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Welcome to my first grow!
SET UP --------------------------------
Grow tent 2 x 3 x 6 hidden on a closet
LED Panel VIPARSPECTRA 450w (200w real)
Air filtration VivoSun 4 in
Air circulation: 120mm computer fan
GROWING ----------------------------
Medium (red solo cups): 75% Pro Mix Organic Seedling Starter Mix + 25% Perlite
Medium: 80% Pro Mix Organic Vegetable & Herbs Moisture + 20% Perlite
Smart Pots VivoSun
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Week events
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DAY 13 -----------------------------------------------------
★ AK-47 Transplant to 1 Gal container
★ AK-47 & GG Feeding #1:
(All measures tsp/gallon)
CalMag - 1/2
Flora G - 1/8
Flora M - 1/8
Flora B - 1/8
Ph final: 6.2
Volume given:
AK-47 (on a 1 Gal container) : 1.6 l
GG (on a solo cup): 0.2 l
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Week events
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- GG #4 Presented some burning on old leaves on Day 30. Still not sure what caused it, but it might have been the nutrient solution spilled (a lot) on those leaves and the exposure to light right after it. Planted recovery well after it, no stunt in growth and healthy new leaves. To be safe, I only watered her (ph 6.5) instead of giving the schedule 5th feeding.
- Four rounds of LST on AK-47 and 3 on GG #4: They're growing fast and I'm carefully designing their growth to take the most of small tent (2x3 ft) and the limited timeframe I have. I'm following the LST 4-way technique.
-Trimmed AK-47: now it consists of the 2 main stems and the 2 secondary ones.
-Trimmed GG #4: due to its small size, I decided not to cut the other 2 stems from the node below the secondary. Not it consists of the 2 main stems, 2 secondary, and 2 tertiary, forming a symmetrical distribution
- Northern Lights is coming strong and healthy even with the early flip to flower. It responded super well to all feedings, and it was transplanted to the final 3 gal pot in the last day of the 5th week
Gorilla Glue #4
It was growing perfectly, but presented some steins on the oldest leaves one day after repotting (1 gal to 3 gal) and feeding (1 tsp cal mag, 3/4 FloraM, 3/4 flora Gro,,3/4 FloraB).
Pictures on album
She is 30 days old and just went to 12h light
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Week events
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- GG #4 - I accidently broke one of the two main stems :(
- All plants received one round of feeding conform image attached. (GG: 5th ; AK-47 6th ; NL 5th)
- Lights went down to 21'' to the canopy on Day 38
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Week events
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- GG #4 - AGAIN, I accidently broke one of the two main stems. She stopped growing for about 2 days after that. Again, suffering on my hands lol :(
- All plants received one round of feeding conform image attached. (GG: 6th ; AK-47 7th ; NL 6th) on Day 43
- All plants received only water Ph=6.5 on Day 47
- Plants are growing well and now the distance to the LED is only 18''
Three feedings this week! Decided to increase the amount of FloraBloom (+2ml) since I don't have the 0-10-10 KoolBloom they recommend using 2ml per gallon. Check last pic to see all the nutrients amounts.
Also, introduced the Floralicious Plus to the feeding regime. I've read excellent reviews and decided to give it a shot.
They've gained some weight in the last week! Probably due to the increase of FloraBloom and the addition of Floralicious Plus.
Gave just some 6.5 water on day 66.
I've noticed some initial signal of Nitrogen excess, especially in the Gorilla Glue. Tomorrow (day 69), I'll do a flush with ~ 2 gallon of water to remove the Nitrogen and possibly some residual Cal Mag that I don't need anymore, and then I'll feed with 3.6 l with the normal schedule I was following
-- Update
- Flushed them for the first time with water Ph 5.8 (thanks for all comments in my last post). I used about 2 gallons of water per plant
- Right after the flushing I feeded them following the Flora Series drain to waste chart
Is there anything I could do to make the buds fatter? Should I prune more leaves? Also, based on the last pics posted, do you think they might have a nitrogen excess?
Thanks!!
Hello blasterw32, your girls are looking great.
I understand your problem and it does look like they are getting a little bit too much nitrogen.
Nitrogen is more needed in veg, and in flower its more about buds so we need more P-K.
I would recommend to lower your ph, its very high and at this stage its uptaking more N nitrogen instead of more P phosfor and K Potassium.
Try to keep your ph around 5,6 and 5,8 especially at the end of flower. (weeks 7, 8 and 9 of flower)
I also recommend to give her less hours of lighting, if possible shorten the amount of lighting daily by 5 or 10 minutes untill the last 2 days before cutting them down.
Put them in 48 hours of darkness before cutting, so she stresses and makes extra resin.
Hope this was an helpfull answer my friend if so give a like please.
Keep on growing. Peace 👍
The last two weeks! I know I should wait one or two more weeks for harvesting, but unfortunately I will travel in 3 weeks and I have no option other than finishing everything up before I go.
This week events:
-Feeding on Day 73 , following the Flora Series Drain to Waste Chart (Ph 5.8)
-Started to lower the temperature to ~17 C during the night
I had troubles (broken 2 main steams, overfed) with this lady throughout the growing and had to harvest it ~10 days before of time, but still managed to get some really looking buds at the end. It's a small plant, which I appreciate due my physical space constraints. I can't wait to grow it again under proper conditions
The plant started 1 week later than its sisters, and thus got a wrong the light cycle schedule, and was harvested prematurely (~10 days). Even though it produced nice smelly buds.
blasterw32
