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✨The Orion Nebula is a diffuse nebula situated in the Milky Way, being south of Orion's Belt in the constellation of Orion, and is known as the middle "star" in the "sword" of Orion. It is one of the brightest nebulae and is visible to the naked eye in the night sky with apparent magnitude 4.0. It is 1,344 ± 20 light-years away and is the closest region of massive star formation to Earth.
Big thanks to RQS for sending me these seeds.
I put the seeds in a glass of water with Plagron Seedbooster. When I went back 24hrs later the three Titans had sprouted tails but this Orion hadn’t . I put all seeds into soil at this stage. The soil had been fully watered to run off with PH’d water with a light dose of nutrients . Within 48hrs the four seeds had popped out of the ground. I’m leaving the lights on 24hrs a day for the first few days and then I’ll switch to 20/4. The light is 55cm’s from the seedlings 🌱 which is giving a light reading of 22,000LUX when measured right next to the seedlings 🌱.
Day 2: Switched to 20/4 on the lights. Topped up water In bowls and bottle tops.
Day 3: Added wet kitchen towel to create more humidity for the seedlings 🌱
Day 4: Looking good, wet down kitchen towels and filled bowls with water.
Day 5: A bit cold outside today and temp in tent dropped down to around 16 degrees. Turned on 80watt tube heater again full time. It was only on during lights out and between midnight and 8am. Outside temps due to pick up again in a few days.
Day 6: Still looking nice and healthy. Weather is still fairly cold outside so my inside temperatures were also low. Seedling 🌱 is staying nice and close to the ground which means it’s getting enough light.
Day 7: Temperatures have picked up again today. Seedling 🌱 looking good and healthy. Dampened down soil again.
Day 8: Into week two and I’m happy with how everything looks. A bit small but I think that’s down to cold weather for me.
Day 9: Keeping the soil dampened down and bowls and bottle tops filled with water the help create some humidity near the seedlings. The Lux reading is still 22000. This is perfect. Seedling 🌱 is staying very low to the ground with no signs of any light burn. The water I’m using now has a very light dose of nutrients added and the PH is 6.6. Looking at some of the other F1 diaries here on GD I’m thinking low on the nutrients is the way to go.
Day 10: Obvious signs of acceleration in growth with the warmer weather outside.
Day 12: Sone nice growth. Dampened down soil again.
Day 14: Dampened down soil again. I’ll give a proper watering to run off in the next day or two I’m thinking.
✨In Greek mythology, the Pleiades were the 7 daughters of the giant Atlas, who were chased over the face of the earth by Orion after becoming the object of his affections. They then begged Zeus to save them from Orion’s pursuit, and so he placed them in the night sky with the giant hunter chasing them from east to west, without ever being able to catch them.
Day 16: Gave first full watering to run off. The Orion took 1.5lts of water including run off. I’m keeping the nutrients at a very low dose. The light reading at the top of the plant is 24000lux. I’ll be aiming to have the light at the top of the plant reading around 35000lux by the end of this week.
The constellation is named after the hunter in Greek mythology is one of the most obvious and recognizable constellations in the sky. Two of the ten brightest stars in the sky are located in Orion
Day 22: Everything is looking good. I’ve raised the light a small bit due to yellow tips on the new leaves. Lux reading is at 32,000.
The plant has went 5 days now without water and it doesn’t look/feel(by weight of pot) that it will need water for another few days but it has doubled in height and is growing steadily so I’m not worried about the slow uptake of water. This grow will be my first grow where I’m not going to do LST on the plants by bending them over. It’s usually around this time that I would start LST. I think I will stick with my usual defoliation plan and start removing the lower fan leaves halfways through this week and into next week. This is also my first time growing more than two plants at the same time so I’m looking for a less maintenance approach.
Day 23: Watered to runoff with just PH’d water as the tips of the leaves have a small bit of what looks like nutrient burn. This is weird as I’ve only used a very low dose of nutrients. Less than a quarter of recommended dose and less than I’ve probably ever given a plant before.
Day 25: (Mon) Removed the two lowest fan leaves from the plant. The lower fan leaves are huge.
Day 26: Watered to run off with higher dose of nutrients
Day 27: Removed the two lowest fan leaves. They are huge.
Day 29: Clipped off one big fan leaf. Plants have doubled in height in the last week. Upping the nutrients looks like it was the right thing to do. I’ve raised the light. Reading around 35,000lux at the top of each plant.
Day 31: Watered with nutrients to run off. Clipped another big fan leaf. Flowering has begun.
Day 35: Watered with Nutrients. Clipped off last of the big fan leaves attached to main stem and also removed a few lower leaves.
Day 36: This is my first time ever selecting Flowering for week 5 on GD. These plants are accelerating along at a fast pace. I’ve raised the light further from the plants and I’m trusting the plant instead of my Lux meter. Thought I either had nutrient deficiency or nutrient burn but it looks now like it may have been light burn. I’m hoping they don’t grown much taller or I’ll have to bend the main stem somewhere:
Day 39: Watered to run off with Nutrients. Each plant took nearly 3ltrs. I think the height growth has slowed so it looks like I might get away with it height wise and not have to HST the main stem somewhere.
Day 40: Clipped off a few lower leaves that weren’t getting light. Raised the light a bit. The light is now 37cm from top of flower.
Day 41: More defoliation on the lower part of the plant. Also removed very small lower branches that would not have matured.
Day 42: Watered to run off with Nutrients.
Day 43: Everything is looking fantastic. I was having issues controlling my temperatures so I moved the whole setup to the opposite side of the stuff and I’m taking air in now from my house so I’m hoping it will be more consistent.
Day 46: Watered with Nutrients. Didn’t have time to water to run off so just gave 2ltrs.
Day 50: Watered to run off with Nutrients. There’s F1’s really are motoring along at a fast pace. I can’t see them taking anything over 10 weeks. I’m still really struggling with heat in my attic. It’s getting up to 30 degrees during the day and dropping to 18 degrees at night. The F1’s are handling these temps well which shows they have good resilience as advertised. I’ve added a second intake line so there’s now one coming from inside my house and one coming from outside my house. I’ve also bought a roll of layered super foil insulation. I’m gonna cover the tent with this insulation. Hopefully this will get my temps under control.
Day 64: Watered with just PH’d water. I’m finished giving nutrients now and switching to just plain water for the rest of the grow. Most trics are still clear with a few cloudy and no ambers yet.
Day 67: Watered to run off.
This was a super easy Grow. 84 days from seed to harvest. I hung the full plants upside down for a few days and then put the buds in a drying mesh for 10 days.
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