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6th of Jan
Seed germinated and is under 8 watt led light.
10th
I always fumble somehow. A couple of days ago, I accidentally kicked the box and the cube flipped over. The stem got hurt pretty badly. Luckily, she survived.
Stem is still very flimsy. Seedling is now placed on the NFT system, which is GT205. Conditions are good, but still afraid that this baby might not make it. At least she is still alive despite the poor stem.
Day 1: Definitely positive results after last week. Stalk is still delicate and I have been supporting it with a shot glass. The roots are not yet visible outside the rockwool. Ec is 0,8 so no addition to nutrients is needed, I only added 60 ml of Photosynthesis Plus. Once the roots come out the rockwool cube, major growth shall commence! I am planning on lowering the pH down around 5.8.
Day 4: pH set to 5.7 to get nutrients from lower pH range.
Day 1: Week 3 started with typical errors. I put the recommended amounts of micro/grow/bloom on top of the "old" reservoir water. Surely the EC jumped too high and I had to dilute it down immediatly. Ec is now 1.2, which is probably 0.2 too much considering the plant's current stage. Let's see if the 1.2 is too hot. If the leaves start clawing, I will bring the ec down a notch.
The water in the reservoir is too hot temperature-wise, 25 °C. I do have Vitalink Chill stored, but maybe not a good idea to add it right now because of the highish EC. I will lower the night temperature down to 16-18°C and hope it cools down the reservoir. pH is set now to 5.8, altough lately it has been sneakingly rising.
Day 2. I managed to lower the reservoir water temperature to 17.8 °C (64 °F), EC went down to 1.1 and pH is 5.7.
Day 4. It seems that we have an issue with calcium deficiency and I think it has something to do with low pH. No calmag added, but I did bring the pH up to 6.3 by adding 3 ml of Silicon Max. Also added Root Stimulator and Photosynthesis Plus. Temperature is 24°C (75 F) in the tent. 23,3 °C in the reservoir, which is a little high.
Day 5. Plant topped, EC 1.2pH 6.1.
Week 4 of vegetation:
- water of the reservoir tank changed.
- full set of nutes added; EC = 1.3 and pH = 6.3
- CO2 baggie opened.
Probably last two weeks of veg. Hopefully the CO2 bag will boost the growth and we can defoliate before flip within the next fortnite. I noticed that the roots were remarkably long while changing the water. All good.
Day 3: added calmag 10ml, EC 1.3, pH 6.3.
Day 5: EC 1.2 & pH 6.2.
Day 7: EC 1.2 & pH 6.0. Today I am also going to top some side branches. I was going to defoliate, but decided to do it later when 12/12 stretch happens.
Day 1:
Week 5 starts with adding basic nutes on top of the "old" water. Also added "new" water to dilute the EC to 1.5 and that brought the pH up to 6.3.
The plant itself is bushy and stubby, and for some odd reason I don't want to defoliate the huge and beautiful fan leaves. Let her grow like that for now.
Day 2:
EC was 1.5 but pH had risen up to 6.4. I brought it down to 5.9. There's an issue with low humidity. RH is around 35-40% and I don't wanna run my humidifier anymore because the mist has fine white chalky powder that clogs the air filter eventually. This is why I run two in-line duct fans and it is already high-time to run the bigger one since the CO2 baggie got opened.
Day 3:
Added water for about 3 l. EC 1.5, pH 6. Last day before flipping to 12/12.
Day 4:
EC 1.3, pH 6. First day in 12h darkness.
Day 5:
CalMag added 10 ml and fresh water added, EC 1,5 pH 6.3.
Day 1
Reso water changed with a hassle. After adding the nutrients I had problems adjusting the pH. One time it got too low and I bought it back up with fresh water. Therefore the solution has a low EC of 1.4 (700 PPM). Nevertheless, I leave it like that because the EC will rise once the plant drinks water off the reso.
First full week of 12/12 starts and are we gonna see some flowers this week? Probably not. Though sometimes when the duct has been off, I've smelled a tiny bit of dankness in the air.
Day 2
Added m/g/b 2ml each. EC 1.6, pH 6.2. All good.
Day 4
Added fresh water, 10 ml of Vitalink Buddy and 10 ml of CalMag. EC 1.6 & pH 6.0.
Day 5
Added fresh water and m/g/b 4ml each, pH 6.1, EC 1.6.
Day 6
Since no flowers had not appeared I started to worry if there was a light leak in the tent. Yes, there was the extension cord's light shining and that has slowed things down. After removing the extension cord, I hope we can move forward now without any drama. Rookie mistake. Diarywise, this week was changed back to 'veg' and next week will be the first week of 'flowering'.
After 1,5 weeks of 12/12h, I started to worry why the plant was not showing any signs of flowering and I decided to get in to the tent to check for any light leaks. YES: Extension cord's led was shining in the darkness.
Is this just a delay or am I going to face problems?
Day 1
Fresh water added. M/G/B 15 ml each. EC 1.7 pH 6.1.
Day 2
Some bottom leaves were dead so I shaved her legs a bit. Leaves got a little wilty but she'll bounce back. EC 1.7 pH 6.1.
Day 3
Added 10 l of fresh water, m/g 5 ml each and b 10 ml, also 10 ml calmag. EC 1.6 pH 6.2.
Day 5
pH had went down so I upped it with litres of fresh water to 6.1. EC diluted down to 1.4 but so be it. Flowering has started.
Day 7
Change of reservoir.
Day 1
A new week starts. Yesterday there were a couple of upside down leaves. pH was too low. All good now.
Day 3
Added fresh water, Buddy 15 ml, Silicon Max 10 ml. EC 1.6, pH 6.2 and I calibrated the pH meter.
Also, defoliated and super cropped. Some of the branches sure I was too soft but there was a couple too who got well bent. At least no tape needed!
Day 4
EC 1.6, pH 6.1. Second scrog-net installed.
Day 7
EC 1.7, pH 6.1.
Day 1
A new week has started again. Added 6 l of fresh water and gently m/g/b, calmag and a little bit of Bloombastic. EC 1.7 and pH 6.3.
Day 3
She drinks! Added 11 litres of water and the reservoir did not even get full. Also added micro 20 ml, grow 10 ml, bloom 25 ml. EC 1.8, pH 6.1 and reservoir water 21°C.
Later the pH was at 6.0, so 5 ml of silicate added. pH 6.3 EC 1.8.
Day 4
pH keeps on dropping down. More silicate
(10 ml) and a couple of litres of water. EC 1.8, pH 6.2.
Day 5
Had to remove some of the biggest leaves for lower buds light intake and better airflow of course. I totally could have defoliated more, but I always go too easy with the plant because I am too scared. Added some fresh water and just 2 ml of bloombastic. EC 1.8 & pH 6.2. Everything looks ok.
Day 1
Reservoir changed. Plant looks healthy green. Though last week I noticed some yellowed leaftips here and there. I think it's normal considering the stage.
Day 2
EC was a little high (2.1) so I brought it down to 1.8 by adding a few litres of fresh water. pH 6.2.
Day 4
EC 2.0, pH 6.3, added 30 ml of Photo Plus.
Day 5
Added fresh water, m/g/b 6 ml each, pH 6.3, EC 1.8.
Day 1
Added 10 l of fresh water and gave nutes as above. All good.
Day 7
A fan busted. pH keeps on rising every day. Maybe because of the Bloombastic? Tomorrow change of reservoir.
Apparently pH rising can be a symptom of root rot. I checked the roots and they are white-ish and healthy. Nevertheless, I decided to run Alien Root Rot X 12 h before changing the reso. 200 ml to 10 litres of water.
Day 1
Res changed and tank cleaned up. Nutes added as above. Everything going smoothly and hopefully keeps on going like that until the very end, which is not too many weeks afar.
Day 3
pH sneaking down to 5.8, added 10 ml of silicate and added about 8 litres of fresh water. EC 1.8 and pH 6.2
Day 1
Buds are getting bigger and they smell funky and sort of weirdly sweet. Nice coating of thrichomes and real sticky icky.
Added micro and bloom 10 ml each. Then 30 ml of Photo Plus. EC 1.7 and pH 6.3.
Day 3
So, possibly there is/was a case of powdery mildew, I cannot confirm. Did the treatment though. pH was a little low, so I gave 10 ml of silicate. After adding water, pH is 6.2 and EC 1.7. roots look fine and so does the rest of the plant.
Day 4
Added some water, Bloombastic & CalMag 5 ml each. EC 1.8, pH 6.1.
Can someone confirm if this is powdery mildew or just chalk from misting, please? The walls of the grow tent had a little chalk on them too so that's why I am not a 100% sure. Temperatures have been quite optimal for late flower and humidity has not even been over 40%.
Upon zooming in it looks like reside from sprays you can see the giveaway water droplet shapes that have evaporated..
I’ve had my fair share of WPM growing in a basement and that’s not how it shows up
Day 1
Reso changed. New set of juices given. Roots are everywhere. EC 1.9 & pH 6.2.
Day 2
Sun leaves are showing yellow spots here and there. Leaves on top are also getting crispy and break easily on their tips. Added some fresh water, EC 1.9, pH 6.0. Humidity is way too low, RH 35%. Roots look good but the water pump needs cleaning occasionally due to root material.
Day 4
Ok, we have nanners. Maybe it's time to chop. I hoped to have her for a couple of weeks more.
Day 7
I have pondered for the past days and given the current situation with nanners and such, I decided to say good night.
Great resilient strain and a wonderful yielder! I wanted to run her for at least one week more, but she ended up with nanners. On the other hand, I was the one who gave her rough times sometimes and maybe it was too much stress in the end. This is what happens when growing too high. Looking back, the "issues" with the possible root rot and the possible powdery mildew was just paranoia. Which is totally nice because I happen to like paranoia. Very important part of this. Also the air dryness must have affected. During the last weeks of flower, the RH was less than 40%. I did not want to run my humidifier too many weeks because the chalk will eventually clog the carbon filter. Been there.
Speaking of smell, during my grow it was subtle. Therefore this strain is totally good for stealth required operations.
Great yield. 278 g after a week of drying 'til the branches snap and before starting the curing process.
This will keep me up in smoke for a long time.
El_Jardinero
