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Custom Light Emitting Diodes/235W
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Custom Fluorescent/32W
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Custom Light Emitting Diodes/235W
Custom
Indoor
Room Type
LST
weeks 3-10
Topping
weeks 3-6
Soil
Grow medium
19 L
Pot Size
1
Week 1. Vegetation
5 years ago
6.35 cm
24 hrs
26 °C
6
No Smell
180 PPM
65 %
20 °C
25 °C
19 L
20.32 cm
Nutrients 1
TA pH- - Terra Aquatica
TA pH- 0.396 mll
Official, last retroactive Veg, Week 1. The journal is now complete! Nothing special here, just seedlings. Used the standard 10-16 hour soak followed up by roughly 16hrs in Paper Towel, tapped then sowed.
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Week 2. Vegetation
5 years ago
5.08 cm
24 hrs
24 °C
6
Weak
220 PPM
65 %
20 °C
24 °C
0 L
91.44 cm
Nutrients 1
TA pH- - Terra Aquatica
TA pH- 0.396 mll
Second week of Veg and everything is going just dandy at this point. There's trouble to come but up until this point they've done really well and shown no signs of heat/light stress. No feeding until 3 week of Veg. Notes of the week: -Feel like I over conditioned my seeding soil w/ perlite. A little too airy but is doing fine, just needs to be re-dampened more then I'd like to be doing.
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Week 3. Vegetation
5 years ago
8.89 cm
24 hrs
26 °C
6
No Smell
350 PPM
70 %
20 °C
24 °C
1 L
91.44 cm
Nutrients 1
TA pH- - Terra Aquatica
TA pH- 0.33 mll
Second week and healthy as I hoped they would be. Planning the pot up and move to the big tent in just a few days from these pictures. Was very confident at this point and happy I got through the first 2 'danger weeks' and didn't kill them off. So, thumbs up👍 Note: When first germinating, I felt I had an in-viable seed that dropped like a rock when placed into the jar. So I added another as a per caution. Next day the 'sinker' came back up and was fine. So I'm aware that I have 5 here but when will be, unfortunately, terminated. From the beginning, when I knew all five would eventually pop, I started to try and find a home for the 5th. No takers, no where. If it was an auto, no problem. But no one I knew of or even people they knew of were in the same growth cycle as her. That or they simply didn't have room. You'll notice that in week 3, one of the girls mysteriously disappear. I'm sorry to say but she was terminated in order to stay legal. It didn't feel good, and I tried to find a home, but this was just unfortunate and from lack of growing experience.
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Week 4. Vegetation
5 years ago
15.24 cm
24 hrs
25 °C
6
Weak
550 PPM
40 %
20 °C
24 °C
6 L
81.28 cm
Nutrients 1
TA pH- - Terra Aquatica
TA pH- 0.396 mll
This was a pretty bad week with lots of problems that arouse due to a few factors that I had identified and fixed, over time, but really shouldn't have happened in the first place. I feel it was a mixture of being new to growing, impatience and lack of intuition that lead me to this point but after a full week of remedies and fixing my errors the plants bounced back. During this time, however, I feel I lost at least 3 weeks of Veg from all this stress and stunting. Here is a list of mistakes I made, compounding into much larger ones: 1. Used too tall of a germination/seedling cup (Solo) and instead of filling it only 2/3's or half I filled it to the top. The cup is about 6.5 inches high and the pots I potted up too were only 7.5" in depth. No room for the roots to grow and they bound QUICKLY. No longer filling past 2/3's to leave tapping room and also room to shore up stems if need be. 2. I know plastic pots can be fine, but the 1.57G plastic pots were wider then they were tall w/ very, very poor aeration. With improper watering (non-localized) I quickly saturated the medium with no roots to take it up. Now we are root bound and drowning...plants are not looking good. 3. Under-conditioned soil. When I opened the bag of Ocean Forest I knew something was off. It was hard as a brick and didn't fluff out when I cut the bag. I've seen and used this soil before and it wasn't right...so I used it anyway!(Not smart. Needed to pitch it). Anyways, it was not conditioned properly and I didn't take the steps necessary in adding perlite or other, to loam up the soil and make it so it didn't hold on to every bloody drop of water I gave. Now we're drowning, bound and the soil is too dense to give up water or let new lateral roots to tap into...easily at least. 4. At this point I have not watered the girls for over 8 days! since they won't take up any water but have taken the nutrients from it. Now there is a clear Cal-mag and phosphorous deficiency with a Nitrogen one on the way. But I can't feed or I'll compound the problem. I felt like there was no turning back and I had essentially failed and killed these girls off, or at least it was only a matter of days or a week. Was told by other growers I know to pitch them and try again. That it was only losing a few weeks and it would be better to just give er another go. I actually did agree with them but felt sick about terminating them when nothing that happened is or was their fault. I did this and I was responsible for it. From a non grower, I was told this. (verbatim)"If you want to be a real farmer and you want to truly learn the horticulture, the remedies and the propagation of cannabis, you don't get to cut and run. A real farmer accepts his mistakes and will do everything in their power to remedy those mistakes until the bitter end. If the crop still fails the farmer cannot be faulted for not trying. A farmer can be faulted if they cut and run without an attempt and this isn't true growing. Many farmers don't have the choice to cut and run, either. For them, their crop is their livelihood and to lose it would be devastating. So, even if you're not a true cannabis farmer yet, act like your crop is your livelihood and that it must be saved and/or maintained at any cost. In future you won't hesitate to fix your mistakes and be far more willing to accept and remedy them". There was more to what he said, but this is the long and short of it. I didn't listen to my grower buddies/acquaintances and took the advice to at the very least, try and be a real farmer and fix my mistakes. Remedies and Fixes used until Positive results: 1. Drilled numerous extra holes in bottom of plastic pots with a fan pointing into the pan and rebounding back up in an attempt to pull some of the water from the soil. Damaged roots while doing, but no choice. Result: Didn't work. Still no proper aeration and the girls stayed water logged. 2. Took 2" of top soil off the pot and replaced with highly conditioned Dutch Treat potting soil in another attempt to aerate the lower half a bit better. Result: Didn't work. Improved Aeration and dissipated moisture but I'm still root bound and semi-water logged w/ deficiencies. 3. No choice but to transplant. I knew fully that no matter what I did at this point, it wasn't going to fix all the problems I had. Time to do an emergency pot up. Purchased x4, 3 gallon fabric geopots and moved them quickly. Should have done this first. Result: It worked and again, should have been my first course of action ( You live you learn). Soil dried and I was finally able to tackle my deficiency problem now. The girls got a balanced micro/grow/bloom w/ cal-mag treatment as soon possible and both visible deficiencies subsided or halted within 2 days. GG#4, plant #1 became the runt here. The cal-mag deficiency pulled most the chlorophyll from a few of it's main fan leaves and eventually I had to cut them when they started to dry up and furl. This did fix them up. After a week or so the bound roots started to make their way into the fresh 3.5 inches of soil, deficiencies dropped, color came back in full and the speedy Vegetative growth was back in full swing. #1 just stayed a little smaller with a noticeably smaller main stem. I don't care, I was very happy and felt like a good farmer for not giving up and pitching them. At the time of this retro-active Veg diary, my plants are 4 days away from the chop w/ what looks like a very healthy, abundant and potent crop. To think if I was to abandon them like I had planned, I'd never get to see them in all their glory today. DON'T GIVE UP! IT'S NOT OVER UNTIL IT'S OVER!
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Week 5. Vegetation
5 years ago
21.59 cm
24 hrs
26 °C
6.1
Weak
65 %
20 °C
25 °C
11 L
60.96 cm
Nutrients 4
TA pH- - Terra Aquatica
TA pH- 0.33 mll
TriPart Micro - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Micro 0.528 mll
TriPart Grow - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Grow 0.66 mll
Week 5 of Veg was a stressful but good one. At the beginning of the week I had serious issues that were killing the girls and at the end of the week I had to do an emergency transplant from 1.57 gallon thick plastic pots to 3 gallon fabric pots. The reasons for this are numerous and all user error. Learned some hard lessons that many small, seemingly innocuous, mistakes can turn into some seriously big, plant-life threatening problems. Also a lesson for me that no matter how much I read and how much I talk to people about growing, I'm going to make mistakes through actual, practical experience. There were also deficiency issues I was dealing with this week (Certain it was Cal-mag/zinc) specifically affecting GG#4, plant #1. This is where she became the 'runt' of the group. She was young and her largest set of fan leaves were pretty damaged. Eventually, after the deficiency was rectified, I removed the leaves as the damage was too much and there was no bringing them back. Those two fan leaves I took made a huge difference and were about 1/3rd of what she had. She never fully recovered and that's pretty clear from the flowering photos and the size of her stems/stalks. Notes of the week: -Topped two sections, for the second time. I will not be topping this much in future and plan on heavier LST to accomplish my desired # of tops -This grow should not have taken this long, but with the stunting, root binding and deficiencies I estimated 2-3 weeks of Veg time were lost in this time. Not totally ecstatic about what went on and the mistakes I made, but man did I learn a lot and man am I glad I didn't just straight up kill them with those mistakes.
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Week 6. Vegetation
5 years ago
45.72 cm
24 hrs
25 °C
5.9
Strong
750 PPM
41 %
20 °C
24 °C
19 L
60.96 cm
Nutrients 5
TriPart Micro - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Micro 1.057 mll
TriPart Grow - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Grow 1.057 mll
TriPart Bloom - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Bloom 0.66 mll
By the end of week 6 I had finally remedied a few problems with the girls that were causing some serious stunting and nutrient lockout (sub-sequentially causing a nutrient deficiency). In retrospect I feel I could have saved at least 2 weeks of Veg if it weren't for the mistakes I had made. BUT! I followed through and brought them back and couldn't be happier that they made it. These were my faults, after all, not theirs, so I'm very happy to see them thriving at this moment in the grow. Hopefully, smoother days in the future for the ladies. Note of the week: Deficiencies and stunting has been rectified and the plants are going in to full training now that they're healthy enough to move forward. I did not start my LST until these issues were fixed since anything I did would probably just cause more stress, shock and stunting. "You live you Learn" Happy Growing all.
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Week 7. Vegetation
5 years ago
55.88 cm
24 hrs
25 °C
6.1
Strong
1100 PPM
60 %
20 °C
24 °C
19 L
60.96 cm
Nutrients 4
TriPart Micro - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Micro 0.66 mll
TriPart Grow - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Grow 0.66 mll
TriPart Bloom - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Bloom 0.33 mll
Week 7 was a good week and all the girls are doing well, bouncing back from some pretty bad conditions that I had inadvertently created. The mistakes I made to create the issue will be covered in earlier weeks. Long story short, an estimated 2 weeks of veg could have been cut off my grow time if I didn't face some root binding, nute deficiencies and stunting problems. You live you learn and they bounced back, so all good! This pictures are still when the girls are in Training and just when they've started to really push, roughly .5 to 1" in height per day. Note of the week: Plants have been potted up to their final 5 gallon, fabric pot homes. No signs of shock or stunting noticed. They grew like nothing happened.
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Week 8. Vegetation
5 years ago
76.2 cm
24 hrs
25 °C
6.1
Weak
650 PPM
65 %
20 °C
24 °C
19 L
60.96 cm
Nutrients 4
TriPart Micro - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Micro 1.057 mll
TriPart Grow - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Grow 0.793 mll
TriPart Bloom - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Bloom 0.33 mll
Week 7 of Veg went pretty well. Still training in most of these photos to fill up the tent before flower. Using your basic plant tie wires, clips and bamboo sticks to accomplish the LST. I also don't defoliate much ( Just the lower 6-9" pending on height/strain type), and let the girls do the shedding themselves. In future I do plan on doing heavier defoliation and focusing just on my main colas but for now this is a comfort factor and I don't want to take what I shouldn't and I don't want cause any unnecessary stress for the time being. Note of the week: I keep my plants (4 in total) in a 2 and 2 rotation for feeding nutrients and water. If the two girls in the back get nutes, the two in the front do not until next feed. I do this just in case I effed up the feed mix or the plants have an adverse reaction to my nutrient mix. It's doubtful this will happen but is a checks and balance's sort of thing. If I screw up realllly bad, at least I haven't harmed all 4 and can adjust the feeding schedule accordingly, as to not hurt or kill the remaining ladies. I know it's a bit paranoid, but it's another comfort factor to protect myself from a complete loss if something was to happen.
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Week 9. Vegetation
5 years ago
78.74 cm
24 hrs
25 °C
6.1
Weak
1100 PPM
65 %
20 °C
24 °C
19 L
60.96 cm
Nutrients 4
TriPart Micro - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Micro 1.057 mll
TriPart Grow - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Grow 1.057 mll
TriPart Bloom - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Bloom 1.057 mll
This was a good week. I started feeding the "transitions" feeding schedule in prep for flower. My cutoff for plant height, in Veg, was going to be 34-36" to accommodate the flowering stretch and leave adequate room for a buffer b/t my light and the girls. At 31 " this week I knew I was super close to having to flip. Also, removed more tie wires, as there's just nowhere for them to go anymore... I filled the space the best I could and didn't want the plants to get hung up on each other if and when I have to rotate them. Thanks for reading. Cheers all, and happy growing.
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Week 10. Vegetation
5 years ago
86.36 cm
24 hrs
25 °C
6.2
Weak
850 PPM
62 %
20 °C
24 °C
19 L
60.96 cm
Nutrients 5
TriPart Micro - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Micro 1.057 mll
TriPart Grow - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Grow 0.396 mll
TriPart Bloom - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Bloom 1.189 mll
Due to lack of time, at the time, I did not upload or post the progress seen in Veg. Decided to Retroactively update one week, one per day (hopefully) until the Diarie is completed up to now. Don't know if any one cares about the Veg time of my grow, I just wanted a complete journal on here, hahaha. Also, I ran a 24/0 hr Veg cycle, so the majority of the pictures are that beautiful, harsh pink color that burns into your corneas. Sorry about that, and I'll make sure to include anything and everything I actually took under natural light. Cheers, and thanks for reading! Note and Observation of the week: GG#4, plant #3 is the runt of the bunch and I can see already that she won't yield as much as her sisters. This was due to some mistakes I made in early veg which resulted in some stunting which never fully recovered. The notes of my mistakes will be updated in the earlier weeks of this diary.
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Week 11. Flowering
5 years ago
93.98 cm
12 hrs
23 °C
6.1
Weak
750 PPM
55 %
19 °C
19 L
45.72 cm
Nutrients 5
TriPart Micro - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Micro 0.793 mll
TriPart Grow - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Grow 0.793 mll
DualPart Bloom - Terra Aquatica
DualPart Bloom 0.66 mll
Decided to start my Journal very late and am already at end of week 5 with this current grow, but have decided to add pertinent pictures and environmental readings from the beginning of flower to completion. Total of 3, GG#4's. Feeding of General Hydroponics Flora Grow series Week 1 , flowering schedule, "Drain to Waste" program. I'm here looking for any grow tips you may have to optimize my current and future projects and to learn as much as humanly possible from the many that have come before me. Thanks so much for reading, hope pictures are decent enough quality. I'll try to include as many natural light photos as possible for as long as possible. Cheers!
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Week 12. Flowering
5 years ago
101.6 cm
12 hrs
23 °C
6.1
Weak
900 PPM
50 %
19 °C
19 L
45.72 cm
Nutrients 4
TA pH- - Terra Aquatica
TA pH- 0.297 mll
TriPart Micro - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Micro 1.057 mll
TriPart Grow - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Grow 1.057 mll
2nd Week of Flower with Balanced tap feeding, 8 Gallons @ 6.0 and 200ppm. No negative signs of deficiencies, heat/ light stress or abnormalities.
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Week 13. Flowering
5 years ago
114.3 cm
12 hrs
23 °C
6
Normal
1000 PPM
50 %
20 °C
19 °C
19 L
45.72 cm
Nutrients 5
TriPart Bloom - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Bloom 1.189 mll
TriPart Micro - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Micro 0.793 mll
TriPart Grow - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Grow 0.264 mll
Week Three looking pretty good. Stretch appears to be complete and the girls are now starting to put on mass and pushing as many new pistils as they can muster. Nutrient Feed of General Hydroponics Flora grow series, week 3 schedule for "Drain to Waste Program". I apologize for the picture quality as most were taking with the LED light in operation. From Week 6 onward (Where I will be in a couple days from this post) I will take pictures before the girls go to sleep for the night
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Week 14. Flowering
5 years ago
116.84 cm
12 hrs
23 °C
6.1
Normal
1000 PPM
50 %
20 °C
19 °C
19 L
45.72 cm
Nutrients 4
TriPart Grow - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Grow 0.198 mll
TriPart Bloom - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Bloom 1.057 mll
TriPart Micro - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Micro 0.793 mll
Strong Growth on all 4 girls. Bud mass is starting to show it's weight and the girls are getting heavier by the day. Feeding of 8 Gallons, Tap @ 6.0 and 200ppm for 2 or 4 every second feeding. Haven't had any issues so far with this feeding schedule so I'll continue to use this schedule until or if something changes👌
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Week 15. Flowering
5 years ago
116.84 cm
12 hrs
23 °C
6.1
Normal
970 PPM
45 %
20 °C
19 °C
19 L
45.72 cm
Nutrients 4
TriPart Micro - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Micro 0.793 mll
TriPart Bloom - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Bloom 1.057 mll
TA pH- - Terra Aquatica
TA pH- 0.296 mll
About half way through flower, the plants all seem to be doing well and the Black Rhino has been propped up to create an even canopy. GG's internode spacing ranges from 1 to 1.75 inches per inter-node length. Mass is starting to show in the drooping of the colas and I will be applying a wide, non static cloth around the circumference to help hold it's form and weight. As mentioned previously, all pictures after this point will be without the LED in operation to give a much clearer view. Thanks for looking at these pink monstrosities!!
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JinksyGrows
JinksyGrowsstarted grow question 5 years ago
To support the weight of my colas in the near future, I was planning on using a non static ribbon, but if there are ANY other better methods to reduce knocking the plants around please feel free to share. Thanks!
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Techniques. Defoliation
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DankGardeneranswered grow question 5 years ago
Yes there are I use plant yoyos cheap and won't hurt the plant. There are other options to like for instance a tell is good option, bamboo stakes, tomato rings and cages. Check out my last harvest I had plant yoyos.
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Week 16. Flowering
5 years ago
116.84 cm
12 hrs
23 °C
6.1
Normal
750 PPM
43 %
20 °C
21 °C
19 L
45.72 cm
Nutrients 5
TriPart Micro - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Micro 0.528 mll
TriPart Grow - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Grow 0.132 mll
TriPart Bloom - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Bloom 0.793 mll
This week (Day 35-42) has so far shown very healthy, sturdy and exceptional bud growth. As previously mentioned in past weekly comments, all photos from here on out will be without the LED in operation for better viewing as to allow for better constructive criticism from the community.
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Week 17. Flowering
5 years ago
116.84 cm
12 hrs
23 °C
6.1
Strong
900 PPM
41 %
20 °C
20 °C
19 L
45.72 cm
Nutrients 4
TriPart Micro - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Micro 1.057 mll
TriPart Grow - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Grow 0.066 mll
TriPart Bloom - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Bloom 1.585 mll
Week 7 (Day 43-49) starting to show the full potential of their end result. Bud mass is in full force and pushing everyday. All readings have been falling into mostly optimal levels but am still working on managing my RH % during flower. Currently dropped to 41% and if I can hold that, we're in business. Applied plant yoyo's at the recommendation of user @Cbalderson60 to manage the weight of my colas as they're starting to spread and lean into one another. Installed 10 and will be applying another 10 yoyo's to the front remaining girls, when the package arrives. Thanks again to Cbalderson60 for answering my question previously and for directing me to these yoyos. If any user sees a problem that needs to be addressed, please don't hesitate to drop me a line. I'm always willing to learn new techniques and grow practices from people that have already been there/ done that. Thanks for reading and happy growing (All pictures are from Day 43 and will add more pictures at end of week 7 on day 48)
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Week 18. Flowering
5 years ago
116.84 cm
12 hrs
23 °C
6.1
Strong
650 PPM
43 %
20 °C
21 °C
19 L
45.72 cm
Nutrients 2
Flawless Finish - Advanced Nutrients
Flawless Finish 1.981 mll
TA pH- - Terra Aquatica
TA pH- 0.396 mll
Coming into week 8 (Day 50-56) and everything seems to be in order. I spoke with another user on this site and he was kind enough to give me advice on when to start my flush. I was uncertain what my Trichs were supposed to look like at that time. Could only find info on when to harvest based on trichs not when to flush, so many thanks to @weedawan for giving me a heads up. After this advice I decided to stop my nutrient feeding all together (was going to do one more before flush) and have started my 7-12 day flush schedule, hopefully landing my harvest somewhere's around Nov. 5th/6th (day 59/60 flower, tentatively). After doing some research and asking around my local hydroponics shop, I picked up some 'Flawless Finish' by Advanced Nutrients. First round of flushing consisted of 2 gallons of balanced tap & 15mL of FF, per plant. Thirty minutes afterwards and after removing/testing runoff, I applied an additional 2 gallons of balanced Tap with no FF solution. From the looks of the runoff alone, the Flawless Finish did it's job and pulled quite a bit of excess nutes from the soil (based on color of runoff and ppm testing)...much more then I would have anticipated was there. After they dry well enough I plan on applying the same process for a 2nd and final time before I plan on cutting them down. I have photos with my 60x magnifyer, but here's the thing, I can't take pictures if my life depended on it and the stillness required to take these photos is not something I possess. I'm a naturally shaky handed and somewhat anxious person, lol. Out of the 30-40 I attempted to take, only about 4-5 came out ok. I'm going to include them, but please don't judge the plant based on my crappy camera work. Notes of the week so far: -Foliage color is finally starting to change as they start to turn in on themselves. A nice, slow, even spread and I'm not concerned at all. Color changes are pretty evident on 2 of the girls from the photos. -I will continue to retroactively update my Veg period when I can👍 -I have edited this journal to be a GG#4 only grow and have taken out all of the single Black Rhino photo's and grow information. I decided to include the BR in a separate journal as her journey was unique and she's kinda been ignored in this diary the entire time, anyway. -I'm expecting about 1-2 ounces of under growth (popcorn nuggets) but that's not a problem. I already set up a plan with a friend of mine to take it all too and she is going to teach me how to press hash, make cannibutter and teach me some cannabis baking methods. In future I don't want this much popcorn product and have a plan to lollipop my girls during my next grow.
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Week 19. Flowering
5 years ago
116.84 cm
12 hrs
23 °C
6
Strong
420 PPM
40 %
20 °C
20 °C
19 L
45.72 cm
Nutrients 2
Flawless Finish - Advanced Nutrients
Flawless Finish 1.981 mll
TA pH- - Terra Aquatica
TA pH- 0.396 mll
After week eight's (day 49-56) flush with flawless finish, along with an additional flush in the last two days, all the girls have started to show positive signs of wrapping up soon here. Average PPM readings I took after the most recent flush averaged out to 420-ish PPM (My tap is 220) so I feel confident they will drop the remaining excess nutrients on their third and final flush a few days before I cut them down. *Used same process for flush as week 8* Notes of the week: -I love the colors. Haven't been here before and it's like seeing autumn😊 -Harvest will land on Nov. 6th or 7th, pending on the final PPM readings -On the same day as harvest and the beginning of drying in the main tent, I'll be starting x2 Do Si Do's and either x2 NL's or x2 blue cookies. I received the NL's for free from my seed bank and now I don't know which one to grow...blue cookie or NL. If you're reading this and have an opinion, please weigh in. Good problem to have though👍. Thanks for reading, happy growing and Cheers!
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JinksyGrows
JinksyGrowsstarted grow question 5 years ago
"Survey Says!". Wrapping this grow up and germinating my new crop the same day as these girls get cut down (gotta keep it legal😉). My question is Blue cookies, fem or NL fem. If you've grown them please weigh in!!! I'm torn on what to pick, for reals.
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Mrs_Larimaranswered grow question 5 years ago
I5s a question on how challenging you like it^^ and if you are a stativa or aindica person. Bluecookies May be more challenging/ ( blue family) but you will have a nice tasting harvest very fruity ( more sativa)..... Northern light is such agood to grow classy strain with more indica and a nice lemony smell and taste. I dont know which you choose both are great
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Week 19. Harvest
5 years ago
Happy Harvest Day!
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Genetics courtesy of i49 seed bank. The GG#4 grew quite well. It was highly resistant to fluctuating environment and was easy to grow. Didn't really have any issues with these genetics and I'm a newbie, so I wouldn't be opposed to growing it again or recommending it to another new grower. High potency strain w/ breeder notes mirroring tastes, smells and THC quantity. Product was exactly as advertised. The quantity was low, but that was due to the techniques I implemented, not the strain/genetics itself. Would like to grow again just to bring the plant to it's full potential and see where I can improve.
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Spent 134 days
Ger Veg Flo Har
84.93 g
Bud wet weight per plant
62.53 g
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Euphoric, Hungry, Relaxed
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Dry eyes, Dry mouth
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Diesel, Pungent
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👋👏👋Quick shout out to the following: @Mrs_Larimar, @Suicidal, @ROM101, @BeanswithPork, @BuddingBudda, @Visions, @Girlybudz, @ghostface00132, @Weedawan and @Cbalderson60. Whether you gave me advice, well wishes and/or support, I am more then grateful to have all of you rooting for the success of this grow and your moral support as a newbie to growing. It can be intimidating not knowing what to expect your first grow, but after finding growdiaries.com and all of you, I know I will have continued success in the future. So! Thank you again and thanks to GrowDiaries.com for providing such a great journaling site and for helping connect passionate growers in one place. Also, a personal thank you to i49 seed bank for their incredibly good customer service, great genetics, free seeds and overall great grow support. They have done nothing but impress me and I am looking forward to continue growing through them. THANKS i49!!!! The numbers: GG#4, plant #1 - 23 Grams ( .82 ounce) GG#4, plant #2 - 26 Grams ( .92 ounce) GG#4, plant #3 - 26 Grams ( .92 ounce) GG#4, plant #1, 2 and 3 popcorn nuggets- 36 grams (1.28 ounce) GG#4, plant #1, 2 and 3 shake/milled flower for concentrates- 79 grams (2.8 ounce) Total Whole Bud - 111 Grams (3.96 Ounce) Total, All together- 190 Grams (6.7 Ounce) Average of total product PER plant - 63.33 Grams ( 2.26 ounce) Hey! Pretty under-whelming numbers in terms of yield but the quality is certainly there (haven't done a THC/CBD test yet but I see I did not hit the breeders projected 27%. Feels much more like a 20/21%. Will test near future). I see all the little things/techniques I can implement in my next grow to increase these numbers. With these girls I did hardly any pruning or defoliating throughout, using only LST and topping. This resulted in many, many tops with low quantities of product on each. Estimated 14-18 tops per plant and would like to lollipop/prune/train for a max of 8-10 main tops per plant, while also taking much more undergrowth away with it in an attempt to focus the girls energy on fewer tops with larger yields rather then many tops with lower yields. (Note: I guess I got complacent and I am missing pictures of GG#4, plant 1. This includes the undergrowth basket, chop down, stem and stock....Not sure how I missed that, but she exists! Trust me!) All Shake and the majority of popcorn nuggets are going in for oil and/or canni-budder to store and/or use as needed. I have no idea what I'm doing but I have a close friend that is going to teach me the process' in making concentrates! Pretty excited to do some baking, it's been years! Remaining popcorn nuggets and whole bud will be for smoke and nothing else: So, long story short, I am very happy. The yield could certainly be higher but all I really wanted, at the end of the day, was to propagate a successful crop. I feel like I've done that and the quality and potency of the crop is there.... just not that much of it, hahaha. I am more then excited to continue growing and refining the practice of growing and have already started 3 new strains (4 plants). These strains are Northern Lights, Blue Cookies and Do Si Dos. Their diaries will begin tomorrow as their nearing 5 days old. Thanks again for everyone/anyone that reads this, has followed this grow, has given advice or just sent a kind word here and there. It's greatly appreciated and I'm happy to be apart of this community. I'm a dude that has ZERO social media accounts but this site, this community, is incredible.
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Mrs_Larimar
Mrs_Larimarcommentedweek 195 years ago
Iam atm a big fan of the " blue Family".. ive grown the BlueDream, and starting blueberry cheescake today. But NL is such a nice Strain and easieset to grow. With a nice harvest
Mrs_Larimar
Mrs_Larimarcommented5 years ago
@JinksyGrows,taggin means just take an @ in frot of someones name and write it down your diry , his / her diary.... or in the comments anywhere....then i see that youve written something for me.. or just tell t to me per pm. you can read / write pm in looking at the right bottom of your screen there is a little " paperplane" ( under the arrow) just click on it and a private section opens, you see that you have messages if the paperlane is green( ive written yesterday a pm to you)
JinksyGrows
JinksyGrowscommented5 years ago
@Mrs_Larimar, No problem at all! And absolutely I'll tag you in my NL and Do Si Do grow...just as soon as I figure out how to do that, lol! Still haven't learned all this site has to offer, but I'll find out how to tag you and it would be a definite pleasure to include you on my future progress/grows. Thank you again for your support. It does mean the world to a lot of us newbies and we certainly need peoples like you to guide us! You're awesome!✊👍 P.S. Figured out how to tag. You'll see yourself on the NL grow in roughly a week from today👌
Mrs_Larimar
Mrs_Larimarcommented5 years ago
@JinksyGrows, hahah thats nice. NL is always a good choice.... thaknkfor choosing my answer. Happy growing and pls tag me in yourr NL grow
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Mrs_Larimar
Mrs_Larimarcommentedweek 195 years ago
veeery well done!!! nice pics of yor Harvest
Mrs_Larimar
Mrs_Larimarcommentedweek 195 years ago
Very well done with the GG#4 Happy harvest. After reading your Diary iam very impressed. This grow had ( even in the Beginning) a lot of Lessons for you. You mastered them very well
Mrs_Larimar
Mrs_Larimarcommentedweek 195 years ago
Congratulations to your Beautiful Diary and for your Silvercup!!!! thats a great Thing. happy celebrating your win
Master_weeda
Master_weedacommentedweek 195 years ago
Congratulations to you my friend For your price! 👍🏆 Beautiful harvest in 20 weeks more! 😍 I'm happy to follow you I immediately felt that you hold the strength 💪 welcome to the masters jedis 😉
Master_weeda
Master_weedacommentedweek 165 years ago
May the force be with you 💪 nice garden
JinksyGrows
JinksyGrowscommented5 years ago
@Master_weeda, That means a lot, man. Thank you. I'll keep it up and keep learning👍👍
Master_weeda
Master_weedacommented5 years ago
@JinksyGrows,the advice I can give you is to continue like this! You are a very good farmer kudos to you 🙏 Good luck and may the force be with you 💪
JinksyGrows
JinksyGrowscommented5 years ago
@Master_weeda, Thanks man! I checked out your grows, very nice! If you have any advice or see anything wrong with my grow please don't hesitate to through me some grow knowledge!
I_and_I
I_and_Icommentedweek 195 years ago
Awesome grow friend, gg4 is a quality smoke 😎👍 a stray seed got jnto my first grow of bag seed, eternally glad that it did haha Very informative at every step, you say your a newbie but I would not have known until I read you say it haha 😎👍💪 respect
I_and_I
I_and_Icommented5 years ago
@JinksyGrows, that's it man, when you recognise there's always something new to learn, ways to improve to make yourself a better version of whatever the endeavour is, rather than sit on one way thinking its as good as it gets 😎 Then you will always have room to improve Its a good thing to have to use your time on, a grow, you need mental and physical stimulation or you have to long to dwell on the negative I actually tried to grow another bag seed gg4 at the start of this grow but there was something badly wrong from the get go, and I let it go, I had more than enough for my space anyway, and also the gorilla zkittlez but that's basically the only plant I've lost, and it wasn't through mistake, soil seems fairly forgiving which is useful I think it's always worth having a gorilla in the tent in some form or another Peace mon
JinksyGrows
JinksyGrowscommented5 years ago
@I_and_I, Haha, thank you kindly. I am certainly a newbie but put quite a bit into further learning. Unemployment allows for these things, Lol! Things have been going pretty well and I'm hoping grow #3 will be even more fruitful😊. Little scared though. I haven't had a big eff up yet or lost a plant and I'm paranoid now. hahaha. Give me two weeks and it'll pass😉. And GG!?! Ummm, I want to try a lot of strains, but after this first grow w/ GG, I keep feeling like I want to do a full 4 plant run of them. I loved it man. It does a lot for me and it was really depressing when I ran out. Can't find it anywhere either! So, going to grow it again and stock pile a large amount👍(Grow #4...maybe). And lucky you finding a stray GG. Gift from the cannabis God's.😀
CrankledLarkus
CrankledLarkuscommentedweek 195 years ago
Looks like a very fine product! I've never grown it myself, but have had GG4 before and your description was bang on for what my experience was with it. Great job!
JinksyGrows
JinksyGrowscommented5 years ago
@CrankledLarkus, Thanks so much for your kind words! It was a great experience and it's great smoke. Already on to the next project! Happy growing my friend. Cheers and fun out there.
BeanswithPork
BeanswithPorkcommentedweek 85 years ago
Nice job with the simplicity of the clips. I will look to use the same with various tying. Thanks for the insight there, Jinks101.
JinksyGrows
JinksyGrowscommented5 years ago
@@BeanswithPork, Hey Beans, thanks for checking out the diary and for dropping a message👊 Yah! Those clips are a god send. Also work really well for wire/cable management and hanging lite weight devices and probes👍. Cheers man and happy grows.
ghostface00132
ghostface00132commentedweek 195 years ago
Looking great brother, keep up the good work. give them another week they will ripen off perfectly. Your doing a fab job and thanks for following me.
Master_weeda
Master_weedacommentedweek 165 years ago
Second like for weedawan Good luck for your grow 😉🌱
Buddha2
Buddha2commentedweek 195 years ago
Great result. Congratulations!
JP148
JP148commented5 years ago
@JinksyGrows, I too have had alcohol issues. Been sober coming up on Four yrs. Thats the same amount of time I’ve done in jail because of drinking throughout my life. Weed has helped immensely with my chronic pain, anxiety, sleep, appetite and cravings. Never lost friends, wife, jobs, driver’s license, freedom and respect due to weed. Wish I could say the same about booze. Better late then never but wish my Father, Mother and brother lived to see me get sober but wasn’t to be. Congrats to you. Never an easy task. My private chat is always here to talk if or when things get trying.
JinksyGrows
JinksyGrowscommented5 years ago
@Buddha2, I'm sincerely sorry you have/had to wait so long. That being said, you're right, better late then never! You do you and enjoy your medicine and all the plant babies. Governments be damned. And yes! Everything's out there and available, especially information. Makes the learning curve a lot less sharp😄.
Buddha2
Buddha2commented5 years ago
@JinksyGrows, yes, it is indeed frustrating. The demonization of cannabis is one of the biggest tragedies of mankind. And while there is some progress meanwhile, it is hard to stay patient. Sooner or later I will be running out of (life-)time. I'm waiting for legalization since almost 40 years now. And I'm a bit angry about myself that I started growing only lately. But better late than never. At least now there is no more stress with organizing the supply 😇
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raptor65
raptor65commentedweek 185 years ago
They are looking wicked mate 😎, good luck with your yield 👍, gonna be great smoke 😉👊
raptor65
raptor65commented5 years ago
@JinksyGrows, LOL, I know where your coming from , Have fun,😉
JinksyGrows
JinksyGrowscommented5 years ago
@raptor65, I live in Alberta and I hear you loud and clear. -40 outside isn't good for anyone or anything, even growing indoors. I'm growing through the winter but itll cost me power for sure. lol. Hoping there's not going to be too much of am issue. I'm an electrician as well and calculated all my loads including a couple mini ceramic heaters. Looks like I'm pushing the breaker, but it should all be fine....I hope. Wouldn't look good if an electrician burnt down his own house, hahaha.
raptor65
raptor65commented5 years ago
@JinksyGrows, I'll be starting my next grow in March ,winter in canada is a bad time to start my project, I would need too much power for heating and that would be too expensive for me , I did just order my seeds with seedsman for my next grow ( got a good deal),really looking forward till the time to start ,not wishing my time away LOL, But thanks for asking about my next grow , I'll keep my eye on ya mate , good luck
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Visions
Visionscommentedweek 185 years ago
Looking fucking tasty dude 👌💨👽
JinksyGrows
JinksyGrowscommented5 years ago
@Visions, Haha, then yep, we're literally on the same schedule then. Looking at Nov. 6th/7th for the chop.
Visions
Visionscommented5 years ago
@JinksyGrows, yes sir only a week or so to go 😎
JinksyGrows
JinksyGrowscommented5 years ago
@Visions, thank ya very much. Same with your gsc. Looking dandy man. Also looks like we'll have roughly the same harvest time👍👍
JP148
JP148commentedweek 195 years ago
Nice grow congrats 🌱👏👏🍒
JP148
JP148commented5 years ago
@JinksyGrows, Thanks yeah this one came out better then first GG. Even removed that dairy. I’m in a NE US. state and GG grown outside holds up and produces much better outside then any indoor grow I seen. THC ranges for “ This is nice “ to “ wholly fuck I’m stoned “ Lol Also GG is not a crazy smelly strain making it great for unnoticed gorilla grows.
JinksyGrows
JinksyGrowscommented5 years ago
@@JP148, Thanks brother. It was a pretty decent first go at it and as discussed, GG is solid👌
DankGardener
DankGardenercommentedweek 165 years ago
Yes there are I use plant yoyos cheap and won't hurt the plant. There are other options to like for instance a tell is good option, bamboo stakes, tomato rings and cages. Check out my last harvest I had plant yoyos.
JinksyGrows
JinksyGrowscommented5 years ago
@DankGardener, Just checked it out, looks like the yoyos are the way to go and the easiest to apply. Thanks again for the heads up and advice. Just ordered a 5 pack from Amazon. Cheers
JinksyGrows
JinksyGrowscommented5 years ago
@DankGardener, Hey! Thanks so much. Never heard of plant yoyo's before and will look into them right away. I currently have 5' bamboo stakes and was going to use those, but was afraid they'd be too cumbersome to apply. That being said, I'll check out your grows and see how others implement that bamboo stakes for optimal support. Thanks again! I really appreciate it.
BeanswithPork
BeanswithPorkcommentedweek 195 years ago
Great detail to top it all off Jinks101, good harvest entry especially. Well done overall.
JinksyGrows
JinksyGrowscommented5 years ago
@@BeanswithPork, Thanks a bunch Beans. I appreciates it and I'm happy you're kicking around! 😉👍 Cheers man. Happy Trails.
McCanna_420
McCanna_420commentedweek 195 years ago
Congratulations on your Newbie win!! Very well done!! 💚🌱👊
JinksyGrows
JinksyGrowscommented5 years ago
@@McCanna_420, Thank you kindly😊. I look forward to doing this for a lifetime, now. Lol.
Girlybudz
Girlybudzcommentedweek 195 years ago
They look amazing!! I am excited for the future of my plants after seeing yours. Looking forward to your future grow as well. My vote is one each NL, and Blue cookies.
JinksyGrows
JinksyGrowscommented5 years ago
@Girlybudz, Thanks so, so much. I'm so excited! And I'm sure your ladies will grow beautifully! No doubt. And thank you. Your my first vote on BC or NL. And your advice is probably what I'll do. Cant hurt to have 3 strains instead of two👍😄.
BuddingBudda
BuddingBuddacommentedweek 185 years ago
Looking good, going to get a really nice yield from all that, and cant go wrong with GG #4 🔥🔥👌
JinksyGrows
JinksyGrowscommented5 years ago
@BuddingBudda, Thanks so much🙂! I'm quite excited for my first harvest. And you're absolutely right, I love GG4 and I felt it was a great strain to start with. Always works for me👍👍. Thanks again, man. This is why I love this site. We all cheer one another on and wish success on others🙂👍. It's great sharing a community with good/helpful peoples like yourself.
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