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12/20 Placed seed in between folded damp paper towel inside a rubbermaid container. Placed container on seedling mat and placed inside recently cleaned tent.
12/21 Taproot is 1/2 inch so placed seedling into Mother Earth Coco + Perlite with 2 tsp/gal of Grow Dots into 5 gallon Ac Infinity fabric pot. Created a center hole for seedling with end of pencil and shook some Great White into the hole before placing the seedling and lightly covering it with Coco. Misted soil with 5.8 pH water. This was 10pm so I left lights on in tent overnight. Lights were set at 22 inches from pot and 30% power. Tent is 75 degrees and DLI approximately 12.
12/23 Day 1 Seedling emerged overnight. I use reverse osmosis water and I gave .25 ml/ltr Calmag and Rhino Skin with 5.8 pH water 121 ppm and watered in a circle around plant. Then I gave Recharge to entire pot to start the bacteria doing it's thing. Recharge raises water pH ALOT it is said you do not have to adjust pH but I was uncomfortable with such a high number so I diluted with very low pH water to bring down to 6.1 pH. This is my first grow in coco so I will be experimenting and learning alot as I go. Also first grow using Grow Dots ( should probably have done a grow with them in soil to compare but not this time). My plan is to water around plant in a circle every day at least once up to 3 times a day depending on how plant is responding.
12/25 Day 3 I have been giving the plant 5.8 pH'd water with nothing added 1-2 times a day ( just a circle or two around plant with a syringe 40 ml). She is smaller than my plants grown in highly amended peat based soil. I am thinking the grow dots are not getting wet enough yet to release nutrients. Lights at 40% and 22 inches from plant. I love FastBuds and have grown them before. She is VERY delicate at the moment. I blew hair out of my eyes and she literally tipped over. (may need to water more heavily or more often as I read coco is hard to overwater. I just don't want to rish dampening off my seedling)
12/28 Day 6 I purchased some Advanced Nutrients Sensi Grow parts A&B for Coco to try to help seedling along until grow dots can kick in. Not sure how this will work as I have never used grow dots before. However I did use the medium strength amount of grow dots and I am very familiar with Advanced Nutrients Sensi pH perfect line from my soil grows. I used just 1 ml/ltr of both A&B with pH of 5.85 and aprox 250 ppm.
12/29 Day 7 staying with same amount of Advanced nutrients just 1 ml/ltr of both A&B with pH of 5.85 and aprox 250 ppm too soon to tell if it is helping much.
I decided to go ahead and set up my self watering bases. As of right now, I will be using a very mild calmag solution for the self watering bases. I know the roots have not reached the bottom of the pot yet but I am hoping the wicking will keep the bottom half of the pots grow dots moist so they will be available as my plant needs them. My plan for this grow once the plants roots have reached the bottom is to lightly mist the top daily with plain r/o pH'd to 5.8 and once a week on my recharge day I will water from the top until runoff to keep from having the salts accumulate in the mid pot area. After that, I will water in my recharge.
12/30 Day 8 Top water pH'd to 5.8 Then Added 1 ltr recharge to plant. Forgot to water to runoff so will do it this week.
1/1 Day 10 Changed Base water 1ml/ltr CalMag pH 5.8. Top watered with 1ml/ltr Sensi Coco Grow A&B and Rhino Skin. Stalk is very weak, as in when I blew on the leaf to remove a drop of water it tipped sideways. Added more Coco Coir to stabilize it until the roots take hold better.
1/3 Day 12 Watered to Runoff with 1ml/ltr CalMag 5.85 pH 1.92 ppm DLI 19 and plant is 1.75 inches tall.
1/4 Day 13 Top Water 5.8 pH Removed Base for cleaning will put back later next week as plants tips are still not to side of pot but getting closer.
1/5 Day 14 Top Water 1ml/ltr CalMag 5.8 pH Second set of True leaves is barely emerging. She seems to be about a day behind my other Fast Buds strain in this tent all undersame set up. Plant seems to be getting the nutes from the grow dots now so I will not be using the Advanced Nutrients unless they start to show deficiency.
1/6 Day 15 top water with pH 5.8
1/8 Day 17 Top watered 1ml/ltr CalMag 5.8 pH then Recharge at .5 tsp/gal. Refilled base as tips are close to the edge DLI 17 and plant is 3.5 inhes tall
1/9 Day 18 Adjusted light to 20 inches away pH'd the base to 5.8 as it keeps slowly rising.
1/10 Day 19 Added supplemental lighting and light bar around lowerthird perimeter of tent. Set to work 8 hours at level 1 to start. Plant is 4.75 inches
1/11 Day 20 Top watered 1ml/ltr Cal Mag and Rhino skin Adjusted pH of base to 5.8
1/12 Day 21 Adjusted pH of base back to 5.8 plant is 5.75 inches
1/13 Day 22 Cleaned bases and refilled 1 ml/ltr Cal/Mag pH 5.8 She is 6.75 inches tall
1/15 Day 24 Just added water to base same 1ml/ltr Cal/Mag pH 5.8 She is now 8.75inches tall
1/16 Day 25 Watered to Runoff with .5 tsp/gal of Recharge. Placed back in tent to dry before putting them back on the self water bases. She is 10 inches tall
1/17 Day 26 Watered with 1 ml/ltr of Rhino Skin to the top and 1 ml/ltr cal/mag to flush away some of the nitrogen probably sitting in the middle due to the self watering bases just to be safe.
Placed back on bases with 1 ml/ltr Cal/Mag ph 5.8 She is 11 inches tall.
1/18 Day 27 Raised lights to 50% DLi is 21 at center top of plant 18 inches from the canopy . Put another riser under plant to help it reach the height since other plant in tent is so much taller still.
1/19 Day 28 She is now 14 inches tall. Added water to base pH 5.8 and did some minor LST to arrange for a spce to bend over main stem in next few days.
1/21 Day 30 Pot was moved to other side of tent where heater is. It was on the humidifier side. Unfortunately these items are too big to put in the middle of the tent without taking up valuable light so they are on either side. Watered to runoff from the top then placed back on the refilled base. 1 ml/ltr CalMag for base and hand watering. Changed Supplemental lights to level 2. She is 16 inches tall
1/22 Day 31 Refilled base 1ml/ltr CalMag pH 6.0 She is now 18 inches tall
1/23 Day 32 Refilled base 1ml/ltr CalMag pH 6.0. Raised light intensity to 60% and Top watered in Rhino Skin 1 ml/ltr. DLI at hottest spot 26.
1/24 Day 33 Top Water Recharge at .5 tsp/gal Refilled bases 1ml/ltr Calmag pH 5.9. Had an issue where my inline exhaust fan was stopping and starting when set to on. Figure fan is either going out or the carbon filter is so I changed to a new refillable carbon filter and it seems to have worked. Also Moved support bar from front of tent and put supplemental lights in each corner instead of around perimeter. Had to move my clip on oscillating fans up so not ideal but plants were touching the supplemental lights.
1/25 Day 34 Filled Bases 1ml/ltr Calmag 5.9 pH defoliated a few fan leaves plant is now 23 inches tall.
1/26 Day 35 Filled bases with 1ml/ltr CalMag AND .75ml/ltr of Rhino skin as well as a very light top watering of these nutes. Defoliated more. Tried to move light up but rinning out of room was able to get a little more height. Plant is 26 inches tall and hottest spot DLI is 32
1/27 Day 36 Filled base with .5ml/ltr Rhino Skin and 1.5 ml/ltr CalMag 5.8 pH. Defoliated a few leaves DLI 38
1/28 Day 37 Filled Base with 1 ml/ltr Big Bud Coco and 1.5ml/ltr CalMag also lightly top watered this in. Did 6.0 pH this time.
1/29 Day 38 Filled Base 1ml/ltr Rhino Skin, 1.5ml/ltr CalMag, and1ml/ltr Big Bud Coco Raised supplemental light intensity to 60% I do prefer them mounted at the corners to my original way. Main light is at 70% and is 18 inches from the plant AFTER I moved the carbon filter and exhaust fan to the back wall to free up some top space. DLI 32 Light Defoliation of big blocking leaves.
1/30 Day 39 Filled bases 1ml/ltr CalMag and Big Bud Coco 5.8 pH
1/31 Day 40 Recharge Day! Top water .5tsp/gal. The bases were filled with 1.5ml/ltr Rhino skin, 1ml/ltr CalMag, and 1ml/ltr Big Bud Coco 5.8 pH Plant is now 32 inches tall and 15 inches from light DLI 34
2/1 Day 41 Noticed this lady is not drinking today. Base was still full and bottom sides of fabric pot are relatively dry. I rotate my plants daily but lift them so I know I did not pull wick from base or that the wick is not full of roots. Changed wick to see if that helps. Filled bases with 1ml/ltr Rhino Skin, .5 ml/ltr CalMag, 1ml/ltr Big Bud Coco. Plant is now 34 inches tall DLI 32
2/2 Day 42 Pl;ant began drinking again so maybe it was a wick issue??? Filled Bases with 1ml/ltr Rhino Skin, 1ml/ltr CalMag, 1ml/ltr Big Bud Coco Defoliated and Cleaned the bases completely today.
2/3 Day 43 Filled Bases with 1ml/ltr Rhino Skin, .5 ml/ltr CalMag, 1.5 ml?ltr Big Bud with 5.8 pH. Was told by another grower I may be using too much CalMag during flower so I decided to see what would happen if I lowered it as I don't want to cause toxicity. Not sure if this is true my plants look fabulous but I am still pretty new to all of this. Defoliated some more
2/4 Day 44 Filled Bases with 1ml/ltr Rhino Skin, .5 ml/ltr CalMag, 1.5 ml?ltr Big Bud with 5.8 pH.
2/5 Day 45 I noticed what MIGHT be a few orange spots starting my other plant in this grow so I am upping my CalMag back where I had it previously. I believe the grower I was chatting with was not correct. Filled Bases with 1.5 ml/ltr CalMag and Big Bud Coco 5.8 pH. Heavy Defoliation and still a bunch of leaves!!
2/6 Day 46 Filled Bases with 1.5 ml/ltr CalMag and Big Bud Coco 5.8 pH.
2/7 Day 47 Recharge Day!! Top Watered 1ml/ltr Rhino Skin and CalMag to moisten soil for my Recharge in the morning. Midday top watered .5 tsp/gal Recharge I decided to do this to runoff as this is my first time with the Grow Dots and I wanted to make sure there was not a buildup starting causing the beginning of the orange dots I am seeing.
Got 2 liters of Runoff with 230 ppm and 5.94 pH so I am thinking there is not a salt buildup happening. I previously had used top watering in soil with Advanced Nutrients line and ALWAYS watered to runoff so this is interesting to me that it has not happened with the way I am growing now. COOL!! Cleaned Bases and Wicks and filled them back up with 1.5 ml/ltr CalMag and Big Bud Coco 5.8 pH, Also raised supplemental lights a bit and intensity to 80%.
2/8 Day 48 Filled Bases with 1.5 ml/ltr CalMag and BigBud Coco 5.8 pH
2/9 Day 49 Filled Bases with 1.5 ml/ltr CalMag and BigBud Coco 5.8 pH Raised supplemental light intensity to 100%.
REMINDER I turn my plants 1/4 rotation EVERY day for 2 reasons. 1 is to make sure that the roots do not start to grow into my wicks and 2 is to make sure all of my buds get a chance under the center part of the tent lighting.
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2/10 Day 50 38 inches tall filled Base with 1.5 ml/ltr CalMag and Big Bud Coco 5.8 pH
2/11 Day 51 Filled Bases 1.5 ml/ltr Calmag and Big Bud Coco 5.8 pH. Cleaned the bases and the wick lines
2/12 Day 52 Top Watered 1.5 ml/ltr CalMag and Big Bud Coco and filled bases with same. 5.8 pH.
2/13 Day 53 Filled Bases 1.5 ml/ltr Calmag and Big Bud Coco 6.0 pH Read during flower 6.0 to 6.2 pH is better than 5.8 to 6.0 so I am starting her out on 6.0 pH as the pH rises a few tenths as it sits in the base throughout the day.
2/14 Day 54 Recharge Day! .5tsp/gal Recharge plus 1 ml/ltr CalMag top watered in 6.0 pH. Added my small homemade ceramic bulb heater to back corner as the roots of the otherone seem a bit cold. It is furthest away from the oil radiator. Runoff was 456 ppm and 6.17 pH. Cleaned bases and wicks then Added normal water to bases of 1.5ml/ltr CalMag and Big Bud Coco pH 6.0
2/15 Day 55 Added 1.5 ml/ltr CalMag and Big Bud to Bases 6.08 pH
2/16 Filled Bases 1.5ml/ltr CalMag 6.0 pH
REMINDER I turn my plants 1/4 rotation EVERY day for 2 reasons. 1 is to make sure that the roots do not start to grow into my wicks and 2 is to make sure all of my buds get a chance under the center part of the tent lighting.
2/17 Day 57 Filled Bases 1.5ml/ltr CalMag 6.0 pH
2/18 Day 58 Filled Bases 1.5ml/ltr CalMag 6.0 pH.
2/19 Day 59 So I top watered today with several liters of runoff. 1.5ml/ltr CalMag 6.0 pH as top water and in the bases
2/20 Day 60 Filled Bases 1.5ml/ltr CalMag 6.0 pH
2/21 Day 61 Recharge Day! Topwatered 1.5ml/ltr CalMag and .5 tsp/gal of Recharge. runoff 6.1 pH and 584 ppm
2/22 Day 62 Filled bases with 2 ml/ltr CalMag. Maybe it just needs more? 1.5 ml/ltr and now starting to show the deficiency my other plant is showing. Seems about right as this plant is growing about a week slower than my other one in the tent. I started to think light burn as these are so tall and I cannot raise light any higher but it looks nothing like the light burn I had in the past. I am keeping my lights at 70% because they are so close. It looks to me like Calcium deficiency. Other plant in the tent is looking worse alot more orange/yellow spots on the top leaves of that one.
REMINDER I turn my plants 1/4 rotation EVERY day for 2 reasons. 1 is to make sure that the roots do not start to grow into my wicks and 2 is to make sure all of my buds get a chance under the center part of the tent lighting.
2/24 Day 64 I am thinking my root zone is too cold. Moved one of my fans to the bottom next to the radiant oil heater to push air down and across to far side of tent. Filled Bases with 1.5ml/ ltr CalMag to 6.0 pH
2/25 Day 65 Filled Bases with 1.5 ml/ltr CalMag. This plant is getting more spots too. Still dealing with spots that look like Calcium deficiency but cannot possibly be so.
2/26 Day 66 Filled Bases with 1.5ml/ltr CalMag 6.0 pH
2/27 Day 67 Filled Bases with 1.5ml/ltr CalMag 6.0 pH
2/28 Day 68 Recharge Day 1.5ml/ltr CalMag and .5tsp/gallon Recharge. Top watered in CalMag water first then the Addition of Recharge once media was wetted. Filled Bases with 1.5 ml/ltr CalMag 6.0 pH
2/29 Day 69 Filled Bases with 1.5ml/ltr CalMag 5.9 pH Even more of the spots starting on this plant too. :(
3/1 Day 70 I have been a bit Nitrogen toxic and thought there was nothing I could do because I am using grow dots and I had to wait them out. Turns out I am still such a Newbie that I did not realize that Advanced Nutrients Sensi CalMag Xtra (which I use EVERY water since I am in coco and using Reverse osmosis water) is actuall 4-0-0 so I have been adding Nitrogen every water :( I purcahsed General Hydroponics Calimagic is a 1-0-0 ratio so I am hoping that fixes some of my N toxicity. We shall see, can't hurt at this point as I am out of ideas.
REMINDER I turn my plants 1/4 rotation EVERY day for 2 reasons. 1 is to make sure that the roots do not start to grow into my wicks and 2 is to make sure all of my buds get a chance under the center part of the tent lighting.
3/2 Day 71 Filled Bases with 1ml/ltr CaliMagic 6.0 pH
3/3 Day 72 Filled Bases with 1ml/ltr CaliMagic 6.0 pH
3/4 Day 73 Filled Bases with 1ml/ltr CaliMagic 5.8 pH Going back to 5.8 Ph for filling my bases because I fill them in the morning and by lights out they have risen from 5.8 to 6.1 ish and by morning thay are way high.
3/5 Day 74 Filled Bases with 1ml/ltr CaliMagic and Big Bud Coco 5.8 pH More spots!!! UGH!!!
3/6 Day 75 Recharge Day! 1ml/ltr CaliMagic plus .5 tsp/gallon of Recharge top watered in. First water with no recharge to wet media then the recharge to runoff. Filled Bases with 1 ml/ltr CaliMagic 5.8 pH
3/7 Day 76 Filled Bases with 1ml/ltr CaliMagic 5.8 pH Buds are much smaller than the other cultivar in my tent but they are also starting to get a little bit purple.
3/8 Day 77 Filled Bases with 1ml/ltr CaliMagic and Big Bud Coco 5.8 pH
REMINDER I turn my plants 1/4 rotation EVERY day for 2 reasons. 1 is to make sure that the roots do not start to grow into my wicks and 2 is to make sure all of my buds get a chance under the center part of the tent lighting.
3/9 Day 78 Filled Bases with 1 ml/ltr Calimagic 5.8 pH
3/10 Day 79 Filled Bases with 1 ml/ltr Calimagic 5.8 pH Spots may have stopped increasing. She has some yellow top leaves but not too concerned yet. I cannot raise my light any higher in the tent and I am at 80% instead of my normal 90% to adjust for this height issue.
3/11 Day 80 Filled Bases with 1 ml/ltr Calimagic and Big Bud Coco 5.8 pH
3/12 Day 81 Filled Bases with 1 ml/ltr Calimagic 5.8 pH
3/13 Day 82 Recharge Day! 1ml/ltr CaliMagic plus .5 tsp/gallon of Recharge top watered in. First water with no recharge to wet media then the recharge to runoff. Filled Bases with 1 ml/ltr CaliMagic 5.8 pH
3/14 Day 83 Filled Bases with 1 ml/ltr Calimagic 5.8 pH
3/15 Day 84 Filled Bases with 1 ml/ltr Calimagic 5.8 pH
REMINDER I turn my plants 1/4 rotation EVERY day for 2 reasons. 1 is to make sure that the roots do not start to grow into my wicks and 2 is to make sure all of my buds get a chance under the center part of the tent lighting.
3/16 Day 85 1ml/ltr Calmag 5,8 pH to bases
3/17 Day 86 1ml/ltr Calmag 5,8 pH to bases
3/18 Day 87 1ml/ltr Calmag 5,8 pH to bases. Added some bamboo for support and LST
3/19 Day 88 1ml/ltr Calmag 6.0 pH to bases
3/20 Day 89 Recharge Day 1ml/ltr CaliMagic 6.0 pH topwatered first to flush plant some as it seems to be struggling a bit. Grow dots are supposed to not need flushing but I think bottom watering the plants with Calimagic only and then top watering in the recharge once a week has got it with some suspended salts. Then Recharge at .5 tsp/gal and 1 ml/ltr Calimagic top watered in at 6.0 pH. Cleaned bases and refilled them with 1 ml/ltr Calimagic to 6.0 pH
3/21 Day 90 1ml/ltr Calmag 6.0 pH to bases Alot of fade happening but not quite ready. Trichomes are not where I want them yet.
3/22 Day 91 1ml/ltr Calmag 6.0 pH to bases
REMINDER I turn my plants 1/4 rotation EVERY day for 2 reasons. 1 is to make sure that the roots do not start to grow into my wicks and 2 is to make sure all of my buds get a chance under the center part of the tent lighting.
3/23 Day 92 1ml/ltr CaliMagic pH 5.8
3/24 Day 93 1ml/ltr CaliMagic pH 5.8
3/25 Day 94 1ml/ltr CaliMagic pH 5.8
3/26 Day 95 1ml/ltr CaliMagic pH 5.8
3/27 Day 96
Recharge Day!! 1ml/ltr CaliMagic pH 6.0 top watered in to flush some salt buildup and get ready for recharge then Recharge at .5 tsp/gal and 1ml/ltr Calimagic pH 6.0. Cleaned and refilled bases with 1 ml/ltr Calimagic 6.0 pH
3/28 Day 97 1ml/ltr CaliMagic pH 5.8 Buds have some purple but leaves never did on this pheno.
3/28 Day 98 1ml/ltr CaliMagic pH 5.8 They are fading but not where I want them yet will give a few more days.
REMINDER I turn my plants 1/4 rotation EVERY day for 2 reasons. 1 is to make sure that the roots do not start to grow into my wicks and 2 is to make sure all of my buds get a chance under the center part of the tent lighting.
4/1 Day 101 I am going to harvest this week. Plants are fading and do not look like they are going to fatten up.
4/3 Day 103 Harvest Day This plant just didn't fatten up. I did have some issues with Nitrogen and Calcium that definitely affected this. Buds still look good just not big.
I removed all fan leaves and as many sugar leaves as I could easily get to. Wet weight after pretty good trim was 28.21 oz. I will update once they are removed from dry tent and stems and extra sugar leaves have been removed.
I am drying these in a 2x2 Mars Hydro tent with self made pvc grid for hanging them and "roach clips" on hooks for hanging each branch. I have a fan blowing the air out of the top through some ducting and into my neighboring 4x2 Ac Infinity tent for exhaust and odor control. Inside the dry tent I have an Ac Infinity fan at the bottom to circulte air anda small fan pointed at the wall mid tent.
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