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Now my previous stock of seeds is finished, time to start the second one. Got it since november, same storage mode as before : seeds kept in their package, stored in a box, went in the tiny fridge.
So here we go for this first Fastbuds.
Not sure yet about it but will try some more on the ladies this time, cutting some fan leaves and going back to the lst clips, maybe on both or on one ore even one method each.
This time only going 2 seeds at the time, i think 3 at once was still a little fight for the room, 4 is possible but they are a little short in the tent. 3 was better, but still had to turn the pots each check leaves on one plant covering the buds of her sisters and so on. Also want to see the yield of it, because in the end 3 vs 4 got almost the same. If with 2 the yield is enough to hold stock, it will be my "cruise" cycle.
05/03
Sunday evening took out the seeds from the fridge. Placed them in a cup at ambient temp in a cup board.
09/03 - germination date
Four days since the seeds were out. Using same method as usual. Placed the plates on top of the fridge, the kitchen is humid enough and hot enough.
🌡️ Night and day constant 20°
💧On top of the fridge 52%-65%
11/03
Seeds already entering germination cycle. Made the starting cups and planted the seeds. Got them in the starting box and back up on the fridge. This was fast indeed.
🌡️Night and day constant 20°
💧55%-67%
12/03
One seedling pop out but is having a hard time taking off the seed. Other one was not even pushing through the soil so softlty dig with a cut toothpick, this little one was running the wrong way, so carefully gave her a help. Hope it wasn't to hardh for that baby.
🌡️Night and day constant 20°
💧57%-66%
13/03
The one who was going the wrong away popped out and the seedling already lost the seed spreading the cotyledons. Other one had a really hard time to pull out the seed sonhelped her a little. She's already taller then her sister.
Growing at this pace they will be ready for the small lights by tomorrow so getting things ready for them.
🌡️Night and day 20°-21°
💧57%-62%
15/03
OMG they are indeed growing quick already. Reading on their growth on other diairies and seeing them growing is even this different. 2 days since they popped out and one was already starting to stretch yesterday. Did all the cleaning and started to put the tent back to work, they won't be going through the small lights part. This morning the second one started to stretch a little, her sister did too much already. So potting session done. Lights ready. Ambient temp is low, turned on the heater, but ordered another small one to maintain temp only (17° without heating) up to 20°-22°, though not sure it will be enough, but otherwise the bill is going to go kaboom again.
🌡️Top fridge, night and day 20°-21°
💧55%-62%
🌡️Tent, 19° night and day
💧59%
💦Water only about 200ml each
🌱6cm and 8cm
Note for next time : put the starting cups straight in the big pots as the seedling pop out.
17/03
Ladies are doing good, they like their new home, though i should have put them deeper in soil. Today watering day still only the activera for now, waiting for the second set of leaves to pop out before adding in the bio-grow.
🌡️19° night and day
💧58%
💦 2ml acti-vera for 1L water, 0.5L each
20/03
Cheech is gently falling, stretched a little too much, so will have to find a way to support it, maybe a small wire or something.
This night was quite cold, will be installing the heater soon to make them comfortable.
🌡️16.9° night and 19° day
💧62%
💦2ml acti-vera for 1L water, 0.5L each
22/03
Cheech is helped by a soft wire. Both have the second set of leaves popping out, but Cheech has one smaller then the other one, will see how he grows further on. Chong is growing a little quicker but both are doing good for now.
🌡️18° night, 19° day
💧60%
23/03
The helping wire does its job. Chong is a little faster, though both if them are going quite quick. Introduced Bio-grow with the Acti-vera, down to 1ml each. It almosts feels as second week already compared to the last session. Quite excited about this grow.
🌡️18° night, 19° day
💧60%
💦 1 ml Acti-vera+ 1 ml Bio-grow for 1L, 0.5L each
🌱 Cheech 9 cm and Chong 8 cm
26/03
Watering day. It has been quite rainy again, so humidity raised a little and Cheech & Chong took longer to drink their last feeding... But they are doing fine. Second set of leaves looks nice and are spreading to get ready for the third set.
🌡️17° night, 19°day
💧70%
💦 Water only, 0.5L each
🌱 Cheech 10cm, Chong 8cm
29/03
Both are doing good, third set of leaves all out and even starting the fourth on Chong. They take their time to drink, but they like the nutes. On a twice a week schedule.
🌡️19.3° night and day
💧57%-62%
💦 1ml Bio-grow+ 1ml Acti-vera for 1L, 0.5L each
🌱 Cheech 12cm, Chong 10 cm
01/04
Nothing much to say. Again both aren't growing at the same pace, Cheech seems a little late.
But both are doing good. Starting to think about who will get fan leaves cutting or lst.
🌡️19.1° night and day
💧 58.8%
💦 Acti-vera 1ml + Bio-grow 1 ml for 1L water, 0.5L each
03/04
Watering day. Only water. Though they seem to love the nutes. Some Bud sites came out on Cheech, as for Chong they are already starting to grow. Have put the light a little higher to keep the 60cm height.
🌡️18.5° night and day
💧69.5%
💦 Water only, 0.5L each
06/04
Past days were quite cold, temp beneath 19°, so Cheech and Chong didn't drink fast. Today nutes day. Cheech is still one set behind, but is as tall as Chong. Bud sites are already growing. For now not cutting anything or bending any branch, been quite cautious and waiting for both to grow a little taller. Lights maintened at 60cm for now.
🌡️18.3 night and day
💧57°
💦 Acti-vera 1ml + Bio-grow 1 ml for 1L water, 0.5L each
🌱 16 cm both
07/04
Finally started on soft lst. Cheech will be the subject, so bended softly (maybe a little too softly) and tied a rope to maintain it this way. Made sure most of the bud sites take light, but it will need a little more bending tomorrow.
As for Chong didn't do any real bending, lst speaking, but still bended the fan leaves beneath the bud sites amap. Now they get better light, and it kind of show winch leaves could be cut if further choice of a little defoliation.
Will see how both do until sunday before going further on.
🌡️ 19° night and day
💧58%
08/04
Cheech is following the new shape, though it's still slight, maybe i should have done this one week earlier. Chong seems ready to enter pre-flower, bended the fan leaves again, bud sites too small yet for lst clips, but will look at it and try to cling some, and if not too late start defoliation.
🌡️18.7° night and day
💧57%
💦 Water only, 1L each.
10/04
Ajustement of the rope for Cheech, though i think i'm really not doing it good... We'll see when she grows more. For Chong, special attention : started defoliation a little (don't even know if i should call it this way...) And took off the first 2 fan leaves. Plus placed a few clips to help light in the bud sites. Tomorrow nutes day, will see how the soft lst went on them.
🌡️17° night, 20° day
💧65%
11/04
Cheech & Chong still going on, today nutes day.
Humidity a bit high with the bad weather but not alarming yet.
🌡️17° night, 19° day
💧 69%
💦 1ml Acti-vera - 1ml Bio-grow for 1L water, 1L each
13/04
Girls seem to have slow down a little. But still looking good and drinkining at the same pace.
🌡️17° night, 19° day
💧 65%
14/04
One day late for the update. They are doing better then i thought yesterday, today had time to take them out. Checked on Cheech, lst is badly done, not really my trick i think, and also need more practicing. Still find it hard to imagine the plant in it's ending so a bit doubtful on how and mostly where to apply the ropes, will need more tries. As for Chong, placed 2 more lst clips, this time instead of bending them foward so they sneak under the fan leaves, tried putting the clips horizontaly, making them turn left beneath the fan leaves to reach light. I think this might be a better usage as the budsites straightly reach light and anyways they are going to seek up for it, thus i think it will be growing between the fan leaves.
Also Chong is entering pre-flower already, so changed the nutes to Bio-grow, Bio-bloom and Top-max, and kept Cheech on Acti-vera and Bio-grow.
🌡️17° night, 18° day
💧66%
💦Cheech : 1ml Acti-vera+ 1ml Bio-grow for 1L
Chong : Bio-grow + Bio-bloom + Top-max, 1ml each for 1L water
🌱27cm, now taking the mesures on Chong only as Cheech is bended, but the main cola seems the same size, maybe Cheech is a little bigger about 2-3cm big max.
16/04
Next step for defoliation on Chong, two more leaves cut off, still only the fan leaves. It gives some light more deep. Didn't touch the budsites small fan leaves, only the one growing straight from the main cola.
Kind of confused on what to do with Cheech. Maybe i should have bent it earlier to make it easier to keep on. Also the fan leaves are growing great so i'm starting to consider cutting a few as well.
Lights switched to strong mode
🌡️18.7 night and day
💧67%
💦1L water each
18/04
Decided to free Cheech, as the bending was incorrectly made obviously. Definitely need to learnt and practice more. So switched on defoliation only. Took off 4 big fan leaves to let light in as the bud sites were all in shade. Also took off another pair from Chong. Smell is starting to grow with them and is quite slight for now.
🌡️18° night, 20° day
💧66%
19/04
Nothing much to say. Cheech went black on straight in one night. Switched to Top-max, Bio-bloom+Bio-grow for Cheech as well.
🌡️19° night, 20° day
💧63%
💦 Bio-grow+Bio-bloom+Top-max, 1ml each for 1L, 1L each.
20/04
Seems Cheech is about one week late. But both are doing fine.
🌡️18° night, 20°day
💦62%
🌱 Cheech : 29 cm and Chong : 38 cm
22/04
Cheech & Chong are growing at their own Pacé, Cheech been a little late. I think i went to hard on defoliation for Chong at the beginning or too high, bud sites look small.. Cheech on the other side looks much more well in the growth, as Chong looks a little naked with small bud sites, though i've been taking off only the main cola fan leaves. Today water only, but thinking of going nutes all time unless they show nutes burn.
🌡️19° night, 20°day
💧62%
💦 Water only, 1L each
24/04
Chong is stretching nicely, had to move the lights up a little to keep them at least 50cm from the canopy. Also did some defoliation on Cheech, who looks more bushy, the bud sites fan leaves growing large. Chong has smaller bud sites fan leaves which inguess confirms last entry, either defoliation was 1 week too soon or i did cut too high at the beginning.
🌡️19° night, 20°day
💧56%
💦 Bio-bloom+Bio-grow+Top-max 1ml each for 1L water, 1L each.
26/04
Watering day. Did what i guess was the last defoliation part on Chong. Cheech is about one week behind, which in a way is fine so i'll be able to harvest one by one when the day comes.
Keeping light at 50 cm, Chong doesn't seem to like it closer, but for now it makes it a little high for Cheech. Will try to keep on only nutes for them from now but if any sign of burn appears, will get back to twice a week.
🌡️19° night, 20° day
💧61%
💦 Bio-bloom+Bio-grow+Top-max 1ml each for 1L water, 1L each.
27/07
They drank crazy and already finished the nutes, so did some watering. A little more defoliation on Cheech. Had a general electric power cut, humidity went caboom... Hopefully the full flowering didn't start yet, i have one week to get it down max, so will get anti-humidity tabs saturday.
🌡️19° night and 20° day. Went down to 17° during power cut.
💧63%. Went up to 75% during power cut.
💦Water only, 1L each
🌱 Cheech : 38cm, Chong: 51cm
29/04
Feeding day. Trying to see if i can give them more nutes as the flowering goes on. This week step, nutes at each watering.
🌡️19° night, 20°day
💧70%
💦 Bio-bloom+Bio-grow+Top-max 1ml each for 1L water, 1L each.
01/05
Nothing much to say. Keeping on taking off a few leaves from Cheech. Still on the new schedule for nutes.
🌡️19° night, 20°day
💧71%
💦 Bio-bloom+Bio-grow+Top-max 1ml each for 1L water, 1L each.
03/05
Yesterday finally got the humidity tabs. Went down to 64%. Keeping on with the nutes.
🌡️20° night, 21°day
💧64%
💦 Bio-bloom+Bio-grow+Top-max 1ml each for 1L water, 1L each.
05/05
Maybe last leaves cutting for Cheech. The leaves around the buds on Chong starting to get this particular black color, so excited about it.
Changer the nutes to only Top-max and Bio-bloom, will add Bio-grow again if they stand it.
🌡️20° night, 21°day
💧64%
💦 Bio-bloom+Top-max 2ml each for 1L water, 1L each.
🌱Cheech 58cm, Chong : 72cm
💡60cm from Cheech
07/05
The new schedule is doing good it seems. Not much to say, easy week.
🌡️20° night and 21° day
💧64%
💦 Top-max+Bio-bloom ml each for 1L water, 1L each.
09/05
Watering day. Still keeping on with both Top-max and Bio-bloom for each watering. Did a last defoliation on Cheech. Thinking of learning a bit about lollipopping for next batch, Chong is almost at that point but with classic defoliation, am a little affraid i did a little too much. Answer will come AT harvest.
🌡️20° night and 21° day
💧62%
💦 Top-max+Bio-bloom ml each for 1L water, 1L each.
11/05
Watering day again. Didn't have time to update, so many appointements this day. Won't add entry for tomorrow ans just post everything (pic also).
Both are doing fine, Cheech is starting to have this dark purple colour. Chong is sooo snowy, don't know if it's because of the purple colour, but it's a nice view.
🌡️20° night and 21° day
💧64%
💦 Top-max+Bio-bloom ml each for 1L water, 1L each.
🌱 Cheech 72cm, Chong 75cm
💡Lamp distance from Cheech.
Nothing much this week. Been quite busy and again a little late on the entries.
But the week stands in a short summary.
Chong is doing good, trichs stil clear but pistils starting to turn orange. Started the flushing the 19th. Cheech following slowly. Smell is sweet and strong at first then slowly fades as it fills the main room. Some leaves turning yellow so taking them off when seing some.
For the flushing about 1.5L seems enough, but Chong drank all of it in one day.
🌡️20° night, 21° day
💧58%
💦Cheech : Top-max and Bio-bloom 2ml each for 1L water, Chong : about 1.5L
Cheech & Chong almost reaching harvest time. Chong has mostly milky trichs and some are turning amber. Though the trichs pics need to be a little enhanced because of the lighting. also the water coming off within the flushing process is starting to be clear.
Cheech is going to enter the flushing process from next feeding.
Humidity went a bit high so keeping an eye on them carefully.
🌡️20° night and 21° day
💧 62%
💦 Cheech 1ml Top-max + 1ml Bio-bloom for 1L water, Chong about 1.5L water only
Suite a busy week.... Harvested Chong on thursday 1st and didn't have time to update in the afternoon.
Cheech staying a little more, prolly to next wednesday.
Since Chong has been chopped, humidity went down quick.
Will make the harvest entry when Cheech is fine.
🌡️21° night, 23° day
💧53%
💦Water only
@DeepWaterGrower, Yep just saw that, went through some with the same type of emojis and found it great to keep an eye on particular days like when watering etc... Easier to keep track about the infos if needed to search through an old diary 😅👍
Raizen
