to solve this?
I ended up flushing the plants and it slowed it down a lot but not 100%.
I use an ad blocker and the DNS servers I use block out some of the garbage as well with my anti-virus/internet security suite. Add blocking is 100% needed on the internet, it's a dirty whore of a place.
Now its time for chop so they are drying and I'm just waiting to make the harvest entry.
Thanks for the love.