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4y ago
Start at Harvest
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Germination
4y ago
Chunky_Budai First time grower, decided to go with peat pellet. Filled her up with water (35ml according to instructions), placed the seed ~half an inch into the peat and loosely covered. 3 days later the seedling had sprouted. Moved her to the grow tent with light some 30 inches above.
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Used method
Peat Pellet
Germination Method
1
Week 1. Vegetation
4y ago
4 cm
Height
18 hrs
Light Schedule
25 °C
Day Air Temp
6.5
pH
No Smell
Smell
65 %
Air Humidity
22 °C
Solution Temp
22 °C
Night Air Temp
15 liters
Pot Size
60 cm
Lamp Distance
Chunky_Budai Transferred to soil pretty fast, tore away the peat pot for better root growth. First watering on day 5, no nutrients as the soil is pretty nutrient rich. Hoping it won't cause problems. Keeping humidity high with a wet towel. I think I'll have to buy a humidifier at some point.
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Week 2. Vegetation
4y ago
20 cm
Height
18 hrs
Light Schedule
25 °C
Day Air Temp
6.5
pH
No Smell
Smell
50 %
Air Humidity
22 °C
Solution Temp
22 °C
Night Air Temp
15 liters
Pot Size
50 cm
Lamp Distance
Chunky_Budai More rapid growth, starting to smell a little. Still not feeding any nutrients. I have a feeling the plant is somewhat root bound. The soil has not dried properly. Maybe I'll wait longer until watering more. I've been feeding her pH balanced water, some 0.5l every 3 days (twice this week).
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Week 3. Vegetation
4y ago
20 cm
Height
18 hrs
Light Schedule
23 °C
Day Air Temp
6.5
pH
Weak
Smell
40 %
Air Humidity
22 °C
Solution Temp
22 °C
Substrate Temp
22 °C
Night Air Temp
15 liters
Pot Size
0.3 liters
Watering Volume
50 cm
Lamp Distance
Nutrients 1
Bio-Grow - BioBizzWWO
Bio-Grow
1 mll
Chunky_Budai Started LST, feels somewhat slow growth but looking at last week's photo I think she's doing fine. Should have used smaller pot (11l perhaps) so that LST would be easier. Since I didn't fill this one up completely the walls of the pot are a little bit too high making training somewhat harder. Been keeping the light a tad bit too far away. I brought it down a little. Started giving nutes, the minimum recommended amount. The leaves have started looking more vibrant.
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Used techniques
LST
Technique
4
Week 4. Vegetation
4y ago
23 cm
Height
18 hrs
Light Schedule
23 °C
Day Air Temp
6.5
pH
Normal
Smell
40 %
Air Humidity
22 °C
Solution Temp
22 °C
Substrate Temp
22 °C
Night Air Temp
15 liters
Pot Size
0.5 liters
Watering Volume
45 cm
Lamp Distance
Nutrients 2
Bio-Grow - BioBizzWWO
Bio-Grow
1 mll
Bio-Down - BioBizzWWO
Bio-Down
0.1 mll
Chunky_Budai Somehow feels like stunted growth. Leaves showing sings of slight nutrient burn. Did a pH balanced watering in the middle with no added nutes.
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LST
Technique
5
Week 5. Vegetation
4y ago
33 cm
Height
18 hrs
Light Schedule
22 °C
Day Air Temp
6.5
pH
Normal
Smell
40 %
Air Humidity
22 °C
Solution Temp
22 °C
Substrate Temp
20 °C
Night Air Temp
15 liters
Pot Size
0.5 liters
Watering Volume
45 cm
Lamp Distance
Nutrients 2
Bio-Grow - BioBizzWWO
Bio-Grow
2 mll
Bio-Down - BioBizzWWO
Bio-Down
0.1 mll
Chunky_Budai Growing more rapidly now and showing some flowering. Started giving her more nutes and flushing every third watering to prevent nute buildup. I’ll start flowering nutes soon. I made an unfortunate mistake and snapped her main branch. Was also unable to heal it completely but the plant seems healthy. Everything seems to be going surprisingly good
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LST
Technique
HST
Technique
6
Week 6. Flowering
4y ago
36 cm
Height
18 hrs
Light Schedule
22 °C
Day Air Temp
6.5
pH
Normal
Smell
20 %
Air Humidity
22 °C
Solution Temp
22 °C
Substrate Temp
20 °C
Night Air Temp
15 liters
Pot Size
0.5 liters
Watering Volume
33 cm
Lamp Distance
Nutrients 4
Bio-Grow - BioBizzWWO
Bio-Grow
4 mll
Bio-Down - BioBizzWWO
Bio-Down
0.1 mll
Top-Max - BioBizzWWO
Top-Max
1 mll
Chunky_Budai Starting to flower so im going to progressively increase flowering nutes. I bought humidifier last week and added it tothe grow tent. The plant started feeling real down so i removed it, bounced back realquick. Did some light defoliation to give light to lower bud sites. Going to keep it light so i wont screw things up. She is not a monster but im still proud of her.
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Used techniques
LST
Technique
Defoliation
Technique
7
Week 7. Flowering
4y ago
36 cm
Height
18 hrs
Light Schedule
22 °C
Day Air Temp
6.5
pH
Normal
Smell
20 %
Air Humidity
22 °C
Solution Temp
22 °C
Substrate Temp
20 °C
Night Air Temp
15 liters
Pot Size
0.5 liters
Watering Volume
33 cm
Lamp Distance
Nutrients 6
CANNA PK 13/14 - Canna
CANNA PK 13/14
0.5 mll
Bio-Grow - BioBizzWWO
Bio-Grow
1 mll
Bio-Down - BioBizzWWO
Bio-Down
0.1 mll
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Used techniques
LST
Technique
8
Week 8. Flowering
4y ago
43 cm
Height
18 hrs
Light Schedule
27 °C
Day Air Temp
6.5
pH
Normal
Smell
20 %
Air Humidity
22 °C
Solution Temp
22 °C
Substrate Temp
20 °C
Night Air Temp
15 liters
Pot Size
0.5 liters
Watering Volume
33 cm
Lamp Distance
Nutrients 4
Bio-Grow - BioBizzWWO
Bio-Grow
1 mll
Bio-Down - BioBizzWWO
Bio-Down
0.1 mll
Top-Max - BioBizzWWO
Top-Max
1 mll
Chunky_Budai Flowering continues. Lower leaves are getting used by the plant, not sure if its a bit too early so i’ll start adding calmag regularily.
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Week 9. Flowering
4y ago
45 cm
Height
18 hrs
Light Schedule
25 °C
Day Air Temp
6.5
pH
Normal
Smell
20 %
Air Humidity
22 °C
Solution Temp
22 °C
Substrate Temp
20 °C
Night Air Temp
11.5 liters
Pot Size
0.5 liters
Watering Volume
30 cm
Lamp Distance
Nutrients 5
Bio-Grow - BioBizzWWO
Bio-Grow
1 mll
Bio-Down - BioBizzWWO
Bio-Down
0.1 mll
Top-Max - BioBizzWWO
Top-Max
1 mll
Chunky_Budai I think its harvest time, so next update is going to be that.
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LST
Technique
10
Week 10. Harvest
4y ago
Spent 65 days
Ger Veg Flo Har
25 g
Bud wet weight per plant
1
Plants
0.36
Grow Room size
Easy
Difficulty

Height
Day air temperature
Air humidity
PH
Light schedule
Solution temperature
Night air temperature
Substrate temperature
Pot size
Lamp distance
Chunky_Budai Looking back I made several mistakes, mainly using Peat pellets and peat pot, both of which slowed the root growth (did my best removing them after few weeks). Also I feel like I should have given the plant more nutrients early on. And i should have waited a few more days before harvesting for better high. Overall a fun grow and I’ll be doing this again at some point!
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Kynareth
Kynareth commented4y ago
good luck with your grow
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