White Widow Auto

lezhonka 1. White Widow seed #3 planted 9/1/18 on a warm mat, water, coco coir pellet. 2. Week 0. 9/2 sprouted, transferred into Seedling nutrient mix. Light 30" above soil. Next time prepare a bucket of water to warm up - 4 Gal. 3. 9/5 - first seed barely sprouted and I think it’s not growing anymore - was it too cold, too wet/dry? Placed 3 more seeds into coco coir pellets on a heat mat. 4. 9/7 very slow growing first seed. Still barely germinated 5. 9/8 One seed from 9/5 germinated and produced a tall sprout overnight. Transferred to the bucket under light. Using same solution. Covered seedling with an espresso cup. Starting seedling week #1 6. 9/9/18 W1D2 The rest of the seeds sprouted and growing. Likely will discard them. Will not grow two plants in one bucket. pH 6.7, corrected to pH 5.5 7. 9/11/18 that transplant didn’t grow much at all. I lowered lights on 9/10 to gave it 15,000 lumens. Today I added two other seedlings which were growing on a mat. Want to see which one of them will be the strongest. Also added more water to the bucket and turned off the drip setup 8. 9/12 Should I keep all 3 plants and LST them away from each other? 9. 9/14 Remains as seedling. I think I over watered it initially and growth stopped. Will continue seedling schedule for another week. Will drop water level a bit

lezhonka Still in seedling stage. I planted 3 plants into the same bucket originally to remove the weakest plants and leave one. Now I want to LST them with the hope that they can share nutrients in the same bucket. 5 gal bucket, using 4 gal of solution. Vigorous bibles through the whole setup. Installed a small oscillating fan to maintain a gentle breeze. Will remove a drip setup later and fill in with more clay stones. My longest seedling got droopy overnight, I think because it was on a germination tray without enough light, it got super long and now it cannot support vegetation growth. 1. Will provide support 2. Will keep my seedlings in their germination tray under a light until they are ready for vegetative state 3. It seems solution aeration raises pH. Today it's 6.2, went up by 0.4 overnight. Will check tonight and correct if needed 4. Turned on the exhaust fan in the tent to bring overall temperature down 5. Supporting the falling down seedling worked, it's upright and more leaves. Other seedlings are dying off? I'm glad I saved them all in order to grow. Gentle breeze seems to working as well. I think by the end of this week, the roots will come out and the plant might start a true vegetative stage 6. Today I saw the first root coming out! Other two plants are most likely dead - who cares, the other one is thriving

lezhonka Continuing seedling stage feeding. Using reverse osmosis water - works great, did not have to adjust pH after adding all nutrients. Brought the light down to keep it at 17,000 lux, lowered further 18.5" 24,000 lux Going to install a camera in the tent - I love watching it grow! Meanwhile, the roots are coming out nicely, which gives me hope that by the end of this week I'll see an explosive growth On day 20 roots are exploded and the plant is coming out well. Thicker main stem, taller, had to train the top. Definitely vegetative stage will start on Saturday.

lezhonka The roots are growing like crazy, I won't be able to move the pot to another bucket anymore to change water.

lezhonka Lots of roots My LST is a mess. Keep thinking about removing huge fan leaves to allow more light to bud sites. But I think, keeping leaves around will help to accumulate nutrients into leaves Little hair are showing Trimmed roots, should have done earlier to encourage better root branching Using two oscillating fans

lezhonka Persistent brown spot leaves. Even more now. It seems only leaves in the center on top are affected. Not sure if it's because of the proximity to light (45,000 lux) or nutrient deficiency. Two other bad things happened: my DIY DWC bucket developed a small leak. I might have to make another bucket if I can't fix this one. Also, while doing LST to the main stem, I applied too much pressure and snapped it, about two inches came off 😢 At that point I really felt like stopping all project and starting a new one. I'll keep it going for now Made 4 gallons of the nutrient solution, 3 went into the DWC bucket, one gallon will be kept to supplement during the week I changed the light off schedule: programmed to keep lights off during the hottest time of the day It seems, I need to increase Flora Bloom during Vegetative Stage 2 (week 5 on my chart) - currently it's at 2.5 mL/gal, would go to 4 mL/gal next grow For the first time today, my pH became too acidic and I had to use pH UP Growing well. Starting tomorrow I will increase nutrients and add some more Phosphorus supplements

lezhonka Early Bloom stage started. Definitely, the feeding schedule I used did not have enough Phosphorus. I switched to GH simple program Day 49 pH is stable, no adjustments. Turned off air pump yesterday and forgot to turn it back until today. 24 hrs without functioning air pump. The plant looks healthy, roots look healthy and I wouldn't dare to get the plant out to wash the container. Roots look very heavy, and this mass needs good support. Lessons learned - I have some time in case of power outage or pump failure, got new backup air pump

lezhonka Day 52 OMG what flowers I have! I'm glad it's only one plant. It occupies most of my 3x3 tent

lezhonka The flowers are getting fatter. Switched the feeding to MaxiBloom. Overall this gives me more phosphorus and a little bit less nitrogen Day 61 - persistent yellow spots on leaves despite increasing phosphorus content. pH is checked daily - stable and within range. Will calibrate my meter today to make sure it reads correctly. My pH meter is calibrated well, it was showing correct pH. Will use FloraKleen to remove lock out. I'll stick with my feeding schedule for now.

lezhonka Used FloraKleen 1 tsp (5 mL) per gal for 1.5 hrs before solution change Because I broke the top of the plant, and because of the way how I trained the plant - I have no idea how tall/long the plant is and I don't know where is the top or bottom of the plant. I decided not to remove any live leaves, thinking that they are the factory for photosynthesis and producing energy. I think when you defoliate, the plant is going into an extreme survival mode, and is trying to produce fat flowers to attract any pollen possible. This growth, I'll go without much changes, and will analyze at the end. LST is definitely a way to go for me, one plant harvest is more than enough. So far I like the ease of using MaxiBloom. I'll stay with that for the next growth as well. Using hydroponics is so easy - no runoff, no pests, simply add water daily to keep the solution at the level. I left for 3 days, added an extra gallon of water and came back to a healthy plant

lezhonka The harvest is close! Next grow, I'll use a more diluted nutrient solution. Added a portable heater to the room. Without it the room temperature barely hits 70F If not for yellow/brown spots on my leaves, this grow would be perfect. Better luck next time Day 74 - using tripod to take pictures, so much better results!

lezhonka The smell is overpowering. Without carbon filter my whole house would smell weed

lezhonka Last ripening week. The smell is intoxicating. As soon as I open the grow tent, it spreads through the basement. By the end of next week I'll start flushing for 24-48 hours and then HARVEST time! Day 90. Started to flush with FloraKleen. Did some trimming and currently I'm planning to dry the plant in the pot after draining whole water in two days. Will continue intermittent trimming - it's major PITA for me.

lezhonka 1. I didn't defoliate at all during all growth. Two large colas got rotten and had to be discarded. With them my harvest would be even more! 2. My LST method worked. The canopy was evenly spread. I would repeat it with continuous defoliating to improve airflow at buds 3. My grow tent is in enclosed unvented space - which could be a problem during the summer with humidity and high temperatures. 4. Charcoal filter is a must - it removed the smell. At harvest time, my whole basement smelled weed. Used Ozium several times during a day to combat it - maybe trim outside? 5. I over dried my herb. It's at 50-56% humidity after staying overnight in closed jars 6. I dried the plant by emptying and opening the bucket, letting air flow to the roots and allowing drying upright. It was easy to trim, all large leaves pulled away from buds by gravity. One plant is way too much for me to handle 6. Lots of discarded trim which could be processed for extracts. I don't do edibles, only hot green dragon and MCT oil extracts in Joule sous vide. There are plenty of smaller popcorn buds for me left for this purpose. 7. Overall, I'm happy with my experience, bummed to for loosing two large colas 8. No idea how people taste chocolate or other stuff in it. I love the taste it leaves in my mouth, I liked that it didn't make me cough even after I raised my Mighty to 210F - very smooth. 9. Increased appetite is a big negative for me. I was able to control myself, but it could be because I prepare myself mentally to stay away from food thoughts after vaping