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Hey everyone, welcome to my girlfriend and I's first grow together (and her first grow). A key thing to keep in mind while going through this diary is that every photo that is on the left is my girlfriend's plant and every photo on the right is my plant.
We're going to be using a Advanced Nutrients fertilizers in this grow.
I know we can fit more plants in the tent but we're in a new area and want to test how strong the odor will be before growing a bigger amount. Any tips with dealing with the odor would be very beneficial!
UPDATE: One of the Mango OG's didn't survive so we decided to germinate 2 new seeds which we will record their progress in a new diary, for this diary we will just document the Mango OG that survived.
28-07-2024: Prepped seeds for germination, we will be uploading an update once we see any growth the next upcoming days
30-07-2024: Seeds have sprouted, will move them into the tent by end of the day or the upcoming morning
31-07-2024: Going to place seeds into tent
31-07-2024: Placed seeds into tent
End of the week recap: Germinated easily and wonderfully, hoping these phenotypes are going to provide a high yield with high thc %, this is going to be the first time we grow Mango OG or any strain from Humboldt Seed Org.
For the first week we won't be feeding her much nutrients, we will be introducing those by the second week.
[Day 1] 02-08-2024: Seeing light for the first time
[Day 2] 03-08-2024: First few leaves
[Day 3] 04-08-2024: Growing stronger
[Day 4] 05-08-2024: Progress..
[Day 5] 06-08-2024: Progress..
[Day 6] 07-08-2024: One of the cats destroyed her first plant! :c
### 07-08-2024: Introduced a new Mango OG & Gorilla, which will have their separate diary. (https://growdiaries.com/diaries/224065-auto-gorila-mango-og-grow-journal-by-topnotchbud/)
[Day 7] 08-08-2024: Finally bought nutrients and fed her!
End of the week recap: We're really excited for this specific strain and we can't wait to start upping the nutrients and begin low stress training in the upcoming week. We topped 90% of the autoflowers we grew before and for this grow we will just be using low stress training as we don't want to stress the plants in this grow too much, other than the stress it has already been through :/
We were hoping for a smooth and equal grow but a minor setback occurred, one of the cats destroyed her Mango OG and she's devastated. I put the stem back in with the roots and if it survives then it survives, if it doesn't, we are already germinating two other seeds and will have a separate diary which will be easier to monitor all 3. We'll keep updating this diary for the Mango OG and create another for the other two.
Is my plant growing too slow? I haven't grown in four years and I'm getting back to it now and I'm seeing diaries whos plant looks bigger than mine by day 4-5 whilst mine is on day 11. Do let me know if her growth is normal or stunted.
There are so many variables you can not compare your grow to others too much. you can kind of get an idea but don't judge a book by is cover per say. A slow starting seedling might be a really dank plant if you give it some love. I can tell you are excited to be growing again and just want to make sure you are doing your best. it looks great!
[Day 22] 23-08-2024: Training
[Day 23] 24-08-2024: Training
[Day 24] 25-08-2024: Training
[Day 25] 26-08-2024: Training
[Day 26] 27-08-2024: Training
[Day 27] 28-08-2024: Topped. Cat attacked the plant, This plant survived but the other plant didnt. 2/3 plants left
QUESTION: IS SHE TOO SMALL FOR HER AGE?
[Day 29] 30-08-2024: Recovery. Will defoliate and LST more
[Day 30] 31-08-2024: LST
[Day 31] 01-09-2024: LST
[Day 32] 02-09-2024: LST
[Day 33] 03-09-2024: LST
[Day 34] 04-09-2024: LST
[Day 35] 05-09-2024: LST
We added the aluminium sheet on the floor for more uniform growth.
[Day 36] 06-09-2024: LST, she looks really good for the little stress she's been through. We trimmed some leaves off for better lights for the upcoming budsites!! Also we started giving her bloom nutrients.
[Day 37] 07-09-2024: LST
[Day 38] 08-09-2024: Trimming and LST
[Day 39] 09-09-2024: LST
[Day 40] 10-09-2024: LST
[Day 41] 11-09-2024: LST
Do you think the growth is slow for its age? It's going to its 7th week and it looks pretty small to me (I'm the gf) and this is my first grow and I'm not sure if we could have done something better to make it more bushier and bigger. Any advice?
wow, some people are really angry, eh? Ignore the assholery exhibited for no cause.
I think it looks fine. Looks like you topped it once and trained it outward. It's got a good base to grow vertiically,
Bushy is good to a point. Figure 2-3 colas per sq ft by the time you flip to flower and have faith that it will fill in fully. Doing so avods overcrowding and gives you all the light penetration you need. My grows are so much better when i am disciplined in this aspect and it helps reduce wasted vege time when you can plan it out every step of the way as far as training the plant.
If anything, i bet you have to thin out some central areas before all is said and done. Keep training the other stuff outward until it's all leveled off. depending on the area you need to fill, probably need to send it to flower sooner than later. it'll at least double its footprint after you do flip to 12/12. Looks like it can do a bit more than 1/4th of that tent already.
By having a plan, you can also prune off growth tips that won't be used. Rather prune off a little 2-node branch than something that a lot more time and resources went into. Taking off a little at a time won't chock the plant, either. Avoids wasted vege growth. more resources go to the branches that will see flowers.
check out cocoforcannabis.com. All their grow guides are golden. The blog posts from dr photon and i think there's another 'creator/ official contributor' type are good reads too. Definitely pick out the pertinent ones to your current context, but all good things to read at some point. Best place to avoid bro-science.
TopNotchBud
