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First week. Sprouted up on Christmas night. My 1st try outside with BlackBerry failed. This is inside a closet. Using Happy Frog Potting soil in a black plastic pot. I drilled holes on bottom and sides to help with drainage.
2nd week started good I think. 1ml nutrients per gallon. Leaves started curling up but no discoloration. Was over watering and not letting soil dry out between watering everyday. I stopped that letting them dry out. Moved light further away
Started week day after watering. Got some calmag today and sprayed. hoping to get calcium deficency issue fixed. Started having a weak smell a couple days ago. on Day 17 leaves twisting seems to be fix. Also switched to a 20/4. Humidity seems to be inching slightly higher
day 18 broke lower branch trying to start a bend :(
Day 20. Watered but remembered after it was too late i didn't PH balance the water. So PH was probably around 7 -7.5
Day 21, last day of week 3. found 5 nodes, 6 if you count the damaged branch node. :(
Day 22. Watered today. Started giving more nutrients this week. Leaves aren't as green as I think they should be. I also lowered the lights towards the plant 2 inches. The leaves seem to have a slight angle towards the light like they need more. Not sure if that's the right thing to do so we will see.
Day 24. Started LST. Moved two of the reggies into the grow closet and took out my wife's beans. they were starting to get too wild. :)
Day 25. Watered today. 7ml/gal of Wholly Mackeral. 2.5ml/gal each of FLoraBloom and FloraMicro. Letting it grow a day or so before i put more of a bend on the main branch if needed.
Day 26 Took off LST. i'm gonna wait another week or so before doing it again.
Day 27. Pistils starting appearing. Node branches starting to shoot out. I hope this is a sign of bigger growth cause i was hoping it to be bigger when flowers start. After taking pictures
I took the pots out of the deep blue tupperware container and placed them on top of the upside down lid to catch drips. The light reflections may be hindered by the blue container and
airflow lessened.
Day 28. Restarted LST. Watered
Day 29. Preflower stage. Starting to smell strong may need to figure out something about it. Its smells up the hall in the morning.
Day 31. LST seems to be doing well. I'm not sure if Blackberry is better to just grow without it or not.
Day 32. I'm gonna stay this is start of flower stage. I'm not sure what's considered preflower and flower.
Also noticed that my LST work must be working. Most of my branch tops are pretty close to the same height! :D
Day 33. 7 Leaf fan more pronounced today. Got 2 of them.
Preflowers are getting more numerous and stretching on minor branches. Definately are getting caught up with main.
Day 34. Installed exhaust fan for the smell. will find out in the morning if its working good. i do have a bigger fan available if needed.
Watered today. 4ml/gal FloraMicro 2ml/gal FloraGro 2ml/gal FloraBloom
Day 35. Smell is dramatically lowered with new fan installed yesterday. The attic smells nice now
Hi WhiteredEye
On your post about LST.
LST works great most off the time specially having a lot off bud sites receiving same light. This stimulates bigger buds and better light penetration to lower leaves.
Nothing to worry about😉 Pre-Flower.
Yes you're officially in Pre-flower I can see it on pictures day30/31 when you zoom in.
My friend you have another 3/4 weeks till buds start to taking shape.
Some Stretching will start now.
Keep the good work going.
Good luck with your LST and always Happy Growing.
Day 36. Officially in flowering mode... i think. Or very close to it. Lots of little pistil clusters. Can't wait for it to grow up big and produce lots of "medicine"
Day 37. Got inspired at Lowe's today. Bought a tomato, strawberry and tabasco plant. Gonna have to figure out more light and room area
Day 38. Watered with 2ml/gal FloraBloom and 4ml/gal Sensi Calmag Xtra. Worked on greenhouse and got shelves. More LST today. Released lower bend and put a couple more on the main cola
to keep everything level. Branch still has some flex to it doesnt seem to stiff yet.
Day 39. Added another identical 600 watt light in the closet.
My new order should be here in a couple days
Day 40. Extra light means a little extra heat in the closet. 78 degrees now
Day 41. Watered with 4ml/gallon calmag xtra 4ml/gallon FloraBloom and 1ml/gallon Wholly Mackeral.
Day 42. Looks good i think. Last day of week 6. i hope to get at least 3 more week out of it to give time for buds to grow 😍
Will try to remember to take pictures with bloom light off cause it throws off the clarity
Day 43. Start of week 7. Keeping LST on. no changes though. gonna let it grow like it is til it's ready for harvest. Keep hoping the buds grow fat. Hopefully this will be the week
Day 44. Watered today with 2ml/gal cal mag plus and 5ml/Gal FloraBloom. This is the most I've used FloraBloom in one watering in an attempt to boost bud growth.
Day 45. Put up sticky fly traps for the starting gnat issue. not sure where they came from but i'm guessing they smelled the flowers. Buds starting to thicken up. Not sure if it was
from the extra Bloom nuts yesterday or just the timing. Also trimmed up some more bottom leaves and tiny buds that doesnt seem to be growing due to how far down they were and shaded.
Day 47. Forgot to take pics and post yesterday. Also i left the bloom light switch off for a day or so apparently, or maybe just this morning who knows but it was off this afternoon when i checked. :(
watered today with 6.5ml/gallon florabloom and 2ml/gallon Calmag xtra
Day 48. Accidently rubbed my arm on a bud and it left a super sticky residue just coated. May not have a large yield but it's definately got alot of resin
Day 49. Mixed D.E. into topsoil yesterday to help combat fungus gnat issue. With Sticky tape it's helping i think.
Caught hundreds of gnats so far. Released LST completely today. Turned plant around and put one Reggie in the greenhouse for more room in grow closet
Day 50. Treated soil with Dr earth to help with fungus gnats. one bud site has shriveling pistils and they aren't as white anymore. the rest of the buds still have bright white pistils
Day 51. Watered with 6.5ml/gallon FloraBloom
Day 53. All bud sites are starting to have slight shriveling of pistils. Most pistils are still white though
Day 54. Watered with 5ml/gal FloraGrow and 7ml/gal FloraBloom. Soil was pretty dry
Day 55. Did some defoliating. took off about 12 large fan leaves to help the plant concentrate on the buds, i think that's what will happen anyway. 😓
Judging from the pictures I'd say 3 weeks maybe more. The pistils are still really white and the buds still look a bit small so there's still time for the buds to swell a more also. The only true way to know when harvest time is would be to check the trichomes on the buds not the leaves but the buds and once they've all turned milky then would be the time to start your flush for 7-14 days and then she'd be ready to chop. Hopefully, this was helpful and remember ..."Happy Growing" and "Free your mind one puff at a time".
Day 57.
Gonna keep it growing til i no longer see white pistils and when trichomes become cloudy. I need to get a good magnifying glass. Watered with water only 6.5ph.
Day 62. Watered with 5ml/gal FloraBloom and 5ml/gallon Calmag extra
Getting close to harvest time. I'm checking trichomes almost every day. they are all clearish looking so far.
Day 66. Flushed with clean PH'd water today. Will stop feeding as its' almost time to harvest. Maybe in a week or two
Decided to harvest today. The trichomes were mostly cloudy and I read that the longer you wait if they turn amber it has more couch lock. Roots were all the way to the bottom of the 5 gallon plastic container and thought most of the pot but were super thin and fell apart when I turned the pot upside down to investigate it.
Overall I love Growdiaries. Very well designed and easy to use. Made keeping track of the whole process easy and fun. I found myself posting just about everyday with photos 😃
WitheredEye
