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Seeds Mafia Contest Grow - Critical Jack

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Mars Hydro TS600 Light Emitting Diodes/100W
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Room Type
Defoliation
weeks 7
Soil
Grow medium
Perlite
Grow medium
Coco Coir
Grow medium
15 L
Pot Size
G
Germination
a year ago
mangojonesmangojones
The correct strain wasn't listed - this is Critical Jack by Seeds Mafia. I got these seeds free for a contest on ICmag. The grow has to be complete by March 2024, so I'll be vegging until early December and then flipping to flower. I'll take a clone or two in case I want to keep growing the strain, but these plants are all on a deadline! I put the seeds in a glass of water with a drop of peroxide until I saw roots, then planted them into Root Riot cubes. Two days later and two of three are sprouted, with one of the them having a taproot were sticking out the bottom of the cube.
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Week 1. Vegetation
a year ago
5.08 cm
18 hrs
24 °C
5.8
No Smell
70 %
24 °C
15 L
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Critical Jack is lagging behind (the Banana Punch) but they are definitely growing! I'm trying to treat them the same as the Banana Punch, but I'll be checking them an extra time today and tomorrow in case they look like they need the humidity domes back.
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Week 2. Vegetation
a year ago
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5.08 cm
18 hrs
24 °C
5.8
No Smell
70 %
24 °C
15 L
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These guys are really not thriving the way the other strain is, but they do have roots and are putting out growth, just slowly. Not really sure what to do with them. I've been giving them a quick dip in water to have a butt chug every few days, and I've been alternating having a dome on or off. One of them is finally starting to establish a bit more, hopefully I can transplant them next week.
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Week 3. Vegetation
a year ago
5.08 cm
18 hrs
24 °C
5.8
No Smell
70 %
24 °C
15 L
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Growing but slowly. The smaller one got a little burned from having wet leaves under the lights. I'll have to be better about water below the leaves.
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Week 4. Vegetation
a year ago
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5.08 cm
18 hrs
24 °C
5.8
No Smell
70 %
24 °C
15 L
mangojonesmangojones
The bigger one is finally doing well enough to go into the autopot. I planted the smaller one too to keep them on the same timeline. I won't turn the third autopot on for another two weeks - around October 29.
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Week 5. Vegetation
a year ago
More photos +1
5.08 cm
18 hrs
21 °C
5.8
No Smell
42 %
21 °C
15 L
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This one is going slow and steady. The new growth is healthy, but it is noticeably much slower than the Banana Punch. Hopefully it's just sativa things and she ends up yielding well.
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Week 6. Vegetation
a year ago
5.08 cm
18 hrs
21 °C
5.8
No Smell
59 %
21 °C
15 L
mangojonesmangojones
Busy week, not a lot of pictures. These two are finally starting to grow. Hopefully they were just filling their autopots with roots and will grow smoothly from now on. One can only hope.
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Week 7. Vegetation
a year ago
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15.24 cm
18 hrs
17 °C
5.8
No Smell
63 %
17 °C
15 L
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Did some very light defoliation to hopefully get them to build out more of a canopy. I'm pleased with the one plant's growth now that I got a heater, but the other one is still staying so small.
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Defoliation
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Week 8. Vegetation
a year ago
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20.32 cm
18 hrs
17 °C
5.8
No Smell
63 %
17 °C
15 L
mangojonesmangojones
The weather got significantly colder, and I finally researched VPD and figured mine out. I picked up an oil radiator because I have to run off an extension cord down in my basement. The much-improved VPD lead to noticeable growth. I also defoliated everything to make sure the plants round out more as we start to prep for flower. I will flip to 12/12 in early-mid December.
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StealthyBuds
StealthyBudscommentedweek 8a year ago
Good luck with the rest of the grow, but be careful in the future with cheap seeds/genetics...These "SeedsMafia" are romanian scammers that are reselling old mostly non-germinating seeds that they buy in bulk from some cheap breeders for cents and resell at way way higher price...
Lemonhazelover
Lemonhazelovercommentedweek 8a year ago
She looks so healty, happy growing and good luck buddy ☘️
BudBoutique
BudBoutiquecommentedweek 4a year ago
Happy start - Happy Growing 🧑‍🌾 Good luck 💚
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