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Soaked in spring water for 16 hours then placed in paper towels
Has been in paper towels for 12 hours.
All have started to crack and starting to show tap root.
Seedlings in solo cups go in a Stealth Box Grow Cabinet until they're established.
03/18
Light on 24 hrs
Posted pics of tap roots and 1 coming up from solo cup.
03/19
Posted pics.
All seeds have broken ground, 1 plant so far showing cotyledons.
03/20
Posted a picture of all 4 standing, 3 waiting for cotyledons to emerge and drop shell.
03/21
Light set to 18/6
Posted updated pics of seedlings, all cotyledons are now exposed.
2 of the plants I had to aid the seed shell off.
1 of the other plants cotyledons were stuck together from membrane sticking to them, I was able to remove the membrane and cotyledons are now free.
The last plant had just a piece of dried membrane on 1 of the cotyledons, was able to remove.
My tap roots were a little long when I planted them and planting them a little to shallow is what I'm contributing to the shells or membrane sticking to each of them.
03/24
Posted pic of growth since last update.
Continuing to water with spray bottle 1-2 times daily.
Tempature: 77
Humidity: 67%
First grow in this tent!
Spider Farmer Pro 2x4, 55"x28"x80"
Spider Farmer SE4500
Ventilation and Automation by the best in the industry, AC Infinity! T6 Exhaust, T4 Intake, and Cloudray Oscillating Fans.
Going to try out the ACI self-watering bases this grow, using 3 gallon pots. Don't ask me why but I love 3 gallon pots!
I noticed 3 of the 4 plants were drooping and after the 3rd day of no improvement I decided to transplant each plant from solo cups into 2 quarts of 100% Happy Frog.
When transplanting I found the solo cups to already be full of roots and is what I contribute to the droop.
I found this odd because normally I transplant directly from solo cups to final 3 gallon pot and normally plants are much bigger.
I could of transplanted into final 3 gallon pots but I did not know how developed roots were until I pulled them and I did not have my 3 gallon mix made yet so I just put in the 1/2 gallon pots I had ready to go.
I usually transplant once and start my 1st veg week when they are in the 3 gallon from the solo cups but because of the circumstances I'm considering this my 1st week of veg.
Looking much better 30 hours after transplant.
Split pictures, left side is day of transplant and right side is 30 hours after transplant.
They're in a Stealth Box metal grow cabinet until ready for 3 gallon pots, then they will go to the SF Tent under the SF SE4500.
Sorry for the late update, I had a major utility line failure.
I moved plants in the 2 quart pots from Stealth Box to Tent in the middle of week 1 Veg.
Week 2 Veg Update Below:
I transplanted into 3 gallon AC Infinity pots at the beginning of Week 2 Veg with 2 parts Ocean Forest to 1 part Happy Frog.
I'm not using the ACI self watering bases yet, I'm watering from the top by hand for now.
I had a humidifier failure that negatively impacted the plants.
I've never used the SE4500 before and 3 of the plants showed light stress, it took a bit to dial it in but I found a sweet spot that the plants respond well to while being able to keep temps in check.
Light is 30" over canopy and dimmed to 4 of 10.
Do to my utility emergency, I did not take any pictures or post anything for Week 3 Veg. Week 3 Veg was just recovery and I started feeding Flora Micro, Gro, Bloom, and CALiMAGic beginning of week 3 Veg.
Just started week 4 Veg and topped plants, took a bit more off 2 of them so they would be the same height as the other 2.
Light at 30" above canopy, dimmed to 4 of 10.
With everything the plants have been through, they are looking pretty decent now. You can see some of the stress they were under in some of the pictures. I have 1 though that is a bit smaller then the rest that I may move to a Stealth Box to spend it's life in but I haven't decided yet. I think the tent may be better for a max of 3 plants, especially now that I've topped and will be setting up SCROG.
Start of Week 5
Light dimmed to 4 of 10
Plants are developing fast now that they've had a few days to recover from being topped.
The bottom/side branches were growing quite fast from a young age, almost like they were topped from the start. I'm excited to see what happens now that they're topped and will be training more soon, I'm hopeful for lots of buds sights and a full tent!
Watered from the top for the last time, will be using ACI self-watering bases starting tomorrow.
Increased FloraMicro, Gro, and Bloom.
I plan to move the smallest plant to a Stealth Box soon, tent will be a little crowded with 4 plants once they grow more and the SCROG goes up.
04/29 Update
Responding and developing nicely to being topped.
I decided to keep only 3 plants in the tent.
I transplanted 1 plant from a 3 gallon to a 2 gallon. The 3 gallon is to tall for the Stealth Box so that's why I needed to go to a smaller pot. It won't be in veg as long as the tent plants do to the height limitations of the Stealth Box.
Started using ACI Self-Watering bases.
Picture with 3 plants in tent are the newest. Plant in Stealth Box looks droopy but it is just recovering from being transplanted within the last 24 hours.
4/30 Update
Posted pictures of Stealth Box plant. Stealth Box Plant is looking a lot better, now that it's had another day to recover from transplant.
Light dimmed to 4 of 10.
Happy with how they're developing.
2 of the plants were not taking water from the self-watering bases last week, I'm assuming the roots did not quite reach far enough yet. They are all now taking water from the self-watering bases.
I setup the SCROG net today and I don't like how there's no support for the net other then the corners, this causes the non supported areas to bow in and quite of bit of tent does not benefit from the net.
I started looking around the house, in storage, etc and I came across a small plastic frame that had string ran through it and when assembled it looked like a mini tent or dog house or something, was only 40"x30" and didn't have the fabric that goes on it.
What it did have though was straight pieces, corner pieces, and couplers. I cut the string and laid out the pieces, measured it out, cut my pieces, built 2 supports for the middle and assembled in the tent. I took my net and zip tied it to the frame I made.
I have it so the corner pieces wrap around the tent frame, rather then sitting inside it. The frame I made puts enough pressure on the tent frame and holds it in place with no extra hangers or anything.
Huge win today!
Light dimmed to 4 of 10
Everything has been going pretty well, just waiting for growth so I can keep tucking to fill the net.
I was trying to figure out how I was going to clean the self-watering bases since the plants are in the scrog net, making it harder to lift them off the bases.
I made some stands that are the same height as the self-watering bases so I can slide the bases out easier with the scrog in place.
Stealth Box plant was flipped to flower.
Start of Week
Light dimmed to 4 of 10
No changes to nutrient levels, everything is responding well.
I've been trying to figure out the best way to use these self-watering bases and this is what I've come up with.
I fill the bases with water/nutes and once the plants use up all the water, I water by hand from the top for 4-7 days. I do this in order to keep salt buildup to a minimum on the fabric pots.
Start of Week
Light dimmed to 4 of 10
Tons of growth, especially the plant on ghe left.
Defoliated below the net.
Will be flipping to flower next week.
06/02
Beginning of Week 1 flower, first day at 12/12
Watered from top with no nutes, I do this once a week when the ACI self-watering bases are empty.
Each plant has been taking 1 gallon every 6-7 days from the self-watering bases.
I ordered Spider Farmer UV and IR supplement bars, they have not arrived yet but I'll be putting them up as soon as they're here.
06/09
Start of Week]
Light dimmed to 4 of 10
Growing more and more everyday!
Still taking same amount of water, approx 1 gallon each plant through the self-watering bases weekly.
Will be doing a major defoliation next week.
Trying new nutrients for another grow so decided to use the Liquid Karma I purchased for that grow on these plants, just curious if I see any benefits compared to just using the Flora Series.
06/16
Start of Week
Light dimmed to 4 of 10
Added Spider Farmer UV, IR, and Deep Red Supplement Bars.
Deep Red is running same schedule as main SE4500 light.
UV is set to come on for 5 minutes every hour during the time the main light is on.
IR is set to run 15 minutes before lights on and 15 minutes after lights off.
Week 3 flower/last defoliation.
Lowered Flora Grow nutes from 5 ml to 2.5 ml
Raised Flora Bloom nutes from 5 ml to 7.5 .
06/17
Raised light intensity from 40% to 60%
06/23
Start of Week
Light dimmed to 60%
On 06/26 half way through the day, I changed UV Bars to 10 minutes ON every hour, I'll keep an eye out to make sure they had enough time to adjust and are able to handle the extra 5 minutes every hour.
Deep Red Bars are still on for the entire time the main light is on, 12 hrs a day.
IR is running 15 minutes before lights on, 15 minutes after lights off, and off during lights on.
Plants quickly recovered and grew a lot of fan leaves since last weeks defoliation.
Removed Liquid Karma from nutrient schedule, want to save it for my other grow.
06/30
Start of Week
SE4500 light, raised intensity from 60%-70%
Deep Red Supplement Bar running same schedule as SE4500
UV Supplement Bar running 10 minutes ON, 50 minutes OFF
IR Supplement Bar runs 30 minutes per day, ON for 15 minutes before main lights come on and 15 minutes after main lights off.
Increased Flora Bloom from 7.5 ml/gal to 10 ml/gal
Taking more water now, having to fill self-watering bases every 4 days.
Plants are coming along but still have a long way to go!
I wish so many leaves wouldn't of grown back from the week 3 defoliation but at the same time, impressed how many and fast they grew back!
07/07
Start of Week
SE4500 light dimmed to 70%
Deep Red Supplement Bar running same schedule as SE4500
UV Supplement Bar running 10 minutes ON, 50 minutes OFF, during main light on.
IR Supplement Bar runs 30 minutes per day, ON for 15 minutes before main lights come on and 15 minutes after main lights off.
Plants are drinking 1 gallon of water every 4 days.
Starting to fill out but still a long way to go.
07/14
Start of Week
SE4500 dimmed to 80%, 10% increase from last week.
UV/IR/Deep red, me schedule as last week.
Buds are developing nicely, some purple starting to come in.
Middle and left plant increased water uptake, was at 1 gallon every 4 days and now it's every 3 days.
Right plant slowed uptake, was at 1 gallon every 4 days and now every 5 days.
07/21
Start of Week
SE4500 dimmed back down to 70%, 80% was making temps higher then I wanted.
UV/IR/Deep red, me schedule as last week.
Middle and Left plant are still drinking quite a bit.
Will be adding General Hydroponics Liquid KoolBloom to the mix soon.
Some very pretty purple buds developing, really looking nice!
07/28
Start of Week
SE4500 dimmed to 70%
UV/IR/Deep Red Supplement Bars same schedule as last week.
Added AC Infinity Ionbeam S16 to bottom of tent, shining up.
I'm trying to reduce the amount of underdeveloped buds on the lower parts of the plant. If it helps a fair amount, I will add to my other tents.
Started General Hydroponics Liquid KoolBloom at 3 ml/gal.
Reduced FloraBloom from 10 ml/gal to 8 ml/gal.
08/04
Start of Week
SE4500 dimmed to 80%
UV/IR/Deep Red Supplement Bars same schedule as last week.
Still looks like they have a couple weeks left.
Right plant leaves turned Rainbow First and now the middle plant is and soon probably the left plant.
Kind of neat it's traveling from 1 side to the other.
08/11
Start of Week
Lowered SE4500 intensity from 80% to 70%
UV/IR/DR supplement bars same schedule as last week.
Flowering time on these seem pretty long.
I harvested this same strain from a small Stealth Box 1 Week ago, that was at 15 weeks of flowering and amber trichomes didn't show up until the last week.
08/18
Start of Week
Se4500 at 70%
UV/IR/DR supplement bars same schedule as last week.
The AC Infinity Ionbeam S16 I installed at the bottom of the net seem to be helping.
Lowered Flora Micro from 5 ml/gal to 2.5 ml/gal
Lowered Flora Gro from 2.5 ml/gal to 1.25 ml/gal
Right side plant is about done, not taking up as much water anymore.
Middle plant is still taking a bit of water bu has slowed down.
Left side plant still guzzling away.
Beautiful buds!
Biggest issue I ran into was how thick the foliage was and how fast it grew back.
Everything went really well, would definitely grow again.
Buds pack on the weight, nice and dense.
Harvested on 08/26
The smallest, most mature plant in the tent started foxtailing (shown in pics) so I decided to harvest them all. Foxtailing because it was a little over ripe. Was waiting for some Amber Trichomes but they never came.
I had a 4th RB x Okie I was growing in a 20"x20"x36" Stealth Box because 4 plants was to many for the tent.
I harvest that plant 2 weeks ago. It is now dried and trimmed. I pulled 4.1 ounces from that plant in that tiny space and a 2 gallon pot. It amazed me!!! I didn't do anything special... just topped, used Flora Series nutrients, and an AC Infinity Self-watering base. I even eneded up bending the plant all over the place to keep it away from the light. It went through a lot but it seems the stress may have encouraged the high yield from that plant.
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