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Beginning germination. One AK-47 seed soaked in pH6 water for 24 hours then transferred to soil. Second AK-47 put directly into peat seed starter. On day two, a sprout appeared in the soil but nothing in the peat. On day three, still nothing from the peat. Decided to begin soaking another seed which will be placed in soil instead of peat. I really want two plants growing simultaneously. I am using Strawberry Fields soil.
Light: MarsHydro 300W LED Grow Light Full Spectrum for Hydroponic Indoor Plants Growing Veg and Flower
Plant is in a Hongruilite Hydroponic Indoor Grow Tent Room w/Plastic Corner (32''x32''x63'').
Not adding nutrients yet. When I do, it will be Nectar of the Gods.
Really want to have two plants going at once. On Day 3 with no evidence of growth from the peat, I soaked another see in pH 7 water.
Day 3 began soaking another seed. Day 4 planted the seed, maybe. I may have dropped it.
Day 4 prepared a slot with soil. Then when I picked up the seed to plant it, I couldn't tell if I got it in the soil or I dropped the seed. I had pressed it into the soil so hopefully all is well.
Day 5. Water may be a little deep in the tray. Worried that I may be keeping the soil too damp. Humidity in the tent is only 34% and I'd accidentally left the cover off of the seed starter tray. Will see how things look tomorrow. In my impatience, I pulled the peat plug apart to find the seed whole and showing no desire to go to root. Added Strawberry Fields to a slot and replanted the seed hoping the looser soil will have a positive impact.
Day 6: Still no evidence from the other two seed but the one at the bottom is starting to perk up. I removed some water from the tray on the thought that the soil was staying too damp.
Day 7: Still no sign of growth from the other two seeds. Perhaps I planted them too deeply. Very surprised that one seed came up almost instantly and the other two haven't done anything.
Hello @burnerac! I always use 4/20 light cycle for autos but thats depend on you . The more hours the lights are on the bigger the yield. Although i wouldn't recoment a 24/24 cycle. Every living creature needs to have some rest. Also i don't thinks its worth it to make anything less than 18/6! Happy growing !👊
Still no sign of the other two seeds. I have raised one side of the tray to move water away from the soil to help reduce moisture in the soil.
Day 10: I am getting the urge to dig up the nonsprouting seeds.
Day 11: Noticed algae growing on my soil. Still no sign of growth from the other two seeds. Considering trying to sprout another.
Day 12 - 14: Not too concerned about the algae. Should correct itself at transplant.
Day 15-18: Set up timelapse but it failed to record.
Day 19: Looking ready for transplanting
Day 20: No picture
Day 21: Transplanted to a 5-gallon smart pot
Day 22: First day after transplanted
Day 23: Added 1 gallon water at pH 7
Day 24: No picture
Day 25: Looking healthy
Day 26: Humidity is good. I need to check on that temperature. 3 inches.
Day 27: Nothing spectacular to report. Beginning to ponder training.
Day 28: Still going.
Day 29: Soil moisture seems fine. No need to add water yet.
Day 30: Nothing spectacular to report. Soil still sufficiently moist.
Day 31: Nothing remarkable to report
Day 32: Houston, we have a problem! Added another gallon of water pH 6.5 with nutrients. I was surprised that the soil held moisture for so long. Felt very wrong. I raised the light. With the growth, it was only about 10 inches above the canopy. It is now closer to 20 inches above the plant. What is that leaf tip turning brown?
Day 33: Nothing remarkable to report
Day 34: No photograph
Day 35: Adding 10 TBL of Nectar for the Gods One Shot to soil. Began training. I think this would be considered LST. One tent peg gives support at the bend. One tent pen is holding it bent over.
Hello ! Well your plants can be bend with the LST technique but as she was slow during the first weeks you should not top or stress the plant too much (not recommended but you can , it's up to you) . By trimming I think you mean defoliation , so I'm not a defo pro , in your case it would be unuseful as your upper leaves does not block the light to your lower stems , even the effected leaf don't need to be cut before 50% is damaged ( I go to 70% as the plant still sucking the energy out from the old leaves). The only training I would do at that stage is to pinch the main stem just under the new nodes to encourage secondery stems growth. Concerning your damage leaf it can be heat like bulbi told you but the edges of the leaves would be burnt too ( not only the tips) , I would no bet on a deficiency as you'r using plenty of fertilizer ( do you check your ec/ppm level ? you should grab an ec/ppm pen to do so , it will help you to feed better) , but your plant looks pale like a Nitrogen deficiency , weird to me. I hope it will help you 😁👍
Timelapse Days 21-34: Memory card filled up and I lost days 35 and part of 36.
Day 36: No photograph. No longer centered under the light. I need more lighting.
Day 37: plant taking to the training well. Almost time for another tent peg.
Day 38: Still growing.
Day 39: Worried this is mold. Added a gallon of water with nutrients increasing the nutrients to mid-vegetation. Overall I think the plant looks pretty healthy.
Day 40: Turned the carbon filter on to promote air exchange.
Day 41: Continued training.
Day 41: Rushing the exhaust fan has reduced the humidity. Going to have to keep an eye on that.
Day 43: Pulled timelapse. Looks like we will need to water in a day or two. Wish I had more light. Not sure how to report height since I am tying it down. Seeing some more brown tips. Thinking nutrient burn so my next watering will be without nutes.
Day 44: Nothing to report
Day 45: Added 1 gallon of pH 6.0 water.
Day 46, 47: Nothing to report
Day 48: Added another tent stake to work on LST but the plant may be stronger than the tent stakes. She's also getting thristy.
Day 49: Nothing to report
Day 50: Added one gallon of pH 6.5 water with nutrients. Plant looking healthy. Continuing to try LST but the tent stakes are not wanting to stay in the soil. Going to get some soft plant ties and begin pinning to the smartpot. Forgot to take pictures.
Day 51: Maybe approaching flowering?
Day 52: Looking good. She's getting real thirsty.
Day 53: Pretty
Day 54: Added a gallon of water with nutrients, Man she's getting thirsty.
Day 55: Posted timelapse but no glamour shots
Day 56: Added one gallon of pH 6.5 water without nutrients.
I've basically thrown all training out the window. I am not doing much more than just letting it grow. The tent really needs more lighting but that isn't going to happen this grow. I presume that flowering will begin within the week. What do I need to be doing right now?
That's some monster plant; I would suggest that you try to force flowering by setting the light schedule to 12/12 if it does not start soon, but before that, prepare the canopy with some training, consider supercroping the taller tops, it's easier to keep the plant height in check with it compared to LST.
Day 57: Added one gallon of pH 6.5 water with nutrients.
Day 58: Used super cropping (hope I'm saying that right) on the tallest branch to make the canopy more even.
Day 59: I am not watering enough.
Day 61: Sadness. I was attempting supercropping and snapped the stem of what I thought would become my largest cola. I have taped it but now feel I've topped my auto.
Day 64: unquestionably in flower. Added one gallon of pH 6.5 water with nutrients.
Day 65: No picture.
Day 66: yikes! Left her in the dark for 24 hours. Forgot to turn the light back on after day 64's Glamour shots. On the opposite side, the damaged branch is upright. Perhaps it won't be lost.
Day 67: looking thirsty. Added one gallon of water with early flower nutrients. One leaf has holes in it (not pictured). Will have to watch for pests.
Day 68: Man this plant is thirsty. I don't want root rot so I will wait one more day for watering. One leaf has odd holes in it. It is directly in the path of the fan so I wonder if it is related to that.
Day 69: added one gallon of ph6.0 water no nutrients
Day 70: Nothing remarkable to report
Day 71: forgot to photograph
Day 72: watered with nutrients pH6.5
Day 73: Nothing to report
Day 74: added one gallon pH 6.0 water no bites
Day 75: Nothing to report
Day 76: Nothing of note
Day 76: Worried that I'm overwatering so I've backed off the water.
Day 77: Added another 600W of lighting for a total of 900W.
Day 78: Nothing to report
Day 79: Nothing to report
Day 80: Added one gallon water with nutrients
Day 81: Nothing to report
Day 82: Nothing to report
Day 83: Nothing to report
Day 84: Nothing to report
Day 85: still not adding water despit my desire to do so. Finally picking up an arrow of goodness.
Day 86: Added one gallon pH 6.5 water with nutrients. This is quite the bush.
Day 87: panic! What is happening to my leafs?
Day 88: no time to flush. Status quo.
Day 89: still no time to flush. Status quo.
Day 90: soil seems too dry to me but not watering until slurry test is complete. Spoke with Oregon's Only and received advice direct from nutrient manufacturer.
Result of slurry test: pH. 6.3 ppm 459
Day 91: took my fear that I was over watering to the other extreme and now have yellowing and wilting due to under watering. Added one gallon pH 6.3 water with two tablespoons of Herculean Harvest.
Hey @Burnerac! There are numerous problems occurring here. I will give you the best course of action in this time period. First thing is to flush your plant with PURE water PHed properly for 4-7 days . This allows the plant to clear its system of all the nutrients that have been building up and allows the soil to drain the nutrients out without adding more. Again - Only water. You are overfeeding Herculean Harvest at 15.62ml/L which is double the max amount at this stage.(3-8ml/L). I have attached some Championship diaries below that utilize Herculean Harvest so you can compare the amounts used. I believe this is the source issue that needs solved! Hope I helped Burnerac, please feel free to ask any more questions 😎 ------------------------ growdiaries.com/diaries/6274-germ-039-s-six-shooter/week/34184 ------------------------ growdiaries.com/diaries/2375-mephisto-skywalker/week/13624 ------------------------ growdiaries.com/diaries/1329-first-time-space-bucket-grow/week/8481
Day 92: Going to try a week without nutrients. The slurry test was good. I am either over or underwatering. Cannot seem to get it correct this time. However, after last night's watering, she is a lot less droopy.
Day 93: no pictures. Added one gallon pH6.5 water with 2 tablespoons Herculean Harvest.
Day 94: nothing to report other than she is drinking rapidly and looking healthier.
Day 95: added one gallon pH6.5 water with 2 tablespoons Herculean Harvest. Almost no runoff.
Day 96: added one gallon of pH6.5 water with nutrients
Day 97: nothing to report. Trimmed some leaves that never survived the yellowing.
Day 98: nothing to report. Decided to let her dry another day.
I think this will be the last week with nutrients then I'll do two with just water and hopefully she will be ready for harvest. Three weeks left? Sound right?
Day 99: no water added.
Day 100: added one gallon pH 6.5 (think it was closer to 7) water with 2 tablespoons Herculean Harvest.
Day 101: no water added. Nothing to report.
Day 102:Nothing to report.
Day 103:Nothing to report.
Day 104: one gallon pH6.5 water with nutrients
Day 105: no pictures.
Day 106: removed some yellowed leaves. Decided to wait one more day on water. Not adding any more nutrients. Assuming harvest in 14 days.
Day 107: Added one gallon of pH6.5 water with 2tablespoons of Herculean Harvest
Day 108: Removed yellow or brown leaves. Added no water. Trichomes clear. The urge to harvest is huge but will go 2 more weeks. Removed a box elder bug that sneaked into the tent.
Day 109: nothing new to report. Added no water. Tempted to add nutrients once more. After taking photos, removed several yellowing or browned leaves.
Day 110: did not add water. Removed some more leaves.
Day 111: did not add water. She is starting to look frosty. Read some mixed messages about the last two week flush and am feeling the urge to feed again.
Day 112: Replaced Viparspectra 600W with a Horticulture Lighting Group Quantum Board 288 V2 and Slate 2 heatsink. Very pleased although my temperature jumped to 81°F.
Day 113: Decided to add one gallon pH6.5 water with nutrients. This should be the last feed.
Day 114: tent hotter than I would like. Exhaust fan full speed. Cleaned up more leaves. Hopefully can make two more weeks but I am a little concerned.
Day 115: gave one gallon pH6.5 water with 2 tablespoons of Herculean Harvest. Removed a few leaves. The urge to defoliate is huge.
Day 116: removed some more leaves. May harvest this weekend instead of the next.
Day 117: no water added. Removed a lot of dried up leaves. I would be worried if it weren't for other ak47 journals showing the same yellowing leaves toward harvest time.
Day 118: no pictures
Day 119: added one gallon pH6.5 water with 2 tablespoons Herculean Harvest. So want to harvest but will wait 4-7 days.
Day 121: no water added
Day 122: added one gallon pH6.5 water with two tablespoons Herculean Harvest. Will this ever be ready to harvest?!
Day 123: nothing added. No trimming. Trichomes seem clear to me. Should probably go another week or two. Eager to harvest now. Is this plant foxtailing and is that bad?
Day 124: added 1 gallon pH6.5 water with 2 tablespoons Herculean Harvest.
Day 125: no water added.
Day 126: I feel like she is looking healthy. Added one gallon pH6.5 water with 2 tablespoons Herculean
Take a look at this day 126 picture. Is this foxtailing and is that bad? https://growdiaries.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com/static/post/photo/4665/802772_second-cropilgmak-47-autoflower.jpg
Hey there so I'm not certain of the foxtailing from the photos, it does seem at the day 126 i see a big bud that has the fist shape to it and another couple with the tall point out the top which could hint at fox tails. however i know my summer grows pretty much all had some relative fox tailing happen deep into flowering and I had pretty low humidity to deal with consistently....7-35% and fairly high heat 90+. If you have both the 300 watt and 600 watt going during flowering its possible they're getting it at those top most buds from heat/light stress. This isn't exactly bad other than the fact of heat/light stress i believe can start lowering the thc or affecting terpenes etc. I think your main battle will just be having a couple oddly shapped buds.
Hope that may help a little, happy harvesting. ✌️
Day 127: nothing remarkable to report. Smells good.
Day 128: preparing for harvest. New toy, the Trim Tray, arrived today. Decided to put off watering until tomorrow although I think it could use a gallon.
Day 129: added one gallon pH6.5 water with 2 tablespoons Herculean Harvest.
Day 130: no water added
Day 131: no water added. I really want to harvest but I really feel like it needs one more week.
Day 132: added one gallon pH6.5 water with two tablespoons Herculean Harvest
Day 133: I really want to harvest today but suspect I need one more week. Thoughts?
Day 134: no water added
Day 135: added one gallon pH6.5 water with two tablespoons Herculean Harvest
Day 136: no water added
Day 137: added one gallon pH6.5 water with two tablespoons Herculean Harvest.Humidity 17%?! Where did my humidity go?!
Day 138: added no water. Humidity on the rise 22%
Day 139: added no water. Humidity 25%. Still not seeing amber.
Day 140: added one gallon pH6.5 water with two tablespoons Herculean Harvest. Humidity back up to 28%.
Day 141: no water added. This will be the last week. Going to harvest on Saturday whether I see amber or not. Happier with the humidity.
Day 142: no water added. Harvesting Saturday whether it is ready or not.
Day 143: added one gallon pH6.5 water with two tablespoons Herculean Harvest
Day 144: noticed one cola is so heavy it has fallen over
Day 145: nothing to report. Harvest tomorrow or Friday although I bet it could go one more week.
Day 146: no pictures
I still feel I could have gone another week. Actually saw new growth under the canopy as I harvested. Never saw amber and trichomes still looked clear. I may have jumped the gun but my gut said I was letting it go too long. We shall see in 10 days.
Very pleased to get 9.38 ounces!
burnerac
