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Germination
2mo ago
MetallicaDave Day 3 of grow before I thought to Diary it duhh, I was trying to grow all of one type Blue Dream for my first time but a seed failed to pop up so I popped another 420 seed California Snow it popped after a little wait 40 hours only the other two popped after 72 hours I only grow Autos for space and quality of the flower and oils I enfuse. Last run I got many Kure bags of the Oz size 5 strains and they sit in the wine refrigerator I bought for on FB Marketplace so I want at least 4-8 oz per plant 5 gallon fabrics with straw mulch. My soil is SUPER Soil ; Fox Farm is the base but I loaded up all sorts of soil minerals like half a bag of worm droppings some vermiculite gypsum lots of dry’d egg shells bone meal charcoal with micorisons I use a 10-10-10 slow release granules I’ll try and keep ahead on pics and comments later in flower i’ll use Fox Farms high Phosphorus Potash or PK additive that Rocks I’m only watering with Rain Water and later Cal Mag and More worm Casings keep up with me 🤟
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Paper Towel
Germination Method
1
Week 1. Vegetation
1mo ago
5.08 cm
Height
20 hrs
Light Schedule
28 °C
Day Air Temp
6.3
pH
No Smell
Smell
400 PPM
TDS
70 %
Air Humidity
22 °C
Solution Temp
21 °C
Substrate Temp
24 °C
Night Air Temp
5 liters
Pot Size
0.4 liters
Watering Volume
45.72 cm
Lamp Distance
Nutrients 4
Silica Blast - Botanicare
Silica Blast
2 mll
Cal-Mag Plus  - Botanicare
Cal-Mag Plus
3 mll
CNS17 Grow  - Botanicare
CNS17 Grow
2 mll
MetallicaDave Week 2 went good : good growth I’m watering with 400 ppm with those Nutrients and rain water. Light is 18 inches 20/4 @ 25% TS1000 times 2 in a 2 x 3. PH is 6.4 👌I started using Mychorriza in water no spins a magnet to stir nutrients and Mycho. I popped another California Snow in a 3Gallon pot It’s at day 10 and the others are at day 15. The large Blue Dreambgets 4 cups of water 3 cups for 2 and the baby California Snow gets 2 cups. I planted 3 Blue Amnesia I’ll grow in 1 Gallon pots super soil of mine no LST they are gonna be Christmas Trees, the big pots will be LST for big hard nuggs
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Week 2. Vegetation
1mo ago
5.08 cm
Height
20 hrs
Light Schedule
28 °C
Day Air Temp
6.3
pH
No Smell
Smell
400 PPM
TDS
70 %
Air Humidity
22 °C
Solution Temp
21 °C
Substrate Temp
24 °C
Night Air Temp
5 liters
Pot Size
0.4 liters
Watering Volume
45.72 cm
Lamp Distance
Nutrients 4
Silica Blast - Botanicare
Silica Blast
2 mll
Cal-Mag Plus  - Botanicare
Cal-Mag Plus
3 mll
Mykos - Xtreme Gardening
Mykos
5.21 mll
MetallicaDave Plants in week 2 look healthy 400 ppm of nutrients and I have 5 gallon cloth pots 6.4 PH I gave them 3-4 cups every 3 days in Vegatative stage now
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Week 3. Vegetation
1mo ago
16.51 cm
Height
20 hrs
Light Schedule
27 °C
Day Air Temp
6.6
pH
No Smell
Smell
400 PPM
TDS
75 %
Air Humidity
22 °C
Solution Temp
19 °C
Substrate Temp
24 °C
Night Air Temp
5 liters
Pot Size
1.5 liters
Watering Volume
35.56 cm
Lamp Distance
Nutrients 4
Silica Blast - Botanicare
Silica Blast
2 mll
Cal-Mag Plus  - Botanicare
Cal-Mag Plus
3 mll
Mykos - Xtreme Gardening
Mykos
5.21 mll
MetallicaDave I saw lots of healthy growth started with Nutrients 400 ppm twice and water with Mycorrhiza another watering stagger it is the key I’m hoping the 1 gallon pots still give me 3 oz’s each the big pots I’m off to a quick start so with Autoflowers I got to be fast and furious
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Week 4. Vegetation
1mo ago
30.48 cm
Height
20 hrs
Light Schedule
25 °C
Day Air Temp
6.6
pH
No Smell
Smell
800 PPM
TDS
70 %
Air Humidity
22 °C
Solution Temp
19 °C
Substrate Temp
21 °C
Night Air Temp
5 liters
Pot Size
1 liters
Watering Volume
40.64 cm
Lamp Distance
Nutrients 4
Silica Blast - Botanicare
Silica Blast
4 mll
Cal-Mag Plus  - Botanicare
Cal-Mag Plus
3 mll
Mykos - Xtreme Gardening
Mykos
5.21 mll
MetallicaDave Week was good keeping good track of all of my adjustments doubled my ppm nutrients added worm dropping crushed egg shells granular food 10-10-10 topped it with some soil used a fork toot to mix it all in LST 4 big plant on day 25 I’ll do the same to the other three on day 25 I kicked up the Marz Hydro from 25% power to 50 plus this week a little at a tim. Turned on my big sucking out fan and put in 2 small in the tent fans
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LST
Technique
5
Week 5. Flowering
22d ago
60.96 cm
Height
20 hrs
Light Schedule
25 °C
Day Air Temp
6.6
pH
Weak
Smell
800 PPM
TDS
50 %
Air Humidity
21 °C
Solution Temp
22 °C
Substrate Temp
22 °C
Night Air Temp
18.93 liters
Pot Size
1.51 liters
Watering Volume
45.72 cm
Lamp Distance
Nutrients 5
Cultivation Nation Flower - Fox Farm
Cultivation Nation Flower
6 mll
Silica Blast - Botanicare
Silica Blast
4 mll
Cal-Mag Plus  - Botanicare
Cal-Mag Plus
3 mll
MetallicaDave First week of FLOWERING STAGE I must have done something right two grew up huge and waited as long as possible to flower ( great for autos ). Did heavy LST on 4 of em 0 damage I bent the tallest bus by slowly massaging the trunk and te downs watering every three days up too 800 ppm of Fox Farm Cutivation Nation 4/35/26 PK Booster and 550 on small 1 gallon pots I put in worm castings pulverized egg shells 10/10/10 slow release granules and Mychorizal additives and gypsum granules mixed into the top soil I water with spray first a cup or two and do a light foliage on plants then I water appropriately 1.5 liters each third day
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LST
Technique
SoG
Technique
6
Week 6. Flowering
14d ago
77.42 cm
Height
20 hrs
Light Schedule
27 °C
Day Air Temp
6.6
pH
Weak
Smell
800 PPM
TDS
50 %
Air Humidity
22 °C
Solution Temp
22 °C
Substrate Temp
21 °C
Night Air Temp
5 liters
Pot Size
1.2 liters
Watering Volume
45.72 cm
Lamp Distance
Nutrients 5
Cultivation Nation Bloom - Fox Farm
Cultivation Nation Bloom
1.585 mll
Silica Blast - Botanicare
Silica Blast
4 mll
Cal-Mag Plus  - Botanicare
Cal-Mag Plus
3 mll
MetallicaDave Week 6 of my 4th grow autoflowers dry nutrients were very useful and the boost to flower made these my tallest and healthiest plants great PH and 81’ with three big external fans and and two in my tent great VPD. Plants were gently lollipoped and LST worked I bent trunk on main and I used everything on Tuesday first silica then cal mag, Mychorysia granular, molasses, PH booster Fox Farm , regular 10/10/10 liquid nutrients just a smidge, and rain water 775 ppm 6.5 PH. I soaked them about an hour set them on grills for 10 minutes to drain excell then returned to tent. Heavy and I mean might wait four days for next watering ⭐️👍
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LST
Technique
Defoliation
Technique
7
Week 7. Flowering
7d ago
66.04 cm
Height
20 hrs
Light Schedule
25 °C
Day Air Temp
6.6
pH
Weak
Smell
800 PPM
TDS
50 %
Air Humidity
22 °C
Solution Temp
20 °C
Substrate Temp
21 °C
Night Air Temp
18.93 liters
Pot Size
0.98 liters
Watering Volume
40.64 cm
Lamp Distance
Nutrients 6
Cultivation Nation Bloom - Fox Farm
Cultivation Nation Bloom
6 mll
Cultivation Nation Bloom - Fox Farm
Cultivation Nation Bloom
10 mll
Silica Blast - Botanicare
Silica Blast
4 mll
MetallicaDave Stretches and grew like Weeds second full week of flower good internoadal distance PH is 6.6 doing low nutrient numbers my last autoflowers grow till next FALL I’m getting some BReal seeds from Barney’s Farm Feminized and Photo my tent will only hold 3 big 5 Gallon pots and maybe an LB each
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LST
Technique
8
Week 8. Flowering
6h ago
76.2 cm
Height
20 hrs
Light Schedule
25 °C
Day Air Temp
6.6
pH
Weak
Smell
1000 PPM
TDS
50 %
Air Humidity
22 °C
Solution Temp
20 °C
Substrate Temp
21 °C
Night Air Temp
5 liters
Pot Size
1 liters
Watering Volume
40.64 cm
Lamp Distance
Nutrients 5
Silica Blast - Botanicare
Silica Blast
4 mll
Cal-Mag Plus  - Botanicare
Cal-Mag Plus
3 mll
Mykos - Xtreme Gardening
Mykos
4 mll
MetallicaDave Welcome to week 8 day 1, in this tent 7 plants 1 in 3 gallon fabric pot California Snow, 3 in 5 gallon fabric pots a California Snow and 2 Blue Dream. 3 in 1 gallon fabric pots 2 Blue Dreams and a Blue Amnesia. This week I Lollipoped lightly, the elastic scrog net is on 5 plants all buds and canes are liking being layed under the net. Seeing I’m in Midflower I raised the ppm’s of nutrients to 1000 they were slowly being added Added Mykos and molasses cal mag silica fox farm flower nutes and new to the party my all time secret Miracle Grow Bloom Booster about a widdle spooney per gallon of water added them all in perfect sequence with Gods on pure RAIN WATER, oh I have a short plant on an upside down bucket to get full 800 par or whatever it’s called in light volume I’m mostly at 85%-100% with the 2 Marz Hydro LED’s and Dragon LED 75 extra watts supplemental. Big fan outside the tent keeps it 78’ and 70 for sleep 4 hours, I smoke by my plants and I got a killer Mini Garden tools kit for Christmas so I’m stoked
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wolfvb
wolfvb commentedweek 84h ago
Beautiful plants! Nice setup 🌿
Reesegrow13
Reesegrow13 commentedweek 513d ago
I got two at flower week six. Looking very comparable to mine
MetallicaDave
MetallicaDave commented6d ago
@Reesegrow13, today I put on my old elastic net bent a lot of tall buds wee 3 day of flower expect 4-6 weeks to go perfect babies
Reesegrow13
Reesegrow13 commented3d ago
@MetallicaDave, heres my calisnow week 7
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cangrowz
cangrowz commentedweek 77d ago
Happy Growing Growmie! 🌱
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