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Blue Afgani - Sticky Fingers
Custom
Outdoor
Room Type
SoG
weeks 14
gaia
weeks 15
LST
weeks 9-11, 14
Topping
weeks 9-11, 14
Soil
Grow medium
peat
Grow medium
mushroom compost
Grow medium
Perlite
Grow medium
worm castings
Grow medium
Black Swallow Living Soil
Grow medium
753 L
Pot Size
9
Week 9. Vegetation
8 months ago
91.44 cm
15 hrs
25 °C
6.4
17 °C
753 L
Nutrients 2
Black Swallow Fertilizer 2.6 mll
Worm Castings top dress 13.02 mll
First time grower here. Not sure on weeks truthfully. Just finished cleaning up all the grass around them and thinning out the bottom a bit. A few pests in the beginning but spraying with a mixture of Neem Oil & Castille Soap seems to have helped. Also had a few inch worms but BTK seems to have fixed that up. I wanted to try using nothing but Black Swallow Living Soil as I heard great things about them but couldn't afford to fill a 3x3x3 hole with the stuff so I just top dressed with a couple bags of it. Running all organic if I can. My lawn has a weird ditch on it so I planted them in that hoping the might be easier to manage when they get taller. For reference the ditch is about a foot deep and the fence is 6'. I imagine things won't be all sunshine and easy growing so I figured I'd join here and lean on the community when I need it!
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10
Week 10. Vegetation
8 months ago
91.44 cm
15 hrs
25 °C
6.4
Weak
17 °C
753 L
Nutrients 3
Black Swallow Fertilizer 2.6 mll
Worm Castings top dress 13.02 mll
Silica Blast - Botanicare
Silica Blast 2.6 mll
Cleaned the girls up a bit and cut all that long grass around them. Apparently I've been using WAY too little fertilizer, time to bump that up and see what happens. All things considered the girls are looking pretty good!
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11
Week 11. Vegetation
7 months ago
114.3 cm
15 hrs
25 °C
6.4
Weak
17 °C
753 L
Nutrients 4
Black Swallow Fertilizer 10.42 mll
Worm Castings top dress 13.02 mll
Silica Blast - Botanicare
Silica Blast 2.6 mll
Crazy week here as hurricane Beryl dumped 4 days torrential rains at times. Broke one of the main stems on the Orange Kush cake (Silica seems to make the stems brittle) but some zip ties seems to be working. Upped the fertilizer considerably as I was really low and hit them with molasses. Orange Kush Cake is turning out to be a beast. Also seeing hairs at the nodes on the Cherry Gar-See Ya already.
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12
Week 12. Vegetation
7 months ago
114.3 cm
15 hrs
25 °C
6.4
Weak
17 °C
753 L
Nutrients 4
Black Swallow Fertilizer 10.42 mll
Worm Castings top dress 13.02 mll
Silica Blast - Botanicare
Silica Blast 2.6 mll
Cherry Gar See-Ya definitely in flower now. Still running upped nutes, increased water from 1 time per week to every 3-4 days
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Week 13. Vegetation
7 months ago
139.7 cm
15 hrs
25 °C
6.4
Weak
17 °C
753 L
Nutrients 4
Black Swallow Fertilizer 10.42 mll
Worm Castings top dress 13.02 mll
Silica Blast - Botanicare
Silica Blast 2.6 mll
Cleaned a lot of the bottom fluff this week. Crazy hot and humid this week. Cherry Gar See-Ya is really dense, I'll likely have mold bud rot towards the end of the season on that one.
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Week 14. Flowering
6 months ago
177.8 cm
15 hrs
25 °C
6.4
Weak
17 °C
753 L
Nutrients 3
Black Swallow Fertilizer 10.42 mll
Worm Castings top dress 13.02 mll
All Purpose - Gaia Green
All Purpose 3.698 mll
Cherry Gar See Ya probably week 2 of flowering? Candy Store R1 looks like it's in pre-flower. The other 2 don't really show any flower yet. A few indicators of leaf septoria on the Cherry, removing as soon as I see it, I knew this strain would be a pain. I need to try and spread it out, way too damn thick. Topped all plants with sheep manure, good enough for the ODG, good enough for me. Orange Kush Cake is sitting almost 7' tall and as big around, sure hope it's good lol.
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15
Week 15. Flowering
6 months ago
177.8 cm
15 hrs
25 °C
6.4
Weak
17 °C
753 L
Nutrients 3
Black Swallow Fertilizer 10.42 mll
Worm Castings top dress 13.02 mll
All Purpose - Gaia Green
All Purpose 3.698 mll
I had to travel for work for 2 weeks, came back to a bunch of leaf septoria, removing leaves as fast as I can and treating with Doktor Doom fungicide. Not finding any sources for something stronger like zerotol or regalia or Bacillus subtilis. If anyone knows better treatment please let me know! So far just the Cherry Gar see-ya and Candy Store R1 has it. Orange kush cake is huge but not really showing any signs of flowering which freaks me out a bit. It's been so wet and humid this year, every few days it pours rain and the other days are crazy humidity.
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