Grow #5: WTF is a Triploid

FeebleSnane

1d ago

Sour Magic Triploid

Trilogene

VEG

IONBOARD EVO3 Light Emitting Diodes/280W

AC Infinity

FLO

IONBOARD EVO3 Light Emitting Diodes/280W

AC Infinity

Tent

Cloudlab 642 Advance Grow Tent 4x2 (48" x 24" x 72")

AC Infinity

Fan

Cloudline Pro T4

AC Infinity

Filt

Duct Carbon Filter 4-Inch

AC Infinity

Contr

Controller 69 PRO

AC Infinity

Drip

Tray2Grow

AutoPot

Coco Coir

Royal Gold

Indoor

Room Type

11 liters

Pot Size

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Grow #5: WTF is a Triploid. Week 0 - Seeds

Grow #5: WTF is a Triploid. Week 0 - Tent

Grow #5: WTF is a Triploid. Week 0 - Soil

Grow #5: WTF is a Triploid. Week 0 - Germination

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FeebleSnane I am NOT fucking around this time. I have an incredibly bad record of feminized plants growing pollen sacks or nanners, and this time I'm taking zero chances with stress. I've grown 5 separate grows before, two of them at the same time which I consider the "fourth grow", and this is the 5th grow. Of the 4 prior grows, 3 of them resulted in pollen sacks on plants that were supposed to be feminized. All of those plants were genetics from Royal Queen Seeds or FastBuds, and this time I'm going a completely different direction. This grow is with a triploid genetic that is allegedly incapable of producing seeds or reproductive parts (aside from flowers). In my previous grow (Grow #4.2), I tried out AutoPots for a watering system. I fucking loved it for that grow, so I bought a better system for this tent, and I'll be growing 3 plants with it. The plan for this grow is to have 4 main branches coming off the trunk. I want to grow those 4 branches as well as I can, and put them through a net to keep a nice even canopy. I also want to get far more aggressive with my lolipopping and defoliation this time around. I need to be more confident in the way I remove small buds/branches prior to the flower stage, so I get only high quality buds in my final yield. For germination, I put 3 seeds into a wet paper towel in a bag, then placed that bag in my server cabinet. The cabinet stays about 80F-85F, so it should be a cozy temperature for the seeds. This particular strain is supposed to have a lower germination rate, as mentioned by the breeder, and one of three seeds had a great germination period. Two of three seeds broke open, but don't seem to be vigorous seeds. I'm glad that all 3 broke open, but from past experience I know that 2 seeds will be noticeably behind the first. I planted the seeds in the tent in order of strongest to weakest germination. The seed with the longest root was planted in the left-most pot, and the seed with the shortest root was planted in the right-most pot. Pray that this doesn't turn into a one plant grow.

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Used method

Paper Towel

Germination Method

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5.08 cm

Height

18 hrs

Light Schedule

27 °C

Day Air Temp

6.0

No Smell

Smell

400 PPM

TDS

50 %

Air Humidity

26 °C

Night Air Temp

11.36 liters

Pot Size

86.36 cm

Lamp Distance

Nutrients 3

FloraMicro

0.528 mll

FloraGro

0.528 mll

FloraBloom

0.528 mll

FeebleSnane Today is day 7 since the plants sprouted. This strain comes with a warning about the germination rates, and while all 3 of them popped a root, plant #1 looks a little fucked. We'll call #1 Igor. Plants #2 and #3 look perfectly normal and healthy, which is funny because plant #1 had the longest root after germination. Plants #2 and #3 are showing some signs that they want nutrients already since the leaves are a little yellow/pale. There were no nutrients added to the soil, which was just 70/30 coco/perlite, so it's fine for them to show some deficiency signs at this point. As usual, the nutrients are starting out on the low end of the scale, and if the plants still look hungry in a week then I'll increase the dosage. I largely just follow the feed chart provided by General Hydroponics for the nutrients I use, and that's worked out well in the past. So far, the plants have just been hand watered, and will be switched to the AutoPot system when they're closer to 2 weeks old. I'm debating if I want to experiment with clones for this grow, which would mean I have to dedicate one tent to vegetation and one to flower, and I'm still debating if I want to do that. My other AutoPot system only feeds 2 plants instead of just having a whole tray to use, so it may depend on how Igor's life plays out. Just in case the plants get moved to the other tent with a super light, they'll be under 300 PAR for the next week. Hopefully they can handle it.

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6.99 cm

Height

18 hrs

Light Schedule

24 °C

Day Air Temp

6.1

No Smell

Smell

500 PPM

TDS

58 %

Air Humidity

21 °C

Night Air Temp

11.36 liters

Pot Size

83.82 cm

Lamp Distance

Nutrients 5

FloraMicro

0.74 mll

FloraGro

1.004 mll

FloraBloom

0.528 mll

FeebleSnane Today is day 14 since the plants sprouted. Igor is still hanging in there, even with his fucked up, twisted leaf and short stature. Other than the weird leaves and height on plant #1, the color looks very healthy and doesn't seem bothered by lack of nutrients or over abundance. Plants #2 and #3 were looking pretty pale last week, but after adding nutrients to their water all the plants looks better. I still feel like I don't water enough in the early stages when using coco, judging by the slower progress in the first two weeks compared to when I use soil. Perhaps that comes from not using nutrients early enough in the water. After the watering they got today dries out a bit, I'll switch them over to the Autopot system the next time I water since they'll be over two weeks old by then. The plants have been getting about 300 PAR of light for the past 7 days, and I increased it to about 325 today, but I think I'll lower the light a bit to get it closer to 350 for the next 7 days.

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11.43 cm

Height

18 hrs

Light Schedule

24 °C

Day Air Temp

6.1

No Smell

Smell

650 PPM

TDS

58 %

Air Humidity

21 °C

Night Air Temp

11.36 liters

Pot Size

81.28 cm

Lamp Distance

Nutrients 5

FloraMicro

1.004 mll

FloraGro

1.506 mll

FloraBloom

0.74 mll

FeebleSnane Today is day 21 since the plants sprouted. I turned on the AutoPot system a few days ago with some plain water to get things going, and it looks like the plants were immediately able to reach the water coming from the bottom. They didn't have a day where they looked sad because the roots hadn't gotten deep enough, which is nice. That happened with my last grow because I turned the system on a couple days too early. Igor, plant #1, had grown up a bit, and looks extra fucked up now. I have never seen leaves like that where all the fingers are grown together. It looks more like a fern than a weed plant. The early leaves that are supposed to have 3 fingers are also weird, one has 1 finger and the other has 2. Plants #2 and #3 are coming along nicely. They both had the same issue that looks like too much light early on, but they seem to be over that as their new leaves look very healthy. They've grown well over the past week, and hopefully now that they have nutrients in the reservoir they'll grow much faster over this next week. Since these plants looked like they might be getting too much light, I left the lights at 330 PAR over the past week. I might wait until the end of this week to bump it up again. I'm now sure how long I'm going to let these veg for, or exactly how big I'll let them get. I've been debating if I want to top them with 4 branches and let those 4 branches veg for a while, or if I want to let 6-8 branches go like usual. I still don't know if I'm going to move these to the other tent or keep them in here, but I have time to decide.

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UnorthadoxDude commentedweek 110d ago

Triploid means you got aliens DNS in your beans... just joking! But it is an interesting genetic twist worth googling, I really hope you the best of luck for this grow I really hope you have an amazing one.

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FeebleSnane commented8d ago

@UnorthadoxDude, Thanks! The main reason I chose triploids for this grow is because I read how they shouldn't get seeds, which I'm hoping also means less likely to herm. I have a track record of plants growing pollen sacks in week 5-6 of flower, so I'm really hoping these break that trend.

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GERGrowDesigns commentedweek 28d ago

Good Luck and keep up Growing 🌱⭐

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