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Thanks Patricia and the Zamnesia crew for your offer of 3x3 Biscotti seeds 🙏🙏🙏
Even though I already have a nice clone library, I wanted to try a new strain for a while. Biscotti seemed like the ideal strain for this. 💪
If 8 out of 9 seeds would germinate, this would be enough for my - tried and tested - setup of 8 XL AutoPots with 2x600 Watt HPS lights. But because I thought 8 out of 9 was a bit tight, I ordered an extra 3 Biscotti seeds separately. The two packages arrived on the same day. 👍
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I am equally happy with the new nutritional tablets from Bioplantenvoeding.nl. Their Healthy Start tablets have been out of stock for a while now, 😥 but they are working on new tablets.👍 Today I received 32 prototype tablets, which I would like to test for them. 😍 They look great. A bit firmer pressed than their older models, and a bit greener 👽 Many thanks to the people at Bioplantenvoeding.nl for the tablets and thanks for the trust in letting me test them. 🙏🙏🙏
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After putting the seeds in the freezer for a few days, I cleaned up my grow room and started this diary.
So what happened this week :
DAY1️⃣ Removing the seeds from the freezer, open the packages and put the seeds in a bowl of clean water. I prefere this way of germinating, because you can see if the seeds do germinate. 😙
DAY2️⃣ More than half of the seeds have germinatated 👌 ! I took the first picture 30 hours after I put the seeds in the water. 😇
DAY4️⃣ All seeds are cracked. All of them have germinated 😊 As you can see, the water is a bit troubled and there are some remains of the - I think - seed husks floating in the water. I refreshed the water.
DAY6️⃣ The sprouts have hardly grown. This surprised me. 😧 I just read that it is best to change the water daily. I did not do this. 😔 I also read that it is best not to leave the seeds in the water for too long once they have germinated. I did not do this either. 😖 Stupid me 😈 Hopefully everything will turn out fine.🙏. That's why I have decided to took the seeds out of the glass with water and put them in small pots filled with organic sowing soil (enriched with mycorrhiza (FlowerSafer) and a tiny bit of Biovin).👍 I'm waiting in suspense! See you next week! 👻
I ended my diary last week with a bit of fear. I had left the seeds in the water for 6 (!) days before planting them out. With the hustle and bustle of Christmas, I had lost sight of the seeds. And because the sprouts were still so small, I thought I would leave them in the glass of water for a few more days. Until I read that the seeds should not be left in water for too long because they could then suffer from a lack of oxygen, which could mean the end of the seeds. Moreover, I read that I should change the water daily, while I had only done once (on day 4).😥
So you can imagine how happy I was that after two days of tension, the seeds that I had entrusted to the soil on day 6, were peeping out of the ground on day 9. By the end of day 9, already ten of the twelve seedlings succeeded to emerge from the ground. On day 10 eleven of the twelve seeds have made it !😍
What have I learned 😊 :
1️⃣ Seeds can survive in water for quite a long time,
2️⃣ Even if you only change the water once a week, the seeds can still survive. 👍
DAY10 : I lowered the lamp a bit because the seedlings started to stretch. This caused the humidity to drop a bit, so I put the hoods of my AutoPot X over the seedlings (see last photo).
DAY11 : YESSS 12 seeds/12 germinated= 100% Germination Rate 💪💪💪
1️⃣ This week was the difficult period in which the seedlings are starting to develop their root system, but their stems are not yet very strong and therefore very vulnerable. 😕
2️⃣ The seedlings have also started to stretch. This made some of them a bit wobbly, which is why I added some sticks to give them some support.
3️⃣ Due to the fluctuating outside temperature and the heat of the 250watt HPS lamp, it was sometimes difficult to keep the temperature 🌡️ and humidity 💦 stable. I do have a humidifier, but it is a bit overdone to humidify the entire growing space for a few seedlings. That is why I tried to manually increase the humidity with a plant sprayer and - if I could not visit the growing room for a longer period of time (when I was sleeping, for instance) - I placed the plastic hoods over the seedlings, but then the temperature rose, so I had to turn the heating down a bit.👇👆👍
4️⃣ By the end of the week the stems of the seedlings are already getting a bit firmer and the first few typical cannabis leaves are starting to form 😘
5️⃣ The smallest seedling is 6cm high. The tallest is 13 cm high.
DAY 26 :
1️⃣ I selected 8 of the 12 seedlings and repotted them into 8 AutoPot XL containers. These pots hold 25 litres, but because of the AirDomes there is only room for a 22.5 litre potting mix.
2️⃣ My potting mix for this diary consists of 100 litres of recycled soil mix (50/50 soil/perlite) from a previous harvest, mixed with 40 litres of fresh potting soil and 40 litres of perlite. I enriched the mix with 1000 grams of Biovin (dry organic compost made from grape residues), 100 grams of Flower Safer (mycorrhiza), 120 grams of Outdoor Bloom (Gen1:11) and 40 grams of Oudoor Grow (Gen 1:11).
3️⃣ I placed 4 growth tablets on the bottom of each pot. They are prototypes from Bioplantenvoeding.nl. Their old tablets are no longer available, but they are working on new tablets.
4️⃣ Before repotting I sprinkled some Flower Safer (mycorrhiza) in the planting hole.
5️⃣ During the day I place a plastic propagator over each plant to keep the humidity high. During the night I remove the propagator and turn on the oscillating fan so that the plants catch some wind and therefore develop a stronger stem.
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DAY27 :
👉 I mixed 10 liters of water with 50 ml of liquid thick organic fertilizer (NK 5-3) from the regular garden store and 2.5 ml of Pep Roots (not liquid, more of a pasta) that I got for free from the local grow shop. Then I divided the 10 liters over the 8 plants.
The plants root system has been able to develop well in the new large pots this week. 👌
Therfore not that much growth above ground level. Tallest plant = 21 cm; Smallest plant = 14 cm 😗
Most important = the plants look healthy 😍
I watered the plants 2 times this week 👍 approx 1 liter/plant/time enriched with pep-roots (root stimulator)
👉DAY3️⃣7️⃣
I topped the plants between the 5th and 6th nodes, leaving 5 nodes, or 10 small branches and leaves.
"Auxins are the hormones in charge of the shape cannabis plants’ take. The tip of the main stem is where the auxins come from, flowing down through the plant and stopping it from producing lateral growth. These auxins find it harder to reach the bottom of the plant, which is why when plants grow taller the lower branches grow out wider; giving them their classic Christmas Tree shape. However, topping allows you to remove the Apex (the top growth tip) and therefore break apical dominance, allowing side branches to grow more." (https://www.growbarato.net/)
👉DAY 4️⃣1️⃣
Plants are doing great, but it seems the Biscotti's are rather slow growers. 😏 So we will have to wait quite a long time before the plants go into the flowering phase. 😖 Patience is a necessary virtue for every cannabis grower 💤
Tallest plant = 27 cm 👆; Smallest plant = 17 cm 👇
I watered the plants 2 times this week, and give them approx 1 liter/plant/time enriched with pep-roots (root stimulator)
👉DAY45
1. I connected the AutoPot XL to the watertank. 💦
2. I installed my humidifier
👉DAY 48
Second time I topped the plants. This time I topped the two highest branches, by removing the Apex (the top growth tips) and therefore break apical dominance, allowing side branches to grow more.
Tallest plant = 38 cm 👆; Smallest plant = 21cm 👇
Also this week I watered the plants 2 times, giving them approx 1 liter/plant each time (enriched with pep-roots (root stimulator)) 💪
The plants are starting to spread a light scent 👃😜
DAY54
1️⃣ Removing the lower branches and reusing them for cuttings. I took two cuttings of each plant. After harvesting and tasting, I'll decide which pheno I'll keep.
2️⃣ Topping the plants
3️⃣ Connecting the AirDomes to an airpump
Tallest plant = 45cm
Smallest plant = 25cm
Plants are connected to the watertank, filled with clean water💦. No liquid fertilizers. Only tablets in the soil. 👍
I added 2x 600 watt Dimlux Lamps 🌞🌞
This week I gave each plant 2x 0.5liter enriched with PepRoots rootstimulator 💪
Plants have grown very strongly this week 😍
I placed some plant stakes around the branches that stick out above the others. Then I bind the branches to the stakes. This way I can prevent the plants from not growing evenly. The plants respond very well to this LST 💪
Tallest plant = 60 cm ; Smallest plant = 33 cm.
I had numbered the plants according to their size in the early weeks, but now the numbering no longer corresponds to their size. 👻
Position of the plants :
2️⃣4️⃣6️⃣8️⃣
1️⃣3️⃣5️⃣7️⃣
Quite a few different phenotypes 🙀
Plants have grown strongly this week 😊 Average growth of 60% in one week 😵😵😵
I removed the plant support sticks and let the ladies grow free 😺. No LST this week ✋
The difference in appearance between the individual plants is now clearly visible. The initial numbering (#1 being the tallest plant) no longer corresponds to the current size of the plants.
Growth from day 1 tot day 7 of flowering (in cm)
Plant1️⃣ 65 = 95 +46%
Plant2️⃣ 60 = 92 +53%
Plant3️⃣ 57 = 84 +47%
Plant4️⃣ 50 = 86 +72%
Plant5️⃣ 50 = 85 +70%
Plant6️⃣ 35 = 57 +63%
Plant7️⃣ 40 = 68 +70%
Plant8️⃣ 37 = 62 +67%
I had some problems with Plant3️⃣. It looks she has Leaf Septoria, a fungal leaf disease 😨 The plant was situated close to the humidifier and therefore the leaves were often very wet 😰 I put off the swing fan during the night, which was not a good idea. 😏 But the fan is now running 24/24 again 😁 I have now removed the affected leaves, and now the fungus seems to have stopped spreading 👍
Position of the plants in the growroom :
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1️⃣3️⃣5️⃣7️⃣
🌞📆🌺🌡️☁️💦💬🥣👃1️⃣2️⃣3️⃣4️⃣5️⃣6️⃣7️⃣8️⃣9️⃣0️⃣
Thx, I also like AutoPot. When the plants are big, it's not easy to water manually. What I don't like about the AutoPots, is that the valves sometimes get blocked and they start to leak water. Never use AutoPot on a floor apartment 😰😱
@greenthumb42, The tablets are approx the same as biotabs, but they are from another Dutch onlinecompany called bioplantenvoeding.nl. They are specialized in organic growing. Their tablets are called Healthy Start tablets, but they are out of stock (new owner), but working on new tablets. I got some prototypes to test. There is enough nutrition in the tablets to provide the plants with nutrition for the entire growth and flowering cycle. I do mix some mycorrhiza, micro nutrients and a light NPK base fertilizer for 2 weeks to the soil mixture. Easiest way to grow organically. I use AutoPots with a watertank (no nuts in the tank).
Biscotti is one of my all time favorite strains. Following to see how she grows!
I soak my seeds in water for 48 -72 hours max. Usually there's at least a tiny root poking out by then. Either way I put it in soil after that and they pop within 3-5 days later. If 1 week passes and it don't sprout then it's a dud.
@Qutro, I'll do my best 😋 It's been a while since I started a seed diary. I had cuttings of some nice varieties, but the urge to start with a new strain was unstoppable. 😖 I'm looking forward to the moment I can test my first Biscotti bud😙✋
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