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1. Week
4 days acclimated in Probagator inside my tent by using a very cold Spektrum LED 60 W above the Probagator.
All of them were really love it. Fast development - healthy & happy appearance…
Using SanLights Daylight Circle for my very beloved ones…
Vegetation Phase:
Morning sunrise 🌅 by using my 8 LED Stripes in the corners of my tent 🏕️ with very low power supply a very cold spectrum modification’s - deep blue and full spectrum white from Samsung. I’ve got an automated Timer controlled set up for them. Plus I set up the Daylight Circle from my SanLights EVO 4 - 80 19 hours a day and let it raise up in the morning hour 1 sunrise 0 - 20 % and after 8 hours up to 23 % and slowly down to hour 18 to 20 % again to sunset 🌇 0 %.
It works very well and I’m very happy and proud of my decision to spent a little more money now for better lights - so happy plants 🌱🤣.
Before I was working on 2 Chinese Viparspectra P 1000. It was ok for the beginning, but really no comparison to Sanlights!!!
I prepared my super soil once again, by using cannazym with every watering periodically, so the substrate changes old root parts into sugar and so on…
Also I prepared the substrate by using Biotabs series: Starttrex - Bactrex - Mycotrex - and 3 pieces of Biotabs for each 17 l felt shoe 👟.
BUT:
This time I made a little mistake, cause I didn’t thought that it would be that much powerful as it becomes after three times of growing runs till now. I put the tabs 1 week to early in the substrate. So 2 plants 🌱 of them had at day 9 a little to much of nitrogen. But @ the end it was no problem and the became also strong and healthy appearance… so my advice, if you use Biotabs:
Put them a little later in the soil, all the more you had used your soil many times by reprocessing every time.
It was very exiting to follow their development rate. First I thought, that I would really got troubles this time, cause of a little to much activity in their substrate. But:
“Don’t panic, it’s organic.”
As I saw them although growing very fast, I decided to cut the 2 horrible parts of the leafs. So they don’t waste time and energy on trying to repair their little damage on 2 parts of finger leafs….
…still very fast growing and development. But still 2 of them were showing some signs of too much nitrogen @ the top of the leafs.
Anyway no problem @ all!
Watering as always by using my fermentation system to aerate the irrigation water, for more efficiency in my bio super soil…
Everything was fine. So I started to bath each pot by using a fermentation nutrient by using beneficial bacteria, mycobacteria, some Orgatrex, different mycorrhiza's as 36 hours fermented potions with 2 liters/pot.
Oh I forget to tell You, as You can see in the Video the water drops 💦 on the surfaces of their leafs @ day 23 I used Boom Boom Spray too for preparing the next stage of powerful photosynthesis by raising up my SanLights @ 300 µmol/m² s.
Second video was @ day 26. I raised up a little natural CO2 from 450 ppm to 550 ppm. So they were prepared for more powerful photosynthesis coming up the next days…
Critical Orange Punch and Amnesia Zkittlez showed some typical nutritional sensitivities some phenotypes of Sativa dominated strains can show @ the way to powering up the system. Light tops on the head of the leaf area.
But again:
“Don’t panic, it’s organic.”
Also @ day 26 I started with my preferred technique of LST by mainly just pull down a little, the biggest fan leafs, so the little Life-hungry drives were able to came through and got enough homogeneous ppfd for uniform growth rate too.
Beginning of week number 4 @ day 28.
One session of Boom Boom Spray again, to anti stress them directly over absorbing nutrients and hormones through their leafs (capillary effects). It works within 2 hours after sunrises 🌅. So they were very excited @ the next days morning and nearby didn’t care about what my plans whatever have been.
Strawnanas beginning of pre-flowering.
From day 30 I was not moving my SanLights up. I intentionally delayed the SanLights position because I wanted to keep both Strawnanas smaller and stockier. Because I knew that AZ & COP would be at least 1.20 m tall and need a lot of bushy space. (17 l pots = huge harvest!)
And so they got their signal to think, there is no need to hurry up by stretching much more, so they started to pre- flowering.
Amnesia-Zkittlez and Critical Orange Punch didn’t care about this, but I knew this before. They are always very dominant strains in the round. So I was able to use my available space very precisely in my perfectly thought-out Growing set up.
From day 35 on I started to keep the regularly space between Lamp and plants.
Also on day 35 I was using again an 36 hours fermented potions of 5 ml Orgatrex pro Liter adding:
1 Tea Spoon Bactrex
1 Tea Spoon Mycorrhizal Inoculant from DYNOMYCO - High-Performance Strains
1 Tea Spoon Neudorff Mycco-Vital
and 2,5 ml pro Liter Cannazym.
From the first fermented potion till today, I added just Cannazym every time I was watering my babies with aerated water 💦.
Plant development was still very fast growing, very strong beautiful leafs. Very nice finger shape and absolutely no issues @ all. At the end of week 5, I raised up my Sanlight Power from mornings to midday maximum 75 % so that means exactly 750 µmol m-2 s-1 with SanLights. And I started to push them too by using more CO 2 up to 650 - 750 ppm.
Flowering Week 2
Developing very well and beautiful homogeneous shape. Daily’s pot turning around, so the weakest parts of each plant are able to get more ppfd to become stronger and same abilities than the rest.
Also again once a week:
LST & Lollipping all around
By the way I got today my next supply of premium Seeds from Fast Buds 420.
It’s a very potent very new Sativa dominant Strain called:
SOUR JEALOUSY
Up to 1,50 m
29 % THC !!!
And You know what? Since I found Fast Buds, and I tried all of the most popular brands, I really can recommend, that fast buds deliver the next generation of Auto-Flowers. If your conditions are stable and you know what you are why doing, this plants will never disappoint your expectations!! I can tell. So the question of investing a little more money, is no question anymore - for me.
Some of you may have wondered:
Why do I use CO2 at average 950 ppfd μmol/m2/s (moral flow)?
The answer is quite simple. Because of lack of space in some regions of my cultivation area, I simply cannot keep the ideal distance to my Sanlight high-performance lamp, due to some height growth of various strains. And so some of the main colas have ppfd values of 1250 μmol/m2/s and even more...
So this is how I manage to achieve and compensate for such high radiation levels even with a CO 2 balance. And I have to say, my strategy to avoid various light stress symptoms works just fabulously. In combination with CO 2 implementation, my babies are simply unbeatably insensitive to light. Thats it!
Beginning of 3rd week flowering:
Again feeding my babies by 36 hours fermented potions of Bio Tabs Kompost Tea PK-Booster (15 g pro Liter) and added:
5ml Orgatrex/Liter
1 Spoon of Bactrex
1 Spoon of Mycotrex
1 Spoon of Mycco-Vital
1 Spoon of Dynomyco
A little tip for those who are interested in small modifications that have a big difference or influence - on the result - effect - beauty - health - taste! Before adding microorganisms or beneficial bacteria or Mycorrizae and Trichodermas, please use oxygen-saturated water. On the one hand, unwanted chlorine gases evaporate and the small world of the microbiome becomes even faster and more rewarding in compost tea to sprout.
Last but not least for this week, I would like to introduce my reasons, why I prefer growing biologically and sustainably.
First of all, it’s something which suits very well in these times/days we are living now. Sustainability is a big need and task for our planet. 🌎 Nature means life. Our home, the air we breathe and everything that surrounds us. Not just today. Hopefully tomorrow as well.
Maybe I'm starting to protect our environment on a small scale, but maybe I can also make a big difference at all.
If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change...
I thought about what’s the difference, between Mineral Feeding and Super Soil Feeding.
It’s very easy. Biologically Growing is a similar process than the natural soil activities out there in the lap of nature’s. So plants has to work and interact with the microorganisms and microbiomic communities in the soil. So the plants will never get lazy like the lazy ones of mineral feeding growers.
If you grow biologically, you will feed the soil first and the microorganisms will support every parameter next to your plant conditions. And that will generate an unbelievable spectrum of Terpenes and Trichomes you will never forget.
It’s the same comparison, when you daily visit McDonalds and you eat only fast food. How does your body and mind react on this shit for money?!?!
May I invite you to think about it…
See you next week dear Growmies! Have a nice Weekend and take care…
Peace out!
Addendum for Day 53:
At the moment we unfortunately have another winter onset here in Germany. This means that I am forced to take additional heating measures due to structural facts in order to be able to keep the temperatures constant. After all, just tonight the thermometer climbs again to -1 degree Celsius.
In addition, my exhaust air system runs out of my bedroom terrace and I therefore grow winter and summer with the patio door open. Well, sometimes I experience real weather-related challenges. But all in all, no problem...
"Where there's a will, there's a way."
Addendum to pouring out the fermented PK tea: I always administer half a liter of lukewarm aerated water with 3.5 ml of cannazyme per liter to each plant. This means that the "root machine" is not supplied with supplies unprepared and the nutrient solution can thus also be better distributed in the soil. Since I also work with cloth shoes, I spray them evenly moistened everywhere with water that is also warm before pouring them out from the outside. This has the advantage that the moisture stays where it should: in the pot!
... I did the math today ;-) We are still in week 7 until this Friday. And week 8 starts on Friday! OMG... still so much time yeahh!
Today my Fast Buds Sour Jealousy and Sweet Seeds Big Devil and Dark Devil Automatics arrived. I'm looking forward to it.
This time Fast Buds next Time Sweet Seeds. Love them too. Very beautiful genetics.
Today a review video of the beginning of week 3.
At the time of the pictures, I had minor signs of nitrogen excess. (Light peaks first at the crown of the roof and then slightly continuing to the middle section.) I then painstakingly racked my brains as to why this could be. I found that very slight dry spots had formed and therefore the root found small accumulations of nitrogen that caused its problems. But then, when I carefully homogeneously checked the moisture content in the substrate, the problem evaporated again. However, they had not shown any loss of growth rate during this time. Nevertheless, they developed as expected.
They Strawnanas had no problem with that.
In the end, I always have a hard time killing them. But I guess that's the way things go.
We live and die.
We come and go.
But it's not there yet. ;-)
Tomorrow is day 56.
Tomorrow’s updating day!
Can't wait to see their progress.
Have a good time and see you tomorrow… 🏽🕊️
🏽 ☮️🕊️
Addendum @ Day 1 - Week 9
Hello dear Growmies!
Today I'm back on day 1 of week 9. The sun has just risen and I was able to notice that they are now very thirsty and demand more and more. Today I then have an aired Cannazym injection 2 l per plant.
Everything is going well so far. I let Co 2 phase out slowly. Also, my corners only shine warm red/deep red. However, at full strength. I have reduced the SanLights dimmed down to 90% from today until Monday evening.
... I want to let them transpire again in front of her last fermented compost tea, relaxed and breathe deeply.
I was very positively surprised by my Dutch Passion sidekick. Super robust genetics. Also very reliable. I will also take a closer look at their portfolio in the future.
"The true meaning of life is to plant trees under whose shade one does not expect to sit." ...
Addendum @ Day 63:
So far everything is going well. All the girls are still very diligent and have only been watered enzyme-rich since Monday.
Slowly, the first signs of harvest day are emerging.
I think on Sunday, I'll turn off my light system and then leave it relatively dry for another two days in complete darkness. And then off to the drying net at 62% humidity.
But all in good time and good conditions.
meanwhile my Sanlight only runs at 80%, but that's still enough power for my big voluptuous ladies. In addition, there is also the completely great and summery warm spring to Germany. And so now I want to lower the temperatures a bit during "daytime" the last few days to protect the trichomes. And once again, I was able to learn a lot. It was also a great pleasure for me to see the different strains in their different developments.
I am also very happy to have found a nice place here on this wonderful platform for plant lovers. With so many wonderful people and their way of dealing with this plant, yes I find that fascinating...!
Today finally the time had come…
Unbelievably voracious yielding monster - extremely fast growth rate - stable genetics, but extraordinarily high THC content and a fabulous smell and taste experience! Fast Buds, as before absolutely top! Your selection so far unbeatable in every respect! 👍
Always tall, homogeneous, robust stature - super sativa turn in 70 days - sativas a little more sensitive to nutrients.
This time she was a bit fussy about feeding. She wanted to eat sparingly. The harvest was ok, but AZ wasn't as generous this time as she were in the run before.
Dutch Passion - Critical Orange Punch 🥊 the big surprise in this run!
Super great genetics, I can only recommend... Bravo! Absolutely top yield, appearance, smell and taste.