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Stuck 8 seeds in a shot glass of tap water, one sunk so assuming it was dud I stuck it in some paper towel, in the end it ended up germinating too! First time trying this method, usually use the paper towel method but I think I’ll be using this from now on, all seeds showed tap roots within 24 hours. Only planning on running 4 plants in the Auto pots but germinated 8 seeds to account for any duds and will pick the best 4 before potting up in to their final pots!
Nothing much to report, all 8 girls poking their heads out. Under a 6 bulb T5 light for now in their propagator. Will be going under the MH dialled down to 250W next week once they’ve got a couple of sets of leaves. On a weak nutrient mix to kick things off. Eventually will be picking the best 4 and will be doing a 1.2m x 1.2 scrog under 2 x 600w HID lights. Stay tuned!
Week 2 of veg, everything seems to be going well so far, as I said before will only be running 4 plants eventually but will pick the best 4 to pot into the auto pot system over the next week or so.
Week 3 veg, all plants looking nice and healthy so far will be selecting 4 plants to be potted up in to the auto pots in the next couple of weeks once the roots are nicely established.
Week 4 of veg and all good, decided to pick the final 4 and get rid of the rest. At this point keeping the remaining plants watered is just a waste of nutrients. All 4 plants topped and will likely be potted up in to their final pots next week
Week 5 of veg, plants now been transplanted into the autopots, pots have around 2-3 inches of clay pebbles with airdomes in the bottom of each pot then filled it coco. Really starting to see some decent growth now! All plants seem healthy, will be hand watering for a couple of weeks till roots are established and then will be relying on the autopots feeding from the res once the roots have reached the bottom of the pots.
Week 6 of veg, first defoliation done to allow more light and airflow to get to the girls. Will be giving them a week or so to recover and spread out a bit before flipping to flower next week. All looking healthy.
Plants have bounced back nicely from their first defoliation, flipped to flower, changed bulbs from MH to HPS and switched up nutrients. Plant really starting to see some decent growth now they’re drinking from the res rather than being hand fed. Will be tucking through the screen for the next 2-3 weeks then will be doing another big defoliation trimming most big fan leaves and also getting rid of any lower branches below the net the aren’t likely to produce much in the way of big buds.
In to week 2 of flower, screen starting to fill in nicely. Nothing much else to report, everything looking healthy with no signs of any deficiencies, really stepped up a gear with growth now. I’ll be doing some more tucking to fill the screen completely over the next few days, final defoliation and clean up below the screen next week and that should be the training finished till harvest.
Week 3 of flower, big defoliation done and cleaned up the underside of the net as best I could. 2 up the back were a little tricky to access but I think that’s the majority of the training over now, let’s see what these girls have got!
JuanP
