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Week 1. Vegetation
3 years ago
8 cm
20 hrs
24 °C
No Smell
45 %
21 °C
22 °C
22 °C
10 L
0 L
10 cm
Nutrients 2
B-52 - Advanced Nutrients
B-52 1 mll
Voodoo Juice - Advanced Nutrients
Voodoo Juice 1 mll
Used 20W Led 6500K 2000 lumen ~ 10 cm from the top The pot is standing on the large bottle caps to ensure drainage. Applied B-52 and Voodoo Juice (1 ml/l) on day 9 from seed. Had to pour 2L of the solution to make all the soil moist. Also applied B-52 and Voodoo Juice (1 ml/l) and PH Perfect Grow Bloom Micro (0,5 ml/l) on day 14 from seed, but didn't include it in 'nutrients section' for this week. Didn't make any nice fotos but made an interesting clip ;)
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Week 2. Vegetation
3 years ago
16 cm
20 hrs
25 °C
No Smell
50 %
21 °C
22 °C
23 °C
10 L
0 L
35 cm
Nutrients 7
T.A. Calcium Magnesium 1.5 mll
T.A. Seaweed 4 mll
B-52 - Advanced Nutrients
B-52 1.25 mll
Installed Mars Hydro TS1000 on day 15 from seed. 30 cm from the canopy, dimmer at 50%. On day 14 from seed applied B-52, Vodoo Juice (1 ml/l) and PH Perfect Grow Bloom Micro (0.5 ml/l). I gave one day to adapt for new feeding and the day after added new light. The girl grows very fast with new light. Hope to see preflowers soon. On day 17 increased light to 75%, 35 cm distance. On day 19 applied Voodoo Juice, B-52 (1,5 ml/l) and Micro, Grow, Bloom (0,75 ml/l). 2 litres of solution with almost no drainage. Average feeding this week: 0,625 ml/l Micro, Grow, Bloom, and 1,25 ml/l Voodoo Juice, B-52. On day 20 second pair of leaves turned partially brown, most likely Calcium deficiency. Also, new leaves right above cotyledons became curly. On day 21 added T.A. Calcium Magnesium 1,5 ml/l and Seaweed 4 ml/l with PH Perfect Grow, Bloom, Micro 0,75 ml/l for proper PH. Watering 400 ml.
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Mr_Incognitostarted grow question 3 years ago
On the next day after watering with 0,75 ml/l PH Perfect Grow, Micro, Bloom and 1,5 ml/l Voodoo Juice, B-52 the second row of the leaves (three fingers) became partially brown and the newest lower leaves above cotyledons curled a bit. Can it be some kind of nutrient burn?
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Mr_Incognitoanswered grow question 3 years ago
I came to conclusion that this is Calcium deficiency caused by too soft bottled water that I used. It has only 43-65 mg/l of Ca2+ and mineralization 0.23-0.35 g/l. Also, I was giving less than half dosage of nutrients recommended for this stage of growth and probably in combination with soft water this caused the problem. Next time I use tap water and give a bit more nutrients to compensate the lack of Ca/Mg. Unfortunately I have to possibility to buy a PH-meter or any PH-paper at the moment, but I hope PH is optimal because I use PH Perfect mix. Thank you all for the answers!
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Week 3. Vegetation
3 years ago
20 cm
20 hrs
24 °C
Weak
50 %
21 °C
22 °C
22 °C
10 L
1 L
50 cm
Nutrients 5
T.A. Calcium Magnesium 1 mll
T.A. Seaweed 5 mll
pH Perfect Micro - Advanced Nutrients
pH Perfect Micro 1.5 mll
Day 22: I noticed that roots are coming out from the surface. Probably light overwatering on day 21 when I was adding CalMag. Day 23: very small pre-flowers on 4th node are visible. I’m so happy now! Added a layer of perlite to protect the roots that were visible. Installed DIY Carbon Filter to keep the smell inside. Seems working. Day 24: applied 1,5 ml/l PH Perfect Micro, Grow, Bloom, 1 ml/l T.A. Calcium Magnesium and 5 ml/l T.A. Seaweed. Used tap water this time, so reduced CalMag dosage a bit to avoid Calcium excess. Had to water it heavily (4L) to get some runoff (last time there was no water runoff at all). After 3L there was minor draining, then I added one more liter of solution and finally had 1L runoff. Next time will try 3,5L. Started LST, but the internodes are too short and I was able to bend only the lowest branches. Increased light distance to 40 cm and dimmed from 75% to 60% to have some stretching. Day 26: raised the light to 50 cm, dimmed to 50% to increase stretching. Removed two lower leaves that were damaged with Ca deficiency to stress the plant a little bit, switch it to survival mode. Hope this will speed up formation of pre-flowers. Going to continue LST in couple of days. Minor Ca deficiency symptoms are visible on middle leaves. Next time more CalMag. Day 27: almost no stretching noticed, although height increased from 18 to 22 cm in 4 days. Got back to 60% light at 50 cm. Only few pre-flowers are visible, slow transition to the flowering stage. The experiment with DIY filter was nice, and it was doing a great job keeping the smell inside, but I bought and installed a commercial one to keep it as secure as possible. Day 28: soil is a bit moist on the surface, 5th day since the last watering. Maybe tomorrow I will water again with nutrients and Fulvic acid. Fan leaves getting bigger and bigger. I don't want to defoliate but maybe this could help to speed up the transition to flowering. Still just a few preflowers on 6th and 7th nodes. I'm a bit worried. Maybe just need to be patient and calm down. Green mass is impressing, but I want to see more preflowers actually 😟 I think the light was too intense, so dimmed back to 50% at 50 cm. The only stretching I can notice is the side branches and growing fan leaves, which cover the lower branches almost completely...
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Mr_Incognito
Mr_Incognitostarted grow question 3 years ago
Guys, anyone with Mars TS 1000 or similar? Is it ok to put light at 50 cm only 50% power on week 4 from seed? Pre-flowers are showing very slowly.
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Hashyanswered grow question 3 years ago
Download a phone app called photone. Check your ppfd you should be around 300ppfd and 20DLi for the stage your at. Then use the app to monitor what ppfd/DLi your plants like at various stages of growth and then next time you'll find it a lot easier to judge.
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Week 4. Vegetation
3 years ago
36 cm
18 hrs
24 °C
6.2
Weak
60 %
21 °C
20 °C
20 °C
10 L
1 L
40 cm
Nutrients 6
T.A. Calcium Magnesium 1.5 mll
pH Perfect Micro - Advanced Nutrients
pH Perfect Micro 2 mll
pH Perfect Grow - Advanced Nutrients
pH Perfect Grow 2 mll
Day 29 from seed: 23 cm. Big thanks to Hashy for a very helpful advice to install Photone app! Now I can measure the light in PPFD and DLI, and set the correct height and power of my TS 1000. Previously I was only guessing and getting anxious from time to time. Well, now I have about 290 PPFD and 20,5 DLI at 43 cm distance and 60% power. With the next watering going to increase intensity to 350 PPFD, then gradually to 450 in 7 days when the flowering should begin. During flowering stage my target will be around 700 PPFD up to 800 on the last 2 weeks if the conditions will allow that. The main stem almost stopped stretching while the side branches are gaining on it. I like it. Helped the new shoots to receive more light by moving fan leaves underneath them. Still don't want to defoliate as I think every single leaf is important. The airflow is quite good, and the new shoots are slowly coming out from under the big fan leaves. If I have one main cola and about 8 side colas I will be more than happy. Day 30: 24 cm. Watered 3L before checking pH in solution. It was about 7. PH perfect didn't help much: 2ml/l of Grow, Bloom, Micro and 1,5 ml/l CalMag, 2 ml/l Fulvic acid, 5 ml/l Seaweed. Runoff was also about pH 7 or even higher but a very little amount, maybe 100 ml. Adjusted 1 liter of the solution to pH 6.2-6.3 with T.A. pH Down and applied. Runoff about 300 ml, pH 6.5-6.7. In total 4L watering with 10% runoff. I hope she'll be fine. Day 31: 26 cm. +2 cm height in one day. Internodes near the top are becoming longer. Increased light to 370 PPFD and 27 DLI. In the end of the day I saw praying leaves 😉. The girl increased in height for about 1-2 cm in less than 10 hours. PPFD was 412, DLI 30. It seems like a sweet spot found. The day temperature is ideal, about 23 C, humidity 60%. Day 32: 29 cm. She's getting bigger. Maybe it's even started flowering or about to start. Pistils on branches. 460 PPFD, 33 DLI. Day 33: 31 cm. 460 PPFD, 33 DLI. More pistils appear. Noticed asymmetrical branching. First I thought only few-days-old branches had that, and that made me worry a bit, but after additional check I can say it's also visible on young growth. That's a good sign. Day 34: 32 cm. 400 PPFD, 28 DLI. In the morning the leaves on top were looking strange: they folded. Some other leaves on side branches loosing turgor. I'm afraid I gave too much light and this way they're escaping it. Reduced the light to 400 PPFD and 28 DLI. The soil is not dry yet and it's 4th day after the last watering with 4L of solution. Drainage is good. I don't think it's nor overwatering neither underwatering symptoms. The day before the temp was 24 C max, 19 C min, humidity 75% max, 58% min. Today it's a bit warmer, the temp 26 C max, 21 C min, humidity 66% max, 53% min. Watered again with 4L nutrient solution, pH about 6.3. 10% runoff, pH about 6.2 or less. Things get worse. The leaves mentioned above are losing shine and become a bit matte. Dark patches on leaves increased. It's so sad. I was adviced to apply foliar spray with CalMag and reduce light schedule. So I did. 1 ml/l CalMag in darkness about 3 hours before the light goes on. Added one hour of darkness before the light normally goes on and one hour after the light goes off. 18/6 schedule starting on day 35. I have to mention that preflowering takes too long (12 days for now with no flowering areas yet) and that probably was caused by too much light. Probably that is the reason of CalMag deficiency as well. I'm just wondering if I will cure my plant and see any flowers soon. I'm too short on time. Day 35: 34-->36 cm. 380 PPFD, 25 DLI. 18/6 schedule. Got some good news! Turgor is back, leaves were praying since the first minute of the day. The folded leaves are open now. The growth is not stunted. Still raising few cm per day. Bad news: the leaves affected by CalMag deficiency are looking bad, browning increased, and they curled up a bit. I think that was predictable from yesterday. Hopefully, foliar feeding with CalMag helped and the rest of the foliage will be okay. Today and tomorrow we'll see if the she gets better. Probably I will reduce light schedule to 16/8 if no flowering signs will appear in two days. The evening: +2 cm during light period. It's so bushy and big, I doubt it's Easy Bud strain lol. Surely it is, but I didn't expect such vigorous growth in veg. 36 cm and it didn't even start flowering. I'm afraid it's stuck in preflowering stage due to stress caused by too heavy light schedule and CalMag deficiency as a result, and it's gonna preflower forever until 12/12 will be induced. I think even if I sacrifice 6 more light hours a day the yield will still be good because the plant is very big. I'm not going to remove damaged leaves yet, maybe in 2-3 days. If still no flowering patches will appear I will go straight to 12/12.
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Mr_Incognito
Mr_Incognitostarted grow question 3 years ago
In the morning the leaves on top are folded and the rest of the foliage looks like loosing turgor. Last watering was 4 days ago, about 4 litres of solution. The pot is 10L. The soil is covered with a layer of perlite and it’s not dry yet. Maybe it’s too much light? 460 ppfd
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Hashyanswered grow question 3 years ago
Hi there, had a scan through your diary and the plant looks good. I'm on week 6 of an auto and my ppfd is 400, which is about 25dli. I find my plants don't ever look great 1st thing when lights come on or just before lights go out. Probably an hour after lights on they look good and about half hour before lights off they look tired again. Only on 18/6 light schedule. Your in the correct ph range. I do prefer ph to be around 6.2 to 6.4 in soil. You probably don't have anything to worry about. Just keep your eye on it. Watering wise just water when top inch is dry, if it takes 4 days inbetween watering then so be it.
Mr_Incognito
Mr_Incognitostarted grow question 3 years ago
Noticed dark areas on few fan leaves near the top of the plant. Can’t figure out what could that be. PH about 6,2 or less.
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CRiSPrGrowanswered grow question 3 years ago
Hey there incognito, sorry but i have to disagree with my growmies, this is the start of a magnesium issue, and it will become quite severe if you dont do something about it for example give calmag, or make a calmag spray and spray it on twice a week. If you manage to give enough calmag the symptoms will stop spreading and the plant will recover quite quickly. Hope this helps ! 🚀
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Week 5. Vegetation
3 years ago
59 cm
18 hrs
25 °C
6.2
Weak
60 %
21 °C
20 °C
22 °C
10 L
1 L
35 cm
Nutrients 6
T.A. Calcium Magnesium 0.5 mll
Epsom Salt 18g/100ml concentrate 1.6 mll
pH Perfect Micro - Advanced Nutrients
pH Perfect Micro 2 mll
Day 36 from seed: 36-->40 cm, 390 PPFD, 25.6 DLI. Leaves were praying with the first light. She started stretching again with high speed, about 2-3 cm overnight! I guess this is the result of switching to 18/6 from 20/4. I wonder what I will see in the end of the day. She's very tall already. I hope the flowering starts soon, otherwise I will be out of vertical space when the stretching is over. Busy checking lots of grow questions about slow preflowering autos. Many growers say flipping to 12/12 can work well, and the harvest quality is even better in the end. Four lateral branches are almost the same height as the main stem. I still see new preflowers on each internode, but they just coming in pairs, not packed. That makes me think I've got wrong seed with supressed autoflowering gene. Thinking hard about flipping to 12/12 if no flowering sites appear on day 38. One grower pointed that the plant has dark green color on the bottom, I agree. I think I was giving too much nutes with each watering without giving plain water even once since week 2. It's slightly intoxicated with Nitrogen indeed. Next watering with no nutes, only CalMag. In the evening about +1 cm height. No changes in the way it grows. Still a pair of new leaves with a pair of pistils every few days. Was almost going to flip it to 12/12 tonight, but changed my mind. Gonna wait few more days and see. Day 37: 40-41 cm, 400 PPFD, 26 DLI. Almost no stretching during last 24 hours. Cut off the damaged blades from the fan leaves affected by CalMag deficiency. Checked the soil moisture by finger, a bit dry, also weighted the pot by hand, it became very light, almost 2-3 kg less. Watered in the evening 500 ml pH 6.7 with no runoff to avoid wilting as happened last time. Calculated the previous ratio: 12,5-7,5-22. Changed the ratio of the solution to 6-5.25-11 in order to force her to use some Nitrogen that she's storing in those dark-green leaves near the bottom. Applied 0.5 ml/l Micro, Grow, 1.5 ml/l Bloom, 1.5 ml/l CalMag, 0,75 ml/l Voodoo Juice. Will continue watering on day 38. Will definitely flip the light to 12/12 on day 40 if no signs of flowering appear on day 39. Really weird pheno. Day 38: 41-->44 cm, 400 PPFD, 26 DLI. She was a little bit sad in the morning, asking for water. Today I decided to give 6-5.25-11 and increased runoff. 5 L of solution pH 6.6(6.5). Runoff 20% with pH 6.5(6.4). Stretching continues, new leaves, new branches, new pistils, but they're now asymmetrical. I'm not sure if it's a sign of flowering coming soon, or it's just the sign of plant becoming mature. Luckily I have some grow space. The pot is standing on a rack about 30 from the floor. She's asking for more light, but I need to fix the issue with low Mg and high Ca in solution. T.A. CalMag has only 3,9% of Ca and 0,7% Mg. 1,5 ml/l CalMag brings 58,5 ppm of Ca, 9,9 ppm of Mg, and 15 ppm of N. I'm trying to find the best feeding bloom recipe for her using the available nutes. Attached the photo of different variants, any feedback will be highly appreciated! Day 39: 44-->48 cm, 430 PPFD, 28 DLI. Huge stretching continues. More asymmetrical new growth can be seen. More pistils. Some signs of flowering eventually. Waiting for the end of this week to see the difference. Fingers crossed. Day 40: 48-->51 cm, 450 PPFD, 29 DLI. Installed additional 120mm fan for better circulation. Gradually increasing light intensity. Will add Epsom Salt with next feeding to compensate the lack of Sulphur and Magnesium in the new recipe. I cut the grow component to get the NPK ratio with higher P. Day 41: 51-->55 cm, 460 PPFD, 29.8 DLI. Today I clearly see the beginning of flowering. It's so revealing after few weeks of waiting! The seed from RQS is good. My doubts are gone. 😇 Luckily I didn't flip to 12/12. Current schedule of 18/6 seems just perfect. The only thing I can't understand is why she's sooo big! She will be at least 1 m in the end, while I didn't allow unnecessary stretching. Well, at least it's an auto and flowers are on the way. Applied a new feeding recipe with Epsom salt in it. Should've add 5 ml of concentrate, but added 8 ml by mistake. Good that it was not too strong and it will only give extra 10-15 ppm of Mg and S to the solution. According to my calculations 1,45g of Epsom salt per 5 liters add 28 ppm of Mg and 37 ppm of S. The suggested amount of 1-2 teaspoons per gallon gives too much ppm into solution, I don't wanna risk. Runoff about 25% today. First 400 ml went out quickly with pH not far from solution: 6,3 drain, 6,7 solution. But as I continued watering slowly, pH of runoff changed significantly to 6,2 or even 6. That's interesting. Seems I didn't allow it to flush thoroughly last time by watering too fast. I hope PH Perfect part will do it's job till the next watering. By the way, the finger method of checking soil moisture doesn't work completely in my case. Fabric pot dries evenly from all sides and when just two cm of the surface seems to be dry it means the plant is already too thirsty. Weighting the pot by hands is much more informative. She is sucking water like a pump now, about 1,3 liters per day. Day 42: 55-->59 cm, 490 PPFD, 31.8 DLI. She's good. I'm almost out of space in the closet. Will have to remove the shelf soon and put the pot on the floor. That's extra 30 cm. Recalculated the recipe again, next time I give her 11,5-10,5-20 (NPK as N, P2O5, K2O): about 115 ppm N, 45,15 ppm P, 166 ppm K. Water consumption increased. Watering every 3 days now. Some problems with humidity above 70% during the day due to the weather.
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Mr_Incognito
Mr_Incognitostarted grow question 3 years ago
Hi growmies! Should I flip my auto to 12/12? First preflowers on day 23. Day 37 now but only new leaves, branches and few pistils, no flowers. CalMag def on day 34, cured with spray. I’m limited in time, 6 weeks max to go. If flipping helps to trigger flowering I’d try it. 🙏
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CRiSPrGrowanswered grow question 3 years ago
hey there Mr. Incognito, flipping might help flowering, but usually switching to flowering nutrients will work better to trigger flowering. With 6 weeks left on the runway it's going to be tough to cross the finish line growmie . reduce veg nutrients with N and increase flowering nutrients with PK , hopefully that speeds things up. Hope this helps ! 🚀
Mr_Incognito
Mr_Incognitostarted grow question 3 years ago
Hello! I'm going to switch the feeding of my auto to flowering soon. I don't like the ratios recommended by AN, since it's for photoperiodic plants, that require more feeding. I calculated few recipes. Using soft water, so need more Cal/Mg. Want to hear your opinions/suggestions.
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HerbalEduanswered grow question 3 years ago
There's nothing like auto need less nutrients than photoperiod, what count is what size your plant gonna reach, a small plant obviously need less nutrient than a bigger plant. If your auto get a vigorous growth the first few weeks of stretch (wich is not most people case here on growdiaries, for some reasons that are beyond my understanding many people f**k their first few weeks and end with rather small plants) you can feed it exactly the same as a photoperiod eventually a week or two delay with the feeding schedule and's that's all. i feed my auto exactly the same as my photoperiod and they both like it.
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Week 6. Flowering
3 years ago
76 cm
18 hrs
25 °C
6.2
Weak
900 PPM
55 %
21 °C
20 °C
22 °C
10 L
2 L
31 cm
Nutrients 6
T.A. Calcium Magnesium 0.5 mll
Epsom Salt 18g/100ml concentrate 1.6 mll
pH Perfect Bloom - Advanced Nutrients
pH Perfect Bloom 3.7 mll
Day 43: 59-->64 cm, 510 PPFD, 33,1 DLI. I can't believe this day has come! She's happy as well. Stretching continues. More and more water is consumed per day. About 1,3 L/day in the end of the last week. Tomorrow next watering. Bought TDS meter and was very surprised by purity of my tap water. Only 60 ppm. I use bottled water for feeding and it has 150 ppm. Will continue using it since the plant responds well, and at least it has a chart of minerals. Day 44: 64-->69 cm, 540 PPFD, 35 DLI. Feeding with pH 6.7 5L of 830 ppm 10,5-10-18 including just a bit of Epsom Salt (27 ppm Mg and 35 ppm S). Runoff about 18%, pH 6.3, 900 ppm. Noticed that new growth is a bit pale. Probably 830 ppm is not enough at this stage. Will give 900-950 ppm next feeding. Trying to keep the light schedule on its max, but need to be careful this time. Day 45: 69-->74 cm, 510 PPFD, 33 DLI. In the morning reduced light intensity to 510 PPFD, should be just fine for the early flowering stage. Removed the shelf and put the pot on the floor. Couldn’t raise the lamp any higher. Also made a light trap for the air intake. Hopefully it will keep the closet dark when the light is off. She was looking a bit droopy in the evening. Judging by the weight of the pot she's got some water left for one day or so. Reduced light to 500 PPFD in the evening, because she was tired. Tested the light trap with phone camera when the lights were off. It's not as sensitive as I wish but no light leak noticed. Day 46: 74-->76 cm, 500 PPFD, 32.5 DLI. Only 2 cm of stretching because she was a little bit dehydrated, had to water 1L pH 6.7, 900 ppm 3 hours before the lights go off. Keeping the light intensity below 540 PPFD @18hrs. Next week will try to go 540 and higher. No light stress noticed at the moment. I made a terrible discovery today: thought Voodoo Juice had some NPK and counted it as 2-1-4 as was mentioned on one site, as well as Bud Candy had 0-0-2. Never trust third party stores again! They can put wrong info in description. Actually Voodoo Juice has literally no ppm, and BudCandy has only 0,5% Mg (29 total ppm per 1 ml/l). Day 47: 76-->80 cm, 510 PPFD, 33.1 DLI. Watered 5L pH 6.7, 900 ppm. Runoff 800 ml (16%), pH 6.2-6.3, 866 ppm. If she responds well to 900 ppm, I will increase it to 950 next week. Recipe: PH Perfect Micro 3 ml/l, Bloom 3,7 ml/l, T.A. Calcium Magnesium 0,5 ml/l, Bud Candy 2ml/l, Epsom Salt 18g/100ml concentrate 1,6 ml/l. Recalculated NPK 10-12-14,8 (104-51-122 ppm). So sad I don't have a spectrophotometer to check each component as in the good old days. She drinks 1.4 l/day at the moment. I wonder when she stops stretching. 4 cm per day is a bit too much I think. Day 48: 80-->84, 540 PPFD, 35.1 DLI. I’m worried about too much stretching. Decided to give more light, raised intensity to 540 PPFD. Dimmer at about 70%, 30 cm from the canopy. Day 49: 84-->76, 600 PPFD, 39 DLI. Had to trim few side branches and few fan leaves that were touching the wall and receiving too little light. With help of my growmies decided to bend the terminal bud and increase light to 600 PPFD. My plan is to go 800 PPFD in two days. That should help with stretching. Gonna continue trimming and defoliating slowly to give more space to the main buds. It's too bushy at the moment. In the evening the temp reached 30 degrees! The ballast should be placed somewhere outside. Applied 1L pH 6.7, 800 ppm.
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Mr_Incognito
Mr_Incognitostarted grow question 3 years ago
Hi all! Noticed that the newest growth is slightly pale. I’m giving about 1,25 ppm Fe with feeding, and 60 ppm S. pH is 6,3-6,7. Solution ppm last watering 830 ppm. The plant continues its growth, forming flowers well. Currently in stretching phase, 4 cm per day.
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GrowingGrannieanswered grow question 3 years ago
830ppm is pretty low... I think they're a bit hungry and you could up the amount of nutes you're giving them. This is the guidelines I use: PPM readings in soil. Early Growth: 400 to 500 PPM — You won’t see too many particles aside from what’s in your grow medium. Seedling: 500 to 600 PPM — The information above applies here, though any starter nutrients will affect the readings. Early Vegging: 800 to 850 PPM — This is when you typically transplant. At this stage, not a lot of particles are needed. Mid-Stage Vegging: 850 to 900 PPM — You’ll start giving your plants more nutrients at this point. Late-Stage Vegging: 900 to 950 PPM — Nutrient intake increases as your plants prepare to flower. Early Flowering: 950 to 1000 PPM — As your plants grow, they need to eat more. PPM readings will reflect the particles in the increased nutrients. Mid-Stage Flowering: 1000 to 1100 PPM — Your plants’ nutrient intake continues to increase at this stage. Late-Stage Flowering: 1100 to 1150 PPM — This is when your plants are eating the most, especially if you provide additives. End of Flowering/Flushing: 0 to 400 PPM — At this stage, you’ll be flushing your plants. Ideally, you don’t want too many leftover particles at the end of flowering. You also want to make sure the PH of your runoff is within the range of 6.0-6.5 with 6.3 being the absolute sweet spot. Good luck!
Mr_Incognito
Mr_Incognitostarted grow question 3 years ago
Hi! I wonder if I can reduce stretching. It's too bushy in the middle and on the sides, lots of tiny branches receive too little light. Today I trimmed 5 lowest tiny branches that were touching the wall. Should I trim some more or give more light? It's about 540 PPFD 35,1 DLI.
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Hashyanswered grow question 3 years ago
The taller colas I would bend 90deg to keep the height lower.
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Week 7. Flowering
3 years ago
88 cm
18 hrs
28 °C
6.2
Weak
1040 PPM
65 %
23 °C
21 °C
23 °C
10 L
2 L
31 cm
Nutrients 7
T.A. TriPart FloraBloom 2.5 mll
T.A. Calcium Magnesium 0.5 mll
pH Perfect Micro - Advanced Nutrients
pH Perfect Micro 3.2 mll
Day 50: 78-->80 cm, 800 PPFD, 52 DLI. I'm out of PH Perfect Bloom, now using T.A. FloraBloom. Applied 4L pH 6.5, 1040 ppm. Recipe: PH Perfect Micro 3,5 ml/l, Grow 1,5 ml/l, T.A. FloraBloom 2,5 ml/l, CalMag 0,5 ml/l, Voodoo Juice 2 ml/l, Bud Candy 2 ml/l. NPK 9,21-13-16 (92,08-57,39-132,8 ppm). Including 1L (800 ppm) that I applied yesterday in the evening, runoff was 900 ml (18%), pH 6.2, 1030 ppm. Not using Epsom Salt now since FloraBloom has tonns of Mg and S. Yesterday in the evening I opened the closet and was shocked: temp was 30 degrees with RH 40%! Warm days are coming, and temps inside are raising. Moved the ballast and dimmer outside the closet and installed additional 120 mm PC Fan for circulation. It should help. It seems I was using wrong paper as a diffuser for Photone app. My readings were about 100 PPFD less than should be. So yesterday it was already about 700 PPFD. Today I finally set the light at 800 PPFD, 52 DLI. Day 51: 80-->82 cm, 830 PPFD, 53.5 DLI. Continued trimming. Removed few side branches and the biggest fan leaves from the bottom. They were very old and few of them had necrotic areas with fungi spots. The rest of the leaves are looking good and healthy. As she's getting taller there's almost no horizontal space left in the closet. That's the reason I have to trim and defoliate again in few days. The lowest tiny branches that are touching the wall will be removed with few fan leaves from the sides and the center. The ballast produces quite a lot of heat and that was a very good idea to put it outside. First trichomes appear on the upper leaves 😍. Day 52: 82-->83 cm, 830 PPFD, 53.5 DLI. It almost stopped stretching, but I'm not sure if this is a result of trimming/defoliation stress or a natural process. Day 53: 83-->84 cm, 850 PPFD, 55.7 DLI. Watered 5L pH 6.5 1010 ppm. Runoff 800 ml pH 6.5-6.1 1070 ppm. Added 1ml/l B-52, removed 1ml/l Grow from the solution. Judging by the pics taken from webcam she is still gaining about 1 cm per day. Temp vs RH stay in a very comfortable zone of VPD (1,5 - 1,6). The only concern is VPD during darkness (~0,7). Day 54: 84-->86 cm, 850 PPFD, 55.7 DLI. Trimming and defoliation. Removed some branches and leaves for the last time. Day 55: 86-->87 cm, 860 PPFD, 56 DLI. Fighting for a good VPD coefficient. Can't influence RH much. By adjusting lamp distance and power some nice spots can be found. If it's too humid I try to raise lamp and add power. Keeping the same PPFD, adding some heat. As a result, good VPD point at 28-29 degrees. If RH is 60 or less I lower the lamp and reduce power. Day 56: 87 cm, 850 PPFD, 55.5 DLI. The stretching slows down. Watered 5L pH 6,5 1040 ppm. Runoff 500 ml pH 6,3-6,2 1060 ppm. Actally I give 1 liter half-strength solution the day before the main watering. Then I add 4L and count it as 5L total. Then it's easier to calculate runoff although some water already was used by plant.
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Week 8. Flowering
3 years ago
89 cm
18 hrs
27 °C
6.2
Normal
1050 PPM
60 %
23 °C
21 °C
24 °C
10 L
2 L
31 cm
Nutrients 7
T.A. TriPart FloraBloom 2.7 mll
T.A. Calcium Magnesium 1.2 mll
pH Perfect Micro - Advanced Nutrients
pH Perfect Micro 3.3 mll
Day 57: 87 cm, 880 PPFD, 57 DLI. Hard times began. It was a very humid day and I could not fight moist in the morning. It was about 74% and temp 28. Finally, the weather changed a bit. Added more heat to the closet and VPD was good. Day 58: 87-->88 cm, 900 PPFD, 58.3 DLI. Well, I bought an air conditioner! More rainy days are coming, I can't risk. It has Dry function. Liters of water removed from air in just few hours. Can easily keep 27 C - 60% RH. My little girl is now safe I guess. Watered 1L pH 6,2-6,3 640 ppm. Day 59: 88 cm, 900 PPFD, 58.3 DLI. Vertical growth almost stopped. Buds are fattening, more trichomes. Humidity is between 50-65%. VPD is very good. Watered 4,5L pH 6,2-6,3 1040 ppm. Started adding AN Nirvana for more Potassium. Runoff 700 ml pH 6,1-6,3 1060 ppm. Day 60: 89 cm, 920 PPFD, 59.5 DLI. It's hard to keep humidity at 60%, so much moisture here. About 15L water per day removed from air with AC. Day 61: 89 cm, 920 PPFD, 59.5 DLI. Today I noticed leaf tips turning yellow, some of them brown. Suspecting nute burn. Will reduce ppm next watering. Watered 1L pH 6,1-6,2 630 ppm. No runoff. Day 62: 89 cm, 920 PPFD, 59.5 DLI. Watered 4,5L pH 6,2-6,3 650 ppm. Runoff 800 ml pH 6,3-6,4 735 ppm. Lower leaves slowly turning yellow and become easy to tear off. The rest of the foliage looks good. Some young and older leaves have yellow-brown tips as mentioned yesterday. This time I reduced ppm in half and increased runoff a bit. She's getting fat and sweet 😋 Day 63: 89 cm, 920 PPFD, 59.5 DLI. I'm worried about humidity at night. It can go up to 78% and I can't do anything with it. Drying function in my AC doesn't work properly, it's actually the same as cooling. So when the temp goes down, the air inside the room is quite cool, but humidity is about 50-60%. When this air goes into the closet RH goes up to 70-78%. Probably if I turn the room heater on and turn off the AC it would cut down RH a bit, although the night temp will be much higher that I expected. The difference between day/night will be just 3-4 degrees or even less. Anyways, the stretching phase is over and it's better to decrease day/night temp gap than ruin all on final stage with mould.
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Week 9. Flowering
3 years ago
90 cm
18 hrs
26 °C
6.2
Normal
1050 PPM
60 %
23 °C
21 °C
23 °C
10 L
2 L
31 cm
Nutrients 7
T.A. TriPart FloraBloom 2.7 mll
T.A. Calcium Magnesium 1.2 mll
pH Perfect Micro - Advanced Nutrients
pH Perfect Micro 3.3 mll
Day 64: 89 cm, 920 PPFD, 59.5 DLI. Trying my best to keep moisture at appropriate level. Watered 1L 679 ppm. Made a terrible mistake. Forgot to check and correct pH. Collected the last drops of solutoin. pH was 7 :( Tomorrow is the main watering and I hope today's mistake will not harm my beautiful girl. I've heard fluctuation of pH in soil is actually a good thing because it allows all nutes to be absorbed. Well, lets hope that's true. Conducted an experiment. Attached a hose to the AC so that some of the cold air blows near the intake of the closet. The temp and humidity lowered, but there were fluctuations between the AC off and on with 5-10% RH difference every few minutes. When AC was OFF temp raised to 26.5 and RH to 63%, when it was ON temp decreased to 26,0 and RH to 50%. I decided not to use this method. When cool air comes into the room, mixes well and then enters the closet fluctuations of temp and RH are much less, although average temp is one degree higher. I think it's better and less stressful for plant. Watered 1L in the evening. The pot is quite light. Will try to change the watering schedule. I think she's repeatedly getting too thirsty after three days from the last good watering. 1,6 L water consuption per day. Day 65: 89 cm, 720 PPFD, 46.5 DLI. I think I'm giving way too much light to my plant. Reduced to 46.5 DLI. Reducing the light intensity with dimmer also helped with high temp buildup. Much cooler now. Day 66: 90 cm, 720 PPFD, 46.5 DLI. About 1-2 degrees less. 24.5 for a few hours. Will try to keep it at 24-25 mostly, hitting 26 occasionally. Humidity is about 57-60% day and 60-65% at night. I will be happy if it stays like that. Day 67: 90 cm, 720 PPFD, 46.5 DLI. New watering schedule. 3,5L every other day. Applied this amount with 1040 ppm solution. pH 6.1-6.3. Runoff surprised me a lot. 1120 ppm. Probably I've had some salt build up when the soil was drying too much previous times. 200 ml runoff, pH 6,2-6.4. Added 500 ml of plain water pH 6.2, collected 400 ml more runoff ppm the same, 1120. I hope for some diffusion inside the soil :) Next time will give 950 ppm. Bought a small x60 scope. First closer look at trichomes. Awesome view! Most of the trichomes look transparent, some of them are milky and few are already amber. Good shape with a solid bubble. Day 68: 90 cm, 720 PPFD, 46.5 DLI. Today humidity hit in such degree I couldn't ever imagine. Had to set AC to work non-stop, and direct the cool air closer to air intake of the closet. Temp is 24 degrees. Can't increase power of the lamp, since it's already touching the ceiling and I don't want to give more PPFD. When AC is ON RH stays at 61%, when it's OFF the nightmare begins. RH goes up to 70% in two-three minutes. About 30L water per day extracted from air... I'm gonna have a huge bill this month. But that's worth it :) Day 69: 90 cm, 720 PPFD, 46.5 DLI. Trying to keep temp at 26 C and RH at 60%. If temp is lower, humidity can reach 65-70%. It's so hard to find the way to lower it even with AC working almost non-stop. I'm literally exhausted. Good that it generally goes down a bit 2-3 hours after the light are on. Watered 3.9L 990 ppm pH 6.1-6.3. This time added 2,5ml/l 3% Hydrogen Peroxide. Runoff 700 ml pH 6.2-6.4 1040 ppm.
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Week 10. Flowering
3 years ago
90 cm
18 hrs
25 °C
6.2
Normal
950 PPM
60 %
22 °C
19 °C
21 °C
10 L
2 L
31 cm
Nutrients 7
T.A. TriPart FloraBloom 2.7 mll
T.A. Calcium Magnesium 1.2 mll
pH Perfect Micro - Advanced Nutrients
pH Perfect Micro 3.3 mll
Day 71: 91 cm, 720 PPFD, 46.5 DLI. Started this week with day and night temps 2-3 degrees lower. Figured out how to use my AC correctly. Removing hot air pipe brings in a lot of hot dry air while condensed water goes into the drain. Half an hour in such mode gives me 50% RH. Then I install the hose again and let AC work as it's supposed to. VPD inside is optimal, reached 1.45, average is above 1.25. Temps 23-24C humidity 50-55%. If I keep it like that for the next two weeks that would be awesome! Watered 4L pH 6.1-6.3 931 ppm. Runoff was exactly as the previous watering ^^ 993 ppm. Lowering nutes gradually to start flushing in the middle of this week or next week. Day 72: 91 cm, 720 PPFD, 46.5 DLI. Realised that AC blowing near the air intake cools down the pot too much. Measured temp was 17 degrees. Difference between the bottom and the canopy is 8 degrees. That's not good. Need to warm up relatively dry air (17 deg 60% RH) from AC. Day 73: 91 cm, 720 PPFD, 46.5 DLI. Watered 4L pH 6,1-6,3 958 ppm. Runoff 700 ml pH 6,2-6,4 1030 ppm. The result of cooling the pot too much. Attached 100W incandescent bulb between air intake and AC. That works so well! Temp and RH don't float anymore. Intake 19 deg 59%. Canopy 24.8 deg 56% RH. VPD 1.39. Day 74: 91 cm, 720 PPFD, 46.5 DLI. Too much moisture outside, AC extracts more than 35L of water per day. Day 75: 91 cm, 720 PPFD, 46.5 DLI. Watered 4L pH 6,1-6,3 944 ppm. Runoff 500 ml pH 6,2-6,4 1010 ppm. Day 76: 91 cm, 720 PPFD, 46.5 DLI. When I opened the doors to check the trichomes two branches hang out so that I couldn't put them back. They increased in weight in the last two weeks and need support. Tied them up to the main stem. Trichomes are becoming mostly milky. Thinking about giving her another 2 weeks to finish. Day 77: 91 cm, 720 PPFD, 46.5 DLI. Watered 4L pH 6,0-6,2 946 ppm. Runoff 500 ml pH 6,2-6,4 1040 ppm. Started simulating cloud cover. Dimming the power 10% less and going back in 2 hours. Dimming more can increase humidity, which is not welcome here all the way through flowering. Measured intake air temp again: 19,3C 56% RH. Canopy is at 23-24C 58-63% RH. Can't keep inside air dry enough.
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Week 11. Flowering
3 years ago
90 cm
18 hrs
25 °C
6
Normal
185 PPM
60 %
19 °C
19 °C
19 °C
10 L
2 L
31 cm
Nutrients 1
FlashClean - Terra Aquatica
FlashClean 2 mll
Day 78: 90 cm, 720 PPFD, 46.5 DLI. Just a good day with very good temp/RH. 19.7-24.5 C, 50-58% RH. Day 79: 90 cm, 720 PPFD, 46.5 DLI. Watered 4L pH 6.0-6.2 596 ppm. Runoff 450 ml pH 6.4-6.6 630 ppm. It seems she's consuming a lot of Phosphorus at the moment, that's why pH goes up. Reducing concentration of solution. Gonna start flush next round. Day 80: 90 cm, 720 PPFD, 46.5 DLI. Huge colas became so heavy! Had to support few ones just to keep them under light. Otherwise they gonna bend out and touch the wall. Unfortunately I can't reach all huge colas and tie them up, so I leave the rest till the end. Day 81: 90 cm, 720 PPFD, 46.5 DLI. Watered 4L pH 6.0 137 ppm. Runoff 450 ml pH 6.8-7 230 ppm. First day of flushing. Trichomes are mostly milky. Noticed few amber ones on calyxes. Day 82: 90 cm, 720 PPFD, 46.5 DLI. No big difference in leaves colour yet. Just few spots on the edges of sugar leaves, and lower fan leaves are yellowing very slowly. Day 83: 90 cm, 720 PPFD, 46.5 DLI. Upper sugar leaves start yellowing slowly. Watered 4L pH 6.1-6.3 185 ppm. Runoff 500 ml pH 6.8-7 243 ppm. Day 83: 90 cm, 720 PPFD, 46.5 DLI. Checked trichomes again. Top buds are mostly cloudy, with few amber. Pistils are about 70% brown.
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Week 12. Flowering
3 years ago
90 cm
18 hrs
25 °C
6
Normal
140 PPM
60 %
19 °C
19 °C
19 °C
10 L
2 L
31 cm
Nutrients 1
FlashClean - Terra Aquatica
FlashClean 2 mll
Day 85: 90 cm, 720 PPFD, 46.5 DLI. The last day with light. I know I should give her another week, but time is up.
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Week 12. Harvest
3 years ago
Happy Harvest Day!
Easy Bud - Royal Queen Seeds
Spent 85 days
Ger Veg Flo Har
9/10
Rated
650 g
Bud wet weight per plant
151 g
Bud dry weight per plant
1
Plants
0.36
Grow Room size
Normal
Difficulty
Sleepy
Energy
Indica
Hybrid
Sativa

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Day air temperature
Air humidity
PPM
PH
Light schedule
Solution temperature
Night air temperature
Substrate temperature
Pot size
Lamp distance
I didn’t expect it to be so big. Had some Ca deficiency during veg. Little late flowering. Smell is nice, sweet pine with lemon. Collected 650 g wet buds and 320 g larf. About 1 kg of wet mass in total. Drying in 19 C, 62 % RH. 14 days of drying: 151 g of dry buds. The main cola was too huge for the drying conditions. Mould on few flowers, had to separate it from the rest of the harvest and smoke immediately. Started curing, no signs of mould.
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