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2 years ago
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Outdoor
Room Type
Do nothing
weeks 17
removed dead leaves
weeks 20, 24
No maintenance
weeks 21
removing dead leaves
weeks 22
Soil
Grow medium
DIY composted chicken manure
Grow medium
Coco Coir
Grow medium
57 L
Pot Size
13
Week 13. Vegetation
3 years ago
213.36 cm
15 hrs
38 °C
No Smell
25 %
19 °C
57 L
9 L
Nutrients 3
Ammonium (5%, as distilled from urine / AEM) 2.642 mll
Struvite (sourced from urine / AEM) 1.302 mll
Epsom salt 1.302 mll
Experimenting with macro-nutrients (N, P, K) that were extracted from urine. Mostly feeding a dilute ammonium solution when yellow leaves are found. Growing in a narrow area with honeysuckle windbreak. Not trimmed or pruned.
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Week 14. Vegetation
3 years ago
243.84 cm
15 hrs
41 °C
Weak
25 %
24 °C
57 L
11 L
Nutrients 3
Ammonium (5%, as distilled from urine / AEM) 2.642 mll
Struvite (sourced from urine / AEM) 1.302 mll
Epsom salt 1.302 mll
Last week has been over 100 and a few days over 105 F - making sure they have enough water (drip + supplemental hand watering) and no problems I can see. Last week fed ammonia on two days (each dose = 20 ml/gal/plant) and watered in 25 g struvite powder each plant one time. These plants stretched 12 inches in one week with hot weather, clear sky, but also less wind.
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Week 15. Vegetation
3 years ago
259.08 cm
15 hrs
42 °C
Normal
25 %
24 °C
57 L
15 L
Nutrients 3
Ammonium (5%, as distilled from urine / AEM) 2.642 mll
Struvite (sourced from urine / AEM) 1.302 mll
Epsom salt 1.302 mll
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Week 16. Vegetation
3 years ago
289.56 cm
14 hrs
41 °C
Normal
30 %
24 °C
57 L
15 L
Nutrients 3
Ammonium (5%, as distilled from urine / AEM) 0.528 mll
Struvite (sourced from urine / AEM) 2.604 mll
Epsom salt 1.302 mll
I've let up on the ammonia feed because it's just been unrelenting heat. Increased struvite feed by top dressing and watering in - seems effective.
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Week 17. Vegetation
3 years ago
289.56 cm
14 hrs
39 °C
Normal
35 %
24 °C
57 L
15 L
Nutrients 3
Ammonium (5%, as distilled from urine / AEM) 0.528 mll
Struvite (sourced from urine / AEM) 2.604 mll
Epsom salt 1.302 mll
Continued to be over 100 F during the day all week. Took a break from fertilizer applications. Looks like they're ready to start flowering, should be interesting. Noticed more insects around, mostly ants which are always problematic - mixing up the boric acid sugar water tomorrow. Planning to throw a net over it this week too.
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Do nothing
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18
Week 18. Flowering
3 years ago
304.8 cm
14 hrs
38 °C
Normal
35 %
21 °C
57 L
15 L
Nutrients 2
Struvite (sourced from urine / AEM) 2.604 mll
Epsom salt 1.302 mll
Had to get out a ladder to throw a net over these plants. Found 6" x 6" jute netting that seems to work great. All looking good so far.
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Week 19. Flowering
3 years ago
304.8 cm
14 hrs
38 °C
Normal
35 %
21 °C
57 L
15 L
Nutrients 2
Struvite (sourced from urine / AEM) 2.604 mll
Epsom salt 1.302 mll
Still hot more than 100 F, some wildfire smoke in the air this week too. Haven't done much this week besides deep watering in the morning and picking off yellow leaves. So far so good!
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Week 20. Flowering
3 years ago
304.8 cm
14 hrs
38 °C
Normal
35 %
21 °C
57 L
15 L
Nutrients 2
Struvite (sourced from urine / AEM) 2.604 mll
Epsom salt 1.302 mll
This week the branches got heavy and tall plants started to lean. I tied up the net and problem solved. Looks like I got the net on just in time - lesson learned. Also realizing that when your plants are 10 ft you don't spend much time looking at the flowers, but easy to pull off dead leaves from the interior. Still have not had time for any extra feeding or care, but plants seem to consuming interior leaves at a normal pace so not worried...tbd
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removed dead leaves
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Week 21. Flowering
3 years ago
304.8 cm
13 hrs
38 °C
Normal
35 %
21 °C
57 L
15 L
Nutrients 2
Struvite (sourced from urine / AEM) 2.604 mll
Epsom salt 1.302 mll
Weather has been hot and clear. Plants seem to be enjoying and flowers looking good so far. Plants still dropping internal leaves. Happy to see purple color on GS flowers. I suspect the hot weather impacts the flower smell/color but I have no experimental controls.
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No maintenance
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Week 22. Flowering
2 years ago
304.8 cm
13 hrs
41 °C
Normal
35 %
24 °C
57 L
15 L
Just extra hand watering this week. No nutrients again. Looks like the grape skunk is ripening faster than green crack. Really hot every day, usually 100 to 110 F. Wondering if/how the heat could impact flower development - so far looks normal but expecting terpene losses.
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removing dead leaves
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23
Week 23. Flowering
2 years ago
304.8 cm
13 hrs
43 °C
Normal
35 %
24 °C
57 L
19 L
Heat wave continued this week with temps up to 110 F during day and 80 F at night. Flowers developing well but heat still a concern on quality. Max day temps in the 80s and 90s F going forward, still seems warm; the grape skunk is flowering faster than I expected. I would have preferred cooler temps for flower development.
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Week 24. Flowering
2 years ago
304.8 cm
13 hrs
32 °C
Normal
35 %
18 °C
57 L
11 L
The heat finally broke and temperature cooled off to 80 - 90s F during the day and cooler at night. Rain in the forecast; and branches are getting heavy - not a great combination.
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Week 25. Flowering
2 years ago
304.8 cm
12 hrs
32 °C
Normal
35 %
18 °C
57 L
8 L
Stopped hand watering and just monitoring as things ripen. Big storm last week caused minor damage (lost a branch). Everything got washed in the storm and now back to dry and 90s F again. Down to 60 F at night. Not long to go!
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quebeccannabisseeds
quebeccannabisseedscommentedweek 163 years ago
Hi they look great cant wait to see them in bud 😎
toadwalla
toadwallacommented3 years ago
@quebeccannabisseeds, same here and should be interesting; thanks for helping to make this grow possible! Cheers
agora
agoracommentedweek 133 years ago
Interesting experiment. Looks really great! 💚 Have a nice weather!
toadwalla
toadwallacommented3 years ago
@@agora, Thank you for taking the time to review; comments and suggestions are much appreciated.
Northern_Ent
Northern_Entcommentedweek 252 years ago
Nice, but what’s with the pissy diary title? Number 1 is usually diluted for use, not extracted. I know you’ve likely explained it somewhere…
Captensmokey
Captensmokeycommentedweek 222 years ago
That's a beautiful plant👌
JamesBarre
JamesBarrecommentedweek 222 years ago
Très beau travail 👍👌
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