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-Intro: This experiment is to see how several plants in smaller pots do in my limited grow space, also the cultivars chosen were based on the ones I have but not received samples of yet and a few that were the result of self-seeding. Through this experiment I should be able to see average size that plants will get in 1.5 gal pots, also this experiment may dictate what cultivars I grow in the future.
-Setup: the soil is a mix of reclaim from past cycles and some amended peat moss with added perlite. four of the seeds are the result of self-seeding (Baby Brucie, Big Bruce, PB&J, Widow), the other four are new seeds (Bubba Kush, Green Crack, G.S.C. Extreme, Sour Diesel)
-Grow style: Sea of Green (SOG), Defoliation, and maybe some Low Stress Training (LST)
-Day 0
--Observations: All seeds float in water
--Changes: Started germination
--Comments: hopefully all the seeds start pushing out their tap roots at the same time, also I hope that they all survive the planting process.
-Day 2
--Observations: all seeds have pushed out their tap roots and all look healthy
--Changes: all seeds planted into 1.5 gal of soil started 18/6 light/nigh cycle
--Comments: planted all the seeds today, also started the light cycle that they will have throughout the vegetative stage.
-Day 4
--Observations: all seeds except the widow have sprouted
--Comments: all of the plants are looking good except for the white widow, the widow still has not sprouted. will wait until the end of the week and if the widow still has not sprouted then I will be taking it as a loss.
-Day 7
--Observations: most of them are doing good and looking healthy. Baby Brucie was top heavy and broke its stem. the white widow never sprouted.
--Changes: removed the two that are being taken as a loss, rearranged remaining pots
--Comments: the Baby Brucie and the White Widow are being taken as a loss, pots have been removed from grow space. the remaining pots were rearranged in two rows of three (photo not available for this week)
-Day 8
--Comments: all plants starting off week one looking healthy and strong, should make for a good experiment run.
-Day 15
--Observations: all plants look healthy, some plants were getting top heavy after getting sprayed with water
--Changes: added guider to three of the plant
--Comments: when spraying the plants with water three of them got top heavy and started falling over, guiders were added to help them stand straight up. no other problems to report, all looks good.
-Day 22
--Observations: all plants still healthy, one plant has some mutated shade leaves, Extreme is growing faster than the rest
--Comments: all plants are growing at a good rate but the G.C.S. Extreme is starting to outpace the rest. may take some clones of the ones that are doing the best in a few weeks.
-Day 23
--Observations: most plants have started growing branch nodes, some are farther along than others
--Changes: removal of shade leaves on three plants, removed guiders, started spraying with nutrient water, rearranged placement
--Comments: three plants are far enough along that it was time for the first defoliation (Big, Sour D, Extreme), the others did not receive the defoliation because the branch node were not big enough (Bubba Kush, Green, PB&J). one plant has some mutated shade leaves (Bubba Kush), will keep an eye on this one for other problems in the future. removed the guiders from all plants that had them but left them in the pots, may need them again in the future. started spraying with @Miracle-Gro Performance Organics All Purpose plant food at a ratio of 1 TBS per gallon of water. decided to put the ones that got the defoliation on the left side and the others on the right side, it was really a switch of two pots (Extreme and Green).
-Day 26
--Changes: removed more shade leaves, gave nutrients with watering
--Comments: all plants still doing good, removed top two shade leaves on most plants
-Day 29
--Changes: removed more shade leaves, removed nutrients from watering
--Comments: new shade leaves are coming in quick, removed the top two shade leaves of most plants. decided to give two more weeks of veg cycle before flipping to flower cycle.
-Day 36
--Observations: some are smaller than the rest (Bubba Kush, Green),
--Changes: started giving nutrients in one watering weekly, removed some shade leaves, started Lollie Popping, started putting trimmed shade leaves on top of the soil
--Comments: decided to start Lollie Popping some of them and will do the rest within the next week, these plants are just loving life. also decided to start putting the trimmed off shade leaves on top of the soil to help retain moisture.
-Day 43
--Changes: removed more shade leaves, started Lollie Popping all plants, adding another week to vegetation cycle
--Comments: continuing with a two-leaf top defoliation style (Experimental), finally started Lollie Popping the last of the plants that were not already done. some of the plants didn't need watering this week (Bubba Kush, Green), soil remained moist enough. tempter is starting to lower for weekly average, hoping for some colorful displays from this group of plants.
-Day 50
--Observations: still growing at a good rate, some are still behind
--Changes: will give a week of 15/9 light/night starting next week
--Comments: decided to defoliate and then give a week of 15/9 light/night, hoping to see what ones will shift to flower faster (photo sensitivity).
-Post-Note: the water per 24h is most likely not accurate and may not have been accurate for the past few weeks
-Day 51
--Changes: light/night cycle changed to 15/9
--Comments: decided to change the amount of light to 15 hours to see what ones are more photosensitive, will not know the outcome for a few more weeks.
-Day 57
--Observations: some are still small and compact (Bubba Kusk, Green), most of the other plants are the same size
--Comments: hard to tell if this week of 15h light and 9h darkness had any effect, will have to see when they start to flower.
-Day 58 (Flower 1)
--Changes: changed light/night to 12/12
--Comments: flower cycle officially begins today, will not be removing anything until the end of week 2 flower.
-Day 64 (Flower7)
--Observations: still can't tell if the week of 15/9 light/night had any effect, shade leaves are starting to take up too much space
--Changes: lowered concentration of nutrients and will not be giving these nutrients anymore
--Comments: hade to fight the urge to remove shade leaves this week, some shade leaves are getting too big for their own good.
-Day 71 (Flower 14)
--Observations: all plants except one had per-flower nodes, all plants are healthy and loving life
--Changes: heavy defoliate today
--Comments: only one plant doesn't have pre-flower nodes (Sour D) but should have some by the end of next week. will not remove anything for any of these plants until the end of week 4 flower, will also give Build-a-Soil's Build-a-Bloom starting tomorrow.
-Day 72 (Flower 15)
--Changes: started giveing Build-a-Bloom
--Comments: made up about 25 fl oz of nutrient water and split it amoung all the plants, will give more in two weeks.
-Day 78 (Flower 21)
--Observations: all plants have pre-flower nodes, shade leave are back already, some plants are starting to form trichomes around pre-flower on the leaves
--Comments: once again I had to fight the urge to trim off shade leaves, they are growing back so quickly.
-Day 85 (Flower 28)
--Observations: all plants are doing better than expected, all plants making trichomes now
--Changes: heavy defoliate
--Comments: defoliated for the last time, will only be doing spot removal if necessary. will be giving more Build-a-Bloom tomorrow, also no more spraying with water or nutrients.
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