Welcome to my 3rd Grow adventure ๐๐
This will be again a 100% organic grow. No synthetic fertilizers or other chemicals !!!
It directly started in a good way because there was an extra seed in one of the packs and all seeds germinated after 2,5 days.
For germinating i use a heated mini greenhouse, "Eazy Plugs" and mixture of water and "BioHealth TH BS WSG"
"BioHealth TH BS WSG" is a blend of selected Trichoderma harzianum strains, Bacillus subtilis, humic acids and seaweed extract. I will use it as an additive for the first 5 weeks and you can read more about it here: https://www.humintech.com/en/agriculture/products/water-soluble-products/biohealth-th-bs-wsg.html
When I potted the Eazy Plugs into the Airpots, i put some Biotabs Mycotrex into the planting hole. The Soil is the new "Guanokalong Complete Mix" that contains more Guano than the old one. Hope it will be fine for the small plants.
Hey man, nice work! thanks for the trust in our products. Weยดve now also added the 1st generation of the q-series in our product range on growdiaries, would be nice if you could tag it, so other people can see how nice the 1st generation q4w preforms on one mยฒ. keep up your greant work and thanks again for the trust!
@sanlight,
Thank you so much for taking the time for another detailed answer. ๐๐ I have some more questions and it would be very interesting to get more specific informations and simulations from you. I will drop you an email soon. Thanks again and have a nice weekend !
@Trichome_threshold,
yeah unfortunately we canยดt change the whole lamp and it was never meant like this.
Thing is that when we started the Q-Series and implemented the upgrade service, we havenยดt thought that weยดll be introducing new features like the dimmer and different drivers (to be able to dimm the light). As our philosophy was to keep the product simple and avoid sources for errors (to have a good lifetime), but the pressure became big and more and more people were asking for dimmers (also in bigger applications). So we implemented it and had to go for different drivers.
There will be more generations coming and we will try our absolut best, to make it interchangeable with the older versions. But again, only the modules.
So what yet makes no sense, maybe becomes more interesting in the future.
Itยดs only very hard to estimate, where the technologie will go. And different technologies have different problems for example some led technologies need more cooling (bigger aluparts) than others.
Write me a mail on support@sanlight.com and Iยดll send you simulations for 1mยฒ. Most homogeneous setup for sure will be 2 lamps (not 3). If money doesnยดt matter (and energy consumption neither). Iยดd go for 2 x Q5W and 2 dimmers.
But as mentioned, drop me a mail, if youยดre interested in specific informations and simulations.
Regards
SANlight Support
Greetings from Russia! Your plants look great! Keep developing in the same spirit! If you are interested in watching the adventures of weed in Russia, then subscribe to my diary
oh that's looking really good now :) so awesome!!
My crop took over 10 weeks from pistils showing before maturing and had to do it in two harvest as the bottom wasn't ready for a further 2 weeks after the initial canopy harvest.
@HazeyBobby,
Totally makes sense ! ๐ Unfortunately i can dry only in the grow tent right now. In the future i will change my set up to two smaller growspaces, one mother space, one vegitation space and a drying space. ๐
@Trichome_threshold, either way - you'll always have the option to harvest in stages if need be. I found harvesting in stages really made the whole harvesting experience much better personally for me - the handling, drying, trimming, manicuring and curing were all so much more enjoyable :) it will be a big harvest for you!! Great problem ๐
@HazeyBobby,
Yeah it is coming along nicely ! ๐ I hope because of all the defoliation, that the lower buds will be ready at the same time like the head buds. Lets see how it will look like in 3-4 Weeks. โ๐
Super nice canopy!
Regarding your water problem i can definitely recommend the airdomes, these are awesome and pump air right into the root zone. They make a big difference.
In absence of them, I regularly shut off the res. This allows the medium to dry enough which invites air into the medium, and allows for more vigorous growth.
Alternatively I find in veg, I can turn off the Res for a good few days, again this encourages air in the rootzone and a more noticeable growth rate.
Just keep an eye and keep test the dryness of the soil. And the weight of the pots. You don't want it to dry out completely as the organic nutrients need some moisture.
When I top feed, I turn off the Res for 24 / 48 give the feed then I leave the Res off for a other 24/ 48 hours.
@cee_grow,
I only have the 8.5 liter pots and that's why I was a little stingy with the drainage layer. ๐
Good idea to replace the bubble pipes with some air stones. ๐ Those pipes don't look very trustful to use them very often.
Do you use the airdomes only when the light is on or also at night?
@Trichome_threshold,
I completely covered the airdomes with clay pebbles, 6 or 7 cm with 15 liter pots. I also made extra holes in each of the 4 blue bubble pipes, just for that extra airflow. Maybe next grow i wil use airstones to replace the bubble pipes.
@cee_grow,
Thanks a lot for your input ! Actually i am using the Airdomes already. I think the Problem was, that my drainage layer was not big enough and i didnt turned off the Res. long enough before/after top feeding. Now i switch off the Res. from time to time, and the problem didnt get worse.
How much drainage layer you use ? I used arround 1" (2.5cm) and will go for 2" (5cm) next time.
@Compassionate_Gardener,
Thanks heaps ! The girls are a bit late with the frost but its coming. I'm glad you like the shots ! It's really fun to make the close-up pics in this flowering stage and for the next update i will make some macro shots as well. :)
Lucky you. FYI you'll get a lot of stretch therefore account for your plants to double in size and you'll be searching for space lol. You won't be disappointed with this strain ๐
@GreenHouseLab,
Thank you very much for your information ! ๐๐ I am afraid now ๐ฑI have to go for a 12 day business trip soon and i will switch to 12/12 when i am back. Hope the ladies will fit into my tent after nearly 6 weeks vegi ๐
@Trichome_threshold, WOW...the plants look AMAZING...I love the coloration of the buds and your trichome close-up shots are FANTASTIC! GREAT diary! ๐๐
@Trichome_threshold, it was Barney's. I looked at a number of online diaries and there were lots of different pheno types around. Either way - should be a great smell for you!
@HazeyBobby,
If i see how different our phenotypes looks like, i hardly believe they will smell very similar.
I'm still wondering if you had this Strawberry Lemonade Strain here, instead of the one from Barneys Farm: https://supremeseedbank.com/product/exotic-genetix-mikes-strawberry-lemonade/
Looking very very nice.. and I can tell you - the harvest is should to be incredibly wonderful to smell - I had the strawberry smell come on real strong after harvest! and the smoke just blows me away still! Enjoy this beautiful strain ๐
@HazeyBobby,
Some of my plants smelling like a fruity strawberry candy and some others more like haze. Love both ! ๐
The trichomes still not going crazy, but the buds are growing like on steroids. ๐ช๐
I have seen the diary from @NuggetPawn and its really on point. Love the way he make the hash. ๐๐
@Trichome_threshold, yes it was very much like a sativa - only one was the strawberry whilst the other was the CBD Critical Cure. The strawberry didn't really have a scent until it was drying and to this day opening the jars is just bliss :) smokes harsher than most but it's real knockout gear ... you can collect resin whenever handled - just everywhere :) I have two more seeds and I do hope they are of similar pheno types ๐
You should checkout the harvest from NuggetPawn "DWC M-L Strawberry Lemonade Second Grow" diary - my mouth drops everytime :)
@HazeyBobby,
Thanks for checking out my diary ! ๐๐ I also checked out yours ! Looks like you had a very unique Purple Pheno that is looking much more like a sativa compared to the Pheno i have in my run now. ๐๐ Did your 2 plants had the same strawberry smell ?