PainHarvester Hey my dear growers,
Now I'm going to get straight to the point like my seeds into the glass.
I must unfortunately admit that I have neither equipment nor prior experience. But I do have a lot of motivation and creativity.
So please forgive any mistakes that may arise, and I would be thrilled to receive constructive criticism, meaningful assistance, and lively discussions.
Oh, I noticed that I'm leading this block strangely; this is germination and the first week xd
In this text block, I'm mainly trying to provide a rough overview; side stories will always come with the videos and pictures as far as I can manage within the limited text volume. Maybe there will be some little footnotes down here; those who read further will see.
So, reminder: first plant cultivation ever 😇 (so mistakes are programmed. Otherwise, there wouldn't be anything for me to learn from. The question isn't how many mistakes, but how fatal.)
As mentioned, I have 3 Heart OG seeds and watched a bit of YouTube to inform myself. On April 27,
I threw the seeds into a glass of water, and when they sank (which one did right away), I put them in a tissue with a pinch of soil (hoping to prevent them from sticking to the tissue) and kept it moist. When the root clearly broke through, I put my babies in way too small pots because I didn't have any soil yet 😆
So I mixed compost soil and dried soil from my garden with wood chips, microwaved it to kill off anything, and stuffed it into the smallest pots possible so I could handle them well. As soon as something was visible, I put them in a cooler and improvised some LEDs above (these only run as a sun replacement to provide around 18 to 22 hours of light). Additionally, I used a half-broken water vaporizer that keeps shutting off and doesn't blow the mist out properly, but I think it was enough and definitely better than hanging wet paper towels.
¹Yeah, first sidenote about the ugly aphids: I saw a weird transparent ball stuck on the leaf of the plant, which I also removed. Was that an egg?
Oh, and of course, I removed the little shit spot (in the truest sense of the word) on the leaf too.
Feel free to take a garden chair and enjoy the sight of a beginner learning everything new and repeating all the old mistakes or letting the best buds flourish with the simplest means.
Best regards, your Heart ladies
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Used method
Glass Of Water
Germination Method
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Week 2. Vegetation
2y ago
1/9
5 cm
Height
19 hrs
Light Schedule
28 °C
Day Air Temp
No Smell
Smell
80 %
Air Humidity
19 °C
Night Air Temp
100 liters
Pot Size
20 liters
Watering Volume
8 cm
Lamp Distance
PainHarvester Hey there!
So this week I made a big upgrade and got myself a new humidifier, but it broke right away due to the high humidity 😱
Because of the uncontrollability of the humidity in such a small space, I built a pretty effective box in my closet (oh, by the way, a little side note: PC fans, no matter how old, are super easy to connect to an old USB cable, and everything is in sane condition).
I also did LST on each plant with an individual "growth plan." Additionally, I watered them all with a "root fertilizer" (blended with water and then sifted out after 20 minutes—so if you see little green things on the ground, that's (so far) not mold).
I found some spider webs and little red bugs in the big painted pot; I've heard something about them before and quickly got rid of them. In the following days, I didn't see any more red spots.
Can anyone tell me how far a plant needs to be to top it?
I don’t want to do it too early to avoid stressing the plant unnecessarily, but also not when the flowering has already started, and I'm afraid I'll miss that window.
Today, on the 9th, I finally got my soil and repotted, but unfortunately, all the taproots broke because my soil mix stuck to the clay pots like dried food (2 of the pots didn’t survive the repotting). I chose clay pots because of their availability and superior air circulation, but I won’t repeat that if I need to repot again.
2 of the plants might need to be repotted again because they are still in 5L pots (plastic), while I found a 7L clay pot for the other one, which I think should be enough.
What do you think? Are the 5L pots sufficient, or do you think I should upgrade to 7L here as well?
Oh, and the soil is the oat soil from Sonnenerde; it seems like a good overall package with a good price-performance ratio. We’ll see how it goes, but the consistency and water-retaining abilities are already appealing to me.
Also, I’ve stopped the LST since the break of the taproot is probably enough stress.
How fatal is it that the taproot is broken?
I also watered with this "willow tea" again, hoping it helps the roots regenerate.
Feel free to sit on a garden chair and enjoy the sight of a beginner learning everything anew and repeating all the old mistakes or making the best buds flourish with the simplest means.
Oh, and one of the USB fans fell on one of the ladies, but she’s tough; the fan just stopped (I really couldn’t find any injuries on the plant, no matter how well I looked). So make sure to secure everything properly because if it had exceeded its actual 16 volts and not just the 5 volts from USB, I would have a 5-gallon salad bowl filled mostly with soil, and we don’t want that.
Best regards, your heart ladies!
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Used techniques
LST
Technique
Liebe
Technique
Forderen
Technique
Drainen
Technique
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Week 3. Flowering
2y ago
8 cm
Height
19 hrs
Light Schedule
24 °C
Day Air Temp
Weak
Smell
80 %
Air Humidity
18 °C
Night Air Temp
10 liters
Pot Size
0.2 liters
Watering Volume
30 cm
Lamp Distance
PainHarvester Thought they had a fungus, but it was probably more the pH 😅😅
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Week 4. Flowering
2y ago
9 cm
Height
20 hrs
Light Schedule
24 °C
Day Air Temp
Weak
Smell
80 %
Air Humidity
18 °C
Night Air Temp
10 liters
Pot Size
0.2 liters
Watering Volume
30 cm
Lamp Distance
PainHarvester I killed the others in a fit of rage with essential oils, and she somehow survived, so she's all I need.
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Week 5. Flowering
2y ago
10 cm
Height
20 hrs
Light Schedule
24 °C
Day Air Temp
Weak
Smell
80 %
Air Humidity
18 °C
Night Air Temp
3.5 liters
Pot Size
0.3 liters
Watering Volume
30 cm
Lamp Distance
PainHarvester I put her in a mini pot and placed her on the windowsill, but unfortunately, more effort doesn't pay off with her.