Cheese Auto XXL - indoor

Hi! First of all, I want to apologize in advance for my poor English (i'm italian) and for all the mistakes I will make...😅 This is my first diaries and my second grow, so I'm a newbie, but I'm very passionate about it and i'll try my best to achieve perfect growing conditions. I hope you guys can give me useful tips to become a better grower. So, for this grow I will use a pre-fertilized soil and Biocanna products. In the future I would like to grow 100% organic My growbow is 80x80x160 (cm) with: - 1 Inline mixed-flow fans for air extraction - 1 inline fan for air intake - 1 clip fan - 1 humudifier (3,5 l) - 1 dehumidifier (500 ml) - 1 240 LED grow light that's it, peace!

- WEEK 2 - Everything seems to go smoothly, except for excessive heat...😖 This week I'll try to lower temperature by testing various mini air conditioners and will begin to add the Bio Rhizotonic to the watering. furthermore, if I fail to lower the temperature, I will consider clearing the garage and transferring everything there.👌

- WEEK 3 update - it's really hot here, so I'm checking the soil moisture very often to avoid problems (meanwhile I'm clearing the garage so i can move in a cooler environment). The plant looks happy, no curled edge or other stress sign, so i'm happy with it. As you can see the plant is very low (I observed the same thing in the previous grow with a white widow auto xxl) I don't know what the reason is, I think it's due to the fact that I'm using a 600 watt led light placed 100 cm height in a 80x80x160 cm grobox (maybe a little too much?). It's like the plant, immediately receiving a huge amount of light, said "wow dude... this PAR value is amazing! I will not waste energy to get closer!", so it remains low. This is the explanation I gave myself, but I don't know if this is actually the reason 😅 this week I will also consider whether or not to start with the LST

- WEEK 4 - Hi guys! this week I decided to start with LST and I lowered the lights to 60 cm (as suggested by the manufacturer) As you can see, the plant is very bushy and I had some little problem tying her down 😅. Few hours later the apical tip was pointing again towards the light, I guess it's a good sign. As for nutrition, I have not yet started with the fertilization schedule. The soil I am using is the Plagron "Terra Growmix", which should provide nourishment for the first 3 weeks, but I decided to wait until the end of the fourth week before starting to fertilize (unless the plant starts to show some signs of nutritional deficiencies). Heat is still a problem, and sometimes even the humidity tends to drop too low (my humidifier cannot maintain 50% of RH while the air recirculation system is on). This week I will continue to look for solutions to maintain the best environmental conditions for my baby 👊 Happy growing to all of you, peace! - UPDATE - LST Hi guys! so this week I started LST. I think she responded well, few days after i decided to bend again the main cola and I tried to redirect other branches away from the center, to make every branch get as much light as possible. This girl is low and somewhat bushy, I must admit that I am having some difficulty separating each branch and finding the necessary space for it. It will probably be easier once the branches have grown longer (at least i hope 😅) SYMPTOMS I noticed a couple of light yellow / white tips, and on the older leaves I noticed some gray / whitish spots and some yellow / light brown spots. Yellowing tips, I don't think it's overfeeding (I haven't started feeding it yet😆) could it be light burn? even if there are only 2 or 3 tips that show this problem. For the small spots on the older leaves, I don't know, it also happened to me in the previous grow. Could it be a calcium deficiency or similar micronutrient problem? At this time the water is full of limestone, I noticed that when the humidifier is activated, the limestone in the water settles almost everywhere, even on the plant. I am concerned that it may obstruct normal transpiration. I will look for information about it Overall she seems to be healthy. Happy growing to all of you guys 👊

- WEEK 5 - Hi guys! hope you're doing well 👊 I bought a small security camera to keep an eye on the baby when i'm out of town, and I got another small cooler (I didn't have a chance to try it, I'll do it today). I'm continuing with LST, I tied almost all the branches, trying to get as much light as possible for everyone and maintaining a uniform height. - NUTRIENTS - This week I started feeding the plant, I decided to follow the feeding schedule downloaded from Biocanna site (minimal feeding) and feed every 2 watering. Obviously I'll try (and I hope) to capture the plant's feedback and correct the dosage if necessary. Happy growing to all of you 👊

Hi guys, hope you all are doing well 👌 This week I started switching to flowering nutrients and I continued with LST approximately every 3-4 days. I was not able to lower the temperature, so I hope heat doesn't cause too much problems. - DAY 40 UPDATE - Yesterday I slightly damaged a branch as I bent it 😪. I used garden wire to hold it in place, this morning it seemed ok, I'll try not to handle it too much. I love data and information that can be extrapolated, so I'm starting to work on the data collected so far and set up a dashboard for monitoring this grow, but also for data analysis. I hope to improve myself grow after grow. Yesterday I made some charts related to the environmental conditions, In the next days I will add aspects related to irrigation and nutrition. Thank you for your help and your answers regarding the symptoms I have encountered 💪

Hi guys! We are at the seventh week and, except for excessive heat, everything seems to be going pretty well. Nothing special for this week, I finished with Biovega and switched to BioFlores and BioBoost nutrients with a bit of BioRhizotonic (as recommended by Biocanna) and Cal-Mag Xtra. maybe I exaggerated with the LST , it led me to have a very low and bushy plant, I find it hard to look inside and I almost can't find space to water it! At the moment all the branches are at the same height, except for the apical top and the branch that I slightly damaged a few days ago and therefore I have not touched. I'm torn between leaving everything as it is and waiting for the tops to stretch, or trying to put all the tops back to the same height removing the ties (but I don't want the tops to come closer, covering each other) 😪....wht do you recommend? Thanks for your help and happy growing to all! 👊

Hi guys! here we are at the eighth week. I started spraying Cal-Mag extra, as recommended by LaBOSSANOVA. As you can see from photos, there are some old leaves that are turning yellow, I think because they don't take any light inside the bush. I'll try to slightly increase the nutrient dosage (PPM is about 778 per 2.5 liters of nutrient solution). Trichomes on buds are increasing so I bought a cheap 50x-500x digital microscope to see them up close. - DAY 55 UPDATE - I increased the BioBoost to 4 ml per liter, now PPM is around 820 per 2.5 liter. I tried to shoot some videos, but the autofocus on my smartphone sucks ...😓 oh, the smell is getting more intense 😍 Happy growing guys 👊

Hi guys! hope you're doing well 💪 I don't know, but it seems to me that the flowers haven't stretched. I compared this Cheese XXL with a White Widow xxl (grown from February to May) looking at photos from the same growth stage. I saw that the white widow, before the buds become fatter, had very long branches full of flowers at their initial stage, while with this cheese I see that, although we're at day 59 from seed and buds begin to fatten, the branches are short. I think that excessive heat has greatly affected environmental conditions (VPD value is certainly not optimal) preventing more vigorous growth and development. What do you think about it? Anyway, we'll see what the final results will be. Happy growing 👊

Hi Guys! hope you're doing well 💪 the buds continue to fatten, some even seem to grow a little in height. it's getting even hotter here...I put the air circulation system at maximum power, let's see if temperature lowers a little bit. Trichomes seem almost all milky at day 66 (i uploaded a video and some photos). I decided to harvest when there will be some amber trichomes, since I read that it increases the narcotic and physical effect (wich is what i'm looking for, so let's do it!) Happy growing 👊

Hi Guys! Hope you're doing well! Day 75...we are almost there 😀 I checked trichomes few days ago, as you can see in the video (just jumping from one bud to another, sorry for my shaky hands) they are milky for the most part, some are translucent, some are transparent and very few amber. I think I'll wait another 2 weeks before harvest. I noticed some slightly burnt tips on the buds (although I'm following "minimum feeding program" suggested by Biocanna, and feeding once every two waterings) but it seems to me a small thing. I can't wait to harvest this little girl! Happy growing!👊

Hi guys, hope you had a great summer vacation 👌 For this week I just have to water when necessary and check the buds. I don't know if it's just my impression, it seems that buds have accelerated trichomes production, I see them more frosty 😍. More amber-colored trichomes begin to appear, we're almost there! Happy growing! 👊

Hi guys, hope you're doing well!...this is the last week! As you can see, few fan leaves are yellowing, amber trichomes are showing up, so I decided to harvest at the end of the week 👌 Once harvested, I'd like to share with you some graph and insight about this cycle (I'd like to comment on them in a short video, but my English is not that great...it sounds like my great-aunts just landed at Ellis Island in 1934 😅) I'm also thinking about some little upgrade in my set up, I'll share with you some ideas next week. Happy growing guys💪 -DAY 91 UPDATE- Ok guys, chopped down this little girl! 333g of wet buds, I read that they'll lose about 80% of their weight, let's see what happens 👌 I set RH around 45-50%, now I just have to check every day and wait, I don't want to dry it too much and too fast. So, as soon as it is dried I will post the final result. Happy growing guys💪

I learned new things and deepened others. Great community and great experience, I think I will post all subsequent cycles Happy Growing to all 👊