Moby Bx1

Hi! After 24h in water I planted the four seeds into individuals 500ml cups with 1/3 perlite, 1/3 vermiculite and 1/3 worm castings. The first seed sprout after 4 days, followed by the second seed 1 day later. I added mycorrhiza spores close to the seedling stem and watered to push the spores into the roots. The remaining two seeds haven’t sprouted yet. I’ll keep them for two more weeks and hope they sprout. I already have all ingredients for the organic soil I’ll built into a 150L pot, I’ll let the soil cook inside the tent with a 2-3cm mulch, after 21 days I’ll transplant the plants from the cups to the final pot. The automation is keeping the humidity between 65% and 75%, the light panel is 35cm away from the seedling, I removed the carbon filter and dimmed down the exhaustion fan to help keep the humidity inside the tent stable. I’m planning to keep the vegetative stage as short as possible and my precision to harvest is by the beginning of October. That’s it for now, starting the new cycle with more knowledge from the mistakes I’ve made before. Peace!

Hi! Keeping up with this two plants that germinated, nothing changed much with them, just growing as usual on their first weeks, I watered just two times during last week, trying to avoid overwatering. I mixed the organic soil and setup the new 150L bed with 120L of soil, thrown some cover crops seeds and added a 2-3cm mulch layer on top. Also watered this soil with 15L of water with 10ml/L of compost juice I got from by composting bin. I installed three blumats, 2 tropf and 1 trops maxi at the center, there are 9 drippers in total. My sonoff is keeping the humidity between 62-68%.

Hi! Since last week the plant stretched to its fourth node and revealed beautiful wide leaves. I watered every other day, the soil was getting dry too quickly, I interpreted this as a signed of transplant needed and so I did it today. The new soil has cooked for two weeks and it’s now ready to receive the plants without harming them. The Blumats soaked the soil last week up to the point of letting runoff out, so I closed all them and now I need to calibrate every single one to met the plants water requirements, it will be a longe journey I guess. I’m cooking an AACT with worm castings and sugar cane molasses to water the soil when ready. I’ll leave the plants without any more stress for the next week. I’m planning to top prune after the recovery from the transplant and flip the lights to 12/12 one week later. That’s it for this week.

Hi! The plants didn’t suffer much from the transplant, one of them grew taller than the other, even though they are short in height. I removed the fifth node from both plants to encourage branching and lateral growth. I watered the plants with an AACT one day after the transplant and I’m applying an organic solution to prevent pests (citric blend) The blumats are still being regulated almost daily, the soil still dry on some areas. I quit the idea of flipping to bloom too soon, I’ll let them grow until the canopy is formed and even, I’ll apply some LST and avoid more toppings because I’m aiming to fewer and bigger buds. That’s it for this week

Hi! The plants started shooting their low branches and the two new growth from the removed top looks healthy, with a strong vivid green color. Blumats are still being regulated to match the requirements, I notice that on the border of the pot has a pretty dry soil, so I watered it even, the downside of that is that it threw out some runoff and my humidifier was sitting on the floor, electrical device plus water is never a good combination, my humidifier died last week :( I already bought a new one. The light is pretty close to the canopy, I’ll try to keep it 30-35cm away, but one plant is growing taller than the other. It will be a challenge. I’m planning to flip to bloom by the end of august, two to three more weeks on veg.

Hi! Last week I tied the main branch to the sides of the pot, leaving space for the lower branches to get more direct light and stretch, and so did they. I already can see the canopy getting a tight bushy form. I’ll keep training the plants, especially the two new tops that are growing, I’m aiming to cover the middle space between the two plants until the first three weeks of bloom. The breeder said that this cultivar tends to stretch up to three times on the first three weeks of 12/12 light schedule. Blumats are working ok, I’m still trying to find the graceful moisture for the plants, I’m noticing a lot of dry spots on the pot. I’ll do some manual watering with some AACT added this next week. I’m not planning to amend the soil on this cycle, the soil mixture is new and there is a lot of nutrients to be available for the plants. I’ll only boost the microbes to help them do their job. I’ll keep two more weeks in vegetative stage and turn to bloom by the beginning of September. Hope everything goes week until there. Peace!

Hi! This week the plants did an astonishing job in stretching their lower branches, I used stainless steel wire to fix them out of the higher fan leaves shadow to reach more light. Also removed some few leaves that was completely blocking the lower branches tops. I’m really proud of my LST technic on this plants, these are the first indica-like plants I cultivate, and I found out that they are really short, bushy, have a thick stem and short internodes distances. Can’t wait to learn the next lessons hehehe Humidity and temperature are under control, temps vary between 20°C and 25°C, humidity between 60-75%. The light panel is 35-40cm far from the top of the canopies. Blumats are under control (I guess), but I notice a lot of dry spots on the border of the pot, this pot is made of fabric so the moisture completely evaporate on this sites. I’m late on doing the AACT because I run out of worm castings, I’ll buy some this weekend. My plan is to flip to bloom next Sunday and do a heavy defoliation on both plants, leaving only a couple of leaves on the tops. I’ll do another major defoliation after 21 days counting from the start of 12/12 light schedule and that will be the last heavy defoliation on them. That’s it, heading to bloom next week :)

Hi! I switched the light schedule to 12/12 and did a heavy defoliation on both plants. They were really bushy and filled with fan leaves, I was bending and adjusting the bigger leaves daily, to leave space for the bud sites to get more light, but now they can really see the light. I didn’t amend the soil with more nutrients, as I said on the last weeks report. The humidity and temperature are pretty stable, I just watered with 4ml of compositing juice on 1L of water to try to eliminate the dry spots on the pot. On September 18 (21 days from the 12/12 start) I’ll do a final major defoliation. I’m hoping that they stretch a lot on the following weeks, I have plenty of space for vertical growth. That’s it for now, let the pistils begin!

Hi! Nothing changed much since last week. The plants grew taller and a lot of new leaves appeared, some bud sites are hidden on the shadow again, I’ll keep the daily job of adjusting them to get the most light possible. Some shy pistils started growing on the lower buds, but I will not consider them as a stable flowering phase yet, I’ll give them more time. That’s it for now.

Hi! Pre-flowering stretch is full power on these ladies. As expected, one plant is taller than the other, and the other is bushier than the one. The top colas are vigorously growing and some nugget buds appeared on the bottom areas. I’ll not remove them on the next defoliation (next Sunday), I’ll be just removing the fan leaves. That will be the last defoliation on these ladies. The pistils are now developing and buds are forming. I’m expecting to see a lot of tight and thick buds, let’s pray to that. I’m adjusting the light panel to the growth of the plant, keeping it 30-35cm from the top of the canopy. Blumats are under control and keeping the soil moisture at a stable rate. That’s it, just watching the buds forming and controlling my anxiety that will increase every week closer to the harvesting heheheh

Hi! I did another heavy defoliation on both plants, this one was after 21 days from the switching to a 12/12 light scheduled. The plant on the right have a lot of bud sites and top colas, buds are fatty and have a short distance between growing sites. The plant on the left has fewer buds, but both plants looks pretty healthy to me. I watered with my composting juice to boost the microorganisms on the soil. No amendment was or will be added during this cycle. Other things are quite the same, I’ll install the carbon filter next week, the buds started smelling and I hope the smell will increase exponentially during the next couple of weeks. That’s it for now.

Hi! This week completes One month since I switched the lights to 12/12. The plants concluded their stretching phase and are now fattening the buds, after the defoliation I felt they took longer to recover than I expected, but the flowering productions are back to its normality (I guess). No big news for this week, light, irrigation, temperature and humidity still close to the same as last week. One little clone I made from a branch I removed during the defoliation started growing and does not shows any pistils yet, even with the 12/12 light schedule. I’m not bothering myself with this one, it’s only a test. Peace!

Hi! The buds are growing thick, as expected the plant on the right is more vigorous and healthier than the one on the left, but both are flowering good. I cooked an AACT with bat guano (high-N and high-P) and watered the bed with the tea last week. I installed the carbon filter, the plants started smelling more as the trichomes are begin produced and the resin accumulating on the sugar leaves. I increased the distance from the light panel, it was really close and leaving some dark spots on the border of the tent. Humidity is high for the flowering phase, but there is nothing I can do about it, just inspect for mold or any other pests inside the tent. That’s all for now

Hi! The pistils started turning orange on both plants, I haven’t seen the trichomes with the microscope yet, but I guess they are starting to get milky on the top buds, I’ll install the microscope on the tent this week to watch the trichomes turning amber closely. Anything else remains the same, I installed the carbon filter and the odor outside the tent is no longer smelly. Blumats are working as expected at this point, no new amendments was added, light panel remains the same and at the same height. The temperature in my city raised a little bit, and it’s constantly raining, the humidity is the biggest problem I’m facing since the first cycle, there isn’t much I can do because I don’t run a AC on the room. I guess it’s getting close to the harvesting, to be more sure I’ll watch the trichomes getting mature with a mag. That’s it for this week :)

Hi! The buds are growing thicker, the plants are taking more water than usual, the temperature in my city has increased by a couple os degrees and so the grow room. I took some microscope photos of the trichomes and they are transparent, which means that they are not mature yet, I’ll keep looking for mature trichomes weekly, I’m estimating that the plants will be ready for harvest by the middle of november (2~3 weeks ahead). I’m already thinking on the next cycle, it’s gonna be two different cultivars, one with more CBD and another with more THC. The breeder recommended a good combination to keep the plants on the same height and finish flowering together.

Hi! Nothing big this week, buds getting thicker and mature. The pistils are 50/50 orange and white. The trichomes are transparent and some are milky, ambers are rare. More two or three weeks to go.

Hi! The plants are almost at their maturation peak, some trichomes are amber and others mostly milky. The plant on the right shows more amber trichomes than the one on the left, my current setup prevents me from harvesting at different dates, the only tent I have is this one and it will be used for drying. I’ll give them another week and harvest next on Monday.

Hi! I’ll wait one more week to harvest both plants. Last week I was out for 5 days, the room humidity was really high during these days (80-90%), I decided to give one more week to reduce the humidity on the buds before harvesting. The trichomes are +- 30% amber, 60% milky and 10% translucent on the top buds, the milky ratio increases on the lower buds and ambers are rare. I guess they are on the spot for harvesting, which will happen next Sunday (4 days ahead). After the harvesting I’ll amend the soil with wormastings and organic compounds to prepare for the next cycle. I’ll cover the soil bed and let it cook for some days while the plants dry on the same tent. After drying I’ll plant some cover crops, install the new led panel and put the seeds on the water to start the new cycle.

Hi! As expected I harvest both plants on the same day. I removed the biggest leaves and now their drying inside the same tent they grew. Humidity is about 62%, which is an very good humidity level, I’m not using humidifier nor ac unit, temperature are between 25-28 degrees Celsius. I amended the soil with wormcasting, some to dust and organic nutrients to prepare for the next cycle, the bed is covered waiting the plants to finish drying and the new light panel to be installed. I’m expecting a drying period of 10 days since humidity is stable at a good range. Thanks for the comments and followers on this cycle. Stay tuned for the next one! Peace!