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3 years ago
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Germination
3 years ago
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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Peat Pellet
Germination Method
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Week 1. Vegetation
3 years ago
4 cm
18 hrs
25 °C
6.5
No Smell
65 %
22 °C
22 °C
15 L
60 cm
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
3 years ago
20 cm
18 hrs
25 °C
6.5
No Smell
50 %
22 °C
22 °C
15 L
50 cm
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
3 years ago
20 cm
18 hrs
23 °C
6.5
Weak
40 %
22 °C
22 °C
22 °C
15 L
0 L
50 cm
Nutrients 1
Bio-Grow - BioBizz
Bio-Grow 1 mll
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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LST
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Week 4. Vegetation
3 years ago
23 cm
18 hrs
23 °C
6.5
Normal
40 %
22 °C
22 °C
22 °C
15 L
1 L
45 cm
Nutrients 2
Bio-Grow - BioBizz
Bio-Grow 1 mll
Bio-pH- - BioBizz
Bio-pH- 0.1 mll
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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5
Week 5. Vegetation
3 years ago
33 cm
18 hrs
22 °C
6.5
Normal
40 %
22 °C
22 °C
20 °C
15 L
1 L
45 cm
Nutrients 2
Bio-Grow - BioBizz
Bio-Grow 2 mll
Bio-pH- - BioBizz
Bio-pH- 0.1 mll
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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HST
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Week 6. Flowering
3 years ago
36 cm
18 hrs
22 °C
6.5
Normal
20 %
22 °C
22 °C
20 °C
15 L
1 L
33 cm
Nutrients 4
Bio-Grow - BioBizz
Bio-Grow 4 mll
Bio-pH- - BioBizz
Bio-pH- 0.1 mll
Top-Max - BioBizz
Top-Max 1 mll
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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Defoliation
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Week 7. Flowering
3 years ago
36 cm
18 hrs
22 °C
6.5
Normal
20 %
22 °C
22 °C
20 °C
15 L
1 L
33 cm
Nutrients 6
CANNA PK 13/14 - Canna
CANNA PK 13/14 0.5 mll
Bio-Grow - BioBizz
Bio-Grow 1 mll
Bio-pH- - BioBizz
Bio-pH- 0.1 mll
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Week 8. Flowering
3 years ago
43 cm
18 hrs
27 °C
6.5
Normal
20 %
22 °C
22 °C
20 °C
15 L
1 L
33 cm
Nutrients 4
Bio-Grow - BioBizz
Bio-Grow 1 mll
Bio-pH- - BioBizz
Bio-pH- 0.1 mll
Top-Max - BioBizz
Top-Max 1 mll
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
3 years ago
45 cm
18 hrs
25 °C
6.5
Normal
20 %
22 °C
22 °C
20 °C
12 L
1 L
30 cm
Nutrients 5
Bio-Grow - BioBizz
Bio-Grow 1 mll
Bio-pH- - BioBizz
Bio-pH- 0.1 mll
Top-Max - BioBizz
Top-Max 1 mll
I think its harvest time, so next update is going to be that.
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Week 10. Harvest
3 years ago
Happy Harvest Day!
Northern Light Automatic - Royal Queen Seeds
Spent 40 days
Ger Veg Flo Har
8/10
Rated
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
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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