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9/6 - Looks like 6 of 6 germinated. They are now in the nursery. Going in the Organic direction with this grow. First time trying it but i like the fact that you can have a "living soil", reuse the soil, and a big thing thing for me is that you don't have to flush like you probably should if you use salt based synthetic nutrients. My 2 cents.
9/14 - progressing nicely. Installed a better light source for them.
9/25 -Progressing nicely mostly due to better lighting starting in week 2 after germination. All looking good and even the runt has now come to life! Using 4 different soil varieties as yet another soil test. Transplanted the ladies today so I'm watching for issues. Mixed 1tsp of Kelp Meal into the transplant hole. Forgot to water it in tho lol. Very little watering needed overall today cause they were soaked when transplanted
9/28 - topped the Widows. Everything is fine and all seem to be adjusting nicely to the transplant and watering method. Trimmed the lowest node on all. Topped the Widows. These ladies seem to be very happy!
10/5 - used my first worm tea on the ladies yesterday. Seems like they really liked it. I thought it might be too much for them this early but they seem to love it. Grew 2 inches since last week. Tucked some leaves but no other LST.
10/11 - coming along great. Am preparing a second worm tea to be used the day after tomorrow.
10/12 - Documenting the worm tea recipe I am currently using - "Veg Tea" - Mix 3 Tbsp black-strap molasses and 50ml liquid seaweed (kelp) into 20L (5.28 gallons) of water at a temp of 72-78. Add 100 grams earthworm castings and 100 grams of bat guano. Agitate for 36 hours using an air pump and stone. Stir a couple three times a day. I elected not to use a mesh bag on the first try since I was just gonna use a small watering can. BTW This tea business is kinda messy so keep that in mind lol. NOTE: the first time I used the tea the ladies absolutely loved it. Seems like an amazing way to naturally fertilize them. They thought the same thing!
10/13 - gave all a good drink of the latest veg tea. Just looked at my records and I've fed them tea twice in 9 days. Hope I didn't overdo it...
10/25 - beautifully healthy. they are loving the tea! it appears that organics is hands down the way to go. I'm thinking I'll flip them when they're 3 feet tall... have never grown anything over about 20 inches so far. FYI fed them tea yesterday
11/1 - seeing my first deficiency in one plant and maybe others. One lady is clearly displaying issues. It's talking to me... what is she saying? I diagnosed it as Calcium. Added Cal-mag (to all) during that days watering. After that i noticed enough runoff on the effected plant to do a pH test. Came in at 5.6. Dang it. So for that one I mixed 3 tsp of Dolomite Lime (powder) into 1/2 gallon of filtered water, pH'd it to 6.5, and dumped it on. Trying not to have to flush! Monitoring. I think i may top dress some DL into the others if this works out. A preemptive strike if you will... Raised the temp a bit (to 76) as they seemed to grow faster when I had it a bit higher. That's what I get for trying to lower the electricity bill lol
11/8 - I'm pretty sure I'm near the end of fighting a low soil pH issue. This same thing happened last grow. OK now I get it. When you see the newest growth turn a lighter color don't wait. That's what you will see first and if left unaddressed yellow will move down the plant. You probably have low soil pH. I did. Tested runoff from one at 5.6 last week. Treated each lady (again) with a 3 tbsp topping of Dolomite Lime powder (6 tbsp total for each 5 gal cloth pot over 7 days). This last DL powder amendment and another week of time should resolve the issue. Gotta remember to amend soil with Dolomite Lime before planting!
NOTE TO SELF: Holy crap this Liquid Fish and Kelp REALLY lowers the pH of your nutrient solution so be aware! I think, in my case, 1 tbsp / gallon might still be too much (starting at 7.4 and trying to get to 6.5).
UPGRADE: Yesterday I put a metal spout on a 5 gallon bucket so now I can more easily mix and disperse nutrient solutions up to 5 gallons at a time. I used to fetch, and pH, water in one gallon plastic milk jugs 2 at a time so this will be nice. To solve another PITA (pain in the ass) issue I will bring water supply into the room one of these days. Currently the source is in the garage.
NOTE TO SELF: It may be really good to use Liquid Fish and Kelp as my pH reducer more frequently. The idea being since it appears that I can only use it in small doses maybe I could use it more...? Hmmm... I will experiment more with this. Will need to supplement with Molasses in coordination with LF+K additions to keep the microbes fed.
11/15 - OK I'm hoping to have this low soil pH issue somewhat under control. Ladies still recovering and still too yellow but time should fix it. Dolomite Lime and higher pH nutrient solution. Going organic so maybe no pH-ing at all? Not sure yet. They are growing again tho. 3 inches last week. Hoping to have them really healthy again in exactly 2 weeks cause that's when I was planning on flipping them.
11/25 - so my thinking on the yellowing issue at this point is that they are ready for, and need, a good meal. I think they must be hungry. They certainly LOOK hungry lol. I have a tea brewing that will be ready tomorrow AM or maybe I'll feed it to them to-nite... Planning on flipping them 12/1 and they really need to be healthier... So a couple notes. I have used Dolomite Lime "powder" and raised the pH of all solutions to 7.0. Feeding a tiny bit each watering so I don't over do what's already in the soil while giving a little something to get by while the pH hopefully rises. I did test runoff from one at 5.9 so that's good as it shows improvement! It was 5.6 10 days ago. Fingers crossed I can get these back on track real soon...
12/13 - all caught up sorry about that. So all the problems I had seemed to have corrected themselves when i finally went full organic. I also screwed up when adding Dolomite Lime too quick causing a pH swing. I think my main problem was the "transition in thinking" you undergo (maybe it's just me) when going from synthetic to organic nutrients. I think I understand now. The plants have recovered to the point that all are flowering YAY! I did see them "kind of fix themselves" once I backed away a bit. Essentially I stopped telling them what to eat and let them decide for themselves. Organic is kind of you provide what you think they need in a raw form and then it decides what it wants to breakdown and eat, and when. Kinda like being at a buffet and choosing to eat what you want, need, or what you just have a taste for - and how much of each! The plant knows better than I that's for sure. I don't know but I think this is major progress in my journey. Not sure about the end result of this grow but things are looking a lot better than they did 3 weeks ago! Oh and I'm now pHing with Lemon Juice. Sorry for rambling...
12/27 - another placeholder catch up week. This is somewhat tedious. I might not document any more grows cause not much changes week to week on these longer grows...
1/3 - ok we are caught up! The smell of pineapple or fresh orange emanates from the room. It's rather amazing. Buds fattening now. Gave them a PK boost a couple days ago. Gonna put the scope on each one and document tricome status today.
1/11/23 - these ladies have recovered nicely and I think I'll still get a decent harvest. One last dose of flower stacker yesterday. No more nutes just 6.5pH filtered water. Checked all tricomes with the scope and nobody is ready for harvest as I had expected. Prob within 2 weeks they'll be pulled
DaBeers
