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First time trying out an autoflowering strain instead of a photoperiod one.
My first seed unfortunately did not sprout even after spending a week inside wet paper towel and ziploc..
2nd seed sprouted after ~2 days in a room temp moist coco plug.
We're in business! 😎
Phew, bit of a rough start, with the mistake so early on. But little fella keeps on growing without interruption 👍
The medium is a mixture of re-used coco coir/perlite from past two grows (somewhat de-rooted), fresh coco and fresh vermiculite. At the bottom of the hempy is a 5cm layer of fresh perlite as a water reservoir. In total, 9 liters of medium, pH'd at 6.0, fluffy and smells good.😊
Hi @w33dl3! My guess is that this fragile seedling suffered from both transplantation and lack of airflow. Your soil might be involved too if your auto sits in a hot/rich mix. Finally, your medium looks really wet, make sure not to water straight at the seedling’s foot but instead try to water the outer border of your container, this will encourage roots to spread, and give an adjusted volume of water (~10% of your container’s capacity at this stage). Don’t panic yet, she is already showing signs of recovery, and if you give her good care (low EC, good watering routine, good environment stances) she should stand up and grow vigorously. Hope this will help, keep us up to date and happy growing 👊
Switched to 20-4 light cycle.
As I started with a fully moist and hot soil, I only fed twice this week, with half-strength nutes; 1 liters each time in a circle around the plant.
Begin week 5! My baby is 15cm tall; standing strong with a sturdy looking trunk. I say it's time to crank it up a notch! 😝
I've been using my old 7,000 lumen Mars-hydro LED for the seedling/early veg stage, but this week I finally swapped in my new DIY LED panel, with over 11,000 lumens of 4800K(avg) Neutral white light output!
I don't know if this sudden shift in light spectrum and intensity will shock her. But we'll see now, won't we.. 😁
Would it be a good idea to slowly start pruning the lower and shaded baby shoots?
I'm afraid it could stunt the growth..
I've previously scrogged my plants(photoperiod ones) at the height of 30 cm.
hey Weedle, i see what you're wanting to do here, am i correct in thinking you want to promote flower growth further up the branch where it will be the most rewarding? If so, then yes, you've got the right idea, however i'm not seeing a plant that's ready for that yet, you want the flower stretch to happen some before you decide which flower nodes to keep and which flower nodes to get rid of, those little shoots could well become secondary colas in their own right. Give it another week or 10 days before you make the call, just to be sure. pruning anything will stress the plant, for us it's "just a leaf" for a plant it's literally ripping off an appendage lol just a final word of parting : those red stems are sign of micro nutrient deficiency creeping up, add some cal mag and mag sulfur to support your plant during her flower stretch. Hope this helps ! 🚀
Now supplementing cal-mag since mid last week, as instructed :)
Top cola reached high enough for scrog, so I added the net for this week, not even knowing if it's going to see much use.. depending how much stretching she still has left.
Training suggestions welcome 😅
Been tucking sunleaves away from shading the lower canopy.
Now there is enough leaves, so I've slowly started defoliating the upper leaves to prevent them from shading the lower branches.
Also pruned some of the very small shoots at the very bottom of the plant that were not getting much light.
I love working with this plant because it leaves such a wonderful scent on the fingers 😅
The buds seem to be swelling rapidly now. Starting to see some brown/orange pistils and the smell is getting more strong and pronounced.
I've been carefully defoliating a small handful of leaves every day, prioritizing easily removable leaves that are shading the flowering sites.
There seems to be some paleness/yellowing on the upper growth. Upper leaf tips are slightly curling upwards and show some dark purple color. Last week runoff PPM was hovering around 1150-1250, so I'm dialing it down closer to 1000 ppm this week. Too much nutes or light intensity?
She looks regualr for an autoflower near to the End of her lifecircle, i think you will get some nice autumncolours on the leaves. Shes fine... happy flowering
Defoliating is becoming very sticky business at this point, so I probably won't be doing it as much anymore.
Probably should've been a little more aggressive with defoliating early on, to gain better light penetration on my canopy..
Oh well, I'm still very happy with current results. Got some lovely looking trichome coated buds going 😎
As I was washing my resin coated hands, I was getting strong tropical / sweet notes, absolutely amazing scent. After done washing, I got a hint of pine as well. Just wow... I'm so excited about this one! Feels like I chose correctly. 😁
Oh wow, I'm beginning to understand how this got the name 'Cheese' 😄
Still got a bunch of clear trichomes, but beginning to see more cloudy ones and some brown ones as-well.
Harvest window seems to be nearing so giving her only pH'd tap water from now on.
Lovely smelling, fast and easy to grow and train. A big yielder; a perfect strain for stealthy microgrows! Harvested a bunch of beautiful short densely packed branches. Small size made it easy to harvest and fast to trim after drying. First day of curing it smells intense citrusy-sweet with a hint of pine in the jar. An excellent choice so far!
In 11 weeks exactly from seed to harvest! This has been my all time favorite grow so far! 😍👌
Harvest at day 77 was really easy due to the small size and compact branches. I quick trimmed wet, then dried for 2.5 days at RH35% and then dry trimmed everything in to a 4 liter curing jar, which sits at 61% RH after only 4 hours of jarring.. so I'll be popping that jar constantly now 😝
Yielded a monster 89 grams of dried trimmed bud with 25 grams of frosty trim. An excellent result, considering my 60 EUR budget DIY LED did this! 😎 Going above 1 GPW is always oh-so-sweet 😋
I'll be updating this harvest page as the cure progresses and I find out more about the taste and effects.
Growing on GD has made growing in to a whole new experience for me. I've gained much new motivation and inspiration in to growing. I also learned a lot for my next grow and I'm excited to get started with my next diaries I have planned! 0
@CRiSPrGrow, Yeah you got it right! I like the idea of waiting a bit before deciding what to prune. Thank you so much for the cal-mag tip, I'll get that arranged asap. Now I'm glad I asked. It's always fun to learn about new things to play with 😁👍
It's time to get those scissors out and your fingers sticky my friend 👍
Some stunning looking flowers produced and crazy trichome coverage 👌
Now it's time to reap the rewards from a great grow that we have thoroughly enjoyed following 👍
Good luck with the harvest my friend 👊
All the best ✌️
Mark..
@DinafemSeeds, Took me about a week to stabilize the curing to RH62% and been steadily hitting that cookie jar ever since, prioritizing smaller nugs and branches 😆
Already vapes good via an Extreme Q producing potent tingly feeling clouds, with low psychoactivity and strong body & mind relaxation potential. Hard to say anything too definitive about taste&effect at this early in the cure.
The buds look so yummy and have developed a beautiful intense sweet&sour&spicy aroma with undertones of citrus and wood. The smell is spectacular and I've spent a lot of time sniffing the ground herb, just amazed of the complexity of aroma here😳
I have a feeling as the cure progresses some months, the taste and effect are going to develop awesomely, so I'll be updating this page again once we are there 😇
It has been a perfect first Dinafem experience for me; something I'd like to repeat in the future with other Dinafem lineages (such as Dinamed, OG, WW, Amnesia), if my local seed store ever decides to restock on Dinafem seeds 😲
@w33dl3, congratulations on the harvest my friend. You certainly produce some stunning looking Cheese flowers 👌
How are you finding our Cheese now she's been dry a week or 2?
Thank you for the great diary and enjoy that dank and frosty end product 👊
All the best ✌️
Mark..
@DinafemSeeds, Right you are! Just got done with the harvest and it was incredible! I'll need some rest and a shower before I show&tell you all about it on the harvest page of this diary! 😍😍
Another AutoDinafem adventure up and running on the grow diary platform and this time with our CBD enhanced Cheese auto CBD 👌
Good luck with the grow my friend. Thank you for choosing our genetics we won't let you down and will be watching with interest 👍
All the best ✌️
Mark..
@w33dl3, Now we are excited 👍
With that room and power this should be one crazy show 👌
We have a seat front and central my friend 👍
Until next time buddy ✌️
All the best
Mark..
@DinafemSeeds, Wow! a public audience for my little grow.. how the times have changed.
As this is both my first Auto and CBD strain, I'm super excited to see what I'll get out of training it in a 120x40x40cm space with upwards of 11,000 lumens worth of brand new DIY LED paneling 😎
@omegaman101, I used a DIY budget LED panel made out of 3x Philips LEDtube 1500mm T8-tubes, 3700 lm / 24 watts each and less than $20 a pop. It's not the best penetrator with a 160 ° beam angle, but seems to have worked great anyways 😲
Some pictures of it: https://imgur.com/a/bHAyFqt
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