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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
This was my favorite strain out of the three! I'm really really proud of this beauty, especially being my first grow ever. The smell is incredible, very fruity and sweet. Buds were covered with very sticky trichomes . Bud quality is similar to the very top products sold legally here in Canada, which costs 13~15 cad/ g. Based on my own experience with legal products, I'd say my AK-47 is around 20~23 % thc
I didn't feel that much indica power in this strain. I'd say it's 50/50 sativa/indica. Unfortunately I had to harvest it prematurely (~10 days), so I didn't get that much trichomes., but they were SUPER sticky!
Smell is very unique. I don't remember any other strain smelling or tasting like this. It's very chemical with hints of chocolate/coffee in the back. The chemical taste is def not bad and also it's not like the diesel strains. The more I cured it, more chocolate/coffee I got, but the characteristic chemical smell was predominant.
I can't wait to grow it again!
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
I found a very average strain. Nothing that differentiates it from the rest. Although a indica strain, it doesn't make me sleepy or super melted. Based on my experience with legal products, I'd say my Northern light got around 15~17 % thc
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.
White Widow likes longer flowering Times, to me she looks like 4 more Weeks.Same to the AK. For vegetation your lights have done agood Job, but for flowr you need more Power
Hello my friend
Your plant is splendid for your next crop I advise you however in addition to the LST to combine the pinch of Apex it will allow you to fortify your secondary buds and to have a more homogeneous canopy thus a better luminous penetration and consequently a much better ! Put by that bravo to you 🙏 that the force is with you 💪
You are having root problems. I would flush with pH water. Get rid of any excess salts. Or any dry pockets. Give them 3 days then start feeding them again. Just go easy at first till she recovered. Also backing grow light up a little will help with recovery
I'm a bit worried with the Ph. Run off is always around 5.5, even giving water with ph 7.5. Apparently the medium I'm using (pro-mix vegetables and fruit) has limestone and was designed to always keep a constant ph. Can this be the root of the problem? What should I do when watering? Keep the Ph 6.0 or try to shoot it up to 8.0 to try to get a run off higher than 5.5?
blasterw32
