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Greetings fellow growmies!
Today is Day 0
Decided to move over to photo's for a change, so popping this Barney's Pineapple Express. It'll be a newish experience for me as I've always run autos. I say "ish" because I did have a supposed auto from a well known reputable breeder some years ago, that turned out to be a photo, but that's a story for another day.
Popped the bean into a coco filled solo pot and will be transferring to a 10l pot when veg is established. Popped on Wednesday, sprouted earlier today. And we're off!
Prepared coco by giving a light soak and allowing it to dry for an hour under the lights before popping the bean and covering it with a foodbag sprayed with water for humidity. I've done this as I have 2 autos in their last couple of weeks of flower and they require way lower humidity.
Until she establishes herself I'll be feeding her filtered water, about 2ml when required and replenishing the food bag with water every 3-4 hours.
Wish me luck on my photo journey!
As ever, thanks for stopping by and showing an interest. It really is appreciated. 🙏
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Greetings fellow growmies!
This is my first proper venture into photos as I've always done auto's in the past.
Today is Day 7
I belong to a helpful Discord group (https://discord.gg/dutchfarmer) that is hosting a Grow Off comp. We are all running two of the same strain, Barney's Farm - Pineapple Express. This diary is the journey of one of those lil beans.
First impression: Good start, germinated in 3 days. Nice green leaves and looks healthy.
Seedling is in a solo pot to start with. I've done this for a couple of reasons, as I'm normally old skool and plant bean straight into the final substrate.
Firstly, I still have 2 auto plants in the tent that are in the late stages of flower where humidity is 40%. Until they are done and removed from the tent I'm using a food bag sprayed with water over the seedling for humidity. This is providing a greenhouse effect with humidity around 85%. Second reason is space within the tent. As well as the 2 flowering plants in 6l and 7l pots, I popped an RQS Special Queen #1 alongside the two Pineapple Express . Once the to autos are done in a week or two, I will be transplanting the seedlings into their final 10l pots.
Throughout the day I'm checking if the food bag needs respraying and whether the solo pot substrate is drying out. When almost dry I've now introduced Canna Start, Canna Rhizotonic and Calmag to the 5.8 PH'd water.
Full details of the strain can be found here: https://www.barneysfarm.com/pineapple-express-609
Wish me luck on my photo journey continues!
As ever, thanks for stopping by and showing an interest. It really is appreciated. 🙏
Please feel free to comment or like my journal.
DutchFarming2024
Greetings fellow growmies!
As mentioned last week, this is my first proper venture into photos as I've always done auto's in the past.
Today is Day 15
I still have an auto plant in the tent that is in the late stages of flower where humidity is 40%. Until it is done and removed from the tent I'm using a food bag sprayed with water over the seedling for humidity. This is providing a greenhouse effect with humidity around 85%.
The remaining auto is almost done, hopefully only a few days away and this lil gal can have a larger living space instead of her plastic prison.
Once healthy and established I will be transplanting the seedling to it's final 10l pot.
Throughout the day I'm checking if the food bag needs respraying and whether the solo pot substrate is drying out. Currently feeding 10ml 5.8 PH'd water containing Canna Start, Canna Rhizotonic and Calmag when required.
Noticed yellowing leaves a few days ago and reckon it was catching too much residual light from the light over my flowering auto. Rearranged grow room and she's looking greener again. Looks like I got to her in time.
Full details of the strain can be found here: https://www.barneysfarm.com/pineapple-express-609
Wish me luck as my photo journey continues!
As ever, thanks for stopping by and showing an interest. It really is appreciated. 🙏
Please feel free to comment or like my journal.
Until next time....
Today is Day 22
The final flowering plant has now gone from the tent and the solo pots can have the room to themselves without their makeshift cloches.
Steady growth over the week. A little in height and mainly the leaves as they start to fan out. The yellowing due to a light issue was rectified last week the leaves have now almost fully recovered. Seems to handle stress really well. At the start of this week I've started on the veg nutes.
Once healthy and established I will be transplanting the seedling into it's final 10l pot.
Wish me luck as my photo journey continues!
As ever, thanks for stopping by and showing an interest. It really is appreciated. 🙏
Please feel free to comment or like my journal.
Until next time....
As mentioned previously, this is my first proper foray into the world of photos as I've always done auto's in the past.
Today is Day 31
Due to an imminent birth in the family and expected extended periods away from the girls I decided to transplant to her final 10l pot. This was to help negate running dry in solo cup.
24 hours from transplant and she has doubled in size. 2 days of slightly paler leaves that I put down to stress. Lowest 2 leaves are yellow but I'm sure they will pick up over the coming week.
Feed is 200ml daily about an inch or so from the stem to encourage the roots to search and stretch to find what they need.
Wish me luck as my photo journey continues!
As ever, thanks for stopping by and showing an interest. It really is appreciated. 🙏
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Until next time....
Today is Day 37.
Nothing to tell. She is healthy and thriving. Long may it continue.
Wish me luck as my photo journey continues!
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Until next time....
Today is Day 43.
Looking healthy so decided to give her her first topping on day 38. Seems to have little effect on her. Happy days! Will leave well alone for a couple of weeks to recover.
Wish me luck as my photo journey continues!
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Until next time....
Today is Day 50.
Going well, Looking healthy. Steady growth. Currently feeding 1 liter every other day.
Wish me luck as my photo journey continues!
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Until next time....
Today is Day 57.
Going well, Looking healthy. Steady growth. Stems thickening, The girl is getting 2l every 2 days.
Another topping and a little LST to keep everything level(ish). Looking forward to flipping in a few weeks.
Wish me luck as my photo journey continues!
As ever, thanks for stopping by and showing an interest. It really is appreciated. 🙏
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Until next time....
Today is Day 64.
Steady growth continues. The girl is getting 1.5l every 2 days. A little less thirsty now.
Continuing LST and defoliation about once a fortnight to give her time to recover.
Wish me luck as my photo journey continues!
As ever, thanks for stopping by and showing an interest. It really is appreciated. 🙏
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Until next time....
Today is Day 71.
Steady growth continues. The girl is getting 1.5l every 2 days. A little less thirsty now. A very sturdy lady with thick branches (hopefully to support the weight of delicious colas later)
Continuing LST and defoliation about once a fortnight to give her time to recover.
Waiting just a little longer until flipping into flower.
Wish me luck as my photo journey continues!
As ever, thanks for stopping by and showing an interest. It really is appreciated. 🙏
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Until next time....
Today is Day 78.
The girl is getting about 1.5l every 2 days. Steady growth continues and a healthy color means all is good.
A little more LST and defoliation as we wait to flip her to flower.
This Pineapple Express grow is part of our Dutch Farmer discord grow-off competition and we will all be flipping at the same time, hopefully very soon.
Wish me luck as my photo journey continues!
As ever, thanks for stopping by and showing an interest. It really is appreciated. 🙏
Please feel free to comment or like my journal.
Until next time....
Today is Day 83
Another week done. I say week, it's 5 days since my last report. Got life stuff to do next few days.
The girl is getting 1l every day now.
Temps have risen over the past week with the tent hitting 29C at times. Doesn't seem to bother her at all.
This Pineapple Express grow is part of our Dutch Farmer discord grow-off competition and we will all be flipping at the same time, hopefully very soon.
Wish me luck as my photo journey continues!
As ever, thanks for stopping by and showing an interest. It really is appreciated. 🙏
Please feel free to comment or like my journal.
Until next time....
Today is Day 92. Day 6 of flower.
Yep you read right I've flipped her into flower.
More news.... I took advantage of the 420 sales to invest in a new light as this is the first time my tent will be truly filled. The ViparSpectra P1000 whilst fine for the veg stage, just wasn't going to cut it for the tent area. My new light is the SCH265 V5 EVO from Invisible Sun Led. This will ensure full flower coverage. Looking forward to seeing the results of this latest tech with new driver and increased red spectrum.
The girl is still getting 1l every day. I'll give her another week before tidying up below the scrog net.
I've moved my fan to below the scrog net to blow up through the canopy.
Temps have lowered to more manageable levels again.
Looking forward to this part of the process. I love the flower stage.
Wish me luck as my photo journey continues!
As ever, thanks for stopping by and showing an interest. It really is appreciated. 🙏
NOTE: For some reason GD has duplicated week 13! It won't let me delete the wk14 duplicate. I do wish they would sort this intermittent issue out. It makes using this site painful.
Today is Day 92. Day 6 of flower.
Yep you read right I've flipped her into flower.
More news.... I took advantage of the 420 sales to invest in a new light as this is the first time my tent will be truly filled. The ViparSpectra P1000 whilst fine for the veg stage, just wasn't going to cut it for the tent area. My new light is the SCH265 V5 EVO from Invisible Sun Led. This will ensure full flower coverage. Looking forward to seeing the results of this latest tech with new driver and increased red spectrum.
The girl is still getting 1l every day. I'll give her another week before tidying up below the scrog net.
I've moved my fan to below the scrog net to blow up through the canopy.
Temps have lowered to more manageable levels again.
Looking forward to this part of the process. I love the flower stage.
Wish me luck as my photo journey continues!
As ever, thanks for stopping by and showing an interest. It really is appreciated. 🙏
Today is Day 98. Day 12 of flower.
The past 12 days has shown impressive stretching as she prepares to bloom.
The girl is still getting 1l every day.
Wish me luck as my photo journey continues!
As ever, thanks for stopping by and showing an interest. It really is appreciated. 🙏
Today is Day 105. Day 19 of flower.
Buds are starting to form
The girl is still getting 1l every day.
Wish me luck as my photo journey continues!
As ever, thanks for stopping by and showing an interest. It really is appreciated. 🙏
Today is Day 113. Day 27 of flower.
Girl is pushing hard. Her flower stretch has continued along with increased growth on bud sites. My other plant that was in the tent has now been harvested leaving the 2 Pineapple express more space to do their thing.
The girl is still getting 1l every day.
Wish me luck as my photo journey continues!
As ever, thanks for stopping by and showing an interest. It really is appreciated. 🙏
I normally do. As explained in previous weeks, I had 2 flowering auto's in the tent when starting 3 seedlings. I'm in an 80x80 tent so 3 seeds directly into 10l pots would have made it cramped in there. Plus using food bags as cloches is easier over solo pots.
Frosted_Nuggets
