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Second run begins. First of all, a big thank you to @SwissKush and @gottagrowsometime for their support.
This time I decided to grow 2 plants in the same box to try to maximize the yield, do some comparative experiments and above all to try as many strains as possible.
These are two indica-dominant strains with similar flowering times, Gorilla Zkittlez and Kosher Cake, both by FastBuds420.
Gorilla Zkittlez diary: https://growdiaries.com/diaries/154730-grow-journal-by-growerar/week/848050
The setup is always the same:
Grow box: 2x2x6 / Vents TT100 with carbon filter / Mars Hydro TS1000 / 10 liter Dwc bucket / Hailea 9610 air pump.
After studying a bit, I have decided that I will keep the lamp fixed at a height of 40cm, to achieve optimal levels of ppfd over the entire surface.
For the Kosher Cake I will use these nutrients:
Tripart (Grow, Bloom, Micro) for soft water by T.A .;
Calcium Magnesium by T.A .;
Final Part by T.A .;
Liquid silicon by Growth Technologies;
Rootbastic by Atami;
Bloom Stimulator by Atami;
PH down by T.A.;
PH down Bloom by Canna;
H2o2.
[DAY 1] - 26/09/2022
- 20 hours in a glass of water and a few drops of H2o2;
- then I inserted the seed into the root riot already wet with EC 0 water.
[DAY 2] - 27/09/2022
- wet the root riot;
- added lamp at 40 cm / 12% dimmer;
- 24/0 light cycle.
[DAY 3] - 28/09/2022
- 24° C - 75% RH;
- 24/0 light cycle;
- environmental values set with the wifi thermohygrometer between 70% and 80% humidity, by turning the extractor and humidifier on and off;
- 10 am: Kosher has popped out of the root riot cube.
[DAY 4] - 29/09/2022
- 24° C - 75% RH;
- lamp at 40 cm / 25% dimmer;
- 24/0 light cycle;
- wet the root riot cube with EC 0 water;
- DWC.
[DAY 5] - 30/09/2022
- 24° C - 75% RH;
- lamp at 40 cm / 40% dimmer = 60 watt;
- 24/0 light cycle; next Monday (DAY 8) begin 20/4 cycle;
- wet the expanded clay with EC 0.3 water, 2 times/day, 200ml/day.
[DAY 6] - 1/10/2022
- 24° C - 70%/75% RH;
- lamp at 40 cm / 40% dimmer = 60 watt;
- 24/0 light cycle; next Monday (DAY 8) begin 20/4 cycle and 50% dimmer;
- wet the expanded clay with EC 0.3 water, 2 times/day, 200ml/day;
- slight growth compared to yesterday; Monday we start with a light nourishment EC 0.6.
[DAY 7] - 2/10/2022
- 24° C - 65%/70% RH;
- lamp at 40 cm / 40%;
- 24/0 light cycle;
- wet the expanded clay with EC 0.3 water, 2 times/day, 200ml/day;
- no roots in DWC yet!
[DAY 8] - 3/10/2022
- 25° C - 65% RH average;
- lamp at 40 cm / 50% = 75 watt;
- 20/4 light cycle till Ripen stage;
- wet the expanded clay with EC 0.6 solution, 2 times/day, 240ml/day;
- First root in DWC;
- First paar of leaves are yellowing, not a good start. I guess due the expanded clay, is a cheap one and causes PH oscillation. Next run I will buy a good product for hydroponic;
- no H2O2 yet, I will add it next week (when I stop Rootbastic).
[DAY 9] - 4/10/2022
- 25° C - 70% RH average;
- 1 root in DWC;
- She's still showing yellow spots on the edges. Damn!
[DAY 10] - 5/10/2022
- 25° C - 70% RH average;
- Growing day by day, watering 100ml/day.
[DAY 11] - 6/10/2022
- 25° C - 70% RH average;
- Still watering around the clay 100ml/day;
- Monday I will remove the humidifier, this time I can work without it during veg stage due the colder weather.
[DAY 12] - 7/10/2022
- 25° C - 70% RH average;
- Changed solution in DWC and stop watering trought clay.
[DAY 13] - 8/10/2022
- 26° C - 60% RH average;
- EC 0.74 - PH 6, added few drops of Ph down by GHE;
- Leaves are ruined, definetely not a good start for her, let's see if she reacts soon.
[DAY 14] - 9/10/2022
- 25.5° C - 60% RH average;
- EC 0.74 - PH 5.9;
- Second week of life ended, not very well so far but I am confident that things will work out. From tomorrow the humidifier will turn on only if the RH falls below 50%;
- Third set of leaves is coming.
[DAY 15] - 10/10/2022
- 25° C - 60% RH average;
- EC 0.5 - PH 5.5;
- Lowered EC to 0.5.
[DAY 16] - 11/10/2022
- TS1000 40 cm - 50% dimmer = 75 watt
- 26° C - 60% RH during light - 22° C - 70% during night;
- EC 0.5 - PH 5.8;
- This week the proportion between GROW-MICRO-BLOOM is 3-2-1 with the addition of 0.4 ml/lt of CalMag + 2ml/lt of H2o2 and I think I will keep this proportion throughout the vegetative phase, then in pre-flower I will go to 1-1-1;
- Check PH twice a day and if it exceeds 6.2, then I add a few drops of PH down by T.A., great product!
- Despite there was a bad start, the plant seems to have recovered and as you can see from the pic it has good grown in the last 24 hours. Hope she has no further problems. The fourth pair of leaves is sprouting.
[DAY 17] - 12/10/2022
- TS1000 40 cm - 50% dimmer = 75 watt
- 26° C - 60% RH during light - 22° C - 70% during night;
- EC 0.5 - PH 5.8.
[DAY 18] - 13/10/2022
- 25° C - 60% RH during light - 22° C - 70% during night;
- EC 0.55 - PH 5.6;
- Still growing, slower than her sister. I have the feeling that she will remain much smaller than her sister, hopefully it won't cause problems.
[DAY 19] - 14/10/2022
- 25° C - 55% RH during light - 22° C - 70% during night;
- EC 0.57 - PH 5.6;
- Good growth in the last 24 hours. I think she will never grow up as big as her sister, it's not just a matter of being late or slow.
- Tomorrow and the day after I'll be not at home, I'll update environmental values.
[DAY 20] - 15/10/2022
- 24° C - 60% RH during light - 22° C - 70% during night.
[DAY 21] - 16/10/2022
- 24° C - 60% RH during light - 22° C - 70% during night;
- End of third week of life.
[DAY 22] - 17/10/2022
- TS1000 40cm / 50% = 75 watt
- 24° C - 60% RH during light - 22° C - 70% during night;
- EC 0.6 - PH 5.6;
- It continues to grow slower than its sister, but is growing well and with no signs of deficiency or excess;
- Over the next few days I will bring the EC to about 0.7 / 0.8;
- I try to constantly keep the PH below 6; which is becoming difficult given the insertion of silicon which tends to make the solution rise;
- Within 10 days I will bend the main branch.
[DAY 23] - 18/10/2022
- 25° C - 60% RH during light - 22° C - 70% during night;
- EC 0.6 - PH 5.7;
- PH DOWN from T.A. is working great. I don't need it as often as I thought;
- Added 3ml H2o2 in DWC.
[DAY 24] - 19/10/2022
- 25° C - 60% RH during light - 22° C - 75% RH during night;
- EC 0.7 - PH 5.6;
- Removed humidifier.
[DAY 25] - 20/10/2022
- 25° C - 60% RH during light - 22° C - 65% RH during night;
- EC 0.7 - PH 5.7;
- EC drops slowly, she drinks about 0.3 liter/day;
- In terms of speed and structure of the plant, it is very similar to the Hulkberry Auto by RQS. This one also has a fair amount of space between the internodes and is not very bushy. The leaves are certainly less pointed and thicker.
[DAY 26] - 21/10/2022
- 25° C - 55% RH during light - 22° C - 70% RH during night;
- EC 0.65 - PH 5.6;
- TS1000 40 cm distance - 66% dimmer = 100 watt for 10 days;
- Height: 13 cm from clay.
[DAY 27] - 22/10/2022
- 25° C - 60% RH during light - 22° C - 75% RH during night;
- EC 0.65 - PH 5.5.
[DAY 28] - 23/10/2022
- 25° C - 65% RH during light - 22° C - 80% RH during night;
- EC 0.8 - PH 5.5;
- Replaced solution in DWC;
- Height: 15 cm from clay. She is taller than her sister.
[DAY 29] - 24/10/2022
- TS1000 50 cm - 66% = 100 watt. Decided to move lamp to 50 cm to promote stretch;
- 25° C - 65% RH during light - 22° C - 75% RH during night;
- EC 0.8 - PH 5.5;
- Height: 18 cm from clay. Big growth last 24 hours.
[DAY 30] - 25/10/2022
- 24° C - 70% RH during light - 22° C - 80% RH during night;
- EC 0.7 - PH 5.6;
- 250 ml of solution / day;
- Leaf tucking;
- Height: 20 cm from clay;
- Plan for this week:
a) I hope the vegetative phase will last a few more days and I hope that the stretching does not start before week 5 (day 36), in order to still have some time to grow and recover from the next days of training;
b) on the advice of @SwissKush I decided to wait for the bending, better to do it when the plant is about 25 centimeters high, I believe that in two or three days it will be the right time;
c) after the bending I will mount the scrog net, trying to manage the stretching of the two plants and trying to keep them at the same height.
[DAY 31] - 26/10/2022
- 24° C - 70% RH during light - 22° C - 80% RH during night;
- EC 0.7 - PH 5.6;
- Height: 22 cm from clay after leaf tucking.
[DAY 32] - 27/10/2022
- 24° C - 70% RH during light - 22° C - 80% RH during night;
- EC 0.7 - PH 5.6;
- Bent the main branch to the right, in the next 2/3 days I will mount the scrog net.
[DAY 33] - 28/10/2022
- 23° C - 68% RH during light - 22° C - 73% RH during night;
- EC 0.7 - PH 5.8;
- Drinks 0.5 lt / day.
[DAY 34] - 29/10/2022
- 24° C - 65% RH during light - 22° C - 70% RH during night;
- EC 0.7 - PH 5.8;
- Defoliated some ruined and old leaves;
- LST - Pulled down a few side branches to allow light penetration.
[DAY 35] - 30/10/2022
- 23° C - 60% RH during light - 22° C - 70% RH during night;
- EC 0.65 - PH 5.8; EC drops from 0.75 to 0.65 in 21 hours;
- Leaf tucking.
[DAY 36] - 31/10/2022
- TS1000 50 cm distance - 75% dimmer: 112 watt;
- 23° C - 60% RH during light - 21° C - 70% RH during night;
- EC 0.85 - PH 5.7.
[DAY 37] - 1/11/2022
- 23.5° C - 70% RH during light - 21.5° C - 75% RH during night;
- EC 0.9 - PH 6.4. Today added Liquid Silicon, hard to keep PH low in this case;
- Set the SCROG net at 25 cm from expanded clay.
[DAY 38] - 2/11/2022
- 23.5° C - 70% RH during light - 22° C - 77% RH during night;
- EC 0.9 - PH 6.2;
- Removed 2 fan leaves;
- Leaf tucking.
[DAY 39] - 3/11/2022
- 23° C - 72% RH during light - 21.5° C - 78% RH during night;
- EC 0.9 - PH 5.5;
- Leaf tucking;
- Light defoliation;
- Still no sign of preflowering or stretching.
[DAY 40] - 4/11/2022
- 23° C - 75% RH during light - 20° C - 78% RH during night;
- EC 1 - PH 5.5;
- Leaf tucking.
[DAY 41] - 5/11/2022
- 22° C - 75% RH during light - 20° C - 77% RH during night;
- EC 1 - PH 5.5;
- As you can see, big growth in the last 24 hours;
- Leaf tucking;
- Defoliation.
[DAY 42] - 6/11/2022
- 22° C - 68% RH during light - 20° C - 71% RH during night;
- EC 1.2 - PH 6.
[DAY 50] - 14/11/2022
- TS1000 40 cm distance - 100% dimmer: 144 watt;
- Light cycle 18/6 to stimulate flowering;
- Height: 55 cm from clay;
- 20° C - 67% RH during light - 18.5° C - 78% RH during night;
- EC 1 - PH 5.5;
- Made big defoliation to promote the lower branches;
- Box is full.
[DAY 51] - 15/11/2022
- 21° C - 67% RH during light - 19° C - 75% RH during night;
- EC 1 - PH 6;
- Added 2 ml/l Atazyme.
[DAY 52] - 16/11/2022
- 22° C - 73% RH during light - 19° C - 80% RH during night;
- EC 0.9 - PH 5.5;
- Removed fan leaves who covered bud sites and did first lollipopping, she will need another one in the coming weeks.
[DAY 53] - 17/11/2022
- 22° C - 75% RH during light - 20.5° C - 80% RH during night;
- EC 0 8- PH 5.5;
- Removed a good amount of fan leaves and some leaves on the bottom;
- By Sunday (DAY 56) I will remove any leaves that I deem unnecessary or obscuring the lower flowering sites.
[DAY 54] - 18/11/2022
- 22° C - 75% RH during light - 21° C - 75% RH during night;
- EC 0.8 - PH 5.5;
- Plant showed a lot of pistills on one branch.
[DAY 55] - 19/11/2022
- 22.5° C - 68% RH during light - 21° C - 75% RH during night;
- EC 0.8 - PH 5.5;
- No pics.
[DAY 56] - 20/11/2022
- 22° C - 73% RH during light - 19.5° C - 74% RH during night;
- EC 1.2 - PH 5.5;
- Defoliation;
- A lot of pistills on many branches.
[DAY 64] - 28/11/2022
- TS1000 30 cm distance - 100% dimmer: 144 watt;
- Light cycle 20/4;
- Height: 76 cm from clay (the other one is still 63 cm from clay);
- 21° C - 65% RH during light - 19° C - 75% RH during night;
- EC 1.3 - PH 6;
- Replaced DWC.
[DAY 65] - 29/11/2022
- 21.5° C - 67% RH during light - 19.5° C - 67% RH during night;
- EC 1.1 - PH 6;
- Leaf tucking;
- Video.
[DAY 66] - 30/11/2022
- 21° C - 63% RH during light - 18° C - 68% RH during night;
- EC 1 - PH 6;
- The Kosher is about 15cm taller than the Zkittlez, hopefully the difference will reduce over the next 10 days.
[DAY 67] - 1/12/2022
- 20° C - 68% RH during light - 17° C - 78% RH during night;
- EC 1 - PH 6;
- Flowering sites are full of resin. OMG!
[DAY 68] - 2/12/2022
- 20° C - 70% RH during light - 20° C - 75% RH during night;
- EC 1.4 - PH 6.
[DAY 69] - 3/12/2022
- 20° C - 75% RH during light - 19° C - 80% RH during night;
- EC 1.2 - PH 5.5.
[DAY 70] - 4/12/2022
- 22° C - 75% RH during light - 18.5° C - 80% RH during night;
- EC 1.4 - PH 6.
[DAY 71] - 5/12/2022
- TS1000 30 cm distance - 100% dimmer: 144 watt;
- Light cycle 20/4;
- Height: 80 cm from clay (the other one is 68 cm from clay);
- 23° C - 70% RH during light - 19° C - 75% RH during night;
- EC 1.3 - PH 6;
- Defoliation;
- This week I will try to keep EC around 1.4.
[DAY 72] - 6/12/2022
- 23° C - 70% RH during light - 19° C - 75% RH during night;
- EC 1.4 - PH 6.
[DAY 73] - 7/12/2022
- 22.5° C - 70% RH during light - 18° C - 80% RH during night;
- EC 1.3 - PH 6.
[DAY 74] - 8/12/2022
- 22° C - 70% RH during light - 18° C - 80% RH during night;
- Flush for 24 h with water EC 0 with 3 ml/l Atazyme to clean the reservoir.
[DAY 75] - 9/12/2022
- 22° C - 70% RH during light - 20° C - 75% RH during night;
- EC 1.1 - PH 6;
- Video.
[DAY 76] - 10/12/2022
- 24° C - 68% RH during light - 21° C - 75% RH during night;
- EC 1 - PH 5.8.
[DAY 77] - 11/12/2022
- 24° C - 67% RH during light - 19.5° C - 73% RH during night;
- EC 1.3- PH 5.7.
[DAY 85] - 19/12/2022
- TS1000 30 cm distance - 100% dimmer: 144 watt;
- Light cycle 20/4;
- Height: 85 cm from clay;
- 22.5° C - 65% RH during light - 19° C - 68% RH during night;
- EC 1.4 - PH 5.9.
[DAY 86] - 20/12/2022
- 23° C - 63% RH during light - 18° C - 70% RH during night;
- EC 1.9 - PH 5.8;
- Nutrient booster today;
- Lowered a bit GROW-MICRO-BLOOM keeping the ratio 1-2-3 (0.5ml/l-1ml/l-1.5ml/l) and added EC 0.2/0.3 of Bloombastic!
- During this week I will reduce Grow, plant is too green I guess.
[DAY 87] - 21/12/2022
- 22° C - 65% RH during light - 18° C - 75% RH during night;
- EC 1.9 - PH 5.6.
[DAY 88] - 22/12/2022
- 21.5° C - 75% RH during light - 18° C - 80% RH during night;
- EC 1.7 - PH 5.5;
- Lowered EC to avoid nutrient burn or other issues.
[DAY 89] - 23/12/2022
- 21.5° C - 75% RH during light - 18° C - 80% RH during night;
- EC 1.7 - PH 5.8;
- Added Blombastic for the second time this week, she likes it.
[DAY 90] - 24/12/2022
- 22.5° C - 70% RH during light - 17.5° C - 80% RH during night;
- EC 1.7 - PH 6;
- Reduced Grow to 0.25 ml/l.
[DAY 91] - 25/12/2022
- 23° C - 70% RH during light - 19° C - 80% RH during night;
- EC 1.8 - PH 5.8.
[DAY 92] - 26/12/2022
- TS1000 20 cm distance - 100% dimmer: 144 watt;
- Light cycle 20/4;
- Height: 85 cm from clay;
- 23° C - 65% RH during light - 19° C - 75% RH during night;
- EC 1.8 - PH 5.9;
- Trichomes mostly clear.
[DAY 93] - 27/12/2022 - RIPEN TIME
- 22.5° C - 68% RH during light - 19.5° C - 76% RH during night;
- EC 1.8 - PH 6;
- 7 PM: Ripen begins.
[DAY 94] - 28/12/2022
- 23° C - 70% RH during light - 20° C - 78% RH during night;
- EC 2 - PH 6.1;
- 1° Ripen's day done.
[DAY 95] - 29/12/2022
- 23° C - 70% RH during light - 19.5° C - 78% RH during night;
- EC 1.8 - PH 5.9;
- 2° Ripen's day done.
[DAY 96] - 30/12/2022
- 22.5° C - 65% RH during light - 19.5° C - 75% RH during night;
- EC 1.85 - PH 5.9;
- 3° Ripen's day done;
- Updated some nice pictures of trichomes, they seems more cloudy compared to a few days ago, still no amber;
- In the next 3 days I won't be at home, I loaded the DWC more than usual, but with a slightly lower EC to avoid problems in my absence;
- Compared to my first crop, Hulkberry Auto, I noticed that these two are not turning yellow at the end of flowering, maybe I'll see progress in the next few days;
- I hope to complete 10 days of RIPEN and do at least 3 days of FLUSH. With this schedule, I would cut no earlier than January 9, day 106 from dry seed;
- My goal is 70%/30% milky/amber for the Kosher and 90%/10% for the Zkittlez.
[DAY 97] - 31/12/2022
- 23° C - 65% RH during light - 20.5° C - 75% RH during night.
[DAY 98] - 1/1/2023
- 22.5° C - 70% RH during light - 22° C - 80% RH during night.
[DAY 106] - 9/1/2023 --- HARVEST DAY
- TS1000 20 cm distance - 100% dimmer: 144 watt;
- Light cycle 20/4;
- Height: 85 cm from clay;
- 21° C - 70% RH during light - 18° C - 80% RH during night;
- EC 0.1 - PH 5.5.
- 3° day FLUSH done;
- Trichomes mostly milky/cloudy, amber here and there.
- 7 PM: HARVEST. I had to anticipate the harvest by a couple of days because I won't be home in the next few days, I was aiming for a few more amber trichomes but that's perfectly fine. The plant is ripe for harvesting!
- DRYING STAGE STARTS.
[DAY 107] - 10/1/2023 --- DRYING: 1° DAY DONE
- Removed a large amount of fan leaves, I will use this stuff for cannabutter;
- I have moved the plants to a cool and dry place to obtain an excellent drying, they will remain there as long as needed. After that I will add the Harvest!
... 7 DAYS LATER
[DAY 114] - 17/1/2023 --- DRYING: 8° DAY DONE
- After 8 days, drying stage is done. The environmental values were perfect in these 8 days:
- Average temp (min/max): 18.5° C (21°/17°);
- Average humi (min/max): 55% RH (40%/60%);
- Now starts the curing and I will add the 1° smoke review after 14 days (31/1/2023).
Kosher Cake by Fastbuds420 was grown in 10L DWC in a 2X2 tent, lit by a Mars Hydro TS1000 (144 watt) and shared the tent with Gorilla Zkittlez by Fastbuds420.
It took 106 days from dry seed to harvest and, after 8 days of perfect drying, the result is a dry weight of 147 grams: 1.02 g/w.
On the other hand, Gorilla Zkittlez has a dry weight of 134 grams: 0.93 g/w.
For a total of 281 GRAMS OF BUDS with 144 WATT: 1.95 g/w. Awesome result! I am super satisfied!!!
- From dry seed to Harvest: 26/9/22 - 9/1/23 (106 days);
- Drying: 9/1/23 - 17/1/23 (8 days);
- Curing: 17/1/23 - 18/3/23 (60 days).
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