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Northern Light Auto - Royal Queen Seeds

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Soil
Potting soil
Perlite
Pokon
Indoor
Room Type
Defoliation
weeks 1-2
Pinching
weeks 2
LST
weeks 2
HST
weeks 2
20 L
Pot Size
1 L
Watering
Start at 2 Week
G
Germination
1mo ago
DutchBarnacle Popped a bean into a mug with water, put the mug into the closet and I'll check in a few days. Still busy with the curing process of last cycle. Day G3: Germination! I cleaned out the tent from the last cycle, adjusted the light distance and filled up a 20L grow bag with a fresh mix of prepared soil that I store in a herb container in the garden. The herb container holds left over soil from the previous outdoor cycle, fertilised with 4-4-4 pellets, some coffee grounds and whatever kitchen/garden waste that's easy to break down. To that I've added more perlite - to up the ratio - and some regular watering both manually and through rain. Every day or so, I take a rake and mix the soil to evenly distribute minerals and nutrients and to air the mix. After filling the grow bag, I emptied out the bag of the Sherbet Queen into the container to revitalise that soil too. I planted the lil' sprout into the soil and watered her in, I don't expect to have to water her (edit: with nutrients, lol) until she blooms, but we'll see. Day G4 / Day 1: Popped off her humidity dome, removed her shell. Watered with 400ml tapwater (PH 6.6) Day 2: Nothing new yet, noticed about PPFD=200 at the soil - lowered light to achieve PPFD=300. Also, since germination is quite straight forward and I already have some pictures, I've decided to not take pictures every day unless something interesting happens. Watered again with 300ml tapwater (PH 6.6). Day 3: Current humidity in the tent is below 40%. The NL will have to deal with that until she starts vegging - I expect it to rise once sufficient water is added to the soil. Soil is still moist, so no water today to prevent her from damping off. Day 4: Watered with 350ml tapwater (PH6.6) - I'm using my trusty 2L milk jug as reservoir. Day 5: Soil still moist, no water. Day 6: Soil is damp, no water. She doesn't seem too thirsty yet. 30°C / RH48% first true leaves seem curled in a torsion manner. Day 7: Soil is dry enough, watered with 500ml (PH 6.6). I'm enjoying the ease of this grow. Unlike last time, I'm not concerned about her reaching veg, so visits take about a minute. Day 8: Briefly checked and realize the lights were still off. As AI did not want to disturb her I left her to be. Day 9: Soil still somewhat moist. She's growing her second set of true leaves. She's close to veg now, so I'll use the remaining Liter of water in my PH adjusted, and now dechlorinated milk jug reservoir to hopefully kickstart her growth. I'm not too afraid of her damping off now. 1L (6.5) distributed in a 15cm diameter around her stem, with a tiny bit close to her to encourage her to grow her roots wide.
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Used method
Glass Of Water
Germination Method
1
Week 1. Vegetation
15d ago
5 cm
Height
18 hrs
Light Schedule
27 °C
Day Air Temp
6.5
pH
50 %
Air Humidity
25 °C
Solution Temp
20 L
Pot Size
0.5 L
Watering Volume
30 cm
Lamp Distance
DutchBarnacle Day 10: Welcome to veg! It's clear she's in veg now, soil was dry enough to warrant watering her with 1L ( PH6.3) poured mostly outside of her current rootzone. Day 11: Time for a boost! She's picking up speed, so even though the soil was still quite damp, I watered her with another 1L (PH6.3) poured mostly outside of her current rootzone, to encourage her to start building those roots! To boost her growth on the upper side, I've lowered the light with about 15cm to 40cm above the canopy. This has raised the PPFD to about 400 just above the canopy. Added: I entertained the thought of starting the defoliation, but I decided to give her an extra day or so because I'd be taking off too much mass. Day 12: Defoliation!! Today is the day. As you can see from the first day 12 image, her main stem has grown exponentially, just like her top most leaves. I cut away the larger leaves, and decided to take away her newest leaves too since her internodal spacing was increasing too (her main stem was taking off too fast). Watered with 1L PH6.3. Day 13: Check-up Not expecting any major growth, however she seems to have taken the defoliation well and somehow makes me feel she'll grow exponentially in the coming week. Even the smallest nodes on the stubs of leaves formerly attached to the main stem seem to be doing well. Day 14: Another one Soil was dry enough, watered with 2L (PH6.3). She's vigorous. And I hope her lowest nodes catch up to the apex.
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Used techniques
Defoliation
Technique
2
Week 2. Vegetation
7d ago
10 cm
Height
18 hrs
Light Schedule
25 °C
Day Air Temp
6.5
pH
55 %
Air Humidity
25 °C
Solution Temp
20 L
Pot Size
1 L
Watering Volume
30 cm
Lamp Distance
DutchBarnacle 🔥🔥 Day 17–18 summary (no watering) The plant is showing vigorous growth, especially at the main apex, which required some intervention. I shifted from traditional staking to supercropping, pinching stems to lay them flatter without removing too much foliage. This helped open up the canopy, reduce shading, and guide growth without excessive defoliation. Despite the stress of supercropping, she’s responded well and even accelerated growth within 24 hours. I’m keeping a close eye on potential stress effects (like early flowering), but so far she seems unfazed. Compared to my last grow (Sherbet Queen), where topping led to four main branches and a constant struggle to keep the lower nodes on par with the uppers — eventually resulting in four dominant colas above a cluttered lower canopy — this grow is already showing more even development. All the smaller apexes are keeping pace with the top, giving me confidence that this canopy will grow much more uniformly. I’ll still try to keep the main stem in check, but overall this approach feels more balanced. Alongside this, I’m letting the soil dry back further and applying a perimeter-focused watering strategy, aiming to push the roots outward and strengthen the overall plant. Day 19-20: Watered with 2L PH5.8 Guess I won't be needing my PH- anymore: apple cider vinegar works just fine. Milkjug PH went from 8.3 down to 4.3 and I had to empty it out almost twice to raise PH back to 5.8 - with just a royal splash of vinegar. Watering around the perimeter is difficult with all the new growth, so I'm reverting back to alternating flooding and waiting for the water to be absorbed (you'll stop hearing crackling and popping). For the next watering, I'll move back to the PH-, simply to empty out the bottle. She's had her share of training, and currently all that's left to do is to monitor her growth and tuck like she's preparing for a dragwalk. I'll probably share an update at the end of this week, because there's not much going on aside from new growth. Day 21: No water More tucking!
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Guero666
Guero666commentedweek 23d ago
Looks good
GERGrowDesigns
GERGrowDesignscommentedweek 115d ago
Good Luck and keep up Growing 🌱⭐
DutchBarnacle
DutchBarnaclecommented14d ago
Guero666
Guero666commentedweek 025d ago
Good
Aeromatics
Aeromaticscommentedweek 024d ago
Good luck man, I'll be following!
Aeromatics
Aeromaticscommentedweek 114d ago
Looking good man!
DutchBarnacle
DutchBarnaclecommented13d ago
@Aeromatics, thanks! I will probably defoliate her main node today depending on the growth since yesterday.
ChubbyBudBros
ChubbyBudBroscommentedweek 113d ago
Good luck :D she seems to be doing well!
DutchBarnacle
DutchBarnaclecommented13d ago
@ChubbyBudBros, thanks bud! Hopefully your next grow of this strain is more succesful than the last one. I hope this diary might inspire you!
Aeromatics
Aeromaticscommentedweek 26d ago
Training is looking great thus far!!
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