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😊First grow ever. FastBud's Blue Dream'atic. 👍
Set up:
100 x 100 cm Grow Tent
4" Inline Exhaust Fan
4" Carbon Filter 300mm
HLG 240W
Small Fan
Seed Germination:
1. Soak seeds in glass of water for 18 hours
2. Put seeds in moist paper towel method for 30 hours
3. Plant seeds in 3gallon pots
I've had a good experience with FastBuds seeds so far with 10/10 seeds germinated via above method. In hindsight, should've planted seeds in soil after 24 hours in paper towel. At 30 hours the roots were starting to become too long. Two days later all 4 seedlings broke the surface. May 27 is day 1. Seedlings named Bd1, Bd2, Bd3, Bd4 for later reference.
Only nutes used was Superbud White Root 1ml/L mixed into normal water schedule. I actually have no idea when to water 😵... just learning along the way and hope I'm not screwing it up. Lights are on about 60-75% of max power and are turned off for 6 hours during the day when it is hottest outside. Had some trouble with high humidity early on but lowering AC to 24C helped (on 24 hrs).
Bd1 growth is stunted compared to the others and not sure why. Bd4 is starting to show the next set of leaves (Day 7) but is experiencing burnt tips on leaves. Trying to figure out if its nutrient burn or light burn.
Overall quite happy with Week 1 and super excited for the weeks ahead!
Week 2
My grow light dimmer glitched on Day 9 and accidentally blasted 100% light on the seedlings. 😞Felt like their growth was stunted for the rest of the week. Noticeably yellowing of all leaves (not sure whats the cause). Lowered light intensity to about 50% (100W-120W). Bd4 having a harder time than others from burnt leaves but still coming out with new sets of leaves (which are also getting burnt). Would appreciate any help on whats a probable cause?
Started getting the hang of watering schedule but realized my PH Meter's calibration was way off and had to recalibrate. I've been watering the past 2 weeks with absolutely all wrong PH! 😱FML. Realized this on Day 14 morning and after watering with correct PH the plants are showing good growth by evening.
Hasn't been a very good week but hopefully its onwards and upwards from here. 👊
Looking forward to adding nutes in the next week as well.
I'm pretty new to all this so please leave some suggestions what I'm doing right or wrong. Cheers
Reference Picture : Day 14 - Bd4
One of my plants (Bd4) is showing burnt tips and leaves which are getting worse by the day. Please help take a look at the reference picture and give me advice on what's wrong with it?
Light burn? Wind burn? Nutrient burn (from soil)? PH? Thanks
There could be a few issues. It seems like some overwatering could be going on. If you grow autos in their final pot size (I do) then it it's best to center water smaller amounts as the seedling cannot use up enough of the soil moisture and will stay soaked. This can mess up their ability to draw nutes and can literally drown the roots. It also looks like a little light burn could have happened, although I would expect all of them to be affected not just plant 4. Be careful about water droplets sitting on the seedlings after watering while your lights are left on, as it can act as a magnifier and cause light damage in rare cases.
Good luck with the grow! They can all still turn out great :)
Week 3
Firstly, shoutouts to the growers who helped guide me last week. To sum it up I fucked up in overwatering by a lot, overfeeding nutes, using unfit soil for cannabis, and too much light stress.
This week I cut down on watering to about 250mL every 2-3 days. Is this still too much? Let me know in the comments. Also tried to control temperature a bit more with AC + lowering light intensity to stop the heat stress. Increased to 20hr light cycle. It's rainy season here where I live and on rainy days humidity just skyrockets. Just found out my AC has a dry mode which greatly helps control humidity.
I used no nutes this weekdays (not even the root thing) and just started first dose of nutes on Saturday (Day 20). I used 1/4 of recommended dose as suggested by FastBuds for this strain. Will see the impact on next week's diary.
For the plants, Bd1 has somehow been revived after 2 weeks of no-growth (probably from ph lock-out the past two weeks due to my uncalibrated pH meter). Definitely the champion of this week. Bd2 and Bd3 are just chugging along but much slower than anticipated. Bd1-2-3 all exuding some smell already. Bd4 is pretty much fucked. Sorry girl.
I noticed my plants aren't growing much in the stems at all with the stems being a bit purple? After 3 weeks they're only 4cm tall. Pretty sad stuff here. Have I stunted them from two weeks of overwatering? Bd1 on day 21 showing some edge curling upwards.
As always your comments and any help is appreciated! Thanks growers!
Quite a meh week. The plants were stunted from earlier overwatering and Bd2 & Bd3 in unsuitable soil. Gave up on Bd4 and wanted to see how the roots were. Bd1 grew the best this week but still dwarfed. Bd2 showing preflower I think. Bd2 also getting some weird circular yellowing spots in the middle of the leaf and what looks like bite marks or bumps on leaf tips. Not sure what those are too. Hoping for the best and think I'm going to continue for experience.
Will start a new grow to replace Bd4. Also Blue Dream'atic. Grow it til I make it. 😭
Went really light on watering this week.. letting the top inch dry out completely before watering. Tried LST on Bd1 and it responded really well. Bd1 and Bd3 are noticeably bigger than last week but Bd2 lagged behind after being the biggest over past couple weeks. Note to self: never give up on the smaller seedlings.
All 3 showing pistils. Still have some issues with fan leaves purple stems. Might be Mg or P deficiency from my research. I think its correlated with stunted growth too. They're all so tiny and I hope I can at least roll a joint with the harvest to show for this.
This week has been amazing in terms of growth result compared to the stunted weeks earlier. Using this grow to try and learn the ropes. Tried some LST on Bd1 and it responded beautifully (less than 2 hours already back up!). Bd2 is most advanced in the bud showing some trichomes on leafs and calyxes. Bd3 not doing too badly either.
Having some trouble keeping humidity down during rainy season. Getting a bigger dehumidifier so looking forward to pushing RH down to the 40s%. Also watering is so hard ...how do I know when to water a lot or not? Been doing the first-inch dry technique and honestly getting lazy of picking dirt from my nails. I'm still watering about 330mL each and only watering every 2-3 days. Is this too little for this stage? taking into account my stunted growth as well..?
My first grow and I suck so I overwatered, too high temp, wrong PH for a couple weeks resulting in stunted and tiny plants. I'm just getting the hang of it this last few weeks.
Will my stunted plants still able to produce potent buds even of small quantities?
Thanks! 😄
The buds will probably be potent, but the quantities will be even less than you imagine... keep one to the end for the learning experience but use the space better by starting again. Think of your electricity bill over the whole : will it be worth 6grams of weed or more? I'm the type of guy that rather pay more but get more, and if i was you i would start again using all you've learned - the sooner the start the sooner the harvest, that's why it's important to use your grow room space wisely. Hope this helps ! 🚀
Turned the lights on full (stopped using dimmer) and they responded with some praying leaves. Had some soil ph problems on Bd1 being too high (7+ ph) which could explain nutrient lockout and yellowing leaves.
Grew a couple centimeters more only but getting bushier this week. Starting to see trichrome on sugar leaves clearly as well. The bud sites are still quite airy and hope they fill up in the coming weeks.
Flushed Bd1 to try to fix the root ph problem. Runoff water had about 7ish pH possibly from nutrient buildup (water so little theres never any runoff). Starting to see some green back into the leaves that was so yellow last week. New growth are all nice green color and each budsite is starting to fatten.
Starting using a new and bigger dehumidifier to try and keep RH at 40% to finish off flowering phase. Will see next week if it works well or not.
I'm guessing we're about 2 weeks from harvest and wondering when I should stop adding nutrients and start flushing? Any advice is appreciated. Cheers! 😇
new humidifier working well... keeping RH at 40% always (much less spike during dark period)
yellowing problems still persist after flushing but have improved slightly.
Bd1 still behind others in terms of trichrome production and budsize. May have to harvest Bd2-3 before Bd1.
Bd3 cupping leaves - wind burn?
the smell is coming on very nicely. very citrusy smell.
Pistils on Bd2 and Bd3 are turning brown and curling inwards. Bd1 trichrome productions have increased a lot this past week. They are very sticky to the touch and the smells are incredibly fruity!
FastBuds Blue Dream'matic takes about 9-11 weeks flowering so I'm about a couple weeks away from harvesting. Will be checking trichrome color often the coming weeks.
Finally I get to harvest Bd2 and Bd3 as their trichomes are turning 20-30% amber and the rest cloudy. The 60x phone attachment was very helpful to take photos and study it after. Bd1 is still a week or two behind so will keep close watch and ready to be chopped down too. Right now Bd1 is taking up water like a boss. The flush I did a few weeks back have reset the PH values and the plant is finally green again.
For Bd2 & Bd3 I decided to wet trim since my humidity is quite high 50-60% RH to prevent any mold. The trimming was tiring eventhough only small amount. Then I hang to dry @24C and 50%RH.
Overall, I'm quite happy I persevered with these stunted babies all the way till finish. It has been a good learning experience for a first time grower like me. Looking forward to drying and curing then giving them a good smoke!
1) How to know when to stop the drying process and start curing?
2) For my harvest (since its stunted) the buds just wrap around the main stem... how do I break them apart to put into jars?
Thanks! Really appreciate all your help :)
They are ready to cure when the stem snaps instead of just bends. In order to get the buds off the stem hold the bud upside down and work from the bottom. You will see where each individual bud attaches to the main stalk just cut them away from the stalk one at a time working your way up to the top. Nice looking buds you got there!!
So a big week for Bd2 & Bd3 since I've finished drying for 10 days and ready to find out the dry weight.
Bd2 has dry weight of 4.5g and Bd3 is 8.4g. Total harvest of 12.9g. They kinda smell "greeny" so I'm not sure if its dried properly but hopefully the smell gets better soon. The dried buds are not densely packed but could also be because its mostly sativa which has more airy buds than indica.
Bd1 is still going. It's now 9 weeks in flowering which means harvest time very soon. Fastbuds said 9-11 weeks flowering for this strain. It's drinking heavily. The trichomes are cloudy/clear so I will wait for some to turn amber to harvest. Will stop feeding and only do pH water after this to prepare for harvest.
Thanks for following, we're almost at the end of this diary. 😀
I stunted it early but still came through somehow. This strain responds very well to LST and didn't have any issue with diseases or bugs (grown indoor).
This run has been extremely educational for me and would love to have another go sometime.
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