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Yesterday I planted 5 seeds of Candy Dawg auto in a germination tray using all-purpose potting soil. They are now covered with cling film and are being kept warm. Prayers were said and thanks given for this, the first (serious attempt at an) indoor grow. The aim of this and subsequent grows is to grow high-quality organic indicas so I can make RSO to help my father who is extremely sick after mainstream medicine failed to rid his body of cancer. The video got cut off when the battery died - I just mentioned that flowering plants need their sleep as much as we do :-)).
Day 4: 4/5 of the seedlings are above ground! I am making the most of my space by growing a quick batch of microgreens (sunflowers and peas) At the moment they are germinating in the large tray with the weights and bricks on it. It is really dry in there (35% RH) so I filled the tray with water in an attempt to increase the RH. If anything it has gone down not up!! Time for a new plan.
Great news they all have names! Please welcome Samantha, Ana, Nerea, Lucia and Ella to the group!
So it has been a week of playing around with free-standing water, heating, and airflow and now it seems we have finally found the sweet spot with a humidifier up high. It seems like I don't even need the extraction fan at the moment as there is a reasonable amount of pull coming out of the hole at the top, so much so that the door is actually being sucked in.
Just trying to find the right height for the light. After a bit of research, I have decided on 80cm which I will lower bit by bit each day heading towards 50cm. Any comments would be greatly appreciated. 🙏💪
Also in my search, I found that according to Jorge Cervantes 24 hour light is a waste of electricity for the extra growth you get so I have reduced the schedule to 18-6.
I transplanted this a bit early as I was going to be away for 10 days and didn't want them to get too big for their pots! Glad I did as you will see next week. Sadly I was a bit clumsy with Samantha and I heard a tell-tale crack of a major root breaking ;-(.
My wife despite her lack of green fingers did an amazing job while I was away. There is a lot of salt build up in the humidifier (source: well water) and when I lifted it out it dripped on Ana which has damaged a couple of leaves. She has been moved slightly and the protocol for the humidifier has changed so we don't repeat that mistake! Sorry, Ana. Samantha is also having some problems. She was in the middle directly under the light and I feel it might be that which is producing blotchy yellow patches on the leaves. I have raised the light and moved Sam to the edges where the light is less intense. Let's hope she can pull through! Other than the girls are happy in their new pots! I'm using pine bark and mulch from where I have been cutting wood for the last 3 years.
Spring is here in the grow room. I've swapped the lights over to Bloom and Veg for the final 5 weeks. It seems like Samantha was struggling with my poorly mixed soil. In the rush I forgot to mix in the worm castings properly. Hopefully, she will settle down. Still, haven't added and nutrients. Still not watering that much. The pine bark muclch seems to be working well. They look healthy and happy. Keep going girls!
LST is working wonders. I'm getting a really nice canopy. These are really squat plants which is allowing me to fill the space nicely. This week we've added a fermenting bottle of sugar water and an evening session of classical music. Samantha is still a bit pale but each new node is looking better than the earlier sets of leaves. Nerea is stretching the most which is allowing me to really spread her out using pegs from the garden centre. Ana has fully recovered from being dripped on by salty water (I'm really sorry about that Ana). I've put the inline fan in place and turned the humidifier off. The last week has been the most stable. Humidity has been in a tight range 42-57% and the temp too 22ºC in the day dropping to 18ºC at night each and every day without me fiddling with anything. Let's see how the room copes as we head into warmer weather.
Growing nicely. Nerea is reaching for the stars, been playing with her positioning to get max light without the others being too far from the source. Music and makeshift CO2 are working? No idea as I have nothing to compare them to but they seem happy. ;-)
I am using a crude yeast and sugar water mix for CO2 production. My space is 80cm x 3m x 2.3m. Does anyone have any experience of whether this is doing anything? I have the fan on constantly so the air is being recycled. Just wondering if what I am doing is worth it?
To be honest you are wasting time energy and money doing it like this , it's not that it's not beneficial to have a CO2 system but typically CO2 systems are for either grow rooms that are way way way to hot (30c and up for the most part) or the room is enclosed in such a way that it don't receive new air from another soure (outside your grow room) With that being said I don't know exactly how your set up in the sense if you have intake fans/exhaust fans how ever even if your room is enclosed and you are running your DIY C02 system you may wanna consider different options for various health reasons , the last thing you want is for that to be blowing mould spores and other types of spores around your grow room so I would advise against this method but if your not running into that type of problem because you clean it and change it often then thats ok too . I personally would go invest into a small C02 system for your grow area they arent expensive and they are far more effective . You also gotta keep in mind again that C02 is most used up when the plants are too hot and can't "breath" . I hope this information helps you understand the "when" someone should use a CO2 system and the risks you run when doing it with that type of DIY set up . -Happy Growing!
They need a daily watering now for sure! All 5 have some seriously strong trunks and they've pulled the pegs up out of the soil. Next time, I will have to tie them to the pots but TBH the LST did enough to get a fairly even canopy which is soaking up all that light. Moved the yeast concoction up on the shelf and I tilt all the pots inwards when they aren't feeding trying to keep them in the centre of the LEDs. I have no idea if the CO2 is having any effect as I don't have a meter. Is there anyone with any experience using a crude sugar water concoction for CO2?
There is some differences showing up which I am putting down to the seeds as all plants have received the same nutrients and are in the same soil. Some plants have been thirstier than others but I tailored the watering to those who needed it based on the weight of the pot. I have had the yellow marks on Samantha since really early on. She was the smallest seed and the slowest to get going. It seems to only affect new growth. There are 2 plants whose leaves look darker and healthier than the other 3. Almost all of them have now got a few yellow tips on the leaves. Mainly the top ones are affected (i.e.
new growth closest to the light). The 3 weaker ones look a little washed out when compared to their stonger counterparts who have bigger and juicer buds as well.
On average I have been watering every other day and feeding once a week.
Any help would be much appreciated.
I flushed them as they the tips of the upper leaves were turning yellow. This sadly seems to have slowed growth a bit. Still, the trichomes are filling out and are turning cloudy. I think this is the last week before harvest. I've cut Nerea already and she is stinking out the drying room nicely :-)
Sadly my Dad (the reason I started this grow) passed a few weeks back, hence why the diary is not up to date. My wife took over while I was in England and has done a great job trimming, drying and curing, Thank you, darling. xxx.
I feel like that flushing it caused it to stall and halted growth. I need to add something (molasses?) to bulk out the buds. Some were a bit light and fluffy. LST definitely helped overall production. Be very careful with the pH as well. they seem really sensitive. I had a mix of what looked like nutrient burn on some and deficiencies on others. Overall an easy grow. The buds are still curing but are really starting to smell amazing. The smoke is smooth, tasty and the high is pretty clear in the head, nice body relaxed feeling. Great for going to bed or a lazy Sunday morning. Couch-lock isn't overwhelming so get the dose right and it can be smoked all day long. Next step to make some oil for friends and family who want something for anxiety. I'd say this is great for that, no paranoia or uppity jitters some sativas produce. This is definitely an indica!! Each plant has it's own flavours and smells, there seems to be quite a range within the 5 plants. But each one is its own delight. My mouth is watering right now just thinking about them!
Also, I wished I had set the light for 20/4 rather than 18/6.
hey man i'm also experimenting with co2, i used TNB last grow with my gorillas until i got an extractor that was just too f-ing big lol, but now based on this experience and the calculations above, i'm testing out a new CO2 method with is enriching water with co2 then spraying the plants and watering them with it too... so the co2 is a soluble gas and therefore there's no reason this shouldn't work... it could be a viable alternative to the other methods too weak to work or too expensive to be justified. Anyway, hope this helps ! 🚀 anything else comes up just message me. 👊
@CRiSPrGrow,
Thanks for the feedback Bulbi! Do you use a CO2 meter to check levels or are you just going on extra growth?
Will be interested to see how you get on with dissolved CO2.
Looking like you got quite the canopy there :D Im excited to see it decked out in big thick colas !! :D :D Keep up the good work and best of luck to you on a plentiful harvest !! :)
-Happy Growing!
Seed2OrganicWeed
