Illuminauto №31 Sweet 'n' Sour grow diary (journal) week4 by PrairieFrostGrow

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Med_in_Tropiccommentedweek 75 years ago

Nice to see you back.

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Med_in_Tropiccommented5 years ago

@PrairieFrostGrow, 😀😀😀😀😅 Mother Nature is difficult to deal with at the moment. Need to hunker down until fall - that is my season.

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PrairieFrostGrowcommented5 years ago

@Med_in_Tropic,Hello Med!!!! Thanks for the message.....that means a lot to see a friendly comment :) There has certainly been lots of distraction around here so its nice to get back to some time with the community and our beautiful girls:) I see you have been as busy as always with your many projects the last month! It will take some time to get caught up again :) Cheers Med and hope Mother Nature is spreading the love on your girls!

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BladeCuttercommentedweek 35 years ago

Great to see someone else tracking VPD. It's tough to get a handle on. What tool are you using to calculate VPD? I have one calculator on my Android phone and a couple of Excel spreadsheets that I use. I've now managed and tracked it essentially through the entire lifecycle. The recommended ranges that I've seen are as follows: Propagation/Early Vegetative Growth - Low Transpiration: 0.4-0.8 Late Veg/Early Flower - Healthy Transpiration: 0.8-1.2 Mid/Late Flower - High Transpiration: 1.2-1.6 With an air temp of 79F and assuming a leaf temperature of 77F then you would need to raise the RH to 75% to get to a VPD of 0.63. Getting a stable VPD is tough. I use an external thermometer and humidity gauge. That gives me a glance at the conditions before opening the grow space or tent. Just opening the door changes everything for a bit. I use a regular "laser thermometer" to measure the leaf temp. I just average the readings in my head, nothing special. What is your process for measuring the factors and calculating VPD? Good luck with the grow. She young with plenty of time to recover.

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BladeCuttercommented5 years ago

@PrairieFrostGrow, more than "guessing" a humidity range, I really urge you to get a laser thermometer (like this one on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3ggGNGF. Not recommending this one, just an example.) This will really let you calculate the VPD. I haven't slept well for a number of weeks, so I found myself checking the plants nearly around the clock. I too noticed how humidity spikes during the dark cycle, but I didn't worry about it! That's exactly what happens in nature. Sun goes down, humidity comes up. Once you are happy with the daytime results, then you might want to consider doing something different in the dark. Also, you might go to 20/4 schedule. It works well with and you have a shorter dark period. Good luck 🍀🌠with the grow.

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PrairieFrostGrowcommented5 years ago

@BladeCutter,Thanks for dropping the comment Bud. Keeping an eye on VPD this run but also just learning more about the high humidity and how my environment reacts to it. Have found that pulling the humidity back down in the evenings a challenge with running it so high for 18 hours of the day. I really noticed how in Veg they loved the humidity at the 70% range........hitting that 1.0kpa range and the leaves were up and perky! Keeping an eye on them through Flower and see how they react to the 60 to 65% range.......again, I am finding it tough to bring humidity back down the 40% range for 6 hours while they are sleeping and transpiring. Have a dehumidifier and working with the settings to dial it in for a better understanding next run. Controllers are a must for temp and humidity when trying to keep the VPD dialed in.........I should have invested in ones that allow you set a different daytime vs nighttime numbers though as I change the settings manually twice a day everyday. Cheers Growmie and thanks again!!

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Shielded77commentedweek 35 years ago

I have a SnS at day 10 and she looks like the mirror image of yours at this stage. I too was wondering if I was heavy handed with something because she does not seem to be as lively as the other plants I have growing.

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Shielded77commented5 years ago

@PrairieFrostGrow, she is looking great. I am a bit concerned as I just fed her epsom salts for the first time yesterday. I will monitor for signs of any issues. Otherwise this is one resilient plant. She took some abuse with my heavy handed LST and even being dumped on her head. You are absolutely right, a lot to be learned from this grow. Thank you for the update. Looking forward to more.

PrairieFrostGrowcommented5 years ago

@Shielded77,my issues have been around pH personally. Narrowed it down to either an early feed with too much Epsom Salts and/or cheap fabric pots. Flushed her fairly hard early on and she is coming back now. This pheno seems to have taken the high pH well. Hovering around 7.1 in coco and just couldn't bring it down slowly........lost a week and a half in veg and then finally flushed her. See you have not been without your challenges either........good luck on the rest of the grow and by not culling her you will continue to learn more about this awesome plant:) Cheers growmie!!

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RussianGrowercommentedweek 75 years ago

Hello from Russia. Your Plants look great! keep developing in the same spirit! If you are interested in following the adventures of weed in Russia, then subscribe to my diaries

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JinksyGrowscommentedweek 104 years ago

Wonderful work! Keep it up and happy trails this week👍🙂

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Med_in_Tropiccommented4 years ago

@JinksyGrows, @ PrairieFrostGrow Thanks for you kind comments bro’s. You guys are giving me too much credits. Although I appreciate the camaraderie. Happy gardening!

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JinksyGrowscommented4 years ago

@PrairieFrostGrow, Med is a great contact to have on your side👍. Good job Med! And I hope it went well! I'm sure it did🙂

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PrairieFrostGrowcommented4 years ago

@JinksyGrows,Hey Jinks......Thanks Bud!!! Still have not opened up the tent yet today to see how they did in the darkness. I stole the hole idea from @Med_in_Tropic because I loved his fork idea from one of his last runs.......love it Med!! Cheers Growmie.......your visits are always appreciated!

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Momgrowsthechroniccommentedweek 124 years ago

Great job! Are you Canadian? 🇨🇦

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PrairieFrostGrowcommented4 years ago

@Momgrowsthechronic, thanks for the comment! As a matter of fact I am.........won’t see too many outdoor diaries from me☹️ Your run is looking awesome....nice clean, tight setup! Cheers!!

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toyahgeroolcommentedweek 124 years ago

So icy, look amazing! 🏅

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PrairieFrostGrowcommented4 years ago

Thanks @toyahgerool, I have had good luck with frost level on plants from Mephisto! I wish an home grower could take a sample in for testing somewhere that is discrete and cheap😞 maybe one day😇 I freaking love your stuffy Bud!!!!!!!!

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Ganjagrandaddycommentedweek 124 years ago

Great finish mate. Love it.

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Kazbrownthumbcommentedweek 124 years ago

Beautiful grow! Good luck with your harvested I am excited to see the results.

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Swooshcommentedweek 74 years ago

How tf did you make that trunk?? Looks huge around week 5.

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Growingkittencommentedweek 104 years ago

Looking good! Keep it up! 😸

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kushinatorcommentedweek 124 years ago

👌Nice harvest! Got a plant now which is exactly the same height, but at week 8, and grows similarly when it comes to the timeline. Hope to finish with the yield at least a bit close to yours. Great job!

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