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2 girls 1 cup week 3, let's go...
Day 21- Starting off on the wrong foot this week. What didn't go wrong in the last few days.. Not only did I accidently try drowning them replacing a clear sight tube.. The new light changed some variables in the closet, and getting adjusted was a little ROUGH to say the least. Adding another blessney oscillator in there to circulate some air around changed how moisture flows around the tent, and ended up hurting the girls. Both have a cold and had to trim some leaves to prevent the spread of some nasties. Kinda hurt me as much as it hurt them, but if they grew a hand sized fan leaf in 4-5 days... They'll be back.. They're currently on a h²o² diet, and have been switched from GHE flora series feed to the Lucas Formula half strength. Pumped em a little too hard last week and they're letting me know. All is well, they'll get better and finish side by side holding hands the whole way. Decided to top them as well, I'd have to count which node. I think it's at the 6th. Don't want to run out of headspace, and want them to bush up some more for a canopy effect. Yeah, I'm stressing them the fuck out, but these bitches should be able to take it. Just need to get that humidity in check and keep it off the girls. Going to run RH in the lower 60's from 69-71 to see if it helps their condition. Have also cut the green lights at night to give them their privacy.
Day 22- well, I guess I should have switched to late veg/early flower vpd range?? Lowered the RH to 60-61 and they are def improving from previous days symptoms. Granted the humidity blowing right on em didn't help.. they seem to be forgiving me for that, tying them down yet again, LST all branches except for a few that were too little still. Covered the hydroton with a silicon pan cover from wally world. Temp solution to ward off more algae from the peat pellets. May just have to finish this one on a h202 diet and scrap the hydroguard. Within a day, green shit was gone. They're eating and drinking again which is good. I really rustled their feathers the last few days for SURE. But looking through photos over yesterday and today, they def got some color back and are continuing to grow.
Day 25- took em off the Lucas formula, and back on the 3/4 ghe week 3 light, but dialed it back by dilution till they're pumping again. Stressed the fuck outta them and def slowed their growth. Few more leaves need plucking, but I'm waiting atleast a few more days. Not planning on any more stressors for these girls during veg, they've had enough.
Day 27- kinda starting to look like the battle of yin/yang.. who will rise to the top?? Lol.
they have def recovered (finally) and are progressively eating and drinking more and more. Showing signs of nitrogen difficiency down low, so that will be taken into consideration when changing the RES tomorrow. RES changes couldn't be any easier with this 12v pump and a bucket rigged with a ball valve. Is it the end of week 4 already??
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.