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Made a mistake and posted week 9 in week 18 and couldn't work out how to edit the week so re posted the same but this time in correct week, have now worked out how to edit the week but not remove it so I have moved it into week 1
So this is my first ever grow and sorry I have started this diary late but only decided to start one now, my setup is:
4ft x 2ft x 8ft Gorilla grow tent
4inch rvk systemair inline fan with 4inch rhino carbon filter
900W Viparspectra LED light
2 x Exodus DWC oxypots
HP40 hiblow air pump so 20 lpm for each bucket which have 2 airstones in each
I will be growing these pretty naturally with just a light defoliation, all tips and criticism welcome! 👍
Have upped the feed and both girls recovered well after a bit of defoliation, so much so I might do a bit more but don't want to go overboard as don't really know what I'm doing lol, will be changing to flower bites next res change. Looks like I have a calcium deficiency starting so I will start adding calmag tomorrow after I go to the hydro store.
Hey all, so it's day 42 now and this week I did some major defoliation but I think I got carried away a bit as you can see from the amount of leaves I removed from the picture, the other photos are 2 days later and they seem to have recovered pretty well but I didn't have a clue what I was doing so we shall see! Added some calmag half way through the week which has had a positive effect so I will continue using throughout the rest of the grow, hopefully they will really start creating some nice flowers from here on in! Any tips, tricks, constructive criticism welcome, thanks for reading 🙄
Did some more defoliation and again the girls have recovered well so i think i will continue doing this once a week for the rest of the grow, flowering nicely now so just need to keep an eye on ph and EC as fluctuating at this stage.
Did some more defoliation but hopefully last time I need to do it as managed to cut off a bud site trying to get it done quickly because the smell is definitely starting to get stronger! Girls are really starting to feed and are drinking roughly 3 litres a day now, added pk13/14 for the last 3 days and will continue using for another week so 10 days total until next res change. Not really sure how long to go but I'm guessing another 4-5 weeks but would be happy to know how long an experienced grower thinks! Thanks for taking the time to read this, all comments welcome 😎
This week I have been trying to keep on top of EC and PH as EC kept going up and PH also as eating a lot less which I am taking as a sign there is not a lot longer left till harvest, I think 3 weeks max but maybe 2. They are still putting on weight but have slowed down some so I will be giving shogun Dragon force a go for 7-14 days depending on how the trichomes look but at the moment there pretty much all clear with a few cloudy ones, she really is stinky out the place now and the carbon filter is struggling, she stinks so bad that I might have to cancel Christmas day and hope everyone leaves me building so I can harvest as already getting paranoid I'm going to get caught! Thanks for reading peeps and happy growing 😀
Hey fellow growers! So this week my EC and PH have been going crazy, throughout flowering my ph has been rising steadily but this week it has been dropping like mad and my EC has been rising which I have been adjusting twice a day, once before work and once after so don't know if this is normal for this stage of the grow?? They still seem to be putting on weight and definitely getting denser 😊. Thanks for reading guys and Merry Christmas to all the GD family 🎉🎁
Hey GD family, the end is now in site, I will be starting my 1 week flush today! This week has been very similar to last week, she's not eating much at all now and the leaves are going an autumn colour which indicates her existence is almost done although I still have some clear trichomes, mainly cloudy with a few amber, I am hoping during the flush my clear ones will turn cloudy and some of my cloudy ones turn amber, the smell is now really sweet and strong, i smell mint first of all turning into tropical fruits, she is like a fine wine getting better with age! Thanks for reading and happy growing 😁
Hey all, sorry for the lame photos but she is stinking when I open the tent and stealth for me is a must, don't want my door kicked in at 5am lol. So today is the 7th day of her flush and she will be getting chopped tomorrow although ideally I would have taken her a week or 2 longer but needs must and I'm down to the last bit of street weed I will ever buy again! Will update in a couple weeks once dried and cured, happy growing and thanks for reading 😎
Really easy strain to grow, my girls pretty much took everything in there stride, they loved having a heavy defoliation which allowed light to get everywhere and I'm pleased to say not much popcorn stuff, mainly all nice dense trichome covered nugs!
Will definitely grow this strain again at some point as it is easy to grow, produces lots of dense frosty buds, smoke is very flavourful and is improving all the time, also gives a nice head stone to start with moving into the body, she is definitely a hard hitter! Thanks for reading all ✌️
@BigDaddyK, yeah very happy so far but I think I'm getting into the stage of the grow now where the skill comes into it, the problem I have now is that adding the calmag in with my other nute schedule is that it's raised my PPM a bit higher then I would've wanted so then adding in silicon as well I'm confused which ratios I should use and which other nutes I should cut down on to keep my PPM from getting to high?
@MrGreenFingers,yes i do keep ph at 6.5 - i just found it to work the best - you can use silicon from whenever but it will up the ph,, and i flush with RO water. I looked at your diary and thought, yeah , he took it all in, good luck, she does look nice. :) lovely colour you must be happy 👍
@BigDaddyK, thanks man, I'm honoured you have dropped by as I started reading your DWC how to guide just before I started this grow and I have basically stolen everything I've done so far from you 😉, i live in a hard water area to and i dudnt bother buying any calmag to start with but the girl on the left started showing a calcium deficiency at the start of week 5 so I went and bought some calmag, also when I was in the store I bought some shogun silicon to but is it to late to use it now? Also in your grows you keep ph at 6.5 so is that for max calmag absorption from your tap water?? Sorry for all the questions but I want to learn from a class grower!
@SHOGUN, thanks buddy, got the Dragon force delivered yesterday so the girls are going to be feeling the force after my res change tomorrow 👊💪 I'm going to probably drop it to 3 ml/l though as I have been having to drop my EC down alot this week as I think they are coming to the end in a couple weeks now and not eating a great deal 👍
@MrGreenFingers, That's correct. Dragon Force replaces everything else nutrient based for the last 7-10 days before flush. You can still use alongside your boost product.
Not many people can start and finish in DWC with 0 grow experance so just WELL DONE on that alone..
And then that best of a plant! Love big curvy ladies.
You knocked it out of the park on the first shot!
Little jealous but very happy for you
Can't wait to see you final weights
@Fun_Growin, thank you bro for your kind words, I never expected it to go this well myself to be honest, I did do a lot of research before starting and I also made sure I bought good equipment, I honestly don't think DWC is to bad as long as you check your EC and PH regularly and adjust your res from what the readings are telling you and great thing is, if you mess up you can just dump that whole res and start again!
@DutchPassion_Official, she's doing well so far but I think that's down to the awesome DP genetics rather then my skills! I just hope I get to the finish and get to try out these cookies 🙄
@biggreens420, I am confused how to tell though, people say look at the trichomes but then I hear on autos the trichomes don't really start turn amber to much so what do you look out for??
@BigDaddyK, ah ok because someone else said it was a P issue and that I should keep my ph at 5.8 for the rest of the grow as this is where p uptake happens??
@BigDaddyK, thanks Bro, to be honest I set my ph to 5.2 when I do the res as canna suggest and then it set to 5.8 once bubbling, then I just let it drift up to 6.5 before adjusting although for some reason it seems to climb to around 6.2 pretty quickly but then stabilises around 6.2-6.3 for the week, I don't think I have really needed to adjust to much throughout the whole grow luckilly
@CaliGrown, thanks bro! Just seen you are growing the orange sour livers which I'm doing after the cookies, looking awesome bro I'm definitely following this one 😁
@Tonino, cheers mate, only thing is I just did the res change and forgot about the light being so close so when I lifted the lid of the bucket I bent the main cola, hopefully she recovers, rookie mistake 😂😂
@biggreens420, thanks for stopping by, yes trying to learn from the master lol, that's the great thing about the canna community, everybody is willing to share there knowledge and help out noobs like me 😂
@PigBearMan, thanks bro, all chopped and drying in brown paper bags, 891 grams wet after trimmed, de stalked and cut into nugs, hopefully 7-8 Oz dry, will update in a couple weeks with dry weight and smoke report once dried and cured!
@SHOGUN, already have the liquid silicon being added to my line-up next time and I will probably start moving over the base and boost nutrients when I run out of what I have, thanks for viewing!
@Tonino, thanks dude, I think it's all down to Dutch passion genetics and how much oxygen i am giving to the roots, all i have done is give the girls a helping hand and kept them on the right path!
MrGreenFingers
