Blue Lady: 1.Grow-A Study in Green-Ch.2

Hello fellowship of the weed. After being a long time lurker here it's finally time to put all the informations I gleaned from other diaries to use and start my own grow. So I build myself a growbox from a wardrobe, ordered 3 different autoflower strains from RQS (Royal Dwarf, Royal Bluematic & Bubble Kush Automatic) and got a 4th one (Royal Creamatic) for free. I settled for Autoflowers, because my growbox is a bit short and Autos tend to stay shorter 😜 As my growbox has exactly the space for four 11 liter (3 gal) pots I decided to give each strain a chance and lets see which ones are resilient enough to survive me. Each strain will be covered in its own Grow Diary, so this is Chapter 2 of my "Study in Green": So Blue Setup ===== The wardrobe I turned into a growbox measures 50cm x 80cm x 165cm (20"x32"x65") on its inside The walls are lined with reflective sheets, the doors sealed for smell and light A 5" inline ventilator (220m³/h) with a fitting carbon scrubber Two passive intake holes covered with grills and filter padding against dust and pests Grow light is a Niello 300W (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06Y2YN7GV) with 60pcs 5Watt Bridgelux/Epileds (draws 133W for real), seems very similar to a Viparspectra 300W One 8" fan for internal air circulation This setup has cost me about €400,-. It is light and smell tight, looking innocent when closed, only the ventilation is a bit louder than I am comfortable with... Soil & Nutrients ============= I am using a 50:50 mix of BioBizz Light:All Mix, as I read the All Mix might be too "hot" for autos. I will be using the BioBizz nutes with the All Mix feeding schedule (the one with the lesser amounts as less is more with autos), in the hope the company knows what they are doing ;-) For better drainage I filled in one litre of clay pebbles at the ground of the pots The overall cost for seeds, soil, nutes and estimated energy cost for this grow is €140,- Plans & Goals =========== I plan to use LST and defoliation on my girls. I aim for a yield of 15 to 30 gram (1/2-1 oz) per plant, so 2-4oz in total. If I can harvest those 60 gram minimum yield I aim for, I would have invested the same money in the grow (including the growbox) than for the same amount of weed on the streets here, but now knowing it is 100% clean and biological. Everything above that would be a bonus. As this is my very first grow any comments, tips and suggestions are welcome. And so it begins... Germination ========== I have put the seed in a jiffy pot with soil & perlite, soaked with ph'ed water (tap water is around 8ph) with BioBizz RootJuice and a dose of mykhorriza. After 3 days the first 3 girls of the study broke the earth, marking my Day 1 of the study, the Dwarf followed 2 Days later. I am very exited and a bit nervous...

The blue Ladie is developing wonderfully. Doubled her height, looks green and lush 😍 I hope she continues and will make me proud. On day 14 I have given her her final home and watered her with RootJuice, Mykorrhiza and the other BioBizz nutes to make her comfortable 😉 I put her a bit off center to have a bit room for the intended LST The journay continues...

Day 18: The Blue Lady is my pride, the prettiest girl in the box 😍 Her grow structure is awesome and she is growing fast and lush First side branches show and she looks healthy I think I can start with the LST on the weekend No watering since I transplanted her in her final home, the soil is still moist, so no nutes either so far ------- Day 21: Isn't she gorgeous? 😍 It is such a pleasure to see the bluematic Lady grow... In fact it has a very relaxing effect on me, to open the growbox and just look at them plants... She got another cm height, and her fan leafs really started to spread. So I tried to start the LST. I use rubber coated gardening wire and I have made notches in the outer rim of the pot to give them hold. I don't know if I am doing this right, so if you have any tips or suggestions, they would be greatly appreciated. As a reward for the training and cause the soil was almost dry I gave her 250ml water with (very little) nutes, the first since the repotting a week ago Keep on growing, fellowship of the weed...

Day 25: Such a joy to see the Blue Lady grow, she is really getting bushy now. And she develops a faint smell, not sure how she smells yet, but it is definitly there. Lady Blue reacts good to the LST so far 😍 Soil still not dry enough to water her again, so no water and nutes today ------- Day 28: Boy, she is making me proud and happy 😜 Did a new leap, developing more fan leaves and growth tips I tightened her bondage... errr... LST and took off two leaves touching the ground (to prevent mold) and 3 fan leaves blocking out the light for growth tips Fed her 1 liter of phed water with some nutes today. She is still the prettiest Lady in my box

My beautiful blue Lady 😍 Had to leave my Ladies alone for a few days, was a bit nerveaous about it, but everything was okay when I came back. Only one group picture on the mid week though. On the weekend I found her growing white pistils, so the flowering has started,YAY!!! 👍 I adjusted the LST, opening her up to the light more and gave her 2 liters of water with nutes, she definitly gets more thirsty And she starts to smell, delicious...

My lovely blue Lady 😍 She develops really nice I think, being in a beauty contest with her creamatic sister, who is the prettiest girl in the house 😜 She gets really bushy, I had to take off some fan leaves to give her some room to breathe... All in all it gets a bit crowded in the box now, maybe it was a bit over ambitious to put 4 plants in a growbox with an area of 0.4 m² We will see how it all works out... As this is a very busy time of the year no midweek pics again😱 And sorry for the mishap with the weeks numbering, is there a way to just change the week number or the veg/flower status of a diary entry without deleting the whole week and re-entering it?

I simply love my blue Lady 😍 Had to be away for some days for family affairs, so she ran a bit dry, but she got bushier nonetheles. 😍 Had to take off a few fan leafes as they dried from lack of water and tie her down again! She shows a LOT of bud sites now! I am so happy with that and with her overall appearance. Merry Xmas and a happy new year of growing I wish to all of us!

Winter Is Coming! Outside it's snowing, inside the sugar leafs get frosty 😍 My blue Lady got really bushy and developed a LOT of bud sites. All that is needed now is them to get bigger and fatter and more frosty 😂 Had to tie her down again, but no matter what I do, it seems I can not get an even canopy... I guess thats a matter of practice... Defoliated her a bit and even took off some small buds in places not getting any light... And she got thirstier, gave her a liter every 2nd day I am very excited about how my blue Lady develops and she smells yummie

My beautiful blue Lady 😘 She develops nicely and the number of bud sites is growing and these buds get really frosty now. I tried to capture that with my smartphone, but that proofed difficult, so excuse the poor quality of those pics... Her height growth almost stopped, so no more LST, I think I let her be as she is, so she can develop her buds now. Took some lower leafs off and bud growth that will never see the light, so she can concentrate on the bigger buds 😜 I noticed some leaf yellowing and purple stems on her and my other Ladies, so I looked up my local water quality on the internet, something I should have done in the beginning. As I already knew I have high ph (around 8) and it is "soft water", having low amounts of calcium and magnesia. So I added Canna CalMag Agent to my nutes mix, I hope 1 ml/l will be enough. I water roughly every 2nd to 3rd day a liter now, every 2nd watering with nutrients. Keep on growing folks 👍

My yummie Blue Lady 😍 She looks almost as frosty as her Creamatic sister, and her smell is so nice... No more height growth, so no more LST needed, and buds getting fatter and more frosty. I think she is getting close to harvest, she has less thirst, watered her 2 times a liter, one with nutes one just water. I guess one more week with feeding, then flush and only plain water for another week and then its harvest time... 😎 But we will see, what the trichs tell us

My beautiful Lady Blue 😍 We are coming closer to the finishing line. Her buds get fat and covered in trichomes. She developed a tiny bit of nute burn in the very tips of her leafs, so I cut back on her last feeding at the start of the week. From now on she will get only ph'ed water. The first trichomes are turning amber, about 1% so far. About 30% are nowcloudy, the rest is still clear, so she needs at least 1 more week. OMG, I am so excited, it's hard to wait, but I will until most trichs are cloudy or amber. Folks, what do you think?

I was in hope to take her down this week, but as most of the trichomes are still clear I have to wait at least one more week 😰 The waiting kills me, but I have not tended to my blue Lady for 12 weeks to take her down too early. Well over 50% are still clear, about 5% turned amber, the rest is clowdy But ok, one more week to get her buds even bigger. As I grew organically so far (apart from the CalMag) I decided to not really flush her. I give her only phed water for ten days now, every 3 days about a liter, every other time with FloraKleen to get rid of the nutrient residue. I hope that works as advertised... I am so excited and barely can wait for the harvest and tasting her

My blue Lady plays hard to get...😋 Still most of her trichomes are clear, so I decided to let her live another week, on a diet of phed water with FloraKleen It is hard to wait, but I think it will be worth it, and on the other hand her buds can get a bit fatter still.