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Random Chinese LED (Sinjialights 40W ~ '200W') Light Emitting Diodes/40W
Random Chinese LED (Sinjialights 40W ~ '200W')
Custom 60x60x120 , 60x120x180
Custom 60x60x120 , 60x120x180
Indoor
Room Type
LST
weeks 3, 7
ScrOG
weeks 4-7
Defoliation
weeks 8
Coco Coir
Grow medium
Expanded Clay
Grow medium
170 L
Pot Size
0
Germination
3 years ago
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Directly In Substrate
Germination Method
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Week 1. Vegetation
3 years ago
5 cm
24 hrs
25 °C
No Smell
65 %
45 L
20 cm
Nutrients 1
Formulex - Growth Technology
Formulex 10 mll
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Week 2. Vegetation
3 years ago
8 cm
24 hrs
25 °C
No Smell
65 %
22 °C
170 L
20 cm
Nutrients 1
Formulex - Growth Technology
Formulex 10 mll
Growing well, though I still dont know where the white marks on the left plants leaves are from.
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Week 3. Vegetation
3 years ago
12 cm
24 hrs
25 °C
No Smell
65 %
22 °C
170 L
20 cm
Nutrients 2
Formulex - Growth Technology
Formulex 10 mll
Nitrozyme - Growth Technology
Nitrozyme 0.5 mll
Things are still growing well :) Added some Algae Extract (Nitrozyme) and started LST even though they arent very tall as the cheap LED is very close. (later on height became an issue in the small tent ...)
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LST
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Week 4. Vegetation
3 years ago
18 cm
24 hrs
25 °C
No Smell
65 %
22 °C
170 L
20 cm
Nutrients 2
Formulex - Growth Technology
Formulex 10 mll
Nitrozyme - Growth Technology
Nitrozyme 0.5 mll
Started Scrogging that week to keep them small ... which still was not enough later on..
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ScrOG
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Week 5. Vegetation
3 years ago
35 cm
24 hrs
25 °C
No Smell
60 %
22 °C
170 L
20 cm
Nutrients 5
CANNA Aqua Flores A - Canna
CANNA Aqua Flores A 3 mll
CANNA Aqua Flores B - Canna
CANNA Aqua Flores B 3 mll
Formulex - Growth Technology
Formulex 10 mll
In this week I transitioned to the FECIDA 130w LED as well as slowly refilling the tank with CANNA AQUA in 3L quantities without removing the solution prior. (Might be a beginner mistake but I figured ph will stay neutral at least and for the Autos there was no issue)
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ScrOG
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Week 6. Flowering
3 years ago
50 cm
24 hrs
25 °C
No Smell
60 %
22 °C
170 L
30 cm
Nutrients 3
CANNA Aqua Flores A - Canna
CANNA Aqua Flores A 3 mll
CANNA Aqua Flores B - Canna
CANNA Aqua Flores B 3 mll
Green Fuse BLOOM Stimulator - Growth Technology
Green Fuse BLOOM Stimulator 1 mll
Did not expect the growth boost (almost doubling in size ). Hight became an issue within this small tent.... had to start making "custom hangers" for the lamp ... And worst I broke off the budding main top of the left plant while trying more LST :(
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ScrOG
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Week 7. Flowering
3 years ago
65 cm
24 hrs
25 °C
No Smell
60 %
22 °C
170 L
30 cm
Nutrients 3
CANNA Aqua Flores A - Canna
CANNA Aqua Flores A 3 mll
CANNA Aqua Flores B - Canna
CANNA Aqua Flores B 3 mll
Green Fuse BLOOM Stimulator - Growth Technology
Green Fuse BLOOM Stimulator 1 mll
Too Tall, Almost touching LEDs and lightburn is becoming an issue as well as the outer parts receiving too little light. After some more desperate attempts at LST and even fumbling the scrog net on top again..... The girls need to move out of the budget home and get something proper! Never thought the additional growth during flowering is this much x)
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LST
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ScrOG
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Week 8. Flowering
3 years ago
80 cm
24 hrs
28 °C
No Smell
60 %
22 °C
45 L
30 cm
Nutrients 3
CANNA Aqua Flores A - Canna
CANNA Aqua Flores A 3 mll
CANNA Aqua Flores B - Canna
CANNA Aqua Flores B 3 mll
Green Fuse BLOOM Stimulator - Growth Technology
Green Fuse BLOOM Stimulator 1 mll
Finally decided to get the new tent and it arrived a day after! Meanwhile the ladies moved into my closet for a day, because some top buds and leaves were already getting damaged. Refilling almost 5 L daily! Lets see how they grow with a bit more space to spread out :)
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Defoliation
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Week 9. Flowering
3 years ago
90 cm
24 hrs
28 °C
Normal
60 %
22 °C
45 L
30 cm
Nutrients 3
CANNA Aqua Flores A - Canna
CANNA Aqua Flores A 3 mll
CANNA Aqua Flores B - Canna
CANNA Aqua Flores B 3 mll
Green Fuse BLOOM Stimulator - Growth Technology
Green Fuse BLOOM Stimulator 1 mll
It looks like the burnt middle is recovering well, and I added another light in hopes of some bigger yields. Hope they are ready soon :)
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Grow Questions
Hello_Jeff
Hello_Jeffstarted grow question 3 years ago
I started noticing a few mites , which I mistook for orange fruit flies or something. Also there were 3-4 green ones but I could not find any kind of colony and thoroughly blew air through all the leaves. Should I take any more measures at this point of flower?
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Other. Bugs
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DutchDoobieanswered grow question 3 years ago
High, If you want to catch one to identify you can always hang tape just above the plants or pots. Your plants are almost ready so if it doesn't get worse I would not use any pesticide at this stage. Goodluck and Happy Harvest! 😋
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Week 10. Flowering
3 years ago
100 cm
24 hrs
30 °C
Strong
50 %
22 °C
45 L
25 cm
Nutrients 3
CANNA Aqua Flores A - Canna
CANNA Aqua Flores A 3 mll
CANNA Aqua Flores B - Canna
CANNA Aqua Flores B 3 mll
Green Fuse BLOOM Stimulator - Growth Technology
Green Fuse BLOOM Stimulator 1 mll
Had to fight off some mites but everything looking fine again. Also had so reduce both lights to 80 % because light burn started to reappear
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Week 11. Flowering
3 years ago
100 cm
24 hrs
32 °C
Strong
50 %
22 °C
45 L
25 cm
Nutrients 3
CANNA Aqua Flores A - Canna
CANNA Aqua Flores A 3 mll
CANNA Aqua Flores B - Canna
CANNA Aqua Flores B 3 mll
Green Fuse BLOOM Stimulator - Growth Technology
Green Fuse BLOOM Stimulator 1 mll
Sadly the surrounding Temps are constantly above 30°C these days so I think harvest will be by the end of this week or within next
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Week 11. Harvest
3 years ago
Happy Harvest Day!
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Smoked some after curing a few days. Taste is okay, a bit sweet. Very happy with the results, though I had to increase in size and added another lamp, because of their unexpected growth
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Spent 79 days
Ger Veg Flo Har
90 g
Bud dry weight per plant
2
Plants
0.72
Grow Room size
Easy
Difficulty
Positive effects
Relaxed, Uplifted
Positive effects
Negative effects
Dry mouth
Negative effects
Taste
Flowery, Sweet
Taste

Height
Day air temperature
Air humidity
Light schedule
Night air temperature
Pot size
Lamp distance
Still wet, but I am very happy with the result for my first grow :) The autos grew much bigger than I expected and I underestimated the growth spurt during flower, so I had increase the setup beyond what people might see as pure budget. Anyway I can't wait to try :)
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