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This time tracking from germination to harvest
Day 1: 24 hour soak in pH 6 water. No nutes.
Day 2: shell cracked. Planted in soil instead of towels.
Day 5: sprout pushed through soil. Turned on HLG 288v2s from 24 hr light. Concerned tent will get too hot.
Day 6: tent was 88°F. Remove HLG 288v2 and replaced with Mars Hydro 300W led
Day 7: looking healthy
Day 8,9, 10: nothing remarkable to report
Day 11: preparing to transplant. Cleaned the tent which get really good. Looks like new. Trying to decide on a 3 or 5 gallon pot for soil.
Day 12: decided on 5-gallon smart pot over 3-gallon. Began preparing soil. Will transplant tomorrow.
Day 13: decided to transplant but changed mind and will do that tomorrow. Instead prepared 5-gallon smart pot of soil with one gallon 6.5pH water using 2 Mykos Root Packs at root zone, Nectar for the Gods 2 tsp Medusa’s Magic, 2 tsp Gaia Mania, 1 tsp Zeus Juice, 1 tsp Herculean Harvest, and 1 tsp Athenas. Using Nectar for the Gods soil blend #4.
My tent is 32"x32"x63". I've only ever done one plant at a time. This time I am attempting to share the tent with a hydroponic grow in a 5-gallon bucket. I normally grow soil in a 5-gallon smart pot. Should I use a 3-gallon instead? Last grow the 1 hydro filled the tent.
@burnerac Hi mate I think you should stick to the 5 gallon but your gonna need to train and grow them both differently then the last time simply because you are attempting two plants rather
than one I would think about LST and maybe a scrog net to help contain them also your gonna need to be able to feed the soil plant and change the nute solution in the hydro one so
dont forget to leave room for that to be able to take place also consider airflow as if the tent is too crowded you can get "hotspots" that could create issues Any way I wish you luck 👍
Day 15: transplanted but feel I jumped the gun. Very surprised she didn’t break in half.
Day 16: nothing to report
Day 17, 18, 19, 20: Soil continues to hold moisture so I've added nothing.
Soil still holds moisture so I'm not adding anything at this moment. 3 nodes! I'm thinking of starting some tomato seeds in the tent then moving the tomato seedlings outside. Is that a mistake?
Day 26: switched from MarsHydro 300W to HLG 288v2 260W
Day 27: added a humidifier to the tent
Day 28: temperatures fluctuating wildly. Got as high as 82°F and as low as 64°F. Added 3/4 gallon of 6.5pH water with no nutes.
Day 29: finally got temperature and humidity under control
Day 30: she looks a little wilty to me
Day 31: added one gallon of 2 tsp Medusa’s Magic, 2 tsp Gaia Mania, 1 tsp Zeus Juice, 1 tsp Herculean Harvest, 1 tsp Athenas Animas. 6.3pH
Day 32: nothing remarkable to report
Day 33: looking better
Day 34: nothing to report
Day 35-37: she was looking great. Thought I saw algae growing so I tried to let the soil dry some but she began looking very hungry so I added a half gallon of 6.5pH water with nutes.
Day 38: time to decide on training technique
Day 39: a pleasing green
Day 40: added 1/2 gallon pH6.5 water no nutes. Noticed a little yellow on the tips of the uppermost leafs. Time to decide on training techniques. Beginning to have that pleasant aroma.
Day 41: nothing to report
Day 42: nothing to report
Day 43: meh
Day 44: time to feed
Day 45: was going to feed. Decided to wait until tomorrow. Stem is getting thick. Wondering if I waited too long to begin training.
Day 46: fed nutes in 1/2 gallon water
Day 47: nothing to report
Day 48: really need to begin training
I like Ga4ad2en0er's answer (your name's to hard to spell man! Lol). You can literally just bend her over and expose lower nodes to light and air. They will grow and become mains.
I did a very simple LST method with my NL#1 in my second grow. Nothing fancy at all, just the basics. Not trying to sell the diary to you, but I have updates and close ups of my bends and how I incrementally adjust them to get the results I'm looking for. The long and short of it: Single topping of the main @ the 6th node point. The rest was LST. Super simple, massive colas and a 120 gram harvest on her, alone.
I topper a lot in my first grow but I advice not too. LST accomplishes the same task without the recovery time needed when we cut the girls head off. The new laterals that branch out will also be weaker and hold less bud quantity. By the end my mains were weak from too much topping and the product on the each was finite.
This is just how I do it but we all fall into our own style. You may like some things I do but not others. Take what you like and leave the rest. In time you'll see what and where bends can be placed to optimize the tent area, yeild and mains👍👍.
Lastly (sorry, getting long now) is to keep it simple. Small bends, adjusted every once in awhile. I stay away from more advanced methods like mainlining and HST methods. You will see in no time that the results of meticulous LST is just as good if not better then other high stress methods.
Cheers and good luck finding your style!!🙂👊
Day 51: added one gallon water with nutes
Day 52: nothing to report. Need to train. Decided to veg 2-3 more weeks.
Day 53: Worried about a nutrient imbalance. Got busy and am behind on the diary so I do not recall my other observations
Day 54 and 55: no pictures
Day 56: I became a bit busy and fell away from the journal so my observations are lost. I did feed her. I feel like I've kept her too dry because someone said I was overwatering. I think I've gone the other way.
Day 57: No pictures
Day 58: no comment
Day 59 and 60: no picture.
Day 61: no comment
Day 63: Flipped to flower.
Day 64: Abused her with supercropping.
Day 66:
Day 67: Added 1/2 gallon of water. 6.4pH 378ppm 804us/cm = .8ec 1/8 tsp Olympus Up.
Added screen for scrog.
Day 68: No photo, no comment
Day 69: Little concerned that the hydro will outpace the soil. I cannot have two different harvest dates. I'm not outfitted for that. Other than not growing fast enough, the soil looks good to me. I think I'm underwatering at this point.
Day 70: No nutes added.
Day 71: No photo, no comment.
Day 72: No comment.
Day 73: No comment.
Day 74: No comment. No picture.
Day 75: Nothing to report.
Day 76: Cleaning up a few leaves. Tied down a couple
Day 77: Added one gallon of water with nutrients. 6.5pH 483ppm 1027µs/cm=1.027ec Sister journal for the hydro is: https://growdiaries.com/diaries/54125-exotic-seed-herz-og-grow-journal-by-burnerac
Day 78: More tying down.
Day 79: No comment. Just photos.
Day 80: tied more down to expose more bud sites. Probably has 1/2 to 2/3rds fewer bud sites than her sister hydro. And is a lighter green.
Day 81: just photos
Day 82: I feel like I am under watering. The soil looks dry. Will probably add a gallon of water with no nutes tonight.
Day 84: declares midflower. Added one gallon h2o with nutrients. 6.8pH (too much Olympus Up...whoops) 625ppm (no slurry test) 1329us/cm=1.329ec
Day 85 and 86: no pics
Day 87: just pics
Day 88: added one gallon water. 5.8pH ties a couple of branches down
Day 89, 90: just pics
Day 98: decided that doubling the nutrients last week was a mistake. This plant was looking perfect now shows a little nute burn on the leaf tips. I thought maybe the lighter great was an indication that she was hungry. So just added one gallon 6.1pH water.
Day 99, 100, 101: photos only
Day 102: added 1 gallon 6.7pH water only
Day 103, 104: photos only
Day 105: just pictures
Day 106: added nutes. Digital pH6.1 Chemical pH6.5. 625ppm should be 300-500. 1.329ec. In hindsight should have added some Pegasus potion for nitrogen
Day 107: just pictures. Did note that the leaves are getting darker. I think the nitrogen from pegasus potion is helping.
Day 108: she’s thirsty. May add one gallon of water with Pegasus Potion
Day 109: Added one gallon 5.5pH water with Pegasus Potion
Day 110: getting excited for the coming harvest
Day 111: just pictures
Day 112: feel like I’m not watering frequently enough. Added one gallon 6.8pH water with nutes. 568ppm
Day 113: I feel like the leaves are darkening. The buds look great. I’m still concerned I did something wrong to have it appear so much less than its sister hydro. However, I seem to recall that Nectar for the Gods actually produces a better bud but in less quantity. We will know in just a few weeks.
Day 114: she’s thirsty. Will add one gallon of water tonight. Added one gallon 6.6pH with 3 tsp Pegasus Potion for nitrogen.
Day 115: noticed stigmas have begun turning red
Day 116: added one gallon water 6.6pH with 3tsp Pegasus Potion
Day 117, 118: just pictures
Day 119: thirsty plant needs water and nutes
Day 120: adding one gallon water with nutes. 6.3pH 1551us/cm = 1.551ec
Day 121: just pictures. Getting excited for harvest. Wondering if this one shouldn’t go a week longer than its sister hydro but I don’t have an extra tent for drying.
Day 122: just pics. Tempted to add water but think I’ll wait until tomorrow
Day 123: added a gallon of 6.2pH water with 3tsp Pegasus Potion And 2tsp Demeter’s Destiny.
Day 124: just pictures
Day 126: just pictures
Day 125: added a gallon of 6.4pH water with 3tsp Pegasus Potion And 2tsp Demeter’s Destiny.
If you have two plants in one tent, and one plant becomes ready for harvest before the other, what do you do? Cut one and hang it in same tent with light? Let one get more amber? Dry outside the tent?
Day 126: just picture
Day 127: no pictures. Soil still moist. Upper part of the tent seems a little hot. Really need another fan in the tent. Increased exhaust speed but worried that will hurt humidity.
Day 128: soil still damp from day 125. I feel like we are close to harvest. I know many feel I should be flushing at this point but I’m going to use nutes to then end.
Day 129: now she looks thirsty. Will add 1 gallon with nutes today. Soil looks a little behind hydro so a separate drying space is in my near future. Debating a second tent versus a wardrobe box. Figuring out how to use this new microscope.
Thinking it needs more time but anxious to harvest.
Day 130: just pictures. Harvest this weekend?
Day 131: a couple of pieces of amber. Good amount of cloudy. Some still clear. Is this ready for harvest?
Day 132: still learning the microscope. Sometimes hard to tell if the trichome is cloudy or just out of focus.
Day 133: looking good. My loupe found some amber but I think this one needs more time. Probably a week behind the hydro. I want to harvest both at the same time.
Day 134: Will probably harvest tomorrow (Sunday), Wednesday, or next Saturday. Added one gallon 6.6pH with nutes.
Day 135: Just photos.
Day 136: just photos. Saw some amber but still a lot of clear but with a good mix of cloudy. Could harvest now but will wait 3-6/7 more days.
Day 137: just photos
Day 138: added one gallon 6.8pH water no nutes
Day 139: just photos
Day 140: just photos. Will harvest tonight or tomorrow although I could really give this another week.
Day 141: I think she could go another week but is close enough for harvest. Her sister hydro is definitely ready so this is harvest weekend. If I had a second tent or the wherewithal to build a diy dry box I might let this one go a little longer. It’s harvest time!
burnerac
