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FrostyCola FrostyCola
2 years ago
I had been planning on transplanting these into the 5 gallon pots with a living soil mix later in Veg, but given that these are autos and I have no idea when they'll want to flower I decided to take a little risk and repot them into the 5 gallon pots with my soil mix on day 3 and see how it goes. Currently I'm a week and day out from transplanting as I write this, and it seems to have worked out thankfully. No signs of stress to the little ones that I could detect, and I have yet to see any signs of too much nutrients either but I'll just be giving straight RO water for about the next two weeks before top feeding some more nutrients into the soil. After repotting I had to swap from my 6 bulb CFL fixture to the HLG 260 QB V2 to cover all the plants. I hung it about 25-30" above the tops of the plants and set it to about 40% brightness. Each of the plants was getting right at about 250 PPFD for 18 hours a day. After letting them adjust to the new pots and lights for 5 days I decided I wasn't super happy with the growth progress they were making. I upped the lights to the next brightness level and set the timer for 19 hours a day instead of 18. that took the light levels on the plants up to about 330-365 PPFD. I also added a big bag of spawning mushrooms to the tent in hopes of increasing the CO2 in that space. They seem to be making much better progress day to day now. My soil mix was as follows: 6 parts Sunshine mix #4 5 parts Happy frog potting soil 5 parts Bu's Blend Malibu Compost 2 Parts Worm casting (would have probably done 4 or 5 parts but the store only had one bag left, can top feed more in later if needed) 1 part Perlite 1 part Vermiculite 1/2 a bag of mineral mix made by my local grow shop Little less than the recommended amount of grow fertilizer for the amount of soil I was making also made by my local grow shop. This was my first time ever trying a soil mix like this and after doing a little research I decided to kind of wing it. I wanted to make 25 gallons of soil but ended up a few short. I don't think it'll be a big deal, I can fill in the tops of the pots with potting soil if I need to later. Would appreciate any comments on the soil mix and what I could have done differently.
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iLoveGoodWeed
iLoveGoodWeedcommentedweek 02 years ago
Good luck with you'r first grow and happy growing 👊👍😀
LegacyMarketFarm
LegacyMarketFarmcommentedweek 02 years ago
Hey buddy. Would you be alright with me offering some pointers? This is some very handy generalized advice to get all growers off to a good start. 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. When we are in flower temperature will really play a big role how our buds form up, If our rooms are too cold below 75 they will form very small buds but very very dense. If we grow our buds out at temperature over 80 degrees we get bigger buds, But they can develop airy and foxtail which we do not get much weight from. Also higher temps will defuse the resin glands over time destroying them. 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. When we do the pull down, We never want to trim the plant wet or break it down at all. We want to hang it hole in a environment set to 45-50 degrees at 60% humidity for up to 16 days. This allows the plant to break down any potential left over starches or sugars or nutrients within it during this time the plant will produce even more resin & terpenes, This is where you get the true craft cannabis finish. Happy growing friend!
FrostyCola
FrostyColacommented2 years ago
@LegacyMarketFarm, Thanks for the tips and the links. It's appreciated
GreenGlowes
GreenGlowescommentedweek 92 years ago
Good luck with your gro! 😎
GanjaReaper
GanjaReapercommentedweek 92 years ago
Nice grow mate😀! Good luck growing 💪
AndrewL
AndrewLcommentedweek 22 years ago
My first grow too! I’m a few days behind you.
Metatronix
Metatronixcommentedweek 02 years ago
All the best to your new girls on their journey to frostines growmie 🌱💚