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Biobizz Light Mix
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taprootArmy taprootArmy
7 months ago
19.04. start germination of 3 freshly bought seeds in waterglass: tap water PH: 6.9 starting water temp: 22°C room temp: 20-22°C glass placed in dark cupboard 21.04. all 3 seeds did germinate in glass one was way ahead with 0.5 cm root. The other two just did crack open and did show a tiny white rooty barely visible - still placed all three in their final 11L pots about 1 fingertip deep left the pots in the room at 22-24°C Did water with the same 6.9PH water from germination glass using spray bottle. first two days probably was way too little water. Only did 3-4 sprays every few hours to keep the surface moist. 23.04. Noticed, that below the surface the earth was quite dry, so I did continue with a lot more sprays till the surface felt really wet, so that the water can perforate into deeper. 24.04. The additional water seemed to work well. All 3 seedlings emerged from the ground in the evening. All 3 were free from seed shell 25.04. Put the seedlings under my SANlight Evo 4x80 at 40% (lamp as high as possible) in the morning Android Photone App did show 20 DLI with 20h light - I chose to set the timer to 18h on and 6h off in a desperate try to reduce the amount of daily light. Huge problems with humidity. cant really get it above 45% without humidifier. Did put a bucket with water into the tent and put a wet towel over it, so that it does touch the water in the middle. it helped to get it from 40-45% in average Did cover the seedlings with an open plastic bottle.. hopefully that bottle does increase humidity inside to at least 50% Room temp 20-24°C Watering every 8h with PH 6.6 tap water. still using spray bottle till the surface feels really wet. 27.04 Nothing changed. Seedling is growing slowly. Guess the low humidity is slowing growth quite a bit, but it is looking good and keeps growing, so I guess it is not too bad. Height: 3.5-4cm
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Grow Questions
taprootArmy
taprootArmystarted grow question 6 months ago
Hi, first grow here. My automatics are at their 16th day above ground. I think I have to top one of my plants to keep her height in check. Where and when should I top her? should I rather only do LST or maybe even wait for now (but they are automatics, so I should be quick?)?
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Techniques. LST
Techniques. Topping
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LSchnabel
LSchnabelanswered grow question 6 months ago
With Autoflowers you want to avoide as much stress to the plant as possible because you are on a set time of growth before its flower. Topping is considered stressful to the plant. However, some people do this and have good success. Personally I always LST my Autoflowers and they turn out amazing. If I were you, I would simply pull down the plant to level out the canopy and keep pulling down the branches as they grow. This will open it up and cause more branches to get better light and in return produce amazing colas all over. You can check out my Banana Purple Punch Diary to see how I LST my plants and then what they grew up to be. I hope this helps.
taprootArmy
taprootArmystarted grow question 6 months ago
Looks like my plants are growing towards the wall and not towards the middle where the light should be the best. Why do the plants behave like that and what should I do? Raise the net, rotate some of the plants, then redo the net? Remove the net completely? leave it as it is?
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Plant. Other
Techniques. ScrOG
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FuzzySnout
FuzzySnoutanswered grow question 6 months ago
Actually plants tend to be taller when there is lack of light... If in the middle you have the brightest light that's normal that branches remain shorter. Plant in the right corner stretched the most in the grow tent corner area. Wild guess - she receives less light because of the fan. Just measure PPFD in different parts of your grow tent and you'll see. You have to rotate plants. Try alternate position of the fan.
taprootArmy
taprootArmystarted grow question 6 months ago
what should I do? history: 21.05. Water with full dose of fertilizer ... 26.05. Soil really dry - Water with half dose of fertilizer 27.05. Plants look super healthy (24°C 55-60%RLF) 28.05. started to droop (27°C 40-45%RLF) 29.05. even worse, (25°C 45%RLF), surface still moist
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Leaves. Other
Plant. Stem - Weak
Plant. Stem - Red or purple
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Organoman
Organomananswered grow question 6 months ago
Make sure to get 10-20% run off each time you irrigate too, this is essential for plant/soil health.
taprootArmy
taprootArmystarted grow question 5 months ago
2 of my 3 plants are a bit yellow-ish at the top since about a week. Plant 1 also had a couple of sick leaves at the bottom that I did remove. Those leaves had brown/dark spots, felt dry like paper, had very purple stems and did smell more like hay. More info in my report.
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Leaves. Wilting
Leaves. Color - Yellow
Leaves. Color - Mottling
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FuzzySnout
FuzzySnoutanswered grow question 5 months ago
Your plants are showing over feeding and deficiency symptoms. You probably have nutrients lock out due to salt build up. Check your run off EC and pH to confirm, flash the medium, adjust feeding.
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emanresU
emanresUweek 5
Your watering seems good. The plants will handle way much better Dry period then overwatering. That's exactly what Im doing with mine flowers since I was overwatering my first-grow. When the leaves wilt/drops then they are just thirsty and it's time for watering. I do this like that with my grow now because of the fungus gnats (so I want dry period all the time tbh) and plants (now in flowering) sucking the water out of the soil like crazy. I water everyday now, around 0.5L water. Maybe bit more, maybe bit less. The pots are light like feathers every second day, completely dry.
taprootArmy
taprootArmy
@emanresU, I am not sure about that. Sure, I wont kill my plants.. But the day where they were extremely drooping, they had almost no growth and then they did need half a day to fully recover. After that, they did grow 3 cm yesterday. So to me it feels like I lost around 1 day of development drying them out like that. You are true that dry is better than overwatering and I am still scared of that, but on the other hand I want to find that sweetspot where they are just able to develop with full power
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emanresU
emanresUweek 3
yo, lookin good. I have just noticed you are using plastic pots (very similar to mine) and the problem with them is that they hold water/humidity/wetness for weeks... I thought Im watering a little bit every 3-4 days but it turns out it's all wet soil under the first 1-2cm of dried soil. I got Fungus Gnats because of that.
taprootArmy
taprootArmy
@emanresU, but isnt that the point to keep the water? If it is evaporating, then it is just increasing humidity. Maybe good in veg, but in flower I'd rather have the water in the pots and not in the air. I dont have any problems with my plastic pots no pests and no soil temp or overwatering issues and watering once a week also saves quite a bit of time fabric pots lying around too, probably will try them in the next grow, but my first impression is that I prefer plastic btw. I have nematodes and neem oil lying around too, so I am prepared IF fungus gnats show up, but in fact I think plastic pots are indeed better against fungus gnats, because you can have a dry surface for much longer as the bottom half stays moist longer = less frequent watering
Inganjawetrust
Inganjawetrustweek 2
Best of luck with the grow🌱🌱 The first one is usually the most stressful but also the most memorable ✌️😎💨
taprootArmy
taprootArmy
@Inganjawetrust, Thanks, not too much stress so far. It is growing well 😁:) Building up the damn box however... god did I curse😤
Elyxion
Elyxionweek 1
Looks nice, I hope #3 will also be a succes, maybe she's just a lil bit shy and needs more time. Good Luck!
taprootArmy
taprootArmy
@Elyxion, Thanks, but plant 3 is not only late. She shows a lot of mutations. Leafs are really deformed, the whole plant is not symmetrical and kinda looks sick. It already started at germination with her strange asymmetrical cotyledons. I might give her a few additional days, but probably will remove her out of fear that the weak plant attracts pests that could also affect the two healthy plants.
emanresU
emanresUweek 1
Good luck 👍 😀
yun23
yun23week 9
I am growing the same on balcony! Your looks great :) But I can say that their genetics are not so stabile, some bushes are little bit different from others for me too...
taprootArmy
taprootArmy
@yun23, thanks. Well, one out of 3 did show mutations at first, but she did turn around and now is my best plant. Did look pretty stable for me - all 3 are complete bangers even though I almost fucked it up in flower and did flush too late..., different phenos are normal as every seed has different gene pool. If you want uniform plants you'll need clones from the same mother
emanresU
emanresUweek 9
damn, they looks like on crack hah. Nice job man. Don't forget to flush 2-3 weeks before chopping :)
taprootArmy
taprootArmy
@emanresU, thanks 😘 Last watering plant 1 already only got a runoff of EC: 0.65, so no real flush necessary. Maybe I dont give any more water at all and let her dry out till the weekend - will decide tomorrow. plant 2+3 get the full dose of fertilizer until bud development slows down significantly and then I try to starve them out during one week
RasendeRollo92
RasendeRollo92week 9
This is definetly a fat banana ! Good luck and happy growing 👊🌱 Enjoy the yield 👍
taprootArmy
taprootArmy
@RasendeRollo92, Thanks man! Have to be a bit more patient though. Will be a few days, maybe even a week until I can harvest the first one. Maybe I will move her into the dark drying tent for 42h. Might speed up the ripening process
bogus
bogusweek 6
Sieht sehr gut aus bei dir. Machst du danach noch einen Grow mit FatBanana Automatic?
taprootArmy
taprootArmy
@bogus, Wenn mir das gefällt, dann schon irgendwann, bis jetzt war es schön zu growen. Aber es warten noch einige Samen in meinem Kühlschrank. Nächster grow wird wahrscheinlich Super Lemon Haze von Green House Seeds oder vielleicht NYC Sour Diesel von RQS/Tyson... noch nicht entschieden
MindFlowers68
MindFlowers68week 5
Your plants are looking nice and healthy. Barely any leaf tip "burn" either, which everyone seems to have at least a little. I think you are watering fine. You keep great track of everything and seems to have everything dialed and are on point. A prolonged dryback could have negative effects but it doesn't look like your plants got at a dangerously dry level that would affect your yield or anything. Sometimes a little stress will produce larger and better quality buds. Have fun growing!
taprootArmy
taprootArmy
@MindFlowers68, thank you for your kind words. 😘 One thing I did notice yesterday is that the drooping starts a few hours before their night time. The whole day the leaves were flat and stiff and around 3-4h before night time the drooping did start. I'll try reducing the amount of light to 18/6.. maybe 4h of recovering isnt enough for the plants and they just become tired before their night time?
emanresU
emanresUweek 5
Sick LST bruh! I'm curious how your grow is gonna turn out a the end tbh :)
taprootArmy
taprootArmy
@emanresU, thanks 😘 Canopy could by more flat/even... currently trying to fill the middle without having to remove the net. I already did damage one or two small shoots while weaving plants into the net, so I'd rather not un- and redo the whole thing. I'd be more gentle at first with my LST next time, but be more harsh later on. Plant 1 (lower amount of LST at first) did react MUCH better than plant 2 (as much LST as I could without having to fear a break) Besides that, pretty pleased with my grow so far.
James
Jamesweek 0
Good luck and happy growing 🌱
taprootArmy
taprootArmy
@James, thanks. growth is a bit slower than I did expect seeing other timelapse videos from more experienced growers, but still ok for first grow I hope. Plant 3 does worry me a bit
Piorkeed
Piorkeedweek 7
Nice growing!
Suemchen
Suemchenweek 7
🤩Looks good: good luck and happy growing👍
WeirdoT
WeirdoTweek 4
Looks good 🙌
bogus
bogusweek 10
Hi, how did it go? How much did you harvest?
Hattiwatti
Hattiwattiweek 1
Looking good 👌 Good Luck for your Journey 🍀