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I started the new growth on the 18th of August, very very early morning. I insert the seed into Root Riot with a mineral water (pH is around 7.5) and keep it with temperatures 27 degrees C. After 48 hours, she sprouted. I immediately put the Root riot into the soil (Plagron batmix). The temperature of inside the tent is between 35 and 30 degrees C. It is totally hot for the baby. I have to check very often and carefully.
Soil: Plagron batmix
Light: CF Grow 200W LED light
Pot: Ordinary pot with homemade spinout paint. The final size will be 18 litter.
Log
August 18: Starting
August 20: Sprouted, Planting into the soil. Watering 1 l (Mineral water without anything)
August 24: Watering 0.5 l (Tap water keeping one day under the sun, with above Nutrients chart)
This week, She has no trouble and grows very well. I feel the leaves becoming light colour. I will add NPK nutrition (BioBizz fish mix) the next watering.
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August 31: Watering 0.5 l
The last week is the super stressful week for her. The temperature is over 35 C. But, she survives. Some leaves are becoming light colour and necrosis. I started to add NPK nutrient (BioBizz Fish-Mix). It makes the leaf colour better.
I still can not see the roots at the bottom of the pot. I feel I feed too much water and nutrients, thus roots are satisfied and not growing. But, I am afraid the underwatering problem at this moment. It kills her very easily with high temperature. Anyway, she grows not bad.
Log
September 3: Watering 0.5 l. Fish-Mix 2 ml / l. EC = 1.0, pH = 6.7
September 7: Watering 0.7 l.
@Black_Magic suggested me to check the pH of runoff. I was surprised by the big fluctuation of it. In this week, I watered with pH 6.1. The runoff is 6.5. In the next time (not this week), I watered pH 6.2 and measured 6.9 in the runoff. To be honest, I have no idea about this kind of unstableness. Probably, it comes from homeostasis of the soil. I understand why the nutrition schedule of Plagron suggests pH range as 5.5 to 7.0. And I regret to water without pH adjusting at the first watering. It makes the soil a little bit high pH and the soil is keeping it or changing it slowly.
After some watering and knowing pH shifting, I will transplant into a bigger pot (18l). Because checking runoff from the big pot is a little bit hard for me.
Log
September 12: Watering 0.8 l. The runoff pH is 6.5
She has many things this week. I topped her and cut some leaves to make good lighting for lower branches. After topping, I found so many roots are coming from the bottom of the pot. I decided to transplant in the same week. After transplanting, she immediately makes her leaves bigger. Now leaves colour is not so good (very light colour). I plan to use Aptus Ca-Mg boost in the next watering.
Log
September 15: Watering 0.5 l, pH (run-off) = 6.9
September 16: Topping
September 18: Watering 0.5 l, pH (run-off) = 6.9
September 20: Transplanting into 18 l pot. Watering 5 l with power roots. The pH is 6.2 (pouring water, not run-off)
This week I did almost nothing, only cut four big leaves at the top of her. Now she has no leaves from the trunk. Lower branches are becoming bigger day by day. Next week, I have to start LST. I did not water her in this week.
Middle of October, I will have one week trip, I plan to switch veg to the flowering stage at this moment. As we know, one week makes a very big difference in the early flowering stage. I expect I will say WOWWWWWWWWW NICE!!
This week, I started the LST to make better lighting. I saw some lower leaves becoming light colour and upper leaves not turning dark green. It is the low N sign. I added CaMg-boost including N. But, after feeding, it is not becoming good. I will add NPK nutrients at next watering.
Log
September 30: Watering 5 l. less run-off
Two weeks later from switching the light schedule. She stretches very well. Now the blooming is started. I have not yet see the pistils and pre-flower. But it is good.
Log
Oct. 7: Watering 5 l with alga bloom 3 ml/l and power roots 1 ml/l.
Oct. 17: Watering 5 l with alga bloom 4 ml/l and green sensation 1 ml/l
This week She stretches very well. And I saw some light burn not heat burn. My light has two chip on board COB LED. The directly under the chip some leaves are looks burnt. The tops of the plant are between two chips and not burnt. Now I am in chaos and trying to find the good distance. Anyway, another part of the plant is no problem. Only lower leaves turn to yellow. And this is the typical flowering effect.
Log
No watering
I did not post many days. Because of some of my stress and I feel tired to post. In this period, I have no troubles. Every 10 or more days I feed the 5 l water with the above nutrients. Her leaves turn to autumn colour and look nice. I expected the trichome colour also turn to umber, not milky or clear. But, the colour of trichome is still not umber. But almost all are not clear colour.
I wanted to make her as the heavy stoner. This is the reason I am growing more than 10 weeks of flowering.
A visitor visited my home, and she hates me to grow cannabis. I keep my plant in the closet. Finally, I can harvest, but too late. The taste is too bad. But this is very very strong. stoner. I will make hash by bubble hash. Hmm, I shame on me to make the plant such bad condition.
@HighTV, Thank you, man. The colour is very nice now. To take a better photo with good colour, I am thinking to buy a good light source for photo, not growing😁
@Black_Magic, This time, I tried to make night cool. I open the window a little bit at night time of the plant and make the temperature difference big between day and night. Maple makes leaves colourful under such the condition. I expect it works also for the cannabis.
Save yourself heartache, Aogaki, Spreading out the hotspot of an LED is key to achieving a successful LED grow. Raising your light may not help, depending on your circumstances but using a light rail light mover certainly will. You'll also be able to add more light to your garden without burning your girls and improve your yield. Good luck bro.
Hi Aogaki!
Looks like your plants are receiving too much light, seems too close 20cm away from 200w led...
Try to higher them up.
Normally with good soil like plagron you do not need to worry about the pH so much and feeding...
Just make sure when you switch to flowering you change to bigger final pot, that will help with soil pH.
Feed lightly with Epsom salt until leaves recovers!
I am growing some green Gelato also, will be following!
Good luck!
@Eauderay, Hi Eauderay, You are right. Now I am searching better distance, not far not close. One grower, @biggreens420, feeds pH 5.9 and has no problem on his plant. Sometimes, almost everytime, nature beyond me and teach.
Good luck too!
@Black_Magic, Yes you are right. Now she thinks she will try to smoke when she will visit next time. And she will decide to stop me or smoke together. I have to prepare ice creams, sweets, nice comedy movies, music, etc. for the next time😂
@BigDaddyK, I have the tray for the pot. But, measuring runoff is difficult. I saw some guys use metal shelf between pots and trays. I am planning to do so.
@BigDaddyK, Yes, I want. In the last time I tried to use a straw and mouth to bring runoff. I felt I am a little bit silly😅. It is very high EC. Probably many stuff is coming from my mouth😩. I think the next growing setup for measuring runoff easier.
@Black_Magic, I watered and checked pH on the last night. I set the pH of the solution as 6.1. The pH of the outcome water is 6.5. I set the pH as 6.7 at the last watering. I can guess the pH is over 7 (7.1?) with the past setting. It is not so far from the safety range of the pH of soils. But it is outside.
This morning she looks no damage of the big pH shifts. Thank you again😁
@Black_Magic, Yes, I should check the pH of runoff. And your opinion fits for me. The schedule of plagron suggests me to use pH5.9 at the middle of flowering. I guess plagron soil makes pH a little bit high, or very high. Anyway, I have to check run-off not only the water before feeding.
Thanks a lot!!