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jmesve The temperature is low and the growth is slow. Everything is going as planned. Let's keep going!!!

jmesve Hello. 12/01/2025. End of the second week of growth. First complete indoor cultivation attempt. Since October 2024, I have a 0.9 x 0.9 x 1.8 m cabinet. Pure LED Q240 V2.0 240W panel. For this grow, 11-liter pots with Plagron All Mix soil + 10% humus + perlite + vermiculite + Agrobeta granulated guano + mycorrhizae. On 20/12/2024--- I germinated 2 of each variety on a paper towel. All six sprouted and went into soil on 22/01/2024. One Sundae Driver failed when transferring to soil due to my mistake. RIP. Directly in 11-liter pots. All sprouted between 24-26/12/2024. Since then, the LED panel is at 50% power and 35-40 cm high. Watering every 5-6 days with 0.2-0.4 liters of water at pH 5.8 - 6.0 with Biobizz calmag up to 0.25 EC + 1 ml/liter of Deeper Underground Top Crop. Total EC of 0.48. The cabinet is located in a glass-enclosed outdoor terrace with blinds in the central area. Temperatures between 22 and 18 ºC. Controlling humidity with a humidifier for a VPD between 0.9 and 1.2. Growth with very little internodal distance. Cheers.

jmesve Today is 01/19/2025 and the plants are finishing their third week of growth. I watered on Thursday 01/16 with 0.6 liters per pot, with water at pH 6 and EC 0.5 (CalMag up to 0.25 + 1 ml/l of Deeper). VPD controlled around 1, with temperatures between 21 and 18 ºC. I need a humidifier that activates under control according to the necessary humidity range. RVK extractor always running with a power regulator. Oscillating fan directed at the plants since they were seedlings. Passive intake. The extraction makes the cabinet enter negative pressure. I've been dealing with fungus gnats since the start of the grow. I put up the typical yellow sticky traps and used neem oil applications. They've disappeared. I think I've overdone it with the light intensity and they're getting too short and leafy... The leaves look like Swiss chard...hehehe, I need some light meter to control this parameter...the Pure LED Q V2.0 panel is cranking it at 50% and I've had it about 35 cm from the tips of the leaves since they popped up. The panel is amazing. They are healthy, have created a spectacular structure of secondary branches, the stems are a diameter that scares... but they look very short... I don't know. There are also some new shoots with whitish tips so I will be increasing CalMag until the base water rises to an EC of 0.4 in all waterings. I've raised the panel to 55 cm for the fourth week to see how it goes. I hope to have a light meter soon. Almost all of them already have five nodes and I want to do apical at that node. I'm going to let them develop completely and when I have the secondary branches well marked, I'll do the pruning. Thanks!!

jmesve Today is 01/26/2025. Last day of the fourth week of growth. I finally got a PPFD sensor, and on Tuesday 01/21, I took the first measurements. I was able to check that I had the plants at about 450 PPFD since the first day they saw the light. That's why the leaves are growing excessively and the plant structure is horizontal with little internodal growth. The main leaves are covering all the secondary branches, and it doesn't make sense to keep it like this. We'll see later... The plants have been subjected to a DLI of 32 (I have them on a 20/4 schedule). The recommendation for the first three weeks of growth is to gradually increase to 12-16... and finish the third week at 20. The poor things have taken quite a beating from the light. In the fourth week, I can raise it to values close to 30. Right now, I have them at about 30. I'm going to leave it like this for the upcoming week. For anyone with my LED panel (Pure LED Q240 V2.0), at 30 cm from the plants, at 50% power, the center of the panel has values around 550 PPFD. Under the corners of the panel, it gives about 420-440 PPFD. On Tuesday 01/21, I did apical pruning and watered with 4 liters of rested water (CalMag up to EC 0.4 + 1 ml/l of Deeper + 1 ml/l of ACTI-VERA + 1 ml/l of BIO HEAVEN. PH 6.0 and Total EC of 0.08). On Friday 01/24, I pruned all the leaves from the main stem. Only the structure of the stem with the secondary branches remains, and I did apical pruning above the fifth node. I've stressed them for the better this week, and I hope they start recovering. Let's see how they evolve during the fifth week, and I'll think about when to switch to flowering. Today, I watered them with 4 liters of rested water (CalMag up to EC 0.45 + 1 ml/l of Deeper + 1 ml/l of ACTI-VERA + 1 ml/l of BIO HEAVEN + 1 ml/l of Siic Rock. PH 6.0 and Total EC of 0.09). This week, VPD is 07-09. Let's keep going!!!

jmesve 02/02/2025 End of the fifth week of growth. Beginning of the week with cold and humid days. Some nights I've seen 15 ºC. During the day, it's tough to reach 19. By regulating the humidity, I've managed to achieve acceptable VPD values, but it's clear that such low temperatures don't help the ideal development of the plant. Regarding the light intensity they tolerate, comparing the three genetics, the differences are noticeable. The two Royal Rorilla (one is a mutant, hehe) and the Sundae Driver handle values of 400 PPFD well. The two Cookies Gelato have a very indica growth and also, they're not comfortable growing in high PPFD values. I've been defoliating almost daily. Also completing and securing the branch structure with wires. The growth is slow and healthy. On Friday 31/01/2025, I watered with 4 liters of rested water: CalMag up to EC 0.43 + 1ml/l Deeper + 1 ml/l BIO GROW. PH 6.0 and EC 1.18 On Saturday 01/02/2025, I did aggressive pruning. I'm still securing branches with wires. Sunday. I'm still securing branches with wires. 02/02/2025. I'm not going to touch the wires anymore. I want to start flowering in 5 - 6 days. Thanks...

jmesve Today is Sunday 09/02/2025, the last day of the sixth week of growth. The week, in terms of environmental conditions inside the cabinet, hasn't been too bad. At night it didn't drop below 18ºC and during the day it reached 21-22. VPD values between 08-1. I had to raise the LED and lower the power because the plants weren't stretching. Also, I'm having issues with the CalMag I'm using (Biobizz) because it's very weak. I have yellow tips on new shoots and overall they all need Mg, but one of the Gelato, the most indica, is showing significant deficiencies that are delaying its growth. Now I have them at 220 PPFD and they seem comfortable. I watered them on Thursday 06/02/ with 5 liters of rested water + CalMag EC0.46 + 1mml/l of Deeper + 1mml/l of ACT IVERA + 1mml/l of BIOHEAVEN + 1mml/l of Silicrok. PH6 and EC0.76. I'm waiting for my new CalMag to arrive, and the plan is to do a watering only with CalMag EC0.5 + 1mml/l of Pure zim and measure the drainage. I've been doing defoliations and branch training daily. More or less, almost all the plants have the ten apical growth tips marked. Flowering is coming soon. I'm expecting a Mars Hydro Smart FC 3000-EVO to arrive in a few days. As soon as it arrives, I'll switch them to 12/12. Some defoliation will happen in the next few days. Let's keep going...