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First grow, Fastberry in a wardrobe
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Converted Wardobe
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weeks 2-5, 9-11, 13
Defoliation
weeks 5-7, 9-11, 13
90%
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Grow medium
10%
Expanded Clay
Grow medium
11.3562 l
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7/4 noon Soil is dry today, I think that's why she looks a little sad
7/4 noon Gave her a whole gallon of 6.5ph water
7/4 1pm
7/4 noon Soil is dry today, I think that's why she looks a little sad
7/4 noon Gave her a whole gallon of 6.5ph water
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Week 4
Flowering
17.78
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20 hrs
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7/4 - First flower week but she's been in flower for a solid 5 days already. I think I stressed her too much with potential N tox and light stress and she went into flower early. Since I lowered my PPFD to 800 she's pretty much stopped canoeing and clawing. There are still a few leaves that aren't happy but I think those might be from my fan blowing on them. No visible frost yet but some of the smaller leaves are starting to get sticky and she's beginning to take on a wonderful aroma.
7/5- She's really perked up from yesterdays watering! I wanted to tie her top down one more time, but the buds are getting so thick I'm not sure I can. I'm considering a defoliation method called SCHWAZZE that ill probably attempt on or around 7/17. At the same time I think I'm gonna add dowels to support some of the bud sites. Other than that not much else today.
7/6- I was very happy this morning when I checked on her and found that she's completely recovered from the clawing! I am now positive my light played a major role in the clawing and canoeing. I will be giving her her first real A+B+ Flower booster feed either tomorrow or the day after depending on when she dry's out. I also decided to use an old towel I had to create a wicking system under the pot to utilize the runoff as a water source. Got the idea from one of AC Infinity's new products (Automatic fabric pot feeder). Just overnight it was able to suck up about a quart of water from the runoff tray so I'm positive its working. I'm not planning on using it to bottom feed, rather the idea is to soak up the water so there isn't standing water for days and I don't have to fumble with the plant and the riser and shit.
7/7- She's looking the best she ever has! Starting to smell really nice too. Today is the first day I've fed her a full dose of nutes. Until now I've only given her soil conditioners and a few days ago I gave her a small amount of flower stacker. Today I gave the smallest recommended dose of both A+B and flower stacker. My next water in 3 or 4 days will just be water. Then around the 17th I'm gonna do a heavy defoliation and give her a second heavier feed.
7/8- She's looking incredible. I don't see any potential issues from yesterdays feed so far. I noticed some scarring on the main stem from one of my LST ties, the trunk is pretty well established so I decided to remove a lot of the LST to help prevent any further injury's. Also managed to get her top tied down again. I thought I was done tying the top down but I couldn't resist the opportunity. The wicking system is keeping the base of the pot saturated, there is still water in the runoff tray as of 10am.
7/9- Still looking fabulous. Reservoir was completely dry this morning. Might only give it a light watering in a few days, I wanna be able to feed when I do my defoliation. Canopy is almost even at this point.
7/10- I cut some bottom leaves today that were a bit damaged from touching the soil. There wasn't any leaves left touching the soil so I removed the piece of panda film I had sitting on the soil. I was pleased to find roots had grown to the top of the soil under the panda film. I used the last of the Great White Mycos I had and put it on top of the roots then top dressed some Ocean Forrest on top of that and gave it just enough water to wet down the top soil. Then I moved a bunch of LST Ties and tied down a couple of the lower tops and pulled a couple bud sites out into a different direction.
Last day of the week! She might not have stretched and grew like she did the previous week but she sure has developed quite a personality! That beautiful purple was an unexpected gift!
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Grow Questions
PhunkyPhallusstarted grow question 2 years ago
Does anyone know the name of this connector the Kingbright LED boards use and where to buy them? I'm looking to relocate my LED driver but Kingbright wont be able to get me one till August. If I could at least find compatible adapters I can make my own cable out of them.
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NobodysBudsanswered grow question 2 years ago
*** before reading, please note that the driver is often what is grounding the unit. So, make sure it is still grounded after you relocate the driver. If it was phyiscally touching the casing, it didn't need a wire.. if you move it offboard, you will want to run a gound to the casing one way or another. Depending on how it is wired, it could be a very large amount of volts.
sure, get some 300V wire and can either go cheap or get some water-proof type connectors made to be buried, often. no wories about spraying shit in your gow room that way.
2-pin wago are the cheap way. make sure it can handle whatever curent is listed for the light etc. as with anything else.
https://www.amazon.com/Waterproof-Junction-Connector-Billboards-Landscape/dp/B088LRS34S/ref=sr_1_8?crid=1Y69RP1Q8MX9Y&keywords=2+pin+ip68+connector&qid=1654909239&sprefix=2+pin+ip68+connecto%2Caps%2C83&sr=8-8
i didn't look fo a 2-pin one, but a 3-pin will work fine.. just make sure you use teh same two. you can see those are a little sturdier.
https://www.amazon.com/SJOOW-Portable-Conductor-Power-Jacket/dp/B08JHDPXVX/ref=sr_1_4?crid=10YQ8KBS8V4K1&keywords=300+volt+wire+2&qid=1654909334&sprefix=300+volt+wire+2%2Caps%2C107&sr=8-4
14 guage for a 600watt type of beast (real watts dawn from power outlet relative to USA, 240v outlets may have different dynamics?)... again, pick guage that is necessary / appropriate.
PhunkyPhallusstarted grow question 2 years ago
What do you guys use to measure your CO2? I was thinking about picking up this meter but I'm curious as to what you guys recommend? https://tinyurl.com/2s44hdcj
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crimsonechoanswered grow question 2 years ago
i dont see very accurate measurements without professional equipment generally on anything. be it ppfd, co2, humidity etc. so in a sense youβll get what you pay for. why do you want to measure co2?
if youβre not providing them with co2 and pulling in fresh air from outside its safe to assume you have 400ppm co2, if not pulling in fresh air and the tent is in the house 600ppm is probable, if the tent is in your bed room or living room with the doors closed and youβre in the room for the most part of the day then in that case around 700-800ppm is a good guess.
these baseline guesses are almost as effective as a cheap co2 meter :)
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Rolandr88commentedweek 42 years ago
BSG420commentedweek 02 years ago
Welcome to the community buddy π
Looking lovely an healthy π€
Grow Well an Stay Frosty πΆβπ«οΈ
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PhunkyPhalluscommented2 years ago
@@BSG420, Thank you! cant wait to see how she turns out!
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homerjgangiacommentedweek 02 years ago
Good luck with your grow mate!πͺπͺ
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PhunkyPhalluscommented2 years ago
@homerjgangia, Thanks! I need all I can get! PHOTOSYNTHISIS!
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love_2_growcommentedweek 02 years ago
Happy Growing, Buddy! π±π±π±
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agoracommentedweek 02 years ago
Good luck and happy growing! πΏπΏ
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Fast_Budscommentedweek 02 years ago
Hi there, Thank you for running this diary. They are looking great!!. Happy growing π±π± & Good luck βπ
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PhunkyPhalluscommented2 years ago
@Fast_Buds, Dare me to take it all the way to harvest? lol my first cannabis plant ever! lets see if she makes it! π
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spydercommentedweek 02 years ago
good luck with the grow.... enjoy.
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SkankHunTer666commentedweek 12 years ago
Nice setup Nice plant
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PhunkyPhalluscommented2 years ago
@SkankHunter666, Thank you!
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HirdoWeirdocommentedweek 02 years ago
Beautiful little one <3
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PhunkyPhalluscommented2 years ago
@HirdoWeirdo, ikr, so photogenic π
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Grow_Chronicles_888commentedweek 02 years ago
Looking good! Best of luck on the grow! π±
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PhunkyPhalluscommented2 years ago
@@Grow_Chronicles_888, Thank you!
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GrowingGranniecommentedweek 02 years ago
Welcome to the growdiaries community and good luck with your grow! Looks great already!!!
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PhunkyPhalluscommented2 years ago
@GrowingGrannie, Thank you very much! excided to share my experience with people of like minds! Now if I could just not kill it like my house plants π
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BSG420commentedweek 12 years ago
Thats it buddy choose strong genetics an your 10 steps ahead π lovely work on the set up π€
Keep that energy up buddy π
Grow Well an Stay Frosty PP πΆβπ«οΈ
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BSG420commented2 years ago
@PhunkyPhallus,
Dont be silly my friend it's my pleasure π like you say if you invest in certain things it will make your life and harvest better but don't rush yourself. Have fun with it like you are π keep up the energy β¨οΈ ever need anything just send me a message always happy to help π
Stay Frosty PP πΆβπ«οΈ
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PhunkyPhalluscommented2 years ago
@@BSG420, Thanks for the encouragement! I'm having a lot of fun doing these diary's and even more fun growing. I'm not particularly excided to be spending this much money to grow but I know it will mean better returns in the long run.
I really appreciate you coming around and checking out my post! π
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Rolandr88commentedweek 12 years ago
Good luck on your grow, that's what I'm growing at the moment, had a rough start but it's still looking alright, I hope you update often I'd like to see the differences in our grows.
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PhunkyPhalluscommented2 years ago
@Rolandr88, Thank you! I'm definitely gonna keep updating this, and I followed you as well cause I am curious too. Check back often!
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Rolandr88commentedweek 32 years ago
Loving the cat, she looks like she approves of the plant.
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BSG420commentedweek 22 years ago
Happy ladies an happy birthday π
Stay Frosty PP πΆβπ«οΈ
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Rolandr88commentedweek 32 years ago
Is your nutrient list complete? I'm just curious where you're getting nitrogen, and how much you were using.
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PhunkyPhalluscommented2 years ago
@Rolandr88, Thanks man! I really appreciate the kind words. Try not to think I'm doing all that much better than your grow. You chose a much more difficult medium to master than I did. I don't even have the balls to attempt a hydro grow yet lol. I plan to eventually, but I wanna master living soil before I move on to total control. I hope my first hydro goes half as well as yours!
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Rolandr88commented2 years ago
@PhunkyPhallus,
Whatever you're doing your plants looking happy. I believe you've got it figured out, keep it consistent and you're going to have some nice yields buddy. π
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Rolandr88commented2 years ago
@PhunkyPhallus,
Thanks for the details man. I think our issues are microbe related. I plan to grow again immediately after I harvest and dry. I will try to keep my res temps lower and maybe reduce my nitrogen levels 10% and if I see big improvements I'll let you know for sure. Despite your clawing issues don't give up on your plant if you look how sad mine were (much much worse than yours) they will rebound. I think for first time growers we're doing okay.
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LegacyMarketFarmcommentedweek 02 years ago
Hey there friend. Would you be alright with me offering some pointers? 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 gh sidedo 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. I really think you would benefit from our tutorial series on youtube, Our channel is linked off our main grow diaries profile. We just put up week 3 of plant life care so you got time to subscribe and catch up before the next episode is out! I look forward to seeing you over there and hearing your feedback to better help me shape the tutorials
Happy growing friend!
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LegacyMarketFarmcommented2 years ago
@PhunkyPhallus, That sounds awesome I love watching these micro grows & people slowly moving beyond and improving each crop. I will be tuned in & goes without saying if you ever need assistance I am around ! All I ask in return is to follow my profile and sub to our youtube. Then you can DM me anytime!
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PhunkyPhalluscommented2 years ago
@LegacyMarketFarm, Yes it has a speed controller, in-fact its a lot more fancy than that. Its the Cloudline T4 from AC Infinity. It even calculates the VPD for me, although I think I need to calibrate it so I'm not paying attention to it yet. I've got it set up to run on fan mode 4 anytime the temps hit 85F and it will also come on if my humidity is over 90%. I will lower those parameters when I go into flower but for now I'm trying to keep humidity as high as I can. The problem I'm running into is just the size of my grow. Its a very small space so that fan kicks on and sucks the heat and humidity out and my humidor couldn't add water to the air fast enough. That's right I was using an old school humidor as a humidifier. It worked great until I installed that fan lol. Now I've got a real humidifier that's made for a small apartment in there. There's two reasons I went with that exact humidifier. First is I'm cheap asf and it was a really good deal on marketplace brand new. but second is it operated on the same principles as a swamp cooler, meaning not only would it add humidity to the air but also cool it slightly. So now my fan kicks on less frequently so the humidifier isn't working as hard and the CO2 from my Exhale bag isn't constantly being sucked out.
Also I'm not sure if you noticed but I'm growing inside of a wardrobe. Its 96cm wide x 60cm deep x 120cm tall. I expect this to be a tight squeeze and plan on doing a lot of LST to make it work. I dont expect this to be a perfect grow as i am still learning, This is more of an experiment than anything. If I decide this isn't enough space then ill probably buy a tent. But the challenge is fun and like I said I'm just trying to learn right now!
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LegacyMarketFarmcommented2 years ago
@PhunkyPhallus, Thank you so much man ! Yes I agree, Right now this is a 1 man band I am the one doing the editing ( new at it so bare with me !) I produce the music for the videos, I have to do the recording & the actual growing so right now it is a little much to have to design thumbnails. The plan is we have someone who will be taking that responsibility on after this series concludes to design new thumbnails for all the released videos & then they will be working with us to make ones for each new video when the second season of the tutorial series begins using seedsman's genetics & being sponsored by them.
A lot of it can be a balancing act. Do you have a fan speed controller ? If so you can dial it way back so its not sucking out the humidity to fast ? Another option is to use it as an intake fan & open up the ports on the top of the tent to act as " Passive " out-takes. Feel free to DM me & I will gladly help you tweak with your equipment and try to figure out the best way to utilize it! I have heard those phone PAR meters really are not that bad. Growing is a lot about embracing that word in every sense, If you are someone who finds it interesting and fun to constantly draw upon your experience to better move forward in your goals then growing cannabis will come natural to you. A true grower is someone who is exactly that, Growing always in every sense of the word ! :)
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Jannis_Botanicumcommentedweek 42 years ago
Looking awesome ! You were right, your fastberry has a pretty similar purple color, looks nice tho.
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PhunkyPhalluscommented2 years ago
@Jannis_Botanicum, Yea she does! I'm certainly not complaining! It just makes me wonder if all these "Berry" "Purp" strains that Fastbuds breeds all have the same Lineage. Not necessarily a bad thing, I'm mostly just curious.
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Growtrollcommentedweek 32 years ago
Nice looking plant ^^
Real good job with LST :D
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PhunkyPhalluscommented2 years ago
@@Growtroll, Thank you! I figure I might as well do something while I'm in there looking at her lol. I'm constantly tucking and moving LST ties. I'm starting to really look forward to the defoliation I have planned for the 17th. Just tied her top down again hopefully for the last time. Trying my hardest to make sure the canopy is even. I want mine to look just like yours lol
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DreamITcommentedweek 12 years ago
Enjoy growth mate π€π¦
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PhunkyPhalluscommented2 years ago
@DreamIT, thanks! check back for daily updates!
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Rolandr88commentedweek 42 years ago
Your plants are looking so good man, you're killing it π
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