Mein 1. Grow

jp111 Unfortunately, I don't have a picture from the 2nd week. The third seedling that didn't want to grow was removed. The other two are doing well.

jp111 I found "Mahatma Ganja" on YouTube ... https://youtu.be/UtEiVHmudyk?si=jMdy21t7SjHmtW-N ... and I'm going to try to reproduce his "Mainlining Technique" up to 32 with my plants.

jp111 Considering the growth speed and the ebb in my tea can, I've decided to step back from my, as I realize, very ambitious plan to shape the plants according to the "Mainlining technique up to 32 shoots." Since one of the two plants is 1-2 days ahead, I'm at 8 shoots on the last day of week 4 and 6 shoots on the other.

jp111 A day later, both plants have been topped to 8 shoots each. The plants have now grown 2 cm closer to the LED, so the distance to the 100 W LED is now 43 cm, and it is dimmed to 85%. Today, on day 30, before the night rest, I will provide them with 1L each: 0.3L tap water - 0.7L osmosis water - 3ml BUDXXL Grow - 1ml BUDXXL Root. This mixture results in a pH value of 6.17 and an EC value of 1.3.

jp111 The leaves had taken on a dark color and were curling. After that, I flushed the soil well every 2 to 3 days, on day 39 I then thinned out the plants, directed the shoots to the sides, and started adding additional nutrients to the watering with 1/4 of the recommended amount again.

jp111 The reduced fertilization seems to be doing the plants good. I water every 2-2.5 days with 2.5 L per plant. For the fertilizer, I stick to the lower guideline. My LED, which was previously at 80%, I've adjusted to 100% starting from day 43. I think I can start the flowering phase around day 50. Day 47: Brought the shoots to the same height again. Day 49: Thinned out the sunshade.

jp111 First 2 days of week 8 with a little overview of my grow room. Water and nutrients like last week. I wanted to start flowering on day 50, but then decided to wait a few more days. (Update: I couldn't wait any longer and switched to flowering today.) During the first grow, the doubts about the right timing are quite significant. Hello everyone, I watered my plants today on the first day of 12/12: Reverse osmosis water Minimum amount according to the nutrient plan: BLOOM 4ml/l ROOT 1ml/l VITA+ 1ml/l CALMAC 1ml/l and got the following values: Water at 20° ppm 830 PH 5.93 μS/cm 1658 Runoff water ppm 3240 PH 6.38 μS/cm 6530 Something seems to be going wrong even though the ladies look quite happy. Could it be that the values from the runoff water are skewed due to residues sticking to the bottom? I can't get the dried residues under my pots properly cleaned because of the crop net. Can someone give me some advice?

jp111 Hello, a lot has happened in the last few days. On February 24th, after 7 nights, the first signs of flowering were visible. Since the start of flowering, I've watered 3 times. The first time as advised, just with water, and then 2 more times with the minimal recommended amount of fertilizer. My values from the runoff water are much better now but still not ideal. Before flushing: ppm: 3240 PH: 6.38 μS/cm 6530 Now: ppm: 1540 PH: 6.33 μS/cm 3100 In the meantime, I've been pruning here and there but left all the older leaves that don't block the light. Today I did it again and brought almost everything to the same height. The climate in the tent is currently not easy to regulate as we have a humidity of 80-87% here. The values in the tent: 24-25° 46-47% At night: 21-22° 50-52% One of the main stems has started to put a 10th leaf on top of 3 leaves so far. Double-decker, so to speak. 😊 And one more thing: Unfortunately, when creating my first diary, I made a mistake in the naming of the strain I planted. It's not: Cherry Runtz US Cali seeds but the: Cherry Bacio from SensiSeeds Wishing you all a good week!