Fast Buds Gelato Auto | Mars Hydro

Stiggy Days 11-19 (30 Sep-8 Oct), first part of veg. From my log. No photos from these days. 1 Oct: 100 ml. 2 Oct: 300 ml. Cut off some leaves. 5 Oct: first feed, 1 L with 2 ml/L Bio-Grow. By mistake this watering was at about pH 5. First LST clip to level the canopy. 22 °C and 75 % that day. 7 Oct: back to normal: 1 L with 2.5 ml/L Bio-Grow at pH 6.9. Light from 18 h at 45 % to 20/4 at 60 %, about 50 cm. 8 Oct: more LST and turned the pot. The stem broke. Light to 65 %. 24.5-25.5 °C and 64-67 % in the tent.

Stiggy Days 20-22 (9-11 Oct), end of veg. From my log. 9 Oct: wrapped the stem that broke on 8 Oct in cling film to hold it together. Only 1 L plain water, no feed, while it heals. 10 Oct: the top past the break had gone dark blue-grey and the stem at the break was orange-brown, so I topped it right at the break. 11 Oct: raised the light 5-10 cm because another plant in the tent had dry leaf tips. Light at 70 %. Climate from the hourly sensor (8-11 Oct): 24.6 °C and 64 % with lights on, 21.5 °C and 70 % in the dark.

Stiggy Days 23-29 (12-18 Oct), first week of flower. 12 Oct: 2 L plain water. Trained the branches into a flat canopy. 15 Oct: 2 L with 2 ml/L Bio-Grow + 1 ml/L Bio-Bloom. Bent every stem down again, main stems too. 16 Oct (day 27): first white pistils, so flowering has started. 17 Oct: light at 75 %, 30-40 cm above the tops. 18 Oct: light to 70 % at 40 cm. Evening: 2.5 L with 1 ml/L Bio-Grow + 2 ml/L Bio-Bloom. Climate from the hourly sensor: 23.6 °C and 66 % with lights on, 21.1 °C and 72 % in the 4 h dark period. Canopy cover of its spot went from 62.5 % to 70.9 % in a day, then 68.9 % on 18 Oct. How the problems went so far: after the pH 5 watering on 5 Oct, the next one on 7 Oct was back at pH 6.9 with feed. After the stem broke on 8 Oct it got plain water and cling film, and on 10 Oct I topped it at the break. It kept growing and showed pistils on day 27, a few days later than my Guava and Frostbanger.

Stiggy 19 Oct: Raised the light to 50 cm. 35 cm tall. 20 Oct: Put on a few more LST clips and pulled some fan leaves back with wire. Dehumidifier is running now too, humidity was getting a bit high for flower. 21 Oct: Watered 2.5 L with Bio-Bloom 2 ml/L and Bio-Grow 2 ml/L. Took off the lower nodes and some big fan leaves that sat in the dark, and bent a few stems to even out the canopy. Lamp now at 60 cm, 90 %, about 660 PPFD measured. 22 Oct: bent some stems in the morning, she's recovering fast 23 Oct: Gave her 2.5 L, Bio-Bloom 3 ml/L + Bio-Grow 2 ml/L, all soaked up with no runoff. Lowered the lamp to 40 cm and measured the light at 9 spots: 846 PPFD average. All of week 5 (19–25 Oct): water 7.5 L. Bio-Bloom total: 20 ml. Bio-Grow total: 12.5 ml. 24 Oct: Lollipopped the lower stems and did a bit of LST. 25 Oct: Gave her 2.5 L, Bio-Bloom 3 ml/L + Bio-Grow 1 ml/L.

Stiggy 26 Oct: Into week 6 of flower. She pushed out a huge amount of pistils over the last days. Added an oscillating fan low in her corner to move air under the canopy. 27 Oct: Watered her today: 2.5 L with Bio-Bloom 4 ml/L + Bio-Grow 1 ml/L 28 Oct: I'm not at home this evening, so no new pic today. 29 Oct: Big defoliation and a few more LST clips. Pot was bone dry, so 2.5 L at Grow 2 / Bloom 4 ml/L plus 0.5 L plain water. 31 Oct: Lollipopped, took a few more leaves off and bent the whole canopy down flat. Then 2.5 L with Bio-Bloom 5 ml/L and Bio-Grow 1 ml/L. 1 Nov: She's stretching now, the tops are pushing back up after I bent them flat. Climate held at 25 °C and 60.5 % during the day, 22.2 °C and 63 % at night, with about 1 kPa leaf VPD. At the tops I read 800-1000 PPFD, and the tent as a whole is about 680 PPFD and 49 mol DLI (estimated). pH stays in the upper 6s (about 6.6-7.0). She recovered really well from being topped and has a lot of tops now. Next: no more bending or leaf removal, just letting them fill in. Gelato Auto (Fast Buds) · Mars Hydro FC3000-EVO + iControl, light at 95 % · BioBizz Light-Mix, Bio-Grow, Bio-Bloom · 1×1 m Also in this tent: Frostbanger, Guava and Blue Dream, each with its own diary on my profile.

Stiggy 2 Nov: Gave her 2.5 L at Bio-Bloom 5 and Bio-Grow 1 ml/L, then another litre of plain water. 2 Nov, later: Another 0.5 L of plain water, 4 L in total and no runoff at all. 4 Nov: Took most of the LST clips off and counted roughly 50 tops. Light turned down to 90 %. 4 Nov, later: Fed 2.5 L of a 5 L mix (Bio-Grow 2, Bio-Bloom 5, Top-Max 5, Power Roots 1 ml/L), then 1 L plain water, 3.5 L in total. 5 Nov: Heavy defoliation tonight. Took off most of the fan leaves so the tops are free and get light. 6 Nov: Fed 2.7 L of a 5.4 L mix (Bio-Grow 12, Bio-Bloom 25, Top-Max 25, Power Roots 5 ml, about 2.2 / 4.6 / 4.6 / 0.9 ml/L), no plain water this time.