A Double Dutch Rudder Affair

Jobbie

3mo ago

Lamp

Gorilla propagation 12w LED strip

Light

VEG

Propagation Light Strip Light Emitting Diodes/12W

Gorilla Propagation

FLO

TS1000 Full Spectrum LED Light Emitting Diodes/150W

Mars Hydro

Tent

Grow Tent 48x24x60

GA Grow Tent

Fan

6" Extractor

Random

Filt

6" Filter

Random

Drip

XL FlexiPot 4

AutoPot

CO2

12Ltr of yeast, sugar and water

J Brew

70/30 Coco/Perlite Coco Coir

Gold Label

Indoor

Room Type

Transplantation

weeks 1

LST

weeks 3-5

Defoliation

weeks 3-5

15 liters

Pot Size

Start at 5 Week

A Double Dutch Rudder Affair. Week 0 - Some are tomato plants.

A Double Dutch Rudder Affair. Week 0 - The magic cupboard with wires

1/11

Jobbie ——-----Glue Berry O.G. by Dutch Passion—----- =======A Double Dutch Rudder Affair======= We will start with the contents, all carnage should start off polite… like foreplay. 1. Introduction - Hi, it's me! 2. The Seed 3.Methodology - this will be week by week for now. 4.Promotion - I just love them 5.Results of this week - Hope you get what this is about 6.Thoughts and Discussion - We need to talk about the plants. 1.Introduction People of the world who make it spin ‘round (right ‘round baby like the record player I do not own, despite all appearances indicating the contrary), welcome once again to Jobbie’s corner of living, the infamous place where careers and plants go to die in equal numbers! Missed me? If you want info on wtf happened to Jobbie, just read the other diaries that I finally (kind of) finished. Well, I finished the story on “The Experiment", so go and take a look, or don’t, your loss. We are back with a new studio location, but still with the old studio… Figure that one out if you can. There will be a few new things added to my reports, and there will be more structure to the writing. We have some new toys to talk about, and I will be looking for help from the community, I need to get a standard grow set up ironed out for a project I plan on starting next year, so keep your eyes peeled for clues. We have a lot to get into today with the triumphant return of the weirdest grow operation on Grow Diaries, so my fellow freaks, let's fcking do this! 2. The Seed Glueberry O.G. Auto Breeder: Dutch Passion Height: 100cm Climate: temperate Flower Time: 11 - 12 Weeks THC: 20-25% CBD: 0.2% Terpenes: Beta Kereophylene, Beta mycene, alpha pinene Taste: Diesel, sweet berries, earthy pine Effects: Many experienced smokers report that it can give a more uplifting feeling at first, but over time, this high will evolve into a more narcotic effect. Ultimately, this strain can provide a strong "couch-lock" effect, ideal for hanging out on the couch or smoking before going to sleep. I am both excited and apprehensive about this one for a couple of odd reasons. First of all, I have always wanted to try blueberry because DJ Short is cool, a bit eccentric (unlike me, or maybe I am, the lawyer said to give ambiguity as it might be helpful later), but cool, so I am excited for those genetics. Apprehensive because the last time I had Gorilla Glue, I hated it. Got it from “a guy” years and years ago and it was an uncomfortable strain as it made my jaw clench (even thinking about it now I can feel the ache). But I have grown and blossomed into this mad flower now, which might mean the effect will be different this time around. Reading this over, my jaw still clenches. 3. Methodology section (this is how we do it) The required resources for germination are all around us, which is why the seeds germinate this way, so they can propagate more easily and have a higher chance of survival. Not much to it, but it is super exciting. Here at Jobbie studios, we will be using cheap as shit coco coir pucks. They expand in some warm water and then you pop a seed in, a little while later (a few days) they pop up and say “surprise mother fcker!”... or something. The pucks, once prepped, will be put in a plastic container and placed above a ts1000 light for added heat - this is important as most plants are not capable of thermogenesis, but don’t forget that too much is worse than not enough in most cases. We are also keeping them out of the light so that nothing unwanted uses the light to form a rebel colony. Simple and straightforward. Using coco pucks made sense as I am using Coco Coir as my medium for the first time ever, and I am also going to use an autopot system (I am shitting myself a bit). The space we will use for the seedlings is a 45x55x120cm space in a literal cupboard (see pics). The walls are covered in white plastic for ease of cleaning and reflectivity, there is a fan up top blowing down to keep the plants bopping to the music (there is no music, only white noise), it will go on intermittently. Above the fan is a 10cm extractor with a filter and a hole cut into the back for the fan to extract into the world. The lights are two 12w Gorilla propagation light strips. The cupboard has been a feature on previous diaries, I will discuss a little more of that in the reflection section. This is all that is needed for this part, no, no applause needed, I bore myself sometimes. 4. Random ass advert (nobody asked for this, and likely they don’t want it) ZAMNESIA!! Zamnesia is still my favourite place to shop. I always come away with what I need and more, while not losing all my money in the process. They have become masters of discrete packaging - the delivery guy didn't grin like a cat at me this time. They also have this awesome tribe set up, where you earn all kinds of points and xp, points you can spend on cool free shit, but wait, there is more! The tribe bonus thing doesn't come instead of free seeds. My last order came with free seeds and enough points that means I can use them to get limited edition seeds (I think), cool lighters, clothing, you name it. So go check it out, and if you plan on joining the tribe, let me know - I want the free points for recommending you. Also, say Hi to Patrichia, their amazing hype agent who is always there to help. 5. Results of the week (this is how we did it) It was Friday night, and the seeds popped up. This is an outright lie; it was actually a Wednesday night. It is really weird when you have that song in your head, but in your earphones you have some creepy ambient music… nice serial killer vibes though. Germination started on a Sunday, the seeds popped out on Wednesday, and the tap root popped out the bottom on Friday. For me, when the tap root pops out, it needs to get planted; the tap root is so important, I do not like to leave it blowing in the wind for any crow to come and peck off. The lights going in the cupboard… Well, I have a weakness, and it is lights; nothing makes me spend risky money faster, but it is also my biggest weakness in knowledge. Like… wtf even is 12W? I digress, the real problem is I never measured and never thought and just bought and they are a little bit too big for the cupboard, it looks terrible - be honest with me, do my lights look big in this? So this week the seeds popped, the developed in 5 days and were planted in their final 15L Auto pot pot. Pot… pot. Pot. 6. Discussion ‘n stuff (pillow talk) Was it good for you? I truly believe that only sadists and narcissists don’t want to ask this after sex. Why would you not want your partner in coitus to have had fun? Three things I want to talk about today: Lights lights baby, it’s getting hot in here, and food. Lights are an issue and will be until I somehow get a new job. I got these because they were a good price and I am easy to persuade (except for what you are thinking, pervert). Because they are the wrong size, I might go and get a new piece of furniture. Thoughts? Are heat mats worth it? I have been thinking about this for a while and have no idea. Heat is important; placing the pucks above the light is fine, if a little scary as I keep imagining opening the tub to a hemp boil (lobster boil but vegan), I am also apprehensive about the early stages in the large pot, which will be cold and might shock the plant during transplant, going from 25c tub to 17c pot in the root zone is going to take some adjusting. Any thoughts? Would you folks suggest getting a heat mat? Another thought is the issue of being in coco and creating a salt buildup, if the medium keeps drying out quicker because of the added heat and your roots do not cover all the medium, won't that just create salts which will mess up the grow?. Help a hommie out here. Lastly, I use just water from the tap (ph 7.3 ish), but do you folks think some rooting agent would help or anything else? I feel during this stage it is a bit of a fine line between success and your seed just dying, even with autos, a day or two longer will likely have an exponential effect on the outcome. Oh yes, the cupboard! So this was a bit of a gimmick I wanted to experiment with a few years back and it featured in a few diaries. The idea was to grow an auto while vegging a few photos all in the main tent together, then when the lights flip I put the auto in the cupboard, at the time I thought “maybe get two in here”, hilarious right? You can squeeze one good seized auto in there. In the cupboard the auto finishes over the next 4 weeks, it then can be chopped and hung for drying in the same cupboard. Then you pop some more seeds and veg till the photos finish in the main tent, then swap over and dry the photos in the cupboard while finishing veg time in the tent. If you are smart with your harvesting technique you can fit a decent amount in the little cupboard space, I have dried around 10oz of bud and branch in that thing with no problem. The key to a good perpetual growth system in my book, is having that spare space to dip in and out of, it will save you so many headaches. Thank you for popping past and saying hello, I have noticed that a number of my old comrades have left. This is sad, but also a chance to make new friends. If you are here for the first time, I am sorry, nothing more I can say. Not offended or upset at me yet? That’s okay, I am still sorry - this will be traumatic. It feels good to be back, and I look forward to doing some interesting stuff in the future, but until then, keep your engines warm. From us at Jobbie Studios, farewell, go on, fck off! POT!!

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Used method

Other

Germination Method

1/20

5 cm

Height

24 hrs

Light Schedule

19 °C

Day Air Temp

6.2

No Smell

Smell

19 °C

Solution Temp

17 °C

Night Air Temp

15 liters

Pot Size

0.28 liters

Watering Volume

Nutrients 6

Cocos A

2 mll

Cocos B

2 mll

Power Roots

0.5 mll

Jobbie —-----Glue Berry O.G. by Dutch Passion—----- =======A Double Dutch Rudder Affair======= We will start with the contents, all carnage should start off polite… Like foreplay. - Introduction - Hi, it's me! - The Seed - Methodology (this will be week by week for now) - Promotion (I just love them) - Results of this week - Thoughts and Discussion (we need to talk about the plants) 1.Introduction Hello, my gorgeous Ganja Goblins! Let us discuss the lovely delights of the thing that makes you green. This week, here at Jobbie Studios, we have been brewing up a storm as feeding has commenced; we also have more information on the grow set up and updates on how the seedling is doing. This week, I was wondering if other people were as impatient as I am, always eagerly awaiting for something to happen, and until it does everything seems so slow and boring. Then the plant taught me a lesson that I shall pass on to you. Time moves so fast and we often do not even appreciate it. At this stage of the plants life I often get super frustrated waiting for things to do, it feels like the plant is barely growing as days go by. When you look at the measurements though, you realise that the plants have grown massively; from the size of a seed to twenty times that size as a seedling in a week. What is the lesson? Be patient and diligent and good things will happen. Keep a record of growth in all things and you will see the fruits of your labours - you will be amazed by the actual growth you make. 2.The seed Glueberry O.G. Auto - Team Glueberry (give me name suggestions in the comments, best one wins) Breeder: Dutch Passion Height: 100cm Climate: temperate Flower Time: 11 - 12 Weeks THC: 20-25% CBD: 0.2% Terpenes: Beta Kereophylene, Beta mycene, alpha pinene Effects: Many experienced smokers report that it can give a more uplifting feeling at first, but over time, this high will evolve into a more narcotic effect. Ultimately, this strain can provide a strong "couch-lock" effect, ideal for hanging out on the couch or smoking before going to sleep. Anyone else like all their seeds to have the same flowering time? 3. Methodology How do they do it? I don’t know, but I am trying to find out. Being a grower living in a land of prohibition means that I do not have a local network of growers to talk to (other than myself ofc). Everything is just trying to practice what I read, which makes trying new things all the more risky. I mean, what if I mess up and have no weed? This week's workings are all about getting the plant established. The small grow cupboard is looking like a bondage set-up from Temu (meant for an action man sized Dhamer). The next thing on the to-do list is to sort the pots, which is to be done when I notice the tap root poking through the plug. When the tap root pokes out, it is time to fill the pots ready for planting the next day - let us rejoice, yay. I am using the 15 litre auto pots: for an auto flower plant, which will have a limited growth window due to automatic flowering around week 4, this size of auto pot is an automatic pick, giving the seed a decent root zone without running into too much risk of the roots not filling the auto pot… auto. The pot will be filled with Gold Label 70/30 Coco Coir/Perlite, leaving a little space at the top. I will sprinkle some Great White Mycorrhizae on the top layer and then cover with a layer of coco around 3cm deep. The coco is pretty much inert as a medium, so I will need to provide more than this powder for the seeds, a lot more. Prior to planting, the medium needs food and water for the plants, so it will be saturated using a feed chart provided by Plagron. The puck will then be placed in, just deep enough so that it’s level with the rest of the substrate. There will be a clear cup placed over the seedling to keep humidity in. Seedlings at this stage love humidity; it forms a good portion of their diet, and they tend to grow better in damp, warm environs. 4. Promotion Green Architecture Grow Tents Cannot find an official webpage, that is how underground these people are, with only a showing on certain online distributors, they are the ghost of the tent world, leaving their green fingerprint wherever they go, letting all know, they help you grow. Viva la revolution! I am currently tearing everything apart, doing a combination of spring cleaning, organising my stuff, and catharsis. A large task involves taking down and cleaning my tent. It ain't easy, those things are made well and thank Ganja they are, I am not a nice person when I cannot get a pole out or in (yep I know you thought it, dirty), the anger comes out and a weaker tent would be buckled by now and there would be no diary, so we can all thank them for their robust build. Seriously, the tent poles are thicc (I just can't stop), they have click and lock technology to secure them in place and stop them from coming out. Mine has been going for a year or two and has been working perfectly. Check them out, I did, I was very happy with the price point and the results. Keep it green, keep it Green Architecture. 5. Results The tap roots on my two little seedlings are poking their heads out. I then go into a frenzy and get things ready. The worry of “have I taken on too much this time?” has already kicked in, but no time for that nonsense; we must grow. The pots got filled and watered, and then the pucks went in. Then the wait was on to see how they would adapt. Sadly, this time I am pretty sure there was some shock; it took a few days till anything started happening. Then the plants began to grow again, and there was much rejoicing… yay. On top of my medium there appears to be some white hairs or crystal forming, something funky, but I do not know whether it is the Mychoriza that I added or something worrying. Thoughts? 6. Discussion Oh, look at that, how did I get here? This would be the place I do my thinking, just don’t look while I think, you will spoil the ambience. A few things I want to discuss: Heat, Light, things growing and expanded clay pellets. We are still at the seedling stage which means a lot of things can go wrong and set us back, although seedlings are tough and can often bounce back, there are a lot of ways they cannot, even small amounts of shock can mean the loss of a lot of time, and remember, time is not money, money is time, time is far more valuable. Heat: Still think that the heat should be higher, it has been consistently below 20 °C in the little cupboard. From my research and experience, seedlings tend to do better with more warmth. Still thinking about getting a tube heater just to boost the temps during this stage. Light: Currently toying with the idea of getting more 12w gorilla light strips and just switching them on one at a time to give progressive amounts of light to the seedling while in the chamber, they will be in there for 4 weeks, so 4 lights might work. Thoughts on that? Things that go boo: No idea what is beginning to grow, like a white fuzz, oh that would be microbial wtf, so I am thinking it could be the powder mycorrhizae stuff, but will likely make a ticket about this and see if anyone wants to help out. Clay Pellets: When filling the pots I realised that I should likely have something in the bottom for better drainage… or do I? Auto pot is a bottom feeding system, so something large like expanded clay pellets in the bottom might prevent the capillary action the auto pot relies on? Probably so, will need to explore this further. There is a dream that I am currently chasing, to have a grow system that I am relatively happy with; that still feels far away as most of my process is just keeping the plates spinning. Thank you for tuning in to this week's episode. If you have any questions feel free to fire them into the comments, or send me a DM. It has been a productive week with much more to go, so until next time, you can just walk away and we will see you later. Lots of love from the team, bye! AuTo!

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Used techniques

Transplantation

Technique

A Double Dutch Rudder Affair. Week 2 - Apparently this is normal and good.

A Double Dutch Rudder Affair. Week 2 - New Seeds!!!

1/12

5 cm

Height

24 hrs

Light Schedule

20 °C

Day Air Temp

6.0

No Smell

Smell

19 °C

Solution Temp

17 °C

Night Air Temp

15 liters

Pot Size

0.21 liters

Watering Volume

30 cm

Lamp Distance

Nutrients 6

Cocos A

1.5 mll

Cocos B

1.5 mll

Power Roots

1 mll

Jobbie —-----Glue Berry O.G. by Dutch Passion—----- =======A Double Dutch Rudder Affair======= We will start with the contents, all carnage should start off polite… like foreplay. Introduction - Hi, it is still me. The Seed - Still the same Methodology - this will be week by week for now. Promotion - I just love them Results of this week - Hope you get what this is about Thoughts and Discussion - We need to talk about the plants. Introduction A warm welcome to our wonderful guests for this week's installment of Glue Goblins in the cupboard. Thank you for tuning into Jobbie studios, we hope you have a good time here and enjoy the show. We do not have much for you to feast on, but remember success is counted in millimetres not inches, because fck imperial measurements. Now that I have begun WW3 you don’t have anything else to do, so might as well sit back, light one up and relax, it will all be over soon. Currently listening to: Warsaw (or the first breath you take after giving up) - Them Crooked Vultures The Seed Glueberry O.G. Auto Breeder: Dutch Passion Height: 100cm Climate: temperate Flower Time: 11 - 12 Weeks THC: 20-25% CBD: 0.2% Terpenes: Beta Kereophylene, Beta mycene, alpha pinene Effects: Many experienced smokers report that it can give a more uplifting feeling at first, but over time, this high will evolve into a more narcotic effect. Ultimately, this strain can provide a strong "couch-lock" effect, ideal for hanging out on the couch or smoking before going to sleep. Taste: Diesel, sweet berries, earthy pine Recently we made the decision to become middle aged and bought a fancy bread maker. Just this weekend we decided to add some hemp seeds to the dough. FML I thought a tooth had exploded in my mouth, the seeds are hard and crunchy, much like the feeling you get when a tooth breaks. Awesome bread though. Methodology This week we will be focusing on creating an optimal environment for the growth in the vegetative stage of cultivation. That sounded boring as fuck! Stick with me, it isn’t going to take too long(… he said). This week we will be monitoring growth, hoping the reason not much progress happened last week was because this plant is a cousin to bamboo, it is waiting silently beneath the surface of the media to just shoot up and fill my tent (cupboard). This has nothing to do with methodology. This week is monitoring the hydration situation. Wait till the pot gets light and then add a litre of water and food to make sure there is plenty of saturation. If a watering happens, then I will switch their positions in the cupboard and turn the plants to encourage movement in the plant. I am not worried about over watering because the word on the street from people like Dr MJ Coco, is that Coco coir will always have aeration which means the soil medium cannot be over watered. We appear to have two nodes developing close together, I would like some more internodal spacing (the space between the nodes) to make bending a little easier. We plan on doing a full stem bend, this is a good method with autos as it is unlikely to create high levels of stress, which in turn can stunt the growth of the plant, when dealing with a short time frame from seed to harvest, you need them to grow up fast. Promotion Plagron, you ol’ son of a purple gun! Many moons ago I started using Plagron. I like purple, so it stuck… oh, and everyone start wearing purple. I am ofc joking, kind of, I really do like purple. After looking into their products it seemed fairly easy to understand why certain bottles were separate, the whole Plagron experience has been one of learning as they have so many learning resources on their webpage, they can make you a custom feed chart to match your needs and have lots of resources for learning about growing. The fact that they try their best to make as much of their products organic is also really nice (love yourself, put good things in your body). Recently in case you haven't noticed, I have changed from doing hand watered peat organics to Coco coir fed with an auto pot system, so will be changing to cocos A+B (their non organic coco coir feed), but everything else just stays the same… they have reassured me. The reason organics has been left out the grow is because the reservoir would brew something nasty, and Zymes, their product Zymes, that stuff aint playing around. So yeah, I love Plagron, they are a great company with some peak customer service, they have so many tools on their web page to help you grow and have the coolest olive and purple caps that I think they should send me. Oh and just the little thing of them taking the highest awards on here, you know who they are, so go find out what they can do. Results This week I decided to give the ladies a shower, just remember, the quality of any time in your life will be directly affected by your engagement in it. When showering the ladies, you need to get in there with your hands, I like to rough the plant up a little… we are talking about plants btw, wtf is wrong with you! When handling, especially when spraying, take the time to run your hands over the leaves etc, just give the leaves and stems a nice little bend and movement, careful not to break anything, this is just to inspire growth in strength of stem. It works pretty well as the plant bounces back in response. We have two Nodes which are close to one another, we have raised the lights but this hasn't done much yet. We had a fertigation and it appeared to go well, one litre had very little run off meaning something is happening down there, I hope. Discussion One day listening to a podcast and hearing people praise the act of spraying the plants in veg, someone even said that during the early weeks the plant absorbs a lot of moisture from the atmosphere. So why not spray them, it also cleans the stomata (basically pores of the plant) which maximises photosynthesis and moisture processing. Giving your plant small amounts of stress regularly is vitally important as it hardens the plant by making it flex and stretch its tissue membranes, this triggers growth and thickening of stems. For me it is a nice thick stem, we plan to bend it right over and use the lateral branches to now be tops along a straight line. I have a mad scientist plan you might like. The close node thing always pisses me off for this type of training, it is great for main lining (kind of), but terrible for this as it creates a thick stem (there is such a thing as too thick) which is difficult to bend due to four bloody branches being right in the way giving added hardening to the stem. Watering went well, I will need to sort my system for collecting it to measure PH. Next week we shall try, I have seen ads from this German company who makes trays specifically for this, has anyone tried them?

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1/23

8 cm

Height

24 hrs

Light Schedule

20 °C

Day Air Temp

5.8

No Smell

Smell

19 °C

Solution Temp

17 °C

Night Air Temp

15 liters

Pot Size

0.21 liters

Watering Volume

50 cm

Lamp Distance

Nutrients 6

Cocos A

1.5 mll

Cocos B

1.5 mll

Power Roots

1 mll

Jobbie —-----Glue Berry O.G. by Dutch Passion—----- =======A Double Dutch Rudder Affair======= vv Welcome, we have been expecting you. Introduction - Olla. The Seed - crunch time Methodology - the plan Promotion - don’t think they love me Results of this week - we had some. Thoughts and Discussion - what were they? Introduction Welcome once again friends to another exciting installment, I opened this page thinking it would be my usual start, then I noticed it had loads of things written already, then just like that it all comes back to me now, like Celine Dion realising she was groomed. One night after a small amount of treats to myself, I found myself in front of the screen thinking I was Dickens, rather tempted to leave it, let's read it first… Yes and welcome to Jobbie Studios, high ass mf me thinks high af me who wrote this was doing a great job. So we have kept most of it in, now thinking back I am not sure that the edits made it better or worse, only brownies will tell. This week was insane, it was all about the bend, because waves have curves, so here I wave, High. The Seed Glueberry O.G. Auto Breeder: Dutch Passion Height: 100cm Climate: temperate Flower Time: 11 - 12 Weeks THC: 20-25% CBD: 0.2% Terpenes: Beta Kereophylene, Beta mycene, alpha pinene Effects: Many experienced smokers report that it can give a more uplifting feeling at first, but over time, this high will evolve into a more narcotic effect. Ultimately, this strain can provide a strong "couch-lock" effect, ideal for hanging out on the couch or smoking before going to sleep. Taste: Diesel, sweet berries, earthy pine Edibles, I am rather excited to see if this is any better on edibles, will it manage to sew my mouth shut when I am on them… just can’t stop eating. Methodology During this week we will need to talk about the light, it is a work of modern art. notice I said modern art, which means whether it is good or not is up for debate, but what is not up for debate is that as a light source, it is not good. We will be changing out the light for a random custom 100w light that is in no way an outdoor light that people use for their driveways. Okay, how did you ever know Sherlock, it is in fact one of those, but 20 bucks is all it cost and I think it is quirky. So I put it 50 cm away from the plants to keep them happy and not too intense because it is very high, We will be feeding and training this week, time to start buffing up, please, soon, now! We will be using a full plant bend method of training, this tends to give only a little bit of stress to the plant, very important as too much stress causes a catastrophic stress response, basically you'll give your plant ptsd. This way it is less like going 12 rounds with 90s Tyson, and more like going to yoga with your mum, awkward when you spring a boner but all in all, a pleasant experience. To do this we will be gently bending the plant over, be gentle and you should be able to get the plant now parallel (almost is good enough) to the Medium. By doing this we will be able to create a level base for all the branches to start from, a more even access to resources allows each of the branches to grow well and ripen around the same time. Rather than a gradient of ripeness based on plant location and access to light intensity. Legit was about to post and then looked at some of the photos and realised I forgot trimming, yes with “T” at the start. There are often two little shoots that appear from the bottom, you will see I said fck them, because they make very little good and waste resources, then there are some branches that grow below the canopy on the main stem, these branches need to grow about 1.5 inch or 4cm just to reach the starting point of the opposite branch, so don’t waste resources on them and try to trim them early, trim early save resources, resources saved can be spent elsewhere, a bit like not buying a main course so you can have three choices from the dessert menu. Feeding: We put the lime in the coconut and shake it all up. I like to bottle my tap water (soft good quality water), then leave it for at least 24 hours near the tent but in darkness (light is how algae etc grow), after that I make my feed up, test PH and test EC then balance, when right, I place the plants on a mesh tray and pour in from the top, we wait five minutes for the liquid to start coming out, if it is consistent then we leave it longer until it stops. If there is enough liquid in the tray, then I collect it into a receptacle and measure the ph of that, then if it is out I will remember to go the other way next feeding. Everyone got that? It is boring to explain but hopefully you get the canvas. Promotion Can you remember the feeling? For me it was when I had first started growing, being in prohibition land, we were terrified, every person you meet is an undercover cop. But what happens when you run into problems with your grow and don’t know what grow diaries are? You go to your local grow shop!! Which is what I did. It was scary but at the same time mind blowing, the first time you just see so much cool equipment that is miles better than your own, you talk to this person, a real person… In person, they will give you advice and help you with your grow. The one I go to always gives me great advice, always a lot of fun to talk to and often gives me the stuff companies give him, “Free merch” (that is always welcome). Todays Promotion is to go and use these fantastic stores, yes you can buy things online, yes it might be cheaper, no it doesn’t come with a guarantee of looking that summabitch in the face and say “does it really work, WELL DOES IT YOU SUMMABITCH?” and then having to meet your gaze when they reply, knowing full well that if it doesn’t work, well you know where they work. It is more difficult to do that when purchasing online. Plus you might just become friends. Results Well fuck me! Yeah it went okay. The bending went well, the plant took to it nicely even though the main stem is stiff, was rather worried about breaking it so took a few seconds to massage the stem a little, which helps loosen off the fibres. Pinned it down and now just Waiting for it to recover. ON days like this where we bend a lot, I like to feed as well. When the plant is a little dry the wilting means that the plant is less stiff and can be more pliable, but keep this in mind, because the natural resistance of the plant will be weakened which means snaps can happen without you expecting, you won't get the same resistance a well watered plant will give. If you snap your main stem badly at this stage, there will be consequences, maybe even a dead plant and a Jobbie in tears. Things went well, the plants like the light, it has also warmed the room up more and the plants seem to like that too, onwards. Discussion There are a few annoying things you will get to see soon about this form of training, at the moment it is just keeping an eye on it, the plant wants to correct itself and can slip out the wire, so just keep track, you also need to separate the branches early pointing to the side of the pot to maximise light spread. Because you are not growing vertically it puts the plant in an odd position. With branches now growing vertically instead of laterally to begin with, they become the tops, when doing this the main stem doesn’t follow the same blueprint as vertical stems, it will tend to cluster nodes more than before, and you need to really pull them out and tie them, much like if you are mainlining, this is a difficult thing to do when the plant is young and small, all the branches are so thin and your fingers feel so clumsy. So the light has the flicker thing going on, I left the photos because I took them you will now look at them. Also think it looks a bit cool, it almost mimics some of my early trips where everything comes in echos. For me the echo echo echo in your brain that happens when you hit a big high, is caused by the constant desire to control the experience, the be clear headed and able to think without any hindrance, it is why when I get super baked now I don’t really feel it as much, I just let it all flow. Let me know what you think? Love ya folks, take care.

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Jobbie —-----Glue Berry O.G. by Dutch Passion—----- =======A Double Dutch Rudder Affair======= We will start with the contents, all carnage should start off polite… like foreplay. Introduction - Hi, it's me! The Seed Methodology - this will be week by week for now. Promotion - I just love them Results of this week - Hope you get what this is about Thoughts and Discussion - We need to talk about the plants. Introduction Hello you delicious people, hows it growing huh? Yes it is time for your dose of crazy with Jobbie, your specialist in talking absolute shit. This week you have much to look forward to, yes, we have plants growing at a steady rate and then we are gonna bend them over, get them trained and make sure she is tied down, can’t have her growing whichever way she wants. Sounds bad, but she loves it. Let's get on with this show. 2.The Seed Glueberry O.G. Auto - Team Glueberry Breeder: Dutch Passion Height: 100cm Climate: temperate Flower Time: 11 - 12 Weeks THC: 20-25% CBD: 0.2% Terpenes: Beta Kereophylene, Beta mycene, alpha pinene Effects: Many experienced smokers report that it can give a more uplifting feeling at first, but over time, this high will evolve into a more narcotic effect. Ultimately, this strain can provide a strong "couch-lock" effect, ideal for hanging out on the couch or smoking before going to sleep. Taste: Diesel, sweet berries, earthy pine 3. Methodology This week my sexy grow friends, we will be looking into three areas. Let us pretend that I am writing this before the week begins and not after. The three areas are the light, as it was changed last week, trimming and branch sites. The light is sub optimal, we saw some growth with the random light, but at this stage I feel it needs more. So this random crappy light will be replaced with a TS600… that I did not use at first because I thought it might be a bit much. We will continue to trim in three areas: Any node that shoots towards the soil (positioned on the underside of the now lateral main branch), any fan leaves that cover bud dites or shoot in the direction of the soil and lastly any secondary branches aside from the first node on the first three branches to sprout. These branches we will experiment with using golden ratio as a guide these branches should be able to match in productivity as the fifth or sixth node, which will be close to the last one we expect. This should allow us to have around 18 tops per plant. Over the week more bending was needed, it was a full on yogathon with the plants, getting all sweaty bending the supple long branches into place to make sure they were heading in the right direction, then when they get there, tie the sucker down, no escape from my closet. We will see how this goes and then have a chat in the discussion. 4. Promotion You You are an amazing person and likely don’t even know it. Think about it this way, who the hell else is reading this demented attempt at some form of scientific endeavour, you, so thank you, the lovely person who took time out of their day to look at my rambling. See despite what Hollywood wants us to believe, no man is an island, why? Because we are human and not very big, we also float, so it would be more of a really bad raft, it would also smell after a while if you leave it… I was going to say if you leave it in the water, but if you leave it most places it will start to stink. Look at that, you are still reading, once again thank you. You do more than you know for more than you know. 5. Results Yes the light helped and we are now in a growth spurt thanks to the increase in access to a vital resource the plant needs. Trimming is going well, not sure how much I want to trim so kept it light as growth had bee a little slow until now. The branches that were cut off left no lasting damage, the plant appears to have recovered quickly. 6. Discussion Here we go, time to have a chat and a smoke, I would recommend some Folktronica as background music for this, we are going to talk and some opinions will be shared, they might offend you, sorry not sorry. The plant is now beginning to become a bush, exactly like I wanted it to. The natural triangle shape looks pretty and all that but for indoor growing the natural shape is pretty terrible in my opinion (at this point this could either be about growing weed or women's liberation of pubic hair), it should only be used for learning a plant's morphology. Indoor growing uses lights, these lights are not the sun and therefore do not have that immense power, this means the ideal range from the plant to the sun if growing outdoors, is pretty much where we are, give a few thousand miles, or more. The light you have in your tent has a similar ideal range, this however is about 10cm of ideal range, not tens of thousands of miles, so if you use the natural shape it will have a mixed experience, each bud will be different in maturity, many of the bottom buds do not get enough light and therefore barely mature, making for wildly different experiences from the same plant, not bad if you know what it will do, but not great if you want consistency. This is the reason for the flat canopy, if you can make all the branch tops be around the same distance from the light then each branch will mature and grow at similar rates. It is plant socialism, giving each group as good an opportunity as possible to grow, to be the best they can. Since we are talking about resource allocation, we will continue to chop the underside branches as they cost too much and rarely if ever produce anything good, also we do not need that many tops, so hopefully the extra energy will lead to bigger tops on the other branches, well that is the theory. Took away some leaves, if the leaves are in the medium they have a high chance of damage, and because they are in the medium they are also highly likely to get infected, keep leaves out of the medium and avoid infection. Trimming is always a little scary, you are deliberately damaging the plant with a sharp instrument, but this should be for the plants benefit. Here is the ethics I apply to this: Yes you are doing deliberate damage, but the plant is not evolved for optimal growth in these conditions, so instead of the plant not reaching its full potential because of genetic differences to the environment, we as a grower will try to do what is best for the plant. It is not a comfortable experience breathing through a tube, but try scuba diving without it, see how that goes. Environment change means a need to change action, so help the plant out and it will help you out, the law of the harvest: as above, so below. Lastly, up until recently when trimming I would use a razor to make sure I got as close as possible to the stem, keep it nice and straight. Then some guy talked about leaving a tail, that if you leave this little bit of stem then you will see if it goes black and infected, then you can trim the tail off and hope there is no infection in the stem, otherwise with cutting at the stem, if that cut gets infected then… that is your stem, the plant might just be fckd. The only time I don’t is when trimming the underside, if the branch is just a little leaf sprout, then use the razor, it is a small incision and you need to get all of it, if you don’t it might still grow. FUUUUCCCKK sorry that was super long! Thank you for your time, hope this was useful, let me know if there are any suggestions on what I should be doing. Lots of love, now Fuck off.

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20 °C

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15 liters

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1.5 liters

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Nutrients 7

Cocos A

2.5 mll

Cocos B

2.5 mll

Power Roots

1 mll

Jobbie —-----Glue Berry O.G. by Dutch Passion—----- =======A Double Dutch Rudder Affair======= Introduction Hey friend, got time for a quick chat? Need to talk about a few things. Grow Diaries has changed. Back when I started and dinosaurs grew the best Kush, each entry had its own page, which meant there was a lot of repetition to save the viewer time changing pages and having a million tabs open. At first I hated the new setup, then I noticed it starts with the most recent entry and hated it so much more. After being informed that I could change the order of entries, alot more fun when looking at completed diaries to start from… the start. I was watching a video and in it the person talked about their 100 year old grandparent, this blew my mind, when you think that 100 years ago radio was the cool new thing, cars were fancy, steam engine was still in common use. Fast forward and that person now has a smart phone, can virtually walk the streets of nearly any country within a day or two and has the world's knowledge at their finger tips. Move with the times when the times call for it, what I will ask is that when you look at my diaries start from the oldest first if it is complete, the diary will make much more sense. My diaries will try to be more scientific in its reporting, with this if anyone thinks of a data source I should be gathering, let me know and I will try to keep track of it where possible, all data will be available on my diaries, this will hopefully give us some fun things to think about…. Maybe SO, first entry will have a larger introduction, talking about ideas I want to try in the grow, what my reasoning is, where I got inspiration, what the plan is etc. Then we will talk each week about methodology, I will let you know when anything changes in my general methodology so you know whether you can skip it if you already know what my typical practices are. Results is the outcome from those plans made at the beginning and the weekly methodology, this will be done weekly, if it is a flush week or a week of fertigation only then it will be a short section Discussion might not happen every time, this isn’t because I don’t love you, I do, honest., I will likely write some nonsense, but most of this will happen when we have the full data set (the end after harvest), so you can expect a macro analysis as opposed to a week by week approach. So basically, when you read it from first post to last, it will be easy to understand and full of data for people to draw their own opinions. This might work and might not, but lets just give it a go… ooon next diary! Methodology My ganja people, BEHOLD!! The future is now, or at least it was years ago when this shit was invented. But BEHOLD! It is now for me anyway, this is my future and it scares me! I feel like an old grandmother who watches nothing but Fox news. We are switching on the Autopot, yes, this is the moment we have all been waiting for, we have haven't we? Have I not mentioned this, sure I did. Anyway, yes we are using an autopot system with coco coir, this is going to be exciting! First rule, be nice to me in comments, pretty sure that there will be a lot of hydro style growers out there who will be like “wtf are you doing!!”. So just to clarify once and for all. I DON’T KNOW!! Also this is a budget operation, so some stuff that is needed is not needed more than paying my rent, okay? Okay! Where was I? Ah yes *cough. But before that moment, the plants need a little hair cut, removing the things not needed. This is an important thing to do sometimes, if you get a chance read “The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up” by Marie Kondo, it is often a good thing to purge our self of the things that will not bring us joy. Anyway, we will be cutting some of the branches which will not progress much, the fan leaves which receive no light, I thought this was going to be a list and not just two… sorry grammar police. The reason we do this is because I do not have much light to work with, light is power, if we have fan leaves on the bottom doing nothing, that will cost the plant resources to maintain, the plant will continue to maintain it because resources are plenty (fertiliser etc), so if the plant feels relaxed and lazy, it will use the resources to maintain what it has, rather than push ahead for more growth, however if you take them away the plant has no choice but to invest the spare resources in growth. Take too many though and you will shock the plant, it will stop growing and you lose time, time is the most precious resource with Autos because they finish when they are ready, not when you tell them to be ready. The current Autopot set up is two pots with maybe space for more, there is one light (MH ts1000), one 6” extractor and filter, 2 fans: one pointing over canopy with one below canopy from opposite sides of the tent, one thirty seven litre reservoir and two feeding trays for the pots to go in.. The idea is that the system provides high frequency fertigation (lots of small watering's throughout the day), but without having to do that by hand, it is supposed to be able to know when the plant is full and stop adding more water. High Frequency Fertigation (HFF) is recommended by Dr Coco, and many others, the growth is meant to be massive so I am very excited to see this work, or not, it will be entertaining no matter what. Remember folks, we don’t give a crap so long as we can collect data and draw a conclusion, if it goes to crap then we at least know something, rather than day dreaming of what could have been. It better fucking work though, papa needs his treat. Promotion Grow Diaries, it is your turn you summa-bitch. I seem to be saying this a lot recently and have no reason why I do. When I first started growing, I legit knew nothing about the plant, honestly, my impression was that we smoked the leaves, people kept talking to me about flowers and I was like “cool, wtf do they even look like, weed plants have flowers, what do you do with the flowers, I honestly have no idea what the nuggets are”. It was hard growing and having no one to talk to and no clue what was going on, this was to be a life changing venture. I discovered Grow diaries and straight away made an account thinking it was the most amazing thing ever, then shit myself and did not revisit the site because of paranoia. Then sometime later I said “fuck it!!” That was when I posted my very first diary, it was love. Grow diaries might not seem amazing, it has its flaws, hell even I whine about it a lot of the time. It is also an amazing place to find like minded people, a place where we can learn and can share in this wonderful hobby. So, thank you Growdiaries, we might not show much appreciation, but this site is fucking cool! Even though it is basically a US style system of product trials. Just a quick question, can I get access to your data sets? It would be a pleasure to analyse the data. Keep on keeping on GD, we love you! Results The trim went well, this will help when the stretch comes and the plant can really grow big. There was no shock visible as the plant is still growing. The auto pot was set up and a very confused Jobbie filled the fucker with 8 ltrs of fertigation, then turned the stopper, the trays filled up, Jobbie left and came back, nothing had gone horribly wrong. Huzzah!! This feed went fast and we had to fill with another 4litres the next day, then it was down to the exit valve again, so we added another 8 litres to just get her to last more than a day without needing filled. The growth is rather intense, it just ran away and I was left wondering wtf is now growing in my cupboard, it was very impressive to watch. The reservoir is already getting a little scummy. Discussion This shit really works, the plants really grow, my friends, Dr Coco was not wrong and it is super exciting to be excited about growth, it makes me think about what genetics are really capable of when everything is on light speed, it makes me think about tweaks to try, and then I remember I need to take it slow and see what happens. The mineral fertilisers are still my hang up, being a bit of an environmentalist it really irritates me to use something which is not so great, but then I remember I drive a car. We will figure ways to make it organic, somehow. The tank is already getting scummy which means so are the feeding trays, these will need to be cleaned at some point, likely on the weekend. We do not currently have a water pump or any form of Hydrogen peroxide, so it is a fear that this cleaning will continue, making it more work that hand watering, which was not the reason I got the system. Sad face. That is all for this week, thank you for tuning in. Let me know if there are any things you think I should be doing or any tips, thank you, you mean a lot.

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AsNoriu commentedweek 115d ago

I hate autopots, think bottom feeding is wrong for good root development , clay pebbles at bottom of pots was wrong idea, because of ph , salt accumulation and less space for roots, BUT i grow in soil, maybe my personal experience is totally wrong for coco growers, common, finish that diary ! ;)))

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Jobbie commented11d ago

@AsNoriu, Yeah I should finish this sucker. I am trying out auto pots and coco as they are pretty easy to run and coco has lots of praise. I have had a few grows with the system, there are challenges. Will update when I am not snowed under with work.

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