Doing it again, lessons learned

Homegrown79 I am now growing in soil. I have used Coco on my other current grow but I am finding it a lot of hard work in getting the nutrients right. I have been told that soil is more forgiving. Everything else is the same as my current grow other than the grow medium. Loving the research and really getting to grips with the science behind it all.

Homegrown79 After 1 week she is really growing now. I learnt my lesson from my original grow, which is still growing, and I planted her straight into soil. All in all I have 7 plants growing, which is a couple more than I intended, but I'll look forward to them maturing into wonderful plants. I had a bit of an issue with her leaning to one side but I hopefully have corrected that now.

Homegrown79 This is her 3rd week now, and I cannot believe how fast she is growing. I am only putting in half the recommended dose of nutrients due to previous issues. I will increase the dose in about a week. This is becoming a real pleasure to grow.

Homegrown79 I am getting a noticeable smell now in my tent. To put it into perspective, it smells like someone is smoking weed in my tent all day. I am also giving the girls spring water, as our water is fairly hard and full of chlorine and they are coming on great. It's a little bit expensive but I'm finding the end justifies the means. I have started LST too. Perhaps a bit late but she is responding really well. By far this is the most enjoyable grow.

Homegrown79 Everything is going well, touch wood, and my tent is starting to get a bit crowded. LST is helping quite a bit She is a couple of weeks behind the rest but I think another week or two and I'll be forced into putting them into flower. It's more of a space issue than anything else. I may SCROG but unsure.

Homegrown79 So, I have put them into flowering. I didn't really want to put this strain in to early but I have a mixed tent, another noob mistake, but time and space is unfortunately against me. I have managed to get really good photos as I need to move stuff around but I will make it up to you guys next week lol. I am staying with Veg Nutes for the next 2 weeks and I will start adding the flowering nutes in 1 week. This helps from any deficiencies and keeps the ladies growing well.

Homegrown79 Starting to see the changes in the plants now. I stripped the bottom 3rd of excess leaves to help with air flow and also help with getting nutrients to where they need to be. I'm still using all the nutrients but I've now added Canna Flores and 1ml per litre. The next few weeks will be exciting whem I see them developing further.

Homegrown79 Happy New Year Everyone. It's at the business end now and I'm loving every moment of it. I have started giving her PK13-14, as it is supposed to be very beneficial through the flowering stage. It's recommended that I only start with 0.5ml per litre of water and then gradually build up. I keep the bottom 3rd of the plant trimmed to help with the nutrients getting to the essential parts of the plant and also to aid with air flow. I'm hoping that they don't grow too muc more, as they are already knocking on 4 foot high, and that's not including the size of the pot. The smell is not that strong at the moment but when I handle the leaves from trimming WOW! the smell is seriously strong. I'll maybe have to liberate some gloves from work lol. My next section of research will be what I need to do when it comes to flushing the plants, as I believe that can take about 2 weeks. I have found researching at each stage a lot easier, as I'm then not overloading myself with everything all at once because there is a lot of information out there.

Homegrown79 Everything is still going well which I'm happy about. As stated on my other diary I am still watering them with Natural Mineral Water and adjusting the PH to between 5.8 - 6.2 which helps dissolve all the additives in the nutrients, as recommended by Canna particularly whilst I'm using Canna Terra Flores. The buds are growing well and I am seeing subtle changes on a daily basis. The addiction to looking after these plants is getting stronger daily lol. Im almost dreading the harvest, as it'll be the end of looking after these beauties but hopefully the end justifies the means. They seem to be reacting well to the PK13-14 and everything else they are getting fed. My next research task is to find out exactly when I should be flushing the girls, as I understand it takes 2 weeks to fully flush them. I'll search Growdiaries and find the same strains I'm growing and see when they started. Well folks it's been a blast and I'll see you next week for another update. Well to all of my half dozen followers anyway lmao

Homegrown79 As in my other Diary I have added the dehumidifier and it works great. I must admit I thought the flowering growth would of been a bit quicker, and I am thinking that after 5 weeks how much longer. I know that a lot of factors come into play but I'll just have to sit patient. I am also wondering about yeild and what to expect. There's a lot of exciting times ahead.

Homegrown79 Another week has passed and my patients is running thin lol. I was hoping to see more progress with the buds and see then getting a lot larger. However, as stated in my other Diary I still have about 4 weeks left of flowering so hopefully all will be well. I am off on holiday next week so I'll not be posting anything. I'm leaving the babies in trust with another grower.... I just hope to God everything will be alright 😂

Homegrown79 Growing really well now. Had a slight issue with them bending over but all sorted now. No real issues. However, I forgot to mention a few weeks ago that I made a mistake. I would get the PH right and then add my nutrients and then feed the plants. I then learned that I should be adding the nutrients then setting the PH, as doing it the other way would set the PH to nearly 7.0 which doesn't help the plants absorb any of the nutrients. So lessons learned on that front too. The flush starts in 1 week. Can't wait.

Homegrown79 Again, as with my other grow everything is going well. The Trichomes on my Liberty Haze are still very much clear which I'm OK with and it'll be another couple of weeks before the harvest. I'm now looking at the best jars and also humidity pack to keep in the jars for curing. Boveda packs at either 58% or 62% I'm trying to find out which ones will be best. I'll let you know when I find out. Well, that's it for this weeks edition of "How's your garden growing" I'll be back at the earlier time of Tuesday 😂 Good luck fellow growers and have a blessed weekend.

Homegrown79 Well that's it folks. It has come the time for harvest. It was a sad, sad time for me but there's good times ahead. I will fill in all the "harvest" information over the coming days. I am doing a whole plant dry. This will take a little bit longer but the results will be good. Thanks for following along. There will be a new diary coming soon.

Homegrown79 Grow diaries was an invaluable asset to my grow. The level of help for a novice grower was more than I ever expected.