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The whole grow experience started with some issues, because I moved from my old house to a new home, as a result the seeds popped and growed the first weeks under the sun,through the next weeks the consecuenses are obvious. I truly loved "the plant" from my early youth,and spent time and passion on this project I hope you enjoy it.This grow has been realised strictly for reasearching and self use.Its.
IMPORTANT FACTS
-I didnt uploaded any video cause I dont have a camera that allows quality records.
-Please feel free to comment and give ideas or observations!
-The bulb is a 630w Lec 4200k,not an hps, I also employed the superspreader to avoid some degrees, until the day 55, when i removed it to increase the light at the center of the canopy.
-This was my first grow,but i´ve been involved with the plant since my childhood (not using it),but seeing many grows and conversating with many growers (with different techniques and "ethics") in my life,I payed full attention to them,but all I can said is that every sittuation is different so is recommendable to mix instinct,knowledge, and of course logic.
Maybe some sort of stress defence mechanism. Would be very interested to know how well this plant performs to the others. Could potentially be a genetic thing.
All the plant growed amazingly fast,those photos also include day 15 and 16,the plants sthretched a little bit cause of the lack of light,the next week we will be at our new home! I used the alga C as foliar spray, as bioboos to enhance plants resistance to diseases, also I began using the Iguana grow.
The output ph was 6.2 and 0,12ms EC
The plants are growing right(I think) but due to the lack of light they continue stretching,(three days it rained so they received less light).I also started adding potassium silicate to improve the canopy structure, addint strenght to the branches, it also regulates the nutrients disponibility.
The output ph was 6.2 and 0,4ms EC
We enter the third week with emotion,new home for both of us, It looks like they love it!,they also stressed a little bit on the move and cause of that I think that they entered preflowering stage.I also gave them more space transplanting them to 7.5 liters pots, adding some Mykos (2 tablespoons per plant,covering the roots, in ordere to boost the roots developing,and the nutrients income.
The output ph was 6.2 and 0,5ms EC
The first pistils appeared over all the plants,I also started adding carbohydrates and using enzymes on alternative days I also changed the iguana grow for a better formula for bloom phase, (Yes,i must water them every day) black jak(humic and fulvic acids, improve soil structure,also help the roots getting her substain) and mammoth P (I heard wonderful things about it)once a week.I began to use the calcium and magnesium to regulate the initial proportion.
The output ph was 6.2 and 0,7ms EC
We entered the 6th week with a rampanth growth,some leaves burned a little bit due to a problem with the ec pen calibration,cause of that i took away the nutrients from water for the next 2 days.
The output ph was 6.2 and 0,8ms EC
As you can see the effects of a long vegetative period are now pretty obvious, some of the plants are growing closer to light bulb, but due to the fans theyre not burning,anyways next week ill put them 10 cm below.Because of the colas developement I began to use pk in orther to add the beneficial extra bloom nutrients.
The output ph was 6.4 and 0,9ms EC
All the crop is completely out of control, I´ve my doubts about defan or removing lower branches,also as you can see i didnt build any type of guide, and in the next weeks it will cause me some headache.
The output ph was 6.4 and 0,95ms EC
After a few days the headache has been replaced by enthusiasm,Ive some issues with 2 of the little plants, they seem to be souped up,I also tide some of the bigger branches.
The output ph was 6.4 and 1ms EC
Welcome back to the jungle! Im not a fan of prunning or cutting the plant before it is ready to harvest, but as you can see on small spaces it is completely necessary to control the grow of the plan in some way or the things can go wild,I think that for the next grow I´ll leave the wild outside.
The output ph was 6.4 and 1,15ms EC
We enter the final week with emotion, all the buds nearly doubled its size ,the height of many overpasses 30 centimeters,covering themselves with trichomes,fragant smell of tropical fruit with some acid notes invades the room,i think lowering the night temperature helped.I also removed the superspreader with the intention of aumenting the light at the center.Cause of the calmag isues on 2 plants and the yellow tips on 3 of them I wont add more nutrients, from now Ill wash the roots for 10 days.
The output ph was 6.5 and 1,2ms EC
We started the final phase,with all the plants developing a thick layer of trichomes.most of them milky,near a 70% of the pistils turned red and brown ,I think Ill harvest in five days.
Ph output 6.6 Ec output on the last flush 0.2
This was a beatiful time that comes to an end, and opens a new path, the northern light proved to be all the breeder says, In my opinion too, it is a very grateful strain, if you treat it gently she will give you her best, no pest,no diseases, she fought all the enviromental stress of a 40C degrees summer without any problem,and some days of 60% humidity at the end of blooming phase that made me fear the worst,but as I said NO diseases,not the common botrytis when you have massive 40 cm lenght and 6 cm or circumference colas (with I repeat,60% humidity at the very end).
After ten days drying I couldnt resist those buds who smell like a casket of spices from the silkroad,and I tried to roll some joints cause my dad is an old school smoker who doesnt vape,and I wanted to see what he will experiment (as any child I want my dad to be proud ),after a few puffs of really smooth smoke (close to vape with active carbonfilters),one of the strangest tastes i´ve ever taste on a joint ,(and ive smoked a LOT of different strains since I was 14)l I founded a candy who fell into the ground,all of it contained into a deep earthdense flavour ,(my flatmate who is newbie using the plant, can only say "terracota" after smoking it), with the sweet sutile undertones of a distant flower field that the wind brings to you ,the mindbody effect is so balanced,I founded no "heavyhead" or "couchlock" after smoking 3 or 4 joints(as i said Iam a passionate user),but I dont really need to smoke a lot to feel the effects is just that I love to use the plant, so I use it a lot,well lets focus on the effects, the first I feel was a warm sensation going from my shoulders to the point of my toe,lefting all my body relaxed,and my head happily floating over the body, I suffered sometimes a lot of stress (as all the people who realises that we live on a hard world) but it really leaves relaxed,but not without energy just into a contemplative state that helps after(sometimes before😇 ) a long day.
P.S. After the dry weight I have only one more thing to say AMAZING! I dont know if the cause is only one factor or the sum of them,I put effort on that project, .I used a great strain for new growers,and some medium quality materials,.I´ve been allways reading and studying about the plant, but I didnt expected those numbers and quality on my first grow.
Perfect strain for first time growers,Thanks and good job RQS you made my summer!
I saw it as a dreaming becoming reality , because since I was 14 years old I couldnt see the time when I will be growing my plants(My parents didnt let me grow at home or even use the plant,now after many conversations,they completely accept it,and also demand me seeds,and even flowers), an now I can do it, I own a tiny garden ( 3m) but it is mine and this is a great feeling, not only for owning something )just for the possibility of growing life,life that will help the people I love to have a better life (I have ill parents both from chronic diseases),I discovered that you can learn a lot growing a plant,compiling, after this wonderful experience I can say that I´ll work hard to achieve higher,stronger and healthier plants, cause this is the plant that I love.000000000
Hello ! I would go with the pinneaple express as I tried the feminsed from G-13 lab and it was a real pleasure but the tangie have good feedbacks. You can take a look at all my autos diaries as I'm only growing them with 12/12 schedule as it is the sun schedule in my area ( I'm an outdoor grower ) , I am always pleased by the final result but I think that a 18/6 shcedule would give me a better yield , so if your yield is not a priority then you can go with a 12/12 schedule. I hope it will help you 😁👍
I’ve never grown Pineapple Express yet, but I love Tangie’matic. Autos do very well under 12/12 lighting. Some of the biggest autos I’ve ever seen were grown under 12/12. Best of luck on your next grow!👍
Hi @MadameMary! You will love both 😎Tangie might be a bit harder to control since her sativa traits tend to make her stretch, TGs are usually bigger/higher than PEs. I won't recommend to grow FB's autos under 12/12 schedule for the whole run since this will dramatically affect the yield, if you want the best quality+quantity you should consider a 18/6 or a 20/4 lighting schedule. Keep us up-to-date and happy growing 👊
Congratulazione is a very big harvest!!!
What technique did you use,sog,scrog,topping? Just lst and leave it grow?
which flowering explode fertilizer seems to you the best?
Thanks
@niko12,Hi sorry for being late but I ve been really busy,I tried a mix of techniques on different plants,I topped 3 of them,but i wont do it anymore wwith a high indica percentage strain,removing her best structure quality (the main bud)is not an option for me, I also tied them with ropes,fearing the massive buds could broke the branches,I defoliate most of the bottom branches, also removed the first three,I havent tried many fertilizers this is my first indoor grow,after it I only growed four clones outdoor,but the on my next grow I´ll use Royal bud max fron Royal jelly nutrients(I´ll do a test on all their grow line) I hope I can start it on two weeks,I expect that you found usefull the information,have a good week.
@UK420,It grew normally, she has an special smell and thats the funny fact, another one seems to be mutant, i didnt saw it before but it grew as the other one 3 symmetric stems,instead of 2,they also seem to have more trichomes(a lot more, maybe double as the others, at the end of the project i ll update some sepparated photos of them,, but now due to my lack of knowledge it is so difficult to take pictures from them
beautiful buds, mine look no where as developed as yours but I'm flushing regardless as I'm mostly cloudy trichomes with a good 10% amber. Nice first grow👍
MadameMary
