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MadeInGermanycommentedweek 95 years ago
With me, the gorilla Zkittlez didn't stretch much in the flower
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Time-lapse Gorilla Zkittlez vs. Critical
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10Indoor
Room Type
Topping
weeks 4-5
LST
weeks 4-8
Defoliation
weeks 5-8, 12
HST
weeks 5, 7-8
11 l
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GZ to the left, Critical to the right
GZ to the left, Critical to the right
GZ to the left, Critical to the right
GZ to the left, Critical to the right
GZ to the left, Critical to the right
Grow Conditions
Week 5
Flowering
26
cm
inch
Height
12 hrs
Light Schedule
13+ conditions after
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ml/gal
tsp/gal
2+ nutrients after
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I flipped the girls to 12/12 exactly one week ago, so in total they got 32 days of veg. There are a few pistil sites starting to show up. I did a second topping two days before the flip.. not much time to recover.. hope that will be fine!
They showed very obvious claws, downwards bending of the tips of the leaves, and then turned dark green, so I lowered the nuts and now it looks better.
Overall there’s not that much stretch, but let’s see as they go more in flower... 😅
The Criticals are definitely more bushy and also less flexible, I noticed that the branches started snapping after LST, luckily only one of them snapped completely off the stem.
I’m doing my best to tuck the fan leaves underneath so the ‘buds’ can get more light. I did a bit of defoliation as well, but I don’t want to do to much at this stage.
The little Gorilla Z. that is in the DWC stopped growing after I treated the roots with hydrogen peroxide. So I took it out from the grow tent and unplugged the oxygen pump. After 2-3 days in the dark and starving it started growing 😳... the leaves got a bit purple as well. So eventually I thought... why not give it a second chance? 😃 After just a few days in the tent it got back on track(strong roots and leaves growth), but I decided to give it away as a Christmas gift anyway 🎁 as I don’t really have space for it.
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Grow Questions
Green_Dreamstarted grow question 5 years ago
My girls are going through their adolescence, started to pick up on hight, how tall will you say they will get? 🦒? 🦍? ?
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Plant. Spaces between nodes
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Wicked_Stixanswered grow question 5 years ago
Hey Katana, unfortunately it is impossible to estimate how much they will stretch. Sometimes you can have 2 plants of the same strain and one will stretch a lot more than the other one. To be on the safe side, you want to expect them to double their height during the flowering stretch. And don't be afraid to defoliated some of those fan leaves that are blocking light to your lower buds. That will help get you more quality tops on them. Good luck!
Green_Dreamstarted grow question 5 years ago
This is my first time growing in Coco. When should I flush before harvest?
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Feeding. Other
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OutForRealanswered grow question 5 years ago
Generally the flush is between 7 to 14 days but coco medium is easy to flush so some peoples are waiting 5 days only.
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Green_Dreamcommented5 years ago
@MadeInGermany,
They didn’t do it for me either 😊 Very beautiful plants!
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HollowSourcecommentedweek 135 years ago
Amazing harvest mate, cant wait for mine to get this far 😍
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Buddha2commentedweek 135 years ago
Congratulations! Anything more than 100g from a single plant is just great! 👍
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Buddha2commented5 years ago
@Green_Dream, I do not have friendly neighbors, so no outdoor growing 😐
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Green_Dreamcommented5 years ago
@Buddha2,
Mm.. yeah.. that was my plan as well, one grow a year, but I just can’t help starting a new one 😄 ... new strains all the time... and then there’s summertime time when light is for free, just need some quality autos and friendly neighbors 😂
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Buddha2commented5 years ago
@Green_Dream, yes, it is crazy. When I started growing, I expected to be forced to do continuous grows, but it turns out that one harvest per year is much more than enough. Even if I mess up one plant 😇
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raptor65commentedweek 135 years ago
Just checking back on your grow mate 👌, Wow looking fantastic😃 , almost harvest time🙏
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raptor65commented5 years ago
@Green_Dream, Hope your harvest turns out big time 😁
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Green_Dreamcommented5 years ago
@raptor65,
Thanks, harvest time was here, just trying to make time to post the last part 😉
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occultgreen420commentedweek 135 years ago
wonderful grow!!
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Green_Dreamcommented5 years ago
@@occultgreen420,
Thanks!
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Sugahmamacommentedweek 135 years ago
Lovley critical ☺️
Good harvest!
Do you trim before drying?
I like it to trim them after drying cause the buds have a really nice shape after that and the trimming is more easily i think 😋💐
Lookin forward on your RQS grow and outcome!
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Green_Dreamcommented5 years ago
@Sugahmama,
Thank you! 😊
I pretty much always trim wet... never did it otherwise, so maybe I should try it next time, I heard from others that it should be easier... but I’m skeptical 🤨
Anyway, thanks for stopping by, I’m glad you like what you see! 💚
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CaptainCreamcommentedweek 135 years ago
Lovly harvest Nice frosty buds and much weight it's looks like !👍👍Good job
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MaryJaneUSAcommentedweek 25 years ago
hello there friend, welcome to growdiaries.
A few things to suggest, if I may;
1) PPM of 800 (may be it's a typo) will certainly burn your plants easily at this stage. Start at about 1/3 recommended dose and work your way up. Coco and DWC do not need that much PPM.
2) Please keep your reservoir in darkness or change your bucket to something dark where light cannot penetrate. You are guaranteed to start culturing light loving fungus and it'll add to your chance of getting root rot.
3) If I were you, I'd either get rid of your DWC rig in your small tent or vice versa. Well, first of all, how big is your grow tent? I made many same mistakes as a new grower with excitement and overjoy of growing as many plants as i can. However, DWC plants get so big so quickly and you're growing photoperiod flower, eventually you'll want to start flowering your DWC baby to stop "vegetating". But what about the rest of them who are also photosensitive and have not caught up as fast as the DWC plant. will you put them into flowering when they're still immature? Either way, that one DWC plant will fill up at least half of your grow tent. May be I'm wrong but seems like you have a limited space.
4) Now for the rest of your 5 plants, if you do decide to get rid of DWC, then I'd vegetate, at the most, 4 weeks. Either way it seems like you have coco as your base and using automated waterfeeding system - you will grow very fast. Not just as fast as DWC though.
5) Solution temp is a little too low in my opinion. I'd bring it to low 60s or mid 60s.
5) Gorilla Zkittlez grow very very skinny and tall so be careful. cheers mate.
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Jamescommentedweek 15 years ago
Good luck with our Critical!
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I_and_Icommentedweek 135 years ago
Amazing nugs growmie, respect 👌💪😎
Can't wait to smoke this myself when mine is finished :)
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raptor65commentedweek 35 years ago
Coming right along and looking great👍 , good luck with your grow👌 , have fun and all the best in your coming harvest😉😎
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