RQS Milky Way F1 Auto + a bunch of WORMS

kohlrabi

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2y ago

FLO

VEG

Tent

Grow Tent

Soil

Custom

Indoor

Room Type

LST

weeks 5

Defoliation

weeks 5-7

60 liters

Pot Size

1 liters

Watering

Start at Harvest

RQS Milky Way F1 Auto + a bunch of WORMS. Week 0 - My little friends.

RQS Milky Way F1 Auto + a bunch of WORMS. Week 0 - Thanks for the sponsorship!

RQS Milky Way F1 Auto + a bunch of WORMS. Week 0 - A new setup

RQS Milky Way F1 Auto + a bunch of WORMS. Week 0 - The young lady

RQS Milky Way F1 Auto + a bunch of WORMS. Week 0 - Can you even see her in this huge pot?!

RQS Milky Way F1 Auto + a bunch of WORMS. Week 0 - Got around to buy a dehumidifier.

RQS Milky Way F1 Auto + a bunch of WORMS. Week 0 - Why did you germinate, oh tomato. I was hoping for the weed seeds to do that.

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Nutrients 1

1000 mll

kohlrabi I have been waiting for this grow for a very long time. The soil I am using was mixed by love_to_grow, then used in my ‘Amnezia-K Lemon’ grow, then reprocessed by love_to_grow, and has been waiting for half a year to be used again. - thank you very much, best soil guru! Meanwhile, I've thrown a bunch of earthworms into the big pot, which I regularly fed with organic waste. When you look in this box, it moves, and I really enjoyed watching these little pets. I'm curious to see how they will interact with the plant. Otherwise, this will be the laziest grow: I won't do more than water it. However, I didn't use the nutrient-rich Super Soil around the small plant, but a light mix from T.A., so that the young lady doesn't get burned from too many nutrients. I am a little concerned about an infestation of fungus gnats – I have already sent nematodes on their way and hope they can get the problem under control. At the moment it looks quite good. The seed is ‘Auto Milky Way F1’, from a sponsorship with Royal Queen Seeds. Thanks again! I had no luck at all germinating my seeds this time and this is already the third attempt. I suspect that during my move the seeds got too warm (we didn't have a fridge for some time). What a shame! Instead, some of our tomatoes germinated. O_O But I'm happy that it worked out here.

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Used method

Peat Pellet

Germination Method

RQS Milky Way F1 Auto + a bunch of WORMS. Week 1

1/3

10 cm

Height

18 hrs

Light Schedule

20 °C

Day Air Temp

No Smell

Smell

60 liters

Pot Size

0.5 liters

Watering Volume

60 cm

Lamp Distance

kohlrabi The earthworms seem to be leaving my plant alone, and thanks to my hard-working nematodes, the problem with the fungus gnats also seems to have been solved. I sent them on their way once before I planted the young lady, and again last week – better safe than sorry. The plant looks a bit yellowish in the pictures, but so far everything still seems to be okay.

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RQS Milky Way F1 Auto + a bunch of WORMS. Week 2

1/4

12 cm

Height

18 hrs

Light Schedule

20 °C

Day Air Temp

No Smell

Smell

60 liters

Pot Size

0.5 liters

Watering Volume

60 cm

Lamp Distance

kohlrabi Now would be the time for low stress training. But I'll be honest: I already know that I won't get round to it in the coming weeks. So my girls are staying ‘all natural’ this time. The thrips are a thing of the past - thanks to my nematodes. And thankfully, the earthworms are also leaving the young plant alone. I'll be adding a few cucumber peels and coffee grounds today to thank them.

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RQS Milky Way F1 Auto + a bunch of WORMS. Week 3 - D23

RQS Milky Way F1 Auto + a bunch of WORMS. Week 3 - My pride and joy

1/5

16 cm

Height

18 hrs

Light Schedule

20 °C

Day Air Temp

Weak

Smell

60 liters

Pot Size

0.5 liters

Watering Volume

60 cm

Lamp Distance

kohlrabi A healthy, bushy plant! It's wunderful to watch her grow. Added nothing but tab water. I will need an air filter soon, she's starting to smell. And maybe some defoliation soon.

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RQS Milky Way F1 Auto + a bunch of WORMS. Week 4

RQS Milky Way F1 Auto + a bunch of WORMS. Week 4 - D35

1/3

20 cm

Height

18 hrs

Light Schedule

20 °C

Day Air Temp

Weak

Smell

60 liters

Pot Size

0.5 liters

Watering Volume

60 cm

Lamp Distance

kohlrabi Only tab water here, too. The plant is developing very well. I feel a bit bad for not doing LST, but there will be easier times again and we'll see how far we get with doing nothing. :)

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RQS Milky Way F1 Auto + a bunch of WORMS. Week 5 - D33

RQS Milky Way F1 Auto + a bunch of WORMS. Week 5

RQS Milky Way F1 Auto + a bunch of WORMS. Week 5 - All three Plants

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30 cm

Height

18 hrs

Light Schedule

24 °C

Day Air Temp

Weak

Smell

50 %

Air Humidity

60 liters

Pot Size

0.5 liters

Watering Volume

60 cm

Lamp Distance

kohlrabi It's starting to smell! It is a pleasure to watch this plant grow. In the last week it has grown several centimeters a day. The color is perfect and many small flowers have formed. At the top, I have removed some large leaves that were taking the light away from the lower regions. I have also removed small side branches on the lower large branches. I have mulched with straw so that it doesn't lose so much water. And of course, to be able to write the beautiful word “mulch” again. I buckled down and started a little LST after all. I use simple tent pegs for this. I hope I didn't pierce any worms... Other than that, only tab water. In the meantime, I've finally installed a decent humidity and temperature meter. Partly because I had no exhaust air, partly because it hurts a bit more when three plants go moldy than when just one does. It's fun to monitor that. At the moment it fluctuates quite a bit because I occasionally have the box open for longer, but that will normalize. My exhaust air set is the one from the old grow box and is a bit too small and, above all, too loud. But it's good enough for now.

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Used techniques

LST

Technique

Defoliation

Technique

RQS Milky Way F1 Auto + a bunch of WORMS. Week 6 - D39

RQS Milky Way F1 Auto + a bunch of WORMS. Week 6 - D39 - main bud

1/4

46 cm

Height

18 hrs

Light Schedule

24 °C

Day Air Temp

Normal

Smell

50 %

Air Humidity

60 liters

Pot Size

1 liters

Watering Volume

60 cm

Lamp Distance

kohlrabi She is drinking more now and has grown tall and strong. One could say I am biased, but I think this plant is exceptionally beautiful. There are also signs of considerable growth in the flowers, even though it is only the second week of flowering. This time, I have been more radical than usual in removing small branches at the bottom, through which my plants would only lose strength that they would be better off putting into the upper flowers. Since everything has grown very vigorously, there is hardly any opportunity for LST. I am now going to start cutting or bending out of the way large leaves that take away light from the flowers. Gave only tab water. The rest are doing the microorganisms for me. And the worms!

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Used techniques

Defoliation

Technique

RQS Milky Way F1 Auto + a bunch of WORMS. Week 7 - D44

RQS Milky Way F1 Auto + a bunch of WORMS. Week 7 - D44 Main bud

1/4

52 cm

Height

18 hrs

Light Schedule

24 °C

Day Air Temp

Normal

Smell

50 %

Air Humidity

60 liters

Pot Size

1 liters

Watering Volume

60 cm

Lamp Distance

kohlrabi No news, only defoliation and tab water. Still a pleasure to look at.

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Used techniques

Defoliation

Technique

RQS Milky Way F1 Auto + a bunch of WORMS. Week 8 - D52

RQS Milky Way F1 Auto + a bunch of WORMS. Week 8

1/4

60 cm

Height

18 hrs

Light Schedule

24 °C

Day Air Temp

Normal

Smell

50 %

Air Humidity

60 liters

Pot Size

1 liters

Watering Volume

60 cm

Lamp Distance

kohlrabi I have literally done nothing this week except add a litre of water every day. She would certainly have benefited from more defoliation, but unfortunately it's crunch time in my life again and hobbies are getting a raw deal. She has now finished growing in height, but you can clearly see how much the buds have increased in volume in the last week. Next week I'll probably have to take a closer look at the trichomes.

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Happy Harvest Day!

Milky Way F1 Auto Royal Queen Seeds

10/10

Rated

I loved growing this strain. It was sturdy, easy to do low stress training, and the buds are big and dense. 390g wet weight, and of course I will report later, but I'm guessing it will be nearly 100g dry. There were not too many leaves, so it was a rather easy trimming, too. Still took about 2 hours, but that's because I'm slow. According to the strain description, Milky Way has a flowering phase of 42 to 45 days and should be ready to harvest 70 to 75 days after germination. That would be on 22 February at the latest. On the 60th day, she was ready to chop. I cut her down maybe i tiny bit early.

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Spent 58 days

Ger Veg Flo Har

390 g

Bud wet weight per plant

96 g

Bud dry weight per plant

Plants

0.25 m²

Grow Room size

Easy

Difficulty

Giggly, Relaxed

Positive effects

Citrus, Nutty

Taste

Height

Day air temperature

Air humidity

Light schedule

Pot size

Lamp distance

RQS Milky Way F1 Auto + a bunch of WORMS. Week 9 - D60

RQS Milky Way F1 Auto + a bunch of WORMS. Week 9

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kohlrabi I did nothing but add water. :)

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BarneyRumble420 commentedweek 42y ago

Coming along nicely growmie 🔥🌱

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kohlrabi commented2y ago

@BarneyRumble420, thank you! She grew a lot in the last 2 days and startest flowering already.

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Oims_Finest commentedweek 72y ago

👏👏

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kohlrabi commented2y ago

@Oims_Finest, 😄

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love_2_grow commentedweek 62y ago

Soil power! :D

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kohlrabi commented2y ago

@love_2_grow, incredible!

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BarneyRumble420 commentedweek 22y ago

All the best with this grow my friend 🤜🤛🌱 missed these little Lego shots of yours! 😊

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kohlrabi commented2y ago

@BarneyRumble420, thank you!

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love_2_grow commentedweek 02y ago

About time! Good luck!!! 🍀👍

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kohlrabi commented2y ago

@love_2_grow, thank you! Bought more nematodes, just in case.

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Hattiwatti commentedweek 52y ago

God like with this also 👌🍀

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BarneyRumble420 commentedweek 52y ago

She's looking great! Wonder how much she'll stretch 🔥🌱🌱

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Schnabeldino commentedweek 72y ago

How's the pot doing? Are you using the water level indicator?

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kohlrabi commented2y ago

@Schnabeldino, the size seems to be doing the plant good, and it's of course also good for the earthworms. So far, I haven't had to try watering from the bottom, but this weekend I'm out and will try it for the first time. With my other houseplants, it usually works quite well. :)

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Schnabeldino commentedweek 42y ago

Nematodes for victory 👨‍🍳🏆 Milky Way and astronaut go well together 🌿 keep having fun i like your lego pics :)

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kohlrabi commented2y ago

@Schnabeldino, thank you!

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Sejanus21 commentedweek 72y ago

That's a Lechuza pot, right? I use them too; they make life a lot easier when the roots reach the reservoir. Since the roots mainly take up their nutrients through the water in the reservoir from then on, the nutrient supply from your soil might become scarce. You could check the EC value of the water in the reservoir. I'd be interested in that too, as I only use Lechuza with mineral substrate and fertilizer.

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Sejanus21 commented2y ago

@love_2_grow, I agree, but if you use a water reservoir than your grow is more comparable to a hydro-culture. Once the roots reach the water reservoir, they mainly use roots into the water for nutrition.

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Sejanus21 commented2y ago

@kohlrabi, the EC devices aren't that expensive anymore. I bought this combo device (pH/EC/PPM) for under EUR 30 last year: https://www.amazon.de/dp/B0CNGR1B8J/ref=sspa_dk_hqp_detail_aax_0?sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9ocXBfc2hhcmVk&th=1

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kohlrabi commented2y ago

That's true - if I used it regularly or mainly watered with it, I would have to do that. So I use it more as a precaution against overwatering or as a safeguard against drying out when I'm away. To be honest, it's a bit of overkill with the expensive pot; probably a regular one would have sufficed this time. But I want to use the pot on the terrace soon as a kind of raised bed, so that will make it more interesting again.

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Schnabeldino commentedweek 92y ago

Wooow impressive result and that for such a short time...good work 👌 have fun with your harvest 👨‍🌾✂️☘️

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kohlrabi commented2y ago

Thanks! I thought so, too. :) Very curious about the effects, now.

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