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Blueberry Auto #3 (Kratky Mason Jar #4)

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v1000 Light Emitting Diodes/250W
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v1000 Light Emitting Diodes/250W
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Indoor
Room Type
FIMing
weeks 2-4
Defoliation
weeks 3-4
2 L
Pot Size
1
Week 1. Vegetation
5 years ago
2.54 cm
24 hrs
27 °C
5.5
No Smell
80 %
24 °C
1 L
76.2 cm
Week 1 Day -2: Seed in paper towel method. Day 0: Germinated and placed in Rockwool. Day 1: Day 2: Popped through Rockwool Day 3: Placed in 32 oz amber Mason Jar Day 4: Day 5: Day 6: Day 7: Nutrient change to Veg2 This is my first attempt at a full hydro grow from start to finish. I plan on starting with passive/Kratky method, and possibly transitioning to bubble buckets later on. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Light: ViparSpectra VA1000 - 1000W (230w actual) dimmable LED **My Day Counts are the # of days since the seed germinated and was put into its initial medium (Germination and first placement = Day 0).
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Week 2. Vegetation
5 years ago
2.54 cm
24 hrs
27 °C
5.8
No Smell
500 PPM
40 %
24 °C
2 L
76.2 cm
Nutrients 7
TriPart Micro - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Micro 3.75 mll
TriPart Grow - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Grow 5 mll
TriPart Bloom - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Bloom 1.25 mll
Week 2 Day 8: ..growing.. Day 9: ..growing.. Day 10: ..growing.. Day 11: ..growing.. Day 12: switched to NUTE recipe: VEG3 (Veg2 is listed above) Day 13: ..growing.. Day 14: FIMed the plant Not much to document, which is nice given the starts to my other grows. I've been trying to dial in my NUTE recipes across all my grows. I also had my pH pen get out of calibration, but hopefully fixed that on Day 13. I was very eager to FIM the plant much earlier than my Blueberry #1, so I'm anxious to see the difference in growths. Some brown spots have developed on the bottom fan leaves. I think it's from a lack of CaliMag from my initial VEG1 recipes or from the pH mess up. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Light: ViparSpectra VA1000 - 1000W (230w actual) dimmable LED **My Day Counts are the # of days since the seed germinated and was put into its initial medium (Germination and first placement = Day 0).
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Week 3. Vegetation
5 years ago
5.08 cm
24 hrs
27 °C
5.5
No Smell
500 PPM
35 %
24 °C
2 L
76.2 cm
Nutrients 7
TriPart Micro - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Micro 5 mll
TriPart Grow - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Grow 5 mll
TriPart Bloom - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Bloom 2.5 mll
Week 3 Day 15: ...growing... Day 16: ...growing... Day 17: ...growing... Day 18: ...growing Day 19: This plant was put into a 2 gallon bubble bucket. Day 20: FIMed this plant for the 2nd time. Day 21: ...growing... Weekly Summary: Nothing of major note during the first 4 days of the week, but then I showed my Blueberry favoritism and converted this plant to my first bubble bucket. I really love the way the bottom side branches are coming up, so I FIMed this plant again to try to help the side branches maybe grow closer to top. After I broke the stem of the Cream Caramel, I'm a little hesitant to train too hard to really make equal colas...I really like the outlooks for how this plant will grow. Short Term Plans: Prepare for flowering... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Light: ViparSpectra VA1000 - 1000W (230w actual) dimmable LED **My Day Counts are the # of days since the seed germinated and was put into its initial medium (Germination and first placement = Day 0).
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Week 4. Vegetation
5 years ago
5.08 cm
24 hrs
27 °C
5.5
No Smell
67.5 PPM
35 %
24 °C
2 L
76.2 cm
Nutrients 7
TriPart Micro - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Micro 5 mll
TriPart Grow - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Grow 5 mll
TriPart Bloom - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Bloom 2.5 mll
Week 4 Day 22: ...growing... Day 23: Since this plant hasn't flowered yet, I figured I'd give it FIM #3...why? Because I can. That's why. Day 24: Day 25: Day 26: Day 27: Day 28: Weekly Summary: Short Term Plans: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Light: ViparSpectra VA1000 - 1000W (230w actual) dimmable LED **My Day Counts are the # of days since the seed germinated and was put into its initial medium (Germination and first placement = Day 0).
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lenzmidler
lenzmidlercommentedweek 45 years ago
Loving your grows. Have you tried FIMing autos before? It's the first time I see it. Then again, my grow is on the second week and I'm planning to top them and still am worried I might damage them (never done it before). Thanks for the diary!
lenzmidler
lenzmidlercommented5 years ago
@Princess_Earthtonesia, that's a very detailed response, thank you so much! FIMing is working for you, It definitely is looking super good.
Princess_Earthtonesia
Princess_Earthtonesiacommented5 years ago
@lenzmidler, This is my first ever grow with Autos, and I've only ran two photo cycles many years ago (no training on any of the plants). The FIMing isn't really quite what I expected: maybe I misunderstood, but I thought there would be "new" growth/colas that wouldn't normally emerge or grow if the plant hadn't been cut. But what I think I'm learning is that those "new" growths/colas are just the node growths from the nodes below catching up to the top of the plant that's been cut. I don't think I've really noticed any stunting from the FIM, and I've also been defoliating like crazy to open up the middle of the plant to expose the nodes/growths to light. At some point I'm sure I'll top a plant, but as of now, I'm really liking the way the FIMing is working...I don't have anything to compare it to, but I'm excited at how this Blueberry and the Glueberry are growing; they seem to have the potential to have a very nice "Bud Skyline."
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