GMO Grow

lipiedealer First week looks healthy, i bought the BioBizz Try-pack which has BioGrow, BioBloom and TopMax. For the moment, im only using BioGrow once every other watering. I also have BioBizz pH-up and down solutions to get the desired water pH. I also have a random 6L humidifier from Amazon which automatically regulates itself based on the humidity you set, since my room air is quite dry, its been very helpful. I did some LST, which i know is too early at this stage but i handled the plant very gently as to not disturb its roots. The tent isn’t very tall and i saw that this strain grows rather large, so im trying to keep it as low and wide for as long as possible to lower the risk of bleaching/burning later on in the grow when it gets too close to the light. The grow light intensity is non-adjustable so i need to be careful about what i do to keep the plant safe and healthy.

lipiedealer This 2nd week isnt over yet, its currently 12 days since germination, but the plant looks healthy still, ive increased the water quantity slightly and moved my fan lower towards the plant because i noticed a faint green tinge on the topsoil (see pics). Due to the high humidity, algae grows happily around the watering site, which isn’t necessarily harmful, but it means there isn’t enough airflow and theres risk of mold if left unattended. I’ll see if it goes away in a few days, ive read that a weak solution of hydrogen peroxide helps kill of the algae, or layering some pearlite across the soil also prevents it. But all i did is rearrange the soil to snuff out its oxygen supply, i just thought this extra info might help someone else. I’ve also lowered the humidity slightly, but aside from these things, I haven’t changed anything else.

lipiedealer Its day 19, halfway through week 3, and shes as happy as can be. She responded well to LST and i also topped the main node 2 days ago. As a result, growth in terms of height has slowed down but the leaves have gotten bigger and more stems/nodes are branching out. I trimmed the biggest leaves that were blocking smaller leaves growing on the new nodes. I counted them all and there are maybe 4 or 5, not including the 2 from the topping that should appear soon. Im growing steadily more optimistic that i’ll manage to get a decent yield, but its too soon to tell.

lipiedealer Its the end of week 4, final week of veg, and its had a huge growth spurt. The preflower period is like puberty for these plants, you see them growing bigger and bigger considerably each day. Its gotten a lot thirstier and its taking the BioBizz supplements really well, ive had no further problems with algae or anything. I’ve also noticed the first white pistils so i lollipopped it to focus the plant’s energy on growing its most developed stems because any energy going into the smaller sprouts wont yield much bud. Though i fear i may have went a bit too overboard with the cutting, its recommended to trim the bottom third but i’ve cut closer to half of it. I didnt stunt its growth though, ive seen it continue to sprout new nodes and its getting taller still, so i think i got lucky. It has also been very warm this week (around 30c) , so keeping the tent temperature in the ideal range was tough considering i dont have an AC, but its not showing signs of struggle which is also good.

lipiedealer I have made the grave mistake of overwatering my plant after being worried about the pH being unsettled, so i risked giving it 500ml extra of 6.2pH water after forgetting to pH a previous watering (my tap water sits in the mid 7s), and now the leaves have drooped (see last few pics). I have shot myself in the foot and will lose almost a week of growth i cannot get back because of a silly mistake, it would probably have been fine from that singular un-pHed water cycle. I realised its being overwatered on a random morning after i have watered it YET AGAIN, because i mixed the nutrients in and pHed the water, opened the tent and straight away watered the soil without inspecting the plant too closely. I thought the droop was from thirst, but after checking back after a few hours, i saw that the plant hasn’t perked up again like it usually does. At this point, the plant has been overwatered for about 2 days and it hasn’t grown in this time period, so taking into account the time i will have to wait for the medium to fully dry out, i’d say ive lost about 5/6 days of growth in total. I’m a little bummed about the whole situation, this grow period is especially important for the plant and its missing out on a lot. But hey, its my first grow and im surprised i didn’t fuck it up sooner or in a more severe way. Nothing we do can ever be 100% perfect, it is what it is.