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Week 7
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Pure Protein Dry - AG Organics
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Ensign420 Ensign420
2 years ago
Introduction - Week 07 Summary - Ensign's log, stardate 100047.58, This week was all about the front plant. By the end of the week, she has completely bushed out and has taken over the EarthBox! As for the back plant, I defoliated her and she basically remained stunted the whole week. I'm just going to let her grow and will observe what happens. For added CO2 I also added an Exhale CO2 bag to the tent. Still paranoid about the past 2 years of growing in a vacuum. This week was also the last week of Veg feeding and the start of Pre-Bloom feeding! Everything was scaled down from the BAS feeding schedule. This will also be the last week for 18/6 light cycle. Wow. After 2 years and 44 separate attempts, have I finally made it to flower? [START OF WEEK 07] Day 01 - Monday - 06/13/22 - Total Days: 040 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 81.5Β°F - Humidity: 65.6% - VPD: 1.24kPa ----------------------------------- - [10:55]: Front plant looks nice and healthy! --- The plant in the back has new growth that looks healthy. - [22:13]: Wow! The front one is really starting to rage. Going to water. --- Filled a pitcher with 5 cups of distilled water. --- Poured the water into the EarthBox's fill tube. - [+00:01]: Going to defoliate the remaining damaged leaves for the back one. --- This defoliation reduced her size way down, but now there are only healthy leaves. Still not sure why she started to stunt in the first place. Day 02 - Tuesday - 06/14/22 - Total Days: 041 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 81.4Β°F - Humidity: 65.3% - VPD: 1.25kPa ----------------------------------- - [07:36]: She's really starting to bush out! --- Noticeable top sites and the canopy is starting to fill in. - [07:37]: Gave her a quick measure. --- Wow! Already 10.25" tall! --- To encourage bushier growth, along with the minor defoliation, every day I've been tucking her leaves in a way to better expose top sites. This form of low stress training (LST) is pretty simple and is suppose to help optimize the canopy space without slowing down vegetative growth. --- The back plant is still small, but I think I can see more growth. - [08:00]: Gave into my CO2 paranoia and am going to use supplemental CO2 by giving the Exhale bags a try. --- The bag came with a separator/hanger which split the mycelium spawning pod (white mass) and the hydrated sterile coco substrate. --- This took a bit of finessing, but after removing the separator, I 'gently' squeezed the spawning pod down and onto the top of the moist coco. That's it. --- I don't plan on using the provided hanger. I simply placed a piece of thick foam on the floor and the bag on top. I placed the Exhale bag on the opposite corner of the circulation fan. --- The idea is that as the mycelium mat grows, fresh CO2 is released. Not sure if this will work, but after 2 years of suffocating my plants, any additional CO2 will help. Day 03 - Wednesday - 06/15/22 - Total Days: 042 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 81.6Β°F - Humidity: 64.1% - VPD: 1.30kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:06]: Quick plant check. --- Nice! Growth is looking good! --- Can't believe it, but I finally made it past veg and into the pre-bloom week! --- The light cycle is still set to 18/6, but the feeding will change along with increased light intensity. --- If all goes well, I should be flipping to flower next week (12/12 light cycle). - [10:17]: Checked on the worm bin. --- It's been 7 days since the last feeding. --- Nice! More worms! --- With the exception of a few pieces of carrot, everything seems to have been broken down. - [10:26]: Okay time to feed the worms. --- Feeding some overly ripe spinach along with half of a banana and a frozen strawberry. --- I first dug a hole in the bin and place some of the spinach at the bottom. --- Then sliced up the strawberry and banana and layered those on top. --- Next was more spinach and 1 tsp of Kashi Blend --- Covered the top with some dried BAS Light soil (I had some left over soil that was drying out in the tent). - [10:37]: Topped everything with some shredded brown paper. --- Put back the old top paper and resealed the bin. Done. - [17:10]: Okay time to check and feed the plants! --- Growth is looking pretty good! Stoked that she's looking healthy! --- Time to feed! --- This will be a one-time pre-bloom transitional feeding. This feeding differs from the usual veg feeding by adjusting the ratios a bit while adding in coconut and phosphorus mobilizing microbes. --- All feeding values have been scaled down from the BAS feeding schedule (2022 version). --- I also split the teaspoon values up make measuring with spoons a lot easier. --- I don't have any Bio-Phos but am ordering some along with the new 'more shelf stable' Bio-Catalyst Enzyme Elixer. --- Filled a pitcher with 5 cups of distilled water. --- Added 1/64tsp of Quillaja Saponaria Extract --- Added 1/16tsp + 1/64tsp (5/64tsp total) of each the following: ----- Big 6 Micronutrients [+ Humic Acid] ----- BuildABloom --- Added 1/8tsp + 1/32tsp (5/32tsp total) of each of the following: ----- Horticultural Aloe ----- Mycrobe Complete --- Added 1/4tsp + 1/16tsp (5/16tsp total) of each of the following: ----- Pure Protein Dry [Organic Fish Aminos] ----- Horticultural Coconut --- Added 5 drops of Bio-Catalyst Enzyme Elixer - [17:46]: Mixed the solution and set it aside for a bit. --- Going to do a bit of defoliation and cover crop trimming first. - [17:55]: Clipped a few leaves and trimmed the cover crop. All was chopped and dropped into mulch. --- Top dressed each plant with 2tbsps of each of the following (4tbsp total): ----- Craft Blend ----- Kashi Blend --- Also top dressed each plant with 4tbsps of BuildAFlower Top Dress (8tbsp total). - [18:15]: Time to water. --- The entire 5 cups of the solution was misted onto the top soil of the EarthBox. --- I tried to spray the soil and cover crop evenly while trying not to wet the top growth of both plants. --- Feeding done. - [18:36]: Time to foliar spray. For this initial pre-bloom, going to double the concentration. --- Filled a measuring cup with a cup of distilled water. --- Added 7mL of Formula EM-5 --- Mixed and sprayed the top growth of each plant. Made sure to mist under the leaves as well. - [18:47]: Last but not least, going to add a bit of water to the dry reservoir. --- Filled a measuring cup with a cup of distilled water and poured it straight into the EarthBox's fill tube. --- Done! Day 04 - Thursday - 06/16/22 - Total Days: 043 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 81.6Β°F - Humidity: 63.6% - VPD: 1.31kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:26]: Quick plant check. --- Wow! Just looking at her makes me feel happy! --- After a not so smooth 2 years of failure, I am finally starting to maybe get the hang of growing? Maybe? - [17:14]: Going to water. But first a plant check. --- Nice! She is easily getting larger every day. Growth is looking pretty healthy too! --- Time to water. --- Filled a pitcher with 5 cups of distilled water. --- Poured the water into the EarthBox's fill tube. --- Also misted the top growth with distilled water. Day 05 - Friday - 06/17/22 - Total Days: 044 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 80.8Β°F - Humidity: 64.4% - VPD: 1.26kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:27]: Plant check. --- The front plant is looking great! Very impressed on growth. --- Going to continue to check the other plants, but will mainly make log entries for this front plant. - [21:48]: Nice! more growth! --- But I think I can start to see a bit of yellowing (Damnit Ensign)? Some of her leaf tips are also looking a bit yellow. [*smokes a bowl] --- Can it be a lockout due to over-watering? --- Maybe it's heat stress? --- Or is it a deficiency? --- I dunno, most of the growth is still looking healthy. --- Just going to back off on the water a bit. [22:34]: Time to water. --- Filled a pitcher with 4 cups of distilled water. --- Poured the water straight into the EarthBox's fill tube. Day 06 - Saturday - 06/18/22 - Total Days: 045 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 80.0Β°F - Humidity: 63.0% - VPD: 1.26kPa ----------------------------------- - [07:23]: Morning plant check. --- Great more growth! [20:24]: Time to water. But first a plant check. --- Nice! She is getting both noticeably taller and wider. --- Been continuing to tuck her leaves in a way to better expose more top sites. --- Top leaves are really perky and reaching for the light. --- Filled a pitcher with 5 cups of distilled water. --- Poured the water straight into the EarthBox's fill tube. Day 07 - Sunday - 06/19/22 - Total Days: 046 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 80.4Β°F - Humidity: 62.6% - VPD: 1.30kPa ----------------------------------- - [07:34]: Plant check. --- Wow growth is just looking great! --- Getting taller too! - [21:01]: Even more top growth! --- So happy to see that I didn't completely mess this one up. - [21:06]: Time to water. --- Filled a pitcher with 5 cups of distilled water. --- Poured the water into the EarthBox's fill tube. [END OF WEEK 07]
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Ensign420
Ensign420started grow question 2 years ago
Not sure why some of her leaves are yellowing on the edges. Is this due to environment? - 78.3Β°F | 64.8%RH Or a watering issue? - Currently she's drinking 8-9 cups a day through a sub-irrigated planter (EarthBox). Or maybe a deficiency? - See Logs for complete details.
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Leaves. Edges burnt
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Foffukuntz
Foffukuntzanswered grow question 2 years ago
Daily Light Integral The daily light integral (DLI) you provide is 58.3 mol/m²/d whereas the ideal is 34 mol/m²/d. Calculated from your light figures,I'd say your problems light too bright/near,stressing it out. ( your excellent details provided make me very confident this is your problem,well done) You may find this useful! https://growlightmeter.com/calculator/ Be lucky! Less warp engine! OK, had a better look and yeah,too close to light! I have that light in my collection,I use it for veg stage in a 4x4, know it well. Only good for 3 x 3 flowering and has a very uneven PAR footprint concentrated central. 🚨 RED ALERT! The plant looks generally good,problem is tops getting too much heat/light stress. Hopefully you can raise the light? If not you are going to have to get creative on how to provide the correct light requirements for the situation,even use of the dimmer won't help that close. Been through your pain of growing. You are on the right path!
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Foffukuntz
Foffukuntzweek 12
That's a good looking plant you have there! "--- Just brings a smile and an overall feeling of grower’s satisfaction. She might not be the prettiest, but damn I love her! --- Plus everything I’ve learned from this run I can use for the next one and will try to improve as I grow." πŸ˜„ made my day, every grows ❀️, I already planned next 2 set ups and grows, the next one will always be "the one". Going good πŸ‘
Ensign420
Ensign420
@@Foffukuntz, LOL! Yea, those were really low 5.5 pH feedings. πŸ˜… At the time, I was thought that pH values were the same across all growing mediums (nope). I started in hydro so was trying to lower the soil down to hydro pH specs (5.5-6.0 with an ideal of 5.8 pH), yes this is wrong for growing in soil and even worse for the microbes when growing in living soil (found online that living soil's microbes can tolerate ranges between 6.2-7.0 with an ideal of 6.5 pH). I may get a soil meter later, but can't afford a decent one right now (had bad experiences with the cheap meters/pens so don't really want to mess with those at the moment). At least for this grow, going to let the biology in the medium regulate and balance out any pH issues. Of course if the growth gets worse, pH will be the first thing I check. πŸ‘
Foffukuntz
Foffukuntz
@Ensign420, you SHOULD be concerned with the PH of anything you give your plants! Read more of your diary this time, Certain nutrients aren't absorbed unless the PH is correct. You should strive to maintain a range between 6.0 and 6.5 - 6.2 or 6.3 is ideal. That 5.5 feed was way too low! βœŒοΈπŸ˜„
Ensign420
Ensign420
Thanks buddy! Yea I am overly pleased with how she's growing! And the the next one will be even better! As far as VPD, just going to go with what I have (next grow will be in cooler weather so environment will be easier to control). All I can do for now is keep constant air circulation in the tent and to keep good airflow throughout the canopy. Defoliation and keeping her 'dancing' and constantly moving around using the oscillating fan helps a lot and will hopefully prevent botrytis cinerea (aka bud rot) by keeping stagnant pockets of moisture from forming around the buds. Always learning, always growing! πŸ––πŸ‘
Foffukuntz
Foffukuntzweek 11
If you liked DLI, VPD is also a good consideration ( you mentioned you need RH down ) this will also be a lightbulb moment for the stage GROWER that you are, " In order for plants to thrive in an indoor grow space, the VPD needs to be at a particular level, which can be different for every situation and every stage of growth. Since the temperature and humidity affect the VPD, the temperature and humidity both need to be at the correct levels-at the right β€œsetpoint”-which means heat and moisture are going to need to be added or taken away from the grow room at different times." πŸ€” This grow WILL succeed πŸ₯‡ Make it so! It smells because it's happy, glad I could help.
Foffukuntz
Foffukuntz
@Ensign420, I feel you, the temp and humidity figures you give aren't that bad buddy, experiment with fan airflow aiming in tent with RH, could drop yours the small amount needed, this will help, these things arent iron clad regulations, more a guide! I struggle with Fahrenheit I'm a Celsius. Do you have light off figures and assume your figures are canopy height. I monitor low down pot temps/rh too. Try a "it is what it is, near enough is good enough " filter, much less stressful. You can only do so much. ( my canopy is 89.6f, I wouldn't recommend much more ) Looking forward to your progress and enjoying your enthusiasm and sheer joy 😎
Ensign420
Ensign420
Yes! VPD is essential! Unfortunately I don't have complete control of my temps (struggling with the AC cutting the circuit breaker during the day). The best I can do to control temperature is to run my grow lights at night with the AC on low (so lights off during the daytime). As for humidity, I am struggling with high RH and for the first time, had to remove the humidifier from the tent. I am running the exhaust fan on at a higher setting to pull the moisture out (also have the AC unit placed just outside the tent and on dehumidify mode which helps control the RH in the lung room). And thanks on the good vibes! I really hope this attempt will be a success. Aye Captain! Steady as she goes. The terpenes given off are a lemony citrus profile with a hint of a gas or fuel undertones. Stoked! Also just noticing some pistil hairs starting to turn orange!
Foffukuntz
Foffukuntzweek 11
Maybe I am you from a parallel universe πŸ˜† No, I was sent from the future to protect your first grow success, which leads to your discovery of life changing science that changes the universe..... feel free to message, I'll try to help 😊
Ensign420
Ensign420
LOL! Will do growmie! Thank you! πŸ––
Seedsman
Seedsmanweek 9
Thanks for choosing our strains. Good luck and we hope you enjoy it. If you have any issues, please let us know. πŸ’šπŸ˜€
Foffukuntz
Foffukuntzweek 13
The plants feeling the 😍. Looks very nice, so much better and get you all plain sailing and killing it! (Not the plant!). 🀣 finally got to use that tricorder you had for just such an occasion,fantastic pictures. I used macro mode on my phone and zoom the picture or my led/uv 30/60/90X loop, don't go judging it by leaf trichromes bud only. Leaf was good to train on, it's been very rewarding watching progress after the lightbulb moment and extra credit for planning ahead. You deserve enough to see you through,which is the same position I'm in! Mentioned you in my comments recently. πŸ––πŸ‘πŸ™πŸ‘