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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.
Kosher Cake diary: https://growdiaries.com/diaries/154728-grow-journal-by-growerar/week/848043
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 Gorilla Zkittlez I will use these nutrients:
A + B by Atami;
Hydro Booster by Atami;
Bloom Stimulator by Atami;
Rootbastic by Atami;
Bloombastic by Atami;
Atazyme by Atami;
Silicate by T.A .;
Calcium Magnesium by T.A .;
Final Part by T.A.;
PH down by T.A.;
PH down Bloom by Canna.
In this configuration I will not use h2o2, as it may have unwanted interactions with some of the products used.
[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.
[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;
- 10 am: Zkittlez has emerged from the root riot cube. The shell is wedged between the cotyledons, I removed it with tweezers;
- 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;
- first long root in DWC, really fast!
[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 0.5 solution, 2 times/day, 240ml/day.
[DAY 9] - 4/10/2022
- 25° C - 70% RH average;
- 4 roots in DWC, she's going faster then sister and is not showing yellow spots. Very well!
[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;
- She has nice green leaves, a way better then Kosher;
- 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 0.68 - PH 6.2, added few drops of Ph down by GHE;
- She looks fine, maybe slow growing.
[DAY 14] - 9/10/2022
- 25.5° C - 60% RH average;
- EC 0.68 - PH 5.9;
- Second week of life ended, last 2 days were worst, let's see next week. 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 0.6 - PH 5.8;
- Lowered EC to 0.6.
[DAY 16] - 11/10/2022
- TS1000 40 cm - 50% dimmer = 75 watt
- 26° C - 60% RH during light - 22° C - 70% during night;
- EC 0.6 - PH 5.8;
- 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!
- The Zkittlez is doing much better than her sister, although the first pair of leaves is ruining;
- Despite this, between yesterday and today there has been good growth and the fourth pair of leaves is sprouting. I think at the end of the week it will be very different from today.
[DAY 17] - 12/10/2022
- TS1000 40 cm - 50% dimmer = 75 watt
- 26° C - 60% RH during light - 22° C - 70% during night;
- EC 0.6 - PH 5.8.
[DAY 18] - 13/10/2022
- 25° C - 60% RH during light - 22° C - 70% during night;
- EC 0.6 - PH 5.6.
[DAY 19] - 14/10/2022
- 25° C - 55% RH during light - 22° C - 70% during night;
- EC 0.57 - PH 5.6;
- Nice growth in the last 24 hours, I'm really happy!
- 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% RH during night;
- EC 0.6 - PH 5.7;
- Last week ended perfectly, in the last 7 days the plant has grown fast and is hungry, the EC goes down day by day;
- Over the next few days I will bring the EC to about 0.8 / 0.9;
- 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% RH during night;
- EC 0.55 - PH 5.6;
- PH DOWN from T.A. is working great. I don't need it as often as I thought;
- Very bushy;
- Start to smell good when I open the grow box, it's time for the carbon filter;
- Added 7ml Atazyme in DWC and plant seems to like it;
- I will continue to add 7ml of Atazyme only once a week until the end of the vegetative phase; in flowering I will add 7ml of Atazyme 2 times a week (=14ml/week), regardless of how many times I top up the DWC.
[DAY 24] - 19/10/2022
- 25° C - 60% RH during light - 22° C - 75% RH during night;
- EC 0.6 - PH 5.6;
- Zkittlez drinks a good amount of solution and EC drops quickly;
- She's very bushy, it will be hard to do LST;
- Light leaf tucking;
- Removed humidifier.
[DAY 25] - 20/10/2022
- 25° C - 60% RH during light - 22° C - 65% RH during night;
- EC 0.7 - PH 6;
- EC drops constantly, she drinks about 0.7 liter/day.
[DAY 26] - 21/10/2022
- 25° C - 55% RH during light - 22° C - 70% RH during night;
- EC 0.55 - PH 6;
- TS1000 40 cm distance - 66% dimmer = 100 watt for 10 days;
- Height: 13 cm from clay;
- Leaf tucking.
[DAY 27] - 22/10/2022
- 25° C - 60% RH during light - 22° C - 75% RH during night;
- EC 0.65 - PH 6.
[DAY 28] - 23/10/2022
- 25° C - 65% RH during light - 22° C - 80% RH during night;
- EC 0.8 - PH 6.3, when I add Silicate (aka Mineral Magic) is hard keep PH below 6;
- Replaced solution in DWC;
- Leaf tucking;
- Height: 14 cm from clay. She is growing a lot day by day, not in height. The leaves are growing and are very large, you can't see what's under the canopy.
[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 6;
- Mineral Magic makes hard to keep ph below 6, there have been big swings in the last 24 hours;
- Anyway EC is dropping quickly! This week I will bring EC to 1;
- Height: 18 cm from clay.
[DAY 30] - 25/10/2022
- 24° C - 70% RH during light - 22° C - 80% RH during night;
- EC 0.75 - PH 6;
- 800 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 0.6 - PH 6; EC drops from 0.8 to 0.6 in 24 hours, I added a liter of EC 1.5 solution to raise the EC again. I think she can hold EC 1, but I want to get there calmly;
- Height: 22 cm from clay after leaf tucking;
- Added 10 ml Atazyme for this week.
[DAY 32] - 27/10/2022
- 24° C - 70% RH during light - 22° C - 80% RH during night;
- EC 0.7 - PH 6;
- Bent the main branch to the left, 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; Tomorrow I will bring EC up to 1;
- Drinks 1 lt / day.
[DAY 34] - 29/10/2022
- 24° C - 65% RH during light - 22° C - 70% RH during night;
- EC 1 - PH 5.8; as I tought, she can handle EC 1, nice too see that!
- 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 0.85 - PH 6.1; she's drinking wery well! EC drops from 1.05 to 0.85 in 21 hours;
- Hard 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 1 - PH 5.9.
[DAY 37] - 1/11/2022
- 23.5° C - 70% RH during light - 21.5° C - 75% RH during night;
- EC 1 - PH 6.3. Today added Mineral Magic, hard to keep PH low in this case;
- Removed 4 leaves;
- 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 1 - PH 6.3. Tomorrow I will change DWC;
- Removed 5 fan leaves;
- Leaf tucking.
[DAY 39] - 3/11/2022
- 23° C - 72% RH during light - 21.5° C - 78% RH during night;
- EC 1 - PH 5.9;
- 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 6;
- Leaf tucking.
[DAY 41] - 5/11/2022
- 22° C - 75% RH during light - 20° C - 77% RH during night;
- EC 0.95 - PH 6;
- 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 - 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 1.4 - PH 6;
- 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 1.4 - 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 1.3 - PH 6.2;
- 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 1.3 - PH 6.2;
- 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 1.4 - PH 6;
- Plant looks a bit stressed after defoliation and lollipopping. Nothing to worry about I guess, but EC went up. Tomorrow I will check again and we'll see if she's eating nutrients in the right way.
[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 6;
- Defoliation;
- Little friend on the leaves.
Hi Guys, I'm growing 2 "Forever Young" Fastbuds. I received these seeds from a friend and therefore I'm not absolutely sure that they are two Fastbuds, but he is someone I trust and therefore I assume that this is the case.
NO MORE SPACE. READ THE COMMENT->
Changing the feed won't cause them to flower.
If they really are autos, it won't matter if the hours are 16, 18 or 20, they should flower at all these light schedules, autoflowers flower due to age, not lighting schedules.
Since they are 51 days old, one would have expected them to at least be showing some signs of flowering and since they are not, maybe you should consider that they are actually photoperiod plants.
[DAY 71] - 5/12/2022
- TS1000 40 cm distance - 100% dimmer: 144 watt;
- Light cycle 20/4;
- Height: 68 cm from clay (the other one is 80 cm from clay);
- 23° C - 70% RH during light - 19° C - 75% RH during night;
- EC 1 - PH 6;
- Defoliation.
[DAY 72] - 6/12/2022
- 23° C - 70% RH during light - 19° C - 75% RH during night;
- EC 1.3 - PH 6;
- This week I changed the ratio between A (1.5ml/l) and B (2.5ml/l).
[DAY 73] - 7/12/2022
- 22.5° C - 70% RH during light - 18° C - 80% RH during night;
- EC 1.1 - PH 6.
[DAY 74] - 8/12/2022
- 22° C - 70% RH during light - 18° C - 80% RH during night;
- EC 1 - PH 6;
- Tomorrow I will give her a big nutrients booster.
[DAY 75] - 9/12/2022
- 22° C - 70% RH during light - 20° C - 75% RH during night;
- EC 1.3 - PH 6;
- Video.
[DAY 76] - 10/12/2022
- 24° C - 68% RH during light - 21° C - 75% RH during night;
- EC 1.6 - PH 5.9.
[DAY 77] - 11/12/2022
- 24° C - 67% RH during light - 19.5° C - 73% RH during night;
- EC 1.7 - PH 5.8.
[DAY 78] - 12/12/2022
- TS1000 40 cm distance - 100% dimmer: 144 watt;
- Light cycle 20/4;
- Height: 74 cm from clay (the other one is 83 cm from clay);
- 24° C - 60% RH during light - 19° C - 70% RH during night;
- EC 1.7- PH 5.9.
[DAY 79] - 13/12/2022
- 24° C - 60% RH during light - 19° C - 70% RH during night;
- EC 1.5- PH 5.9.
[DAY 80] - 14/12/2022
- 24° C - 65% RH during light - 19° C - 80% RH during night;
- EC 1.4 - PH 6.
[DAY 81] - 15/12/2022
- 22.5° C - 73% RH during light - 19° C - 80% RH during night;
- EC 1.4 - PH 6.1;
- Defoliation.
[DAY 82] - 16/12/2022
- 22.5° C - 70% RH during light - 20° C - 80% RH during night;
- EC 1.4 - PH 5.9;
- Pretty fine, some spots here and there on the leaves.
[DAY 83] - 17/12/2022
- 22.5° C - 70% RH during light - 20° C - 80% RH during night;
- FLUSH EC 0.3 for 24 h.
[DAY 84] - 18/12/2022
- 22.5° C - 70% RH during light - 20° C - 80% RH during night;
- EC 1 - PH 6.
[DAY 85] - 19/12/2022
- TS1000 40 cm distance - 100% dimmer: 144 watt;
- Light cycle 20/4;
- Height: 76 cm from clay;
- 22.5° C - 65% RH during light - 19° C - 68% RH during night;
- EC 1.2 - PH 6.1.
[DAY 86] - 20/12/2022
- 23° C - 63% RH during light - 18° C - 70% RH during night;
- EC 1.55 - PH 6;
- I guess last week the EC value was too low, hope Zkittlez can gain a lot of weight in the next few weeks;
- Lowered a bit A+B and added EC 0.2/0.3 of Bloombastic!
[DAY 87] - 21/12/2022
- 22° C - 65% RH during light - 18° C - 75% RH during night;
- EC 1.45 - PH 6.2.
[DAY 88] - 22/12/2022
- 21.5° C - 75% RH during light - 18° C - 80% RH during night;
- EC 1.7 - PH 6;
- PH costantly around 6/6.2, due the Mineral Magic.
[DAY 89] - 23/12/2022
- 21.5° C - 75% RH during light - 18° C - 80% RH during night;
- EC 1.7 - PH 6;
- Added Blombastic for the second time this week, she likes it;
- Unlike the other plant, she can handle even an higher EC solution, so in next few day I will try to raise it.
[DAY 90] - 24/12/2022
- 22.5° C - 70% RH during light - 17.5° C - 80% RH during night;
- EC 1.65 - PH 6.1.
[DAY 91] - 25/12/2022
- 23° C - 70% RH during light - 19° C - 80% RH during night;
- EC 1.9 - PH 6.
[DAY 92] - 26/12/2022
- TS1000 30 cm distance - 100% dimmer: 144 watt;
- Light cycle 20/4;
- Height: 76 cm from clay;
- 23° C - 65% RH during light - 19° C - 75% RH during night;
- EC 1.9 - PH 6.2;
- EC 1.4 + EC 0.5 Bloombastic;
- 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 1.9 - PH 6.1;
- 7 PM: Ripen begins.
[DAY 94] - 28/12/2022
- 23° C - 70% RH during light - 20° C - 78% RH during night;
- EC 2.2 - PH 6.2;
- 1° Ripen's day done.
[DAY 95] - 29/12/2022
- 23° C - 70% RH during light - 19.5° C - 78% RH during night;
- EC 2 - 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 2 - 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 90%/10% milky/amber for the Zkittlez and 70%/30% for the Kosher.
[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 30 cm distance - 100% dimmer: 144 watt;
- Light cycle 20/4;
- Height: 76 cm from clay;
- 21° C - 70% RH during light - 18° C - 80% RH during night;
- EC 0.1 - PH 6.
- 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).
Gorilla Zkittlez by Fastbuds420 was grown in 10L DWC in a 2X2 tent, lit by a Mars Hydro TS1000 (144 watt) and shared the tent with Kosher Cake 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 134 grams: 0.93 g/w. On the other hand, Kosher Cake has a dry weight of 147 grams: 1.02 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 62%: 17/1/23 - 18/3/23 (60 days).
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