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Veg started off terrible.
I tried to start plants in coco. This was a bad idea and i should have started with Happy Frog soil like usual., then transfer to coco and perlite mix.
I did not PH the water and it created nutrient lockout and the plants started slowly.
Plants were left in solo cups(coco/soil)for 21 days and rootbound.
The dry sub 70% humidity played a huge role in my plants not growing well.
I popped 26 seeds and most died due to me forgetting when they were sprouted and failing to check on them. 4 died after sprouting
They were not topped until about the 5th node. And were very yellow.
Once i put plants in the actual grow room and transplanted them into their 70%coco 30%soil 3gals the plants took off.
waterd at PH to 5.5-5.7 for the rest of veg
Around day 24 I used air stones and Brewed 1cup of alfalfa pellets into 4gallons of water for two days with the kelp, bacillius amyloliquefaciens, silicate, and humic acid then.
The plants went crazy.
After about 30days of veg, flowered
Day 8 flower
Plants look like they will end up small. This was a short veg. This is a great time to train plants.
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Day 9Flower
Plants need to be tied down to have wide arms by day 7
Day 11 flo
18.5inches tall
12inches from light
1300ppm
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Day 13
Aggressive defoliation and Lollipop
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Day 14
Secret sauce microbe blend .7/gal
Oct 5-11 Vegetative steering?
Aiming for:
leaf Temp -80f
CO2 -1250ppm
VPD +1.04
(65%/75F)
Vegetative Steering 6P1/ 2P2/1P3
Each P1 water event is 15 minutes apart. Seems to far apart. I think i Need More water events, with less time in between events in order to get a strong veg signal?
Watering for 2min(110)ml
May need 3min waterings(currently not getting runoff)
I have to hand water every two days.
Day 11 flo
18.5inches tall
12inches from light(moved to 16)
1300ppm
Day 18
Defol
Sprout chickpea(2days)
Soaked 1cup for 4 hours then rinsed. Completely covered then Soaked overnight.
Rinsed then poured water out and layed jar on the side for one day.
Blended with water(aloe vera and coconut)
Day 19&20 foilarspray
Alfalfa/Chickpea SST with Kelp,aloe,coconut,silicate,microbes brewed for 1.5 days
Day 21
Fed the Tea blend
Leaf temp 80
65kluxx
Co2 100
Plants look like they responded well to the foilar. The flowers at this stage are my best performance yet .crop steering may be working?
Vegetative steering
Aiming for:
leaf Temp -70f
CO2 300
VPD +.93
Planning for:
MJ and bras foilar
60%+1.5/-71f set to 68f+1.5
Leaf Temp is about 3f higher than ambient temp
At 68f outside, grow room still wont hit 68 with lights off
Day 24
No Co2
50-55klux
15inch from light
Leaf Temp 71-73f
60%/72F
Veg steering
Coconut water
Uneven canopy(11 at 29inch, 3ag 31 inch
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Day 26
56%68f(humidity dropped because i havnt watered in two days 🤡)
23inch-34inch tal. Arranged in order.
52-59klux
Sprayed
5Bras,(23inch)70 leaf temp
4Jas,(29inch) 70 leaf temp
4Bras&Jas(34inch)72f leaf temp
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Day 27
Watered once
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Day 28
Im pretty sure the sprays worked.
Noticed leaf burn with 3 plants sprayed with MJat 147ppm(.5ml)
No leaf burn with the .1Bras sprays
I wonder how long both are good for. Also, can i pour the unused spray in the medium? I just dont want to waste it.
Plants are noticeably more vigorous.
I am wondering if now is a good time for my defoliation. i was planning for Week 5. I feel like the buds are to developed for me to be pruning off lower buds and makes me feel like i should have pruned beginning of week4
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Week5 Vegetative steering
Day 29
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4 minute shots(220+-ml).
50-60klux
68 leaf temp
Defoliated/Lollipopped
Plants seem to be inefficiently spaced. I moved them all closer and they are now positioned better under the lights
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Day 30
VPDis about a .95
Vegetative steering schedule for 3gal who drink a little over a quart a day
220 P1
440 P1
660 P1
880 P1
1000 P1
1220 P2
1330(1%)P3
I achieve runoff at end of P1 then do a maintenance shot and finish the day off with a watering.
P1 waters every 15 min starting 1.5hours after lights on
Plants are swelling. But not as well as when i use CO2. I think plants in flower still need co2 so that we can get these lights closer.(as long as the leaf(temp does not go over 80 and vpd stays good)
Also, i found a plant to have hermied in week 2 so i removed the pollen sac and rubbed some pollen on 2 plants. Seems like they are just starting to take form on the flowers.
**need to check for hermies beginning week 2** Am happy to get seeds from these ladies as this was very isolated in the grow
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Day 31
Plants are starting to frost.
Group1 has swelled the most
Group 2 has average growth and nice frost
Group 3 looks like it was over dosed.
*Bras&MJ study shows that MJ does mot need to be sprayed with Bras as it will over stress the plants.
Brass was completely fine to spray without having adverse reactions.
MJ seems to decrease yields but is a worthy tradeoff(will continue to use)-*
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Day 32
Sprayed 2 plants with MJ(they now have been sprayed both week 4&6)
Sprayed 3 with bras(also have been sprayed twice in flower)
Finally frosting On the plants
Plants seemed close to finish so i defoliated on day 52.
The plants went through shock.
I will not be doing this again
Attempting Generative steering, i dropped humidity and allow the pots to dry out more. Watering every 2 days by hand
60-63 Day Flower
Learned
4 weeks veg is not good enough. I need 42 days Veg. Topping once and letting them grow their own way actually worked well. I still would have preferred to LST the main 4 branches for a wider base.
If i dont top a plant, the yields will suffer(like the 24g plant)
Bras: Plants love Bras. No bad effects from the bras at all.
Jas: Plants loved the Jas The Jas plants were crazy with the aesthetics.
Do not spray Jas Combined with Bras during week 5 or later. It will burn plants
The Aloe Vera and Coconut water made a HUGE difference in the grow.
Using 2ml/gal of Kelp from day 1 of flower made bud sites show faster
Secret Sauce microbe blend needs to be 1ml/gal and it needs to happen day 17-21 of flower.
The microbe blend with kelp did not stop stretching as expected.
The phenotypes were very different in n grow styles. I will need to start phenohunting rather than popping random seeds. Some plants had way varying structures.
To be fair, i grew 4 different strains this run. The differences in cultivars showed me the importance of finding a quality clone to run with. My last grow was from a gelato clone that i picked specifically for the leaf/bud ratio and density.
That succes made me ASSUME it would happen this time without selecting a clone from a plant of that structure…WRONG
Steering:
Pretty sure this went great
Used 2 .5gph netafim drippers per 3gal
Plants responded well to the VPD and watering. I do not have a handle on EC yet. It still went well
Wet Trim before chopping produced beautiful buds.
All buds were Sparkly,thick , and dense. Some water bottle sized
The water reservoir was frustrating me because it was getting dirty. I will add an air pump next time.
I moved plants outside for their last week amd they got very dense. I wonder if they were gonna do that anyway
1:40(pretty dense, pineapple smell)
2:37
3:38(very dense and sticky, diesel smell)
4:24
5:85(has seeds, very sticky
6:55
7:60
8:44
9:45 (slick airy kind of boof lookin)
10:52
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After Trim of 10(2 Left to trim) 16.4oz
This is a MSNL wedding cake cross with Eternal Cultivar’s pink pineapples. Great seeds. I crossed then because i was running low on seeds and needed some free beans for the next grow