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Welcome to growdiaries grow 15.
This is the 1st indoor grow of 22/23 season after the summer break. It is still a little warm in my tent room and fairly low with the humidity but I'm expecting that to change in the next few weeks.
I have changed things up a little since the last grow, having seen an amazing sea of green grow i have thought about giving that a bit of a go. Using 3.8L fabric pots I could cram 9 plants into the tent 0.6m×0.75m×1.5m. This grow I'm going with just 6 to see if I can keep the plants small and within a certain size for a 9 plant run. I have made a tray to keep the pots from sitting in any runoff when I'm away and it's on autofeed.
This grow is going to consist of 6 autoflowers, all different strains split between 2 breeders. Each strain is going to have its own diary.
The strains are.
#1 AMS ak47 xtrm auto
#2 AMS new yourk turbo diesel auto
#3 AMS Caramelicious auto
#4 Fastbuds cherry cola
#5 Fastbuds strawberry gorilla
#6 Fastbuds green crack
This diary is for the Fastbuds strawberry gorilla auto.
Fastbuds have stable genetics so they get half the tent.
This strain was one of my prizes for May GOTM. There was a bit of a mistake and I got sent 2 lots of prizes so I have a extra pack of seeds. I'm thinking of running a ***competition*** for UK growers to win the extra pack of strawberry gorilla seeds. I'm not sure exactly what I'm going to do but it will probably be guess the strains dry weight, I'll start taking answers from around week 8.
Germination.
Soaked the seed for 12 hours.
Then placed seed in moist kitchen roll between 2 plates.
24hrs after placing in kitchen roll a tap root was breaking through the shell so placed it into a solo cup filled with biobizz lightmix.
36hrs after placing in solo cup the seedling had broken ground. 2/9/22 is day 0.
Viparspectra xs2000 is set at 38% power and the plant is receiving 12.5 DLI.
AC infinity controller set
temp max 27c
humi max 75%
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Take it easy.
The 1st week of the grow is done and I had to transplant the seedling from its solo cup to the 3.8L fabric pot. It was a little early to pot up but there was a possibility I wouldn't be around when they would need it so thought it would be better earlier then later. Up until potting up she has been growing champion, hopefully I didn't stress her to much and she will continue as she has been.
The 3.8L pot was filled with lightmix and added 5ml/lL charge.
Notes.
Day 1. Saturday 3/9/22
light 24hr DLI=13.0, ppfd=151.
Day 2. Sunday 4/9/22
light 22/2hr DLI=11.9, ppfd=150.
Day 3. Monday 5/9/22
H=5.5cm, D=88cm.
Day 4. Tuesday 6/9/22
DLI=12.6, ppfd=159.
Wet the soil, Ec 0.28 PH 6.6
Day 5. Wednesday 7/9/22
Wet the soil, Ec 0.28 PH 6.6
Day 6. Thursday 8/9/22
Wet the soil, Ec 0.28 PH 6.6
Day 7. Friday 9/9/22
Pot up to 3.8L fabric pot.
H=6cm, D=68cm, DLI=14.5, ppfd=183
She has just started on her 2nd set of true leaves.
Viparspectra xs2000 is still set at 38% power using 91w/hr. 14044 Watts used this week, =14kw×£0.30= £4.20
AC infinity control day 7
temp max 26c
humi max 70%
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Take it easy.
That's week 2 down. Started the week with the controller set to 26c 70% and no humidifier. Really I should have left the humidifier in there as the weather hasn't changed that much yet.
Notes.
Day8. Saturday 10/9/22
#5 DLI=15.8, ppfd=199
Day 9. Sunday 11/9/22
Recovering from transplant shock.
#5 looks ok.
Day 10. Monday 12/9/22
Not warm outside.
Foliar spray of calmag. 5ml/L Ec1.94 Ph7.0
#5 H=7cm DLI=15.7, ppfd=198
Today lights are going to ***20/4 **** turned power up to 40% to maintain DLI.
Put humidifier back in the tent to help with the VPD. I left extractor controller humidity set to 70% but increased temp from 26 to 28deg.
Day11. Tuesday 13/9/22
Weather may have changed.
#5 Feed 1.5L Ec 0.275, PH 6.3.
Day 12. Wednesday 14/9/22
Might need radiator soon.
#5 nothing
Looks good.
Day 13. Thursday 15/9/22
Put radiator in room.
#5 Nothing.
Day 14. Friday 16/9/22.
#5 H=11cm,D=64cm, DLI=17.2, ppfd=239
She has come on really well this week and seemed to get over being transplanted quickly. Possibly the healthiest one. I do have a feeling my soil maybe a little hot so I'll check my runoff on the next water/feed.
Viparspectra xs2000 is set at 40% power using 91w/hr and 96w/hr. 13100 Watts used this week, =13.1kw×£0.30= £3.93
AC infinity control day 14
temp max 28c
humi max 70%
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That's the 3rd week done. The strawberry gorilla has come on loads this week and is shaping up nicely. She is my favourite so far from the 3 fastbuds strains. I cant quite tell if this is going to be bushy or tall plant yet but im thinking she going to be tall. I'm expecting her to double in height during next week. I don't think I'll be training any of this grow as I really can't see me having the space, so I'll let the plants fight amongst themselves.
I have had to start changing the way my grow room works as the season has shifted quite a bit this week.
Notes.
Day 15. Saturday 17/9/22
#5 Nothing
Day 16 Sunday 18/9/22
Took humidifier out the tent, may not need it now.
#5 Foliar feed calmag
Extractor settings.
Temp 28c step 2c
Humidity 70% steps 4%
Max speed 3
Min speed 1
Day 17 Monday 19/9/22
Viperspectra xs2000 upto 50% power.
#5 H= CM, D= CM, DLI= 20.5, PPFD=285
2L, Ec 0.26, Ph 6.5. Run 0.7L, Ec 2.1, Ph 5.7
Extractor settings.
Temp 28c step 2c
Humidity 67% steps 4%
Max speed 3
Min speed 1
Day 18 Tuesday 20/9/22
Extractor settings.
Temp 28c step 2c
Humidity 65% steps 2%
Max speed 3
Min speed 1
Day 19 Wednesday 21/9/22
Humidity very high so running dehumidifier for a while.
Extractor settings.
Temp 28c step 2c
Humidity 64% steps 2%
Max speed 4
Min speed 1
Day 20 Thursday 22/9/22
Calmag foliar feed. Everything looks quite good.
Extractor settings.
Temp 28c step 2c
Humidity 64% steps 2%
Max speed 5
Min speed 1
Day 21 Friday 23/9/22
#5 H=25CM, D=52CM, DLI=24.2, PPFD=336
2L, Ec 1.0, Ph 6.4. Run 0.5L, Ec2.5 , Ph5.6
Extractor settings.
Temp 28c step 2c
Humidity 64% steps 2%
Max speed 5
Min speed 1
Viparspectra xs2000
40% power 1 day
50% power 6 days
£0.30 /Kwh = £4.90 for the week.
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Take it easy.
That's the 4th week done for the Strawberry Gorilla. Im definitely thinking she may end up being a tall plant, if thats the case then I'll apply some HST to anything that gets to tall. I removed a lot of lower nodes and other foliage that wasn't receiving much light and to help lower humidity. So far she is doing really good, she has a few issues when she got close to the light but im on top of that. She has just started preflower, which is about a week earlier then I expected.
Notes.
Day 22 Saturday 24/9/22
Viparspectra xs2000=63% power.
#5 H=CM, D=CM, DLI=32.6, PPFD=452
L, Ec , Ph . Run L, Ec , Ph
Day 23 Sunday 25/9/22
#5 H=CM, D=CM, DLI=, PPFD=
1.25L, Ec1.23, Ph 6.4 Run 0.2L, Ec1.83, Ph5.9
Day 24 Monday 26/9/22
Started installing drip system.
Day 25 Tuesday 27/9/22
Ran drip system for about 45 mins.
#5 H=39CM, D=38CM, DLI=34.4, PPFD=477
0.5L, Ec 1.23, Ph 6.4 Run L, Ec , Ph
Small defoliation.
Combind run off 0.32L, Ec 1.66, Ph6.4
Lifted light 3 cm.
Day 26 Wednesday 28/9/22
Lifted lights 8cm
Autofeed.
#5 H=40CM, D=47CM, DLI=28.1, PPFD=390
0.5L, Ec 1.23, Ph 6.4 Run L, Ec , Ph
Day 27 Thursday 29/9/22
#5 Top up soil bend main cola
Day 28 Friday 30/9/22
Autofeed 1hr.
#5 H=43CM, D=42CM, DLI=34.4, PPFD=478
0.5L, Ec 1.23, Ph 6.4 Run L, Ec , Ph
Combind run off 0.0L, Ec , Ph
Viparspectra xs2000
63% power 7 days
£0.30 /Kwh = £6.35 for the week.
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Take it easy.
I didn't get many pictures this week but the whole grow has come on really well. Have been struggling with high RH that I have managed to get somewhat under control.
The Strawberry Gorilla has also been popping pistils left right and centre. Unfortunately I didn't keep my eye on the grow this week and this one I think was the 1st to get a bit to close to the light. With this one I am going to do some training next week.
Notes
Day 29 Saturday 1/10/22
Autofeed water 1hr.
Lifted light another 5cm.
Day 30 Sunday 2/10/22
Most plants are flowering so switching to bloom nutes.
Autofeed bloom 1hr.
#5 H=49CM, D=45CM, DLI=30.2, PPFD=420
Day 31 Monday 3/10/22
Dealing with high RH.
Controller set to
Temp high 28c 2c steps
Humid high 59% 2% steps
Max speed 8
Min speed 2
Day 32 Tuesday 4/10/22
Still working on lowering RH.
Day 33 Wednesday 5/10/22
Still working on RH
Controller set to
Temp high 28c 2c steps
Humid high 56% 2% steps
Max speed 8
Min speed 1
Viparspectra xs2000=75% power
Autofeed 1hr
#5 H=57CM, D=38CM, DLI=40.6, PPFD=564
Day 34 Thursday 6/10/22
Nothing
Day 35 Friday 7/10/22
Autofeed. Water 2hrs
#5 H=60CM, D=34CM, DLI=48.9, PPFD=679
Viparspectra xs2000
63% power 5 days
75% power 2 days
£0.30 /Kwh = £6.69 for the week.
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Take it easy.
This week the whole grow has kicked into gear. Unfortunately the grow isn't turning out as I had expected. My original plan was to use these small fabric pots to see if I could grow tiny plants. I'm glad I didn't go with the original plan of squeezing 9 in the tent as these have all grown a lot bigger then I had planned.
The strawberry gorilla is flowering and got some decent spacing. Since she got close to the light/received to much light she has got burnt looking leaf tips, it's either from the stress from the light or I have over fed or I need to start increasing P and K. I'm not overly worried about it. I also needed to apply some HST on this girl to save an extra 10 CM of height.
Notes.
Day 36 Saturday 8/10/22
Autofeed. 1hrs. Ec 1.45 PH 6.2
Extractor settings.
Temp 28c step 2c
Humidity 54% steps 2%
Max speed 8
Min speed 1
Day 37 Sunday 9/10/22
#5 H=64CM, D=33CM, DLI=, PPFD=
HST H=54CM, D=43CM
Day 38 Monday 10/10/22
Autofeed. 2hrs feed.
Day 39 Tuesday 11/10/22
Autofeed. 2hrs feed. Ec1.28 PH 6.2
Day 40 Wednesday 12/10/22
Nothing.
Day 41 Thursday 13/10/22
Autofeed 2 hrs. Ec0.66 PH 6.8
Day 42 Friday 14/10/22
#5 H=60CM, D=34CM, DLI=42.8, PPFD=594
Viparspectra xs2000
75% power 7 days
£0.30 /Kwh = £7.56 for the week.
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Take it easy.
This week has gone well. 6 plants in such a small space is playing havoc with the humidity but I feel I'm just about on it enough not to cause any rot.
The strawberry gorilla is also developing quickly. The HST doesn't seem to have effected it at all. This is another strain in the tent that may finish a bit before it's 90 day schedule time.
******competition time******
I have an extra pack of 3 seeds of this strain that I'm willing to give away to UK growers. To win this pack all you have to do is guess the dry weight and put your guess in the comments. Closest guess wins the seeds.
Notes.
Extractor settings.
Temp 28c step 2c
Humidity 50% steps 2%
Max speed 8
Min speed 1
Day 43 Saturday 15/10/22
Feed= autofeed 2hrs
Volume= 10L, Ec= 1.51, PH=6.2
Left= 4L, Used= 6L = 1L each
Runoff= 0L, Ec= , PH=
Lifted light 4cm
Day 44 Sunday 16/10/22
#5 H=CM, D=CM, DLI=37.4 PPFD=519
Day 45 Monday 17/10/22
Feed=autofeed 2.5hrs
Volume= 10L, Ec= 1.5, PH=6.2
Left= 2.5L, Used= 7.5L =1.25L each
Runoff= 0.7L, Ec= 2.3, PH=6.1
Big defol on all 6. Humidity to high really.
Day 46 Tuesday 18/10/22
Extractor settings.
Temp 26c step 2c
Humidity 55% steps 2%
Max speed 10
Min speed 1
#5 H=CM, D=CM, DLI=35.8, PPFD=498
Day 47 Wednesday 19/10/22
Feed=autofeed water 3hrs
Volume= 10L, Ec= 0.2, PH=6.2
Left= 1L, Used= 9L = 1.5L each
Runoff= 1.8L, Ec= 2.2, PH=6.1
Day 48 Thursday 20/10/22
Day 49 Friday 21/10/22
Neutral 0.1ml/L
Silicon 0.75ml/L
Calmag 0.25ml/L
Bloom 3.0ml/L
Boost 2.0ml/L
Pk boost 1ml/L
Ec 1.85
Ph 6.6
Feed=autofeed 3hrs
Volume= 10L, Ec= 1.85, PH= 6.6
Left= 1L, Used= 9L = 1.5L each
Runoff= 1.8L, Ec= 2.12, PH=6.1
#5 H=60CM, D=40CM, DLI=35.4, PPFD=492
Viparspectra xs2000
75% power 7 days
£0.30 /Kwh = £7.56 for the week.
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Take it easy.
This week I didn't get any pictures at the end of the week because i have been away. I left the grow on autopilot. Everything was looking fine when I went away and with a bit of luck everything will go according to plan and I won't have many issues to deal with when I get back.
The strawberry gorilla is also one of my favourites out of this grow. She is coming on quite fast and is possibly the 2nd furthest along in development.
******competition time******
I have an extra pack of 3 seeds of this strain that I'm willing to give away to UK growers. To win this pack all you have to do is guess the dry weight and put your guess in the comments. Closest guess wins the seeds.
Day 50 Saturday 22/10/22
Day 51 Sunday 23/10/22
Feed=autofeed water 2.5hrs
Volume= 10L, Ec= 0.25, PH= 6.5
Left= 3.5L, Used= 6.5L = 1.08L each
Runoff= 0.4L, Ec= 1.72, PH=6.5
Viparspectra xs2000= 65% power
Extractor settings.
Temp 26c step 2c
Humidity 59% steps 2%
Max speed 9
Min speed 3
#5 H=CM, D=CM, DLI=32.3, PPFD=449
Day 52 Monday 24/10/22
Extractor settings.
Temp 26c step 2c
Humidity 55% steps 2%
Max speed 9
Min speed 3
Day
#5 H=63CM, D=39CM, DLI=, PPFD=
Day 53 Tuesday 25/10/22
****Away on holiday****
Feed=autofeed 2.5hrs
Volume= 30L, Ec= 1.58, PH=6.6
Est Left= 23.5L, est Used= 6.5L = 1L each
Est Runoff= 0.4L, Ec= , PH=
Day 54 Wednesday 26/10/22
****Away****
Day 55 Thursday 27/10/22
****Away****
Feed=autofeed 2.5hrs
EST Volume= 23.5L, Ec=1.58 , PH= 6.6
Est Left= 17L, est Used= 6.5L = 1L each
Est total Runoff= 0.8L, Ec= , PH=
Day 56 Friday 28/10/22
****Away****
Viparspectra xs2000
65% power 7 days
£0.30 /Kwh = £6.55 for the week.
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Take it easy.
I got back near the start of this week and had a mess to clean up. All my fault as I forgot to turn the waste pump timer on at the wall. The grow has done OK really considering its been left to timers to control it. I'm going to invest in some that I can control remotely as there was one feed I could have done without this time.
The strawberry gorilla is also really starting to produce massive amounts of trichomes, the colour of the flowers are quite awesome. This is tied 2nd for nicest looking plant in this grow.
******competition time******
I have an extra pack of 3 seeds of this strain that I'm willing to give away to UK growers. To win this pack all you have to do is guess the dry weight and put your guess in the comments. Closest guess wins the seeds.
Day 57 Saturday 29/10/22
****Away****
Feed=autofeed 2.5hrs
Est Volume= 17L, Ec= , PH=
Est Left= 10.5L, Used= 6.5L = 1L each
Est total used=19.5L
Est total each=3.25L
Est total Runoff= 1.2L, Ec= , PH=
Est total run each= 0.2L
Day 58 Sunday 30/10/22
Actual volume left= 6L ec1.66 ph 6.7
Used 24L =4.5L more then expected.
Actual runoff= 4.2L Ec2.45 ph 5.4
Runoff 3L more then expected.
Each got 4L =0.75L more then expected
Each Runoff =0.5L runoff
Big mess as i forgot to turn waste pump on at the wall for the timer to work.
Clean up.
Big defoliation on all.
Day 59 Monday 31/10/22
Day 60 Tuesday 1/11/22
Feed=autofeed water 3.5hrs
Volume= 10L, Ec=0.25, PH=6.8
Left= 1L, Used= 9L = 1.5L each
Runoff= 0.5L, Ec=3.33, PH=5.9
#5 H=63CM, D=39CM, DLI=32.8, PPFD=455
Day 61 Wednesday 2/11/22
Day 62 Thursday 3/11/22
Day 63 Friday 4/11/22
Feed=autofeed 3hrs
Volume= 12L, Ec=1.34, PH=6.5
Left= 3L, Used= 9L = 1.5L each
Runoff= 1.1L, Ec=2.93, PH=5.9
#5 H=63CM, D=39CM, DLI=34.2, PPFD=474
Viparspectra xs2000
65% power 7 days
£0.30 /Kwh = £6.55 for the week.
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Take it easy.
This grow is getting close to being finished. Its looking like they won't all finish at the same time as some are slightly behind on development.
The strawberry gorilla isn't that far off harvest either, she is also popping out some nice colours. Very exited about this one as the last one I did was an excellent smoke but I failed on yield.
******competition time******
I have an extra pack of 3 seeds of this strain that I'm willing to give away to UK growers. To win this pack all you have to do is guess the dry weight and put your guess in the comments. Closest guess wins the seeds. This is the last week to put a guess in.
Day 64 Saturday 5/11/22
Day 65 Sunday 6/11/22
Day 66 Monday 7/11/22
Feed=autofeed 3hrs
Volume= 11L, Ec=1.3, PH=6.8
Left= 2.5L, Used= 8.5L = 1.4L each
Day 67 Tuesday 8/11/22
Moved plants around because some are finishing earlier then I thought.
Day 68 Wednesday 9/11/22
Day 69 Thursday 10/11/22
Feed=autofeed water 3hrs 30 mins
#1#2#4#6
Volume= 10L, Ec=0.25, PH=7.0
Left= 3L, Used= 7L = 1.75L each
Manual watering 2L each #3 #5
#3 runoff 0.9L Ec 1.24 PH 6.3
#5 runoff 0.4L Ec 1.82 PH 6.3
Day 70 Friday 11/11/22
#5 H=65CM, D=38CM, DLI=31.1, PPFD=431
Viparspectra xs2000
65% power 7 days
£0.30 /Kwh = £6.55 for the week.
Thanks for stopping by.
Take it easy.
The grow is now at the end of week 11 and its looking good. Some plants are nearly ready so I'll be splitting the nutrient feeds.
The strawberry gorilla is nearly ready for harvest, she has bulked up really fast over last few weeks. I'll probably harvest this plant during next week so my next update will be the harvest one.
Day 71 Saturday 12/11/22
Manual ripen 1.5L each #2 #3 #4 #5
Day 72 Sunday 13/11/22
Day 73 Monday 14/11/22
Day 74 Tuesday 15/11/22
Manual Ripen 1L each #2#3#4#5
#5 H=65CM, D=38CM, DLI=31.1, PPFD=431
Day 75 Wednesday 16/11/22
Day 76 Thursday 17/11/22
Day 77 Friday 18/11/22
Manual Ripen 1L each #2#3#4#5
#5 H=65CM, D=38CM, DLI=31.1, PPFD=431
Viparspectra xs2000
65% power 7 days
£0.30 /Kwh = £6.55 for the week.
Thanks for stopping by.
Take it easy.
Harvest report for strawberry gorilla.
Breaking ground to harvest was 84 days.
Wet weight was 241 grams
Dry weight =51g
Power used for 12 weeks. 246.3Kw used on lighting. £73.89 at £0.30 a Kw
Average 2.932 Kw a day =146 Watts power an hour during lights on.
Dry weight from this grow.
#1 49g
#2 37g
#3 46g
#4 39g
#5 51g
#6 52g
Total 273g
True g/W = 273÷146=1.87g/W
This was one great grow and there are a few strains I'm really considering running again straight away. I have run this strain twice now and will do again in the future. She has grown decent solid buds absolutely coated in trichomes.
One thing I have learnt during this grow is that the idea of cramming 9 autos into my tent was a stupid idea and trialling it with 6 plants was wise.
Hashy
