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Overall happy with the progress so far from this mango mintality. We defoliated and trimmed off some lower flowers. Our main struggle is getting the right temp in our cabinet. We live in area that's really hot in the summer and it's starting now for us. So the garage area was a no go for us right now and they are doing better in the house. Ordered the ac infinity to help regulate the inside cabinet temp.
My little girls grew a little mote for the start of week 4. Noticed some yellow tips on some leafs. So possible potassium deficiency or more likely light burn. Raised the light so it is 28 inches away. We also lowered the light intensity to 75 percent. The girls seem to like that. To the point we are checking on them everyday. Some days ppm gets really low so want to make sure we get that in check. I'm going to do a little more low stress training and may even top 1 more time.
This week we really seen our little janies grow. Did some lolipopping and defoliating, we are excited to start the flower stage hopefully we gets some good growth. Also added an ac infinity cloudline t4 with a vivosun filter. Removed the two original filters that came with my cabinet. The ac infinity is a beast with keeping the temps regulated. Just wish they had a wireless version
This week is the start of week 2 for us In flower. Did some trellis nets and added a second one to help train them. They are sitting at 22 inches from the base , I believe them to be taller due to the trellis nets. The ac infinity is dialing In the temp and humidity nicely. Lights sitting at 100% and 25% Ir started this week at 19inches above the canopy. Ph5.6 ppm 1070. Hoping to see some buds form this week.
Our little plants had such a big growth spurs, little but of a smell but not to bad, just defoliated a little so the middle and bottom gets more light. Just added nutrients and can't wait to see what they produce.
This is the start of week 4 of flower. Raised my light to the maximum height, have it on 100% full spectrum and 50% red and ir. Noticed some yellow tips with a little curling, thought it was light burn, but now think it may be over nutrients so I lowered nutrients to about 75% of what they recommended to see maybe it will help. Other than that not much else I did, besides letting these girls grow.
This is the start of week 9, just feeding the plants just ph water. Been noticing the tips yellowing and curling and a little brown. So we are thinking it's just over nutrients. Ppm is based at recommended amount from manufacturer, but might be high for this strain. I noticed some of the sugar leaves have some terpines starting to come. It's like a twinkling vampire, lol.
Still fighting a little bit of nutrient burn, went out an bought a blugardian all In one meter and going to go by E.C. instead of ppm. Took away a few of the big fan leaves blocking the lower sight. More tricombs forming all over the place. Let me know what you think, what I can change for next time or any other coments
This week we decided that we will be extending our grow by 1 to 2 weeks.. Nothing much has changed this week there's a there's a better smell of cannabis and the buds are getting bigger I also noticed some of the pistols turning Orange.
There is a stronger smell of weed, crystal clear tricombs all over the place. Checking everyday to make sure when to start flush. Most buds as big as my thumbs.
Again first grow, I have nothing to compare it to, but happy with little over 7 oz. Took a little taste test prior to bottling for cure. Seems to me gassy, smooth and hard hitting. Gets you energized, but for a friend almost got him couch lock. A lot of cloudy tricombs. The flower is definitely frosted, can wait till it's completely done.
Hey there friend. Congratulations on getting into growing cannabis! Would you be alright with me offering some pointers to help? So cannabis plants LOVE heat and humidity. It is the buds that hate it. In veg we want to take advantage of this fact to help our plants grow along much quicker and more vigorously. In veg we can look for temps of 79-84 MAX with lights on & no more than 9 degrees less with lights off. If we allow for too much temperature swing between lights on and lights off while the plant is still growing vertically up to day 20 of flower, We will cause the plant to stretch ALOT which we do not want. So in veg & early flower, Keeping our temperature gaps nice and close between lights on and off is key. Utilizing humidity in our rooms during veg will also help out a lot with more rapid growth but we must introduce it properly. In our rooms we have our temperature and humidity set-points, But when we combine those 2 it forms a third set-point which is the most important & that is called VPD, Vapor pressure deficit.
I strongly recommend every new grower or old grower who has not learned it yet, To study and understand it & implement it into your room, Logging your numbers daily.
https://cerescann.com/importance-of-measuring-vpd/
For soil, We generally want to go for a PH of 6.1
This website does a GREAT job of illustrating it with a nice graph & very good detailed explanation for soil.
https://autoflowerseedshop.com/cannabis-ph-chart-guide/
As we briefly touched on before, During veg & early flower we want our temperature gap's nice and tight to avoid stretch. Why exactly our plants stretch in response to this is a genetic trigger being activated by the environmental stress essentially telling the plant the end of the season is closer than it really is. In veg & early flower the plant is still in its first stage of development which is to grow up wide and tall so when it produces seed, It can cast them out nicely. Remember, Whether we are growing our plants for seed or bud their genetic responses do not change as they do not know any different. Once the plant has finished that first stage of growth by weeks 4-6 of flower with most strains, It is by day 20 of flower. Autoflowers you have to watch for it, But once the plant has finished this goal its new mission is to focus 100% on producing nice big flower clusters & to get very sticky so it can attract pollen to it successfully.
So once that vertical growth is finished, We actually now want to begin to expose our plants to larger temperature swings between lights on and lights off. This will help activate that genetic response and allow us to draw out the most potential from the strain utilizing the plants genetic triggers to environmental stresses at the right times. We can also take this a step further with doing light deprivation in the last 2 weeks using less light to simulate cloud cover. Very cold feed temps on the last flush is very good too. If you do not have them already, Get yourself a good PAR meter & thermal laser temp gun to monitor your plant top temperatures & optimize how much light your plants are getting. We are currently in the middle of producing a very comprehensive tutorial series for everybody to learn from & understand how to grow the highest level craft cannabis all on their own. If this interests you please check out our youtube and subscribe. The first 2 episodes are out the next one is coming in a few days. If you should ever have any questions or need any help, Please feel free to follow my profile and shoot me a DM. I will gladly help you with the pull down & make sure you get the best quality harvest possible as it is the most important step of the entire process.
Happy growing friend!
Nice grow man. Awesome. I just got a double delux cabinet from supercloset, just stoked to see you using same system. Hope i can dm you with some question i might have regarding the cabinet and the lotus nutrient.
Happy grow mate🍁🍁🍁
what a great genetic and what a great job you did, looking forward to pcg seed for my neaxt grow.
I'm finishingan Orange sherbert and a strawberry banana by fastbud, ladies who give a lot of satisfaction check it out if you want, i'm always ope to some advice.
next time will be PCG.
Bye :)
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