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Week 1. Vegetation
6 years ago
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Week 2. Vegetation
6 years ago
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1st day of good watering, 1.5 L of 5.7 pH water. tsp CalMag, 1/4 tsp flora micro, 1/8 tsp flora bloom.
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jayoppstarted grow question 6 years ago
I've noticed my plant is pretty low to the ground like a cabbage. I started the germinated seed a knuckle deep in the soil. Now its starting to grow big but not too much upward. My lights over 2 feet above, 230 watt LEC. Is there a method to grow it taller.It is indica dominant.
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Drtomb
Drtombanswered grow question 6 years ago
I see your are using calmag, Flora micro and Flora bloom. Although you may have a misunderstanding of the ratio you should be using. It appears you are using the 'Lucas Formula' however the ratio is inverted. The Flora micro:Flora Bloom ratio at full strength is 4:8/4L So that's 4ml Micro and 8ml bloom per 4 l. If your like to reduce initially in veg cycle you could go half that the first week or 2. Also now that the plant is bigger you can start to water often with nutrients everytime (you can do a flush before the flower phase if you'd like). Coco coir has a very good property of allowing plenty of oxygen even when the medium is heavily saturated. I run flood and drain buckets, and before I moved to perlite, I ran coco coir straight. I would completely drown my bucket for 15min with water then it would completely drain 6x a day...like I said, its hard to over water. But there is a catch though, coco coir tends to tie up calmag. I always used 1.5ml calmag/l of water. Hope this helps. I got 1.9 pounds on my last coco coir run I did and I ran that formula.
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Week 3. Vegetation
6 years ago
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One light watering/feeding since last week. it's already outgrown by autopot xl! I shoulda added more coco in the beginning but it was such a mess.
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Week 4. Vegetation
6 years ago
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Think its time to transition into flowering! today will fully water till runoff at the bottom of my autopot and raise the micro and bloom nute s to 1/2 a teaspoon
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Week 5. Vegetation
6 years ago
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Was over zealous last week.. still vegging and I guess super stretched out. hopefully 4×2 and 9' high will contain it. had a scare earlier this week after I set up a LED for extra light, she got thirsty and was drooping. crazy how responsive plants are, with in 6 hours of watering its tips were reaching up for light. set my autopot reservoir up. it can hold over 5 gal but I just filled with 2 to start.. next day it was over half empty so this thing is just suckin up water like crazy. the only discrepancies showing on the plant is in the first pic, theirs like little dry spots on one of the big leafs in the front, but that leaf was the first one to pop out so it's been there the whole 5 weeks and not too worried.
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jayoppstarted grow question 6 years ago
I just realized this freebie seed is feminized and not autoflower like the ones I purchased. I didnt use any growing methods to not stress out the plant. My question is should I start to low stress training or topping? Im going to 12/12 light cycle tonight.
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Athos
Athosanswered grow question 6 years ago
There's no reason why you could not use both; actually I get great results while using a combination of training methods: TOP (or FIM), LST and supercropping. Although, if you are going to TOP, give the plant a week to recover. Good luck mate.
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Week 6. Flowering
6 years ago
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I came to the realization this week that I ordered autoflower seeds, but this freebie seeds not. I changed the light cycle so I can start flowering and not run out of room (4x2 for just this one plant). After trimming this thing looks like the Charlie brown Christmas tree. there was no training because I thought it was autoflower this whole time. also finally got a tape ruler and my lights been over 30 inches from the top do I lowered it a little above 20 inches this week.
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Week 7. Flowering
6 years ago
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my trimming job looks pretty bad, I did more then what it looks. turned everything from the bottom and just tried exposing some bud sites by cutting big fan leaves. I may quit trimming as to not stress the plant any longer after third week of flowering.
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Week 8. Flowering
6 years ago
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wat a uneven canopy,oh well. otherwise plants healthy after I've been away all week. probably one to start a new plant about now for a perpetual grow so by the time this is harvested maybe it will be done vegging.
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Week 9. Flowering
6 years ago
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jayopp
jayoppstarted grow question 6 years ago
Is it to late to chop off a branch? I have 1 bud site on a huge branch thats low down on the plant. I dont want to stunt growth or shock the plant at this stage.
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Stickanswered grow question 6 years ago
Hi @jayopp! I'm afraid it's a bit late, pruning shouldn't be done after the 2nd or 3rd week of flowering, mostly because it may lead to new vegetative growth, but also because plants need a few days to recover from each pruning session. You don't want the plant to focus its energy onto recovering neither than new growth, so I'd recommend to avoid pruning now. Hope this makes sense, good luck until the finish line, and happy growing 👊
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Week 10. Flowering
6 years ago
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I'm probably harvesting the first week of the new year! this may be the last week I use nuts then so it may.... my brain is fried from finals this week. it smells amazing I can't wait but still got some time. I started a white widow seedling this week. I'll wait on the journal until it's legit vegitating this time.
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Week 11. Flowering
6 years ago
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some sort of deficiency going on with the tips of my leaves burnt looking. ive been using plenty cal/mag so maybe a phosphorous issue since I'm using Lucas formula with only micro and bloom. started flush and first sign hairs turning brown. I think my carbon filter does not work bc it smells in my room or is this normal? it's not as bad as in my tent.
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Week 12. Flowering
6 years ago
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its 1 or 2 weeks from harvest. leaves showing first sign of purple which is interesting.
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Week 13. Flowering
6 years ago
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bout to chop this baby down
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DKBJJ
DKBJJcommentedweek 56 years ago
Looks like you're starting to flower...I'm no expert but it looks that way. Maybe you got an autoflower strain? Again, may not know what I am talking about....but I would get a second opinion for sure just in case that is what is happening. Sure looks like it in the second picture.
jayopp
jayoppcommented6 years ago
@DKBJJ, You just made me have the biggest revelation. I bought seeds online that were all autoflowers, but these seeds were freebies. For some reason I didnt think twice whether or not they were auto's but now just realized they are feminized! My light cycle has been 20/2 this whole time and Ive been using methods used for autoflowers this whole time such as leaf tucking (instead of topping). Now im just sort of overwhelmed because I have to research everything from the start now. Hahaa at least the plants still healthy.
grzesiek
grzesiekcommentedweek 36 years ago
and if u plan to flower with 3oo watts u might wanna have a small plant..............................600 no problem.........but 300 i dunno.................unless u wanna grow ganja look alike😳
jayopp
jayoppcommented6 years ago
@@grzesiek, i dont know anything! I cant believe I got this far just winging it following another grow journal. It is a LEC light, which did not have an available option on this site, so maybe thats strong enough. I also have a burple LED light thats at least 200 watt true power (its advertised as 1200W) but it wont fit in my tent unless I put it on the side or maybe an angle.
LazLow
LazLowcommentedweek 116 years ago
Just looks like nutrient burn to me, man. Nothing too major, maybe cut nutes to half next feeding? How frequently are your feedings? Other than that that’s a big ass kola haha! Way to go!
grzesiek
grzesiekcommentedweek 66 years ago
dont do autoflower........................and she gonna grow now,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,she should grow to twice her size now..............................so from 20 to 60 or 30 to 90.........................make sure roots get tons of air....................i think thats a key..................👹
grzesiek
grzesiekcommentedweek 46 years ago
light is a key..........................my grow is just 660 watts.....................but i think its a minimum to flower.................at least to develop decent trichomes ...............check my plant pls
grzesiek
grzesiekcommentedweek 36 years ago
and u r a lucky owner of a very happy plant.............................just patience and not overfeeding ........................................but u know it anyways................👻👻🙏
CRiSPrGrow
CRiSPrGrowcommentedweek 36 years ago
hey man it's pretty normal to have the plant short in the beggining,it will stretch more in flower anyway, it looks slow because many people dont include the few weeks in their diary, so you think you're doing something wrong, but it's normal with CFL and low power lights ... you're doing everything correctly so far, keep it up! 🚀
Boriking_PR
Boriking_PRcommentedweek 26 years ago
Good luck with the grow. Have fun.
The_Projexx
The_Projexxcommentedweek 136 years ago
Looks good in there man ! Looking like you're well on your way to getting ready to flush these ladies and harvest . Best of luck on the rest of you're grow ! -Happy Growing!
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