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1st time grower... I've got a 120x120x200 grow tent, I have a 250w MH on my plants right now and a 600w HPS sitting there for later in the grow.... I have 7 seeds growing, 1 auto flower and 6 normal female plants, the reason for the high amount of plants, ((my 1st set of seeds I planed to grow "heavyweight - 2 fast 2 vast)) didn't sprout and died... so I planted all the seeds I had left into another attempt at a grow and they all made it!... (yeah am punching above my weight but hey 7 is better than none)
I'm mainly making this so I can keep track of my plant's my self and hopefully get advice and tips from people that have grown before or from 1st time growers like my self so that we can help each other out, and hopefully I succeed in making it to the end with a good yield and a good smoke😎 Fingers crossed....
Oh, I'm still waiting on my carbon filter ect... So yeah any advice is appreciated.
The middle plant is the only auto in the grow room! He's also 2 days older than the rest of the plants 🙈 just a little over 2 weeks old, not had the time to update this, so sorry to anyone that was wanting a fast update.
There starting to smell, ((not of a noticeable cannabis smell, but you can definitely smell a tint of something in the air)) still haven't got the carbon filter yet but will definitely need to pop to the shop with in the week, can anyone recommend a good size? And other tips and ticks to deal with smell...
I've started mixing 5mil of Formulex per every litre of water!.. I also water each plant when needed with one litre mixed with 5mil of Formulex...
I feel like there growing at a fast rate? Maybe because this is my 1st grow, but I've looked at other people and some seem to take a good 3/4 weeks to get to the size my little babies are... keep mine there only a little over 2weeks old? If anyone could give me advice on this or let me know if am doing anything wrong it would be much appreciated...
Grow diary update 3weeks
Had some issues with remembering dates and exactly how old my little girls are hence the rubbish 2nd week update, but now I've worked out they are 3 weeks old , so I'm a few days behind on the diary, sorry! Everything is going smoothly so hopefully on the right path to success and a fair average yield that's not to much to ask for, Is it? Lol.
All of the plants have been trimmed & topped.
Watched a lot of videos with regards to trimming and topping and decided to go for it!
The guy in our hydroponics threw in some nutrients for us when buying the carbon filter so got them started the now, using 15ml of A and 15ml of B per 10L of water.
There hasn't been any issues with the heat , light and humidity , finally got that under control with the help of the humidifier and finally putting in a carbon filter , everything is staying steady!
Just to recap for anyone reading the strains in the grow are 1 OG Kush, 1 Gorilla Glue Auto, 5 Critical Kush!
All plants are coming along great in my eyes but hey , what do I know this is my 1st grow LOL, so all of your comments and feed back really does help and is much appreciated ! So again, big thanks too everyone for the tips and advice been a big help!
I've made the decision to turn my lights to 12/12 and start to flower these plants once this week is up, this will be the last week of veg so I'll update more at the end of the week when I turn the light cycle over ((4weeks veg in total))
4 weeks of veg done.... Time to flower 🌸
I'll upload photo as the days go on🍁
I'll start by explaining why my little OG Kush looks like the worlds worst plant right now, that's because it is lol, it was the runt of all my little plants from the very start, and today all his leaves where kinda went dry and dying.... yeah it's probably 100% my fault but let's blame the plant for now lol, anyway I gave him what I like to call a edwards scissorhands trim 😂✂️ god forgive me lol.... you'll see in the above photos LOL.. needs must hope he picks up with the 12/12 change and bounces back... if possible.
The rest of my girls are looking good 😏 there's a lovely fruity , strong smell inside the tent now, carbon filter is doing its job! There hasn't been any heat issues or any other problems than my little OG looking like a bag of poop, then me stripping him lol!..
About 3/4 days ago my plants had there last little trim and I decided not to take anything off them today since I've flipped the light cycle to flower, So from here on out there doing there own thing until the last few weeks and I'll take away the strays.
My plants are getting watered every 3 days, I only water when I can place my finger in the soil up to the 1st knuckle and its dry, it may seem that im overwatering but the soils drying up pretty quickly every 2 days and I'm pushing it too 3 on a whim as the soil ends up bone dry!
There's not much to tell this week other than next week will be a flower diary, everything else is pretty much the same apart from the plants are bigger and I've upped the nutrients to 25ml of A and 25ml of B per 10 litres of water next couple of feeds will just be water to give them a rest I don't want to over do it... will be following advice giving of Feed, water , water , water , Feed.
Please comment with any tips or advice, or even just to point out where I'm going wrong, or with any info at all that may help me be a better grower it's highly appreciated , and if you thought my grow was alright then give it a wee like 👍🏻
Anyway till next week happy growing everyone and again thanks for all the advice given , highly appreciated 🍁
1 week of flowering done🌸
Plants have got a lot bigger and trimmed off some of the leaves that where blocking the light , they have filled out the tent nicely , still having 25ml of A and 25ml of B but going give just water the next two feeds give them a breather , been trying to look up if I should nute Feed at every feed or give them a break but all mixed information so decided just water ain't going to do any harm 💦 gorilla glue has started budding can't wait to see how she goes 😁 After OG Kush taking a bad turn and super cropped to hopefully bring some life back into her she has bounced back and bushing out nicely, hoping they all continue their progress for these final weeks!
Back next week for another update , peace ✌️🏼
The girls are now 6 weeks, and I'm sure Gorilla will be due to come out in the next couple of week following the "guidelines"
I started the plants off with plagron coccos a & b at 15ml of each and worked their way up to what they are currently having which is 30ml of A and 30ml of B , I've also bought some green fuse Bloom just to give them a little extra , just going with what our hydroponics guy suggested to us :) learning as we go really!
tent was getting a little crowded so as you can see re-arranged them and propped up gorilla a bit! Also bought some extra 6inch fans and have them under the plants to circulate the air a bit better underneath 👍🏻 now here's my issue I've been reading a lot and it says during flowering the humidity has to be around 50? Is this correct ? I usually have the humidity around 70, highest being 80 when lights first come on. any suggestions or advice would be highly appreciated don't want to have made it this far and screw up with minor things!
Sorry about the 3day late update, been very busy will update this part tonight "please excuse the bad photos"
Update coming soon.
Humidity has had its problems going up to 70, I've now got a dehumidifier but it's not working as well as i had hoped ((any tips fellow growers))
Oh and I have also took out OG Kush as he's not been doing good from the start? I wasent going to exspect anything from hur.... she started to take a bad turn again and be more hassle than what it was worth so I took hur out for more space (it will live it's days out in the garden for as long as she can stay alive)
😎 week 8 and they are still alive lol...
Gorilla Glue Auto is looking and smelling amazing 😍 Just so everyone knows I did transplant and I also topped her... and they said it couldn't be done well this 1st time grower did and i think she looks amazing... I was going to trim her the other day as she has a lot of useless flowers at the bottom using energy but I decided against it... don't want to get this far and something goes wrong lol
Critical kush?... I'm not a big fan, but a guess that's because I'm in love with my auto
I will add photos as the days go on untill next update on Sunday ((so you can see more than just weekly updates))
Sorry for the lack of update recently had a lot of real life's problems problems going on! Gorilla glue is coming towards the end do of his life, the rest of the girls are coming on great , started flushing gorilla so going to give him the chop next week and hopefully he lives upto his expectations , looking forward to smoking him he smells amazing!
This was a joy to grow ☺️ My very 1st plant... I can''t honestly give a review on this lovely plant because I had hur to far away from the light a lot of the grow and I also had hur on 12/12 for most of hur life ((autos should be on a lot more light like 18/6 or 20/4)) also humidity Ect was a bit up and down at times...
The 1st mistake I made was putting so many plants in such a small space.. And making photos with 1 auto was very silly of me.... I loved growing this plant all round and I will be doing another GG grow but I will do it right next time.... So please take my yield and info on this strain with a pinch of salt because I failed the plant the plant didn''t fail me!..
Hey everyone I'm very sorry about the last 2/3 updates, I've been very busy and also dealing with a lot of problems at the moment.... But come this Sunday updates will be back to normal 👏🏻☺️
So far GG has been cut down and no longer with us R.I.P tiny auto 🤕😭 "Also OG Kush was removed couple wee back because of suspected mold type issues? So she is no longer part of this update and lives in the garden outside"😂
But we still have 5 Critical Kush plants left 😏 Now I'm hoping for better yield per plant and taste stone than my little auto 🙊 I did 100% think my auto would be the best plant out of this 1st time grow but I have a feeling she's not going to be hard to beat 😂😂
😱😱😱😱 the smell off these girls now is unreal 😏 Very sticky and right in your face, I can almost smell a tint of lemon off us 😇 I honestly can't wait to see what the smoke is like...
Nothing has really changed other than GG being out the tent...
I'd like some advice on 2/3 day dark period before harvest because this is only something I've recently Heard of 🙄 Give me all your tips and secrets, Iol...
🚨🚨🚨 update Isn't due till Sunday but I won't have time to update on Sunday, So would rather give yous all a early update than a late update 🚨🚨🚨
As you can probably tell via the photos, all the plants are getting top heavy 😭 So I've had to tie bits and add things to the plant to try stand them up right as best I can 😏
They smell absolutely amazing 😋☺️
I'm thinking they've only got another week from Sunday untill harvest 😇 But I could be wrong...
There's been no problems apart from the plants being top heavy 😑😁
Well we started flushing the day after we updated the last diary, so it is our end week for our first grow and I must say, it's been a roller-coaster but we made it there in the end lmfao!
Critical kush has been amazing to grow, she has stood strong throughout all the stress I've put her under with my learning mistakes and she has still turned out superb, I'm looking forward to smoking her if she smokes as good as she smells then ill be amazed! The smell she gives off is a fruity, sweet smell with a strong undertone, hard to explain but it gets my taste buds going! 6 hours later and hella sticky fingers... not my usual type lol... We have the girls down and trimmed, the wet weights are below from each plant and we have separated them in different tiers in the drying net so we can show an accurate wet and dry weight from each plant, intrigued to know how much we will loose once dry as the wet weight is a whopping 1,405g!!
Plant one weighing in at 261g
Plant 2 is weighing at 242g
Plant 3 is weighing at 236g
Plant 4 is weighing at 321g
Plant 5 is weighing at 345g
51 ounce wet weight with slight stems.
Will update harvest section next week once dry :)
Happy growing!
First time growing otherwise I would of gave it a 10/10 but personally havent my '' favourite '' strain but I must say for a complete newb I picked a beauty of a girl. She done extremely well under all the pressure and conditions i put her under with my learning mistakes, so I'm glad to have the result I have at the end, she hasn't been cured yet but after waiting 3 months I couldn't help but give her a smoke, she blew us away, was a very smooth uplifting smoke , not going to lie the giggles came in hard, then toned down to a relax state of mind which lasted for a good few hours.
Would definitely recommend her to anyone starting out, through everything I put her through she still gave us a really good yield and good smoke! I will update again once cured on a accurate smoke but so far she has given us a good stone, looking forward to seeing how she cures and the final result,
Recognition where its due, thank you to BR4NS and all the growers on here who have helped us out along the way, it has been very appreciated! And I hope I can take on board all that yous have taught into my next grow!
Happy growing :-)
@WhiteWidow, I'm hoping to cure for around 14 days, and cure as I'm smoking as well , took some tips from above and got a humidity pack in there for some extra help, had a little j last night and she was a lovely smoke, not had the giggles in a long time lol! She's into cure now had her final trim, stems removed and weigh in, now she's off to cure! Yeah I'm hoping to take what I've done in this grow learn from it, better from it so next time will be even better :)
@JieGrow, well lets not make any conclusion. how long do you plan to cure it? i would smoke one piece now, in 5 days and in 10. just to be sure for the next time that you did a good job and you can spot the difference
@WhiteWidow, thanks, my tent and my drying method wasn't the best (plus this strain apparently drys fast) so after 3 days drying it's onto cure, as I feel any longer on the rack it will be to dry =( hope it's not affected it...
@DabCrab, bro I only got 337 gram under a 600w 😮 I have 4 super skunk by sensi seeds that have just popped was ment to be 6 bit 2 haven't made it yet but it's only been 2 days 😟 there under a 250w HPS just now in 16 days time ill swap to the 600w HPS... I'm also getting another tent with in the next week or 2 so should have 2 grows running at the same time 😁
Nice bro a lot of weed! I have a similar rack to dry tough I figure it was better to hang the hole plant upside down pre trimmed for a slower dry, makes the smoke better to begin the curing process, after 3-5 days I put on a paper bag to finish and then jar with humidity pack(prefere the 55%)... cheers and congrats for the results! 👍🏻
@CANNASIM, yeah I was coming and going with to either hang them or rack them , last time I racked them the buds took around 7 days to dry , so decided to try it again and for the next grow we will try the hanging the hole plant up , just to see the end result both ways and try and figure what would be best , I'll Defoe look into the humidity packs and try that for the cure , got a bit inpatient and quick dried a lower bud last night and it was some good weed haha, so dying to see the end result !
Thanks for the advice mate it's well appreciated
@JUNGLE_B4RNS, yeah I worked out what a third of it would been and trying to rough guess but no point until it's dry lol! Yeah I'm going to look into it and see what to do from there for the best result !
Very nice first grow +50gr/plant. But Dude, I know it's offtopic
but do I see dick picks on the lower-right side of the first picture.
The smartphone capture picture. Not Cool Man !
@goarilla, shit dude.... deleted and I apologise for that. Lesson learned for everyone.... don't let your girlfriend upload photos on your diary.... away to hide myself in my tent , if you don't laugh you'll cry.
Wow, we call it a big success to have such buds with so few odds for her to grow properly under the conditions you explain! Thanks for putting her under hard conditions so we can see how she still performs nicely! Gorilla Glue is a beast bro, congrats! Enjoy her! Thanks for sharing this diary!
@FAST_BUDS, thanks for the comment!
She done amazing through all my cock ups, I'm looking forward to growing her again this time with some new knowledge and hopefully I can see her at her full potiential, even though I thought she was amazing the now I can only imagine what she will be like! Thank you for providing such a great strain I look forward to trying more if your strains!
Excellent work for your first grow! I had some issues my first time too but you know what? You never forget those lessons! Good luck on your next grow man you will kill it.
@Grimbol, thanks bro 😋👍🏼 I can't wait for my next grow I've still got 5 more plants from this grow so hopefully I can learn a little more before round 2 🏓😇
@54lvlO, Thanks 😁 this is mine and my partners 1st grow, we're absolutely hooked on growing now and recently planted 6 super skunk but only 4 have made it... We've still got alot to learn but
@AlaskanGrownCaliRaised, thanks bro , quiet chuffed with being a first grower and getting the result we where looking for , dying to see how she tastes!
@JieGrow, hehe that's true More light does a good job but in the other hand TaNg is a mith, grows with two 75w led and man, check his plants, Just insane!
@CANNASIM, I'm not fust but she is... finally someone that dose tap lol, yeah a see these people pulling 10oz of autos and then I check peoples grows with 1000w lights yeilding like 45 grams 😂😂😂😂 if a get less than a oz per plant this grow then I'm giving up lol
@JieGrow, Your call bro, some grower prefer PH ed, i go for tap. Hehe good to have an assistant! Agree, now is a hole science, with the info available there are some growers pulling a lot from a few plants! 👍
@JUNGLE_B4RNS, its ok I didn't trim gorilla glue auto because even the buds that are hidden from light are packing on good!... i trimmed the 5 critical kush plants as they where getting to bushy 😱 I'm hoping this trim also helps with humidity.... today the temp was at 32 and humidity 54?... so I've opened one of the top big vents and also tryed to water with just the right amount of water to see if the conditions inside the tent improve..... just give me a couple years and maybe I'll be masters grower on hear 😂 Stoner dreams lol
@JUNGLE_B4RNS, lmao 😂 Serious daft question hear, Ano your not ment to trim autos, but my gorilla glue has some major big fan leafs covering the full plant and I'm sure he's only got a week maybe 2 to go should I trim him a bit?.... so you think it would help
@JUNGLE_B4RNS, I can see what you mean looking at the photos , then I look at them in person and it looks completely different, the leaves seem to change every time I look at them and not sure what to look for , but the leaves don't look like this now lol.. with the MG deficiency how would I correct this? The light is also higher than what it is in these photos , i brought it up a few cm's yesterday , thanks bro!
Yeah the leaves started cupping about 2 weeks ago? , we went to our hydroponics guy and got some different Nutes and the problem had sorted itself out , no purple colours appearing on any of the plants however OG (smallest plant) had a lot of purple colours coming through some of stems , mostly at the bottom branches of the plant and his leaves looked like they where dying.. I didn't know what to do so basically super cropped him and the nutes have changed this and everything looks normal to the eye in person, he has came along great now and looks decent! He was the only plant to have purple stems , baring in mind he is a good 10cm plus smaller than the majority of the plants , I've got the light at 21cm away from the highest plant , this be alright? One of the plants are 10cm bigger than the others , I'm going to get better photos on Sunday when I'm updating the diary for the week, in person the leaves don't look like they are cupping :)
@JieGrow,on pictures 4 and 7 you can see the light intensity .
On picture 11 leaves are cupping, it's beginning of Mg deficiency due to too much light , check out the petiole (where the stem join the leave) if it start to get purpling on top of the stem (but not under).
@JUNGLE_B4RNS, 😂 Yeah ano you said bro am just saying that's my kinda luck lol to get low yeild lol..
😱 That's a good way to explain it? Hmm.... I might try a lot of plants with a short veg next time,
@JieGrow,I already told you Yield is based on light , not plants counts bro
You can short Veg an army of small plants to fill up light coverage
or
you can Veg a few weeks longer less amounts of plants to fill up the same coverage
or
you can Veg just 4 plants for 15 weeks (starting from seeds) to fill up the coverage
Less plants means less work = longer Veg
More plants means more work = shorter Veg
At 30C you should be at 80% humidity
Or you should be at 26C maximum with 70% humidity
It is better to leave them alone and do not disturb them during night time !
Otherwise you're gonna "flash" them ...
You should put the "automatic" in a big pot , it is recommended to not to transplant "automatic" during his life
You shall do a Sea Of Green (SOG) with this amount off plants in that box
@JieGrow,It is probably Nutrients burns , if I understand well you are feeding your plants every 2-3 days ? You shouldn't trust in nutrients manufacturers, they just want you to use has more has possible ! You should fallow a Feed Water Water Water Feed Water Water Water Feed .... cycle, you'll see by yourself you'll be saving money on Nutrients !
If it's the Autoflowering whose got burns you should flush it has soon has possible, plants needs a lot of time to recovery from nutrients burns and use all nutrients in the media ... Autoflowering has a countdown cycle , try to keep in mind that you doesn't start at day 1 with Autoflowering but you start a countdown at DayWhatever depending on what Strain you are growing !
@JUNGLE_B4RNS, hey bud! I've been giving them 5ml of nutes per gallon of water , every 2-3 days if the top of soil looks dry inbetween just giving it a slight spray, been following the back of the bottle Instructions lol.. today noticed the end of one of my plants leaves going yellow? I'll upload photos to follow this comment if you could give me any info or anything regarding it? All the rest are cool except this one.. cheers bud!
@JieGrow,next step , not to kill your plants with the Nutrients :
Check YouTube link :
www.youtube.com/playlist
You'll learn how to use Nutrients weeks by weeks
@JUNGLE_B4RNS, well I got 54 gram off hur and she was under 12/12 most of hur life so I think that's amazing 😂 Just the smoke it takes a lot like some times a smoke bud from hur and don't even get a high 😭 "Ano that this is probably down to me and the way I grow hur with photos" but fuck me I've had people tell me it's worse than the worse weed they've ever smoked lol x
@JUNGLE_B4RNS, sorry for the shit updates and replays bro been really busy... I've just got a drying net decided to go with that... Update will be tonight at some point bro xx
Hey! Nice crop! I just bought the samr dehumidifier. Does it work well on you tent? You keep it on 24/7?? At night my UR hits 99% without dehumidifier and im at the mid of flower. Really afraid of mold.
@Uhuru, tbh because I've removed to plants weeks apart, and I've changed the amount of water I couldn't honestly tell... But when I've had t in and everything been normal for a week or more I can't say it made a difference I've only left it in running 24/7 because I'm scared to take it out 😂😂 sorry I can't be much help, I'm still trying get the hang of growing my self sorry bro x
@Bones, on a serious note a want 4/5 oz 😂 But realistically Ano 2 is probs the most I'll get...
I'm going to buy another 120x120x200 tent and for my next grow I'm going to grow 14 gorilla glue autos "7 in one tent and 7 in the other" 🙈
They still have a couple more weeks to go and they keep filling up the space to where I need to trim them slightly, having a tiny problem fittting them all in 😂
@JieGrow, I def think youll hit it. What I've noticed is that I get larger yields when I use fewer plants in the same space, so long as I grow to fill the space.
Last grow I did 8 and this grow I'm doing 6 and then buds are much denser I think I'll get around 40-50% more, I am using clones though so they are all the same size.
It seems filling the light footprint is the target weather you sog or scrog