The_Holy_Herb Hello to all growers and welcome to my first green diary.
I would like to clarify two things right away:
1: I am by no means an expert in cultivation and this is my first time. I repeat THIS IS MY FIRST TIME GROWING.
2: This project started as a low-budget venture and that's how it's going to stay.
BUDGET: 100€.
LIGHTNING: Bosytro TQB800 FULL SPECTRUM.
This LED panel came straight from TEMU/AliExpress, is a full spectrum light rated for 80 watts dimmable.
Cost: 34 euro.
Not bad huh? I just hope that the panel is legit for growing!
SOIL/POT: I just went for some standard soil and pots from the gardening shop next to my house.
I've got some basic flower soil and a nice 8 L pot for my lady.
Cost: 10 euro.
SEEDLING: Titan F1 from Royal Queen Seeds.
Cost 16 euro.
NUTRIENTS: BIOBIZZ Trypack indoor 250 ML.
This kit is made of 3 bottles by 250 ml of BIO-GROW, BIO-BlOOM and TOP-MAX.
Should be enough for 1 plant.
Cost 13 euro.
All of this for a total of 73 euro spent.
I'm thinking about buying a pH meter for water measurements. I think is a good idea to keep an eye on the water supply. What do you think guys?
Said all of this we still have 27 euro left to invest in the project. Any suggestions guys?
12-11-2025 START
The seed sprout within 48 hours, the first 24 in a water glass and the following 24 hours using the wet paper towels technique. The sprouted seed was then moved into his final home, an 8 liter pot. All good.
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Week 1. Vegetation
2mo ago
1/3
5 cm
Height
24 hrs
Light Schedule
23 °C
Day Air Temp
6.0
pH
No Smell
Smell
56 %
Air Humidity
21 °C
Solution Temp
20 °C
Night Air Temp
7 liters
Pot Size
0.1 liters
Watering Volume
65 cm
Lamp Distance
The_Holy_Herb 14-11-2025 The plant finally showed up and the journey started.
16-11-2025 The little baby got couple of cm in height, now is somewhere around 5 cm tall.
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Week 2. Vegetation
2mo ago
1/7
10 cm
Height
24 hrs
Light Schedule
21 °C
Day Air Temp
6.0
pH
No Smell
Smell
47 %
Air Humidity
21 °C
Solution Temp
19 °C
Night Air Temp
7 liters
Pot Size
0.1 liters
Watering Volume
60 cm
Lamp Distance
The_Holy_Herb Hello, with tomorrow we are about to end the 2 week of this little lady, the Titan F1.
This week was kinda easy, not too much went on.
The plant growed up around 4/5 centimeters going from 5 to 10 cm as of today, almost end of week 2.
The watering is not excessive at the moment, I'm checking for dry soil daily. However the plant is literally a baby, don't need much water for now.
Ths week went on basically without nutrients, I will be adding some to the water in the next couple of days or watering phases.
The temperature was kept stable(21/22 degrees celsius) all the week, one day unfortunately due to a heating mistake it dropped to 12 degrees but for just half day. I manage to rescue the situation and the plant went again to her lovely 21/22 degrees. This shouldn't be a problem because the plant was in the cold environment for really short time.
Fixing the problem with the temp was easy and I made sure that this tremendous drop of temperature won't happen again.
I had to reduce a bit the power of the lighting (went from 100% to 70%/75% because I believe was a little too strong especially for this early phases of the plant.)
Beside this all is proceeding good and regularly, at least for me :).
Give a look yourself to my latest pictures from week 2 and let me know. I'm open to tips and suggestions, im a beginner, have mercy
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Week 3. Vegetation
2mo ago
1/6
15 cm
Height
24 hrs
Light Schedule
22 °C
Day Air Temp
6.0
pH
No Smell
Smell
44 %
Air Humidity
23 °C
Solution Temp
20 °C
Night Air Temp
7 liters
Pot Size
0.1 liters
Watering Volume
50 cm
Lamp Distance
Nutrients 4
Bio-Grow
2 mll
Fish-Mix
2 mll
Alg-A-Mic
1 mll
The_Holy_Herb Hello to everybody and welcome back for the weekly report.
As of today we are completing the third week of vegetation and was definitely a good week.
The plant reached 15 cm of height and is starting to look pretty decent!
I love the vivid and nice green colors of this Titan F1, this make me think that I am treating the plant in the right way and is healthy. AT LEAST I HOPE.
If we go a bit deeper in the rabbit hole actually this week couple of things went on.
First at all I was away for almost a week so to compensate my absence I did water the plant before leaving...with ABUNDANCE, maybe even a little too much :) That much water that basically I didn't add anymore for the next 8 days, basically till today.
However the plant didn't complain and keept growing strong.
The lighting now is ALWAYS full power. 100%. 24/7 no stop.
The temperature is always between 21 and 23, the perfect spot.
Humidity is somewhere between 44% and 50%
Today was the FIRST watering WITH nutrients from BioBizz. 1 liter of water, the vase didn't drain off. I think is good. If somebody is interested about the nutrients is all documented in my diary with ml, type and liters. Week by week.
This was the first watering with nutrients, lets see what will happen in the next 3/4 days. I am really curious to see how the plant will react to the drugs :)
Also something else very important is that in 2 or 3 days I will also apply some LST and bend the leaves outward. I want this plant to be kinda compact and that as much light as possible is directed to the flowers where eventuality it will be needed. I must be careful, I was reading a lot of Titan diaries and noticed that they had plenty of broken branches due to LST. I just hope to don't make damages or cause excessive stress. We will see how it will go.
Next week probably I will do also some defoliation if the plant gets too bushy, dunno yet which leaves cut off but I can and will manage, uncle google is my friend :)
Last picture are plants of chilli Ghost peppers, spicy stuff, they are growing together in harmony with the Titan F1.
I hope eventually I can enjoy both of them cuz I love to get high and suffer from capsaicin :) :)
Jokes a side, basically I am just fuckin around and looking what I can come up with.
The last plant is a carnivorous plant, the one that closes the trap and basically eats alive the prey. Pretty cool stuff that's why has the honour to grow next to the green dope!
I think that's all for this week and we see at the end of next week! Good luck to everybody!
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Week 4. Vegetation
2mo ago
1/15
20 cm
Height
24 hrs
Light Schedule
22 °C
Day Air Temp
6.0
pH
No Smell
Smell
58 %
Air Humidity
23 °C
Solution Temp
23 °C
Substrate Temp
20 °C
Night Air Temp
7 liters
Pot Size
0.2 liters
Watering Volume
52 cm
Lamp Distance
Nutrients 4
Bio-Grow
2 mll
Fish-Mix
2 mll
Alg-A-Mic
1 mll
The_Holy_Herb Hello everyone and welcome back to my diary.
Tomorrow marks the end of the fourth week of growth for Titan F1.
I don't think the plant is ready to flower yet and I think it needs at least another week to grow. Only time will tell if I'm right or not.
This week has been quiet, but we have two important updates.
1) At the beginning of the week, I gave it some care and removed a few leaves that I thought were unnecessary. A bit of defoliation. Like 6/7 leaves removed.
2) Today, it had some more maintenance, this time more intensive.
I removed two excess leaves and applied the LST technique for the first time.
Honestly, I enjoyed modifying the pot to accommodate the holes where the string would be attached.
To tell the truth, this low-cost adventure is becoming interesting, and I am having a lot of fun doing it and experimenting.
To tell the truth, my LST seems a bit aggressive and excessive, but we'll see in the next few days how the plant decides to respond and react to the LST. Maybe it will die, hahaha.
During this week, and reading other diaries for comparison, I determined that my plant is NOT drinking enough water.
The problem arises because I am unable to determine how much water is left in the soil/pot.
So today I decided to use a little cunning and weigh the pot when it was completely dry and then again after I watered it.
I watered it with about 1050/1100 ml of water mixed with its weekly dose of nutrients.
This time there was excess water, resulting in excess dripping.
In the final weighing after watering and after the excess water had drained away, the final weight increased by about 720/730 grams. The water I added was around 1050 grams. So 75% of the water remained in the soil. Dry it was 4400 grams, wet it reached 5120 grams. I don't know if this is good or not, I hope the plant is doing well.
In the meantime, I have ordered a device that allows me to check several parameters in the soil, such as moisture, acidity and other things that are important to us growers. I feel like a child at Christmas :).
I also bought a pH meter for the water, as mine broke and I had to buy another one, and I haven't been able to check the acidity levels for the last two waterings. I hope it doesn't bother the plant too much and that it continues to grow.
I've deduced that it drinks little because I'm forced to water it practically once a week. I expected it to consume more water, especially in its current pre-flowering phase.
The new device on its way will help me keep all the parameters under control: the soil, the plant, the temperature, the water levels, the humidity and a few other things I can't remember.
Everything should be ready next week.
The lamp is on full power all the time, at 100% with a 24/0 cycle, 7 days a week.
The plant has reached 20 centimetres in height. I wonder if this LST will keep it small. I have some space issues, so I can't let it grow too tall, which is why I'm using LST.
Otherwise, everything seems to be going well, I hope I'll be able to smoke this one.
Thanks everyone, see you next week with new updates, who knows, maybe it will start flowering :)
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Week 5. Vegetation
1mo ago
1/7
35 cm
Height
24 hrs
Light Schedule
22 °C
Day Air Temp
6.0
pH
No Smell
Smell
58 %
Air Humidity
23 °C
Solution Temp
23 °C
Substrate Temp
20 °C
Night Air Temp
7 liters
Pot Size
0.2 liters
Watering Volume
52 cm
Lamp Distance
Nutrients 6
Bio-Grow
2 mll
Fish-Mix
2 mll
Alg-A-Mic
1 mll
The_Holy_Herb This week started with a slow pre flowering phase.
The lst was a bit too agressive and one little branch broke but I save it.
I applied more lst to the plant this week.
The plant doubled the size within a week.
I had a pH problem that im fixing, the soil at one point due to nutes hit 4.8, way too low.
I did a flush to adjust the pH and tomorrow will add new nutrients and control the pH.
All good for now, a little of stress is visible on the leaves, is due to pH and strong light.
For the rest everything else is going fine.
See you next week.
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Week 6. Flowering
1mo ago
1/9
40 cm
Height
24 hrs
Light Schedule
22 °C
Day Air Temp
6.7
pH
Weak
Smell
58 %
Air Humidity
23 °C
Solution Temp
23 °C
Substrate Temp
20 °C
Night Air Temp
7 liters
Pot Size
0.2 liters
Watering Volume
30 cm
Lamp Distance
Nutrients 10
Bio-Grow
2 mll
Fish-Mix
2 mll
Alg-A-Mic
1 mll
The_Holy_Herb This is the 6th week of my lady. 5 weeks of vegetation and this is the first week of blooming.
Overall the project low budget is going fine.
The plant finally entered a full bloom phase and I can't wait to see her bulking up.
I'm trying to solve a pH issue, was way too low, around 4.8.
With the next watering the soil should go back to optimal values around 6.3.
The plant finally started to drink more water and produce flowers. Im very happy, is my first time and i think im doing ok.
The little leaf discoloration or yellowing mostly is due to wrong pH keept for too long. Also I believe is some light stress but the plant should be fine very soon.
I managed to get the a full round of nutrients so the plant is almost guaranteed, at least I hope.
This week the plant got a flush and full nutes menu.
Today was also a "maintenance " day with a nice defoliation, around 8 leaves went away and some nice LST was applied.
With the latest LST I made sure that all the bud sites are receiving a lot of light.
The plant responds very good to extreme bending. Its crazy as fk. That's for sure a solid genetic.
Also the defoliation that I did gave some extra space in the light without any shades.
We keep in touch for next week report with some news.
See yaaa
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Week 7. Flowering
20d ago
1/8
48 cm
Height
24 hrs
Light Schedule
21 °C
Day Air Temp
6.3
pH
Normal
Smell
55 %
Air Humidity
23 °C
Solution Temp
18 °C
Substrate Temp
20 °C
Night Air Temp
7 liters
Pot Size
0.5 liters
Watering Volume
25 cm
Lamp Distance
Nutrients 9
Bio-Grow
3 mll
Fish-Mix
3 mll
Alg-A-Mic
2 mll
The_Holy_Herb Hello all! I hope y'all doing well. Happy new year!
Im trying to make good videos and pictures but the site can't handle too much quality...so it is what it is.
Anyway
Today we are closing the second week of flowering.
This week went on quite easy, the plant is growing as expected.
Couple of days ago I applied some extra defoliation to the little Titan, just 2 leaves, nothing too special. The plant is responding well to the various treatments and techniques, even from a newbie like me.
Also do you remember about the broken branch? The plant fully recovered that within 2 weeks.
I am super happy and satisfied, is even having two bud sites on it. Not bad huh ?
Two days ago the plant got 1.5 L of water with nutrients, the final pH of the water was 6.2.
Im happy that finally I overcome the soil pH issue, was way too low.
The pot didn't drain any water after the watering.
Next time I will step up a little bit, maybe 2 liters, maybe not. We will see.
The flowering is finally going "full speed", I can see the flowers growing day by day.
Also the smell got much more intense right now, maybe since a week.
I can definitely feel it, it has a very distinguished smell, a little bit of mango or papaya in the back notes when you smell it.
Also the plant is becoming more frosty and a lot of little crystals are forming here and there. Gotta love it man!
I will catch you guys next week for another update! See yaa
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Week 8. Flowering
13d ago
1/15
48 cm
Height
24 hrs
Light Schedule
22 °C
Day Air Temp
6.3
pH
Strong
Smell
46 %
Air Humidity
23 °C
Solution Temp
18 °C
Substrate Temp
20 °C
Night Air Temp
7 liters
Pot Size
0.5 liters
Watering Volume
25 cm
Lamp Distance
Nutrients 9
Bio-Grow
3 mll
Fish-Mix
3 mll
Alg-A-Mic
2 mll
The_Holy_Herb Hello y'all! Today marks the last day of the third week of flowering.
At the start of this week I watered the plant with 1 liter of plain water, no excess draining. I also applied some extra LST, I really wanted to expose as much as possible the buds. My light is not that powerful, it produce real 70/75 watts... so I do my best to take advantage of it with some LST and a major defoliation. I took out 13 leaves, some of them were a bit crushed or damaged so they had to go to create more space for the light and overall for the health of the Titan. Some of them they were just making too much shade on the buds so they also had to go ahhahaha
Couple of days ago I watered with 3 liters of water with nutrients. The excess was 1.5 liter.
I found the limit of the pot, around 2.5/3 liters of water per week. That's the sweet spot.
I was concerned that the plant didn't drink enough but then if I take in consideration that the pot is only 7 liters and I did fill it with around 6 liters of soil...then I think is more than fine as it it. We will see.
So in conclusion this week the baby got roughly 4 liters of water adjusted to pH 6.3.
The water that drained off the pot was around pH 6.7/6.8. I think is a little too much and I am considering to water next time with pH around 6.0 o 6.1 maybe I will be able to drop the pH of the excess water to 6.6 or 6.5. We will see.
The temperature is constantly around 21 to 23 degrees celsius and the humidity at the moment is constantly under 50%. At least I don't have to worry about mold. I hope.
The smell is strong with some mango scents, amazing plant! I hope it smokes also as good as it smells!
I wanted to point out something that I've noticed and it popped in my mind.
My pot was for 7 liters but in the pot I have roughly 6 liters of soil. So there is some extra empty space for soil on the very top of the pot.
The problem is that I noticed that on the very bottom of the main stem the plant tried to sprout some extra roots but because there was no soil around it they didn't spread and died straight away.
I've noticed that the plant could be much stronger or bigger if I let her root also a bit higher on the main stem... but because there was no soil around the stem the roots didn't come out from there. You can see it in the last picture. I circled in red the spots.
I believe I could do much better if the roots were starting a lil higher on the stem and not just where is the soil.
If you don't get me or im unable to explain myself cus im stoned then please give a look at the last picture of this week. You will understand what I meant, if not peace and love the same hahahaha
Overall I believe everything is going in the right direction, in 2 weeks +- I should harvest. I hope I can get 30 g dry of this plant.
Anyway
The trichomes are far away from ready, or white or even a lil cloudy. Look at the last video, 80/85% of the trichomes still transparent and lucid. If you see some whiteish is probably the camera going nuts not a ready trichome.
See you next week guys for the updates of the 4th week of flowering! The smell is delicious af
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Week 9. Flowering
3d ago
1/13
48 cm
Height
24 hrs
Light Schedule
23 °C
Day Air Temp
6.3
pH
Strong
Smell
48 %
Air Humidity
25 °C
Solution Temp
21 °C
Substrate Temp
23 °C
Night Air Temp
7 liters
Pot Size
0.5 liters
Watering Volume
25 cm
Lamp Distance
Nutrients 9
Bio-Grow
4 mll
Fish-Mix
4 mll
Alg-A-Mic
5 mll
The_Holy_Herb Hello my friends! I hope you all doing good!
Few days ago my little lady completed the 4th week of flowering. I think everything is going fine however I was expecting the plant to be a little bit faster. I was hoping that at this point I would chop it down...but is not ready yet. I really feel the urge of smoking it. Like I go and check on the plant 2/3 times a day just for the fun and urge of smoking it. Ahhaha crazy shit...
Soooo back to us.
This week the plant got 3.5 liter of water splitted over 2 watering sessions.
The first one with 1.5 liter of pure water at 6.3 pH with almost no excess drain, maybe little as 50 o 70 ml of water drained down the pot.
The second watering session was 2 liter with full nutrients again at 6.2 pH. The excess was quite a lot, almost 1 liter at 6.5 pH.
It drained a lot because the nutrient watering was just 2 days apart from the previous one. The soil was still quite moistured.
Normally when I water with 2 liters the excess is around 20-25%, so about 0.5 liter.
This watering or eventually the next one that is in 2 days, is the LAST one with nutrients!
From my calculations the plant should be ready in maximum 10 days. So from now on the plant will get only plain water at adjusted pH of 6.3 pH till the harvest day.
I am checking the trichomes every 2/3 days, comparing them to last week they starting to get a bit more white and cloudy but just some of them.
I would say that looking overall at the plant maybe around 20/30% of the trichomes are cloudy not even fully white and most of them are still fully transparent or lucid.
You can see the picuteres, they are recent.
Don't get fooled by the pictures, my cheap microscope in combo with my shaky hands are not the best.
Some of the trichomes may appear white or cloudy but THEY ARE NOT, mostly is due to cheap quality microscope and too strong led lightning.
Most of the trichomes are still transparent and lucid. Simply the plant is not ripe yet, it needs more time.
Also looking at the foliage of the plant you can clearly see that most of the leaves are still very healthy and have vivid colors. Just 2 or 3 leaves are turning yellow-ish.
The smell is kickin strong right now. Is a very pleasant and refreshing smell!
The humidity is always under 50% and the temperature is always ranging between 21 and 23 degrees celsius.
Lighting is always 100% 24/7 from seed to harvest.
To summarise everything is going well, the olant is developing and has a nice structure.
The buds are getting more frosty every day that pass.
I hope that the buds get a little bit bigger but all the rest with this baby is really on point!
I regret not topping in vegetation but now is too late!
See you next week for more updates!
@Badboy1969, Of course my friend, Saturday o Sunday i will post the 10th week and probably her last one. Yesterday the trichomes were 75/80% ready,even some amber start to appear, like 1/2%. This Friday marks the last day of her 10th week. Most probably it will be HARVEST day as well. Follow the updates on the diary, and good luck!
Your Titan F1 from Royal Queen Seeds is looking really healthy in week 7! Happy New Year to you too! It's great that you're trying to make good videos and pictures to document your grow. The AliExpress/TEMU growing equipment seems to be working well for you. Keep up the excellent work with this F1 hybrid - it's developing beautifully!
@wolfvb, thanks mate! I am really happy about your comment, I am not an expert so the comments and tips are really appreciated. Good to hear that the plant is doing fine!
Keep giving me feedbacks next weeks! Have a good day bro