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Hello and welcome to my first grow ever, and with a little luck the first legal harvest in Germany. 😍
Since, like every newbie, I can hardly wait to hold the first self-produced Nugs in my hands, I decided on Autoflowers. And not just any Autoflowers but RQS Epsilon F1 part of "the world's first true F1 hybrid cannabis seeds, which produce a stable, uniform crop every time."
We'll see RQS 😏 its supposed to be the fastest Autoflower in their entire F1 lineup.
I'm excited to see if RQS will deliver what they promised.
I sowed the seeds directly in RQS Soil Plugs, watered them and kept them under a Humidity Dome, at 23C and humidity of 85%, it took almost 72 hours for the seedling to pop its head out of the soil. After another 24 hours in the humidity dome, I planted the seedlings in 11L (3gal) fabric pots that were filled with BioBizz Lightmix soil. I watered the soil 72 hours beforehand to activate the soil life.
AC Infinity Ionboard S22 100W at 40% and 40 Cm Distance
361 PPFD
DLI 23,5
VPD 0,47kPa
Hello Growmies!👋
Its End of Veg Week 1!
Since it's my first grow I can't judge how quickly they develop but I'm surprised by the speed😳. On day 8 I watered 2L per plant, unfortunately I had problems with algae due to the high humidity, so I loosened the top 2cm of soil so that it could dry out better. I will definitely wait a while before watering, but otherwise it was a quiet first week without any problems.
I changed the light cycle from 18/6 to 20/4 but I will wait before increasing the light intensity later to avoid too much stress.
-Light:
-DLI 25,4
-PPFD 354
AVERAGE Week V1
-TEMP : 23,4
-HUMIDITY: 82,2%
-VPD 0,54kPA
Hey Growmies, End of Veg Week 2
I'm still totally amazed at how quickly these plants gain mass. This week I gradually increased the light intensity from 40-60%, measured again with a Photone iPhone14Pro with a self-made diffuser. The plants received slightly more light than they should with PPFD 400 and 30 DLI, but I didn't notice any slowdown in growth or light stress.
The plant developed so well that I decided to start with LST earlier than planned, namely at the end of this week with slight bending.
I noticed from other grow reports here that many of the Epsilon F1s start to pre-flower and stretch at the end of the 3rd week of veg so I wanted to start LST as early as possible. The relative humidity was reduced from 80 to 70% and a VPD of 0.70 - 0.90 kPa was targeted. Now as the leaf mass increases I will increase the temperatures to 25-28 C during the day.
Average V2
-23.7C
-73.8% RLF
-VPD 0.76kPa
This week consisted mainly of LST. The vegetative growth is also very strong despite LST and bending she has grown by 8cm to 20cm.
Average:
Temperature 24C
VPD 0.94
Humidity 67.8
DLI 38
503 PPFD
This week on day 28 I noticed preflowering and brown spots on the leaf tips, at first I suspected calcium deficiency but it turned out it was magnesium deficiency.
I have a negative Cal/Mag ratio and enrich my nutrient solution with Canna Mono Magnesium 7% until it is 4:1 and then with BioBizz Calmag up to 80ml/L Calcium in the Veg
100ml/l in the early flower and 120ml/l in the late flower..
Either I noticed the signs of pre-flowering too late or the plants went into flowering so quickly that I should have increased the Calmag earlier by using organic fertilizer, as it takes a few days until it is fully available to the plants.
The Average this week
VPD : 0,97kPa
Temp: 24,4C
Humidity: 67,9%
This week was characterized by troubleshooting and fixing the magnesium deficiencies.
I used 2 times BioBizz Alg-A-Mic 1ml and 1ml Canna Mono Magnesium mixed as foliar fertilizer before the lights went out
The Alg-A-Mic took effect the next day and slightly yellowed leaf corners turned green again.
In addition, I started fertilizing according to the BioBizz scheme for flowering week 1.
Unfortunately, the plants clearly showed stress in the form of eagle claws.
I increased also the Light to 100% and 45DLI
Average:
VPD: 0,98kPa
Humidity: 67,2
Temp: 24,2C
At the beginning of the week massive problems with magnesium deficiency, 2x foliar fertilization with magnesium and Alg-A mic deficit but the plants started to stretch and you can literally watch them grow.
Average this Week:
Temp: 24,4C
Humidity: 68,2
VPD: 0,97kPa
DLI 38
The plants are still ailing from the effects of the magnesium deficiency but they have not stopped growing and the flowers are getting bigger every day.
I started to feed after BioBizz Week 3, next week I will skip one week at a time and fertilize directly week 5 because of the short flowering time of the strain.
Average
Temp: 22,6C
Humidity: 63,1
VPD: 1,00 kPa
The plants finally seem to be recovering and I'm totally surprised at how quickly the flowers are growing. I fertilized this week after BioBizz week 5 instead of 4.
Light defoliation of the lower leaves and flowers to minimize popcorn buds.
Average:
Temp:22,0C
Humidity: 60,7%
VPD: 1,02
DLI 45
Due to the heavy rain of the last few days, I'm having problems maintaining the perfect VPD because the humidity in the lung room doesn't drop below 55% despite the dehumidifier.
Light intensity increased to 50DLI
Fertilize for the last time this week, BioBizz Week 8 .
Average:
Temp: 22,7C
Humidity: 58,4%
VPD: 1,08
Since I can no longer get the humidity below 58% and the rust spots on some of the sugar leaves are getting bigger, I decided to harvest . Unfortunately I couldn't wait for the perfect time, so luckily I don't have any clear trichomes , about 75% cloudy ones and the rest amber. 67 Day's from Seed to Harvest
Insane4twenty
