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Sunblaster LED Strip Light HO Light Emitting Diodes/24W
Sunblaster LED Strip Light HO
HST
weeks 11-12
Main-Lining
weeks 5-6
LST
weeks 5-8, 10
Defoliation
weeks 5-9
19 L
Pot Size
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Week 1. Vegetation
5 years ago
18 hrs
22 °C
5.6
No Smell
280 PPM
21 %
10 °C
Nutrients 3
CANNA Coco A - Canna
CANNA Coco A 0.5 mll
CANNA Coco B - Canna
CANNA Coco B 0.5 mll
CANNA RHIZOTONIC - Canna
CANNA RHIZOTONIC 7.6 mll
germination!
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Week 2. Vegetation
5 years ago
5 cm
18 hrs
5.6
No Smell
580 PPM
38 %
0 L
0 L
15 cm
Nutrients 6
CALiMAGic  - Terra Aquatica
CALiMAGic 2 mll
Armor Si - Terra Aquatica
Armor Si 0.25 mll
CANNA Coco A - Canna
CANNA Coco A 1.75 mll
Think I was a little light on the nutrients for the last week. Didn't see much growth. Started light feeding schedule week 2-4 from the Canna guide this week using approx 1/2 dose. - one of my PEX's looks to have some burn on the very tips of the leaves, so maybe too much Potassium? I have to add in the Diamond Nectar that just showed up to the nutes so I may redo this week and try to raise the PH a bit. Was aiming at 5.6 so I will try 5.8.
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Week 3. Vegetation
5 years ago
7 cm
18 hrs
22 °C
5.8
Weak
580 PPM
38 %
20 °C
0 L
0 L
15 cm
Nutrients 7
CALiMAGic  - Terra Aquatica
CALiMAGic 2 mll
Armor Si - Terra Aquatica
Armor Si 0.25 mll
Fulvic - Terra Aquatica
Fulvic 1 mll
was actually out of town this week and had a friend feeding them while I was away. Got a few pictures to share but thats about it. Not much to report since I was away but next week will have a much better update as I'm planning on doing the first transplant.
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Week 4. Vegetation
5 years ago
12 cm
18 hrs
23 °C
6.1
Weak
500 PPM
38 %
19 °C
4 L
0 L
26 cm
Nutrients 7
CALiMAGic  - Terra Aquatica
CALiMAGic 2 mll
Armor Si - Terra Aquatica
Armor Si 0.5 mll
Fulvic - Terra Aquatica
Fulvic 4 mll
Today i transplanted the girls into their new containers. moved up to a 1 GAL before the final move to the 5 GAL. I definitely waited too long cause roots had already started to grow out of the drainage holes in the solo cups! Prior to transplanting, I soaked my coco in my nutrient mix using the levels above prior to the transplant. once drainage stopped I dug out a hole big enough for the solo cup to fit into. I then cut the solo cup open with an exacto knife which may not have been the best idea since it was root bound. Really hoping I didn't do any damage there. moved them all into the new homes and then got the fans and exhaust going with the lights on an 18/6 schedule. I ended up building some wooden stands for the plants which I set on a bit of an angle. tacked the plastic trays to the stand and poked a hole into the lowest point for drainage. I was going to add a filter and PVC tubing but these saucers are pretty flimsy so I opted to wait. Going to see if I can find some sturdier options to replace the plastic trays with. Still works as is though, the trays drain into solo cups although I do get some debris with the run off. The filters should fix that. Unless there is a major growth spurt between now and the weekend, probably not going to do much else but water and then next week look into some training.
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Week 5. Vegetation
5 years ago
12 cm
18 hrs
25 °C
6.1
Weak
858 PPM
32 %
19 °C
4 L
1 L
24 cm
Nutrients 7
CALiMAGic  - Terra Aquatica
CALiMAGic 4 mll
Armor Si - Terra Aquatica
Armor Si 4 mll
Fulvic - Terra Aquatica
Fulvic 6 mll
pumped up the nutes to the standard feeding levels to start this week. After setting up a runoff collection and measuring last week, it seems to me that I am under feeding. There was little to no effect from the transplant that I could see so I'm thinking that was a success and the added room has made them hungry. Moving over to the main section of the tent has had some challenges for me related to humidity & temperature. Temps haven't severely dropped but its tough to keep the heat up in that room with a space heater, without baking everything that is. watered this morning with the new solution and damn they were thirsty. 800 ML each and for most I barely got any runoff. I was only planning for ~400ml each so I have to make another batch of solution. Took a look at my caramelicious this morning and decided that she was ready to be topped for main-lining. took of the top 3 nodes but nothing else. Assuming she is still somewhat happy tomorrow I will trim down the rest of her so she can concentrate on the new stems. The other three I'm hoping will be ready to be topped later this week. They are pretty close but I would like a bit more growth. I also lowered the lights a bit as I found they were stretching a bit. that alone seems to have helped the temperatures in there so hopefully I found the magic formula for that. We shall see. So I topped all 4 this week for mainline training. Screwed up PEX 1; cut off the node I wanted to grow so now he's half of what he was. I'm going to try and train the remaining branch back to center and try to top that a few times to salvage something. Moved Caramelicious into a 5 gallon which is her final home. I'm going to move the rest over this weekend as well as upgrade some of the saucers and that set up. Now that I'm steadily tracking the runoff, I'm seeing almost no change in the PH from what I am feeding. 6.1 goes in and 6.0-6.17 comes out. TDS on the other hand is a little strange. Caramelicious is the only one regularly spitting out more than I put in but my other 3 are all much less than what I put in. I believe this means I need to start feeding these guys more. Guess I will need to test that theory.
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Week 6. Vegetation
5 years ago
12 cm
18 hrs
23 °C
6.1
Weak
858 PPM
50 %
18 °C
19 L
1 L
30 cm
Nutrients 7
CALiMAGic  - Terra Aquatica
CALiMAGic 4 mll
Armor Si - Terra Aquatica
Armor Si 4 mll
Fulvic - Terra Aquatica
Fulvic 6 mll
The ladies are now in their final home with some adjustments to their platforms. I accidentally refilled my water with reverse osmosis water instead of distilled; so now my PH starts out higher than previous. Hopefully the adjustment down won't cause too much concern. I moved them into the 5 gallon pots and gave them almost 3 liters each, but no runoff from any of them. I may give them some more later once I let them settle in from the move. hoping to top them again before the weekend is out, assuming they take the move ok. --Jan 13-- Figured out the RO thing and now I will probably just use RO going forward since its actually cheaper to refill. Gave them another 3 liters yesterday and got a bunch of runoff. Gave them another liter each today since the humidity is super high and the coco is still damp. haven't topped them again yet cause they just don't look ready. I feel like they are growing slow but maybe I'm just impatient. Sorry for the pic's; trying to figure that out still obviously. --Jan 14-- gave them RO water and some calmag today and got a bit of runoff. I think I now have things rolling as my temps and humidity are finally where I want them. Plants seemed to have a decent spurt since yesterday so I was able to top caramelicious again. I think when I topped the first time, I took too much off; hence the slow growth. This time I only took off the growth tips and left all the fan leaves. Hoping to top the other 3 in the next day or so. The nodes are there, just need to stretch a bit more so I can safely chop. --Jan 16-- Caramelicious is starting to get a bit big but the other 3 are just not really moving. I managed to top Caramelicious for the 2nd time. I also topped the other 3 for the second time as they finally looked stretched enough to safely take off the top.. I'm going to guess I have another week before I can top for the 3rd time on the 3 small ones, which puts me out to 2-3 weeks before I can flip to flower. That puts me around 8-9 weeks of veg so I guess I'm on the right track. --Jan 17-- topped carm again on one side. other side wasn't quite ready. I think by this afternoon though she will stretch out and I can finish off the final topping for mainlining. other 3 are looking good from the top yesterday and hopefully ready to be topped again before the end of the weekend. I could then give them a full week or 2 of veg to fill out without any major manipulation, which would hopefully translate into a healthy start to flower. here's hoping. --Jan 18-- Well today is looking good! Opened the tent this morning and all 4 girls were looking pretty good! Carm is taking the toppings well and I was able to tie down the 2nd branches for LST. Leaves on her are HUGE already. Cappuccino looks to have a bit of a mutation, as the 2nd topping site I did now has 4 nodes growing up instead of just 2. Looking closer and I noticed that she has 4 fan leaves all symmetrical. Not sure if I'm going to leave them or not since they are close together. Maybe LST can help that out. My pinapple express plants are doing very well also. PEX1, which i screwed up during the first manifold trim, now has 6 nodes on her remaining branch. I don't think I even need to top her again; mainly because she's off kilter due to my screw up. Definitely happy that she regrew so many nodes! Looks like everything is coming up Millhouse today! :)
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Week 7. Vegetation
5 years ago
12 cm
18 hrs
23 °C
6.1
Weak
858 PPM
50 %
18 °C
19 L
1 L
30 cm
Nutrients 7
CALiMAGic  - Terra Aquatica
CALiMAGic 4 mll
Armor Si - Terra Aquatica
Armor Si 4 mll
Fulvic - Terra Aquatica
Fulvic 6 mll
--Jan 21-- So we're now in week 7 of veg which I'm hoping is my second last week. Ladies aren't looking too bad at all; finishing off the last of the toppings on PEX & Cappuccino as the nodes stretch out. I think by tomorrow the mainline topping should be 100% done and they can just concentrate on growing the last week and a half. Carm has a crazy stem on her so I'm hoping that's a good sign. Not much else to report at this time. If anyone thinks I should be defoliating any of them more please let me know. Some of the lower leaves are starting to get shade, but they still seem so big an healthy I'm reluctant to remove them. --Jan 22-- I think my lights were too low; some of the new leaves at the top nodes were curling up this morning. Raised the lights a little bit and now this afternoon the leaves have spread out a bit. Hopefully that was the issue. Checked some other leaves and they don't seem as dark, mostly just the very bottom leaves. I gave them some plain RO water w/CalMag today just in case. They are starting to get bushy at the top now and I'm struggling to figure out what to tie down! Good problem to have I suppose. --Jan 23-- Never a dull moment is there with this stuff. Somehow I lost one of my nodes off of Carm in the last day or so. Not sure if I was being too rough or if one of the tie downs choked her off; either way, its gone now. After doing some reading last night, found out that CO2 is good only in the first 2-3 weeks of flower and that its also good for the veg state. Glad I did cause I probably would have wasted that stuff otherwise. Hung that up this morning after giving the girls a bit of a hair cut of some fan leaves getting in the way/in shade and then gave them a big drink. Hopefully they will stretch out a bit more before next week so I can start the fun stuff. --Jan 25-- not much has changed the last couple days. Today I gave the girls a big drink and still no runoff. Gave them just over 2L each and not even a drop. no trimming today but I did adjust the tiedowns a bit to try and get some space between the nodes. I'm not sure if my leaves are curling upwards to stretch for the light, if they are tacoing because of too much heat or if they look that way because they are cramped. Nothing special planned for next week other than letting them grow up a bit. I think I'm done with the defoliation too. Maybe another clip before flower but I don't know that I need it anymore. Comments are welcome if you see something wrong! :)
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Week 8. Vegetation
5 years ago
30 cm
18 hrs
24 °C
5.8
Normal
903 PPM
70 %
18 °C
18 °C
19 L
2 L
30 cm
1500 PPM
Nutrients 8
CALiMAGic  - Terra Aquatica
CALiMAGic 1 mll
Armor Si - Terra Aquatica
Armor Si 2 mll
Fulvic - Terra Aquatica
Fulvic 2 mll
--Jan 26-- No major updates today other than its the start of week 8. Girls are looking pretty good, so I've just been adjusting the tie downs to try and get them to spread out a bit. with the exception of watering, I don't think I'll be doing too much this week so that they can concentrate on growing. Really hoping to be able to flip to 12/12 by next weekend but I'm not going to rush it. ---Jan 27-- Another quiet day today with the girls. I think aside from a little bit of LST & of course watering, I'm going to be leaving them alone this week. Not sure if they will grow enough for me to flip them to 12/12 this week but we shall see. --Jan 28-- Gave them another drink of nutes today and adjusted some of my tie downs. Definitely starting to stretch out now that I've left them alone for a while. --Jan 29-- Girls are looking very nice today. I am finally starting to see the main-lining shape in them that I've seen online which makes me happy. Its no Nebula or Nugbuckets manifold but I will take it all the same. :) --Jan 30-- what a difference a day makes. Today I went down to find one of my girls looking VERY droopy. WTF? Gave them all 3 liters each and no runoff. I haven't had runoff in weeks and ever since I've been paranoid about over watering. to compensate I've been only watering ever other day. Well I watered her this morning and checked a few hours later and she's already perked back up. Guess I will go back to watering them every day. --Jan 31-- So much for a quiet week. today it looks like I am having PH problems/nitrogen issues. I had suspected my PH pen was off yesterday and even after calibrating its not giving me good vibes. Think its making me cook my girls so I went and picked up a bluelab pH pen. Should be ready to go tomorrow and hopefully I can fix this. --Feb 1-- So the yellow spots I found have not spread, hopefully it was only the one dose that was too high in PH. They look pretty good today. I went ahead and trimmed the lower fan leaves which gave them a much healthier look. Gave them ~2L each so far but they still feel light. Going to give them another feeding later today. I think I may actually be able to flip the light schedule tomorrow. Pretty pumped!
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Week 9. Flowering
5 years ago
34 cm
12 hrs
23 °C
5.8
Normal
903 PPM
21 %
18 °C
18 °C
19 L
2 L
30 cm
1500 PPM
Nutrients 12
CALiMAGic  - Terra Aquatica
CALiMAGic 0.5 mll
Armor Si - Terra Aquatica
Armor Si 1 mll
Fulvic - Terra Aquatica
Fulvic 2 mll
--Feb 2-- Here goes nothing! Schedule has been updated to 12/12 starting tonight. Gave them another 2 liter feeding today after giving them 2 liters yesterday. STILL no runoff. pots felt somewhat light so I gave them a full feeding again. Did a bit more trimming of some fan leaves that looked lower. making up the nute mix for tomorrow morning with the low dose of boost to get things moving! --Feb 3-- First dose of nutes with boost today. Things aren't looking too bad today. I removed all the tie downs as they don't seem to be doing anything anymore and my canopy is fairly even. I'll probably have to do some work during the stretch but they can move around for now. --Feb 4-- Not much to report today. My humidity seems to be pretty low today so I need to try and pick that up a bit. gave the girls another drink and they seem to be doing well. Sort of looks like the yellow tips I started to see on the Pineapple Express last week are actually receding; or more probably they are growing bigger. I wasn't really sure what was happening but I think it may have been nute burn although it did not last very long. --Feb 5-- I am definitely starting to see a stretch. Only 3 days into flower and I can tell already they are at least an inch or two taller than when we started. My humidity is still low so I think I'm going to have to bite the bullet and get a bigger humidifier. Living in an arid climate makes it very difficult to get RH over 25%. I also think that is why I haven't been getting any run off from the girls. Between the coco, fabric pots and super arid climate, I wouldn't be surprised if that water started evaporating as soon as I pour it. I've been slowly increasing the Boost additive instead of just giving them full dose. As of today I'm at half the recommended dosage and should be full by the end of the week. --Feb 6-- So far so good! Girls are having a good week. They definitely increased in size since yesterday. I'm using the TNB CO2 bottles and just refilled the CO2 this morning so that should help them with growth a bit too. Still fighting with humidity. Its crazy how hard it is to find a smallish dehumidifier without any goddamn lights! --Feb 7-- Holy forest batman! I really wasn't expecting to be able to see the stretch/growth in flowering for at least a week or two. These girls are exploding. So much so that I'm starting to get concerned that I may have to defoliate them. i was expecting a bit more sativa traits but these girls are going wide! todays nute mix included the full dose of bloom so maybe that will get them focusing on flowers more. --Feb 8-- Thanks to the growers who answered my question. I've went ahead and trimmed them down today. Lots of stuff in the shade that I removed. With cappuccino, I went a bit further than the others and lollipopped her pretty good. Hopefully it wasn't too much at once but she had a lot of tiny leaves and bud sights that were just not getting light. After the haircuts they got a nice big drink but I may have to give them another later today. They seemed a little dry from yesterday.
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z3r0th3h3r0
z3r0th3h3r0started grow question 5 years ago
Should I be looking at more defoliation on my plants? I am ending the first week of flower and already they seem crazy bushy. I know its not recommended in flower but I feel like I have a lot of fan leaves that may be in the way of bud sites. Let me know if you need more pics.
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gdogfunkanswered grow question 5 years ago
Actually, it is ok to defol during the flower stage. I generally do a major defol during the last week of veg and then another major defol at the end of the third week of flower. After that, I selectively defol throughout the flower stage as needed when leaves are covering buds and preventing them from getting enough light. When I defol. I am usually only taking the large fan leaves that are sticking up and over bud sites that will need lots of light. If you can tuck the leaves down around the buds, that works too, but I prefer to just trim them off since plenty of leaves will be growing back. I hope this helps!
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Week 10. Flowering
5 years ago
36 cm
12 hrs
23 °C
5.7
Normal
903 PPM
21 %
18 °C
18 °C
19 L
3 L
30 cm
1500 PPM
Nutrients 9
CALiMAGic  - Terra Aquatica
CALiMAGic 0.5 mll
Armor Si - Terra Aquatica
Armor Si 1 mll
Fulvic - Terra Aquatica
Fulvic 2 mll
--Feb 9-- Finally got runoff again! Took 20L between the 4 plants but it happened. They may not have needed the full 5 L but its been so long since I've had runoff I figured it was ok. I used full nute solution so there's still lots of stuff in there. Got the new humidifier set up but I don't see much change. May have to put both in the tent somehow to get that RH up. I don't want my buds drying out. --Feb 10-- Another normal day. I'm liking this and hope the trend continues. Girls are looking good today again. Did a bit more trimming on some stuff that was under the canopy. Tucked in a lot of leaves instead of clipping if it made sense. One of the PEX's gave me some runoff again today. She's a bit smaller so it makes sense. Still seeing a bit of a stretch although not as much as the first few days. --Feb 11-- So I'm really not sure, but my op has either been running for 24 hours straight since I started; or when I thought I flipped the timer to 12/12 I actually set it to ON, which resulted in 24 hours on. Either way, I discovered last night that my lights did not go out at 6pm like I was assuming they did (no, I did not validate it because I had already tested/set the other timers and assumed I knew what I was doing. HA!). So anywho, last night the lights officially went out at 6pm. Got up early this morning to make sure they came back on at 6am. Going to do another check tonight to be sure but I think we're good. Funny part is my other 3 timers worked as expected this morning too, so it was just the one I effed up. Lucky me. --Feb 12-- Seeing a bit of flowering stretch (I think) and had to tie down a couple of colas. After the flush on the weekend and now going with ~3 litres each, I've gotten runoff each day so thats a plus. Light timers are fixed so its now been 2 days with 12/12 for sure. Hopefully back on track. --Feb 13-- Getting thicker and thicker in there. Seems every time I prune, it comes back twice as fierce. So far so good as far as height goes. As of now they are all relatively the same height although Caramelicious is stretching like a sativa. thats strange where she's mostly indica but I will roll with it. Cappuccino is starting to show her bud sites now which is looking really nice. She's going to be a very pretty plant I think. --Feb 14-- I think its officially jungle like conditions now. Things are still looking pretty good this week and I am still getting runoff each day which is awesome. Starting to see some bud sites now; caramelicious & cappuccino are really showing and starting to give off some unique smells. PEX is still moving along with growth but I'm not yet seeing many big bud sites. Unless something crazy happens it will be business as usual for the next week or so. --Feb 15-- Pretty boring week this week and I am ok with that. Girls have been drinking and growing nicely with runoff all week. bit of trimming here and there but thats about it. PEX still doesn't really show me much although she still looks healthy. Next week will be a different story though I'm sure.
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Week 11. Flowering
5 years ago
38 cm
12 hrs
23 °C
5.7
Normal
903 PPM
21 %
18 °C
18 °C
19 L
2 L
30 cm
1500 PPM
Nutrients 9
CALiMAGic  - Terra Aquatica
CALiMAGic 0.5 mll
Armor Si - Terra Aquatica
Armor Si 1 mll
Fulvic - Terra Aquatica
Fulvic 2 mll
--Feb 17-- Hopefully another week of status quo. No change in nutes this week as per the Canna schedule. Think I'll move into the next phase of feeding next week. Tried Supercropping a couple of colas today. cappuccino & PEX1 each had a lanky cola pulling away from the group. Instead of tying it down like I have been; 1 because I was lazy and 2, I didn't have much to tie them to, I just gave each cola a nice little squeeze. just enough for them to lean over but not break/fall off. Based on my current skill level, "That's a bold move Cotton. Lets see how it plays out." I also made the decision to chop off a node on each of capp & PEX1. Although they were arms from my original topping, they have been growing really far out to try and come up into the light. Unfortunately I just don't see that happening and would rather they try to put more effort into another branch. I don't think it will fuck them up too bad. More concerned about the PEX though as she looks really scrawny compared to the other plants, even PEX2 is pretty bushy. I can see where the buds are starting on the other 3 but PEX1 is looking a little sparse. I'm slightly less concerned because of the pics I've seen of PEX flowering, but its still hard to look at when my other 3 are super bushy. hrmmmm.... --Feb 18-- I am at the end of my rope. Literally raised my lights as far as they could go on the adjustable hangers I have. May have to get creative if they keep going. cola's are really starting to look nice on Carm & capp. aside from a bit of trimming to try and control the jungle not much else to report. --Feb 19-- This morning I only gave them 1L each as a test. Checked them a little later and all but PEX1 had runoff from the 1L. That's good news and I should have dialed it back a few days ago. I'll know for next time. Being in a place where I need RO due to hardness, its necessary to save water where I can. A water softener may be in my future but for now I am going to set up an RO system. Save me from having it delivered every other week. ramble ramble... Cola's are really starting to take shape. PEX is slowly starting to show me some goods too. I feel like all I can do now is (im)patiently wait. and just make sure things stay as they are. --Feb 21-- Another good day so far. Girls are looking very nice. I think I'm done with trimming unless I see bad leaves or something. I think the stretch is done now as well as they don't appear to have stretched much in the last few days. PEX is finally starting to look like a flowering plant! The cola's on carm & capp look better and better every day. --Feb 22-- The girls looked very perky this morning when I opened the tent. Noticed that they were pretty close to the lights too. Had to remove the adjustable hangers since they were maxed and just hung them directly from the top bracket. While watering, I found several leaves that had fallen off/turned black. All of these leaves were either deep in the plant (not getting light) or were on the very bottom of the plant (also not getting light). I'm 99% sure this is because of lack of light cause I can't find any deficiencies that look anything like what I have. No spots or blotches. All other leaves look healthy on all the plants. some of the leaves with black spots are leaves that have fallen off and started to die, so I think I'm good. Based on my Canna feeding schedule and what the plants look like, I'll be starting the new phase of nutrients next week. Getting closer!
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Week 12. Flowering
5 years ago
38 cm
12 hrs
23 °C
5.7
Normal
903 PPM
40 %
18 °C
18 °C
19 L
3 L
30 cm
1500 PPM
Nutrients 9
CALiMAGic  - Terra Aquatica
CALiMAGic 0.75 mll
Armor Si - Terra Aquatica
Armor Si 1 mll
Fulvic - Terra Aquatica
Fulvic 2 mll
--Feb 23-- Pretty sure the stretch is done now. Doesn't look like they have gained much height in the last few days. I did put the lights up a bit which I think was a good idea as its giving more reflection to the branches on the edges of the plants. Had to take a few smaller branches off as well since they just didn't make it to the top of the canopy. Cola's are really starting to show through now! Starting to look really nice in there. I don't think I did a good enough job of trimming/defoliating since I'm getting a lot of leaves that are well below the canopy turning black and falling off. I'm just going to remove them as they turn now though. Next time I'll do a bit more work during the stretch week. --Feb 24-- Its pretty sweet watching the buds progress. Very cool looking transformation. If I zoom in on my bud pics, I can see some crystals forming on the leaves. Looking really nice in there and smelling even better! --Feb 26-- Skipped a day since not much has changed. Flowers get bigger every day! Still removing any dead leaves I find. I did super crop another PEX cola as it was getting really close to the light. Should still be time for her to turn back. Plus I cropped her towards the wall so she still has a bit of support. Based on the timelines I have for the plants and for the schedule, I'm somewhere around 5-7 weeks before harvest. --Feb 27-- The cola I bent down yesterday is already looking back up at the lights. I take that as a sign she is good and healthy. Everyone else is looking good too. Trimmed a couple of stems that just weren't getting the light anymore on a couple of them as well. Still getting a few leaves falling off here and there but they are still below the canopy so I'm not concerned. --Feb 29-- Set up my new RO system last night. Finally getting away from delivery. Tested the RO system vs the bottled RO and straight tap. My RO system gives the same PH & TDS readings as the bottled stuff which is awesome. One thing I noticed this morning though is that there is a film or something in the water. Not sure what it is but unfortunately I have to use it since I'm out of the bottled stuff. I will keep a close eye on them to make sure its not causing problems.
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Week 13. Flowering
5 years ago
38 cm
12 hrs
23 °C
5.7
Normal
903 PPM
40 %
18 °C
18 °C
19 L
3 L
30 cm
1500 PPM
Nutrients 9
CALiMAGic  - Terra Aquatica
CALiMAGic 0.75 mll
Armor Si - Terra Aquatica
Armor Si 1 mll
Fulvic - Terra Aquatica
Fulvic 2 mll
--Mar 1-- Starting the 3rd week of Generative Period 1 of the Canna guide. Slowly starting to lose sight of stems in some places in favor of the buds. Not much has changed in the smell yet but I expect that to change soon. raised up the lights again as I did get a bit more of stretch out of them. Pretty sure thats the last adjustment I will need. 4-6 weeks left! --Mar 4-- Moving along nicely. Really starting to see the buds coming out and getting bigger now. Still seeing a tiny bit of stretch on just a couple of random colas. Otherwise things are still looking good. Should be adding the PK 13/14 next week so things should get really pretty then. --Mar 6-- I think the stretch has in fact stopped which means I can switch over to the PK next week and get some breadth to these pretty flowers. getting close now..
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Week 14. Flowering
5 years ago
38 cm
12 hrs
23 °C
5.7
Normal
903 PPM
40 %
18 °C
18 °C
19 L
3 L
30 cm
1500 PPM
Nutrients 10
CALiMAGic  - Terra Aquatica
CALiMAGic 5 mll
Armor Si - Terra Aquatica
Armor Si 1 mll
Fulvic - Terra Aquatica
Fulvic 2 mll
--Mar 8-- Starting of week 5! (Week 9 was supposed to be flower but my lights went from 18/6 to 24 instead of to 12/12 :)). I only changed the nutrient mix for week 5 today, but the difference between yesterday and today is noticeable. Crazy amount of buds! They have definitely gotten bigger. I don't see height growth as much so I think that is now done and she's on to the buds. I think I counted 40 cola's between the 4 plants give or take. some are pretty small but each plant has at least 2 or 3 big strong cola's with buds covering at least 8" of stem. I'm curious now to see what the PK 13/14 does and I think I'm going to grab some blackstrap molasses today to add to the mix as well. --Mar 10-- Looking really nice in there today. First day that I've seen any orange colors in the girls! PEX1 is showing some red hairs on just one cola at the moment. Carmelicious looks like an alien the way the buds are growing out..almost like fingers. Buds are really starting to fill out too. Getting some decent smell now too. Pine is coming through along with a hint of ammonia and a little bit of citrus. --Mar 12-- Seeing lots of red coming through now. All 4 have a bit of red somewhere with PEX leading the way for sure. the smell is still unnoticeable for the most part until you get in the grow room. When you open the tent, it doesn't hit you but you can definitely notice a lot of different smells going on.
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Week 15. Flowering
5 years ago
38 cm
12 hrs
23 °C
5.7
Normal
903 PPM
40 %
18 °C
18 °C
19 L
3 L
30 cm
1500 PPM
Nutrients 9
CALiMAGic  - Terra Aquatica
CALiMAGic 1 mll
Armor Si - Terra Aquatica
Armor Si 1 mll
Fulvic - Terra Aquatica
Fulvic 2 mll
--Mar15-- closer every day! looking and smelling really nice in there. seeing a lot more red hairs and the sugar leaves are filling up with crystal. Pulled out the microscope to get some pics of the trichromes even though they are far from ready. 2-3 weeks left according to the canna schedule but I'm sure thats not going to translate to the harvest date. --Mar 19-- wow its been a while! It has been a crazy week at work so I've only had time to tend to the girls in the mornings. Coming up on the end of week 6 and the girls are looking pretty happy. I have a few cola's, especially on Caramelicious, that look really thick and heavy, while others are very pretty but don't have a lot of volume to them. Pineapple Express I think I should have trimmed a bit more. She has tons of small branches but few have buds cause they are so small. Probably wasted a lot of energy on them that should have went to buds! I will know for next time though. Getting a few more aromas now too but still not what i would call overpowering. still 2-4 weeks left though so lots of time for things to change. Hope you are all healthy and safe out there.
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Week 16. Flowering
5 years ago
38 cm
12 hrs
23 °C
5.7
Strong
903 PPM
40 %
18 °C
18 °C
19 L
3 L
30 cm
1500 PPM
Nutrients 9
CALiMAGic  - Terra Aquatica
CALiMAGic 1 mll
Armor Si - Terra Aquatica
Armor Si 1 mll
Fulvic - Terra Aquatica
Fulvic 2 mll
--Mar 22-- Here we are at week 7. Next week is the start of the harvest range for all of the ladies and they are looking really nice. More of the same nutrient mix for this week again to get them filling out more. More colors are starting to come through and the smells are definitely getting stronger and more varied. I picked up a bubble washing machine and I'm excited to use that on some of the smaller buds I left on! Its looking like some good smoke material down there! --Mar 24-- Added some more pics I took after staring at them for a while. Smells are getting stronger too, especially when you get close to a bud. mmmm mm!
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Week 17. Flowering
5 years ago
38 cm
12 hrs
23 °C
5.7
Strong
903 PPM
40 %
18 °C
18 °C
19 L
3 L
30 cm
1500 PPM
Nutrients 5
CALiMAGic  - Terra Aquatica
CALiMAGic 0.25 mll
Fulvic - Terra Aquatica
Fulvic 1 mll
CANNAZYM - Canna
CANNAZYM 1.18 mll
--Mar 29-- Coming into the home stretch now. I think the trichromes are starting to show some cloudiness although still glass-like in some spots. I'm noticing the cola's not directly under the light are pretty sparse and spaced out. Guess that means my lights are not enough for that tent, which I sort of already knew. Oh well, live an learn. We're looking at getting another tent for veggie's so I will probably move my existing lights to the new tent and upgrade my existing tent lights. Always something to do with this hobby! --Apr 1-- Added a video for the first time. Wanted to see if it would look better than the pictures I've been taking. Getting some more trich pictures too. Starting to see some cloudiness starting so not long now. Still giving some nutes but I'm going to probably taper those off over the next few days and start the flush. Just waiting for a bit more cloudiness. It looks like a lot, but I'm concerned that several of my cola's just didn't get enough light. They are super spaced out and I have found a lot of popcorn buds. Should have done more trimming! It does look like I have a decent amount of good smoke shaping up though so I can't complain! I have learned so much from this grow and I'm excited to get my next one started already!
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z3r0th3h3r0
z3r0th3h3r0started grow question 5 years ago
Hey all, Just wanted someones opinion on where I am with my trichs. I think I'm about a week out? Also, should I be checking the trichs closer to the middle of the cola as opposed to the top? Thats where I'm looking but want to be sure. I'm excited for my first harvest!
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Athosanswered grow question 5 years ago
Stop all feeding, give it plain water for a week and you are done.
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Week 18. Flowering
5 years ago
38 cm
12 hrs
23 °C
5.7
Strong
903 PPM
40 %
18 °C
18 °C
19 L
3 L
30 cm
Nutrients 1
FlashClean - Terra Aquatica
FlashClean 3.5 mll
--Apr 4-- Here we go! Flushing started on Saturday. Flushing until Thursday and then lights out until Saturday for chop day! Thanks for all the responses to my questions and the helpful comments. Things are smelling amazing and look even better. Happy Easter indeed! --Apr 7-- So far so good. The girlfriend gave the girls a nice trimming job and cleaned them up real good! Got some more trich pictures today that came out nice and clear this time. My shakey hands don't allow for good closeups! --Apr 12-- Made the chop on Friday! Got a decent harvest it looks like. hang drying now until this weekend probably and then in the jars for a couple weeks. Already made some bubble hash out of the trimmings/popcorn buds which tastes pretty good and seems to be a decent smoke so far! I'll post again once I've finished the harvest and tried them out.
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Week 18. Harvest
5 years ago
Happy Harvest Day!
Rated
8/10
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I'm definitely happy with the strain! Smells amazing and tastes the same!
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Spent 129 days
Ger Veg Flo Har
70.87 g
Bud wet weight per plant
28.35 g
Bud dry weight per plant
2
Plants
0.74
Grow Room size
Easy
Difficulty
Positive effects
Energetic, Happy, Uplifted
Positive effects
Negative effects
Dry mouth
Negative effects
Taste
Citrus, Fruity, Pine
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Well being my first grow, I messed up several ways. I didn't mainline correctly (resulting in the colas being tight) and my first mainline attempt cut one of my plants in half! yep. good start! Next, I really didn't prune enough. I ended up with so much crap that just didn't amount to anything. So much wasted energy that could have went into the bigger buds. I was somewhat disappointed with my harvest but not with the grow itself if that makes sense. the bigger buds I did get from these plants are very nice though. Not super dense, but they are crazy sticky and smelly. Based on my results I think I'm close and its just going to get better from here!
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Week 18. Harvest
5 years ago
Happy Harvest Day!
Rated
8/10
Rated
Really impressive buds and smells. The smoke is really nice from this strain and so is the high. Not too heavy to knock you out.
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Spent 129 days
Ger Veg Flo Har
42.52 g
Bud wet weight per plant
28.35 g
Bud dry weight per plant
1
Plants
0.37
Grow Room size
Easy
Difficulty
Positive effects
Happy, Relaxed
Positive effects
Negative effects
Dry mouth
Negative effects
Taste
Caramel, Woody
Taste

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This plant just kept growing!! I severely under estimated its abilities and looking forward to the next round. As with my PEX, I didn't trim nearly enough to really let this girl fatten up. I got some decent buds off of her for what I had but with more pruning, I could have easily doubled my take. Easy to grow and smells wonderful.
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Week 18. Harvest
5 years ago
Happy Harvest Day!
Rated
8/10
Rated
I did not do this plant justice but she is an amazing strain for sure. A very nice evening smoke that doesn't hit too hard but definitely helps you to sleep. It actually smells like coffee too! Had I tended to this plant more I think I would have gotten some really big buds.
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Spent 129 days
Ger Veg Flo Har
56.7 g
Bud wet weight per plant
28.35 g
Bud dry weight per plant
1
Plants
1.22
Grow Room size
Easy
Difficulty
Positive effects
Relaxed, Sleepy
Positive effects
Negative effects
Dry mouth
Negative effects
Taste
Chocolate, Earthy, Nutty
Taste
Sleepy
Energy
Indica
Hybrid
Sativa

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Very easy strain to grow and has a lot of potential if its treated right. I did not prune this plant at all and ended up with a lot of waste at the end. Learning experience for sure!
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I_and_I
I_and_Icommentedweek 135 years ago
Looking awesome growmie, quality job for your first grow 👍😎 Enjoy yo harvest mon 😁
z3r0th3h3r0
z3r0th3h3r0commented5 years ago
@I_and_I,Thanks! Its my first grow but with the resources I've found here and a few others I feel like I'm growing with a team! Really looking forward to the next few weeks. :)
raptor65
raptor65commentedweek 55 years ago
Looking great mate 👍, All the best in your grow and the new year,😉Hope you have a great harvest 😎🙏
z3r0th3h3r0
z3r0th3h3r0commented5 years ago
@raptor65, Thanks! Still trying to figure everything out for the first time but so far they are all still alive so I must be doing something right!
Blueboy2019
Blueboy2019commentedweek 175 years ago
Nice start to your grow exercise can only get bigger and better
Athos
Athoscommentedweek 175 years ago
Stop all feeding, give it plain water for a week and you are done.
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