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LEXX: Into the Dark Zone

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Samsung LM301b Light Emitting Diodes/220W
DIY
Samsung LM301b Light Emitting Diodes/220W
DIY
80x80x160
No name
Recycled Soil
Recycled
Indoor
Room Type
Transplantation
weeks 1, 3
HST
weeks 3, 5-6
Defoliation
weeks 3, 5-6
Topping
weeks 4-6
Mess up
weeks 5
LST
weeks 5-6
11 liters
Pot Size
Start at 6 Week
G
Germination
1mo ago
TruTraTri New year, new germination. Popped after 2 days 👻 We have Lexx, Kai, Stanley and Zev as names (it's a series ;-) ). Modern times, so it's not decided who is who 😜 Perhaps I'll save one for outdoors or just keep most healthiest. I planned Autopots 1Pot, but I substituted the plastic (8?L) pot with a fitting 11L fabric pot. Looks a bit silly and I hope it doesn't break if I wet the soil. I don't like it but I think I am going with ScroG again. “Organic matter detected.” — Lexx “Life… has begun.” — Kai “Something is growing in the Dark Zone.” — Stanley Tweedle “Something beautiful always grows out of chaos.” — Zev edit: D3 they already showed up with their first set of true leaves. Wanted to make 10D of germination, Well.. I'll make it 3. So fast I hope it's not an auto 😂 edit: watch the series!
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Directly In Substrate
Germination Method
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Week 1. Vegetation
1mo ago
5 cm
Height
18 hrs
Light Schedule
26 °C
Day Air Temp
No Smell
Smell
60 %
Air Humidity
20 °C
Night Air Temp
1 liters
Pot Size
50 cm
Lamp Distance
TruTraTri 1 stretchy, 2 similar. One mid container before final transplantation and decission on how many and what training. “I am the Lexx. I destroy worlds.” — Lexx “I exist to serve His Shadow.” — Kai “This is not what I signed up for!” — Stanley Tweedle “I don’t want to be controlled anymore.” — Zev Bellringer edit: watch the series!
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Used techniques
Transplantation
Technique
2
Week 2. Vegetation
1mo ago
5 cm
Height
18 hrs
Light Schedule
26 °C
Day Air Temp
No Smell
Smell
50 %
Air Humidity
20 °C
Night Air Temp
1 liters
Pot Size
40 cm
Lamp Distance
TruTraTri Light adjustments because the box is finally free. Maybe it was a bit too comfortable but no major damage. Still 1 a bit sloppy, three similar (2 of them nearly identical). Next week final transplantation, “I am the most powerful weapon in the universe.” — Lexx “I do not question my purpose.” — Kai “This is absolutely not normal!” — Stanley Tweedle “I want what I want.” — Zev Bellringer edit: watch the series!
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Week 3. Vegetation
20d ago
10 cm
Height
18 hrs
Light Schedule
26 °C
Day Air Temp
No Smell
Smell
60 %
Air Humidity
20 °C
Night Air Temp
11 liters
Pot Size
40 cm
Lamp Distance
TruTraTri Always the same mistakes.. over and over again 😂 Last week - Stressed because of light change This week - 1) After slight stress signs.. I got too excited so I transplanted too early ... as always... and at not 100% health. 2) As result probably some watering/root issues. 3) As I repotted I saw first sprouts of new shoots. So I decided to remove the first pair. Of course way too early, more like grinding it off instead of cutting or clipping 😎 (4. Perhaps I was a bit off with my recycling this time so could be a bit burned, too. 5. Included an auto in a free spot.. IDK how many times I told me to not do that) (https://growdiaries.com/diaries/297548-grow-journal-by-trutratri) Possible nothing, mix of everything or they focues on growth below. Well, I just couldn't let them take a rest or even recover. 😒 Nonetheless, just 1 is taking all this accumulated stress serious and looks a bit sad. The others look not at best, but okay. I hope I can just leave them alone for about 3 - 7 days so they can stack up a bit and get a bit darker. I planned for 12/12 in 3 weeks + ScroG. After that stupid acculmulation of everything bad, I am considering of letting the single auto (https://growdiaries.com/diaries/297548-grow-journal-by-trutratri) finish first. With 3-4 additional weeks I could do some training and avoid the ScroG😏 Advantage would be some clones for outdoor season and/or exclude the lush one if she doesn't recover. “I require nourishment.” — Lexx “I obey without emotion.” — Kai “This is a nightmare. I’m awake, right?” — Stanley Tweedle “I won’t be owned.” — Zev Bellringer
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Defoliation
Technique
Transplantation
Technique
HST
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Week 4. Vegetation
14d ago
13 cm
Height
18 hrs
Light Schedule
26 °C
Day Air Temp
No Smell
Smell
60 %
Air Humidity
20 °C
Night Air Temp
11 liters
Pot Size
80 cm
Lamp Distance
TruTraTri I'm impressed by my self-restraint. I could hold myself back for 3 days. The plants were just on the edge of getting healthy. 😒 Topping in 3-5 days would be perfect but I don't care about what I think so did it early. With less stress signals they look healthier.. mission accomplished😅 The stressed one catched up a bit, one is still a bit taller, 2 very simmilar. Next steps.. keep your fingers off the plants.😛 “My captain is Stanley Tweedle. I blow up planets for him.” — Lexx “I am Kai, last of the Brunnen G.” — Kai “May his merciful shadow fall upon... me preferably.” — Stanley Tweedle “Can’t we just have sex instead?” — Zev edit: fl Lexx fr Kai bl Stanley br Zev
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Used techniques
Topping
Technique
5
Week 5. Vegetation
7d ago
15 cm
Height
18 hrs
Light Schedule
26 °C
Day Air Temp
No Smell
Smell
80 %
Air Humidity
18 °C
Night Air Temp
11 liters
Pot Size
65 cm
Lamp Distance
TruTraTri After the decission to let the auto finish first.... They recovered too fast and went wild. 😸 If it wasn't for the auto I would've switched them. As I planned ahead wisely, I had to cut off some stuff and play around. 😒 💩💩💩💩 Lexx has one node more than the others. As I can't switch or install the ScroG I'll keep them low and .. in bad shape? 😸💩 Hope they are a bit shocked by the extensive training and need some recovery time. Lexx + Kai + Stan (looked worst) look similar. Zev seems somehow lighter (not color) and a bit more internodial spacing. Lexx: Removed lowest set of shoots. 3 remaining sets topped (=2 set of shoots + 1 set "top" shoots). Kai: Removed lowest set of shoots. set of "top" shoots topped again, removed shoots of the (initially) third set of shoots (now only set of shoots beside the 2 tops). Completely ripped off one of the "top" shoots while "LST"n it around.. perhaps I should consider my LST as HST. It's off but this plant is a miracle from time to time, so I just left it around loosely😹 I did not even try to remove cable ties, as I was afraid it would just fall down if I touch it. If it wilts away I'm fine, if not I am fine. Stan: Removed lowest set of shoots. 2 remaining sets topped (=1 set of shoots + 1 set "top" shoots). Zev: Removed lowest set of shoots. 2 remaining sets topped (=1 set of shoots + 1 set "top" shoots). Auto: https://growdiaries.com/diaries/297548-grow-journal-by-trutratri “I love you, Stanley.” — Lexx “I was a soldier.” — Kai “This ship hates me.” — Stanley Tweedle “I don’t know what I want.” — Zev Bellringer
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LST
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HST
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Topping
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Defoliation
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Mess up
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Week 6. Vegetation
4h ago
20 cm
Height
18 hrs
Light Schedule
26 °C
Day Air Temp
No Smell
Smell
80 %
Air Humidity
18 °C
Night Air Temp
11 liters
Pot Size
65 cm
Lamp Distance
TruTraTri Too bad with the auto, they want a switch. As it seems to be totally dope to make pictures with lighters/fists and buds, hands and leaves (out of dope angles or distance.😜) ... get lost with your puny little hands. 4 (not the largest, and ordered at the smaller sides) leaves = 1m 😂 Well nothing to be proud of, if you cut it off, right? 😜 Anyway, as you can see in the picture with the roots. Air pruning works and roots really don't like air or light 😂. Seriously, this is just indicating my freaking high humidity level which ruined the auto somehow (https://growdiaries.com/diaries/297548-grow-journal-by-trutratri). Plants are probably happy, but I need to lower humidity so I defoliated to enable a better air flow. Autopots are turned off again. As they are ready to switch I just need to finish the auto and keep them as small as possible. Depending on the development of the auto, I'll adjust the training. (I totally wanted to avoid that....😡 I can't even install the ScroG because of the auto💩) Lexx: Defoliation Kai: Healed fast and strong, after 3 days it was already fixed and I could add the LST clip. Old set of shoots at the lowest set of shoots removed + topping (all plants are now topped 4 times after the first topping). It's nice to check the broken branch and you can see the energy the plant is taking up for the healing process and it developed deficiencies. I'm not so into detail, but perhaps interesting for someone (DWC or Coco) who can add specific nutrition. Stan: Defoliation Zev: Defoliation Overall, I am very happy with the vegetative properties of all 4 plants. They are not the most explosive I've ever had, but they are hard and sturdy worker (still fast and strong). For me this is just perfect, as you can control the plant very well and adjust without getting all stressed out 😅. The growth is very strong, thick stem (without much air flow), took training well, mess up with Kai healed very very fast, pest resistant, (large leaves😜), good uniformity. “I await command.” — Lexx “I am a warrior.” — Kai “Nothing ever works!” — Stanley Tweedle “I don’t belong to anyone.” — Zev Bellringer
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TruTraTri
TruTraTri commentedweek 01mo ago
Sorry if I put some names in but it's all your fault! I wanted to make a little break from making pictures every week .. but well. Why Blackwater?! I saw the comment of @MindFlowers68 in the Ukhta contest. What can I say.. all true for every picture of all growers ( @CanarianGrow92, @Rock_n_Roll_Randy, @CorinnaFarm ). I hope I can be half as successfull as your grows. Thx already for putting your pictures in the contest and showing me this strain, even if I can not achieve your results. Much respect to all of you! Thx @OriginalSensible for the seeds and sweetest mail contact. 😎 I hope I don't ruin it 😅 edit: Happy new year to all of the force mentioned. Best buds and wishes for you!🙏🙏🙏🙏
CorinnaFarm
CorinnaFarm commented1mo ago
@TruTraTri, 🍀🍀🍀🍀💚
Kushycat
Kushycat commentedweek 315d ago
Wie geil, man! Wir müssen speisen, bevor wir reisen! Viel Spaß bei dem Grow und deinen grünen Abenteuern 🌱🚀 Keine Ahnung, wie lange ich die Serie nicht mehr gesehen habe – damals ausschließlich auf Deutsch, schön authentisch im VHS-Matsch mit Tracking-Streifen und allem Drum und Dran. 😄📼✨
TruTraTri
TruTraTri commented15d ago
@Kushycat, 💚💚💚😻
TerpToad
TerpToad commentedweek 01mo ago
Sick strain! The contest pics you are refering to were absolutely insane, i am sure yours will be frost monsters as well!
Kushycat
Kushycat commentedweek 413d ago
Death by Snu Snu!
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