Two girls one cup week 2..
thanks for stopping by and checking out my experiment :)
no need to rotate them.. they're doing it all on their own 🤣.
hit the girls a little hard with the light last week when i turned it up to warm things up in there. kinda blasted em with 22 DLI and the light may have caused the curling on the Godzilla Cookies. all is well, and theyre moving right along. light currently 18in up, and hitting them with 14 DLI. running the 1/2 strength GHE light feed week 2 since last sundays RES change. will prob keep this RES until this sunday. just top off and PH adjust 8am/8pm daily. kinda excited to see the explosion of growth throughout this week. 3rd true set popping out of both GC and WG, and started LST them their separate ways as early as possible. contemplating topping after 5th or 6th node. havent made up my mind as to when yet. we shall see. roots poking their way through the drainage holes in the bottom of the upper growing chamber. Will have to add a stone to the RES here in a few days time.
GHE light feed 1/2 strength week 2 (measurements are per 2gal on 500 scale):
Total nitrogen - 47.5 ppm
PPM range - 200-275 ppm
Spring Water/Tap mix - 220 ppm (calmag and hydroguard already added)
Micro 3.6mL - 144 ppm
Grow 3.4mL - 77 ppm
Bloom 2.6mL - 41 ppm
Total = 482 ppm
GHE is pretty damn accurate on that ppm range huh?
*so far they seem to be loving life.. sooner or later this light won't be able to keep up with their needs. Probably sooner with the rate they're going.
*figured I keep them on the 1/2 strength week 2 GHE Flora feed for now. They've been moving right along, and I don't want to over feed em. Next RES change will get bumped up for sure. Made a nozzle for the reptile fogger since the one it had was made for a 1" hose. MUCH better distribution of moisture now.
*Wedding Glue def showing signs of being under fed. Taking up more water than it needs to get those nutes. Causing droopy leaves. Hopefully she can wait until the start of week 3 for a bump up.
*Nute levels dropping every 12h as expected. Going to crunch numbers tonight to see how much on a 12hr basis to see if we're ready to get bumped up. If so RES changes will be weekly still, just on the week mark instead of Sunday.
*WG said fuck 5 leaves and went straight for 7! Crossing my fingers she gets 13 of em so I can break a personal record of 11. That is unless the ruderalis takes over and puts a stop to them multiplying every node.
*****anyone got some pointers on how to go about getting a sponsorship? Could use a little 300w artificial sun to brighten up a cloudy day. And to finish these girls right.
Anyone use a reptile ceramic heat emitter to heat their smaller tent? Grabbing an elitech temp/humidity controller and a reptile fogger since the unit I'm running will prob never have wifi app support again. Could plug the heat emitter on the "heat" side and keep it high up??
@DeepWaterGrower, the shock seemed to get things moving in the right direction. plant appeared confused as to what it wanted to do up until then. i dont think i would recommend it on a crop you care about. was done as an experiment to see how it reacted. will need to recreate on another crop to see if it has the same effect or not.
@DeepWaterGrower, I've stabbed GC a few times with tweezers and seemed to have kicked it into high gear (finally). Read up on stem splitting and came up with this. Not enough room to get in there without splitting myself open 🤣. May bring home the drill and a #7 bit for round two today.
Looking stellar.. nice work. This is the issue I had with autos in hydro (if you can call it that) is the growth is so fast and dense you feel you have to defoliate so often.
It’s tough cuz at some point that will slow down significantly, and you want to make sure you have plenty of foliage for the bulking stage. What has happened to me in the past was I went to far at that critical point, and ended up with less than optimal canopy for bulking.. if that makes sense. Excited to see how she turns out
@Ezzjaybruh, you aren't kidding about the push. I can see running an auto from time to time on the side. Especially if you have multiple tents. You can really learn from photos
@SmokieMcPot, yea man.. I’ll do an abusive auto run occasionally to test some shit out but photos are so much easier frankly. That’s what annoys me with all the marketing towards beginners starting with autos.. it should be the opposite. You fuck up a bit with an auto everything can go outta whack and you’re on a rigid timeline - not long after that shit usually hits fan
@Ezzjaybruh, thank you. I know exactly what you're saying about almost daily plucks. I've gone too far too late before as well and ended up murdering the plant and starting over. Trying not to do that again. WG leaves changing shape letting me know to slow down on her. GC i think I have another week maybe. Second time with autos, and after this one were going back to photos for sure. MUCH more forgiving
Sweet man I saw your question and now I’m following it.. if you got cooling of the res than I’d say go for the heating element.. tho you could probably get a little heater fan.. more expensive tho. I use a small space heater in my 8x4 and 8x10 at times
PS - water farms are badass. I had the water farm kits on a few 5 gallons way back in the day
@Ezzjaybruh, appreciate the response on the ?. i thought about a space heater too. this seems like the best option for how tight this space will get with photos later on. def agree about the water farms. my buddy saved this one for me for over 20yrs. upgraded it a bit before its second run. hoping to re-create the first grow in this one, just with two fems this time instead of some dudes from bag seed.
@Mining_green, thanks homie. I have my fingers and toes crossed. I'm starting out with known genetics instead of bag seeds this time round with the farm. Water temps will be in check this time too.
Looking lovely, I am a big fan of companion planting so it's nice to see someone else planting two in the same pot. Your training is pretty much exactly what I have in mind for mine so I shall follow along with this one and see how you get on! :)
@SmokieMcPot, if you want some inspiration from a beginner, take a look at "Karen" in my current grow series. Look at the first three weeks... and then see what happens. These plants are pretty resiliant.
@SmokieMcPot, Zero chance of disappointment (unless you just stop updating I guess), but no matter what happens with the grow, if you record and post it it will help someone somewhere someday.
Bellísimo, una pregunta bro te haz hecho tú mismo tu sistema hidropónico ? por que no he visto esa máquina en ningún grow, están buenas las plantas, y otra pregunta si las germinó en lana de roca no pasa nada si luego le hecho la arcilla así como haz hecho tú con la turba sería de gran ayuda un saludo
@Pherguay, thanks homie. I made a larger version of the waterfarm. It's waiting for its turn in the tent. I uploaded a vid of it during week 6 I think. I've never used Rockwool, but I don't see that being a problem.
@Herbies_Seeds, herbies official? Awh shoot.. thanks Herbies 😊. I'm going to try and get GC to finish. If not, I'll run it again for ya and make ya proud. *late edit* RIP Gozdilla Cookies
Hey growmie - really nice diary
Thanks so much for sharing your grow experience, we hope you liked our genetics
Have a great weekend :) enjoy the harvest!
@Fast_Buds, FastBuds official? Awh shoot, thanks for stopping by. Decisions made stunted her from her full potential.. but she still turned out great giving her circumstances. Enjoying the "samples" I've taken, so I can only imagine how she'll taste after curing.