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1st Grow Ever, Coco, 6 Autos, 6 Strains

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7 years ago
8/30/17 It's been an emotional week, sorry for the lack of updates. I finally had to admit that 4 of my plants, while fully pre-flowered, did not auto-flower under 20 hour lights. The decision was made to remove them from the tent. It was a tough decision made easier as Auto Speed Bud #3 reached over 130cm and was touching the light, blocking light from plants that WERE flowering. There was really no choice at that point. So I spent 2 days trying to find them a new home. Yes, I had grown attached. Yes I found them a home. They have been transferred to soil and will be going under 12/12. I don't really know the guy well who ended up with them (a friend of a friend), so I don't know if I will ever know how they did, but they were part of my first grow so I am glad they got adopted rather than me having to kill them. In other news, I have had to start adding stakes to keep buds from falling, notably on the Kush (my superstar and only LST plant) and the Mango Cream, which seems to have hollow stems. I was concerned about this until I read up on it and hollow stems are a sign of no lockout or deficiencies and good nute uptake. They certainly look beautiful, so this is good news. However, so far 3 stakes have been added to the Mango Cream, so I hope I didn't damage the roots too much. I am looking into an alternative to stakes for the next go round. I didn't expect buds that heavy, but I ain't complaining! Slight Changes in nutes: Current feeding FloraMicro 4ml gal FloraGrow 1.25ml gal FloraBloom 8ml gal SM-90 2.5ml gal Cannazym 2.5ml Gal Ful-Potential 2.5ml gal Liquid Koolbloom 2ml gal Floralicious Plus 1ml gal ArmorSI 1.5ml gal CaliMagic 3.75ml gal (still running it high, but after seeing water report, I might have been wrong to use GH hardwater micro) FloraNectar 5ml gal Drip Clean 0.4ml gal Flora blend is out this week, Grow is out next week. Switching from Ful-Potential to Ful-Power when I soon finish the bottle. Nothing wrong with Ful-Potential, I just keep hearing about how good the chelation in the Ful-Power is, so I am game to try it since I need more Humics/Fulvics anyway. It is worth noting that I am now running ALL the GH nutes at full strength with no hint of burn. I am tempted to push them, but being my first grow, I don't think I will. However, this is a solid foundation for me to tinker with formulas for my next grows. The medium and my setup has performed wonderfully so far, and if the harvest is a success, I will certainly be more confident to experiment further. I may, however, use full strength Ful-Power which recommends reducing nutes by 10-20%. Instead of increasing nutes, full strength Ful-Power may give me the boost I am looking for while minimizing burn potential. I love that coco helps buffer and flush things, by nature, that the plant isn't using. I am so stoked that I ended up choosing coco for my 1st grow, but that is another topic for another day! I have edited the diary to reflect the loss of 2 strains and the title to reflect the current reality. Perhaps I should have left them unchanged. I am not sure. However, the diary title and strains are correct at this point. So there it is. I am now attempting to feed all 6 plants every day. There will be some days that I miss, but so far my 10 gallon bucket produces enough runoff on 6 plants if watered daily and most people who end up adopting this late stage strategy often would double/quadruple it if they could spare the time and/or afford the nutes. Once a day seems a good enough way to take advantage of the benefits of the medium without diminishing returns. I wish that I had the type of life that allowed me to set up proper control groups to test this stufff. I have also permanently started emptying the dehumidifier into the nute bucket as it has a PH of around 5.3 (my tap is around 8) and a ppm of around 8 (my ppm varies from 150-200 since i have been monitoring), 1-2 gallons a day to help out. I am loving it as much as PH down with white vinegar. I also obtained a water quality report and found that although my agency adds chlorine, they do not add chloramine so airing the bucket out for 14-16 hours after filling from the tap and cutting it with dehumidifier water should remove any threat to the beneficial living things that I have added to my girlies, so this is good news. 8/31/17 Man, I wish I used stakes from day 1. Every additional stake I put in makes me cringe and more stakes are becoming necessary. I am just lucky they are so healthy.
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mulch
mulchweek 1
Thanks, I am actually on day 19 today. Been trying to decide where to do a journal. This place won. I got some cool stuff including the time lapse video that will start showing up in week 3.
Mr_Matics
Mr_Matics
@mulch, look forward to it ๐Ÿ‘Œ๐Ÿป
CANNASIM
CANNASIMweek 5
Girls are developing nicely! Well done! ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘Š
mulch
mulchweek 2
@Mr_Matics, have you grown any of these strains yourself? At this point, Mango Cream, Seemango, and Reek'N are very far behind the rest. I am wondering if the heat is too much for them or they are longer to get moving than the other strains. Thanks! EDIT: never mind, at lights on they decided to sneak up and come to life overnight, it seems. All 3 of them a little behind but now hot on the trail.
Mr_Matics
Mr_Matics
@ennui,that's good ๐Ÿ˜Š I've grown barneys but heard good things about others. You've got a good set up and a good base to start so u don't need to worry to much have faith my friend ๐Ÿ‘Œ๐Ÿป๐Ÿ‘
Mr_Positivo
Mr_Positivoweek 10
Fantastic grow! You have done extremely well for a first timer. Way better than me. ha ha.. If I was to make a suggestion, I would recommend you try a mono grow of your most successful strain next time. you will learn how to finesse the ripening process more easily . Right now your beautiful buds are showing wonderful trichome development but its not clear that your plant is going to mature correctly to deliver you optimal results because your nitrogen levels are still too high and I doubt these levels will be in range by the time your trics mature. Watch out for diminishing smell in your garden also, another sign you are over cooking things. Finishing perfectly is hard and most of us, myself included, are always working on its nuances. Either way, you have done well enough already to say you have knocked it out of the ball park. Congrats.
JUNGLE_B4RNS
JUNGLE_B4RNS
@Mr_Positivo,when I say push I mean to let them grow a few weeks more and to not harvest following breeders flowering period.
Mr_Positivo
Mr_Positivo
@JUNGLE_B4RNS, when you say push, what scale are we talking about? Up 20% lighting and nutes, or more? Thanks.
Mr_Positivo
Mr_Positivo
Not sure if I understand. Does the watts per sq' change for breeders, Barnes? Curious to know your thoughts. Interesting to hear about your super skunk. My Skunk Afghan cross (Green Crack) is running late, I believe, Hard to be sure because in the dark past I have erred on the side of running a strain too long and ending up with hay, Hopefully Mulch will not leave it that long. lol. I am running the exact same plant for a 2nd time now. Its structure and appearance is completely different this time because of change in nute schedule and lower lighting. I am hoping to be on schedule this time but based on what you are saying, I shouldn't be too optimistic.
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biggreens420
biggreens420week 13
Looking nice in here again not long left now?
biggreens420
biggreens420
@mulch,that's it mate don't rush it best of luck
mulch
mulch
@biggreens420, I wish i knew, lol. I am anxious for many reasons to get these ladies in jars, and oddly enough, getting high on them is the last of those. I am monitoring trichs, but they are still going. Buds keep leaning over which I assume means more weight, so if they have more in them, they have more in them. I would rather sooner as that is why I used Dry Koolbloom last week, but we don't seem to be there yet on their clock
Tryhard
Tryhardweek 11
what does your somango smell like have got one and curious and this is your first grow you smashed it bro they look awesome
Tryhard
Tryhard
@mulch,excellent have heard good things about the strain
mulch
mulch
@@Tryhard, ty!. All 6 smell at the moment so I am not quite sure in isolation what the Auto Seemango smells like. I did rub my finger up the stem toi check for you, and it was fruity. Good luck with your grow!
DabCrab
DabCrabweek 10
This grow looks beautiful mate. Fantastic job you have done here in this massive room you've made. I cannot wait to see more grows from you!!!! Keep it up :D
DabCrab
DabCrab
@mulch, Don't mention it buddy. It's always great to have more growers on this site who are about being friendly and helpful. I can't wait till you are the one giving kind words to future growers. Keep it up because you are well on your way :D
mulch
mulch
@DabCrab, thank you! Staying the course hoping to cruise to 1st harvest with no problems. Crossing my fingers. And I am ALSO looking forward to more grows from me! ๐Ÿ˜œ Thanks for the kind words!
GrowThings
GrowThingsweek 17
What was the trimmed dry weight?
mulch
mulch
@@GrowThings, i accidentally put my dry weight in the wet weight on this site, i just corrected that. i didnt weigh it before drying or trimming, so i got 280 grams dry trimmed, including popcorn but not sugar leaf.
ItsLegalInMyHouse
ItsLegalInMyHouseweek 17
For your first grow you really took on a challenge and really succeeded! Congrats! ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป๐Ÿ˜„
mulch
mulch
@ItsLegalInMyHouse, thanks a lot. My 2nd grow didn't start as strong, so wish me luck on the finish. Also, the jars of weed in my cupboard are thanks enough, lolololol!
Kvothe
Kvotheweek 10
Dude! I am a victim of speed bud too! One of them was an auto and finished in time. Other one... Not so much. I couldn't kill him. Now she has her own tent. You can check out from my diaries she is huge but very troubled. ^^ happy growing
mulch
mulch
@growmcnoob,There is something wrong with that auto, I think. I had 3 Speed Buds and 2 didn't turn. They were certainly healthy and vigorous and the one who is growing at 20/4 has beautiful buds, nothing like yours tho!. Good luck, gonna keep an eye on your grow!
Dtrain
Dtrainweek 6
I've got a 4x8 tent with those same lights, 12 plants. I am also 6 weeks in. Don't have a diary going for this grow but excited to see how you do
mulch
mulch
@Dtrain, They are out of control. I am afraid I am going to have to get rid of 2 if it keeps up. I think the stretch is mostly over, but wow, I got very overwhelmed very fast. How did your stretch go and what size pots? Coco as well? Start a diary, brotha!
ChefDan420
ChefDan420week 17
Fatty time๐Ÿ•ฐ๏ธ๐Ÿ†’๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ
LumberjackBuds
LumberjackBudsweek 17
Thanks for posting a time lapse mate, love watching em
Fun_Growin
Fun_Growinweek 16
For your first grow... you did GREAT!! Heck if you finish your first grow with 50% of your plants you did well ๐Ÿ˜ But you did great happy for ya ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป
Bluesbreeder
Bluesbreederweek 13
nice looking garden man !! great job ๐Ÿ‘Š
Blablabla
Blablablaweek 13
You have some nice colas here... Great job!
Green_inda_scene
Green_inda_sceneweek 12
๐Ÿ˜ฏhigh carumba vey nice! I respect your hustle!
TheFairyBudMother
TheFairyBudMotherweek 11
Impressive!!!
biggreens420
biggreens420week 9
Awesome looking room great job nice looking buds good luck
simps
simpsweek 10
Holy balls what a nice sea of buds u have there nice grow man hell of a job ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘