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Day 1 Fri 11/18/22 - One seed popped after 48 hours in a damp paper towel. The other looks like it might pop in another 24 hours or less. We'll see.
Day 2 Sat 11/19/22 - Taproot about 1cm, so I planted in a plug and put it down by the tent in the dark. Spritzed just a little water on the top of the plug.
Day 3 Sun 11/20/22 - Nothing visible coming out of the plug yet. Spritzed with a little water and covered with clear plastic bowl.
Day 4 Mon 11/21/22 - Seedling popped through the soil today and two leaves started to appear! Put it under a 60w CFL bulb and covered with clear plastic cup.
Day 5 Tues 11/22/22 - Took some advice from the great people who answered my question yesterday and removed the clear cup, watered a little (maybe a tsp or so), and put the CFL bulb about 5-6 inches above the leaves. I can't believe how fast these things grow! The other seed never popped in a paper towel, so as a last ditch I threw it in a shot glass of water and will see what happens. It sank right to the bottom, but I'm still not confident it will ever pop.
Day 6 Wed 11/23/22 - Just wow. Growing so much. Switched to a 40w 5000k LED bulb about 5-6 cm above the leaves hoping to reduce the stretch with the lower wattage.
Day 7 Thurs 11/24/23 - Still growing and leaves getting bigger.
Day 8 Fri 11/25/22 - leaves getting way bigger. Stretch has slowed with lower power light placed closer to the plant.
Day 9 Sat 11/26/22 - Nothing new to report. Still 24/7 with the light in the same position as always.
New grower. First seed. Seems to be going fine with seedling popping through soil after 2 days. Now under 60w CFL about 6-8 inches above the plant and a clear plastic cup covering it. Any tips for keeping it alive and thriving? Been spritzing with water 1-2x/day.
I would remove the plastic cup as soon as the sprout breaks out of the soil. If it stays to humid you promote mold/fungus which can cause the sprout to "dampen off". Only reason to have a dome is to prevent your soil from drying out while the seeds taproot is still small and can easily dry up.
Happy Growing
D1 Veg-10 days after germination, I transplanted the plug into 1 gal fabric pot today. Filled the pot about half way with coco coir, washed it, and mixed in about 1/3 tsp of Dr Earth fertilizer and 1/8-1/4 cup worm castings. Made a hole for the plug and also buried about half of the visible stem. Prior to transplanting, took note that many roots were visible and looked healthy (see pics). Will keep a close eye on it tonight because I'm afraid transplanting and putting it under the more powerful light with the introduction of 80% humidity in the tent might shock it a little. Also raised the pot up about 8" above the other three that have 10-11 day clones in them.
D2 Veg-Looking great after the first night in the tent! No noticeable issues. Watered along with the other plants, which got a tea of water, CalMag Plus, Recharge and worm castings. Keeping elevated so it's closer to the light than the other plants.
D3 veg-Not much change since yesterday. Watered in about 1/3 tsp of Dr Earth fertilizer.
D4 veg-Added water and raised the light up 2 inches. Starting to see more leaves popping out on the top!
D5 veg 12/1/22-Just watered tonight. Looking great!
D6 veg 12/2/22-Looking great 15 days post germination! Gave it the same thing as the other three plants (all clones) tonight: added the following to 1 gal water then divided equally, with one quart for each plant: .5 tsp recharge, 4 ml cal-mag. Used that to water in 1.5 tsp Dr Earth fertilizer mixed with 1/3 c worm castings and 1 c coco coir.
D7 veg 12/3/22-Just watered tonight. Looks good, though a little dry so I unrolled the fabric pot to keep some of the air from the fan off of it tonight.
D8 veg 12/4/22 (17 days post germination)-Just watered today.
D9 veg 12/5/22-Just watered again today, and holy shit did this baby grow in the last 24 hours! Could catch up to the clones very quickly at this pace! Raised light up 1".
D10 veg 12/6/33-Looking great 19 days post germination! Gave it the same thing as the other three plants (all clones) tonight: added the following to 1 gal water then divided equally, with one quart for each plant: .5 tsp recharge, 4 ml cal-mag. Used that to water in 1.5 tsp Dr Earth fertilizer mixed with 1/3 c worm castings and 1 c coco coir.
D11 veg 12/7/22-Just watered today and raised the light up 2" so it's about 10 inches above the tops of the plants.
D12 veg 12/8/22-Just watered today.
D13 veg 12/9/33-Gave it the same thing as the other three plants (all clones) tonight: added .5 tsp recharge & 4 ml cal-mag to 1 gal water, reduced pH to 5.9, then divided equally, with one quart for each plant, watering-in 1.5 tsp Dr Earth fertilizer mixed with 1/3 c worm castings and 1 c coco coir.
D14 veg 12/10/22-Just watered today and raised the light up another 2" because the 3 clones are growing so much
W3D1 veg (24 days post germination)-Just watered today.
W3D2 veg-Just watered again today, and also clipped the first node leaves/branches off because they are so low in the pot that they aren't getting any light.
W3D3 veg-Just watered today.
W3D4 veg-Watered and decided to FIM now that I can see six nodes. We'll see what happens!
W3D5 veg-Just watered today.
W3D6 veg-Feeding day. Added .5 tsp recharge & 4 ml cal-mag to 1 gal water, reduced pH to 6.2, then divided equally, with one quart for each plant, watering-in 1.5 tsp Dr Earth fertilizer mixed with 1/3 c worm castings and 1 c coco coir.
W3D7 veg-Just watered today with water globes because we were out of town for Christmas with the family.
W4D2 veg (31 days post-germination)-Just watered today and pruned some large fan leaves to get more light to lower/inside growth.
W4D3 veg-Just watered today.
W4D4 veg-Top-dressed with 1.5 tsp Dr. Earth and watered it in.
W4D5 veg-Just watered today.
W4D6 veg-Just watered today.
W4D7 veg-Feeding day. Added .5 tsp recharge & 4 ml cal-mag to 1 gal water, reduced pH to 6.2, then divided equally, with one quart for each plant, watering-in 1.5 tsp Dr Earth fertilizer mixed with 1/3 c worm castings and 1 c coco coir.
W5D1 veg (38 days post-germination)-Just watered today. This plant is looking SO GOOD!
W5D2 veg Just watered today.
W5D3 veg-Watered after top dressing with 1 tbl Dr. Earth
W5D4 veg-Just watered today and pruned off the two huge fan leaves near the top to get more light on the lower parts of the plant.
W5D5 veg-Watered with some cal-mag added and FIMed a couple tops.
W5D6 veg-Watered with some cal-mag added.
W5D7 veg-Watered and did some LST with the new clips I got.
W6D1 veg (45 days post germination)-Just watered today.
W6D2 veg-Added 1 tbl Dr Earth, 1/2 c of worm castings and 1 c of coco coir and then watered in with 1/4 of a gallon of water that had 1/2 tsp of Recharge mixed into it before setting the pH to 5.8.
W6D3 veg-No water today so I can dry the soil out a bit due to noticing fungus gnats the last few days. Scraped the algae off the outside of all the pots, sprayed the soil with neem oil, covered the soil with diatomaceous earth, and put a yellow sticky trap just above the soil in each pot.
W6D4 veg-Just watered today.
Day 43 Thurs 1/5/23 (48 days post-germination)-Flipped to flower today by leaving the lights off until noon rather than 6am, so they are now on a 12/12 schedule. Only watered today.
Day 44 Fri 1/6/23-Day 2 of flower. Did some major defoliation and removed all the LST clips because I placed the trellis in place for ScrOGging. Only watered today. Also saved a clipping and started a clone.
Day 45 Sat 1/7/23-Top-dressed with 4 tbl Dr Earth Bud/Bloom (switched from Dr. Earth veg fertilizer) & 1/3 c of worm castings, and then watered in with 1/4 of a gallon of water that had 1/2 tsp of Recharge & 4 ml CalMag mixed into it before setting the pH to 6.2.
Day 46 Sun 1/8/23-Watered and a few hours later sprayed the topsoil with neem oil and dusted with diatomaceous earth in an attempt to finish off the dwindling population of fungus gnats.
Day 47 Mon 1/9/23-Just watered today.
Day 48 Tues 1/10/23-Just watered today.
Day 49 Wed 1/11/23-Top-dressed with 4 tbl Dr Earth Bud/Bloom and watered in with 5.5 pH water.
Day 50 Thurs 1/12/23 (55 days post-germination)-Just watered today.
Day 51 Fri 1/13/23-Just watered today.
Day 52 Sat 1/14/23-Top-dressed with 2 tbl Dr Earth Bud/Bloom (half of what I fed them on Wed 1/11) & 4 tbl worm castings, and then watered in with 1/4 of a gallon of water that had 1/2 tsp of Recharge & 4 ml CalMag mixed into it before setting the pH to 6.2.
Day 53 Sun 1/15/23-Just watered today, and after a close inspection I'm making the call that this is a FEMALE plant! WOOT!
Day 54 Mon 1/16/23-Just watered today.
Day 55 Tues 1/17/23-Just watered today.
Day 56 Wed 1/18/23-Top-dressed with 4 tbl Dr Earth Bud/Bloom & 4 tbl worm castings, and then watered in with 1/4 of a gallon of water that had 1/2 tsp of Recharge & 5 ml CalMag mixed into it before setting the pH to 6.2.
Day 57 Thurs 1/19/23 (62 days post-germination)-Just watered today.
Day 58 Fri 1/20/23-Just watered today.
Day 59 Sat 1/21/23-Top-dressed with 2 tsp Dr Earth Flower Girl and watered in.
Day 60 Sun 1/22/23-Just watered today.
Day 61 Mon 1/23/23-Just watered today.
Day 62 Tues 1/24/23-Just watered today.
Day 63 Wed 1/25/23-Top-dressed with 4 tbl Dr Earth Bud/Bloom & 4 tbl worm castings, and then watered in with 1/4 of a gallon of water that had 1/2 tsp of Recharge & 4 ml CalMag mixed into it before setting the pH to 6.2.
Day 64 Thurs 1/26/23 (69 days post-germination)-Just watered today.
Day 65 Fri 1/27/23-Just watered today
Day 66 Sat 1/28/23-Top-dressed with 2tsp Dr Earth Flower Girl and watered in. Have also been pruning fan leaves as necessary to help with light penetration to 2nd level bud sites.
Day 67 Sun 1/29/23-Just watered today and defoliated everything in the tent. Also super cropped one of the tall stems on this plant that's extending well above the 2nd trellis, but not the other because I want to see what happens first since I've never done this before.
Day 68 Mon 1/30/23-Just watered today. Looking good after defoliating and super cropping yesterday.
Day 69 Tues 1/31/23-Just watered today.
Day 70 Wed 2/1/23-Top-dressed with 4 tbl Dr Earth Bud/Bloom & 4 tbl worm castings, and then watered in with 1/4 of a gallon of water that had 1/2 tsp of Recharge & 4 ml CalMag mixed into it before setting the pH to 6.2.
Day 71 Thurs 2/2/23 (76 days post-germination; Day 29 of flower)-Just watered today.
Day 72 Fri 2/3/23-Just watered today.
Day 73 Sat 2/4/23-Top-dressed with 2tsp Dr Earth Flower Girl and watered in.
Day 74 Sun 2/5/23-Just watered today.
Day 75 Mon 2/6/23-Just watered today.
Day 76 Tues 2/7/23-Just watered today.
Day 77 Wed 2/8/23-Full feeding with recharge, calmag, bud/bloom fertilizer, worm castings.
Day 78 Thurs 2/9/23 (83 days post-germination; Day 36 of flower)-Just watered today.
Day 79 Fri 2/10/23-Just watered today.
Day 80 Sat 2/11/30-Just watered today.
Day 81 Sun 2/12/23-Just watered today.
Day 82 Mon 2/13/23-Just watered today.
Day 83 Tues 2/14/23-Just watered today.
Day 84 Wed 2/15/23-Full feeding with Dr Earth, worm castings, recharge and CalMag.
Day 85 Thurs 2/16/23 (90 days post-germination; Day 43 of flower)-Just watered today.
Day 86 Fri 2/17/23-Just watered today.
Day 87 Sat 2/18/23-Top-dressed with 2 tbl Dr Earth Bud & Bloom and watered in.
Day 88 Sun 2/19/23-Just watered today.
Day 89 Mon 2/20/23-Just watered today.
Day 90 Tues 2/21/23-Just watered today.
Day 91 Wed 2/22/23-Full feeding today with Recharge, CalMag, Dr. Earth Bud & Bloom.
Crazy week. While I was working on getting rid of the fungus gnats I took a look at the top layer of the medium with my digital microscope and noticed a very large amount of microscopic bugs, white to off white, maybe slightly brown, with bulbous backs, crawling around in the soil. Continued to give water a from the bottom for a few days while fighting gnats and these bugs at the top with neem and dryness. Nothing was working to reduce the population of microscopic bugs, so I turned off the oscillating fan and applied diatomaceous earth to the top layer of medium in all the plants. That helped with the gnats, but not so much with the microscopic bugs, so I sprayed water with peroxide (3:1) on the top of the medium and stopped watering for two days, which almost completely eliminated all visible bugs in the medium. Fed the plants on 3/7 with Dr Earth and Recharge after 9 days without giving them any nutrients.
Looking at trichomes through the scope, they are mostly clear with about 20% cloudy and 2% amber, so I'd say I have 2-3 weeks until harvest, possibly more.
3/11/23-I'm guessing I have 1-3 weeks until harvest, so I trimmed most of the fan leaves today.
3/19/23-Day 74 of flower and I chopped them and hung them to dry now that the trichomes are about 15-20% amber across all the plants in the tent. Prior to chopping, I stopped watering and giving them light for 48 hours, and I last fertilized 12 days ago in an effort to flush the medium before chopping.
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