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love_2_grow It's time for the next round, which will be all photos, as the last round was autos.
I plan to have one plant in my tiny tent, and four in my big tent, but one of the seeds failed to germinate, so I'll only run three. I could drop another seed (lord knows I have enough), but I figured I'd veg them a bit longer to fill the canopy.
This diary will feature Nain Rouge from Tiki Exotics.
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Seed Bank: Tiki Madman
Seed Type: Feminized
Genetics: Hybrid (Indica dominant)
Parent Strains: Detroit Runtz x Devil Driver
Flowering Time: 8-9 weeks
Aroma: Fruity flavor with notes of berries (such as strawberries and raspberries), citrus fruits, and a spicy, slightly peppery note.
THC Content: 20-25%
Special Features: Heavily coated in trichomes, suitable for washing
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I started by soaking the seed overnight in a mycorrhiza, kelp, and fulvic acid solution and then planting the seed in a Root Riot plug.
The plugs were placed in a propagation tray on a heat mat.
48 hours later we have lift-off.
The next round is on the way!
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Week 1. Vegetation
3mo ago
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5 cm
24 hrs
25 °C
65 %
25 °C
1 L
70 cm
love_2_grow The first week has passed without much fuss.
Normally, I transplant the plug into a pot as soon as I see germination, but I've been so busy lately that I took a few days. I transplanted her into a one-liter pot, adding mycorrhiza to both the pot and to the plug.
I kept a humidity dome (fancy talk for a clear plastic cup) over her for a couple of days before putting in my tiny humidifier in the tent. It is ridiculously small but gets the job done, considering how small the tent is. It has a timer, though, so I must remember to turn it on now and then. It’s a bit wonky, but whatever.
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Week 2. Vegetation
3mo ago
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8 cm
24 hrs
23 °C
51 %
23 °C
1 L
70 cm
love_2_grow The second week of veg was even more uneventful than the first. All I did was install a couple of small fans and replace the tiny humidifier since it broke down, even though it's less than two months old. I guess it wasn't meant to run constantly. No matter, Amazon gave me a full refund.
I installed another humidifier controlled by an Inkbird controller. It's a bit large for the space, but I need something to increase the humidity. The plants are still too small to transpire significantly, and the ambient humidity is relatively low in winter. The tent is a bit cramped, but it'll work until I can move the plants into my big tent in a week or so.
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Week 3. Vegetation
3mo ago
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10 cm
24 hrs
24 °C
65 %
24 °C
1 L
70 cm
love_2_grow Another week has passed without much fuss. The plants sure are low maintenance when they are young.
However, I found the telltale silver spots on a couple of leaves on another plant, and sure enough, I found a few thrips, although it's not a massive infestation. Yet.
It's been a couple of years since I last had thrips, so I have no clue where they came from. I suspect some coriander I brought home from and am now trying to grow hydroponically.
In any case, I sprayed down all plants several times with neem oil and ordered predatory mites, which should arrive today.
She should get transplanted in a few days as she slowly outgrows her tiny pot.
I'm fighting with the humidifier and Inkbird to maintain a reasonable humidity, but that will improve as I move the plants into my big tent after the transplant.
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Week 4. Vegetation
3mo ago
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14 cm
24 hrs
27 °C
75 %
27 °C
4 L
65 cm
Nutrients 1
TNC MycorrMax 1 mll
love_2_grow It was time to transplant and move into the big tent this week. I sprinkled the roots with myco during the transplant and placed the plant in a double pot inside the big final pot.
The flexibility of using double pots is great, as I can easily take out the plant or move it around when I need it.
I haven't seen any signs of thrips damage on her leaves. However, I'm still adding predatory mites and nematodes to ensure all critters are dealt with.
I started sprouting some alfalfa, barley, and corn seeds, which I will turn into a sprouted seed tea in a few days.
Plant - Height: 14 cm, Width: 30 cm
Environment: DLI: 25, Temp: 27C, RH: 75%
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Week 5. Vegetation
2mo ago
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14 cm
24 hrs
26 °C
76 %
26 °C
56 L
65 cm
love_2_grow She's been having a good week. The new soil and the sprouted seed tea I gave to her early in the week had her raging with growth
It was clear that she had outgrown her pot and I had to transplant her again, only a week after the last time, but hey, having your plant love life is a good problem.
The transplant went according to the regular drill of adding myco to the hole in the pot and the root ball.
One new thing is that I'm trying out using coco coir mats for soil cover. It's a wee bit small for the pot but seems to work reasonably well so far.
Only a couple of days after the transplant, I cut off her head!
It's all a bit stressed with the second transplant and then topping, but some future travel plans have changed, so I'm aligning the grow to them.
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Transplantation
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Week 6. Vegetation
2mo ago
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18 cm
24 hrs
28 °C
72 %
28 °C
56 L
65 cm
love_2_grow I left her alone for most of this week, considering all the trauma she endured the previous week with transplanting and topping.
However, I worked on the tent, adding another circulation fan, a 3D-printed camera mount, and an additional power strip. Finally, I rewired half of the tent.
Towards the end of the week, it was time to start training her to even out the canopy in preparation for the flip. She is the runt in the tent and needs a while longer before I can flip.
Before the training, I installed a drip watering system, as it would have been a hassle to do it afterward. I haven't turned it on yet, but I will in the next few days to give myself enough time to dial it in before my travels.
I stretched her out using binder clips and wire. Typically, I use soil anchors as well, but I couldn't this time due to the coco coir discs.
This girl has thin, spindly branches. Perfect for training, but I am concerned that she will need support in flower.
I saw some light interveinal chlorosis earlier in the week, which looked like a Magnesium deficiency, so I gave her an epsom salt drench, and she looked much perkier the next day.
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Week 7. Vegetation
2mo ago
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27 cm
24 hrs
27 °C
75 %
20 °C
56 L
60 cm
love_2_grow This week has been a week of brutality, as I managed to break a branch on every plant in the tent. I plan to flip the girls next week, so I was a bit too overzealous in my eagerness to spread out and flat the canopy in this final week of veg.
I didn't notice when I broke the branch, and fortunately, it wasn't a bad break, so I just let her do her thing without my help.
It has been four days, and the branch looks fine, although it hasn't stretched out as much as I'd like.
I also started changing the light schedule to transition the girls from veg to flower. I changed from 24/0 to 20/4 for a couple of days, and for the last couple of days, I changed it to 16/8. Tomorrow, I will change it to 12/12 to finish the flip.
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LST
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Week 8. Flowering
2mo ago
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27 cm
12 hrs
28 °C
71 %
20 °C
56 L
60 cm
love_2_grow This first week of flower was entirely uneventful.
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Week 9. Flowering
1mo ago
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50 cm
12 hrs
28 °C
73 %
20 °C
56 L
45 cm
love_2_grow This week was only marginally more exciting than last week.
I brewed compost tea with worm castings, insect frass, alfalfa meal, basalt, rock dust, kelp meal, malted barley, and molasses.
To make feeding her easier, I took some cuts and defoliated her lower canopy very lightly before applying the tea. The tea solids were applied as a top dressing.
Later in the week, she got an epsom salt foliar feed. She had slight chlorosis in a few leaves, so I figured it couldn't hurt.
I'm delighted with the performance of my latest soil recipe. Although the plant is the pickiest in the tent, and it has a few yellow leaf tips, overall, it is very healthy and vibrant.
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Week 10. Flowering
1mo ago
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50 cm
12 hrs
28 °C
73 %
20 °C
56 L
45 cm
love_2_grow I was planning to clean up the lower canopy this week, but I hurt my back while biking, so that didn't happen. Hopefully, next week.
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Week 11. Flowering
25d ago
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85 cm
12 hrs
28 °C
73 %
20 °C
56 L
30 cm
love_2_grow This week was a bit of a disaster as one of the plants in the tent hermed.
I wet it down, cut it, and got it out of the tent, but some pollen was already visible, so let's see if the other girls have been seeded. Sigh :/
I finally got around to cleaning up the lower canopy, but will probably tweak it further.
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Week 12. Flowering
19d ago
More photos +8
85 cm
12 hrs
28 °C
73 %
20 °C
56 L
30 cm
love_2_grow After the herm incident last week, I moved the Runtz from my small tent into this tent to better use the space.
That's pretty much it. Mid-End flower is always just a waiting game.
She smells and looks AMAZING. She has a VERY potent and sweet candy terp profile, and she is covered in sticky trichomes. I'm excited about this one.
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Week 13. Flowering
14d ago
More photos +7
85 cm
12 hrs
28 °C
73 %
20 °C
56 L
30 cm
love_2_grow Zzzzzzzzzz. This week was entirely uneventful, as late flower usually is.
It’s only a waiting game at this point.
A few more weeks to go.
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Week 14. Flowering
5d ago
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85 cm
12 hrs
29 °C
73 %
21 °C
56 L
30 cm
love_2_grow There's not much to report this week, as I ignored the plants most of the week due to travel and having guests.
The only thing I did was rearrange the tent to fit a dehumidifier.
@love_2_grow, how far do you have left? I am currently growing the same strain from seed with a HLG Rspec700 FR and am in week 7 flower, my lights were hanging a bit low for a while so 1 or 2 plants got light stressed too much and became very bright yellow, is it too late to try and save them by fertilizing more? I'm using biobizz organic liquid fertilizer and worm hummus aswell as rock dust for cal/ mag deficiency in my local tap water