Chemdog - My first grow

tomatenmark69 The Chemdogs are no longer in the greenhouse and are now in the tent under the Sanlight Evo. I've dimmed it to 40% so far, and the distance is about 50 cm. The pH level of my tap water is a bit too high, but when I add the nutrients next week, it should be fine, so I'm not adjusting it.

tomatenmark69 Since this week, the Chemdogs are getting their first grow nutrients. The one on the left still looks a bit weaker. Unfortunately, I didn't take many pictures at that time.

tomatenmark69 Last week, I repotted into 7.5 l fabric pots. Unfortunately, I didn't take any pictures. They have recovered well from the repotting. This week, I tried my hand at LST and FIMing, and I also did some defoliation. One of the three plants has a significantly lighter green, but I suspect that's due to the phenotype.

tomatenmark69 Last week, I shortened the lighting time by an hour each day, and now I'm at 12 hours of light. The lamp is now dimmed to 60%. The plants look really beautiful, and I get excited every time I see them. This week, it was very rainy here, and the humidity was really high (over 70%). Out of fear of mold, I got a second clip fan that runs all the time now. One or two isolated leaves also had brown/yellow spots. I'm now proactively adding some Cal-Mag to the water. But as long as it doesn't happen more frequently, I'm not too worried yet. I also kept one plant from the random seeds.

tomatenmark69 This week, the lollipopping took place. The first real flower sites are now visible :). The lamp's power was set to 80%, and I hung a CO2 bag in the tent. The bag is hanging in front of one of the clip fans, and I hope the CO2 reaches the plants that way. The water has a too low pH level due to the increased nutrient addition, and I'm currently adjusting this with pH+ from Biobizz.

tomatenmark69 The smell is slowly getting stronger and the buds are getting bigger. This week I put something under the smaller plants to even out the height. One plant has light green spots on the leaf edges. I wonder if I over-fertilized it? I'm going to wait and keep watering as usual while I observe. Also, I've used my Sanlight Flex as interlighting, as can be seen in the pictures. I'm really looking forward to the next few weeks :)

tomatenmark69 This week I set my lamp to 100%. The smell is getting more intense and currently reminds me a lot of gum :D The buds are also slowly getting bigger, I'm curious to see how it goes from here.

tomatenmark69 This week I skipped Cal/Mag and will only use it every 3rd watering in the future, as one plant still has yellow spots on the leaves. However, they haven't increased, so I'm not too worried. Maybe it's normal since autumn is slowly starting for the plants. I'll be feeding the plants for about another week and a half, then they'll only get pH-corrected water. I'm getting more and more worried about mold, as the humidity at night is 63%. Next week, I want to install an active intake using PC fans. I hope that the active intake and the 2 clip fans will be enough to lower the levels. Unfortunately, the exhaust is already running at maximum.

tomatenmark69 This week they were fertilized for the last time. Next time, I will start watering them with stale pH-adjusted water. For that, I will use Bio-Down from BioBizz. A couple of the upper petals of the "unknown" strain are starting to develop yellow tips, and they are getting some purple discoloration. I hope that’s because the "autumn" for the plants is starting now. But it could also be a sign of over-fertilization. However, since the flushing is starting now, it should be fine. The smell is already very intense, and the buds are beautiful; for my first grow, I am more than satisfied :). I just hope that mold doesn’t develop now, as the humidity has been around 70% in the last few nights. During the day, it's about 50-55%. I hope the circulation is sufficient with my 2 clip fans. Next week, I want to install active intake with PC fans; the power supply I ordered doesn’t seem to work.. I’m now waiting for the new one.

tomatenmark69 Yesterday I harvested the "unknown" since many trichomes were already amber and I didn't want to leave them for another week; they even started to purple a bit. The others should be ready next week as well. Their leaves are also slowly turning yellow, autumn is coming.

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tomatenmark69 In 2 days, they will be sent into darkness for 48 hours and then harvested. I've been flushing them for 2 weeks now and check them daily with the microscope. Pheno 1 is already very ripe; the other two could still use a few more days, but I will harvest them all at the same time. This way, I also have a comparison between different ripeness levels.

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