Fat Banana Automatic grow diary (journal) week4 by taprootArmy

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emanresUcommentedweek 57 months ago

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.

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taprootArmycommented7 months ago

@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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emanresUcommentedweek 37 months ago

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.

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taprootArmycommented7 months ago

@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

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Inganjawetrustcommentedweek 28 months ago

Best of luck with the grow🌱🌱 The first one is usually the most stressful but also the most memorable ✌️😎💨

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taprootArmycommented8 months ago

@Inganjawetrust, Thanks, not too much stress so far. It is growing well 😁:) Building up the damn box however... god did I curse😤

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Elyxioncommentedweek 18 months ago

Looks nice, I hope #3 will also be a succes, maybe she's just a lil bit shy and needs more time. Good Luck!

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taprootArmycommented8 months ago

@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.

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emanresUcommentedweek 18 months ago

Good luck 👍 😀

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yun23commentedweek 96 months ago

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...

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taprootArmycommented6 months ago

@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

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emanresUcommentedweek 96 months ago

damn, they looks like on crack hah. Nice job man. Don't forget to flush 2-3 weeks before chopping :)

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taprootArmycommented6 months ago

@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

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RasendeRollo92commentedweek 96 months ago

This is definetly a fat banana ! Good luck and happy growing 👊🌱 Enjoy the yield 👍

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taprootArmycommented6 months ago

@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

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boguscommentedweek 67 months ago

Sieht sehr gut aus bei dir. Machst du danach noch einen Grow mit FatBanana Automatic?

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taprootArmycommented7 months ago

@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

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MindFlowers68commentedweek 57 months ago

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!

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taprootArmycommented7 months ago

@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?

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emanresUcommentedweek 57 months ago

Sick LST bruh! I'm curious how your grow is gonna turn out a the end tbh :)

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taprootArmycommented7 months ago

@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.

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Jamescommentedweek 08 months ago

Good luck and happy growing 🌱

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taprootArmycommented8 months ago

@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

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