lowlight Auto test

lazy_organics I threw in the Green Crack after shitty "conversion rates" from germinated seeds, as i kind of know how she grows by now. The light will be dimmed to 50W at best, but very low hanging. I am catching up on current progress, as she looks surprisingly good and i wanted to share. Nutrients are similar to kratky grow, i am not going to use the info thing as it was buggy last time tho: ~1,2 to 1,5ml/l Aero Supermix over the cycle until almost finished, ~0,75ml/l Mono Calcium (which is actually Calciumnitrate as i was made aware) and half a teaspoon of mgso4 per 5l of water. The top tank is flooded 4 times a day for 15 minutes.

lazy_organics Coming back GC was going strong! Topped her at the end of the week, everything else stayed the same.

lazy_organics Catching up: GC grew insanely well after the topping, all gas no brakes. It is more like week 3.5. Light got reduced to speed up preflowers on the regs, which were both male (no report for those), i just kept one branch of the one with better structure, as i want to cross with the other plant in the tent. Will update for the Auto in more detail coming weeks.

lazy_organics Checked with my notes, we are now at the end of week 4 from first leaves (day 32 after germination)

lazy_organics She is going strong, nutrient levels seem to be just what she needs. She made a leap, so i am pretty sure she is in stretch, which lines up with the other plant (photo). Had to supercrop two branches cuz they were growing larger than the others and i want at least 4 big colas. Now she is taking up almost too much space, even with the low light. Still only 50W, ~200W/sqm

lazy_organics Just let her grow this week. I kind of couldnt believe the stretch and had to check the date on previous weeks post, there is now only 25cm of headroom left. Forgot there needs to be a lamp distance for two days and got some bleached leaves on top, but i am sure she will survive, just concerned about the other plant not not getting enough light.

lazy_organics I kind of lost track which days i took these pictures on, but i think You can see me fighting against the stretch. Cant really move the light any more now, so i just hope she will keep her distance and i can then give her the last few cm for the flowers. I really need to improve my stretch management on my next grow, planning some crop steering-esque measures (high EC during stretch, flooding only during the first hours after lights on). I just hope the second Plant in the Box wont catch up too well...

lazy_organics Reached the max height of this box, hope nothing grave happens now. Stretch is over, but the GCs roots grew into the tank :/ I think i need to get a smaller filter for the next runs, as there is no space on top.

lazy_organics She transitioned into the bulking phase now, getting chunky! Probably due to the light she is not building that insane towers, but i am pretty happy with the state she is in. I also started changing up the feed for flowering: 1ml/l Aero Supermix, 1ml/l Canna Mono Calcium and 0.8ml/l Hesi PK 13/14 (epsom salts stayed constant), i reckon she responded well to that one :) I hope to lengthen the flowering by staying the correct nute level, i read some bro-science article about cannabis flowering being prolonged by ideal conditions. Nevertheless some pistils are turning orange.

lazy_organics Nothing much happened this week besides me ordering some bloom fertilizer (Hakaphos Red) as the other plant seems to be quite stingy with the current feed and doesn't want to bloom. Also looking at other options for calcium supply, as that also adds nitrogen for me rn. Edit: she is also on day 70, so i would have to flush if i wanted to keep her in the 11 week period suggested by FB, but i will probably extend that period to 12 weeks as i also partially pollinated some budsites.