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hi everyone,
looking to better document my second grow. Doing an exclusive 420 FastBuds Run with Purple Lemonade Auto, Tropicana Cookies Auto and Cheese Auto.
1/7/24 All seeds put in water
1/8/24 Transferred to paper towel method
1/9/24 all seeds showing tap root- transferred to jiffy pot for first few days of seedling stage
1/10/24 5am seedling starting to emerge
1/11/24 seedling has fully emerged from jiffy cup. Planning to transplant to 5g fabric pots tomorrow
1/12/24 transferred entire jiffy pot to 5g filled with 100% FoxFarm Coco Loco. Watered lightly around the seedling
I will officially be calling 1/11/24 as “Day 1” for this Purple Lemonade Auto Grow.
1/13/24 - first set of true leaves are looking healthy despite this seedling’s struggle to de-shell itself.
Lightly watered around the seedling with PH 6.0 RO Water.
Light spray of the leaves with same water.
1/14/24 - things seem to be proceeding well. Saturating the area surrounding the seedling once it becomes dry with PH 6.0 RH Water. Occasional foliar spray with same water. Will repeat this process for the next few days as needed.
1/16/24 - looking good! Watered and sprayed in the early AM.
1/17/24 - progress continues! No major concerns or issues at this time
1/18/24 - start of 2nd week… everything looks good! Will be preparing for first topping within the next 7-10 days and the start of LST!
1/19/24 - watered with 200ml RO water at PH 6.3
1/20/24 - watered with 250ml RO water at PH 6.3 — growth is steady and uniform. Looking great so far!
1/22/24 - everything is on schedule! Starting to see the baby nodes coming in, almost topping time!
1/23/24 - growth is accelerating! She’s starting to officially transition to veg on Day 13. Topping planned for Day 16. Watered 300ml of PH 6.3 RO water.
1/24/24 - nothing to do today but a spray of the leaves when I was working in the tent! On track for Day 16 topping.
1/25/24 - Week 3! Day 15 for this girl. She’s not quite ready for the top chop yet, but her growth looks strong and vigorous. Did some LST on her first true leaves to bring some more light and airflow to the baby nodes.
1/26/24 - haircut day! Chopped her head off. 300ml PH6.3 RO water and a spray
1/27/24 - repeat feeding from yesterday
1/28/24 - upped the daily feeding to 400ml, she continues to dry daily
1/29/24 - soil is still moist from yesterday when checked this morning, planning to begin adding 25% dose of veg nutrients to the next feeding. Still not quite ready for training on the two main nodes! She seems to be a short and stocky one
1/30/24 - feeding day! Upper the dosage to 1 liter (1000mL) and added veg nutrients. Supplemented with cal-mag and recharge
1/31/24 - happy girl! She seems to have taken the feeding well. Growth is steady and uniform on this one! Was able to get the first set of LST stakes in place. Removed a few shaded fan leaves from the bottom nodes
2/1/24 - Week 4! Grow baby grow! Afternoon feeding of 4L RO water with .2g of Veggie and 1/2tsp of recharge split into 1.5L feedings for 3 plants. Some light defoliation to clear up light to all nodes. Might seem aggressive, but she said she liked the haircut
2/2/24 - nothing to do but wait for her to grow out her nodes. She seems to be on the slower side… possibly stunted from an early topping and low RH in the tent but color and growth pattern still looks good. Maybe she’s just a late bloomer!
2/3/24 - no action today! Soil is still moist.
2/4/24 - 2L dose of nutrients PH adjusted to 6.0
2/5/24 - growth is accelerating as more veg nutrients are added. Lollipopped sub nodes from the first main nodes, leaving 8 planned colas
2/7/24 - 2L feeding, defoliation and LST! Beautiful, healthy foliage on her.
2/8/24 - week 5 for this one, no sign of pistils yet here (thankfully!) she could use at least another week of veg as she is clearly the smallest of the three plants. Her growth has been compact and tight from the start, and it seems that when I heavily defoliate her, she doesn’t not recover as fast as the others. The last four main nodes have not yet required LST stakes, but ultimately she looks healthy, not too worried about it.
2/9/24 - defoliated for airflow and light penetration. she’s picking up the growth pace a bit
2/10/24 - 2.5L feeding of 100% dosage veggie nutrients with calmag and recharge
2/11/24 - took the full dose well! Defoliation again, really trying to keep the light paths open to her main nodes.
2/14/24 - soil is still damp in the morning, planning to feed again either tonight or tomorrow AM.
2/15/24 - Day 36, week 6! soil still has some moisture in it, going to give it one more day
2/17/24 - 3L dosage of 100% concentrate nutrient mixture. Heavy defoliation to clear up main nodes access to light
2/18/24 - recovering nicely! It’s a girl for sure, hoping she does some serious stretching the next two weeks!
2/20/24 - Day 41 and she is really starting to speed up! Still in veg for sure, soil still moist and pot still heavy
2/21/24 - Day 42, she is ready for her first 1g feeding! This girl is starting to accelerate growth, but is still well behind the other two in the garden.
2/22/24 - Day 43, the preflower pistils have really started to pop! Soil is still very moist from yesterday’s 1gal feeding.
2/25/24 - Day 46 was a big day! Major defol, last adjustment of the LST stakes and a 1.25 gallon feeding of Veggie nutrients. She’s headed into flowering strong! She is small but is consistently putting out 9 tipped leaves which means she is happy and healthy.
2/27/24 - Day 48, soil still moist. Defoliated a few select leaves that were covering subnodes
2/29/24 - feeding of 1.33 gallons veggie nutrients.. light defoliation in preparation for flowering.
3/1/24 - She’s made the transition to flower and is in the first week of bloom. Shes starting to stretch a little, but it looks like she’s going to remain short and stout.
3/4/24 - another 1.33 gallon feeding… went 50/50 on veggie and bloom nutes with this feeding as she’s approaching the full transition to bloom.
3/7/24 - Week 8, Day 56! She’s in full bloom, but didn’t stretch much. Praying for purple! Fed with 1.25 gal 50/50 nutrients
3/9/24 - Day 58 getting frosty already! Waiting another few days for defol.
3/10/24- 1.33 gal feeding of full flower nutrients. Tiny but mighty!
3/12/24 - she took the full flower feeding well! Looking and smelling super sweet.
3/14/24 - Day 63 and the flowers are smelling beautiful. She’s grown an inch or two in the last week.
3/15/24 - removed some inner fan leaves to open up light to lower bud sites. She’s bulking up now!
3/17/24 - 1.5 Gal feeding to really saturate the soil before I travel for a week.
3/25/24 - day 74, back from travel. She was given one 1g feeding of just PH6.0 RO water. Funky little girl, but she smells like candy and lemons, and is full of resin already. Fed with 1g full nutrient feed as described above.
4/2/24 - had no choice but to LST out her legs. Should have done this sooner but I was away for almost two weeks and was expecting her to stretch quite a bit more while I was gone. Salvaging what I can by bringing more even light to the bud sites