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Current Feeding: FloraMicro 4ml gal FloraBloom 8ml gal SM-90 2.5ml gal Cannazym 2.5ml Gal Ful-Power 5ml gal Dry Koolbloom 0.125 tsp gal Floralicious Plus 1ml gal CaliMagic 3.75ml gal FloraNectar 5ml gal Drip Clean 0.4ml gal I occasionally catch a single amber trich in my periphery while examining, but when i try to locate it again, it is gone. Many look as though they might be ready, but still milky trichs. So I am just waiting. 9/26/17 Still waiting. In the meantime, after some improvements to the garden, I am planning my next grow. So far, it looks like 4 Durban Poison, 2 Gypsy Haze, and 2 Amnesia Haze. I expect to cull at least 2 at some point. In a fever dream type moment, I started thinking about exchanging 2 durbans for 2 nevilles haze seeds I have. i know nevilles requires a very experienced grower, and takes awhile, but i am an expert now, right? Then I watched this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D32dJ4jDFvY I think I will stick to my plan and may consider those 2 nevilles seeds to be 1 long grow of 2 plants. perhaps next summer, when an 11/13 or 10/14 schedule with a plant that likes heat under a scrog, I can attempt the nevilles haze. seeing that video is a hardcore reality check. every single problem that i have had (or am having) appears likely with that plant. Not to mention, I simply do NOT have the space for such vertical growth. Only with a scrog, and only with 2 plants, would i attempt this. VERY big pots, tho 😈 big roots = big fruits 9/28/17 Last night when I got home it smelled like weed a block away. I have already replaced my filter once this grow with a different brand. stanky! There is a part of the tent that is hard to get to and hard to see. Examining the area today, I found 2 huge critical kush buds tipped over. I mean , it was heavy, felt like ounces between the 2 when i was staking them. It is getting out of control in there, but still no sign of amber. I really wish they would finish. Not because I am desperate for smoke, but because dealing with 9 or so gallons of feed a day is rough and i need a break. A vacation. I will most likely do it again, almost the same way, but folks, I was expecting a break a couple weeks ago... Another problem is the more weight they put on, the more they tip over and I have to stand them up and arrange them amongst the other buds that are trying to fall over... it is like a constant reminder to every single mistake i made this grow. the large pots for an auto, not using netting or staking during veg, of huge ass plants that i fear losing because i didn't understand the infrastructure that they would require to support. I kid you not, one of the stakes was so overloaded, i tied it to another stake to support it, but the weight has now dislodged the 2nd stake, so they are both tilting. I literally have a bud over a foot long leaning on the tripod of the time lapse cam for support(see photo above), and it is involved in this double stake lunacy. This is all first grow issues, and as i try to finish them, every single mistake is compounded in the final leg of flower. Rubbing my nose in it 1st world problem, for sure. "My grow was too successful!" I feel like a total jackass complaining because i have very beautiful buds, but waiting to see amber ever day for weeks, and never getting it is wearing on me. I am on wits end right now because i am scared shitless of anything messing with them and ruining the crop. All of my mistakes are being put in my face 360 and it is nerve racking. Even the yellowing due to lack of N, which i freaking expected, was stressful when it happened to my beautiful, perfect, girls. I still love the grow, don't get me wrong by my ranting, but the finish is giving me huge anxiety... caused because i used too big of pots and too efficient medium/nutes/lights for my own experience level. With humidity dropping to 8% this week as i prepare to dry (whole plant dry, fans included, dry trim to try to help with ambient RO during the dry, which is even more work), it makes even finishing now seem stressful. I need some freaking Zen, damnit! Add to this i had kind of timed this grow to end right when i was starting work again... now i am working a lot (my base day is 10 hours paid for when i arrive) and this is really stressful. Not to mention, after 10 hours (minimum) I still have to come home and tend garden for 1 hour a day, no exceptions. Sorry for whining. I just needed to vent. Sure, i look forward to and would love to smoke my own grows, that why i did this is the first place, but i need them to finish so i can move ahead with everything else in my life that needs my attention, and , of course, time. I know they are so close to ripening properly, that this moment will seem like nothing compared to how much of a pleasure the rest has been. I havent been afraid of the time or hard work to get to this point and rather enjoyted it. This portion is different; i didnt quite expect/understand the stress that comes at the end. That got me and is currently getting me. Arrrrggg. Again, total first world problem. Compounded with new grower syndrome. Thank you for letting me vent. Now, back to farming! On the other hand, they don't seem burned anymore by the half strength dry koolbloom. The runoff started reading very weird this last week, plant to plant, no consistency AT ALL plant to plant between PH and EC. Most of them were rising in EC, however, but that would be expected with dry koolbloom. I did half strength coco flush today, of half of almost all nutes and full additives. I will likely do that for another 2 days or more ( i wont know until i see how they react), but i will try to increase the dry koolbloom to full strength without burn, 25% a day. If that is successful, I may continue and only raise bloom and micro, and leave calmag low. 1 move at a time, this time, tho. I got hosed by too many variables last time and what seems to be the normal yellowing of nitrogen deficiency now was vexing compounded by the reactions of my other simultaneous changes last time. The odd runoff seems more signs that they are all finishing in some way (shame on me for STILL reading coco runoff, i know, and while it may not be conclusive, it does give me some information, even if it is confusing). The sooner i can get them to final flush, the better for me, and if using a coco flush will help, not only do i have the opportunity with coco and once a day feedings to try something and correct as necessary, Coco with once a day feedings allows me to make minor mistakes and correct them quickly if need be, and as much work as it is, i actually love it and dont understand how the other successful grow methods would suit my lifestyle the same. If i do autos again, i may use a 7 gallon pot of coco again, but i will CERTAINLY top and stress the fuck out of them. If they were just a % smaller, almost everything would be easier. And aside from the possibility of herm bananas, judging from this single grow, autos can take a hell of a lot more abuse than i put them through. They coasted with no stress, and they are WAY bigger than i expected or was prepared to deal with. Some stress might be perfect to keep their size in check if no bananas occur. I live in a place with very dry, unbearable summertime heat. Our winter is around 70 degrees. Running 20 hours of light and trying to get AC 30-40 degrees below outside has been EXPENSIVE (and completely stupid when i am sitting inside with a blanket and it is 100+ outside). The power company is killing me. In my location, autos should be run in winter, photos in summer to deal with the heat. I appear to be going backwards. For my next grow, I have been determined to grow my sativa photos, including my beloved, Durban Poison. It seems to me my energy usage would be backwards and I would be fighting momentum, in a manner of speaking. In a perfect world, i should do 1 or maybe 2 crops of autos and save the sativas for the summer, leveraging ambient temps and cheaper electric bills. This will suck because i will still BUY durban poison even tho i am sitting on 10 fem DP seeds and presumably, a grip of indica from this first grow. (obtaining Durban is non negotiable. I will either grow it or buy it. i GOTTA have it, its my medicine!) I REALLY want the fruits of a successful sativa grow, but my eyes may be bigger than my stomach, metaphorically. Maybe it would be best both for my wallet and experience to do another run or 2 of autos (i have a ton of very good indica auto seeds as well of an assortment of fem photo sativas), take what I have learned and apply it to them for a more successful grow, and save the Sativa Tent for summer. Any thoughts on my conundrum?
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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 πŸ‘ŒπŸ»
CANNASIM
CANNASIMweek 5
Girls are developing nicely! Well done! πŸ‘πŸ‘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 😊 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 πŸ‘ŒπŸ»πŸ‘
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! 😜 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! πŸ‘πŸ»πŸ˜„
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 timeπŸ•°οΈπŸ†’πŸ‘πŸΌ
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 😝 But you did great happy for ya πŸ‘πŸ»
Bluesbreeder
Bluesbreederweek 13
nice looking garden man !! great job πŸ‘Š
Blablabla
Blablablaweek 13
You have some nice colas here... Great job!
Green_inda_scene
Green_inda_sceneweek 12
😯high 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 πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘