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XerathMaster420 Germinated the seeds indoors since I was still waiting on the delivery of the greenhouse.
Planted directly in the substrate after soaking the seeds for 8 hours in red tea (room temp) from the leaves of Aspalathus linearis.
No proper translation can be made from my native language to English.
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Week 1. Vegetation
6d ago
1/3
3 cm
25 °C
23 °C
24 °C
22 °C
1 L
0 L
XerathMaster420 Modestly watered and stood behind glass indoors. Around 10-12 hours of sun per day.
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Week 2. Vegetation
6d ago
1/2
8 cm
10 hrs
25 °C
20 %
23 °C
24 °C
22 °C
1 L
0 L
XerathMaster420 The Humbolt dream queen performed the best in these early vegetative stages.
Gorrilla cookies wasn't far behind, but sadly I didn't make enough detailed pictures of each individual plant early on.
Of the 3 milkshake seeds that were planted 2 are doing decently, however 1 seems to have staggered growth. I noticed too late that it was growing upside down in the soil. I managed to dig it out, replant it right side up and removed its helmet (seed shell). The seedling appears to be healthy still but has fallen behind significantly already.
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Week 3. Vegetation
6d ago
1/3
10 cm
10 hrs
Weak
23 °C
24 °C
22 °C
1 L
0 L
XerathMaster420 Still living indoors behind glass in their initial pot and no special treatment besides watering every 2 days.
Some decent progress in growth.
Exciting times to be alive!
XerathMaster420 Transplanted the plants in their final pot at the start of this week. I will probably sow them in their final containers next time around.
During the setup of the greenhouse (couple of days) I've gradually hardend the plants in both the shade and sun. Sadly at one point the plants have all been knocked over by some heavy winds while I wasn't attending them. I put them back inside and staked them with sticks since I figured they might be bruised. Later added bamboo supports just incase the main stems haven't fully healed and I feel like they're quite vulnerable at the start of this week. I think only the gorilla cookies had a minor bruised stem. The rest managed to be flexible enough.
The plants seem to have had no issues with their movement to the new home even though nighttime temps are much lower than before indoors (22 to greenhouse +/- 15 degrees Celcius). During the 2nd watering of the transplantation I added some Epson Salts to the water.
Dream Queen shows promising growth and I'm contemplating if I should top my plants or let nature take its course.
Meanwhile I've installed water and power in the greenhouse. Water for drip irrigation and power to create some air circulation. Last week I opened the greenhouse doors at 10:00 and temps were already at 38 degrees Celsius😨!! with an humidity of around 80%. When venting with the doors open this quickly drops to around 20%. The greenhouse has automatic opening windows, however this is far from sufficient it seems.
After I hooked up the power I've placed 2 fans to provide air circulation which should improve plant stimulation and temps.
During the 3rd watering this week I've added some fertilizer to the water 2L per plant with an NPK of 7-3-5. I don't have any specialized fertilizer specifically for weed at this point. Should I get some?
Near the end of week 4 I decided tot top 3 of the plants (DQ node 5 - GC node 4 and the best MSK at node 4). The main stems seem to be recovered and sturdy. Also I will keep the bamboo stake in as a failsafe and to make sure I don't disturb the roots further.
I've left 1 of the MSKs and the GC untouched for today, since they do have 4 nodes, however the main stem is just too small to top comfortably right now. These will get topped tomorrow.
Soil has been kept abit too wet during this week due to testing the drip irrigation. Changed schedule to water every 3rd day to hopefully mitigate this.
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Topping
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Week 5. Vegetation
3d ago
30 cm
12 hrs
28 °C
Weak
60 %
20 °C
28 °C
12 °C
46 L
1 L
XerathMaster420 Dream Queen is growing rapidly in the past days
@GERGrowDesigns, Thanks, I've been updating the diary for the first 4 weeks. Hopefully all goes well and I'm able to have some kind of harvest the first time around. 😬