grow diary (journal) week8 by ChainsawSanta

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Quexoscommentedweek 86 years ago

Hope you are feeling better. Stomach bugs are awful. I hesitate to say that you have a phosphorus deficiency. I think you need to do more testing/research to find out what is going on with your plants. Are you taking pH readings of your water and feedings? What are the PPM? Have you thought of doing a slurry test? I read that this type of deficiency shows up if the soil is too compact, or you are over-watering. How much of the plant is affected? How often do you feed your plants? I water about every 3 days and my schedule is feed/feed/Recharge. Recharge is a microbial supplement. Do you have any way to test the moisture levels in your soil? The reason I say all of this is so you don't just start adding supplements, hoping to correct the balance. Sometimes its a simple thing like letting your soil dry out, or adjusting your pH. Maybe these strains are not fond of a lot of nutes.

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ChainsawSantacommented6 years ago

@Quexos, Theyre lookin a bit better, well see what they look like tomorrow but theyre perkier and not getting wilted like they were last night. cant tell what the yellowings doing but well see. Thanks for the help!

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ChainsawSantacommented6 years ago

@Quexos, I make some awesome cannabutter haha

Quexoscommented6 years ago

@ChainsawSanta, Canna butter or Little House on the Prairie butter?

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Quexoscommentedweek 126 years ago

These plants are looking choice! Everyone is happy and healthy. Buds are looking real frosty! In my experience, harvesting about 10 weeks into showing flowers is a good rule of thumb. I use that to figure out my feeding schedules. Each plant is different though. Some take longer, some shorter. Look up your strain on the breeder's website. They give you a flowering range. Start the number of days when you actually see flowers, not when you flipped to 12/12.

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Quexoscommented6 years ago

@ChainsawSanta, That comes when you smoke your first bowl!

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ChainsawSantacommented6 years ago

@Quexos, lol "like" a true grower. imma go knock on wood so I don't screw up these last weeks hahahaha! Im like a fledgling grower, haven't gotten my flyin wings yet lol

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Quexoscommented6 years ago

@ChainsawSanta, Spoken like a true grower!😎👊

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Quexoscommentedweek 136 years ago

These girls are looking fantastic! Great bud development! You have a ton of bud sites too! 👌💪✋

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Quexoscommented6 years ago

@ChainsawSanta, I have 2 tents. I use 1 for autos and the other for photos. I'm having fun with the auto tent. Way more harvests and the plants have looked killer so far. I'd like to do some perpetual harvests this fall.

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ChainsawSantacommented6 years ago

@Quexos, Oh the tents going on the other side of the room from the closet haha. The ceiling over there is waaaay higher than the closet so itll be able to vent that heat off. I just cant grow my max number of plants in the closet and I want to be able to harvest more often so I figure itll be easier to split the grows

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Quexoscommented6 years ago

@ChainsawSanta, You have to be careful if you put your tent in the closet. If your tent is too big there is no room for ventilation and you will have a difficulties with heat. Why don't you just use the closet and make it grow ready? There are lots of ways to tame some of those big plants. You can also look for hybrids that grow shorter.

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Quexoscommentedweek 166 years ago

Gratz on your harvest! Did you find and "nanners" in your buds? They will hold pollen and you could end up with seeds. A lot of the bud density you are looking for comes from light intensity during flowering and strain you are growing. I've found the buds under my QB lights are bigger and denser then the ones under my COB set-up. Start eliminating the variables that inhibit your bud growth. You will start seeing improvements in your yields.

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ChainsawSantacommented5 years ago

@Quexos, I could but at that point I feel like your probably not benefiting as much in terms of electricity use. Imma keep mine around for supplemental lighting if I need it (unless someone locally wants to buy it off me haha Im not shipping this thing). But yeah, plus my main support in the closet is a thick pvc pipe I mounted with some 4x6's, its pretty strong but I wouldn't want multiple setups on it haha

Quexoscommented5 years ago

@ChainsawSanta, I'm running 500w COB Combo in my 3x3. It's a Blomm. I think its a knock-off from a European Company. I bought it on Amazon. It seemed fine at first, but I'd like something with more ooomph. My plan is to move the QB from my 4x4 into my 3x3 and buy a new, larger QB for my 4x4. I don't think I'm using enough of the space in my bigger tent. I guess you could also run multiple lights in the tent.

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ChainsawSantacommented5 years ago

@Quexos, Yeah the LED model I have now is from the 'kingplus' brand, I dunno I feel like I read a lot of reviews before I got it but everything about it now just kinda sketches me out. Vivosuns a nice brand tho, and a 400w should cover a 4x4 pretty well so I'm hoping for some nice results with em

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Quexoscommentedweek 96 years ago

Your girls are looking great! How about a few shots w/o the purple lights?

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Quexoscommented6 years ago

@ChainsawSanta, The lights are fine. Pictures come out all purple under the lights. It's difficult to see those newly forming buds!

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ChainsawSantacommented6 years ago

@Quexos, haha yeah all ive got is the one light. its supposed to put out 1500w but I'm not sure how much I trust that. I'm gonna see how it does for these girls flowering and figure out if I need to get another light or a better light. Also I just got home haha so Imma try to take a plant out in a little bit lol

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Quexoscommented6 years ago

@ChainsawSanta, I have 2 different lights on my system. I've been turning the purple ones off for photos. It's not big deal if you can't take them out. It just provides better pictures of your grow.

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Quexoscommentedweek 66 years ago

Looking strong and healthy! Isn't this supposed to be an auto? My girl hasn't flipped yet either. I'm hoping this week. Since this strain takes a long time to get to flowering, topping and LST was a good idea. I've seen some of these journals. This strain tends to get kinda wild. You gotta train 'em early!😎

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Quexoscommented6 years ago

@ChainsawSanta,https://www.dutch-passion.com/en/cannabis-seeds/product/auto-critical-orange-punch/ No matter though. If its not an auto, all the links in the world aren't going to make it flower!😟

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ChainsawSantacommented6 years ago

@Quexos, Yeah that's weird I cant find an auto version of the Peyote Criticals, mustve been a packaging mistake or something. Yeah though these are definitely some beauties, and potent too!

Quexoscommented6 years ago

@ChainsawSanta, Hmm, the package said auto, and I got on their website and they have an auto version. I'm not sure where to put this plant if I have to flip it. She is going to be gorgeous either way. I love the structure of this plant so far.

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Quexoscommentedweek 146 years ago

Nice looking buds you got there hombre. You've done a nice job. Flushing, harvesting,trimming, etc., are all highly subjective. I'd get a bunch of ideas from people and find a process that works for you. My process is probably a mish mash of a bunch of different sources. I'll do a final flush with filtered water. I'm looking for the run-off to look clear. Then I'll put them back in the tent, under lights, for 3 days. This gives the plants a chance to flush out and remove toxins. It also gives the soil/roots a chance to dry out. Then I turn the lights off for another 3 days to stress them out and hopefully increase potency/flavor. Some people will put ice cubes and snow on the soil and really stress them out. I'm just looking for them to finish up their business.

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ChainsawSantacommented6 years ago

@Quexos, I just gave em water that was about 50 degrees but the weathers been nice here the past few days so temps in the closet have been pretty stable. 75-80 in the day and about 70 at night

Quexoscommented6 years ago

@ChainsawSanta, That sounds like a good plan. I only worry about water temperature in the winter. How cold are you going to make the water? If you make it too cold, too early, there could negative effects.

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ChainsawSantacommented6 years ago

@Quexos, Thanks! ive been giving them warm water with their nutes so I think Ill start by giving them cold water and see how they handle that, I think I'm going to flush them for about 2 weeks so I think I'll start really stressing them about a week in. Both the caregivers I know irl say 10-14 days is what they do. Plus I think especially cuz these are indicas I can get away with another 2 full weeks and they can only get fatter haha

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Quexoscommentedweek 106 years ago

Everything is looking great! Nice bud formation and its pretty early in flowering!!! Pay close attention to the tips of your leaves after you up the % of your nutes. You want to watch for nutrient burn.

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ChainsawSantacommented6 years ago

@Quexos, haha I text my brother when I water them so kinda. they just seem to be sensitive but its getting better. Also Ive heard that too, I think ill start trying some techniques around the same time as I start to flush them

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Quexoscommented6 years ago

@ChainsawSanta, Do you keep track of how often and how much you water? Keeping track of watering will prevent emergency waterings. Although some growers stress their plants out by underwatering on purpose. Supposedly it increases potency, resins, etc.. Just old growing folklore though. I don't know if there is any validity to doing that.

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ChainsawSantacommented6 years ago

@Quexos, thanks! yeah I bumped em up to 12 mls of bloom last night. they seem to be responding really well. I kept having issues with when they needed water I was having to do it ASAP cuz they were getting really wilted and sad real quick but that seems to be improving. and the budsites seem to love it haha. id say some of them are about the size of nickels already and they just finished stretching so hopefully they do somethin special!

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The_Projexxcommentedweek 96 years ago

You got yourself lots of nice looking tops there !! Lots of potential for some extra kick ass medicine !! :D :D :D Keep up the great work and best of luck on your race to the finish line !! - Happy Growing!

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The_Projexxcommented6 years ago

@ChainsawSanta, Nice looking forward to seeing it :D :D :D Thanks for responding! -Happy Growing!

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ChainsawSantacommented6 years ago

@The_Projexx,Thank you! I think theyre just about done stretching because theyre really starting to kick into gear making buds. I'm about to update the diaries now :)

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CRiSPrGrowcommentedweek 66 years ago

keep this one in veg for a while longer man, big potential takes time to potentiate 🚀

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CRiSPrGrowcommented6 years ago

@ChainsawSanta, 🙏the sacrifices we make

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ChainsawSantacommented6 years ago

@CRiSPrGrow, i would but i have some fees to pay for a surgery i really need haha. I might be able to push it back a week. ill have to figure out if i can push some appointments back

Psilocubensiscommentedweek 165 years ago

Now that the time passed, what tips would you give me to grow this strain? Hoe about the harvest? And the effect/smell? Thanks!!

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ChainsawSantacommented5 years ago

@Psilocubensis, this was a really nice strain to grow, I wish I had given them another 2 weeks of veg time and taken off more of the small lower growth but since this was my first grow I didn't want to over due it. but mine were really hardy and took to training well so I think it would've really helped with bud density. my new crop is being grown under an mh/hps setup and I think this strain would've really benefited from that also. but overall its just a really nice quality strain, great heavy indica and a really rich earthy smell. although I didn't use molasses to flush them so if you do that they might have a sweeter smell/taste but I liked it anyways haha

weed_gastrocommentedweek 165 years ago

mines had a couple seeds too, and got a bit airy...but maybe because I was growing with CFL all the way. anyway, congrats to the harvest!

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ChainsawSantacommented5 years ago

@weed_gastro,Thanks! Yeah imma be switching to hps lights here soon so hopefully my next crop will be better. I accidently killed my last peyote critical seed but ill definitely run them again sometime!

Quexoscommentedweek 166 years ago

Gratz! You are going to be really happy with your harvest. Those photos look fantastic!

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ChainsawSantacommented6 years ago

@Quexos, Thanks! I feel like these girls have done really well especially for my first time ever growing haha

Quexoscommentedweek 156 years ago

Looking good! Nice bud shots. I'm surprised you aren't done with this grow yet.

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ChainsawSantacommented6 years ago

@Quexos, thanks haha! just waiting to finish flushing em, I just had to stake down a bunch more branches cuz I noticed they were falling over from the weight haha

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growdoctordccommentedweek 146 years ago

@ChainsawSanta Is your namesake power tool your harvest method?? 😆 😂 You wrote “...they'll most likely start their flush this week, probably going to flush them for 10 day..” The number of days is inconsequential. Give her at least three clean waterings prior to harvest. And then let her dry out. Nice work so far. Enjoy your harvest.

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ChainsawSantacommented6 years ago

@growdoctordc, They just got their 2nd today so grood info thanks! I just checked the trichomes before I did it and theyre maturing really well. Also haha no its pretty much my real name at this point lol, punks get weird names Chainsaw Santas mine, Chainsaw for short hahaha

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Astroboycommentedweek 126 years ago

Lets go love this strain good work 👍🤜

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ChainsawSantacommented6 years ago

@AstroBoy, thanks! im very impressed by these girls, definitely want to run them again sometime :)

CRiSPrGrowcommentedweek 116 years ago

about the photos, try adding more white light if you dont want to turn off the LEDs

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ChainsawSantacommented6 years ago

@CRiSPrGrow, I think I figured out a solution haha. Apparently using flash basically fixes the exposure problem, who would've thought lol

Quexoscommentedweek 116 years ago

Buds are looking tasty!

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ChainsawSantacommented6 years ago

@Quexos, Thank you! Im just about to update the other journals haha, I got sidetracked last night and then the lights went out lol

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Pochogrowercommentedweek 66 years ago

Looking good keep it up

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ChainsawSantacommented6 years ago

@Pochogrower, thank you! theyre really exploding now, wont be too much longer before they go into flower :)

Stinkfoxcommentedweek 46 years ago

Looking awesome! She’ll really explode any day now! Keep up the good work! 😄

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ChainsawSantacommented6 years ago

@Stinkfox, thanks! the 2 smaller ones seem to be starting to hit their "explosive growth" phase but not quite

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