THURSDAY 11/1:
Gertrude put on some size after her first feeding. Gretyl is healthy, but getting further behind..
None of the other 3 sprouts have emerged, but one looks promising..
I've decided to try a 20/4 light cycle for this crop to see if it helps with keeping my foliage intact a little longer through the season...plus, I want my average tent temps about 4-5 degrees cooler this time to see how much it helps with terpene production/preservation. I will continue supplementing with 4 Exhale bags in an effort to keep PPM's above 1300, even when the exhaust is running..that and the addition of silica in their diet should help mitigate the higher temps they'll experience from time to time...it's a very mild winter thus far, so it's hard to maintain consistent temps. I'll veg them at 24/0 until I'm seeing pistils poppin on the majority of them, then change to 20/4.
FRIDAY:
Both Gertrude and Gretyl are happy and healthy.
A 3rd GG might make an appearance tomorrow...fingers crossed..
SATURDAY:
I fed Gertude about 32oz of water with veg nutes. Just plain ph'd water for Gretyl today, but I foliar fed them both.
Gretyl will be ready for nutes in a couple more days.
The 3rd GG is just a half-assed sprout...won't stand up straight...neither of the other 2 sprouts has emerged π
SUNDAY:
Gertrude - she has such strange looking Maple leaves, but is really hitting her stride now.
Gretyl - obvious growth today. I foliar fed her and got her soil moist.
MONDAY:
Just gave them about 16oz of ph'd water today, foliar fed and rotated.
TUESDAY:
I fed them 32oz of ph'd water with full strength veg nutes and moved some lights much closer to the canopy today.
WEDNESDAY:
D-day (Daylight)
I put them into overdrive and kicked on the 1500w light at about 30" and left the blues on them at 8" to 12" and all the cool white side lights...grow babies grow.
Nah...just a pair..
I'm growing 5 strains x 2 plants each in this next crop.
Gorilla Glue Auto
Blackberry Auto
Cream Cookies Auto
C4-matic
Dark Devil Auto
Congrats my friend - beauty harvest for sure. Got some gg photos in the drink as we speak and Iβm hoping to experience all the goodness Iβve heardπ. Hopefully u solved ur contractor issue and Iβll be seeing more from that tentπππ
@TheBudWhisperer,
I plan to order some more GG beans for my Winter grow, but already committed to some other Fastbuds strains in the Fall...10 x Zkittlez, 3 x Six Shooter, 3 x Stardawg, 3 x Tangie-matic, plus I've got 5 x White Widows from Spliff Seeds that I'm really looking forward to trying.
You have a nice Harvest but, $9.00 for seeds & $167.50 for nutes, plus the electric bill?
I suppose it better than Street Prices but, Wow!
I guess somebody needs to explain the benefits of all those nutrients vs. NPK & Water.
Anyways, I hope you are enjoying your harvest!
@R_Owl_Mirror, No sweat man..
As a kid, back in the 70's, I grew outdoors with nothing but miracle grow and miracle bloom.
In the late 80's and early 90's I had a closet garden and grew hydro in cheap plastic basins with 2 or 3 liter cola bottles with the tops cut off and lava rock stolen from Taco Bell...very minimalistic.
Back in the days before hydro shops and the internet, you had to be a commercial grower to get access to hydro nutes, or you spent many hours a week creating your own.
Nowadays, it's all so easy. For example, the Big Bloom fertilizer I use is derived in almost exactly the same formulation that I used to concoct myself. For $16 per grow, or less, I have what took me 2+ hours per week to make myself...and I had a shed full of big bags of worm castings, bat guano, etc..and it's hard to explain away all that stuff unless you have a beautiful lawn or garden as a cover...and with a big indoor garden, a job, and a family, who has the time for that?!??π
@Silverback_Guerilla, I didn't intend to be insulting in any way. I guess I was just surprised at the complete list of various products you gave. I am a minimalist in regards to what a plant needs to survive & thrive. I've been growing my own for 40+ years and am continually amazed at how people buy/use so many products in our consumer-driven world.
Like the difference between people using expensive rooting hormones when cloning, when in fact the best results can be achieved by snipping the new growth branches from a weeping willow, either soaking the branches in your water can or drying them, crushing them and mixing the fibers in your water. As an example of minimalism.
I am sorry if my comment came across as harsh in any way. Peace!
@R_Owl_Mirror, Don't be daft......that "cost" they show for seeds and nutes isn't what people actually paid, dude...it's just what a full container of each of the listed nutrients would cost (somewhere I guess)...I buy on Amazon for the most part and pay far less than retail, and a single grow doesn't use all of the nutes in the containers...and yes, I am enjoying the fruits of my labor.
And when you think about it, even if it did cost me a couple hundred bucks for a single grow (which it didn't), 16+ ounces of top-shelf bud for a couple hundred bucks is an uber-bargain.
@HighTV,
Thanks!
Gertrude, the paler one with bamboo stakes, probably got her last feeding today. She should have been planted in a 5 gallon pot. Pretty sure she's been rootbound for a couple weeks now. I'll flush her twice over a 10-day period starting in a few days. I think Gretyl, the bluish-green plant, won't quit making calyx and pistils for another couple weeks or more. She's got enough foliage left to have the energy she'll need.π
@Silverback_Guerilla, one day you're gonna open your tent and find me sunbathing in there with sunglasses on π cant wait to set up my own SBG system lights ordered , customs cleared cant hardly wait !
@CRiSPrGrow, Love.π
...and FoxFarms Flower's Kiss plus a little GH Armor Si...
That stuff used regularly and 3 Exhale bags in the 4 x 4 is really making a difference with the early veg growthπ
@Fast_Buds,
Cool..I'm totally stoked to try this one (and the rest)! Looking very forward to needing multiple pairs of trimming shears to complete the job π