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Germinated using 24hrs in a cup of water and then paper towel for 2 days
Day 1:
We are the 8th of august 2023
Set humidity to 80%, put the germed seed in a small cup filled with coco coir and drainage holes, also have a humidity dome
Seedling still hasn't made it out of coco, (pretty normal stuff)
Day 2:
We are the 9th of august 2023
I just humidified the humidity dome: humidity most of the day was around 76-85% and temps got up to like 28C
Day 3:
We are the 10th of august 2023
I humidified the humidity dome
And now the little seedling is completely out of the medium! However it had a shellhead which I carefully removed using tweezers and sprays of water
I watered the plant a little bit with 5.8pH water, I forgot to measure ppm tho and I broke my pH meter afterwards ;( (dw i bought one asap)
Day 4:
We are the 11th of august 2023, today I lowered the lights and put the ppfd to 220~, refilled the humidifier, and put the ventilator; also sprayed the humidity dome, I also bought a new pH meter, and received my canna coco nutes, when the ph meter arrives I'll start putting nutes in soil
Looks pretty good, I hope it doesn't taco with the heat, it's 29C midday in here.. (inline fan coming later in this grow)
Day 5:
We are the 12th of august 2023.
I have received my pH meter today, and I have some problems with my humidifier which doesn't show the real humidity and so it just stops working under the humidity I want, contacted amazon and they're sending me a new one on monday, so cool I guess
I've watered the plant with 0.33ml/L CalMag pHed down to 6.2
I hope plant doesn't die from heat because it was 32C at peak today... which is too much so I literally bought an inline fan, hope plant doesn't die before it arrives
Day 6:
We are the 13th of august 2023
fertigated once 0.33ml/L A&B canna coco and 0.33ml/L calmag
input EC 940
input pH 6.5 (fuck I forgot to pH down)
out EC 594
out ppm 297
out pH 6.99 (high runoff pH, have to lower that)
foliar treatment with 1ml/L calmag because of some sweeping motion of the leaves
Can't be seen really on the photos but plant is working on second leaf pair
Day 7:
We are the 14th of august 2023
fertigated once 0.33ml/L A&B canna coco
and 0.33ml/L calmag
input pH 6.14
input EC 890
input ppm 445
**out pH 7.02 (/!)**
out EC 748
out ppm 374
We are the 15th of august 2023
fertigated once 0.33ml/L A&B canna coco
and 0.33ml/L calmag
input pH 6.16
input EC 919
input ppm 459
output pH 6.88
output EC 798
output ppm 399
and still calmag foliar spray
Day 9:
We are the 16th of august 2023
fertigated once 0.33ml/L A&B canna coco
and 0.33ml/L calmag
input pH 6.11
input EC 999
input ppm 450
output ppm 404
output pH 6.82 (pH is finally getting down!)
output EC 808
did calmag foliar spray too, noticed a tip of a cotyledon getting brown/rusty though, but I guess that's totally fine since it's not a leaf, it's supposed to fall.
I received and successfully installed the inline fan, looking and being awesome, brought down my 35C to 30 then 28C pretty quick and my plant is now thriving.
Noticed some cool growth as you can see from the pics
Day 10:
We are the 17th of august 2023
fertigated once using 0.4ml/L Canna COCO A&B and 0.4ml/L CalMag, no foliar spray for now.
input pH 6.3
input EC 958
input ppm 480
output pH 7.4 (WTFFFFFF???, gonna keep pH at 6.00 for now, it's not such a big problem since I'm fertigating every day)
output EC 930
output ppm 465
upped the ppfd by just a little bit
Some interesting growth I've seen from other gelato cookies grows, diagonal pair set of leaves is being worked on by the plant
Day 11:
We are the 18th of august 2023
Did not water today! Just wanted to see how it reacted to no watering for at least a day, and it did well.
Day 12
We are the 19th of august 2023
fertigated once using distilled water and this time really 0.5ml/L calmag (so 0.75ml in my 1.5L bottle) and 0.70-0.75ml/L canna coco A&B (1.125ml in my 1.5L bottle)
input ph 6.16
input EC 586 (switched to distilled water instead of tap water!! Huge change.)
input ppm 293
input temp 31.2C
output pH 7.38
output EC 686
output ppm 343
Let's see how the distilled water and increased concentration of nutes does to the plant.
The picture of today is after fertigation
Day 13
We are the 20th of august 2023,
I didn't water today as I felt it was a bit overwatered
Day 14
We are the 21st of august 2023,
Today I realized my juice mix was flaky so I replaced it with a fresh one and put all my nutes in a cool and dark room.
I watered just until 10-20% runoff
using 0.5ml/L calmag and 0.75ml/L canna coco A&B each
input pH 6.35
input EC 557
input ppm 278
output pH 7.38
output EC 654
output ppm 327
My tap water is at 700EC (very hard), and I add nutes normally until around 1000EC, which gives little room for nutes, if I replace with distilled water, can I go up to 1000EC with it ? (gonna be a LOT more nutes).
My tap water is around 300-350ppm or 0.6-0.7EC I will mix my feeds up in it and have no ill effects. its on the lower end of hard water if you place it on a scale vs others.
Hardness of the water is not judged by its PPM count but more so how much of the mineral content is calcium and magnesium. Other things can influence the EC of water but not make it hard.
Distilled waster will have many more available nutirents vs tap water when both are at a EC of 1.0 or 500PPM if using the 500 scale.
If tap is .7 that only leave .3 of fertilizer to make 1.0EC
but 1.0EC in distilled "0.0" is 3.333 times stronger as theirs no base charge like in tap water "0.7", and with liquid fertilizers they are totally available to the plants where tap water has compounds that will not affect the plants right away as they need to be broken down first. So you could run the risk of overfeeding in that setting.
Best Of Luck!
Day 15:
We are the 22nd of august 2023,
I am not going to water today as it seems to be growing much faster when there's a day between feeds
Day 16
We are the 23rd of august 2023
Horrifying day for cookie today, a bug did some damage to one of her leaves, and I found a single fungus gnat, So I immediately went to work and put yellow sticky traps to catch adult fungus gnats
I swiped the leaf with a cotton swab soaked in a 1% solution of hydrogen peroxide, hope this kills any larvae/egg the bug might've put on the leaf, I've only swabbed one leaf for now, to see how it reacts to hydrogen peroxide (if it burns the leaf I'll either have to dilute it more or change pest control method, for example using neem oil).
Fertigated once with the same juice mix as last time, however I lowered the pH as to balance it more.
input pH 6.06
input EC 561
input ppm 280
output pH 7.33
output EC 768
output ppm 380
You can see in the first image what happened to the leaf in question
It LOOKS like leaf miners, however I am pretty confident it is in fact not, as this was a white bug about a centimeter long with 4 legs, not sure if it had wings but it didn't want to leave my plant so i took it off with a pair of tweezers and it didn't come back afaik.
The second image is how it looks right after feeding!
Day 17
We are the 24th of august 2023
Didn't do anything today.
Day 18
We are the 25th of august 2023
Didn't feed today.
Day 19
We are the 26th of august 2023
Today I made a new juice mix, with more nutes: 0.5ml/L calmag and 1.0ml/L canna coco A&B each.
input pH 6.3
input EC 648
input ppm 324
output pH 7.11
output EC 641
output ppm 320
I don't know why but the leaves seem droopy, I probably am watering too often (keep in mind I am using a 50/50 mix of coco coir/perlite, and a small cup so it is pretty uncommon to overwater even when feeding once a day or multiple times a day for some people), or it may be rootbound, transplanting tomorrow. Also you may have seen but these sideways curling leaves indicate in my opinion that something is wrong in the roots, I have done research but couldn't find why it does this.
Day 20
We are the 27th of august 2023
Same juice mix as yesterday.
input pH 6.14
input EC 650
input ppm 325
Today, I transplanted, first I tried getting the plant out rolling the cup between my two hands but it wouldn't get out easily, so I decided to just cut the cup, however there was a huuuge spider on my arm and it made me drop her, I was soooo scared I broke the main root! However it didn't appear to be the case, I lost a few roots during the transplant too because of this.
The first two photos are before the transplant, and the last photo is after a few hours when the leaves perked back up.
Day 21:
We are the 28th of august 2023
Didn't feed today as to not stress the plant too much.
Day 22:
We are the 29th of august 2023
Changed the juice mix today!
Calmag 0.75ml/L; Canna Coco A&B 1ml/L
input pH 6.18
input EC 667
input ppm 333
Day 23:
We are the 30th of august 2023
Calmag 0.75ml/L and Canna Coco A&B 1.0ml/L
input pH 6.17
input EC 674
input ppm 337
output pH 6.43
output EC 782
output ppm 392
Day 24:
We are the 31st of august 2023
Calmag 1ml/L and Canna Coco A&B 1.0ml/L
input pH 6.13
input EC 715
input ppm 358
output pH 5.94
output EC 816
output ppm 410
Today I raised the lights at the maximum and the leaves were pointing up which is so good since I noticed some slight light burn, also adjusted humidity
Day 25:
We are the 1st of september 2023
Calmag 1ml/L and Canna Coco A&B 1.0ml/L
input pH 5.83
input EC 707
input ppm 352
output pH 6.44
output EC 793
output ppm 397
Day 27:
We are the 3rd of september 2023
Calmag 1ml/L and Canna Coco A&B 1.0ml/L
input pH 6.19
input EC 738
input ppm 369
output pH 6.22
output EC 818
output ppm 411
I was absent for a full day yesterday so I didn't water the plant, and something marvelous has happened, the plant was veryyyy slow up until now, it literally grew 1 node for multiple days which is hella slow, and putting a day between the waterings seems to have sped up tremendously the growth, finishing a node in a single day and starting another, wow. gonna follow this now and water every 2 days. I'm going also to try and experiment with 3 days just for future reference.
I remarked that my plant grows much faster when I leave a day in between feeds, but that's not applicable to every plant, and I want a sure way of knowing exactly when my plant needs water(using coco coir/perlite, I'll answer more in replies as there's a limit of chars here)
watering is reactive... you react to the outcome.
you are soilless so it's even simpler.
fertilize every single irrigation around 1.3-1.5 EC. ratio/balance is obviously key, so you'll have to work that out over time.. observe and adjust.
in coco, wait for top layer to start changing colors, and it's a good time to fertilize again. If the plant drinks fast, more frequent fertigation is possible and you do realize additional growth from that method. I'd suggest forming a good baseline doing it a safe and conservative way first, then you can more easily assess whether any risks of doing it are worth it or not.
you need at least 33% loss of water weight before you fertigate again or you'll just drown the roots or increase risk of infecion in roots. i wouldn't do this early on in life. a larger more mature plant or as you go into bloom, sure. I'd rather i grow my roots early on in a way that makes them grow deep and aplenty. roots follow moisture in a reactive way. you get fewer superficial roots (at surface they become useless if exposed to light) by having a good wet-dry cycle. the top will always dry first.
if you want to do multiple fertigations a day or water when the pot is only lost 33% of the water you previously gave (can feel the weight to judge), wait until the plant is a bit more mature or flip to bloom.
growth is a curve. it's slow at first. these sort of things help, but not nearly as much later one. it's worth the small loss for improved root growth early.
Day 29:
We are the 5th of september 2023
Calmag 1.33ml/L; A+B 1.0ml/L
input pH 6.06
input EC 745
input ppm 373
output pH 5.91
output EC 847
output ppm 424
Future me: I think this is the day where I brought lights closer AND upped the dimmer to 50%, resulting in about 400ppfd, plant looked much happier in the days that follow.
Day 31:
We are the 7th of september 2023
1.6ml/L calmag 1.1ml/L A+B
input pH 6.04
input EC 815
input ppm 407
weight 2.40kg
output pH 5.47 (bro what)
out EC 1003
out ppm 503
Day 34:
We are the 10th of september 2023
1.6ml/L calmag & 1.33ml/L Canna coco A+B
input pH 6.2
input EC 933
input ppm 466
output pH 6.08
output EC 900
out ppm 451
weight before watering: 1.45kg; weight after: 2.5kg
Day 36:
We are the 12th of september 2023
Today is the day the magnesium deficiency/lockout problem starts to appear the most, this is 1st because I got a shitty calmag from biobizz, and my calmag from canna was lost in transport..
and two because my pH is so volatile, so I need to correct the two problems asap..
Day 37:
We are the 13th of september 2023
230 EC epsom salt (magnesium sulfate) added, to destroy the deficiency
1.5ml/L calmag & 1.33ml/L A+B
input pH 6.1
input EC 1126
input ppm 560
weight before: 1.5kg; weight after: 2.35kg
output pH 5.68
output EC 1176
output ppm 589
Chlorosis and red-stemming still occurring, I think I did not water enough until now to know the true runoff pH, I am now REALLY running off the water to get the acidity out (future me: this input pH should be 6.5 or more to readjust up incase of lockout, I think the lockout is really happening ffs)
Day 38:
We are the 14th of september 2023
Weird artifacts on the leaf reminding me of thrips, got out the jeweler's loupe but there doesn't seem to be ANY trace of living beings on here.. we'll see I guess.
Day 39:
We are the 15th of september 2023
320 EC of epsom salt added for the deficiency
1.46ml/L calmag; 1.33ml/L A+B
input pH 6.5
input EC 1170
input ppm 583
weight before: 1.7kg; weight after: 2.35kg
output pH 5.82
output EC 1045
output ppm 523
Day 41:
We are the 17th of september 2023
641 EC epsom salt -> 1.16ml/L calmag ->1.33ml/L A+B
input pH 6.48
input EC 1398
input ppm 698
weight before: 1.35kg; weight after: 2.35kg
output pH 5.66
output EC 1226
output ppm 614
I applied a foliar spray of Magnesium sulfate at 2% conc (10g epsom salt/500ml distilled water)
There's chlorosis between the veins and red stemming, indicating a magnesium deficiency, however both calmag and alot of epsom salt (EC is within target dw) were used to fix the deficiency and it seems to still be progressing, is this lockout ? more info in the answer to this
Could be lockout, to help identify your deficiency issues I recommend reading this blog https://futureharvest.com/blogs/articles/how-to-identify-cannabis-nutrient-deficiencies?_pos=1&_sid=f81d0e725&_ss=r
Because symptoms often progress even after applying a curative approach I'd just make sure you are following your nutrient schedule keeping EC around 1.2-1.5 or so and maybe go easy on the epsom salt. Often times its a good idea to flush the media of nutrients with alot of water and then just introduce calmag to your regular feeding schedule. Lockout can occur too when a plant's environment, watering regimen and temperatures are out of whack. Coco coir can be slow draining so make sure it dries out before each watering. Hope this helps! -Bryce from Future Harvest Nutrients
@James, Thanks a lot man! This is for sure gonna be an awesome grow, this is one of the most resistant strains I've come across somehow and I just love it so much. How long do you recommend for veg/flower for this strain ? I want a decent yield from this girl
Questions: did you use a dome or baggie for the humidity at all? Of so for how long should I cover my seedling for, it's about 2-3 weeks old now, do I still need to cover it? Mostly growing on my windowsill but I have lights too. But does it still need a cloche?
Dufftwt
