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i used a low dose because for my plants even half strength is often too much, this saves nutrients tho.
Around 825ppm, 18 DLI, Ph 6-6,25
thanks to FastBuds and Terra Power!
i used a low dose because for my plants even half strength is often too much, this saves nutrients tho.
Around 825ppm, 18 DLI, Ph 6-6,25
thanks to FastBuds and Terra Power!
no problems at all, as usual if things are dialed in but just as long as it is.
i did not change water yet, i fill it up every morning until water reaches the plastic pot.
The water is ph corrected 5.5-6.5 somewhere around that with the same nutes but in lower concentration so it adds up to 1000ppm
Roots looking good, plant looking good but look close and you can see a nute deficiency coming. most likely because my lazy ass did not change the water yet so i got some pH problems.
but i wasn't paying attention to this yet haha
So my pump malfunctioned and pumped all the water from the bucket to my tent floor. As i saw this i praised whoever came up with the idea of a waterproof tent floor, that saved me!!
i wasn't there to check on the setup for like 2 days so we got some root rot but well, i expected something like that.
Then my pump turned out to be broken, but SOMEHOW i rolled a nat 20 and found the solution to fix it.
BUT the plant still looking fine, i defol them (i should've waited because she's surely stressed but bro, i was stressed too hahaha)
DLI of about 40, i lowered ppm to 650 so she can recover a bit will start to incease ppm again week 6
Yo, yo, yo!
I was away over the weekend (2 days) and when I came home, she was about 1/3 full, so she drank about 5 liters in 2 days. I'm not complaining though, 'cause she also grew a lot of new roots and stretched even bigger, almost filling out the tent. I wasn't planning on that since she's an auto, otherwise, I would've trained her a little differently.
We got 8 really thick and healthy main branches, she topped wonderfully. Just one branch is lagging behind because it was growing when my pump emptied the bucket and filled my tent (week 5, kekw). Since late veg, I've been pruning some tops because they would've just turned into popcorn buds, and I wanted to get big, fat buds this time.
Growing in hydro is really, really fun if you understand how to fix problems and can actually fix them.
I plugged the output of my water pump into the netpot of the plant and I think she really loves that. Now it doesn't matter, even if she gets low on water, the pump will start every time the temperature is above 21 degrees and new, cold, fresh water runs into and out of the netpot. I hope you understand what I mean by that.
I cleaned out the old water (picture 1). Now you can see the low water and filled it up with 1ml/l nutrients from Terra power and calmag from biobizz (picture 2 shows how much I fill it and how much I top it off EVERY morning when I check pH and ppm). I'm getting used to the Terra power products and really like them. They're really strong, but I think they're also really good. I like the products so far and the idea behind them.
I hope the higher nutrient strength is alright for the ztrawberriez, but I'm sure she will handle it fine because she looks NICE. Like really, really healthy. She had some pH problems, but that will be gone in 2 days after the water change. (I refused to change the water regularly because it was such a hassle and I wasted so many nutrients, but since I do it around every 10 days, it makes everything SO MUCH easier. No crazy pH fluctuations, no nutrient problems despite having enough. You get NICE healthy plants as long as the pH fits 5.8-6.5, the water doesn't go above 22 degrees, and fresh water & nutrients every 10 days, you can just watch how the plant grows from day to day.
I'm really high, smoking some cherry cola from fastbuds, by the way, the densest buds I ever grew. So, I wrote a lot, but I'm having a lot of fun growing these ztrawberriez and growing in DWC at all. Thanks for listening (:
Yoyoyoyo
about 40 DLI
ms/cm 1050
20h Light
i defol about 2-5 things every day, not more
water res once every 10 days (lol 💀)
she is growing NICE!
still some problems because the water pumped out in week 5 BUT she is recovering lovely. i should've changed the water in this week too but i was too lazy. Doing full res changes takes me almost an hour disassembling and reassembling. now after writing that out it doesn't seem like much. well..
So she got some interveinal chlorosis so a magnesium problem but im sure its just a pH problem and because the reservoir is so dirty, a lot of rotting plant particles are still in this huge rootball when the top started to degrade and i don't know how to "clean" it properly if you know what i mean.
Im super high, smoked some Apricot Auto from Fastbuds typing gets harder and harder but its fun doing this stuff high 👻
yoyoyo,
This week i cleaned out the water as good as i could (there is still some in the root ball thats hard to get out) pH to 5.8-6.5 added in 1ml/L water Terra Power Fertilizer but no calmag because i wanted to see if the fertilizer alone is enough (it should but i started with 1/5 strength an there she ran into some problems)
I check in every day fill up the reservoir with pH water, cut off everything that blocks light hitting the buds. This is important if you want to get rid of the popcorn buds.
i let some side branches thrive so the middle of the plant is also covered with buds so i get as much covered area as possible so i waste no light and get nice big buds (:
i like some pictures i took, its not as easy because its hard to arrange the hydropot. I wish i could use a scrog-net, i love scrogging.
Yoyoyo, this week was nice, nothing bad happened, i didn't break off any main branches, i fixed all problems AFAIK. I let the burnt up leafs still there as indicator leafs for if needed. At least thats my idea behind it.
please correct me if thats wrong!
I tried to show how i do a reservoir change and a little update on how they developed in a week (:
i put in some description on the pictures so you can read there IF you want! (:
thanks for reading and see you next week!
Update i did some LST (:
yoyo welcome to week 10,
i tried to get the most out of it, this is why I upped the nutes a bit to1.2 E.C. but immediately she got lightly burned tips and i watered it down the next day to about EC 1.
She is SUPER sticky, awesome terp profile, super, super sweet and those are so dense buds, it's week 10, and she is still going strong, with a lot of thick fresh pistils and the buds not stopping budding up. Even the little buds in the middle got so dense, they are not the biggest, and It's hard to show it on pictures but trust me, the buds are dense.
I can't wait to harvest her, but i would say at least 2 more weeks.
Also i encountered a big gooey glob of liquid on the stems where i damaged the branches a bit from the LST, i never saw this before but it was cool!
i removed the clips from the branch so it can recover, those thick branches are not as easy to train haha
I grew with 130W LED and Terra Power nutrients, and i really like them. Its not for absolute beginners because they have so much going on, such in depth fertilizer might not be necesairy but imo if you had some grows and you want to boost plant health, roots, trichomes and mass i can recommend them, i think they work well. (but also sick fastbuds genetics)
yoyo week 11 and maybe 2 more to go, I could cut her right now, but I wanted to try waiting one week more than usual
I let the windows open while checking the plant, so i got a shit ton of pollen stuck to it from random plants and trees.
What can i say, haha.
She is smelling amazing, is really sticky and looks really healthy overall.
There isn't much to do, just the usual daily checks in the morning, pH checking and topping of the water, when E.C. is reaching lower than 0.7
lowering the E.C. was the right thing to do because i can see her developing better, at least i imagine that.
As soon as i open the tent the whole room is smelling like sweet, strawberry cocoa, you guys know "Kaba" ? Well it smells like Erdbeer Kaba mixed with pink bubble gum
Lowering the EC was the right decision because the plant just stacked so much bud over the weekend and drank a LOT, she is looking sooooo good, can't wait to finally harvest and smoke her!!
Yooooooooyoyoyoyoyooooo,
Beginning of week 12. Could i harvest already? Yes. But i want to wait at least one more week until harvest so probably week 13. I read that waiting a week more than usual can boost potency and yield as long as it won't get too hot, but it won't - hopefully lol.
The E.C. was kinda high 1.1
So i partially cleaned the reservoir, emptied about 6 liters and refilled it with pH water
Well the Plant is looking absolutely stunning and is definitely one of the best looking plant i ever grew.
In Reallife she is looking so much better.
Over all trichomes over trichomes, the buds get more and more purple, and they look SO dense, I LOVE IT!
Really good genetic. If i can get my hands on the Photoperiod strains from fastbuds i will grow some mother plants and will try cloning for the first time,
Growing in Deep water culture is awesome. For me, it's more fun than on soil. i want to try coco but if i try coco i will buy something like the autopot system. im too stupid for hand watering and will screw up at some point. the less i have to handwater the lower the risk
Thats for this week, have a wonderful day, and see you next week, cheers!
Finally! it's the Day I've waited for and now i can't believe it's actually done. The plant is hanging in the tent, looking so good. Like she is the prettiest plant i've ever grown. I don't know how to show it better on pictures, but i just upped my weed quality. Super dense, super frosty, SUPER LOUD!
10/10 I LOVE this strain! i can't imagine her being cured hahahaha
Thank you, Fast Buds for providing me the seeds!
Thank you, Terra Power for sending me some fertilizer samples,
You make my growing live a bit better, thanks. Everyone who reads this is legally bound to get high today or hug a loved one. DECIDE.
Cheers