Skittlez + Purple Haze + CBD Plus

blasterw32 Hello gardeners! This is my second grow ever, using an slightly improved setup. In my first attempt I was able to harvest 40 + 20 + 20 = 80 grams under not optimal conditions (limited time mostly). Now, with proper time and with a new LED panel for flowering, my goal is to reach 3x40g = 120g total. SET UP -------------------------------- Grow tent 2 x 3 x 6" hidden on a closet LED Panel VIPARSPECTRA 450w (200w real) Extra LED Panel VIPARSPECTRA 450w (200w real) after 3rd week of flowering. Air filtration VivoSun 4" exhausting outside the closet Air circulation: 120mm 5v desk fan GROWING PROTOCOL --------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Stage: Week 1-2 ------------------------------------------------ Container: Red Solo cups Medium: 75% Pro Mix Organic Seedling Starter Mix + 25% Perlite Water: Mostly sprayed every day. Nuts: No Ph: 6.5 Temp(day/night): 24/17 Humidity: ~60 Light distance: 20" 2nd Stage: Week 3-5 ------------------------------------------------ Container: Smart Pot VivoSun 1 G Medium: 75% Pro Mix Organic Vegetable & Herbs Moisture + 25% Perlite Water: Roughly every 5 days with a little runoff Nuts: CalMag + Flora Trio + Floralicious plus following 'Simple Drain to Waste' schedule. Frequency: roughly 1 time per week, with a little runoff Ph: 6.0 Temp(day/night): 24/17 Humidity: ~55 Light distance: 20" 3rd Stage: Week 6-9 (Early Flowering) ------------------------------------------------ Container: Smart Pot VivoSun 3 G Medium: 75% Pro Mix Organic Vegetable & Herbs Moisture + 25% Perlite Water: Roughly every 4 feedings Nuts: Nuts: 5 ml CalMag + Flora Trio + Floralicious plus following 'Simple Drain to Waste' schedule. Frequency: roughly every 4 days, with a little runoff Ph: 6.0 Temp(day/night): 26/17 Humidity: ~40 Light distance: 18" 4th Stage: Week 10-12 (Mid Flowering) ------------------------------------------------ Container: Smart Pot VivoSun 3 G Medium: 75% Pro Mix Organic Vegetable & Herbs Moisture + 25% Perlite Water: Roughly every 4 feedings Nuts: Nuts: 4ml CalMag + Flora Trio + Floralicious plus following 'Simple Drain to Waste' schedule + extra 2ml Flora Bloom. Frequency: roughly every 3 days, with a little runoff Ph: 6.0 Temp(day/night): 26/17 Humidity: ~40 Light distance: 16" 5th Stage: Week 13-14 (Late Flowering) ------------------------------------------------ Container: Smart Pot VivoSun 3 G Medium: 75% Pro Mix Organic Vegetable & Herbs Moisture + 25% Perlite Water: Roughly every 3 days with small runoff Flush: 1 Flush when entering the last 2 weeks + 1 Flush in the very last end (~3 days before harvesting) Nuts: Floralicious plus with watering Ph: 5.8 Temp(day/night): 26/17 Humidity: ~40 Light distance: 16"

blasterw32 Everything going fine!

blasterw32 Growing super well

blasterw32 CBD growing a little slower, but in the same stage (number of nodes). Happy so far!

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blasterw32 I'll try using scrog this time. Leveled all the babies and adjusted the net at the lowest level possible. They are pretty healthy

blasterw32 Growing in a similar pace, all healthy

blasterw32 Growing healthy and getting bushy

blasterw32 Flowers started to develop faster

blasterw32 Buds and sugar leaves started to get more and more trichomes. Some pistils are turning amber/brown, mostly in the tallest colas. I'm slightly worried about the distance between lights / flowers (~16-17"), but so far they don't present any symptoms of light burning. There's no vertical room left to bring the lights up, so I really can't do anything in that matter, just hope they have stopped growing lol. I'm also about a bit worried about the amount of leaves. Not sure if I should do some prunning or leave as it is.

blasterw32 Hey folks! Thanks for the responses in my last weekend's post . I decided to give them a little trim so they could breathe better and exposed some buds to some more light I'm finding the leaves too dark, so I started this week by giving only ph water +florilicious plus + maple syrup (don't have molasses and decided to try it out, 1 tsp/gallon). If they look fine overall but still too dark, I'll give pure ph water in the next feeding and go back with the feeding schedule in the following time

blasterw32 Hey growers! Skittlez started to develop some brown spots on the canopy and leaves are becoming less greener on Day 77. I suspect it is Calcium deficiency caused by a acid Ph (my Ph meter ran off batteries and I didn't calibrate it unfortunately). In the following feed (Day 78) I made sure to give proper cal mag and adjust the PH to 6.0 (as I've always done). After 3 days, spots continued developing so I decided to fully flushed the medium and give a normal feed afterwards. (Day 82).

blasterw32 Whats up! I've noticed a big development in size and smell in the past week. This week I fed with 5 ml calmag, 12ml Flora Bloom, 1 ml FloraLicious Plus, and 5 ml molasses (amounts per gallon; Ph = 6.0). After lots of research I came to the conclusion that the common belief "flushing in the last week is essential to remove the excess of nutrients built in the plant, otherwise the weed will smoke badly and harsh etc" is not actually true. Basically because : 1) Excess of nutrients is not stored in the flowers ; 2) The huge companies growing weed do not flush 3) Nobody growing other cultivars flush their stuff, including the tobacco industry 4) Why would you make your plant starve to death and be obligated to consume itself in the moment she needs nutrients the most (to gain wait and create oils)? 5) What makes weed smoke harsh and burn black ash is improper drying and curing, only that. Soo, I'll be feeding heavily the girls until their last moment. Based on the trichomes, I'm planning to harvest the top layer by the end of this 8th week. They are getting amber in the very top, but probably because the strong light and its small distance. I can still see a good amount of clear trichomes in some parts in the canopy a bit less exposed to the light, so I don't want to cut them now and lose weight and thc potency

blasterw32 Hey folks! I've decided to harvest the top bus at Day 55 of flowering (90 from planted) because some of the trichomes were turning amber, although there were a lot of clear trichomes in the more shaded areas. I didn't cut all top buds-- instead, I chose those that were slightly taller than the rest of the canopy. Purple haze: 17 tops CBD Plus : 7 tops Skittlez: 6 tops I hung them to dry in a improvised cabinet and had planned to leave them there for +1 week while the rest gets ready for harvest, but I was having problem controlling the humitidy (~40%), so I decided to abort the plan and finish the harvest 4 days later. I didn't notice any development in size or density, but I observed a good increase in trichomes in those mid-lower buds, in addition to more milky and amber ones. On the final harvest (day 94), I've cut: Purple haze: 6 new = 21 tops CBD Plus : 16 new = 23 tops Skittlez: 15 new = 21 tops Then, I moved everything to my tent where I can properly control humidity (50-60%). Now I gotta wait for 7-10 days before putting them to cure. I'll be back with a harvest post once they cure for 1 week at least and I can try them. See ya!