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I'm uploading these pics straight from a grow app I was using. I vegged the plants for about a month but I condensed my pics to two weeks in my diary here. I had a problem with deficiencies early on bc I wasn't prepared for a Coco grow but it is all sorted out now.
These are some pics I'm uploading of the veg cycle. I started a grow log on an app and didn't like it, so I'm trying to put some pics up of the early stages. I had a period of nutrient deficiencies early on but got it taken care of. I wasn't prepared for growing in Coco but have since adjusted and gotten things "dialed in".
Had to bring pH down a full point. Just got new ph pen. I was having deficiencies last couple weeks bc old one was messed up.
I know this didn't turn out to be the ideal scrog but I've never grown these strains and I'm okay with the way it's turned out just being a support system, next grow I will have it dialed in. It's all about learning for now. I appreciate the comments.
I've grown a few crops now. This is my first grow in Coco, using nectar for the God's, first LED, first DTW set-up, first time growing these 4 strains.
I've had some opportunities to learn along the way lol but that was kind of the point, to challenge myself. Suggestions? 😎
Hey there @peskyFly I see this question is unresolved so let me take a stab at it. Personally I'm a huge fan of DWC Hydroponics and soilless DTW style mediums and I must say the results are always better with a Topping or Super cropping towards the end of veg. Hydroponic plants tend to rebound much better in my experience and creating multiple apically dominate nodes in situation like yours (tighter area without a scrog) would be massively beneficial! In terms of the diary I think you did fantastic and the only suggestion I would have is adding some videos! Hope this helps you resolve your question 😎
Hey there, your buds are looking great this week. I know your questions a little older, but i see your flushing the GDP and the others are going a bit longer. Just curious if you had gone through and cleaned up the bottoms of useless leaves and buds? Also if your prepping for harvest soon, I'd definitely suggest starting to get those bigger leaves off and away. I waiting a bit late on one of mine and wow did it make harvest that much more time consuming having to get rid of leaves i should have removed earlier. Just a thought, it may also give the others a little more light between your screen and give those buds a boost. Happy harvesting. I'm very excited to hear your bruce banner review. ✌️
Hi @PeskyFly! I must say there are too many badly done scrogs. If the canopy is not 100% pulled to the net before flowering (and during the stretch) it’s not scrog but stems-support, strings do a better job for this. You’re doing fine, keep up the great work and happy growing 👊
I raised the ppm of my nutrient solution to 750 this week and added gnat nix to fight the gnats, that have accompanied the organic fertilizer. I noticed a lot of trichomes that have been produced this week on the GDP, despite it being this early in flowering, very exciting.
This week I defoliated some of the top and middle big fan leaves to provide better air circulation and stimulate the lower buds with a little more light. I had noticed some leaves that were touching were leaving standing water on the leaves underneath them, so I took care of that. I also changed nutrients to new millennium's lineup, the nftg line I just haven't been that impressed with and for the amount of work that it was taking to mix nutrients everyday just isn't feasible with my work schedule so I won't be using those nutes anymore.
I have been fighting what I believe to be a calcium deficiency in my GDP plant, you can see the leaves in the pics. Despite the deficiency, it is getting very "frosty". I have made sure the pH of the runoff is within acceptable range and made sure I don't have excellent salts in the medium, after concluding neither pH or E.C. was out of whack I upped my nutrient solution to about 1150-1200 ppm. Hopefully, this takes care of the problem. The GDP has been the most finicky of all the plants, by far!
Update 9/30 - I uploaded a couple pics to show the GDP finally starting to show the purple I've been waiting for 😎.
As far as the deficiency goes. It doesn't seem to have gotten any worse, since, I added more CalMag and upped the beneficial bacteria to help chelate that CaCO3 and MgCO3. I also added some "Athena's aminas" to help chelate that calcium as well and negate this deficiency. This GDP plant has been the only picky plant of all 4. The WW, B.BANNER & GSC have remained healthy their entire "lives". I'm discovering the difficulties of growing multiple strains, which I've never grown before. I'm enjoying the experience though!
I'm also growing zucchini, cucumbers, tomatoes, purple & Thai basil, rosemary, chives, garlic, Meyer lemon tree, lime tree, Jalapeno's, cilantro, Mesclan gourmet lettuce, spinach and I have my veg area which currently has a clone of the GDP, WW, GSC, B.B & a Fire O.G. seed I germinated about a month ago. I love gardening, especially cannabis. It's my "zen" time pretty much. I learned mindful meditation a while back and that's what growing does for me. I can just get lost in the beauty of my plants and forget about the negativity that can be associated with life today, for a bit. I'm sure everyone on here can relate, at least a little to what I'm saying. Anyways, thanks for checking out my grow diary and reading my remarks lol. 😎
10/03 Update :. Today I added the new led I built and took out the HPS. This light is awesome , runs cooler, produces considerably more light 2.35 umol/j at 2300ma and uses a quarter of what my HPS was pulling at the wall.
We'll see the difference here soon! 😎.
The only thing that has changed this week is the new led light I replaced the HPS with and I'm giving the GDP winter frost only to bring out the color, resin & terpenes before I start flushing. They other three plants still aren't ready to be taken off their regular nutrients yet, but they are looking good.
I started flushing the GDP today, so I'll probably harvest the GDP next weekend. The rest still have 3 weeks or so. All the plants look and smell great though!
I tried a little of the GDP that I cut off and dried about a week ago and it's very potent for sure. Tastes and smells like grape candy. I will update with dry weight when it's done drying.
There's some nice purple coloring in the tips of the buds. Overall I'm happy with the results. I'll pay a more in depth review after I get a few weeks dry and cure.
Harvested the GDP today, everything is looking and smelling great, still a couple weeks left though on the Bruce banner and the GSC. The White widow is closest, I'll keep an eye on the trichomes. All the plants are getting flushed with winter frost now to help them finish up with as much resin as possible.
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I'm impressed with this plant, to be sure. It got the least light, was the smallest plant of all but has big very dense buds that are very pungent smelling. I can't wait to try it, I'll let you know with an update once I get to try it.
I harvested the white widow yesterday and put a fire og, and a GSC clone I took before these plants went into flowering, to fill the newly opened space.
I'm flushing the GSC & Bruce banner now and will continue to do so for the next week or so.
I had some issues witg gnats and found a couple mites the other day but other than that this grow was pretty flawless. Very dense, light green, frosty buds.
This plant took a lot longer than I thought it would. In total about 13 weeks of flowering. I think this is the bb#4 phenotype which is more sativa I believe. This plant was fairly easy to grow. I've already got a clone from the same plant back in flowering.
@CRiSPrGrow, Thanks for keeping up with my grow. I'm probably going to be taking the GSC cookies down within the week. I'm just watching the Trichomes at this point, the Bruce banner still kinda looks like it needs a couple weeks. In the meantime though, I started a Fire O.G. plant, I put in the flowering room today, and one of the clones from the first round of plants, that I cut before I flowered them. :-)
@HighTV, sorry I think I forgot to mention, I started this diary late bc id started using an app to record the grow but didn't like it.
Anyways, all four plants got a month of veg. At the time I flipped to 12/12 I also cloned all of them and have a separate area for clones/early veg that I will take pics of and upload today. After I flipped to flower the WW & GDP finished stretching first then the GSC & BB. the GDP is by far the farthest along (it's the only 8 week strain, the others are closer to 10-11.
Hi @PeskyFly! I must say there are too many badly done scrogs. If the canopy is not 100% pulled to the net before flowering (and during the stretch) it’s not scrog but stems-support, strings do a better job for this. You’re doing fine, keep up the great work and happy growing 👊
PeskyFly
