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This seed took over a week in glass of water. I didn’t think this bean would open. But it finally had a little tail popping out. When I seen that small white tail for the second day and it wasn’t any bigger i decided to put it in dirt. It was the right move. She’s a little slow but we’ll see. The bubba kush didn’t open up so I put another in that cup. Fingers crossed. Let’s Grow!!!
I’ve got 7 leaves now so I switched to stronger light and it’s first week of Veg. Everything is going according to plan. The bottom leaf has a small nutrient burn from ocean forest soil. It’s a little to strong for seedlings but I’m not really worried about it. I turned the air all the way up in the nutrient solution. The solution only has 1/4 of what GH calls for. The stem on this little guy is pretty thick compared to all my other grows. The nodes are nice and uniform so far. I’m happy with the progress. I’m expecting a lot of growth soon since it’s Hydroponics. I’ll keep the LED light on it till the 12/12 switch is made then I’ll put the USHIO opti-red HPS to work. Let’s Grow!!!!
This week hasn’t been good for this little lady. I decided to try something new and I added Floralicous plus to the feeding. I used half what the recommended dosage and it has damn near killed this plant. The roots went from being a beautiful white color to a nasty brown and they literally fell off. Even the smell was like death. So I learned valuable lesson here. DO NOT ADD FLORALICIOUS PLUS at this early stage. Way too strong for new Vegetation plants. Even tho it says it’s good for all cycles of plant life. Anyway hopefully she’ll recover. Let’s Grow!!!
This week is a little better than last week. She lost her lower leaves but I think she’s on her way back up. I decided to transfer her into a 3 gal soil fab pot. She’s still got some catching up to do but I’m in no hurry and since it’s not a autoflower I’m not really worried. Once she’s ready I’ll flip the 12/12 switch. Thanks for the help minipops and autoflowerssuck. Let’s grow
This week has been good for the plant it has recovered from my mistake but the bottom leave still has burn. I don’t think it will recover but that’s ok everything else going well. I don’t think I’m going to top this girl. She’s already short and stocky
I did some trimming and LST this week. I didn’t plan on topping this plant but I’m thinking about it and starting a clone from it. All the nodes were really uniform same distance apart except the last one.
This week was good. I decided to top her and she handled that well. A little trim and a lot of bending and LST. She’s looking good. I’m trying to use the top as a clone we’ll see how that turns out. Another week I’ll flip to 12/12. I might go to 9 weeks tho. I haven’t decided yet. But I’m happy with everything so far. Let’s grow!
This week I flipped the switch to 12/12. So far I’m happy with this plant. It seems hearty seeing how I goofed up in the beginning and it’s made a solid recovery. The canopy is all one level so we should see some nice buds throughout the entire plant. Next week I’ll start it on liquid koolbloom and molasses. When I went into grow room this morning it had that wonderful skunk smell. Weak but that’s to be expected this early in flower stage. I want to note that when I start the flowering stage the first day I leave the lights off for 24 hours then I start the 12/12. Happy growing folks. LETS GROW!!!
I think the stretch is almost over. Not sure tho this is my first time growing SD. Everything looks good tho. Last week with molasses and water was the right call. And this week I’m back on the Nuts pretty heavy. She’s taking everything I’m throwing at her with no problems or burning. We’ve got white hairs everywhere and the smell is getting stronger. Lots of bending and and LST to keep canopy one level to maximum light penetration throughout entire plant. My clones from this mother plant have not done well. I’ve got one finally rooting after 3 weeks. The other one still nothing and I’m using rooting hormone. Happy growing folks!!
This week is good. I thought the stretch was coming to an end but I was wrong she’s still stretching. I’m having issues with humidity tho. Even with humidifier the spider farmer ventalation system I have is sucking out the moisture faster than I can put it in. If I turn system down then it gets to hot maybe I need another humidifier. I’m shooting for 65% but I can’t get it higher than 45%. And it’s causing the leaves to curl downward. Also note to self no more 3 gallon pots. I usually use 5 gallon fabric pots. This time I thought I would grow smaller plant and I would use smaller pot. But it’s drying up to fast. I have to water this lady every other day. Not that big of a problem. Lesson learned. Let’s grow!!!
Wow this plant is amazing. Look at how the buds are stacking up. This is going really well. I do have some leaves turning yellow. I’ll up the calimagic a little bit. Everything else is looking good. The aroma in this room is wonderful I could sit here all day.
Wow this plant is amazing. Look at how the buds are stacking up. This is going really well. I do have some leaves turning yellow. I’ll up the calimagic a little bit. Everything else is looking good. The aroma in this room is wonderful I could sit here all day. Wow Floralicious plus really does make them smell so good.
These buds are stacked and swelling up nicely. Everything is going well. I had PH problem with my tester I had to get new one. The old one was more than 5 points off. No wonder I kept having problems. I’ve almost got her back to the ideal 6.2 ph range and she’s loving it. The smell is so good. Let’s Grow!!!
This week was horrible. I had to go out of town for 5 days for Christmas. I left the watering job to my buddy and he completely screwed everything up. He put two more fans on high directly at the plants for 5 days straight. He also lowered my light to 18 inches so the plant was cooked from heat and wind. I don’t even think he watered the plant. When I came home I thought plant was dead. The aroma was completely gone the leaves are all dried and curled up. All my hard work is gone in a few days. I could honestly cry. I wanna punch this dumbass right in the cum dumpster. But it’s all good I’m trying to bring her back. I raised lights up to 24” removed extra fans and gave her water. The smell is back and the buds are standing back up with help. They we’re falling to ground. I hope that the buds aren’t ruined I hope they’re still tasty and strong. I’m definitely going to invest in drip system. Fuck asking someone else to help out. I’ve unfortunately had to learn everything the hard way. I’m trying to find the good out of this situation and only thing I’m thinking of is. I know how to kill the smell if it ever gets to loud. Best of luck fellow growers. Let’s grow.
This week the buds are getting heavier I had to use yoyo hangers and marshmallow sticks to hold them up. The trichomes are getting more cloudy. No amber colors yet. I’m thinking maybe 2 or 3 weeks and it’ll be ready. I’m checking the trichomes every day. I’ve started reducing the amount of nutrients and I started the dry koolbloom. Best of luck fellow growers. Semper Fi and let’s grow!!!
This week is good. The smell is intoxicating and extremely penetrating even with active charcoal filter. I’m extremely happy to see that she’s making a come back from the goof ups. I noticed that some of the trichomes are starting to turn amber color and some are purple. I think it could be closer to harvest time than I thought. Any master growers out there that check this out please let me know your thoughts on how long I’ve got. The trichomes are cloudy but some are clear and some have amber tips. So I’m going to let her go two more weeks at the max unless I’m told other wise. I’ve learned a lot from this grow and I’m pretty excited bout the next one. I’ve got to get a grow tent to help out with the smell. The moment you pull in my drive way you can smell it. Not a bad thing but I’m pretty sure entire neighborhood knows I’m growing now. I feel like I put a target on my back ya know. Happy growing folks and let’s grow!!! Semper fi
This week is great. I’m thinking one more week and it’s time to chop chop. The aroma is amazing. Everything is looking good. No complaints this week. This is the hardest part for me picking the right time to chop her down. To soon to late and it can ruin everything. I’ve dropped light hours down to 10 hrs a day and I’ve dropped all Nutes except sweetener and floralicous plus. 48 hrs of darkness before the chop. I thought about doing split stem on this girl. Anyone ever done that? Does it really up THC? Happy growing folks. Let’s grow!!!
Good week. The trichomes are turning. I’m turning lights off for 48 hrs and doing a flush pure water the run off has tds of 200 I’m thinking that’s good. Harvest week. The aroma in here is the best I’ve had so far. I’m really looking forward to this one. Semper fi and let’s grow!!!!
I had high hopes for this girl but somewhere some how I messed up. This one smells great and looks great but taste is harsh. I’m betting it was the FOOP it was my first time trying it and all my others grows came out smooth af. I think I got a bad bottle or something bc it smelled awful. Anyway this plant isn’t that hard to grow but it’s not easy either. She’s very delicate when feeding but loves frequent watering. Humidity has to be on point or she’ll start wilting and slowing growth. Also does not like direct wind on it. Needs to be very subtle. I grew this one in 6.2 ph next one I grow will be 5.8 to 6.2 to get maximum nutrient uptake on all of them. But she looks great and the buzz is good. Definitely recommend this to everyone to grow.
Well another grow in the books. I like the smell and looks and how much this girl produced. But I messed up by adding nutes I’ve never used before and she taste awful and harsh. Next grow will not get the FOOP. I don’t like it and I’ll stick with GH and Signal. Well let’s grow!!! Semper fi. Oh ya I just upgraded my grow room. I got a 48x48x80 tent and got a couple mars hydro evo led lights. The heat difference between HPS and led is much more less. I hope these lights can grow good stuff. I can definitely see the differences in spectrum. My hps was so orange or warm. this mars led is white or cool.
Mind if i say a few words about your grow?
Floralicious Plus is a humic acid. I'm not sure what it's nutrient content is, but at half strength mixture i don't think it's what messed your plant up.
Your plants are still quite young and vulnerable.
I just looked at the previous week and was surprized to see you are in what, Coco? Why do you have your soil surface covered up like that? Get that off of there. How is oxygen supposed to get to your root zone? Your soil also looks real wet. With the soil surface covered up like that there's no chance for evaporation off the surface, so your soil is gonna stay wet way longer than it should. And to top it off your blocking the oxygen from getting to the roots. Get that cover off of it and cultivate the top inch of your soil so it's nice and light and fluffy.
Man, i had a whole thing written for you cuz i thought you were doing DWC grow lol.
Manganese is what those mottled spots look like. Manganese is best absorbed between 5.2 and 6.5. Your pH is 6.5 which is at the far end of the acceptable pH spectrum for availability. If it is coco i say drop your pH to between 5.9 and 6.2. Manganese will be more available in that range. If it's not manganese, that's fine. Keep the suggested pH range adjustment. 5.9 to 6.2 range. It's better for all nutrients at the veg stage. Calcium is shown to be best absorbed at a pH of 6.2, but it is still able to be taken up by the plant at 5.8 to 6.2, remember that.
See how your plant isn't what the kids call "Praying" leaves. They aren't really reaching up to the light and showing optimal happiness? It looks a little anemic, with some necrotic spotting on lower leaves? That to my eyes says there's a real possibility that your roots are starved of oxygen due to over watering, saturated soaked soil. Weed like soil on the dry side. They shouldn't have their soil saturated with water at that young stage because they don't have the root structure to uptake it quickly, so the water just sits there around the roots stifling them and essentially drowning your plant.
Plenty of oxygen at the roots, and light to moderate watering and feeding with proper pH and they will be happy and healthy. Water logged soil with no oxygen, or very little at the roots = one doomed plant.
Shit, one last thing. I just saw you said you planted in ocean forest. If thats the case then you won't need any fertilizer for 30 to 45 days. That soil is rich in nutrients! I think your soil is just too wet and you need to get some oxygen to the roots. Ok, im done editing this response lol
I lied lol, last thing! I promise. Ocean forest is thick and will pack and cake pretty easily. If you didn't add perlite to it, then if and when you transplant into your flowering container, you gotta mix in plenty of perlite. The soil should be riddled with it. it will keep your soil fluffy and less likely to compress. It will provide more drainage and more oxygen as a result. OK NOW i'm done :P
@Grnthume, Your welcome man. I'm glad i could spread some knowledge and help you feel a little more comfortable on your journey. It's a weird thing to be a person that generally hates people, but at the same time i take great pleasure in helping them where and when i can.
@AutoflowersSucK, yes that what I did made my own system the air stone kind. Witch I don’t really like because of exposure to the roots. I will definitely make a better system like the one you’re talking about with separate tank and drip lines. And thanks for the help.
@Grnthume,If you've already got some lava rock ordered then it's fine to use. Lava rock isn't meant to be used as soil. What i mean, is you wouldn't fill a 5 gallon bucket with lava rock and drop a plant in the top with some drip emitters. I mean you can, but it's not necessary. You can fill a 6" or 8" net pot with lava rock, place your clone or seed in (which was germinated in rock wool, or placed from paper towel into a rock wool starter cube) and then back fill the sides to stabilize the rock wool cube. And perhaps carefully place a few lava stones on the rock wool but don't bang scrape or pinch your seedling in any way. Then get a couple drip emitters, a pump, some drip line and a reservoir and your off and running. Lava rock and Hydroton clay pebbles are just a means to hold the immediate root structure in place. The roots will grab hold of the rocks and anchor itself. From there the roots will just grow down through the rocks and hang in your bucket with nutrient solution cascading down the roots and into your bucket bottom where it will flow back to your reservoir, hence it being called RDWC the R stands for recirculating. The other method would be to just have a single bucket with a few air stones in it and have it filled all the way up to the bottom of your net pot with nutrient solution and once the roots grow down into the solution you will no longer need to do any watering from the top, but rather just top up the solution when needed and change out your solution each week. Be sure to not skimp on air stones. If you intend on having your root zone submerged in water than you better be sure to have a shit load of oxygen bubbling away in there or you will end up with root rot.
Recirculating is better in my opinion because you can drain out the system without disturbing the root zones of any plant. You have a separate nutrient holding tank where, what i do, is suck it all out with a shop vac. Premix my nutrients in a separate tub, then pH to where i want, and then dump it in my reservoir and let the plumbing distribute the nutrients (because they are all interconnected)
There is a pump in the reservoir, with drip emitters in a tube that fits over the outflow fitting on your pump. From there my feed lines go out through a hole and are placed in each plant. The pump runs 24/7 recirculating the nutrients and i have a 24/7 nutradip pH monitor and probe that remains in the reservoir and constantly gives me accurate pH readings at a glance. Super easy and highly effective.
Nutrient solution's temperature matters as well. Try to aim for a room temperature reservoir. Solution that's too hot or too cold can present their own problems, but a water chiller can run you a lot of money, So use a magnetic drive water pump because they produce no heat and as a bonus they are super quiet. If you can keep your canopy around 75F your reservoir should be in the shade or outside your space and it will stay around 70F which is decent. high 60's for your reservoir temps are ideal. I always prefer my solution to be on the colder side than the hotter side. Warm nutrient solution is a breeding ground for bacteria and fungus, algae and root rot.
In a single self contained DWC system you have to lift out the plant with it's roots, drain out the bucket, then refill the bucket, then place the roots back in and the plant lid. Real bitch of a routine. There are hydro buckets that are designed with a protruding section with a small lid that allows you to access the water and root zone without the need to lift the plant. It was developed by a Canadian grower in Ontario. The name escapes me. The only downside of the buckets i just mentioned is the price. It's just the buckets without anything else and i believe it's eighty nine each. Too pricey for my blood. I prefer to just make my own system using sterilite tubs from walmart and hose and fitting from my local hydro store. If you understand the principals of hydroponic growing then it can be a fun and rewarding experience to create your own system and watch it work. Hydroponic is fun, but is far less forgiving for new growers. You make a mistake and you can literally watch your plants get sick before your eyes. Like a hot nutrient mix that you didn't realize and as your sitting there watching your garden all of a sudden you notice everything is wilting and clawing and going to shit in real time right in front of you lol.
Follow feed charts, change out your nutes weekly, and maintain a good consistant pH and you got all the hydro bases covered. Couple that with good ventilation, humidity range Circulating air, and somewhat stable temperatures and you'll be fine.
Hey, what strength are you dimming the lights to? As I've had some issues with burning my leaves with these lights. I currently have mine hung at 75cm and dimmed to 45%
Nice harvest. What @autoflowersSuck said about how he thought your plant was in hydro from weeks 2-3 lol. That cracked me up. I hope the smoke is real good. I liked your training on the plant. Self experimentation is the best, to see for yourself what works and doesn't. Happy growing. Semper Fi from a former 0311.
@Dabking, thx man. Exactly what I was thinking experimenting is key. It was a heavy harvest but it taste awful. I think it might have been the foop sweetner. I think I’m going to iso wash it and dab it. Nice to see another 03 on here. I’m 0331 3/6 kilo. I have upgraded my grow I think we’ll see. I was sick of fighting the heat from the HID lamp so I got marshydro fc-3000 evo. The color of the light is so white compared to the HID light I was running. I’m really hoping this works tho. I’ve also got supplemental deep red marshydro lights to go with it. The heat difference is incredible. I’m able to run full throttle with no heat issues.
Grnthume
