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2nd grow! Sativa Manifolding

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Week 1. Vegetation
12.7 cm
18 hrs
26 °C
5.5
No Smell
10 PPM
95 %
Nutrients 4
pH Perfect Grow - Advanced Nutrients
pH Perfect Grow 0.5 mll
pH Perfect Micro - Advanced Nutrients
pH Perfect Micro 0.5 mll
pH Perfect Bloom - Advanced Nutrients
pH Perfect Bloom 0.5 mll
Comments 4
Cultus
For my second grow i will be attempting main-lining a sativa inside my small tent. I am excited to be growing Barney's Farm Laughing Buddha, and decided to germinate directly in rockwool cubes. They popped through within 24 hours and have grown strong ever since. Mostly due to my first grow taking a bit longer in flower and drying, these girls spent too long in the germination tray and by the end the high humidity and the cotyledon got a but fuzzy and some leaves were starting to yellow. About 2 weeks in i introduced some light nutes to their water and they really appreaciated it, but they were more than ready to go into the tent by the end.
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Week 2. Vegetation
12.7 cm
18 hrs
26 °C
5.8
No Smell
200 PPM
40 %
23 °C
45.72 cm
Nutrients 5
pH Perfect Grow - Advanced Nutrients
pH Perfect Grow 0.5 mll
pH Perfect Micro - Advanced Nutrients
pH Perfect Micro 0.5 mll
pH Perfect Bloom - Advanced Nutrients
pH Perfect Bloom 0.5 mll
Comments 9
Cultus
The girls responded extremely well to being placed into the DWC. I did leave them a week longer than i would have liked before the first topping, so the amount I removed seemed rather extreme, so i am sure the recovery time will be longer too.
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Week 3. Vegetation
12.7 cm
18 hrs
26 °C
5.8
No Smell
300 PPM
40 %
23 °C
45.72 cm
Nutrients 5
pH Perfect Grow - Advanced Nutrients
pH Perfect Grow 1 mll
pH Perfect Micro - Advanced Nutrients
pH Perfect Micro 1 mll
pH Perfect Bloom - Advanced Nutrients
pH Perfect Bloom 1 mll
Comments 1
Cultus
Sorry for the late update! But, I will have 2 weeks to post today😁 The girls recovered well from the first topping so they got the second topping today. Recovery a bit slower than i would like, all the new growth stayed yellow longer than i would like and you can see some stress damage on the leaves. Hopefully they continue to recover.
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Week 4. Vegetation
12.7 cm
18 hrs
26 °C
5.8
Weak
350 PPM
40 %
23 °C
45.72 cm
Nutrients 5
pH Perfect Grow - Advanced Nutrients
pH Perfect Grow 1 mll
pH Perfect Micro - Advanced Nutrients
pH Perfect Micro 1 mll
pH Perfect Bloom - Advanced Nutrients
pH Perfect Bloom 1 mll
Comments 5
Cultus
The girl on the right is having a much harder time with the stress and is slower to recovery with some gnarly growth. Not surprising since the other one has been stronger right from seed. Hopefully she doesn't fall too far behind! Second topping coming soon....
5
Week 5. Vegetation
15.24 cm
18 hrs
26 °C
5.8
Weak
380 PPM
30 %
23 °C
45.72 cm
Nutrients 5
pH Perfect Grow - Advanced Nutrients
pH Perfect Grow 1.25 mll
pH Perfect Micro - Advanced Nutrients
pH Perfect Micro 1.25 mll
pH Perfect Bloom - Advanced Nutrients
pH Perfect Bloom 1.25 mll
Comments 1
Cultus
Another week with more vigorous growth from the lady on the left. More gnarly growth and much slower recovery on the right, but i will not give up on her. I did the final topping on them this week. Some of the growth is very small but i just feel i need to get the stress over with so they can finally just start filling out. I am finding the pH is starting to drop towards the end of the week. Getting down to 5.4 range, so i have been upping it to 6ish daily. Keeping the nutes pretty low until i see more growth I am VERY anxious to see them both just get past all the training and start to fill out for flowering!
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Week 6. Vegetation
15.24 cm
18 hrs
26 °C
5.8
Weak
510 PPM
30 %
23 °C
40.64 cm
Nutrients 5
pH Perfect Grow - Advanced Nutrients
pH Perfect Grow 1.5 mll
pH Perfect Micro - Advanced Nutrients
pH Perfect Micro 1.5 mll
pH Perfect Bloom - Advanced Nutrients
pH Perfect Bloom 1.5 mll
Comments 1
Cultus
This week was all about recovery, and it seems soooo slow. I am patiently waiting to see that fast new growth to start popping up. I expect this veg process to take a full 8 weeks, but i think it will be worth the extra time and work. Cleared off some stress damaged leaved and was able to start some lst on the girl on the left, trying to spread her out and keep it's canopy in line with her little sister on the right. She continues to be slow but steady, and i am confident she will take off once she can turn that corner.
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Week 7. Vegetation
17.78 cm
18 hrs
26 °C
5.8
Weak
620 PPM
30 %
23 °C
35.56 cm
Nutrients 5
pH Perfect Grow - Advanced Nutrients
pH Perfect Grow 1.5 mll
pH Perfect Micro - Advanced Nutrients
pH Perfect Micro 1.5 mll
pH Perfect Bloom - Advanced Nutrients
pH Perfect Bloom 1.5 mll
Comments 12
Cultus
Another slow but solid week of recovery, with some defoliation of some damaged fan leaves. The girl on the left seems to have turned a corner and is starting to stretch upwards and fill in nicely.
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Week 8. Vegetation
35.56 cm
18 hrs
26 °C
5.8
Weak
480 PPM
40 %
23 °C
30.48 cm
Nutrients 4
pH Perfect Sensi Bloom Part A - Advanced Nutrients
pH Perfect Sensi Bloom Part A 1.25 mll
pH Perfect Sensi Bloom Part B - Advanced Nutrients
pH Perfect Sensi Bloom Part B 1.25 mll
Voodoo Juice - Advanced Nutrients
Voodoo Juice 2 mll
Comments 3
Cultus
Wow! Most exciting week in the tent yet! Started off by increasing nutes to about 680ppm but i was really starting to get the pH dropping and was having to make adjustments 2 or 3 times a day. So i did a mid week change and took it down to about 480ppm and things were much happier, by the end of the week it had dropped to 380ppm and i was topping off 2L a day. Meanwhile the girls just continued to happily fill out. Growing many new nodes very quickly until they started getting crowded, then they started to stretch. The bigger one doubled in height this week and is overpowering the little girl, so i have cleared some fan leaves to give her as much light as i can. I have waited as long as i can for her to catch up but it is all about the big girl now and she can wait no longer!!! time to flip!!!!
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Week 9. Flowering
50.8 cm
12 hrs
26 °C
5.8
Weak
700 PPM
40 %
23 °C
30.48 cm
Nutrients 7
pH Perfect Sensi Bloom Part A - Advanced Nutrients
pH Perfect Sensi Bloom Part A 2 mll
pH Perfect Sensi Bloom Part B - Advanced Nutrients
pH Perfect Sensi Bloom Part B 2 mll
Voodoo Juice - Advanced Nutrients
Voodoo Juice 2 mll
Comments 5
Cultus
Well the big girl didn't take long to completely take over the tent! Its a shame my tent is only 3'x2' because the vacuum sucks in the sides and it seems i only get 18" of depth. She is happily growing and filling out the space she has and has pushed her little sister right over! I should have removed the little one, but i just couldn't give up on her. I received some registered mail from Amsterdam this week!! Thank you @Female_Seeds and @GrowDiaries ! These strains looks excellent and i look forward to trying them in future grows. I shared a few of them with my master grower friend so hopefully he will give them a try too. You can see what he did with the Laughing Buddha seeds, I asked for 1/2 ounce and he gave me 4 buds and each one was 4 grams or more!!! At least before i ground up half of one 😁 Just beautiful and fluffy and yes they smell glorious @JohnnyBlaz3!
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Week 10. Flowering
66.04 cm
12 hrs
23 °C
5.8
Weak
990 PPM
40 %
23 °C
30.48 cm
Nutrients 8
pH Perfect Sensi Bloom Part A - Advanced Nutrients
pH Perfect Sensi Bloom Part A 2 mll
pH Perfect Sensi Bloom Part B - Advanced Nutrients
pH Perfect Sensi Bloom Part B 2 mll
Voodoo Juice - Advanced Nutrients
Voodoo Juice 2 mll
Comments 7
Cultus
It has been a daily argument with her as to how high the light needs to be and one day i must have let her get too close because she received some light burn on 2 fan leaves. Stretched another 6 inches this week but it starting to slow down now. At least i hope so! I am quickly running out of verticle space now in my little tent! Several of my colas have stretched more than the others so tomorrow i will do so light training and hopefully get my canopy set. I have also cleared much of the weaker growth down low and the odd fan leaf up top to make room for each other. I started adding some Sensi Cal-Mag since my source water is from RO with a ppm of about 5, and she seems to be happier for it. I wasn't chasing the pH nearly as much this week, if that makes any sense.
Grow Questions
Cultus
Cultusstarted grow question 6 years ago
I have a nutrient question. With full strength Advanced Nutrients Sensi Bloom should i still add Sensi Cal-Mag? Starting water is RO 5ppm. If yes, do I use full strength cal-mag or just add some to top off water? Or is full strength on both too much for those minerals?
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CRiSPrGrowanswered grow question 6 years ago
Hey Cultus, great questions ! You're right : for sure add the cal mag , the other nutrients dont really contain any micro/secondary nutrients that the calmag has. Second question : yes go full strength, dont worry : you cant really go overboard with the cal mag, at this stage it's very important to add micro nutrients because of the flower stretch and the flower and bud production use a lot of micro nutrients. Hope this helps ! 🚀
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Week 11. Flowering
78.74 cm
12 hrs
24 °C
5.8
Weak
1300 PPM
40 %
23 °C
30.48 cm
Nutrients 9
pH Perfect Sensi Bloom Part A - Advanced Nutrients
pH Perfect Sensi Bloom Part A 3 mll
pH Perfect Sensi Bloom Part B - Advanced Nutrients
pH Perfect Sensi Bloom Part B 3 mll
Voodoo Juice - Advanced Nutrients
Voodoo Juice 2 mll
Comments 9
Cultus
Well i got my tallest colas moved out and the shortest pulled in, and i have a decent canopy, but i think i should have done it at least a week earlier, while still actively stretching. Another noob lesson learned. She's done stretching now but the Laughing Buddha has more than doubled in height since i flipped her. Now the buds are starting to REALLY fatten up!
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Week 12. Flowering
81.28 cm
12 hrs
24 °C
5.8
Weak
1700 PPM
40 %
23 °C
30.48 cm
Nutrients 8
pH Perfect Sensi Bloom Part A - Advanced Nutrients
pH Perfect Sensi Bloom Part A 4 mll
pH Perfect Sensi Bloom Part B - Advanced Nutrients
pH Perfect Sensi Bloom Part B 4 mll
B-52 - Advanced Nutrients
B-52 2 mll
Comments 6
Cultus
First week on full nutes went pretty well. I have noticed some brown tips and edges, so maybe a bit of nute burn. I also had not calibrated my pH meter for a couple months, and it was reading a bit off, so maybe that had something to do with it, as well. I will be sure and calibrate monthly from now on. Thank you GrowDiaries and Mars Hydro for the newb of the month prize. Penny at Mars was great and allowed to me upgrade to the same Mars II 400 i already own, so now my lil tent is maxed out for light👍 Did a little light LST now to spready my canopy to absorb all that light. I love seeing them grow and swell up daily! Hard to believe i am only half way through the recommended flower time!
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Week 13. Flowering
81.28 cm
12 hrs
24 °C
5.8
Weak
1150 PPM
40 %
23 °C
30.48 cm
Nutrients 7
pH Perfect Sensi Bloom Part A - Advanced Nutrients
pH Perfect Sensi Bloom Part A 3 mll
pH Perfect Sensi Bloom Part B - Advanced Nutrients
pH Perfect Sensi Bloom Part B 3 mll
B-52 - Advanced Nutrients
B-52 2 mll
Comments 5
Cultus
So! Short week! Had some issues with nute burn starting to show at the last water change, and it only got worse. Its been like 10 days on full strength but i think my girls just happier with less so i have took it back down to 3/4. Also, I wanted to clear off some of those damaged fan leaves and clear up and ended up defoliating quite a bit! Really opened things up, and it seems like it was the right thing to do with my limited space. I hope to add this to my "shouda done that earlier" list and not my "newb mistake" list! I was fortunate to visit 4 very impressive Laughing Buddha ladies at a master grower friends house, and wow! I know mine won't look like that in 3 weeks lol, but i am motivated!
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Week 14. Flowering
81.28 cm
12 hrs
24 °C
5.8
Normal
1170 PPM
40 %
23 °C
30.48 cm
Nutrients 8
pH Perfect Sensi Bloom Part A - Advanced Nutrients
pH Perfect Sensi Bloom Part A 2 mll
pH Perfect Sensi Bloom Part B - Advanced Nutrients
pH Perfect Sensi Bloom Part B 2 mll
B-52 - Advanced Nutrients
B-52 2 mll
Comments 4
Cultus
My girls much happier now with reduced nutes. Damage done with lots of brown hair and I feel like i have lost a week of growth, but FINALLY i am seeing lovely little white pistils popping up all over her, And all the growth 12" below the canopy that was starving for light before has darkened up and started fattening up!
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Week 15. Flowering
81.28 cm
12 hrs
24 °C
5.8
Strong
1100 PPM
40 %
23 °C
30.48 cm
Nutrients 8
pH Perfect Sensi Bloom Part A - Advanced Nutrients
pH Perfect Sensi Bloom Part A 2 mll
pH Perfect Sensi Bloom Part B - Advanced Nutrients
pH Perfect Sensi Bloom Part B 2 mll
B-52 - Advanced Nutrients
B-52 2 mll
Comments 13
Cultus
The smell is glorious as they continue to swell up! Lovely new white pistils all over the tops has me very excited for the final 3 weeks! Not much time for photos and updates because i have been very busy clearing space, planning and preparing a new grow tent! I am having too much fun doing this, mistakes and all, so i cant wait to see what i can do with that much space! I think i can let 4 of these Laughing Buddha beauties grow to full potential or 6 indicas.
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Week 16. Flowering
81.28 cm
12 hrs
24 °C
5.8
Strong
1100 PPM
40 %
23 °C
30.48 cm
Nutrients 8
pH Perfect Sensi Bloom Part A - Advanced Nutrients
pH Perfect Sensi Bloom Part A 2 mll
pH Perfect Sensi Bloom Part B - Advanced Nutrients
pH Perfect Sensi Bloom Part B 2 mll
B-52 - Advanced Nutrients
B-52 2 mll
Comments 7
Cultus
The smell is just amazing! The top continue to fatten up. More yellowing of the leaves as she gets older! Probably last week of nutes before starting to flush!
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Week 17. Flowering
81.28 cm
12 hrs
24 °C
5.8
Strong
100 PPM
40 %
23 °C
30.48 cm
Nutrients 1
Flawless Finish - Advanced Nutrients
Flawless Finish 2 mll
Comments 10
Cultus
And we are in the flush!! They look really fat and the smell is just amazing! Looking forward to harvest😜
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Week 17. Harvest
Happy Harvest Day!
Laughing Buddha - Barney's Farm
Spent 147 days
Veg Flo Har
10/10
Rated
398 g
Bud wet weight per plant
108 g
Bud dry weight per plant
2
Plants
1.83
Grow Room size
Normal
Difficulty
Sleepy
Energy
Indica
Hybrid
Sativa

Height
Day air temperature
Air humidity
PPM
PH
Light schedule
Solution temperature
Lamp distance
Comments 10
Cultus
I can not say enough good things about this strain. I have been looking for a sativa for a while and have tried a dozen strains and i have found several i like, But Laughing Buddha checks all the boxes. It is an excellent daytime smoke, leaving you feeling creative and energetic. You immediately want to get up and start doing things. The THC content is very high and i find it gives me moderate relief from my peripheral neuropathy. The smoke is very smooth and the taste is fantastic, immediately recognizable sativa that has a sweetness to it. A 10 star strain for me all day long No shortage of newb mistakes with this grow, but i was able to respond and recovery. To list a few of those mistakes: I left them in the germination tray far too long. The first topping took off too much and i never gave them enough time to recover. I should have removed the small one early when it was clearly behind. I was slow to train the fastest growing nodes and a couple of my main nodes ended up below the canopy. I did not defoliate the upper fan leaves until late and the lower buds did not really start to grow untill i did. I over did it trying to go full strength with the nutes. I was slow to respond to the nute burn and did not correct the problem for a week. I am sure there are more than i am forgetting. Despite my mistakes, i am very happy with the results. Once i dialed in my nutes, they absolutely loved the Advanced Nutrients lineup and they finished much stronger than i would have anticipated. They hung for 3 1/2 days they went into Cvault 2L containers with boveda packs and got burped daily and the moisture level normalized after about a week, and i took my first taste after 11 days. First smoke of the day and i was shocked at how smooth and tasty it was already. The effects were immediate and fantastic. I keep burping the containers every few days and it just keeps getting better A++ smoke! Big girl gave 205 grams and wimpy managed 11 grams giving me 7.7 ounces. Probably not enough for the time this grow took, but for the size of the tent i am every pleased with those results. I am even more pleased with the quality and effect! Thank you all for following along, Great community here on Growdiaries!! I have 2 new diaries started, so follow along and see if i can ramp up the mistakes to match the big new tent! And i am doing an outdoor coco coir grow, that one is just asking for me to screw it up LOL
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