Laezu Back again for my sixth grow with Apple Fritter. This is going to be my first dirt grow so I'm excited to see what happens and keep track of it to improve on future grows. That's really why I keep these diaries, just to learn from past mistakes and push forward. All of my previous grows have been DWC and as much as I enjoy that process of fine tuning the nutrients, there is ALWAYS 2-3 weeks throughout the grow where I'm just not able to spend the time, and it ends up affecting the end product.
That's why I decided on going dirt instead of coco or another medium. Dirt definitely has a more set it and forget it attitude, especially when paired with an autopot. I'm still going to be feeding from the autopot, but only to boost growth and combat deficiencies. I'm hoping this takes the best of both worlds :)
I'm excited to try out the autopot too. Hopefully it will help curb any fungus gnats that may be in the soil already since we'll be bottom watering this beauty. The only thing that's got me a bit worried is draining this thing each week. I went ahead and added on a drain tube that's going straight into a drain pipe not far from the tent, but the OD of this pipe is 1/4 in. It's going to take over an hour to drain a 12.4 gallon reservoir through this thing. Instead of doing that, I'm going to go with the tried and true battery operated water transfer pump. If you don't have one of these, I HIGHLY recommend getting one on amazon, they're -30 and worth every penny when you're dealing with any kind of hydroponics.
I'm also going to focus a bit more on lighting throughout this grow. The last few grows I worked on dialing in humidity inside the tent, but this time I'm going to keep track and focus on the lighting to get that dialed in. I do like the ACInfinity light that I have, but I also went ahead and bought some UV lights to help with the flowering. I'll be focusing a lot more on light penetration, PPFD, distance to the canopy, etc.
If any of that sounds interesting to you, feel free to follow along :)
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Used method
Paper Towel
Germination Method
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Week 1. Vegetation
15d ago
1/3
20.32 cm
Height
18 hrs
Light Schedule
24 °C
Day Air Temp
6.0
pH
No Smell
Smell
55 %
Air Humidity
21 °C
Night Air Temp
3.79 liters
Pot Size
55.88 cm
Lamp Distance
Nutrients 1
Calmag
0.264 mll
Laezu First week of veg and the seedling has bounced back nicely from the light change. I also had a bit of fun and decided to branch off my reverse osmosis system from upstairs and bring it to my basement grow room. Should make the upcoming water changes for the autopot a bit easier :) I'm not going to feed her any nutrients other than the calmag until she asks for it. I'd like to see her grow another 5-10 inches before I put her in her permanent home in the autopot. Next week I'll top her on her next node. Happy farmin!
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Week 2. Vegetation
7d ago
1/5
22.86 cm
Height
18 hrs
Light Schedule
24 °C
Day Air Temp
6.0
pH
No Smell
Smell
55 %
Air Humidity
21 °C
Night Air Temp
3.79 liters
Pot Size
55.88 cm
Lamp Distance
Nutrients 1
Calmag
1.057 mll
Laezu Alright! She was topped a little earlier this week and then she went into her permanent home in the Autopot today. Using a blend of perlite #3 and Fox Farms Ocean Forest. I gave her a drink until it began to drip out into the bucket and let her sit in it until she stopped. She was also topped and showing off those new nodes already. I'll give her 14 days until I turn on the water for the Autopot, and another 14 days after that before I start the airstone. She's off to a good start but I am seeing early signs of calcium deficiency so I'm upping the dose. Happy farmin folks :)
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Topping
Technique
3
Week 3. Vegetation
2d ago
1/4
22.86 cm
Height
18 hrs
Light Schedule
24 °C
Day Air Temp
6.0
pH
No Smell
Smell
55 %
Air Humidity
21 °C
Night Air Temp
3.79 liters
Pot Size
55.88 cm
Lamp Distance
Nutrients 1
Calmag
1.321 mll
Laezu Very happy with how things are looking at week 3. The calmag deficiency is gone and I'm seeing fresh growth throughout the canopy. I did go ahead and cut off the lowest nodes since they were already having a very hard time competing for light. I'm taking my time with this veg cycle. I want to have one bushy plant come harvest time :) I started LST as well, but just to try and get the nodes to start stretching away from eachother. Next week I'll add in some hooks to the plastic container so I can expand on this.
Autopot should be starting next week as well but I'm not sure if I'm going to add anymore ferts aside the calmag suppliment yet. Happy farmin!
