🛸Milky Way F1 RQS🦁

Miketama **Milky Way - Introduction 🌌🌱 Milky Way F1 is a robust autoflowering hybrid known for its resilience and vigorous growth. This strain delivers a balanced high with sweet, creamy terpene profiles reminiscent of its name. This grow began as an experiment in sustainable cultivation and quickly became a lesson in resilience. I decided to plant the Milky Way F1 seed directly into its final 8L pot, reusing soil from previous grows. Unlike the usual Bio Tabs method (see photo3 ), I removed all old roots and reworked the medium thoroughly. This wasn’t about saving money - I wanted to leverage the beneficial bacteria still thriving in the soil, plus there were undissolved Bio Tabs that could continue releasing nutrients. The Fatal Mistake: Unfortunately, I made a critical error. Feeling confident about the substrate’s consistency, I planted the seed without germinating it in fresh medium first. This decision proved devastating - **5 seedlings died from damping-off**, victims of lingering pathogens in the recycled soil. Only one germinated seed survived the pathogen assault: the Milky Way F1. I believe she made it (and here’s my second mistake) thanks to a Bactrex irrigation (Trichoderma protects against pathogens) applied when the cotyledons hadn’t even opened yet. I remain convinced the soil itself was still viable, but for the other strains, I’ll start fresh and see how the Milky performs. As a precaution, I: - Sprayed hydrogen peroxide on the soil surface and around the pot base - Added 2cm of fresh substrate on top - Disinfected the entire grow box to prevent contamination of new plants *“Fall down seven times, stand up eight.”* The Milky Way F1 earned her place in this diary through sheer survival - now let’s see what this cosmic warrior can produce! 🌌💪 P.S. I didn’t throw away the remaining 50 liters of soil! Instead, I used it to repot my houseplants, and after just one week they’re absolutely thriving - which confirms my belief that the soil was still perfectly viable. The substrate had plenty of life left in it; the damping-off issue was likely about timing and methodology, not soil quality.

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Miketama Before spending hundreds of euros on a professional Autopot system, I decided to experiment with a more spartanic DIY approach: a homemade wick irrigation system using cotton ropes. Setup: • My fabric transplant pot (with velcro opening on one side) wasn’t filled to the top • Placed 2 cotton ropes at 5cm and 10cm distance from the stem • Pre-soaked ropes in water for 30 minutes to activate capillary action • Fed ropes through the velcro opening of the fabric pot • Covered with 4cm of fresh substrate • Light watering from top to activate the wicks Why now: The Milky Way seems to have developed enough to handle increased water intake - perfect timing to test the system. First results (48 hours): She consumed approximately 0.5L through the wick system - it’s working well so far! Testing this budget solution before committing to expensive equipment. Will monitor closely and report results. 💧🌱

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Miketama Milky Way Grow - Winter Setup Summary Environment Issues Solved Temperature/Humidity Fix: • Shoe rack risers (+15-20cm) with pebble base = +2°C root zone temp • Ionbeam lights repositioned from tent frame to riser frame, angled at corners at 80% = +2°C ambient • Hit target: 24-25°C sweet spot Climate Control: • Lights 24/7 • Tent semi-closed, intake opposite exhaust • DIY CO2 (yeast/sugar bottles) • Exhaust 15min/hour • Dehumidifier @ 65% RH Lighting Strategy Evolution Phase 1 (Early Growth): • Ionbeams at 20% direct on plants = too intense • Moved to 80%, angled at tent corners = ambient heat without stress Phase 2 (Current ): • Ionbeams repositioned directly on plants • Bottom light undersized for tent = can’t use manufacturer PAR map • Custom PAR mapping: iPhone 12 + PAR Meter app + white paper diffuser • Adjusting riser heights (uneven), plant positions, and Ionbeam angles • Creating zone-specific DLI targets across canopy Watering System DIY Autopot Status: • System functional but not fully autonomous • Still supplementing with top watering • Current wicking: basic rope • Next run: switching to capillary wicks for better water uptake 💚🤞

Miketama 🌿 Week 2 of flowering! The plant is getting really thirsty, so daily watering is needed. Did a light late LST on the main apex, guiding it toward spots with fewer buds to even out the canopy. Added a few LST clips on the thinner branches below the top, no risk of constriction. I’m mostly letting her do her thing, true to her Sin Tra Bajo lineage, she doesn’t require much fuss. Thanks for stopping by, see you next week! 🌱

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Miketama It’s always exciting to see the buds getting bigger! She already smells delicious! 🌸🔥

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Miketama Week 10 – Day 70 🌱 She’s now finishing the last swelling phase of the buds. From this point on I’m giving only plain water and letting the soil dry well between waterings. The buds are not the biggest I’ve ever grown and it probably won’t be my highest yield per plant, but what really surprised me is how uniform this plant is. The buds are very consistent in size and the whole structure is super compact. In my 1m grow box I think I could easily run 9 plants like this. The canopy would be very even and the space would be used much better. Now I’m just waiting for the final ripening and keeping an eye on the trichomes. Harvest is getting close. Terpene profile & trichomes ✨ The plant is not covered with a very thick layer of resin. In my opinion this might be one of the downsides of running a 24/0 light cycle. From my experience it seems to increase yield but slightly reduce the quality, quantity and size of the trichomes. Because of this I recently changed my light schedule to 23 hours. The central light now turns off a bit earlier while the side lights and the 660nm far-red stay on for a short time to simulate a sunset effect. I think this could be more beneficial for the other plants in the tent. With this plant I will also try to induce a bit of mechanical stress to see if it can stimulate more resin production. I’ll document the results in the next few days. The terpene profile is already very interesting. The aroma clearly reminds me of ginger, with sweet candy-like notes and a touch of lime. Very unique and quite surprising. Big thanks to the breeders at RQS for this little gem. And as always, happy growing to everyone! 🌱

Miketama Harvest week for the Milky Way F1 growmies 🙌 Pretty happy with how she handled this cycle, recycled soil first time ever, dead of winter, undersized light for a 100x100 tent… she just kept going 💪 In previous runs I did scaled harvests, and every time I noticed a visible resin boost and even some anthocyanin production on some phenos, confirmed that a sudden light intensity increase late in flower does something interesting. This time I went a different route: last 6-7 days I stripped most of the non-resinous fan leaves and redirected a lateral bar onto the mid/lower zone to get the same effect. Curious if mechanical stress from defoliation plays a role here too, anyone know anything about jasmonic acid? 🤔 Late flower I pushed the setup to ~200w adding 660nm red bars at 40-50cm, which clearly tightened up the buds compared to previous runs 👀 Pulled the CO2 bottles in flower, without a way to measure it I’d rather focus on VPD and fresh air circulation 🤷 Kept them in veg where humidity tolerance is higher anyway. Now she’s drying and I can’t wait to see how the wet/dry ratio lands 🌿​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​