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Day 37 - Fertigated last night, inflow ppm 794 runoff ppm 840. Watering every two days in coco, by the end of this week it’ll be every other day by the look of it. Tonight she’ll be getting a top dress of recharge.
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Day 37 - Fertigated last night, inflow ppm 794 runoff ppm 840. Watering every two days in coco, by the end of this week it’ll be every other day by the look of it. Tonight she’ll be getting a top dress of recharge.
I have added a tomato trellis to the pot to help support the future growth. Veg is going a little longer then expected (could be from topping and or defoliation) but that’s ok because more veg is always good! Smell is getting stronger, still weak but you can smell it more and more each day, look at it as maturity right? The stalk of the plant right now measures 1/2” at the base, again this is my first grow so I assume this is pretty good from what I have seen. She is amazingly healthy, no burnt tips, no deficiencies, no parasites, looks really good, stoked I have two more from the same strain and seed bank to grow next! Anyways thanks to those that are following, if you see anything I’m screwing up please let me know, also if you see something I could improve on let me know, knowledge is key and teamwork makes the dream work!
Day 38 - Did a flush with ph’d water at 5.9. I added .6 ml of mammoth P, and 2.5ml of recharge per 1 gal. I always flush after the third watering to rinse away any salt buildup. First time using recharge and I’ve heard many raving reviews from it over at DGC. This will be my flush procedure once a week. Fertigation is once every other day before lights out.
I also put the exhaust fan and humidifier on a controller. I use the inkbird ITC-608t. Now I’m able to easily reach 80+ temps at 50%rh. I’ll also be adding another 6” oscillating fan to the other corner to help with airflow.
Day 40 - Fertigated last night with nutes and she was thirsty. At one gallon feedings and this nets me about 1 liter runoff so damn near perfect. I’ve been fussing around with the inkbird and I’ve got it nailed down for daytime temps and humidity to the point where a humidifier isn’t needed at the moment. However at night I do see RH in the high 60’s and I have ordered a dehumidifier to rectify that situation. The good news in all this, I believe I see the beginning of flower taking place!
Day 41 - Tonight she drank 1.5 gallons and she is getting really thirsty. Since the addition of the inkbird temps have gone up to the ideal range and this is more than likely drying out the coco, not to mention the fabric pot aids in evaporation as well. I see nightly fertigations incoming, and that’s ok because I love the garden with a nice pint of ale.
I installed a 2nd 6” oscillating fan and a Eva dry 2200 dehumidifier. Daytime temps and RH are perfect 82f-85f and 54%-65%RH. At nighttime the RH gets into the 70’s and the dehumidifier will keep that in the range I want.
She loves the defoliation that she has been receiving, and defoliation is happening pretty frequently now. She has grown to a height of 13” so far.
Autoflowers are new to me and I’m just not sure if I am 100% on board with their ability to “autoflower” even under a 18/6 light schedule. I’m debating if I should flip her to 12/12 starting today. I think she needs some persuasion. What do you think? Thanks
Autos grow and flower regardless of light schedule. My Gorilla went 15 weeks from start of germination. Reducing the hours would only shorten the available light available and the light is the "food' that plant uses to grow, the nutrients help the plant metabolize the light into growth. 6hrs darkness is sort of the sweet spot for plant rest. Your diary says this is an indoor grow but your plants are outside in the pix. If your moving your plant in and out of the tent that can slow the plant down. Growers choice seeds are slower than many other auto strains. Your plant looks healthy and on its way to making good big buds. Patience and consistency is a key ingredient.
@Mr_Weeds_Autos, thanks man. First grow outdoors and she’s looking really healthy. Debating on bringing her indoors though, over here at the beach we get overcast skies during May and June robbing me of those precious photons.
@Homegrown_Mary, thank you! Always nice to hear you are going the right direction on your first grow. I believe I just stumbled across your diary for comparison, your ‘s looked dynamite!
@Weird_Jimmy, yeah man I’m stoked! Every morning when I open the tent up it’s like Christmas. They grow so much at night it’s amazing! You have anything new coming up in the tent? I’m thinking of doing a photo next
The plant is looking nice, short and bushy. The only critique I can offer is to the strength of your nutrient solution. It's probably in the range from the GHE mix schedule, but in the high range. I shoot for the low end of the target range for EC for nutrient solution strength. I also measure my runoff at each watering. I aim to get 10-30% run off. I also do it 2 or more times a day. If the runoff gets to be over 300ec of the EC of the feed solution, I either flush with extra pH plain water or dilute the feed water till it's back in range or below. High EC runoff indicates nutrient build up in coco and also that the coco is out of range for optimum nutrient absorption. It can cause nutrient toxicity or lockout. If the EC is below target it means your plants are absorbing lots of nutrients. My method isn't common but can produce massive plants. For more details on my methods search for "Coco for cannabis". It's fairly laborious, and I wouldn't recommend it if u have more than one plant, don't have time or take good notes. I am working on making an automated system for when I go on vacation and such.
@ArborFarms,not saying that it is actually too high...just that what listed in the stats at 1.59ec is high to me. Just cautionary ...but that's based on how I'm doing it...you seem to have a fairly detailed approach and thought out approach...and there are seemingly hundreds of ways to do this with lots of variables...so your plants look happy and as long as the plant is happy I'm sure you'll be happy!
@Weird_Jimmy, my feed schedule is half that of what the Nute manufacturer recommends. I’m using ppm targets that medman over at afn network recommends for autos. Are you saying that my Nute load is to high as in ppm’s? Thanks
@CRiSPrGrow, thanks for the reply. I’m aware that she is in flower lol, my question was in regards to the slow growth of the buds. Imop she just isn’t putting on the growth when I compare her to other diaries. If you were to go back thru my diary you’ll see that I am using pulse and inkbird to monitor and maintain temp and rh levels. I am very aware of vpd (thousands of charts online) and I use pulse’s vpd chart. My daily temps are in the range of 82 and rh averages in the 60’s, my vpd averages 1.2. I’m not concerned with my environment just questioning the genetics, especially when I ask GCS if they are the “breeder” and I don’t get a definitive answer. Thanks for chiming in though
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