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Sour Diesel (Part 1 of 2)

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Squidwich Squidwich
5 years ago
Background: This is a small grow in a 20" x 36"x 63" tent. Growing 2 sour diesel from seed in coco/perlite medium using General Hydroponic nutrients and primarily following feeding schedule as listed here http://gh.growgh.com/docs/Feedcharts/GH_FloraSeries-DTW_03216am.pdf . I'll be substituting "h3ad formula," i.e. 6 ml GH FloraMicro : 9 ml GH FloraBloom per gallon, for the first 3 rows in the pdf and also be skipping Diamond Nectar, FloraBlend, and FloraNectar. See pic above for nutrient list. Note: Second time attempting to grow this strain. Bud rot destroyed majority of previous grow so this is a redemption grow, hopefully. Lesson learned from previous failure - two circulation fans do not counter high humidity especially for the big buds over 3" wide. On chop day, after vegging for 3 months and flowering for 100 days, the insides of the buds closest to the stems were full of white cotton candy. Couldn't spot it from the outside at all. So lesson learned, and this time end of flower will coincide with low-humidity winter as opposed to the summer. Week 1 - Nutrient regimen: 6 ml GH FloraMicro + 9 ml GH FloraBloom per gallon. Used at 1/3 strength diluted with dechlorinated water. Solution ph'd to 5.8. 9/5/2019 (V1) - Sprouted yesterday and moved under 273 watts of vero 29 LED today, dimmed to lowest setting. Used rapid rooters for germination but would have preferred peat pellets since they stay can stay upright without support. 9/10/2019 (V6) - Fungus gnat larvae infestation! Transplanted to solo cups on 9/6 (V2) using ready mix bag of coco and perlite. Using 1/3 strength "h3ad formula" for first week and fed every other day. Growth appears stunted compared to previous grows and stems needed additional support to stay upright with circulation fan on. Feeding until runoff showed major infestation (see video #1). Can only guess coco mix bag was contaminated, since no adult gnats are visible in tent and yellow sticky card is empty. This has got to be my record for early fuckups! Attempting to treat with neem extract mix (dosed used 5 ml neem oil extract : 500 ml water) and a layer of diatomaceous earth on top (see V6 pic). Hopefully this treatment is better than not doing anything and letting those squirmy baby bastards take over. For a plant this young and without adequate root support this is a gamble. Also bumped up light a bit to 13000 lux as read on Light Meter v3.1 app by Trajkovski Labs using Samsung S6.
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geegee
geegeecommentedweek 145 years ago
how much did it grow more in flower ,double?
Squidwich
Squidwichcommented5 years ago
@geegee, yeah, a little more than double. they were beasts!
Copperfrog
Copperfrogcommentedweek 125 years ago
I'm liking those buds, your plant is doing great. I see you have two nets, do you recommend this for ScrOG?
Squidwich
Squidwichcommented5 years ago
@Copperfrog, First time doing two, and it may be overkill, but these buds get top heavy and can droop or even collapse under its own weight. Last grow using same seeds, at F50 the first bud keeled over and more after that until harvest. Don't want to rely on yoyo hangers this time.
WeedSt
WeedStcommentedweek 45 years ago
Nice job with the paracord I'm sure that was quite tedious.
Squidwich
Squidwichcommented5 years ago
@WeedSt, Sure was. Building a second tier netting now but doing it in sections over a few days since it's such a pain. It's above light atm. Thanks!
Squidwich
Squidwichcommentedweek 145 years ago
Sorry for the update delay. Seem to be unable to add another week to grow diary. Stuck on week 6 of flower after 8 weeks of veg. There a limit on number of weeks for grow diary on this site? It'll let me add harvest information so if can't find solution to add 5-6 more weeks of flower updates, won't update diary until harvest.