Lemonite / Grow #1

GanjaGecko Unfortunately, there are no photos from the first week. The soil was only lightly moistened as needed. The ladies are in 70% BioBizz Lightmix, 30% Coco with perlite. In the second week, each lady got an 8L pot. Looking back, that was definitely about a week too early, but we were a bit impatient the first time around :). They were also only lightly moistened, and at the beginning of the second week, each received around 100ml, and by the end of the second week, about 200ml of nutrients each.

GanjaGecko At the beginning of week 3, the ladies received about 200-250ml of nutrients, and by the end, it was about 300ml per lady. In between, they were only watered as needed. On day 16, both ladies were topped and handled it well.

GanjaGecko At the beginning of week 4, the ladies received about 500 ml of nutrients, and at the end of the second week, they got around 800 ml of nutrients. In the days in between, they were only lightly watered as usual. This all took place in the height of summer, and the temperatures during the day were up to 30°C. However, over time, it was managed to bring it down to around 26°C - 27°C. On day 35 of week 5, the ladies were sent into flowering, and the light schedule was changed from 18/6 for one day to 14/10 and then to 12/12. Unfortunately, there will only be pictures again in the first week of flowering.

GanjaGecko In the first week of flowering, the ladies have received the full fertilizer schedule. Not much has happened aside from a little LST. The ladies get 800ml of nutrients twice a week and are only watered in between when necessary.

GanjaGecko In the second week, the ladies continue to get fertilizer twice a week and are lightly watered in between. By the end of the second week of flowering, each lady has received a lollipopping and handled it well.

GanjaGecko In week 3, everything was pretty relaxed for the first time. The only thing that caused problems was the summer with the high temperatures :) I continued to give 800ml of nutrients twice a week, and in between, a bit of water when the ladies were thirsty. Leaves were only removed if they were covering the buds.

GanjaGecko The 4th week of flowering unfortunately happened without pictures. That's why there's a jump to week 5. The ladies are still getting 800ml of nutrients twice a week and are only lightly watered in between when necessary. Leaves are only removed if they cover the buds.

GanjaGecko Not much has changed. There were 800-900 ml of nutrients twice a week, and on the days in between, they were lightly watered as needed. A sour lemon smell is slowly becoming noticeable and is building up the anticipation.

GanjaGecko By the end of the sixth week, the ladies are getting prettier and prettier. They're still getting 800-900 ml of nutrients each, and in between, they were lightly watered.

GanjaGecko In the last picture, you can see that two buds look a bit sickly. After some research, it turned out that it could be bud rot and/or related to root problems. A few days after the pictures were taken, the affected buds were cut off, and the rest went smoothly. On top of that, the ladies were sharing space with a sick lady, which might have infected them. That was a test seed. It came into the world already sick and looked like it had Tobacco Mosaic Virus (TMV). It was just an experiment. Never again unknown seeds. Tobacco Mosaic Virus can transfer to other plants if they touch. But it doesn't necessarily happen. As you can see, the front lady is in top shape under the same conditions. Then the pH meter was crap; after a better pH meter was available, it became clear that the old meter always showed +1. That means whenever the nutrient solution was set to 6.5, it was actually at 5.5... The new meter only came after the grow. At that point, that wasn't clear yet.

GanjaGecko You can see the bud rot very clearly here. The affected spots were removed and haven't shown up again. There was only 800 ml of nutrients at the beginning of the week. Otherwise, they were only watered when necessary. That's where the ladies have been in the last few days. Since it got a bit colder on some nights and the temperatures at night are between 16-17°C, the lady in the front has become especially beautiful.

GanjaGecko At the end of day 65, the ladies stood under the light for the last time. Then they spent 48 hours in the dark before being harvested. Overall, the ladies had 14W2D (101 days) of light, with 9W2D (65 days) in the flowering stage.

GanjaGecko Looking back, fertilizing twice with 100% was a bit too much. The leaf tips were a little damaged here and there. It will probably end up being twice a week with 75% in the future, and we'll see if the ladies handle that better. The first pH meter that didn't display the value correctly ultimately wasn't much help. That won't happen again in the future. You can actually learn a lot from small mistakes :) Still, the ladies made it through everything well and were just a ton of fun.