3rd time hydro

BeefWellingtons So, I had a hard time popping seeds so I tried the time-tested damp paper towel technique, in-between two plates and it worked like a charm, all 3 seeds popped. Only one will be in this diary. Anyhow, once the tap roots were about 1cm long I used tweezers to move them into rockwool cubes, covered in a heated seedling tray. I was only giving them bottled water, keeping it damp, not soaked. As soon as they broke surface I had them under some gentle cfl bulbs about 2 inches from the top. I have tap roots out the bottom so I put this one into my hydro basin and she's all set up. I added the nutrients today (when I put her in the basin), evened out ph to 5.8 or so, ppm is just under 200. I top fed her and now will just have to keep an eye on things. (I will make a soil grow diary for the other two seedlings soon).

BeefWellingtons Ok, so I had her under a 200w cfl flower light (all I had), but she didnt like that so I pulled a small cfl off the soil grow to help her and she loves it (really need a stronger light here). Amyhow, been doing small top feed and bottled water top feed. Ph is all over the place. Trying to get her happy. She was showing signs of stress, dark splotches in the leaf coloring and when I introduced cfl to her she doubled in size in 36 hours, so I think I'm on the right path.

BeefWellingtons This week was really tough. I put the light too close to her and had too much wind blowing in there and she got ragged. She's recovering and I'm not positive I'm going to keep her but I thought I would give her another week.I did start to germinate more seeds (but let's keep that between you and me, don't want to upset her). Anyhow, my ppm is really high even though I gave recommended nutrients. My water is like 170 so that's part of it. I will only be topping off water for the rest of the week. Also will start adding cold water bottles as 77f is way too high for the basin, despite the hydroguard. Keeping my fingers crossed, thanks for viewing my diary.

BeefWellingtons Well I was going to yank her out it I'm going to give her one more week to see if she does any better. I started adding cold water bottles to the basin. Gave her a little cal-mag with new basin refresh. Now she just got moved into the big girl light so bring on the heat and wind burn! I will find something less reflective to cover the netpots with as I read that they could cause some burn. Not much else to report. Update: last two photos are from 24 hours later.

BeefWellingtons All I can say is Wow! She really pulled through this one. If you compare last week to this week it's like night and day. I swapped out the basin yesterday and so far so good. I think I really got nutes right on this week at about 2/3 strength for most of them. I used vinegar for ph down and it worked like a charm. I have been swapping out frozen bottles here and there to cool the water temp a bit. She got sprayed down with neem oil a few days ago and recovered from that pretty well. I think the key to her recovery was that I checked the ph twice a day and adjusted accordingly. You can really see when she slurps down the nutrients! I'm going to try to insulate the basin a little bit to see if I can drop her temp down. Thanks for viewing my diary and happy growing!

BeefWellingtons Well this was a kinda shit week. The main cola grew up on top of the light so where I had supercropped her before, I bent it the other way and she just fell over. Other bud sites will produce, but I just broke my girl in half! Anyhow, she's drinking more and more, have to top her up about every 36 hours or so. Pulled off some dead leaves. Not expecting a tremendous yield, but still hopeful. She just got a new fresh basin today. I know it's hot in the growbox but I can't really cool it down much more. Maybe I just don't love her as much as my first plant, but I'm watching the ph and she's definitely drinking up the nutes. Switched light to 24 hours. Wish she would show me more love. Thanks for checking out my grow!

BeefWellingtons Well this week was ok. Surprisingly the main downed cola is actually still growing. These nutrients, or amounts I'm giving her are burning the crap out of the plant. I decided to go just with topping her up today, with a basin change on Monday, and I will adjust 5he numbers of nutes when I do it, probably half strength all around. Also, I don't think this strain handles heat very well, but most don't I guess. So funny to watch the transpiration once I dial in the ph just right, she will suck down 1/2 gallon in a day! Anyhow, thanks for checkin out my grow!

BeefWellingtons Well this was a serious learning week. I accidentally mixed up my nutes wrong before this basin refresh and cooked her up. She has a good basin now but she did suffer. Little colas are still getting fat, and this strain seems to have very dense buds. The main cola survived the supercrop and is still growing and getting fat. Roots look really happy. Thanks for checking out my grow.

BeefWellingtons Well I am flushing her out. This will be the last week for my cannabutter queen. Her colas are small but very dense. She has done her best after I gave wrong (too much) nutes one week and she just got cooked. She survived getting broke in half and somehow the main cola is still thriving. She's on an 18/6 cycle and once she is harvested this cabinet will become my drying box for this and my other grows. This strain is a little moody, but produces very fat and solid colas. Thank you for visiting my diary and I hope you can learn from my mistakes, I know I have. ;) Update: posted pics of the kind of cannabutter I will make with her.

BeefWellingtons I will come back in a few days and update with weight and smoke report. All I can say is keep your ph pen calibrated. I'm not disappointed in her, she did a good job with what she had. Update: nice flavor and aroma for the smoke. She's packing on the thc, I don't remember a lot after smoking, but pizza was consumed! I split her into two groups, 1 for smoke and 1 for baking goods/butter. She was a trooper.