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Xplod Welcome to this mixed everything grow :D
Plan is to have both, Photos and Autos, mostly Indica and one Sativa
The Photos will go in the 2x4 in 12L Fabric pots with autopots Airbase and Airdome on a Tray2Grow and the Autos will go in the 2x2 with 8.5L Autopot Single trays
All in 2/3 Canna Coco Professionell and 1/3 Perlite
After 3 days in paper towels all had a nice taproot and were planted in pre soaked medium in solocups
1 day later all came out and the Journey begins
First and second watering with 1.2 EC and 6.0 PH
Third watering with 1.4 EC and 6.0 PH
So far so good. All grow well and 3 already work on next set of leaves 🍃
EC will be increased over the first 7-10 days up to 2.0 if they show no issues.
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Paper Towel
Germination Method
1
Week 1. Vegetation
1mo ago
1/20
18 hrs
Light Schedule
27 °C
Day Air Temp
6.0
pH
750 PPM
TDS
70 %
Air Humidity
24 °C
Night Air Temp
Nutrients 6
Silica - MSA
0.03 mll
Calcium Magnesium Supplement
1 mll
Pro Roots
0.03 mll
Xplod As first days in the solo cups were good, they will get into their final pots now. (Day 7)
Photos 12L fabric pot
Autos 8.5L Autopots
Pots were prewatered with nutrients solution of 1.4-1.5 EC and 6.0 PH
And I added some Mykos.
4/5 went just fine, only the coco of the Blueberry Muffin fell appart while transplanting 😬 she will for sure need some more time to recover…
24h later they all look like they didn’t bother the repot and getting comfy, only the BBM looked a little sad
Starting day 9 I recognize the Chicken and Waffelz and LSD are speeding up already, Brainkiller Haze and Blackberry doing well and the BBM is still recovering
Gave them one day off from human encounters 😅
To be updated: currently only autos are awake already and both look perfect, think I never had such a smooth start with autos before 😅👍
With the Photos it’s mixed feelings, C&W going like nothing before, Brainkiller got some uneven leave growth…. And the BBM still trying to catch up.
I think they will all get another manual feeding tomorrow and next week I might start the autopots, at least for the smaller containers.
Fabric pot plants will probably get some more days to root through the pot.
Final Update for the week: so far so good, autos are thriving and Chicken and Wafflez photo also
BBM and BKH take some time after the repot.
While the BKH seems to just be slow, the BBM still struggles from the damaged rootball due to repot
Last feeding for the weeks was 1.4 EC 6.0PH till runoff
Will give the BBM a treatment with biotabs BoomBoom foliar spray to help her get some more nutr
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Transplantation
Technique
2
Week 2. Vegetation
1mo ago
1/11
18 hrs
Light Schedule
27 °C
Day Air Temp
6.0
pH
750 PPM
TDS
70 %
Air Humidity
24 °C
Night Air Temp
Nutrients 4
Silica - MSA
0.03 mll
Calcium Magnesium Supplement
1 mll
CANNA Coco A
2.3 mll
Xplod Day 14 and a fresh new week with some known issues…. The feared calmag issue with coco returned :(
Question like always, how good was the buffer of the coco…is it due to too much magnesium blocking out potassium or is it really too little magnesium (or is the environment off so it can’t uptake the available magnesium 🤷♂️)
First runoff looked fine with 1.0 EC and 6.1 PH
Training plan for autos is tucking or defoliating the main so the other branches can catch up
I added an Ionbeam S16 in each tent for some side/under canopy Lightning to hopefully reduce the amount of larfy buds
For the Photos I haven’t decided yet, they will either be mainlined to 8 branches or just topped and LST
Will see, the CW keeps on growing up but the other two are struggling a bit.
Day 16 update: the BBM seems to be starting to thrive again
BKH slowly but surely growing and the CW still growing like nothing else
Both autos look good so far
Day 18: I wasn’t able to cut anything on the Photos as of now…only did some leaf tucking so far same as on Autos
All 5 now have an activated autopot system so manual watering is a thing of the past.
As the picture shows, the chicken and Wafflez still racing up up up 😅 Autos already show their first push due to autopots. I can only hope the tray2grow works out as we
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LST
Technique
3
Week 3. Vegetation
21d ago
1/11
18 hrs
Light Schedule
27 °C
Day Air Temp
6.0
pH
500 PPM
TDS
70 %
Air Humidity
20 °C
Night Air Temp
Nutrients 4
Silica - MSA
0.03 mll
Calcium Magnesium Supplement
1 mll
CANNA Coco A
2.3 mll
Xplod Beginning of week 3 some issues with the autopots watering came up… for some reason all plants act like overwatered once the systems are activated.
I shot down both for 2 days and all looked better.
I thought it might be due to root system not fully established but the size of the plants make me doubt that.
As the tips of the autos also start to claw a bit, I guess it could also be little bit too much N
As I had to remove the humidifier due to space issues the vpd is currently a bit high/off with 1.4 which might also be a part of the issue.
I’m trying to stabilize the vpd at 1.2 again and reduce the feeding also to 2/3 dose.
If the issue persists I will have to do some flush to check if for some reason too much salt build up (kind of unrealistic in the couple days the system was active but 🤷♂️ one step after the other)
In general all grew a good amount so it shouldn’t be that bad already and I hope I can dial it in….manual watering coco a complete grow is nothing I’d like to do
Update: after some manual feedings they all recovered a bit.
Still not sure what’s the cause of the issue…for now it feels like the autos drink first 1/2 of the tray and then wait for the rest to evaporate which is too long. What I could imagine is that the airbase wholes somehow are not filled properly so water gets sucked up just first half of the tray
Same applies for the photos, I think the airbases in combination with a tray2grow don’t work as the contact surface is too small to saturate the pot.
I will clean all pipes valves and trays and reactivate the system next week, and hope it works. For the Photos I will probably have to repot without the airbase which I don’t want to do so I’ll buy 3 single trays for them…. Lesson learned for next grow
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Week 4. Vegetation
17d ago
1/16
18 hrs
Light Schedule
26 °C
Day Air Temp
6.0
pH
650 PPM
TDS
60 %
Air Humidity
20 °C
Night Air Temp
Nutrients 4
Silica - MSA
0.03 mll
Calcium Magnesium Supplement
1 mll
CANNA Coco A
2.3 mll
Xplod Hello again! This week hopefully some less trouble shooting and more growing and training 😅
As last week was about dialing in the system (which isn’t completely done yet…but details in last weeks description)
As all bounced back to fine….more or less…I’ll start some training this week. The Photos already lost most their main branch fan leaves to slow down main branch growth and let the outers catch up. I will just LST the branches to get a bit spacing. Same for the autos, as they still have all leaves I will also defoliate some for better airflow.
I also noticed first signs of bloom on the autos 😬 either time or my mistakes last week 🤷♂️
I expect stretch to start sometime this week, hopefully in a healthy state with automated watering working
Finally the first morning I look in the autos tent and saw that autopots magical praying leaves 🍃
Now they just need to stay like that 😅 hopefully…
With the photos I’m still unsure if the setup works with the t2g and airbases. Test is still running and I’ll just bottom feed them 2 days manually to check if pots gets more dry than it should.
Due to the problems, the feeding did not increase as planed…still stuck at 1.2-1.4 EC at PH 6.0
As autos show first signs of flower, I’ll maybe up their dose once they look good for 24h+
Update day 34: last 6 pics mark the end of any vegging :D Photos will have their last long day and live under 12/12 from tomorrow on.
Autos are finally looking kinda good and praying and are most likely already in bloom for some days.
For the Photos, the Blueberry Muffin is struggling from me going a bit too far on the Epsom salt causing some different issue 🤷♂️ gave her a flush to get the coco back to normal.
The brainkiller haze getting more and more bushy, she will get a defoliation tomorrow to make her a bit more airy and also do some LST to give the branches at least some guidance for the stretch
Chicken and Wafflez still going like no plant before, no bigger issues, only the defoliate main branch strat did not work out as hoped, it’s still sticking the head up :D might either top her tomorrow or just LST the main in circles in stretch, will see :D
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Week 5. Flowering
7d ago
1/16
12 hrs
Light Schedule
26 °C
Day Air Temp
6.0
pH
750 PPM
TDS
60 %
Air Humidity
20 °C
Night Air Temp
Nutrients 5
Silica - MSA
0.03 mll
Calcium Magnesium Supplement
1.5 mll
CANNA Coco A
2.7 mll
Xplod So, here we are again
First week 12/12 for Photos!
Autos are in flower since 1-1.5 weeks I’d say so a bit ahead, could be worse.
Autos are thriving now and I just try to keep everything stable, light needs to be adjusted every one or two days and they drink around 10L in 3 Days
The Photos drink same amount in 2 days, but I think most of it goes to the Chocken and Wafflez and Brainkiller Haze as the Blueberry Muffin still has issues …
I think I went a bit overboard with the Epsom salt which I flushed out end of last week and it’s still not picking up again. Guess I will just grow it again next run without messing up the repot 🤷♂️
C&W is getting a real Monster though, will need to start scrog to keep it somewhat under control and the difference between plants doesn’t get bigger in height.
For the BKH, never seen a plant branch out sideways that much 😅 some look almost straight sideways without any LST sticks 🤣👍
Gotta love plants that train themselves!
Feed for all is 750ppm 1.5 EC and 5.9-6 PH
End of this week I adjusted the feeding a bit and added a first bit of extra PK and calmag
Both 5ml on 10L additional to before
Now 800-850ppm 1.6-1.7 EC and PH 5.8-6
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Technique
12-12
Technique
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Week 6. Flowering
3d ago
1/8
12 hrs
Light Schedule
26 °C
Day Air Temp
5.8
pH
850 PPM
TDS
60 %
Air Humidity
20 °C
Night Air Temp
1.5 liters
Watering Volume
Nutrients 5
Silica - MSA
0.03 mll
Calcium Magnesium Supplement
1.5 mll
CANNA Coco A
2.7 mll
Xplod Off to the second week of 12/12 for photos and I guess around week 2-3 flower of the Autos
No bigger issues as of now, system activated and working like expected 👍
Challenge this week, get humidity below 60% (kinda hard to reach with a tray2grow and so much open space for it to evaporate water)
And keeping the chicken and Wafflez down 😅
Don’t want to split the light again cause of too much difference in height… already did first round of LST to guide the branches in a circle. Pictures will follow once day starts for them
I just realized that GD ruins some pics due to rescaling…I’ll update the Photos later today
Autos are thriving and the LSD-25 also starts to purple a bit. I hope their stretch will be done by the end of the week so I can give them a nice post stretch defoliation to improve airflow for buds to stack and bulk.
They still drink their 10L in 2.5-3 Days
The Photos are still upping the feed, last week 10L were enough for 2 days, now it’s just only 1.5 Days
The BBM finally feels like it went into stretch and is growing again already catching up to the Brainkiller Haze. Anyways, she won’t get that big … as the other two already covered most of the ground 😅