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Climate indoors is harsh - 44% humidity. The humidifier allows to reach 65-70% Tent - super small 40x40x120 Light - custom Quantum board 150W+IR+UV, HL500 board, XLG-150-H-AB driver, LM301H+Osram 660nm. Soil - Plagron Lightmix for start. Compo Sana after transplanting. + some perlite. Nutrients - Plagron Alga Grow and Alga Bloom, Biobizz CalMag. OR I might go for GHE Tripart Terra Aquatica. We'll see. 5.02 Used cotton pads for germination. 7.02 Root showed up. Planted in the mix of Plagron Lightmix and some perlite in 400ml cup. Day 1 9.02 Sprout showed up. Sprayed with water and placed under humidity dome. Day 3 11.2 Light intensity 40W, 43cm from the plant. Removed humidity dome and turned on the humidifier. Day 5 13.02 Roots showed up at the edge of the cup here and there. Added 40ml of water to keep the surface moist. Keep spraying her with plain water every day. Develops nicely. I wish I had a PAR meter to know whether I give her enough light at this stage.

Overall, during these 2 weeks my aim was to minimise any physical contact with the plant, give her maximum humidity and very little water. Provide proper environment and let her do her thing. Day 8 16.02 Watered with 60ml of water. Day 9 17.02 Watered with another 90ml of water. Most of the soil in the cup is still dry. Think I'll wait until she grows a bit bigger and develops more roots and will water the whole cup to completely moisturise the soil. Lights are still at 40W. Day 11 19.02 Gave her 150ml of water. The humidifier is always ON and keeps the humidity at 60-70%. Im going to transplant her to her final 7L pot soon. Day 12 20.02 Mixed Compo Sana Soil for flowering plants (pretty hot one) with some vermiculite and perlite. It's about 75% soil, 20% perlite, 5% vermiculite. Watered it with 400ml of PHed water. Day 13 21.02 Transplanted into 5L pot. Roots in the cup were super thick and healthy. Gave her minimum shake while transplanting. Day 14. 22.02 She's 10cm tall. Humidifier is still running to maintain at least 60%. Lamp is 41cm from the plant running at 50-55W now with active cooling ON but still heats everything up to 27C. Now I also have a fan running from the outside of the box to refresh the air inside and to lower the temperature to 26C.

I am so amazed by the way this grow has been so far. She grows so nicely and vigorously. Healthy leaves, nice branches development. 40x40 tent seems not enough. I kept the light at 40cm from the plant and let her grow into the light while gradually increasing intensity from 55W to 80W. No signs of light stress or burn. Humidifier is running maintaining 60-65%, fan is blowing at the lamp lowering the temp. and giving her nice breeze. When she falls asleep I close the box, turn off the humidifier and the fan. So happy with this beautiful plant:) Day 15 23.02 She seemed a bit upset after the transplant and lowered the leaves, although I also read it as a need in water. Watered with 1L of PHed water. Day 16 24.02 Raised her leaves and on track again Light intensity 55W, 40cm from the plant. She is 14cm tall. Day 18 26.02 She is 17cm tall. Increased light intensity to 80W. 36 cm to the plant. Showed her first pistils. Day 19 27.02 She's 18cm tall. Day 20 28.02 She's 23cm tall. Watered with 1L (20C water), lamp 80w. Day 21 29.01 She's 24.5cm tall.

Another week has passed. It took her exactly 4 weeks to start flowering phase. Her side branches are almost reaching the main cola. Starting from the next watering I will be introducing nutrients and actually I think I must have done this last watering. Hope she's not gonna complain. Still trying to be careful with light intensity and playing between 70W and 85W. Day 22 1.03 28cm tall. Day 23 2.03 she’s 30cm but she seems to have slowed down her growth. New leaves are slowly developing. Lowered lamp intensity to 70W. Watered with 1.3L Day 24 3.03 The slow down was due to the Ph was too low and I had to flush with 1.5L of water. She recovered amazingly fast after the flush. (even though the water had been PHed before, for some reason Ph went down and the plant didn't like it a lot) Day 25 4.03 40cm tall. 70w power Day 27 6.03 Watered with 1.2L + 0.5 cal.mag, 45cm tall. 80W Day 28 7.03 48cm tall

So 5th week began with Nitrogen deficiency. (I didn't expect the soil to deplete so fast and should've given nutrients in small doses starting from week 4). It seems to have slowed down the plant a bit. In order to stop deficiency from spreading I was giving nutrients with each watering, every two days. Probably I shouldn't have given Bloom part and the last watering might have been too hot but the plant is mostly light green and bottom leaves are still yellow on day 35 so I hope she eats all this nicely :) She grew 15cm more this week. Very soon I will have no room to raise the lamp. She was 35cm from the lamp at 90W all the week. Water PH is different each watering (between 6 and 7). Can't tell exactly cuz I use liquid tester. Exact nutrient dosages are below. Day 29 8.03 watered with 1600ml ,700ppm, EC 1400 - (Grow-2ml,Micro-2ml, Bloom-1.5ml) , She's 50cm tall. 90W Day 31 10.03 watered with 1500ml , 500ppm, EC 1035 - (Grow-1ml, Micro-1ml, Bloom-1ml) Day 32 11.03 31cm to the plant (raised to 35), 90W, She's 59cm tall. Day 33 12.03 watered with 2L, EC 1180 , 590ppm, 20C. Grow 1.1ml, Micro 1,1 ml, Bloom 1.1ml, Calmag 1ml Day 34 13.03 She's 62cm tall. Day 35 14.03 watered with 2L ppm846, EC 1690 (3ml Grow + 3ml Micro) - runoff is EC 1840, ppm 920, She's 65cm tall

This week I've managed to stop Nitrogen deficiency spreading and she seemed to have eaten everything I fed to her and the green colour has gradually returned. I will list the feeding details below. Getting the proper amount of nutrients was almost a guessing game so on day 41 the runoff PPM and EC were way too high. On day 42 She doesn't look stressed though. Anyway, next watering will be super light in order to flush away the excess nutrients. She's got pleasant sweet smell, her top leaves are getting covered with 'snow' and this week she grew up to 69cm. I've also built her a new grow box. Now it's 56.5cm X 45cm X 170cm closet. Exhaust fan with carbon filter also installed. Looks much better, she has room to grow bigger without burning herself. Box has been insulated nicely so there's no smell at all. Day 37 16.03 Watered with 2.1L 20C 918ppm Ec 1837 Grow 3ml, Micro 3ml, Bloom 4ml Runoff PPM 1050, EC 2100 Day 39 18.03 Watered with 2.3L 20C Calmag 1.5ml, Grow 1.5ml, Micro 1.5ml Bloom 2.5ml EC 1207, PPM 604 Runoff EC 1970, PPM 985 20.03 Day 41. Watered with 2.5L 20C Grow 1.4ml, Micro 2.8, Bloom 4.2, PPM 725, EC 1450 - Runoff 2595 EC, ppm 1298 OOPS:) 21.03 Day 42 69 cm tall. 40cm to the lamp 125W.

She's in full flower mode and has a pleasant sweet smell. On day 43 I've managed to flush away excess nutrients and further was keeping PPM and EC at normal level. However, I've noticed some bronze/brown spots on some of the leaves. I was thinking about phosphorus toxicity...but probably it's something else. Overall I think I should cut down on nutrients and give her plain water sometimes. I've also done some defoliation this week. She's now 70cm tall, the lamp is at 125W 35cm from the plant. Day 43 22.03 Watering/flushing 2800ml Ppm 288 EC 577 22c Runoff: 1532, Ppm 766 Day 44 23.03 Watered with 2.5L Grow 1ml, Micro 2ml, Bloom 3.5ml, Calmag 0.3ml Ppm 648, ec 1293 Day 46 25.03 Watered with 2.5L, 23c Grow 1.5ml, Micro 2,25ml, Bloom 4.5ml EC 1516 PPM 758 Runoff: EC 1675, PPM 840 Defoliation Day 47 26.03 2.5L Grow 2ml, Micro 3ml, Bloom 4.5ml Ppm 836 Ec 1673 Runoff: Ppm 897, Ec 1796 28.03 Day 48 Watered with 2.8L Ec 900 Ppm 450 Grow 1.5ml Micro 1.5ml Bloom 1.5ml, Alga Mic 2ml, Acti Vera 2ml Runoff: Ppm 918, EC 1830

Another week has passed. Buds are getting bigger and fatter. Luckly nutrient burn hasn't spread much and overall she looks healthy. I still have to master feeding techniques. When I noticed that there was some toxicity I decided to flush not just with plain water but added just a bit of organic Alga Bloom nutrient from Plagron in order to give some life to the soil. I flushed twice with Alga Bloom and once with plain water. I guess another reason why she hasn't burnt a lot is that she'd been underfed right before flowering stage. The last runoff was EC 1800, PPM 900 (a bit too much) so I will definitely include plain water waterings and will reduce nutrients amount. It's really hard to keep the temperature not less than 26C inside the box so I have to lover the light intensity and keep the balcony open all the time :)) All dosages are ml per amount of water- not per liter. Day 49 29.03 Watered with 3L Alga bloom 6ml, 1ml Calmag. ppm 391 , EC 782 Runoff: EC 1720, Ppm 862 Day 51 31.03 Watered with 2.8L, Alga Bloom 6ml Ppm400, EC 800 Runoff: ppm 915, EC 1830 Day 52 1.04 Watered with PHed water 3.5L Runoff EC1653, Ppm 827 Day 54 3.04 Calmag 1.5, Micro 1.5, Grow 1, Bloom 2 Ec 940, Ppm470 Runoff: EC 1800, Ppm 900

Buds are getting bigger and bigger. The plant has a very strong smell that hits you in the eyes. Not sure how to describe it but it's extremely pungent sweet/banana-melon/gassy something... why do they call it "cookies" though ?😁 I guess buds are not fully "baked" yet so I'll keep checking😀 I think with this grow I've screwed up the amount of nutrients and feeding schedules. Even though run-offs readings are high (and she keeps growing) she now on day 62 shows signs of deficiencies (fast leaves yellowing and bud leaves edges purpling). Is it because of the nutes lockout?, small flushings?, end of flowering stage?(unlikely) - have no idea. I've decided to switch to organic Plagron Alga Bloom in order not to think about EC and PPM readings and hope she stops yellowing. Enjoy some bud shots in sunlight😋 5.04 day 56 Watered with 2.5l ph water. Runoff 1700, 848 7.04 Day 58 Watered with 2.5L 1ml Grow 2ml Micro 3ml Bloom PPM 500, EC 1000 Runoff PPM 1000, EC 2000 9.04 day 60 Water 2.5L + 2 ml calmag Ec 464, Ppm 232 Runoff ppm 816, Ec 1630 11.04 day 62 2.8l + 8ml Alga Bloom

Hi there, community😊 The plant is doing good. She reacted nicely to the switch to organic nutrients and doesn't show any signs of deficiencies. Some leaves were turning yellow s oI removed them. Yellowing seems to have stopped now. Overall she looks like she's moving to its end but according to the trichomes she still has about 2 weeks to go. Trichomes are so mixed: some are just getting a little cloudy, some of them are already amber and majority are clear. Don't want those ambers!!!!😝 Enjoy some photos of the day 68😎 13.04 Day 64 2.5L + 10ml Alga Bloom. 15.04 Day 66 2.5L + 8.5ml Alga Bloom 17.04 Day 68 2.4L + 8ml Alga Bloom

At the end of the week 10 I didn't expect harvest to come so fast. But she developed completely just in 7 days and today on day 76 from seed she's fully ready. See no point waiting until everything turns cloudy because I might get more of ambers and I don't want it. She's in the closet now for the next 10 days. Will give an update on the dry weight later:) 19.04 Day 70 Water 2.5L + 9ml alga bloom 21.04 Day 72 Plain PHed water. 2.2L no runoff 12/12 133W 23.04 Day 74 Plain water 2L no runoff 25.04 Day 76 Harvest