First grow

Planted seeds directly in the growing medium and all 4 popped within 4-6 days. Timers are dialed in. Growing in an insulated garage in a cool climate. Have a space heater running outside the tent when the lights are off and seem to have temperatures stable between 20-24c. This is my first time growing anything from seed so thanks to Fastbuds for making it easy.

The first three seeds that popped are growing strong. Started on general hydroponics organic line this week, following schedule on the box. Fourth seed popped 72 hrs later and seems a bit slower. Mostly just using a spray bottle on that one.

Plants seem to be growing well. The last one that popped, Lil Tardy, is well behind in terms of size. Probably just a runt but I'll let it run its course. Once Lil Plant grows its next node I'm going to experiment by topping it, leaving the others as controls. It seems to be the healthiest plant so I'm hoping it can handle the stress. The next week i plan to start low stress training on all but the runt. I'm using full nutrients now and the plants appear to be responding well. Watering. 25 gallon every 3 days or so.

Really happy with this grow so far. Tried to add some more commentary to my pics. Please if anyone has any feedback on anything I'm doing wrong I'm all ears.

Both of the plants i topped have responded very well. Thinking about some light defoliation of the lower plant for the bushier ones? I've been watering with a shower type watering can. Some pics may show water on the foliage. Going to take that top off to try and avoid this in future. Since the plants are responding well I pumped up the grow nutrients from 10ml/g to 15ml last night. Hopefully that won't prove a mistake. Thanks again for any feedback! Note: flowering started ~day 33

Noticed a little yellowing in tips of some new growth so I probably pushed the grow nutrients a little too high, but I've moved on to bloom nutrients so hopefully no long term harm.

Well things had clearly been going too easy. One of my plants, DaBaby, is showing some damage on a couple of buds from what i suspect to be light burn. I moved the lights up a few inches and things seem to have settled. The two topped plants are growing strong still. Hoping the buds fatten up soon. Lil Tardy is still trucking along but is flowering much slower than the other ladies. Anyone with insight either into Lil Tardy or the damage to DaBaby please chime in for a newbie.

This week has been a struggle. Tried doing a couple of straight waters for the plants that were struggling last week. Think I've figured out my problem but time will tell. I've been using general organics nutrients mostly according to the feed schedule on the box. But I've been adjusting ph up to 6, and even did one feed at 6.5. I did a slurry from my soil and ph is over 7. On review, looks like general organics recommends no ph adjustment. I've also been told calmag in the GO box is possibly a bit light so maybe a magnesium deficiency? I'm going to feed from here out with no ph adjustment and bump up the calmag dosage. Might add in a touch of grow nutrient too. Wish me luck.

Struggling with 2 plants this close to the finish line is frustrating but I think I've learned a couple of things in the process. Hopefully the yield won't suffer too much.

DaBaby has really come around since I flushed her. Looking pretty healthy now. Lil Plant also looks better since being flushed and some of the foliage is actually regaining its colour. I think still a ways to go before harvest so the buds can fatten up. Gemini shows a little stress from the flush i think but otherwise is healthy. Lil Tardy still trucking. Didn't flush her but did give one water with ph adjusted water with cal mag. I think the health issues with the plants were a combination of nutrient burn and lockout. I have a tds meter and more accurate ph meter now and the run off was high in both from the flush. I think this will really help going forward. I've also ordered some ph and moisture meters for each pot in time for my next grow too.

Growing these girl scout cookies was a fun first attempt. They gave me enough trouble to learn a few things but also gave me a decent yield at 5oz. With some tweaking i hope to squeeze 8oz out of my next grow. Thanks to everyone who offered support and advice along the way.