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LEC lighting RQS critical kush & Cyco

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Week 1. Flowering
8 years ago
10 cm
12 hrs
27 °C
6.1
1400 PPM
55 %
Nutrients 9
Cyco bloom 10 mll
Enzyme - Plant Magic
Enzyme 2 mll
SHOGUN Katana Roots - Shogun
SHOGUN Katana Roots 0.2 mll
My phone was damaged for the week of veg and 4 weeks of flower, its repaired now and im able to update this diary weekly. Unfortunatley i do not have any photos of veg or propagation.
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Week 2. Flowering
8 years ago
30 cm
12 hrs
25 °C
5.9
1800 PPM
49 %
Nutrients 9
Cyco bloom 15 mll
Enzyme - Plant Magic
Enzyme 2 mll
SHOGUN Katana Roots - Shogun
SHOGUN Katana Roots 0.2 mll
Week 2 of flower was very good, defoliation was required. The critical kush seems very stable and resistant, super vigorous and pre flowers are coming out nicely. I have been using cyco nutrients which are great so far, one thing i will say is make sure that Dr. Repair is used as the base nutrient does not contain iron and dr.repair does.
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Week 3. Flowering
8 years ago
70 cm
12 hrs
25 °C
5.8
1900 PPM
49 %
Nutrients 9
Cyco bloom 20 mll
Enzyme - Plant Magic
Enzyme 2 mll
SHOGUN Katana Roots - Shogun
SHOGUN Katana Roots 0.2 mll
Week 3 has been a good week, further defoliation was required.
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Week 4. Flowering
8 years ago
90 cm
12 hrs
25 °C
5.9
2000 PPM
46 %
Nutrients 9
Cyco bloom 20 mll
Enzyme - Plant Magic
Enzyme 2 mll
SHOGUN Katana Roots - Shogun
SHOGUN Katana Roots 0.2 mll
Started this diary a bit late, i vegged 9 critical kush for 2 weeks with cyco veg and rhyzofuel using one 315w cdm lamp. I topped the plants twice and defoliated the bottom section of the plants. I will keep this diary updated until harvest and i will issue the results when buds are dry!
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Week 5. Flowering
8 years ago
90 cm
12 hrs
25 °C
6
2100 PPM
42 %
Nutrients 9
Cyco bloom 20 mll
Enzyme - Plant Magic
Enzyme 2 mll
SHOGUN Katana Roots - Shogun
SHOGUN Katana Roots 0.2 mll
Start of week 5 today day 29 of flower! Critical kush is vigorous, i am going to change the twin cdm lamps to an air cooled hps 1000w running on the super lumen setting today! Some extra red light is needed to fatten theese girls up!
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Week 6. Flowering
8 years ago
90 cm
12 hrs
26 °C
6
2250 PPM
40 %
Nutrients 7
Cyco bloom 20 mll
Enzyme - Plant Magic
Enzyme 2 mll
Silica - Cyco Platinum Series
Silica 1 mll
starting week 6. bloom booster to buddhas tree pk 9/18. I also changed the beneficial bacteria used from plant success great white to ecothrive biosys. I have turned the dehumidifier up a notch to keep humididity around 40%. I have also noticed some waterlogging in the bottom of the pots, so for this reason I have changed the flood schedule to once every other day. I may pull a few fan leaves this week.
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Week 7. Flowering
8 years ago
90 cm
12 hrs
26 °C
6
2250 PPM
42 %
Nutrients 7
Cyco bloom 20 mll
Enzyme - Plant Magic
Enzyme 2 mll
Silica - Cyco Platinum Series
Silica 1 mll
I have now decided to take the lec lights out as i think they will fatten up more with more red light from a hps 1000w watt running on super lumen settings.
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Week 8. Flowering
8 years ago
90 cm
12 hrs
28 °C
5.8
2100 PPM
43 %
Nutrients 7
Cyco bloom 20 mll
Enzyme - Plant Magic
Enzyme 2 mll
Silica - Cyco Platinum Series
Silica 1 mll
Struggled a bit with heat, had to put a fan over canopy. The hps has made a noticable difference in hardening up the buds. I rhink another 10 days to 14 days left. Update day 49: as recommended by @B4RNS I have reduced the last week of feeding to e.c 1 prior to a week of flushing! New video added with lots of heads!
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Week 9. Flowering
8 years ago
95 cm
12 hrs
27 °C
5.9
1200 PPM
45 %
Nutrients 5
Cyco bloom 10 mll
Enzyme - Plant Magic
Enzyme 2 mll
Suga Rush - Cyco Platinum Series
Suga Rush 1 mll
Nutrient feed at half strength this week. I have tied as many colas up with string for support. Filtered tap water only now. Found mites on one plant at the back. Predatory mites on the Ready, they work for me!
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Week 10. Flowering
8 years ago
95 cm
12 hrs
27 °C
6.2
900 PPM
41 %
Nutrients 2
Filtered water 1 mll
Biosys - Ecothrive
Biosys 0.2 mll
Plants looking great. Final week, flushing with filtered water for 7- 10 days. Plants ripening nicely, very dense colas. I noticed a spider mite outbreak last week, it has spread from one plant to the a few others, not a bad infestation, today predator mites will be released onto every plant throughout flush. Predator mites have worked great in the past. **predator mites phytoselius have been applied, hopefully they can clear up the infestation before harvest. When the plants are cut down and hung to drt any remaining mites will crawl up the stem as the plant dries. I will wrap the stem in double sided sticky tape.
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Week 10. Harvest
8 years ago
Happy Harvest Day!
Rated
9/10
Rated
Excellent strain, crispy, sticky nuggs of dense gooey goodness. Extremely smelly buds.
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Spent 71 days
Ger Veg Flo Har
70.56 g
Bud dry weight per plant
9
Plants
1.2
Grow Room size
Easy
Difficulty
Positive effects
Relaxed
Positive effects
Negative effects
Dry mouth
Negative effects
Taste
Earthy, Pine, Pungent
Taste
Sleepy
Energy
Indica
Hybrid
Sativa

Height
Day air temperature
Air humidity
PPM
PH
Light schedule
Will post bud shots this evening. Overall royal queen seeds critical kush is a great strain! Would grow again. 0
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BreakingBud
BreakingBudcommentedweek 78 years ago
another few photos of day 44
BreakingBud
BreakingBudcommentedweek 78 years ago
Big update, lots of photos!
BreakingBud
BreakingBudcommentedweek 58 years ago
update 2 pics of day 27 added, stacking nicely!
BreakingBud
BreakingBudcommentedweek 58 years ago
Day 30 flower update!
BreakingBud
BreakingBudcommentedweek 58 years ago
Ive decided against the hps and added another 315w LEC, so there is now 3 315 LEC in total. 2x 3100k and 1x 4200k. The temps are lower using LEC than using a hps even with an air cooled reflector.
BreakingBud
BreakingBudcommentedweek 48 years ago
Yea both 3100k and 4200k lamps
BreakingBud
BreakingBudcommentedweek 108 years ago
Harvest results posted tomorrow
BreakingBud
BreakingBudcommentedweek 78 years ago
update due tomorrow!
BreakingBud
BreakingBudcommentedweek 78 years ago
I have installed a fan sucking cold air from outside over the canopy to help keep temps down and reduce the risk of mould!
BigDaddyK
BigDaddyKcommentedweek 48 years ago
Are these the Phillips day lamps ?
BreakingBud
BreakingBudcommented8 years ago
@BigDaddyK, yeah they do, i have 3, one for each lamp. They are pretty small compared to a 600w ballast.
BigDaddyK
BigDaddyKcommented8 years ago
@HOW_i_GROW,wow that's what I wanted to know , do they still have a ballast ?
BreakingBud
BreakingBudcommented8 years ago
@BigDaddyK, I'm now using 3 Philips cdm 2x3100k and 1x4200k they seem to be doing a great job, the best thing is the lack of heat
JUNGLE_B4RNS
JUNGLE_B4RNScommentedweek 58 years ago
HPS bless the crop 😉👍
BreakingBud
BreakingBudcommented8 years ago
@JUNGLE_B4RNS, the hps have helped the buds to fatten up considerably since replaced it with the lec lamps start of the week!
ClubRiot
ClubRiotcommentedweek 48 years ago
looks very good!!! good luck!!!👌
BreakingBud
BreakingBudcommented8 years ago
@ClubRiot, thanks dude
GrueneHand
GrueneHandcommentedweek 58 years ago
Looking Great! Have Fun Bro 👌😁
James
Jamescommentedweek 58 years ago
Looking good!! Keep on growing!
JUNGLE_B4RNS
JUNGLE_B4RNScommentedweek 68 years ago
It's funny how some tops always try to get higher than the others . Nice buds by the way 😉
BreakingBud
BreakingBudcommented8 years ago
@JUNGLE_B4RNS, thanks dude
eneRgygrow
eneRgygrowcommentedweek 108 years ago
Your grow looks awesome, cant wait to plant my Critical Kush seeds :-)
JUNGLE_B4RNS
JUNGLE_B4RNScommentedweek 98 years ago
Picture 5, the 2 colas tied together, I won't recommend, they might get rotten with no airflow between them.
JUNGLE_B4RNS
JUNGLE_B4RNScommented8 years ago
@Greenforgrowth,hopefully you're almost done with this crop, they won't take it down.
BreakingBud
BreakingBudcommented8 years ago
@JUNGLE_B4RNS, spider mite outbreak found, pic 11. Dam buggers.
JUNGLE_B4RNS
JUNGLE_B4RNScommented8 years ago
@BreakingBud,haha, true, it takes time to tie all these buds. Personally I don't do them all in one day. And you always finish with sticky fingers.
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Mr_Positivo
Mr_Positivocommentedweek 98 years ago
Budilicious!! BB, Your garden is looking very impressive.
BreakingBud
BreakingBudcommented8 years ago
@Mr_Positivo, cheers dude!
DonTao
DonTaocommentedweek 108 years ago
Awesome!!! we want the final chapter! :D
LoveDispenser
LoveDispensercommentedweek 88 years ago
Cant believe the ammount of thc on that thing
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