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Spontaneously was in the mood for my first grow ever, to see, what autoflowers and a windowsill can be. Began to germinate 4 Strains with damp papertowels but this diary is just for one of them. Maybe I add 3 of them too, later.
After germinating I put them into a jiffy because of beeing afraid, the plagron growmix will burn the babies. A day later with the jiffy into small 1l airpots. Lost one girl of the other 3 Strains and did another try on her. Anyway.
This sweet girl wasn't stretching too much but her sisters did, so i decided to get some decent light (100W full spectrum led bulb) wich was a good decision, because summer had a break these days and there was barely enough light.
End of the week i decided to give them rootjuice and ph'd water (this time with oxalic acid because of high calc water)
which was definately too soon and had some overwatering issue next week because of what? Yes, bad weather.
Unfortunately got no pictures this week because of having a lot of trouble with the pack.
Due to overwatering and ph-issues there was not much growth here. But the liked the new extra light.
New leaves were really bright and yellowish, the first ones were fading in colour too. The soil was smelling acidic like white wine vinegar... the choice of ph-ing with oxalic acid wasn't a good one, so i'll be using Canna ph- instead.
And because of having trouble with the roots and soil i plan to transplant them sooner than i usually wanted to.
End of the week, this girls leaves didn't stop yellowing so i gave her an extra portion of sulfur using epson salt and grounded corals for calcium.
This week began with transplanting them careful into bigger 7l Airpots. No roots were harmed, seeing the first ones reaching the side of the 1l Airpot. Looking at this compact girl I decided to do some topping on her, discourage her and not to grow too high whilst my windowsill isn't the biggest one and having her more leaves that can be reached by the LED above.
To compensate the transplant shock and the topping giving her some mycorrhizae soluble and green buzz fast plant spray. She got back on track really nicely and recovered from the soil issues last week. I barely water her this week.
I threw in some bondage.
Decisions last week were right. The weather is getting better now, the other two girls are growing too btw.
Fed her 2 Times this week and she seems to enjoy organic vegan food. On Day 26 I fim'd one of the main branches encouraging her a last time to get even more complex. Awkward how dense and tiny she is, but beeing and reacting just the right way.
She really had a run this week soaking up the morning sun. Yay.
As awaited, preflowering began this week. Although she stretched alot, I defoliated to get some light into the lower branches. The leaves are still very small, kinda like a bonsai at this time.
Weather was colder this week, but she did well. Found some Thrips after had her on the opened window. Few leaves were damaged but I managed to get rid of them by sorting out some leaves.
She started to smell strong, but I sleep very well. ;)
Trichomes start to appear an I hope she fattens up the popcorn buds on the side.
Trying to rise phosphorus to stimulate her. Maybe she is thirsty but I haven't recognized yet.
Getting thirstier every day. Weather should be better next weeks so there's much more to come. I'm feeding her more phosporus, but no signs of burning so far. Thrichomes and sugar leaves are looking good.
This week whas a little bit too hot, so she drank alot but had a bit stress. Unfortunately the thrips came back so i defoliated a bit in the lower part.
You can see the flowers bulking with every day. Smell sometimes is bit heavy.
Another week of bulking up. I defoliated some more, nearly lollipopped, so light can reach the smaller buds. The thrips aren't gone but they are feasting in the lower parts. Smell sometimes is overwhelming, but it is not that sweet. Kinda cheesy.
The 30Watts grow lamp really helped these days, to get her buds swollen. All top buds are dense and trichomes are good so far, but not overwhelming. At the top I found some amber ones, but most of them are cloudy; in the lower parts they are clear. The lower leaves maybe start to yellow at the end of next week so I can flush her good for two weeks. Wish me luck to get a decent harvest from this windowsill girl. :)
Wondering when to flush this girl and cut the nutes. Thrichomes looking good, first ones turn amber but the girl doesn't look tired and beeing at the end of her cycle. Should I wait till next week before flushing her for two weeks?
Honestly, I would skip the flush. I've never flushed a grow I've done and my bud quality came out the same as my buddy that used to flush. Now he no longer flushes and has noticed slightly better yields. jst think about what happens when you flush. The plant starts cannibalizing nutrients from its leaves and depositing them in the buds. So even if you don't feed the plant it is still putting nutrients into the buds to make them grow. There was a study done last year that even proved this. Unfortunately, I don't have the link anymore, but their end results were less than 5% average difference in total nute content between flushed and unflushed buds. That's nearly nothing, and comes out to less than 1% of each individual nute. If your biggest concern is a high-quality smooth smoke then make sure you dry and cure them properly. Chlorophyl is the reason for harsh smoke, not nutes. The dry and cure is the biggest part to breaking down chlorophyll and achieving a smooth smoke. Dry slowly so it takes 7-10 days for the buds to dry. When you jar them throw in a humidity monitor to keep tabs. You want the humidity in the jars to be between 62% and 58%. If they are over 62% but under 70% burp the jars for an hour or 2 every day until it hits 62%. Once at 62% just burp for a min or 2 every day to introduce fresh air to aid in the cure. If the buds get too dry they stop curing and the chlorophyl will no longer break down.
Very happy this week, she is a very healthy girl. Absolutely no effort or signs of complaining. Temperatures going up, so she was a bit thirstier. Did some minor defoliation to get her flowers exposed to the light from above.
Two other strains I grew, without artificial light ended up small with airy buds, got harvested. They showed mostly clear trichomes and won't couchlock me. When cured, it should be under 10 grams, wich is not worth the costs I had for seeds, nutes and equipment.
Very happy with the decision, buying a 30 Watt bulb for growing the best genetics of the 3 strains i preferred. This girl responded to soft LST and topping in a good manner! Decided not to flush but to increase some trichomes I was splitting her stalk at the end of the week. Wonder what she'll do about that, haha.
Next Year i'll be growing two girls on my sills under extra light. On one I'm doing all that stuff I did to her and another one totally unstressed to have a comparsion if it's worth all that torture.
All went well with mykorrhizae and added sulfur/calcium. Hard to guess the right amount of fertiliser to get her to her full potencial. She never showed signs of starving or overfeeding so i guess its a good thing. I harvested a little earlier because I don't want the bud to couchlock.
I must say I'm a little bit upset about the flavor. After a month of curing the smoke isn't pungent but that mouldy, earthy finish isn't what I would call sweet tooth. The flowery, danky jasmine note while growing is almost gone and left some unspecific taste with more than a hint of earth, hash and some mouldy taste, which does not come from any budrot or mouldy bud. Would grow the strain again because she was a breeze but I will give her extra 2 weeks and a flush. Next in line on my sill are a bunch of Mephistos and Owls. Guess I'm hooked on this thing now, haha...
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