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Defoliation
weeks 5, 7, 10
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weeks 7-18
FIMing
weeks 4
Topping
weeks 5
LST
weeks 5-7, 9-10
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Week 4
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MountainMatt MountainMatt
5 years ago
Day 21: Little girl is starting to send it! The first set of seven digit leaves are opening up on the fourth node. Branching looks like it's about to get started this week too. Last week was still fairly mild on the nutrients so this week will start with a regular watering and then revert to a heavier feeding schedule. I would like to get the runoff ppm to read above 700 by the end of this week. Although, I'm unsure how the soil will disperse of nutrients, which is why it will be good to do a regular watering every once in a while. The pH was a little low at the last feed (6.0) but fine as long as it doesn't spiral down. I think the soil will take a bit of time for the pH to respond to the solution which I am keeping around a 6.5 - 6.7 for now. Here's to a healthy week! Day 22: Looks like she's happy. Soil surface is dry but I will let the roots drink up what they can find today before watering tomorrow. There is moisture just under the surface. Since I have such a small plant in such a big pot there isn't a huge danger of her drying out. I worry that smaller pots would have the moisture baked out of them by the heater that's in the tent. Day 27: Gave water and FIM'd her. The worm castings don't seem to be having too big of an impact on the ppm readings anymore so I am not worried about giving her too much food now. Next feed is a couple days away and will be about 700 ppm. The pH has risen one point each watering. No need to panic there. The plant has really started to develop branching around all 4 nodes. FIM'd at the fifth node. As this is my first plant ever I'm curious to see how she reacts. Throughout my harvests I will practice different techniques and learn what I like for my rather small tent. See you next week!
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Grow Questions
MountainMatt
MountainMattstarted grow question 5 years ago
Is it okay for seedlings medium to dry up a bit at the surface or is it better to keep moist? She hasn't truly wilted. Just taking her time standing up after the last watering.
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Leaves. Wilting
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Cannibalgardens
Cannibalgardensanswered grow question 5 years ago
The stage that she's at and the size of that cup you don't wanna soak her it's fine for the top soil to become dry ,don't want to drown the roots . They can be droopy after watering and low night time temps . She looks healthy nutes are good nice job brother and goodluck ...she would be good for a transplant by now ..
MountainMatt
MountainMattstarted grow question 5 years ago
The pH of the runoff continues to drop below 6.0 with each feed, resulting with me trying to bounce it back every other watering. I would like for the pH to be more stable. Any ideas why this might be happening? I am using Advanced Nutrients pH perfect - Grow, Micro, Bloom.
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Fruitgrower
Fruitgroweranswered grow question 5 years ago
That probably means you have a very acidic soil. You can add some lime stone to the soil and water with higher pH like 6.5-7 and keep checking it but to be totally honest I hardly ever measure my pH levels anymore ๐Ÿ˜‚ but I only grow 2 plants at a time. I haven't noticed much difference but my ph come out 6.5 from the tap lol
MountainMatt
MountainMattstarted grow question 5 years ago
Orang tips on calyxes? Seems a bit soon. Not all over the plant. Only some bud tips at this point. A few chewed leaves but no signs of bugs that I can find. Some signs of the claw suggest too much nitrogen? Dialing the nutrients to half power. Any ideas or suggestions welcomed!
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Mr_Weeds_Autos
Mr_Weeds_Autosanswered grow question 5 years ago
Hey Growmie ... After seeing the pics and you stating the leaves ar clawing, I would say that this is definitely heat stress, so you did right by raising the lights to prevent any further damage to the buds. If no more damage happens everything with be fine and you won't even notice it was there once she starts kicking off those great purple colored buds. Good Luck with the rest of your journey and remember ..."Happy Growing" and "Free your mind one puff at a time".
MountainMatt
MountainMattstarted grow question 5 years ago
Drying ganja for the first time. Buds are in the dark with temp steady at 70F. Humidity steady at 55%. Trimmed fan leaves, but left all sugar leaves. Plant is stinking like wet grass on the 3rd day of drying. Will this smell break down or am I needing to make some adjustments?
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Buds. Other
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Lovemabud
Lovemabudanswered grow question 5 years ago
Completely normal the smell is, the first few days the smell is generally pungent. Just make sure there is fresh air coming in and air is circulating. A oscillating fan will do. Smell will only get better as she slowly dries out.
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raptor65
raptor65week 8
Looking great mate ๐Ÿ‘, All the best in your grow and the new year,๐Ÿ˜‰Hope you have a great harvest ๐Ÿ˜Ž๐Ÿ™
raptor65
raptor65
@MountainMatt, Back at ya mate ๐Ÿ‘
MountainMatt
MountainMatt
@raptor65, Cheers eh!
raptor65
raptor65
@MountainMatt, But you are learning ๐Ÿ˜ Have fun mate๐Ÿ‘ Best of luck๐Ÿ™
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MovingOn
MovingOnweek 18
Nice, dude! What's it smell like?
MovingOn
MovingOn
@MountainMatt, I have had hay smell before. It usually happens when you dry too fast in a low humidity environment. On my current grow, I'm going to use my tent and put in a humidifier to keep it at 60% RH at about 65degF (18degC). Also I'm not going to use a circulation fan, and I'm going to keep it pitch black in there.
MountainMatt
MountainMatt
@MovingOn, do you have any experience dealing with the hay smell? going into the 5th day of drying and she's not giving off very much of her grape flavour...
MountainMatt
MountainMatt
@MovingOn, like real fruity grapes. Reminds me of blueberry pancakes. She's not super stinky, but covered in a good layer of trichomes top to bottom. I'll put some more details in the harvest report in a week. Thanks for following along eh!
MG2009
MG2009week 3
I love to smoke Grape Ape, I am following and can't wait to see her flower. Happy growing๐Ÿ™
MG2009
MG2009
@MountainMatt, No,not yet but it is very enjoyable smoke great for evenings. I do want to pick up some seed,or a good clone but got lots of other seed I need to grow out first lol! Oh what a problem to have. I need a greenhouse to get caught up lol๐Ÿ‘
MountainMatt
MountainMatt
@MG2009, I've never smoked it before! Hoping for a serious lockdown effect. Have you ever grown it?
StunFlower
StunFlowerweek 18
Congrats on the harvest. Great looking bud! ๐Ÿ™Œ Looking forward to your smoke report. Now you've got me even more anxious for mine to finish. ๐Ÿ‡๐Ÿฆ
MountainMatt
MountainMatt
@stunflower, Cheers eh! Im stoked to see how purple yours goes. I feel like I could have let the flush run to 9 weeks, but the top buds were prime for the chop.
Denzul
Denzulweek 17
Some beautiful looking buds. Lovely colors and nice layer of frost.
MountainMatt
MountainMatt
@Denzul, thanks! Chop is near
StunFlower
StunFlowerweek 15
She's really progressing nicely, buddy. Bring on the dank ๐Ÿ™Œ
MountainMatt
MountainMatt
@stunflower, anticipating the harvest!
StunFlower
StunFlowerweek 10
She looks really nice. You're doing well. All the best through flowering. I just started a seedling of this strain myself. ๐Ÿ‘
MountainMatt
MountainMatt
@stunflower, Cheers eh! I'm following you along to see what yours ends up as. Wishin you the best with your green thumb!
MovingOn
MovingOnweek 6
Best of luck! Are you sure this is your first grow?! Haha. Looking healthy and it seems you've done your research. I'll follow along, I like it when people actually record their grows with their weekly experiences.
MountainMatt
MountainMatt
@MovingOn, thanks eh! I've been nerding out quite a bit. Now I just need to learn some patience while she veg's out.
Mr_Weeds_Autos
Mr_Weeds_Autosweek 5
Nice looking plant ...
MountainMatt
MountainMatt
@Mr_Weeds_Autos, Thanks eh! Stoked on her as this is my first go round.
LuckyLuke
LuckyLukeweek 18
Looks great! Wish you an amazing smoke! :)
Resin_Randy
Resin_Randyweek 15
Grape ape looking great mate ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป๐Ÿ€