Remembrance Haze

Welcome to my first indoor grow! This is going to be an interesting journey as I have zero experience in indoor growing and only knowledge I have is from books and online videos. ******************************** * BUILDING A GROW ROOM * ******************************** Before this journey begins I had to setup a grow room. Fortunately, there is small space in the attic area that is perfect to turn it into a grow room. Unfortunately, that room was completely uninsulated with bear walls. That means RH/temp problems. To do a complete and proper roof insulation it would have cost me a lot so I opted out for only cheaper version and that was to use 3cm thick Styrofoam boards between beams and roof plates just to reduce heat dissipation, for the walls 2cm Styrofoam boards and for the floors, I spread thick plastic sheet over it and placed on top 3cm Styrofoam boards wrapped in white plastic sheets. With those plastic sheets on, everything is washable with ease. Now it’s time to test the room and see how the temperature holds. As I was worried, the room needed some heat source so I placed one heat radiator in the back of the room. Next day I checked the temp and it was around 23°C. The insulation was working nicely as the radiator was not constantly on and outside was -10°C. All in all I was satisfied even with some small draft coming in which was impossible to close but on the upside it will actually provide constant flow of fresh air. After renovation was done I had to decide how and where I should set up pots and lights. Room dimensions look like a right-angled triangle with entrance height of 2m and floor length of 3m. Only middle of the room is usable for growing due to a roof slope. That allows height of the plants up to around 1m and with the 90 cm room width, the actual growing space for plants would be 90x100x120cm. Now all I need was lights that would cover that space. ******************* * GROW LIGHTS * ******************* Since last year I started reading about grow lights, as it turned out, there are so many brands, models and it’s very difficult to choose one, but quantum boards caught my attention with their high efficiency, low wattage and on top of that they are passively cooled. After spending hours of browsing through different QB models I came across one company “EasyGrow Lighting” that was making quantum boards and something told me that this is it. What stood out was free shipping, cheap prices and 5 year warranty and in case of a failure they will pick up the lights at your place and send it back repaired for free Now that sounds like a great deal. S600 Full Spectrum model is ideal for my grow space with its recommended coverage: Grow stage: 120x120cm - 150x150cm with light distance 40-60cm Flowering stage: 90x90cm - 120x120cm with light distance 30-40cm Technical specs: Chips: Samsung LM301B and Far red diodes Epistar 660nm PPFD: 1075.60168 μmol/(m²·s) Driver: Meanwell HLG Light power: 0 - 250w Luminosity: max. 228.99 lm/W Lifetime: 100 000h in operation Light dimension: 68x22 cm Weight: 5 kg Replacement for: 600W HPS Yields: 2-2.5 g/W Those are some great specs. The Samsung LM301B is one of the most efficient LEDs on the market and exceeds the 200lm/W limit. PPFD readings are over 1000 at distance of 40cm and goes up to 1800 at distance of 30cm. That’s going to be more than enough and plants will love it. When the package arrived I was surprised how good the product was packed. At first glance you can see that the lights are professionally made and assembled and with the black heatsink it looks beautiful. In the package was also power cable (3m), rope ratchet 2pcs suspension system with spare clips and steel wires to connect ratchet and lights. What I also got was the EasyGrow Controller that has temperature/humidity probe and comes with 2 cables, one shorter and the other is 2m long, built-in timer for lights which you control via mobile app and it also comes with a light dimmer 0-250W. App has options like on/off light schedules, timers and you can monitor temp/humidity when you’re away from grow room. For me this is very useful as my grow room is in a different part of house and it keeps me somewhat closer to my plants. One thing to mention is that controller and lights are already connected together so the whole light system is plug&grow out of the box. I’m really impressed with the whole package and I can’t wait to try out the lights. ********************* * SOWING A SEED * ********************* For my first winter indoor grow I chose sponsored Fast Buds FBT02 - Original Auto Amnesia Haze. Strain info: Genes: Mostly Sativa Genetics: Amnesia Haze Autoflowering Flowering: 10 weeks Harvest: 400-650gr/m2 Height: 90-150cm THC: Up to 22% CBD: Very Low Description: “A huge yielding, Haze dominant hybrid that is ready to chop in just 70 days. She will grow vigorously and flower expressing her full blooded sativa heritage, so is better suited for growers with experience and plenty of growing space. Her potency can hit up to 22% THC We strongly recommend this strain to growers living in a hot climate growing outdoors, where this autoflowering hybrid will really take off in height and produce enormous yields. Also for indoor, for growers who are looking for big productive plants.” There are few things to do before the seed starts its journey. For 11l pots I made my own light soil mix that consists of: 2l – black earth mix 1l – worm castings 1l – perlite 6l – coco coir 40g - Bio Guano 5g – Mycorrhizae Bio Guano composition: N - 3-5% P2O5 - 9-12% CaO - 23-28% K2O - 1-2% MgO – 0.5-1% C (org) - 5-7% org substance - 21-26% I decided to do some layering in a pot so at the bottom of a pot I added a thin layer of coco coir, on top of it 1-2cm layer of perlite, then up to a half of pot added my light soil mix and sprinkled 20g of Bio Guano, then added 15cm of light soil mix, again sprinkled 20g of Bio Guano and then finished filling the pot with light soil mix. Mycorrhizae was mixed with the soil where the seed will be planted. Time to start feeding the microbial life in the medium by presoaking it with 500ml solution of 5ml/l molasses, 1ml/l of Root Juice, Acti Vera, Bio Heaven, Fish Mix each, and once again after 12h. The pot was kept warm at temp of 20°C. Seed was pre-soaked in shot glass of water for 24h. Seed was then sowed 10cm from the corner of the pot. To keep the RH at 80-90%, plastic bottle was placed on top of seed spot. Seeding broke surface after 30h. Health & Growth: - In a week plant didn’t stretch much and grew just to a 2.5cm. - There are 2 brown spots on one leaf. It’s probably a light burn through a drop a water when I was misting. Watering: - Instead of tap water I used distilled water in the first week. - 100 ml of nutrient solution every other day just around the seedling. - 500 ml of nutrient solution last day of a week so the medium doesn’t dry out and to keep microbial life in the medium happy. Lighting: - Each day power of lights was increased by 10W starting from 60W. - Distance from plant started at 30cm and was daily raised gradually to 50cm.

Health & Growth: - seedling looks healthy and it double in height since last week. - there is no notable deficiencies or any kind of symptoms. Watering: - 120 ml of nutrient solution every other day around the seedling. - 500 ml of nutrient solution last day of a week. Lighting: - each day power of lights was increased gradually to 175W starting from 130W. - light distance from the plant was increased to 55cm.

Health & Growth: - at day 19 LST was preformed on main stem - every day top and leaves were pulled to sides - plant looks healthy and is growing at fast pace - there is no notable deficiencies or any kind of symptoms. Watering: - 200 ml of nutrient solution every other day around the seedling. - foliar feed every other day with Alg A Mic, Acti Vera and Fish Mix 1ml/l each - 500 ml of nutrient solution last day of a week. Lighting: - light power stayed at 175W for the whole week

Health & Growth: - side branches started to grow - every day top and branches were pulled to sides - LST continued throughout the week - plant bushed up, looks healthy and is growing at fast pace - there is no notable deficiencies or any kind of symptoms Watering: - 500 ml of nutrient solution every other day with pH water in-between. - foliar feed every other day with Alg-A-Mic and Acti-Vera 2ml/l each - 1000 ml of nutrient solution last day of a week. Lighting: - lights were lowered to 50 cm - light power was increased to 250W

Health & Growth: - LST continued throughout the week - every day top and branches were pulled to sides - the idea is to pull branches to sides of a pot and create even canopy - pre-flowering has started - plant bushed up, looks healthy and is growing at fast pace - there is no notable deficiencies or any kind of symptoms Watering: - 750 ml of nutrient solution every other day with pH water in-between. - foliar feed every other day with Alg-A-Mic and Acti-Vera 2ml/l each - 1000 ml of nutrient solution last day of a week. Lighting: - lights were lowered to 40 cm - light power - 250W

Health & Growth: - flowering has started and LST stopped at the end of the week - plant bushed up, looks healthy and is growing at fast pace - there is no notable deficiencies or any kind of symptoms Watering: - 1000 ml of nutrient solution every other day with pH water in-between. - foliar feed every other day with Alg-A-Mic and Acti-Vera 2ml/l each - molasses was added in feed schedule and was used once a week - switched Fish-Mix with Bio-Grow and added Bio-Bloom Lighting: - light power - 250W

Health & Growth: - buds are forming - plant is bushing up and it looks healthy - there is no notable deficiencies or any kind of symptoms Watering: - 750-1000 ml of nutrient solution every other day - 750-1000 ml pH water in-between.

Health & Growth: - buds are balling up nicely - there is no notable deficiencies or any kind of symptoms Watering: - 750-1000 ml of nutrient solution every other day - 750-1000 ml pH water in-between.

Health & Growth: - buds are swelling and trichome production has increased - there is no notable deficiencies or any kind of symptoms Watering: - 750-1000 ml of nutrient solution every other day - 750-1000 ml pH water in-between feedings with a dry day periods.

Health & Growth: - buds are swelling - trichome production has increased - there is no notable deficiencies or any kind of symptoms Watering: - 750-1000 ml of nutrient solution every other day - 750-1000 ml pH water in-between feedings with a dry day periods.

Health & Growth: - buds continue to swell - trichome frosting is all over buds - there is no notable deficiencies or any kind of symptoms Watering: - 750-1000 ml of nutrient solution every other day - 750-1000 ml pH water in-between feedings with a dry day periods.

Health & Growth: - buds are densely packed and feel very compact to the touch - there is no notable deficiencies or any kind of symptoms Watering: - started flushing until harvest

Health & Growth: - plant, how it looks is ready for harvest - buds appear like they have swollen to their max - trichomes are ripe at desired stage - somewhere in the last days of the week, Borg (spider mites) appeared and started to make webs - Day 88 (7) - if you look at pictures from Day 90, all those little black dots are mites. - it's very interesting how mites like to come at the end, just to mess up the crop. - plant was harvested at day 90 Watering: - flushing continued with flawless finish and last 2 days just water

From seed to harvest it took 90 days. Couple of days before harvest, spider mites started colonizing beautiful buds. Thankfully they were on just 2 tops so the whole crop was saved. After 6 days of drying, plant yield was 82g (63g of buds and 19g of trim). Growing this plant was really easy. Big recommendation to new growers. One more thing I have to add, again, FastBuds say it's great for writers, I guess in my case it makes a writer's block. Kinda opposite of advertised. 😄 In any case it's a fun strain.