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Week 3
Light settings
18/6 on at 6.00am off 0.00am
Light power= 46% 109w
Radiator settings
LIghts on
Turn on if temp drops below 21.4c
Turn off if temp goes above 21.5c
Lights off
Turn on if temp drops below 19c
Turn off if temp goes above 19.1c
Humidifier settings
LIghts on
Turn on if humidity drops below 59.9%
Turn off if humidity goes above 60%
LIghts off
Turn on if humidity drops below 49.9%
Turn off if humidity goes above 50%
Extractor settings
temperature 24c with 1c steps
Humidity 62% with 2% steps
Max speed 8
Min speed 1
VPD aim 0.5-0.9
Wednesday 8/2/23 Day 15
5.00pm
Turn pots 90 deg
Thursday 9/2/23 Day 16
8.30pm
#2 Feed 1.5L Ec=1.06 Ph=6.4
Run 80ml Ec=3.35 Ph=5.7
Moved
#2 to left
#2 Height= 13CM Dist= 58CM DLI=18.8
Friday 10/2/23 Day 17
Did nothing
#2 contemplated fiming
Saturday 11/2/23 Day 18
8.00pm
#2 moved to right and fim, should have 5 sets of nodes and then the fim part.
#2 Height= 15CM Dist= 55CM DLI= 20.0
Extractor settings
temperature 25c with 1c steps
Humidity 62% with 2% steps
Max speed 8
Min speed 1
Sunday 12/2/23 Day 19
4.30pm
Leaf tuck all 3
#2 managed to expose a few nodes.
8.30pm
removed humidifier and moved pots nearer centre of the tent.
A bit more leaf tucking.
Monday 13/2/23 Day 20
7.30pm
#2 Feed 2L Ec=1.04 Ph=6.5
Run 50ml Ec=1.67 Ph=6.0
Tuesday 14/2/23 Day 21
#2 Height= 17CM Dist= 53CM DLI= 21.2
Round up for the week.
Again it's been a fairly productive week with the grow. Didn't quite hit my VPD target but I wasn't far from it. There is enough foliage that I managed to remove the humidifier from the tent.
#2 Tropicana Cookies FF is so far the best looking plant out the grow, she has grown extremely quickly and got some real big leaves. I attempted to Fim during the week to slow down the height a bit. Hopefully that has paid off. I'm thinking 1 more week before going 12/12.
Power used for week
Light
(1.96+1.96+1.96+1.96+1.96+1.95+1.95)=13.7Kw
Extractor
(0.05+0.05+0.05+0.06+0.06+0.06+0.07)=0.4Kw
Fans
(0.31+0.30+0.30+0.30+0.3+0.31+0.39)=2.21Kw
Humid
(0.05+0.02+0.0+0.0+++)=0.07Kw
Radiator
(1.44+0.9+1.04+0.68+0.6+0.92+2.61)=8.19Kw
Total for the week=24.57Kw
Back in a week.
Thanks for stopping by.
@Inganjawetrust, really simple mate. Bucket with water/nutes, water pump, tubing, 4way manifold, drip emitters. Suck all the Run off out the saucers with a big ass syringe. Need to sort that out to be automatic.
@GrowingGrannie, this one and the cheesecake are big bushes. I'm a week behind on my diaries, just finished 1st week of 12/12 and she has got way more bushy.
I messed up and accidentally got Trop Cookies autoflowers. So, i'm going to live vicariously through your grow. It's looking great so far! I'm excited to see how these fast flowers finish.
Good luck, bruv!
@ernest_twwg, she is bushy mate, real bushy. I don't have the space so I'm glad I flipped to flower when I did. I could imagine another few weeks in veg and she would have filled the tent on her own.
Great notes. Good to see someone else has a love of VPD charts. I have a custom spreadsheet in google sheets that graphs my VPD. I also have a lung room vs tent comparison with weather conditions added as well.
I am currently charting annual VPD conditions for "paradise" growing locations such as The Emerald Triangle in California, Hindu Kush Mountains, Thai Highlands, etc.
@Hashy, the camera sensors on phones are the best option without buying something like an ePar meter. Stretch occurs during early flower naturally (varies by genetics).
To induce stretching, one would need to increase the amount of far-red light (IR) to activate the plant's shade avoidance system. The ratio of red light to far-red light determines this. Check out Bruce Bugbee's "Far-red: The Forgotten Photons" YouTube video.
I actually cover up the IR diodes on my lights during early flowering to keep the stretch in check.
@ironf1st, lol I'm literally half way through my 1st joint of it. Iv not tried the auto version of this strain so I don't know how it would compare to it but I'm getting a very sweet taste from it, like a bit fruity as well maybe citrus. Its bloody nice I'll give it that, pretty damn strong as well.
Hey Growmie,
Thanks a bunch for growing our Fastflowering genetics, and sharing this diary with us :)
We hope that it was a nice experience, and that you enjoy the harvest!
Have a good one