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Blackberry Gum Fem

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3 years ago
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led bulb Light Emitting Diodes/20W
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led bulb Light Emitting Diodes/30W
led bulb
fullspectrum Light Emitting Diodes/40W
fullspectrum
My grow space
My grow space
Indoor
Room Type
Soil
Grow medium
2 L
Pot Size
0.1 L
Watering
0
Germination
3 years ago
Seeds were inside a glass of water for 2 days and then in a paper towel until they were long enough to be planted in soil. The soil is a light soil, I think is Top Crop. I added a little of mycorrhyzal fungi to the light soil with another little of trichoderma powder and diatomaceus earth. I also added some well cocco coir and that was it. With this gentle mix the medium of this babies will be just fine. In the first irrigation I'll add a bit of molasses like top candy to feed our micro friends and a root stimulator like top deeper.
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Paper Towel
Germination Method
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Week 1. Vegetation
3 years ago
1 cm
18 hrs
25 °C
6.5
125 PPM
60 %
21 °C
19 °C
2 L
0 L
70 cm
350 PPM
Nutrients 2
Deeper Underground - Top Crop
Deeper Underground 0.2 mll
Top Candy - Top Crop
Top Candy 0.2 mll
Trying to get 70% RH but they are so small and don´t transpire so much, plus the indoor is quite large for this babies and I don´t have a humidifier. Just have to spray them a bit all the time to make them feel humid enough. RH is actually 60% but that´s OK, it will increase eventually when this babies grow. Today May 16 I got a little humidifier and that mantains humidity around 60% without spraying water. I still spray a little water during the day to make them feel more comfy. I also decided to switch some light bulbs off because it was too much light for this babies. Just let 3 white bulbs and the 2 full spectrum bulbs on, 60 cm above the babies. That was it for the first week of this 3 gums. Gum 3 has already a name if you noticed, I'll be thinking of the names for the other girls.
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Week 2. Vegetation
3 years ago
5 cm
18 hrs
24 °C
6.5
200 PPM
60 %
21 °C
20 °C
2 L
0 L
55 cm
350 PPM
Nutrients 4
Humifort 0.2 mll
Algafort 0.3 mll
Deeper Underground - Top Crop
Deeper Underground 0.1 mll
I watered them with 250ml and 400uS/cm each. I use the photone app to meassure the luminosity and they are receiving 7000lux aprox. They are all doing well. Although Juana has grown more than de others, they all look pretty happy so far. I plan to increase the light intensity at the end of this week since they won´t be babies anymore sooner than later. Today 22 is second week last day and they are starting to grow noticeably each day. This week I raised the EC to 400uS/cm and watered the plants with 250ml, so I just had to water them again with plain ph balanced water one more time during the week and that was practically it with watering. I also raised luminosity by switching 2 more LED bulbs and getting them all closer to the canopi, about 50cm. that is about 10000 lux in the meter I still spray them all day with ph balanced water, maybe next week I'll spray them with a little bit of Algafort, that can be used in foliar spraying. Humidity stayed at +-58% the last 2 days even with the little humidifier and me spraying them all day. I'm trying to raise RHs so next week I'm planning to lower de temp to 22-23 °C hoping humidity raises more naturally. Next week we also will start with a little of CO2 that is always well recieved.
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Week 3. Vegetation
3 years ago
6 cm
18 hrs
24 °C
6.5
200 PPM
60 %
21 °C
20 °C
2 L
0 L
30 cm
450 PPM
Nutrients 3
Humifort 0.2 mll
Algafort 0.3 mll
Top Candy - Top Crop
Top Candy 0.2 mll
This week I feed them on monday with 400uS and 6.5ph, 0.2l each. By wednesday I noticed a little yellowish color in their leaves but nothing to crazy to worry about, it was strange since I'm feeding them with enough nitrogen but maybe next week I raise the nitrogen a little bit. Today thursday everything seems to be ok, they are vibing and living life. I decided to switch some bulbs off and get the ones switched on, closer to the canopi (30cm). I checked with the photone app and the luminosity is in between 10k and 12k, I think it's enough light intensity for this young ladies. This week I lowered the temp a bit up to 23°C and humidity stays in 60% without splash them too much, wich was the initial goal. I also started to provide a little of CO2 this week, I do it with yeast, suggar and water, it's fermentation, you just mix 1 litter of fresh water, a spoon of yeast and 150-200gr of suggar. You can heat the water just a bit until is warm so it's easier to mix properlly. This has been a difficult week for the ladies overall. I noticed they are stunned and not growing at all wich is very bad but I'm trying to figure it out. Maybe I feed them too Early when they where not prepared, so I'm just watering them with plain water. comparing ths 3 gums with other grow diaries I comfirmed they are stunned since basically week 2. Today is the third week final day and they are like the same height. The other reason could be too much light since I got the bulbs closer to them, so I stepped them back to 60cm. We just have to wait and hope they will recover
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Week 4. Vegetation
3 years ago
6 cm
18 hrs
24 °C
6.5
100 PPM
60 %
21 °C
20 °C
2 L
0 L
60 cm
450 PPM
This was also a difficult week, they don't look so good. I watered them with plain ph balanced water and made a transplant to the same planter and with another soil off course. I Noticed when I watered, that many of the water fell straignt out to the planter so i thought the soil didn't hold water so good. sp I bought a good soil and hope they will recover. I will germinate another 3 new ladies because I can't afford waiting more weeks.
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Week 5. Vegetation
3 years ago
6 cm
18 hrs
24 °C
6.5
50 PPM
60 %
21 °C
20 °C
2 L
60 cm
300 PPM
This week I was just waiting and watering with ph balanced water, they haven't grown at all. I think they need a smaller planter when they are fem babies. I hope they recover but it's been more than a month in which they didn't grow any inch
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Week 6. Vegetation
3 years ago
6 cm
18 hrs
24 °C
6.5
50 PPM
60 %
21 °C
20 °C
2 L
60 cm
300 PPM
This week I removed the dead leaves and they look healthy, at least. Still they are not growing. I stopped watering them this week, just didi it 1 day. Today 19/06 they look green but still no growth. Yesterday I planted another seed and today a second one. there is still a third one but it has not germinated yet
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Week 7. Vegetation
3 years ago
7 cm
18 hrs
24 °C
6.5
50 PPM
60 %
21 °C
20 °C
2 L
60 cm
300 PPM
Nutrients 2
Sustramed melafort 0.5 mll
Deeper Underground - Top Crop
Deeper Underground 0.5 mll
This week I could see that Paula has a better green color. She looks like a weed bonzai haha. I don't know what its going on with this crop but I'm learning from my mistakes. I thing Maria and Juana are gonna die, but I'm trying to keep them alive. Paula looks good, She es growing a bit. I watered them with the solution described above and three or four days later with ph water. I Germinated some seeds a week ago or so. You can see them in my "Runtz" diary.
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Week 8. Vegetation
3 years ago
5 cm
18 hrs
24 °C
6.2
165 PPM
60 %
21 °C
20 °C
2 L
60 cm
300 PPM
Nutrients 3
Sustramed melafort 0.2 mll
Sustramed Humifort 0.2 mll
Sustramed Algafort 0.2 mll
this week I watered this lady with the same solution as the runtz (330uS/cm). She looks good, still small for her age but the color is vibrant again. Her sisters couldn't make it through so she's vibing with her new runtz sisters.
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love_2_grow
love_2_growcommentedweek 13 years ago
Happy Growing, Buddy! 🌱🌱🌱
Aleks555
Aleks555commentedweek 8a year ago
👍🤝
HighBigFella
HighBigFellacommentedweek 83 years ago
Good luck and enjoy your grow!
Mz876
Mz876commentedweek 83 years ago
Best of luck with this grow
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