First Indoor Grow

potatolord111 The first week went a bit uneventfully. I'm actually trying to adjust the pH level of the water, I think that could help a bit. However, I only have those test strips. The Gorilla Z is growing very normally. I'm going to start fertilizing now. Unfortunately, the LLC didn't show up. I planted a replacement seed, a Titan F1 from RQS, which I had left over.

potatolord111 I've already started fertilizing a bit since the soil was used and heavily flushed. It looks pretty good so far. I'm really blown away by how much the plant grows under light. I only know my outdoor balcony grows. Really impressive. I'm still considering whether to do LST or just let it grow. I shouldn't think too long about it, otherwise it will get too big. The Titan F1 is coming out, but it's a bit shy. I think if it doesn't look better this evening, I'll take it out of the seed shell. Maybe that will help it. Because it's looked like this for 2 days now.

potatolord111 I'm so incredibly excited to see what happens with the plant. Indoor growth is so much crazier than outdoor. I've started with LST and she's responding really well. I actually don't see any delays at all. I also removed two leaves that were blocking the side shoots. I'm already looking forward to the flowering. The lamp is now running at 70%, and you can definitely feel more heat; I can barely get the room below 27°. The humidity is also hard to control and is usually at 70%, which will definitely become a problem during flowering. I guess I'll have to open the door or at least ventilate regularly. The Titan F1 came out of the soil without leaves, but now something is growing there. I'm just leaving it in and seeing what happens. What’s growing looks nibbled. Maybe there was a bug in the used soil... Who knows.

potatolord111 The lamp is now running at 80%, and I'm having some issues with humidity that I can't really keep constant. Either I go to 70% with the door closed or 45% with the door open... Especially when I go to sleep, I actually want the door closed because the light, even with a crack, is so bright that it lights up the whole apartment 😅 The Gorilla Z is already going into flowering. So that's about right, but I expected it to happen 3/4 days later. It reacted super well to LST, and I removed a few leaves for better airflow and light penetration. It has some brown spots on older leaves; I might need to adjust the pH a bit. Also, some of the older leaves are a bit yellowish... Maybe I can correct the nutrients here as well. I also watered too heavily last time. 1.5L was just too much; the soil was wet for about 5 days. The Titan F1 is actually coming through after all; I'm absolutely amazed. The lamp is obviously too strong, which is why it's not growing much taller, but hey - better than nothing. I'm curious to see what comes of it. It doesn't look super healthy, but I didn't really expect that given the strange behavior at the beginning.

potatolord111 Week of growth for both plants, they've both shot up so high, old manager. The lamp is now running at 85%. I had it briefly at 90% but felt that the Gorilla Z was struggling with that. Accordingly, I turned it down a bit again. The leaves always look a bit light, yellowish under the grow light. In daylight, though, they are lush green. The door to the room has to stay open now to maintain the humidity. Otherwise, it just goes up to 70%. One day before watering, it drops a bit too low, around 35, but still better than being too high. With the Gorilla Z, I've been removing a few leaves that were underneath other leaves. I've also removed the lowest bud sites on the oldest shoots that have just formed. They didn't have any hairs or anything yet and wouldn't finish anyway. The plant should rather put its energy elsewhere. Week 3 for the Titan: The Titan is growing nicely wide, but hardly in height, of course because the lamp is way too strong for it. I'm curious to see how it looks next week, as the stretch is slowly coming in now.

potatolord111 Gorilla Z: I see a few brown leaf tips starting on the newer leaves and suspect that salts have built up at the bottom, so I flushed my Gorilla Z and didn't feed this week. The leaves are also getting a bit yellow. But the bud development looks good. Titan F1: I started with LST. The plant is really growing very compact, which is why I removed a few leaves at the bottom that keep getting wet when I water. I think it will go into flowering next week and stretch a little more. It's now 18 cm tall but definitely has 4 or 5 nodes already.

potatolord111 Gorilla Z: The plant has really suffered. I think I watered too much again and followed guides that are meant for photos, not autos. Next time I know: 1-1.5L is enough UNTIL THE END. Now the plant is dry for the moment and was watered again today with less. The light is back at 80%. I won't go higher than 85 anymore. The buds are growing well, they're reaching up nicely and getting more structure. It looks great already. Plus, the plant has a slight smell, almost like a pine forest. Christmas time is coming, so very fitting 😆 Titan: This one looks really good, healthy, and especially bushy. The height is only 21cm in total, but with the LST, it's getting sooo dense... Hello Ballo. No flowering in sight yet. I defoliated for the first time because it got really, really dense there and most of the leaves weren't getting light. Speaking of light: I hope it gets enough "down there." In the end, it's 60/70cm away from the lamp. A little stretch could do it good. Water: 2-3x a week 1L Nutrients: Biotonex 2 drops/liter Homegrow24 Grow 1ml/L

potatolord111 I now have a pH and EC meter, which makes a lot of things more relaxed. Gorilla Z: The leaves look sadder and sadder, but the buds are the best I've ever had. It's a shame when you think about what could have been 😅 I'm a bit afraid that dead leaves will start to mold, so I'm currently looking at what else I can remove. I also went to the grow shop, originally wanted to get CalMag, but the guy looked at the plant and said it looks like a potassium deficiency, and in late flowering, potassium is usually enough, which is why I've switched to potassium only now. Water: 1.5 liters every 3 days EC when fertilizing: 1.1 Titan: It's really growing great. We're now in pre-flowering and stretching, which is already awesome. I defoliated yesterday and removed lower leaves and bud sites. That should be it for now. Otherwise, I'm switching to bloom fertilizer here. I see some light tips on a few leaves. It could be stress from defoliating, but I'll keep an eye on it. Water: 1.5 liters every 3 days EC when fertilizing: 1.0

potatolord111 I adjusted my watering again and will now water regularly with drain, about every 4-5 days with 3-3.5L of water. To prevent it from getting too moist, I raised the pots slightly. Unfortunately, my pH and EC meter broke, so I had to fertilize by feel. Gorilla Z: Looks pretty nice from the trichomes. Most of them are milky. I will wait for the first amber ones and then harvest. With the amount of dead leaves, I’d rather harvest too early than too late. Water: 3.5 liters Bloom: 1ml/L Mono Potassium: 1ml/L Titan F1: I fertilized a bit more. The plant looks good. The light tips aren’t getting worse, the plant is stretching vigorously and the buds are growing nicely. I adjusted the LST slightly again to bring everything to a more even height and removed a few lower leaves. But I’m holding back this time. Water: 3.5 liters Bloom: 1.8 ml/L

potatolord111 The Titan looks really good. The bud development is insane and I'm really excited to see the result. I tweaked the nutrients a bit, added some CalMag and pure calcium, but we'll only see next week if that works out well. Today my nutrient addition looked like this: Bloom: 1ml/L CalMag: 0.3 ml/L Epsom salt: 0.7g/L More Grams: 1ml/L

potatolord111 The trichomes didn't look really perfect yet, but the brown leaves made me worry that I might lose them to bud rot, so I'd rather harvest a bit too early than not at all. I removed as many of the brown sugar leaves as possible, and I also noticed that some were already dried out all the way to the stem. Good thing I harvested.

potatolord111 She looks really good, except for a few brown spots on the leaves, and she smells really sweet and fruity, like apple pie. The drain EC is very high, which is why I'm now adding very few nutrients. Bloom: 1ml/L 420 Flow CalMag: 0.3ml/L Canna Mono K: 1ml/L The nutrients will look a bit different next week.

potatolord111 The drain EC has been rising more and more, but well, the plant probably hasn't taken up many nutrients anymore. The trichomes were about 5-10% brown, so I nicely cut the plant as a Christmas gift to myself. I'm looking forward to the next grow!