Johnny Five (aka fifth attempt)

Amnesia Haze Begin of Veg week 1 Today starts her journey into Veg. Her true leaves are separating from the cotyledons. The next set of true leaves is coming in nicely and have distanced them selves from the first set. She should take off any minute now :) Lighting: She has her own light now. And the Granddaddy has her own. Set to 40% intensity, 45cm away from the plant. ------------------------------------ March 4 Had but a quick look how she's doing. ------------------------------------ March 6 Another quick look. She's still not thirsty. ------------------------------------ March 7 Another quick look. She grew a centimeter since yesterday. Now she is growing, she's ready to be potted up. I know the roots will not have filled up all of the soil yet, but she'll be needing fresh nutrients soon. If I pot her up now, she can be started off on the bare minimum of nutes. ------------------------------------ March 9 She's sitting comfortably in the 40L and is showing no signs of transplant shock. All is good so far. Now to start her off on nutrients, correctly! Headed over to the BioBizz website and made my notes. Watered the surrounding soil today with 3L of dechlorinated tapwater + 0.4g/l Microbes + 0.3ml/l CalMag + 0.5ml/l BioGrow + PH Down to 6.0 There was no runoff. The surrounding soil was watered to get Microbes and nutrients into it. From here on in, the plant will be watered in small circular motions around the plant to encourage the roots to spread out. As the weeks pass by, the circle will get bigger and more water will be applied. There is no mentioning of needing runoff nor a dry/wet schedule for LightMix. I may have to get in contact with a representative of BioBizz and ask them about that. AllMix has some clear instructions with it. LightMix does not. ------------------------------------ As this diary entry marks the start of the first Veg week, I presume the next proper update will be in 14 days. I'll update this entry with new pictures as the upcoming seven days pass by, so feel free to check in every other day to see her progress :) ------------------------------------ March 11 Still no signs of transplant shock, and no visible reaction to the nutrients from past Sunday. The seperation of the first few nodes is becoming clearer and her third set of true leaves are coming up now. She looks happy and healthy. Still isn't thirsty even though the sides of the soil are telling a different story 😂 She didn't get watered today. I'll check in daily though. ------------------------------------ March 13 Still not thirsty. The main trunk is coming in nicely. Her leaves have light green areas to them, starting from the base going outwards. That indicates to me that it's an uptake thing. Could this be signs of the CalMag being processed? It has that typical magnesium glow to it. I'll keep an eye out if it turns a darker shade of green (good sign) or stays the same (bad sign). ------------------------------------ See you with the next update!

Johnny Five aka Short Circuit aka Amnesia Haze photo End of veg week 2 Checked in every other day to see if she heeded anything. But no, not even water. She looks like she'll need water either Monday or Tuesday. ------------------------------------------- Mar 11 Took measurements and examined the leaves. They don't look like they are glowing anymore, so that is good. You can start to see traces of something in the leaves. Nothing harmful I suspect. ------------------------------------------- Mar 13 The next set of leaves coming in nicely. Light intensity increased from 40 to 50% (still at 45cm distance), as it is linked to Grandaddy's and hers was increased today. I see no harm in it for Johnny 5. As long as the temps and rh stay within limits. ------------------------------------------- Mar 16 Still not thirsty, but look at her go! What a difference three days makes. A fungus is forming on the surface of the soil. It doesn't look like mycorrhizae but like the beginning stage of moss. That could mean, temps aren't high enough in the soil for proper evaporation to occur. Then fungus and molds can appear. Good thing I turned up the intensity a few days ago. I may have to turn it up a little more and see if I can't somehow get night temps in the room itself to about 20C. ------------------------------------------- See you with the next update!

Johnny 5 aka Short Circuit aka Amnesia Haze photo End of Veg week 3 What boring weeks these first few weeks of veg can be. Reminds me of my ex gf... shower her with love, throw sweets at her from afar and keep your hands off 😂 I also seem to be chasing the tail of a CalMag issue. Dunno whether to increase the CalMag more or hold off as it might be signs of an excess. Early signs of CalMag, whether for better of for worse, all kinda look the same to me. It isn't until the next stage that I realize what the issue actually was. Either the signs worsen when you add more, or they get worse when you hold off. It's not bro-science 😂 Due to change in the weather optimal temps and rh were achieved this week! (Don't mind the rh in the pictures. That fluctuates at soon as I open the tent) Daytime 24C / 50rh Night 19C / 60rh If she is anything like her sisters before her, she will be praying at 28-32C / 50rh 😎 ------------------------------------- March 17 Checked if she was thirsty, but there is still a small patch of "moss" that isn't dried out yet. Hence there is still moisture about. Will check back tomorrow. ------------------------------------- March 18 Starting to show clearer signs of CalMag issue. Will probably increase it this week. Gonna give her a couple more days though to see if the signs get worse or better. Now she's thirsty! The "moss" has all but dried out. Could have given it another 24 hours but the weekly Microbes need to be added! Prepared 2L of dechlorinated tapwater + 0.4g/l Microbes + 0.3ml/l CalMag + 1ml/l BioGrow + PH Down to 6.5 She took the entire 2L before the underside of the pot was moist. No runoff. ------------------------------------- March 20 Checking if she needs anything. Soil is still moist so she'll get no water. CalMag issue is slightly worse. Will increase to 0.5ml/l with the next watering/feed, though 0.7 would probably be better at the moment. Baby steps, remember? Baby steps. The last 4 Amnesia Hazes I grew would whine if the mixture was 0.1ml/l off, so.. baby steps. Light height increased from 45 to 50cm. Light intensity increased from 50 to 60%. That is due to her neighbour being done with the stretch. This adjustment increases the Haze's ppfd by about 80. If the calculations are correct, she should be at 300ish ppfd. ------------------------------------- March 23 Light intensity and ppfd increase is working 😅 Soil is dry, time for a watering! Oh wait, it's Sunday today. Feeding time!! Prepared 2L of dechlorinated tapwater + 0.4g/l Microbes + 0.5ml/l CalMag + 2ml/l BioGrow + PH Down to 6.5 Runoff of 0.2L measured 6.7ph. That's not bad considering Tuesday's feeding produced no runoff and she was fed again today. BioGrow was increased from 1ml/l to 2ml/l, in part due to the increase in amount of microbes going into the soil. Secondly because the soil's original nutrients should just about be depleted and she's gonna get hungry, quick. At least, if she is anything like her previous sisters. Next watering, the outer most part of the soil will get water too. I'm thinking, 4L will be necessary to get the entire soil moist and produce a little runoff. This measurement is going to be quite important. It should indicate if the plant/microbes is/are taking up all the nutrients provided. CalMag issue even clearer despite the increase to 0.5ml/l. ------------------------------------- Node spacing should be clearer due to the camera angle. I'm satisfied with the spacing so far. She isn't leggy and she doesn't seem to be stunting. She has 4 nodes with the 5th coming in. Time to start planning LST and topping. If I even want to do that this run. Who am I kidding, of course she's going to get topped! It's an Amnesia Haze. She'll grow up to 2m if her head doesn't get whacked off soon 😈 See you with the next update!

Johnny 5 aka Short Circuit aka Amnesia Haze photo End of Veg week 4 Went in for minor surgery on Monday so wasn't around the ladies much the first few days. In that time, fungus gnats found my plants 👿👿👿 Nematodes arriving 1st week of April 💪 She seemed to be taking well to the nutrients and drinking at a normal pace.. until she got topped. Maybe she just misses me? XD Still chasing the CalMag deficiency too.. ------------------------------------------- March 26 I didn't abandon her the past days.. just.. peeked my head in the tent 50x less per day 😬 Today she is thirsty! Just giving ph'd water, though my gut is telling me to add a dose of CalMag. 4L of dechlorinated tapwater + PH Down to 6.5 Runoff of 0.2L measured 6.7. May have to PH the water down to 6.3 and see if that gets the runoff to 6.5 ------------------------------------------- March 28 Freakin gnats! Daheck did they come from?? Immediately checked the leftover bag of soil, but there are no gnats nor any visual larvae crawling around. It's safe to say, it's not the soil. Sticky traps and nematodes will be ordered today. Thirsty again and she is ready for a topping! Gut feeling is still telling me to feed a dose of CalMag... 4L of dechlorinated tapwater + PH Down to 6.5 Runoff pf 0.3L measured 6.5. Back to normal again :) She was also topped between the 5th and 6th node. (It hurt me more than her) Those lower leaves really need to come off now.. ------------------------------------------- March 30 Installed the sticky traps. Sorry for ruining an already terrible photo 😂 She is not thirsty. Hmm.. guess it's difficult to drink when you don't have a head anymore! Soil indicates, two more days until it will need watering. Will check back tomorrow anyway. Although her leaves are hanging a little and she looks kinda sad, she has thickened up a lot the past days. I removed the bottom set of chutes as they weren't getting any light due to the large fan leaves above them. It crossed my mind to chop the fan leaves, but... every time I chop these initial fan leaves, none of the other leaves on the plant ever get as big as they were. Not even new growth. F*ck it. This grow, the fan leaves are staying! I'll chop a whole cola before removing a fan leaf on this run! Let's see how long SHE wants those leaves around. ------------------------------------------- By the way, I had to throw out my pepper plant that was growing in the dining room tent. It got sick and the peppers that came off it starting getting black spots. Yes, I work with the plants hygienically and was careful not to transmit anything during her life over to other plants in the house. Anyhow... The 3rd SF1000EVO is now free and after a quick disinfection, it got hung up in this tent 😁 At the moment I only have a LUX meter, and it's readings are all over the place 😂 This is pretty much going to be a trial and error, but I'll try repositioning the lights some and try to get measurements under control. If that doesn't work, I'll go back to two lights. That was stable af!! ------------------------------------------- By the way, I really need to work on my diary presentation.. I think. I applied for one of the upcoming contests here and they ask for 4-5 pictures max per week 😨 Understandable and acceptable given their reasoning. Gonna have to really think on this one. See you with the next update!

Johnny 5 aka Short Circuit aka Amnesia Haze photo End of veg week 5 Nematodes applied and Johnny 5 is starting to claw. ——————————————— March 31 Nematodes arrived earlier than expected.. no wait, i’m starting this off backwards 😂 Erm… the lighting. Yes, the lighting! The 3rd SF1000evo was too much for the tent and my current setup 😅 Woke up, had a coffee and checked the tent. 32c / 38rh something isn’t right here… intake and exhaust functioning normally. Light intensity is unchanged. Turning off the 3rd light for 24h and see what values return. Now the nematodes. The nematodes arrived earlier than expected. 6million from the brand Nemabest. Mixed them into 6L of dechlorinated tapwater, said f-it to the ph and divided the mix into three portions, as there were three plants that needed to be treated. The packaging says, to keep the soil moist the next two weeks. My cannabis growing experience says, the plant is going to lockup if I water it like that 😂 But okay, let’s do this. She wasn’t thirsty but gave her the 2L of nematode mixture anyway. Shame too, will have to prolong her next feeding. ——————————————— April 3 The top layer is starting to dry out again. Normally I would wait until the top 3cm have dried out but that is not beneficial for the nematodes. So, time to water again 😢 2L of dechlorinated tapwater + ph down to 6.5 This was just to keep the topsoil moist. Adjusted the LST and removed the lower branches as they were hiding under the enormous fan leaves. ——————————————— April 6 She’s not thirsty yet (no wonder) but the top soil needs to be moistened again because of the nematodes. F-it, she’s getting feed today too. It’s been over 9 days since her last feeding, she’ll be wanting nutrients soon. The tips of the leaves are starting to curl downwards. We’re presumably looking at the beginning stages of nitrogen lockout due to overwatering. 3L of dechlorinated tapwater + 0.7ml/l CalMag + 2ml/l BioGrow + ph down to 6.5 + 0.4g/l Microbes She’s going to claw so hard sometime this week.. ——————————————— Unfortunately this week wasn’t so interesting for Johnny 5. The CalMag/Nitrogen issue is much better now. I still see some signs in the leaves but they’re not as bad as two weeks ago. Hope the bump from 0.5 to 0.7ml/l was enough to get me from chasing the tail of a deficiency. An now a lockout is about to occur, i may have to start at square one again with flushing. We’ll see and i’ll keep you all updated on the situation :) See you next update!

She’s off to the worms now…