Bobs Buds Round 1

Last week was their first week. This is start of week 2 and i will fix that later. Not much is changing just feeding and waiting for transplant/lst training. Will prob top gc1 and 2 as they will make the canopy really tall and unaligned and cause more problems than i need. Day 10 TD1 is looking great. I could fill the whole tent with the 2 cracks and the single td1 but i am more after variety and flavors so i am going to end up with less yield on the bigger plants but more variety overall. Slight wind damage due to clip fan elevated levels. -End of the week. I think vpd is still high. Just now tunning it in and getting it to .7 Plants seem stessed from my fan being on 4 for 8 hours to young. Some of the leaves on the plants are small on one side and larger on the other. GC2 has yellowing on leaves. Most of this is minor!

-Day 15 Trans Planted. Never make your own planters. Just buy what you need. I couldn't top the GC's due to the topping and transplanting times lining up as 5 node came out. I decided just to stick to some LST later, not much room in tent. Also my run off was 1000 and my PH 7.2. So i am just watering with a bit of calmag. Will do some black molasses next feeding. -Day 16 Topped GC1. Shes not bothered at all. Sex is showing on TD1 as female. Fed carboload,mixed with cal mag each plant got about .15 gal Ph 6.0. We also decided to use carboload to feed the soil instead of the molasses due to worry about gnats which we have issues with already. -Day 17 Leaves looking green from the fresh nitrates in soil. Starting my LST tonight as all plants look nearly unaffected by transplant. Day18-19 Gave 4lm/g of xtra ca-mag, 3.5ml/gal, 4ml/gal carboload and silica blast, fed plants very well to help get the roots going. TD1 and TD2 are showing female, gc2 is showing a sack but no hairs yet and gc1 is female. thank god. Again we went with 6 plants to make sure if some died or turned male. The la chems are small and there is no slowing down the rest of the plants to keep cannopy level. Going to have to rely on props. I Topped both tds and gcs. They are acting as though nothing happened. They are also much greener now that the soil has been fed well with cal mag. Day 20 and GC1 has nite issues. Watered and check run off, ppm is 1700. Currently flushing back down and seeing how she does when she dries out and i feed her again. TD1 is looking to be tall topping didnt slow its stretch much. Sex on the le chems are starting to show. Looking to be female. can see a tiny hair coming out. Currently just watering every other day and from here on out checking all run off on all plants. lesson learned.

Day 22 Flushed GC1 and let rest for a day then flushed again. Got the lock out fixed color should return in a few days. PH run off is 7 and 7.2. Will be watering on the 6 range to help reduce it. Plants aren't complaining. All the plants had 2k PPM on run off but they are ok with it and are really growing now. Next few weeks they are going to get huge. Light is 30ish range away and at 80percent. This week it will be at 90 then max. GC1 has responded really well to the HST top that i preformed. It know has several bud sights. I also toped all plants besides the LA Chems. The la chems arent growing at all. This is typical and on the average for these plants. One of the TD2 is a monster stretcher. There is a lot of good spacing. Root mass on all the plants but the la chems are doing well. The containers are filled with roots. The la chems run off ppm was 2200 while the others where around 1900. That means they aren't eating as much like the other plants. Maybe hydro is way to go with the genetics. Either way its out of my controls. I will just keep LST the LA Chems to get as many bud nodes as possible. -Update on hi ppm. I believe its all the carboload and silica in the soil. The soil is ppm around 500 guessing 1/'4 of the ppm is just none nutrition in soil. Day 23 Fed them just water with only 50 ppm ph down to 6.2. Run off on all plants still 7.2 ph and 2000 ppm. Plants arent acting negatively at all. Day 25 Feeding Run Off added. GC is low so i am going to up nutes to around 1k. GC2 is now larger than GC1 who was the largest of all plants. The flushing stunted by a handful of days. This is the reason for daily charting on feeding. We are optimizing for yield for our first grow. LST is being preformed heavily on 1 plant, TD2. Shes huge and i am going to try to keep her spread out as much as i can. No surprise the La Chems are slow growers this can be seen in the soil nutes. Our base line is 1800. to 3000. This is a guess on ppm boundaries for the non flushed plants. This is a learning thing for me on a single plant. Shame i failed the genetics as it would have been a huge yielding plant. The topping is paying off several bud nodes spots are forming. Link To Feeding Chart RO https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQGfokjNnlRT-fw33OhYfIaHvQVzsBjuD13rPMpuDFP61urI12jxxvnXSwP9tHnT4-4ZjnVPLmactqO/pub Day 26 After the feeding i noticed slight nite burn forming on 2 of the plants and gc1 is some sort of cal mag deff. I added cal mag and will up it till i see it fixed. As a first time grower this is good experience for me. Plan on watering till RO drops below 1800 or deff appear. Not liking the medium im in. Would favor pure hydro but as a first time grower this is easier. i think.....

-Week 4 recap. Lowered light and turned down a slight bit. Few plants leaf tips are a bit nite burnt. Just learning soil is setup for long haul on nutes so just steady watering till i see low PPM. GC1 fully recovered from flushing and is back to herself. TD2 is a monster and the TD x Walter White stretches really well. So far GC with very little LST has a lot of bud nodes and would benefit from some combine LST. I don't have room in my tent for much LST. Remember we are going for as many different strains and high yield we can get for our first grow. Our later grows can be more experimental. -Soil issues explained Seems other cannabis growers also have high PPM on run off with this soil. Doesn't seem to bother plants. Going to just monitor till low PPM and start feeding. Prob got 3 weeks of watering before that time comes. I left the nutes i have been using up but only GC1 is getting added nutes till the soil is used up in the others. -Water Times You can overwater in this soil which is great and with that note we adjusted to 2 times a day watering. We are watering till about an inch is left in bottom of tray. The plant wicks up fine and low humidity should prevent mold. Fingers crossed. All but GC1 are getting plane 100ppm 6.3 water. GC1 will be getting increased cal mag and sensi bloom till she hits 1000ppm run off. I have quit using carboload and silica. -Day 31 Defoilated all the plants. LeChem are so close in node build its hard to do much with them. Would have benefited with lst early on. Not enough canopy. Due to closet grow in its location there isn't enough room to get around and do a trelis so it was skipped. We also dont have room to move bud node around. What do i know? Its my first grow. Not to worried on PPM today going to check tomorrow. Some plants are in preflower others arent showing sex hardly. Going to be a fun harvest. Day 34- Im not claiming to be a master grower. Not got a lot of answers on various sights. So i am just having a bit of fun learning how to grow. I may be late or early. Just light pruning and a few fan leaves here and there to open up plants. La Chems deff need lst and wider pot space. They also are just now starting to preflower almost 2 weeks behind my TD. Might do a week late week early harvest for drying needs. We are almost half way there!!! I have been watering GC1 with 4ml per gal of cal mag. So far shes liking it. Going to hit her with some bloom this weekend and see how shes reacts. Day 35 - Checked PPM of each of the plants. Seems TD are eating well. TD2 is down to 1500 in soil. La Chems are at 2700ppm which is insane. It has hardly grown. So i opened up its cannopy and pruned some leaves blocking sights. Hopefully that will allow more light in and therefor fix the issue. This is a learning game and all week i have slowly taken a few leaves here and there. Pictures incoming soon. Plants are around 22inch in height and would be taller but i have done some lst. Also fed silica and carboload for micros in soil. The lower feedings at ph 6.3 seems to be perfect for this blend of soil.

Week 5 recap. -Did major defoliation to several of the plants. Also added some LST on some branches. -GC1 is getting bloom and cal mag. Also all plants got updated carboload and silica. -All other plants getting water. TD2 ppm is around 1500. LaChem is 2800 still. Just watering nothing else. Might try a compost tea. We will see -Watering 2 times a day for TD who are in preflower and using tons of water. Each time about 1 liter or so. Week 6 -Day 35 Noticed yellowing on leaves in various areas. Also have brown tips and leaf edges. Most of leaves have yellow tips. Added cal mag to every watering. Lowered ph to 6.2 due to worry about to much nitrogen. Now ima raise watering ph to 6.5 and see what it looks like. Also a compost tea is brewing for tomorrow night. Been pruning some leaves off nodes keeping canopy going. My best looking plant is currently TD1. She was first and has pushed really well. Only Topped her and cleaned up skirt for air flow. We will see on final yields. -GC1 has bounced back. She looks good. She is getting 700ppm of sensi bloom/cal mag mix. -All others got 200 cal/mag water ppm. All plants drinking around 1 gallon a day. And watering is 2 times a day. -Day 41 Fed 900ppm mix. Sensi A and B, Overdrive only 2ml, a lil cal mag.. Pushing up heat in tent to increase vpd so that this feed can be used to the fullest. 1.2 vpd. Misc. I finished the compost tea and fed that on day 40. GC1 is the tallest plant with two collas stretching and budding at same time. La chems are stacking very dense wide large buds. TD2 is filling the main stems with buds all along it. So excited.. I do believe when i dropped light down and put it on max that i burnt the tops and bleached some of the leaves. I have since increased light height to 2 feet. Will continue to monitor any damage.

-Notes Green crack is over 34 inches while the La chems around 24. Next time i do a diary i will do each plant differently. Light height is 12 inches from highest colla which belongs to GC1. And let me say wow. Not only did she bounce back but she has went back to outgrowing all the other plants with stride. If a pro grower had this seed she would have got her own 3x3 cause that is a 1 pound plant. So.. I flushed TD2, GC2 and TD1. Nothing major just about 3 gallons fush each. Most of the ppm readings where already low. Its a good idea to flush out the soil. Already the lime green color is gone from gc2. Td2 is starting to frost golden brown. So far all the plants are on the road to good health. My ppm is around 600 but going to bump up to 900. We will see. We did the final defoliate. Mainly cleaned up the bottom of the plants and a few of them got pruned. Also cleaned out the tent and wiped down and moved fans around. -GC1 has grown almost 20 inches this week. Insane. I am about out of room in my tent. My light is near max and the colas are 10 inches away. Just going to have to deal with the fox tail later on those sadly. Any advice message me. Td2 has grown a few inches only in 2 weeks but the buds are fattening up. The La Chems finally started stretching. I am guessing 3 or 4 weeks on td1 and 2 weeks after gc and la chems. We will see.

TD2 has shown limited movement and seems to be getting thicker. It appears that the medium has dried out unevenly, possibly due to inconsistent irrigation flow, leading to puddling on one side. To address this, I flushed the plant with 2 gallons of cal-mag water at a pH of 6.5. GC1 has now reached a height of 54 inches. Despite topping the plant, it continues to exhibit strong bud growth. The impressive size of the seed is likely due to genetics. Both TD1 and GC2 are developing well but are competing for space with GC1, which has been pushing them aside thanks to its robust stems. La Chems has experienced a minor growth spurt and has stretched nicely, displaying thick bud development. I've been using between 500-900 PPM for watering, typically watering 2 or 3 times a day when time permits. As a new grower, my nutrient regimen mainly consists of 10ml each of Sensi Bloom Part A&B, 15ml of Cal-Mag Xtra, and 2ml of Overdrive. Boron is the only missing element in the feeding, which I may obtain from another source during the next growth cycle. I estimate that the plants will be ready for harvest in about four weeks. -Cut the light back to 14 hours. I noticed another guy cut his light back and the GC went straight into flower. Im ready to finish the grow so hopefully this will speed it along. -GC2 Preflower growth has been insane. Hoping shes done cause my tent is out of room. I reduced light from 18 to 12 just to cut back on growth and switch to flower. TD2 is putting on sticky and seems like 4 weeks is deadline for her, hoping!!

GC2 is 60 inches tall going into flower. She is the tallest and healthiest of the plants. Just good genetics. I pruned La Chems heavy this week. And i cleaned up dead leaves on bottom of canopy. -Day Day 58 TD2 has nite lock out. Flushed and just watering lightly with water till it recovers. GC2 is a monster and hopefully about done otherwise i might have to pull some drastic measures. GC1 is putting on lots of buds. Its going to look great. TD1 is also putting on good weight. La Chems have stretched a bit and are now putting on large chuncky buds. -Day 62 Smelling some rancid rotten smells coming from a few of the plants. I have been watering them till over flow and just leaving overflow in tray for them to nurse on. But when i fed them worm castings tea i noticed smell shortly after. Bought some microbes to help fight off any potential bad fungi building up. Will be here in a few days. I fed tons of silica hoping it protects the plants. So we cleaned and flushed a few plants. TD1 and TD2. TD2 has nite lock out. Thats from the abundance microbes making nitrogen. Letting them dry out and refeeding tomorrow. No more over flow. Just more frequent feedings.

-Day 72 Cut down TD2. Out of smoke and shes mostly clear> about 2 weeks early but running out of room in tent anyway. 2 birds with one stone. All the plants have phosphorus deff. Lower parts of the plants are all withering brown. Added extra overdrive since it has extra Phosphorus. Going to hope that fixes the issue. La Chem 1 was so bad her stalks where not holding anything. I had to hug tie her to keep her upright. Will check next week and see for results. Added some Adv Nute Piranha to help prevent any root mold build up. Noticed foul smell coming from RO of TD1 and 2. Also flushed TD1. Finally i put buckets under the pots to increase height. GC2 is so huge my light is hanging on the bar and not the straps. There was tons of stretch and like i wanted shes is filling in all that stretch nicely. I could leave the GC in the tent by themselves and yield a pound easy. -Day 73 What looks to be phosphorus deff is almost certainly root rot. This arose shortly after introducing worm castings and excessive run off in trays. Being a new grower i was not aware of light on the water causing growth. I am treating with Piranah, but currently dumped some h020 mixed with water 1/3 ratio into the trays to soak the bottom roots and then did a feeding on soil. Will treat one more time and then reintroduce some good bacteria. -Day 74 Added 30ml of H202 to water and fed plants it. GC1 isn't eating much at all reduced watering. Removed all the dying leaves yesterday not seeing much more. The under canopy needs cleaned out. Goals for tomorrow night. -Day 76 Up feeding now that they have recovered from the H202. Not really sure what that did but it really seems like they started filling out now. Currently feeding 800ppm aiming for around 1000. Will prob flush starting next week. Can't wait to close it up. Harvested TD2 got 1.2 oz of smoke.

Good Stuff. Smells like lemon candy and burnt plastic. Burns great!

-Day 77 Added a little extra in the feeding and raised the plants up closer to the light to make sure they can use it. Around 1100ppm. Next feeding will be adjusted according to how the plants look. La Chem2 is cloudy. Not much longer. TD1 is drying and isn't really worth showing. She was cut early for a few reasons. We needed the medicine and it was getting in the way of other better looking plants. Ill let you know in a few weeks how she tastes. So far its lemon and diesel smells with super sticky resin. GC2 is still eating the most. She is also really putting on dense buds. By far the better looking plant of the 6. Not much i did other than feed it and prune a few leaves. -Day 83 Chopped TD1 and La Chem 1, Amber 5 percent. GC2 is so huge ima let it finish and try to get as much off her as i can sense she has most potential. Should get 4 oz. If she had all around sunlight outdoors, or someone lst her side ways she would have been huge. 1lb easy. Shes got about 4 weeks left unless she finishes quickly. GC1 is fattening up and putting on a lot of weight. Going to up her feeding to 1k a day. She seems to need it.

-Day 84 Chopped down La Chem1 and TD2. They are drying. They were just starting to amber and GC2 potential needs more room. In the end i am going for yield and starting with 6 i knew a few might have to go early as intended. Last week feedings in ppm were the following. 1200, 700, 900, 800, Since its mainly just three plants a few of those days is double dose of same feed. Added tarantula, it might be late but worth a shot. GC1 is slight foxtail due to the heater blowing heat up under it. They lower leaves of the entire canopy was going brown due to excessive heat and bad circulation. I have since pointed my fans upwards pushing air through the canopy, and so far no complaints. New grower and lots to learn. Also learned that GC2 is a super auto. Being late to the game means late finish with huge yields as predicted. Cleaned trays and started some new seedlings for some outdoor stuff. Happy 420 Day 85 Worked on spreading out GC2, The lower cannopy has already responded in a single day. GC1 still has clear on it but its super dank sticky and smells like melon pie and skunk. Minor trim on TD1 and La Chem 1, Got about 1.5oz of la chem and 2oz of td. will weight it offical later.

Day 91 Beginning flush on GC1, she will come down very soon. Cut sample off to test and its still another 7 days. GC2 is swelling up. I posted pics of bud sizes and thats not all the under canopy. My plan was to stretch, widen the canopy and allow all the under growth to come up. Its late LST but its also an experiment. Happy accidents. La CHem is looking great. Bud tips are pinkish purple, ever so slightly. The tent smells of dog waste and bog water. Really funky. Hopping its not from fertilizers so i am flushing to see if it makes a differance. Day 94 Welp. Seems both GC's are done. Nearly identical time frame. No more water and following seedsman book we are leaving them be for a few days. I will check La Chem tomorrow once i get GC moved and pictures taking.

In the hands of a skilled grower who wasn't shuving 6 plants in a small space, she would have done much better. Starts of slow and stacks great bud density. Perfect for indoor grows. I finished the 2nd today after 4 weeks from the first ones harvest. Just understand that in the pictures. I also practiced fading and messed that up but in all was an auto pilot strain.

Haven't grown a lot for comparison. But out of the three strains both plants drank and grew the best. Excellent first grow, thanks seedsman!! Will come back with yields when finished but im seeing 6 oz bud dry weight min. Final weight for both plants comes to lil over 8 oz of dry bud.. GC2 buds where better shaped. This was due to heat coming into vent right uder GC1. This heat caused the buds to fox tail and grow super spaced apart. Lessons learned. Got 2 large pickel jars full and 2 mason jars of premium bud as well as 4 oz of fluff and sugar leaves.

This grow is still going. La Chem is finishing last. Going to let her go till 20 percent amber on top and some lower stuff finishes, already starting my next grow. I am figuring 1 or 2 weeks max. I know shes on a trap will have it fixed shortly. I am still feeding. Going throuhg my mind on flushing or not. I already tasted some of the la chem from the other plant and it was good stuff.

I know she ain't the purdiest flower amoung the fields but boy is she strong. Stout stems, good leaf growth, vigor. Shes got some super dense nugs. Just feeding her water. I am practicing flushing. This is her last week. Day 100 She just will not amber up much at all. Learnt alot along the way. Shes still getting chopped friday.