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Began germination process with 1 Girl Scout Cookie Auto. 12/27/2017 at 8 PM using the glass of water method. Trying to keep my grow tent between 75 - 84 degrees. Will be planting into a 3 gallon pot with Fox Farms Ocean Forest soil. 😀
Story so far;
12/28/2017: Wasn't sure if my Girl Scout germinated properly since I didn't see a tail. Immediately placed her in a 3 gallon pot of Fox Farm Ocean Forest Soil. She ended up popping out of the soil the next day. I've been keeping the grow room between 68 and 85 degrees.
12/31/2017: My source of light is a Sun System: Sun Light 125 Fluorescent Grown Light.
Feliz: Felizlight 125 Watt Plant Growth Lamp. 6500 K Cool Spectrum for vegetative growing.
1/2/2018: Used 5mL of Flora (Micro/Gro/Bloom) each, mixed into 1 gallon of water with a pH balance of 5.7! Also added 4mL of Cal-Mag+ to gallon! Feeding 1 Liter of mixture into the 3 gallon soil.
WARNING: 1/3/2018 Found signs of whiteflies inside grow tent! Went to my hydroponics store to get sticky traps.
1/5/2018: Switched light source from 24/0 to 18/6 to allow some resting at night.
I will be updating every Saturday or Sunday depending on my availability. If i don't post anything over the weekend I will try and at least shoot for the following Monday. Thank you all for watching/reading! One Love.
STORY SO FAR:
1.8.2018: Began feeding 1 Liter of water for my 3 gallon pot. (If i should add less please feel free to correct the amount I should feed instead👌) During the day my grow tent was averaging 83 degrees / 55% humidity, and at night my grow tent was averaging 72 degrees / 34% humidity.
NOTE: I'm actually growing in the corner of my garage in a tent I built myself. Not in a bedroom/closet.
1.9.2018: Now using "aggressive vegetative growth" nutrient balance shown on the Basic Applications Table located on the back of the GH Flora bottles. In 1 gallon of water I'm adding 3tsp FloraGro / 2tsp FloraMicro / 1tsp FloraBloom. Also, 4tsp CalMag +.
1.12.2018: Bought an adjustable harness to lower my lights and stop the plant from growing taller. My CFL is now 5 inches above the top of the plant.
NOTE: Will be Topping this week to start growing her wide instead of tall.
Still learning as I grow. Any tips/tricks would be much appreciated! 😁 Thank you for continuing in reading my story! Hope this helps. One Love!✋
STORY SO FAR:
Regular feeding when soil dries up. 1L of water with nutrients. There are still flies inside the tent, so I've got more sticky paper traps around the plants.
I planned on topping this week but completely forgot to do it. Probably going to buy more CFL bulbs to place around the plants, just to get more all-around coverage.
That's about it for this week. Incredibly simple. Didn't have to do much👏 Thank you all for following. One Love!
STORY SO FAR.
1/23/2018: Topping method. Going to start making more branches.
NOTE: Still using "Aggressive Grow" nutrient diet in 5.8 pH water with Cal-Mag+.
NOTE: There aren't as many flies as last week, but still there nonetheless. Might be buying some bug killer juice soon.
NOTE: Planning of adding more CFL bulbs around the Sun System once I can find some low price grow lights.
Haven't done a lot. Watered twice this week.. trying to let the top of the soil dry up more to kill possible fly eggs in the soil. Seems to be working.
Thank you all for following along! One Love! 👌😁
STORY SO FAR:
She's been growing nicely! Not much to it.
NOTE: Aggressive Vegetative Growth. 1 Liter.
NOTE: Now that the heat is coming back I went and bought some "DynaGro Pro-Tekt." I will be adding that to my solution starting Monday. SoCal is getting ridiculous with these random heat waves... That's about it for this week! Thank you all for following along, sorry for lagging on it last week 😅
NOTE: If I still see a bunch of gnats by next Friday I will think about adding ladybugs to the tent 👋 Thank you again! One Love🙏
STORY SO FAR:
02/04/2018 - Began letting the soil dry up to try and kill off some gnats. This week I only fed her twice.
02/05/2018 - Girl Scout began to show some hairs, beginning her transition to bloom. **Today makes DAY 1 - Flower.**
NOTE: Solution now changes to "transition to bloom" as shown on the back of the Flora series. 10ml of each Flora(Grow/Micro/Bloom) mixed in a 1 Gallon water.
02/05/2018 - Bought "Captain Jack's Deadbug Brew. by BONIDE" and added to my nutrients. There's a ready-to-use spray solution, and a concentrate. I much prefer the concentrate because you can continue to use it in the flowering stage with your water. Whereas the ready-to-use spray cannot be used during flower due to direct chemical contamination.
02/08/2018 - I have seen very little signs of gnats. Which tells me that both, drying the soil and using CJDB, helped with eliminating some of those pests.
Thank you guys so much for following along with this journey!🙏 I'm open to any suggestions if you know faster ways to kill gnats 👌👻
STORY SO FAR:
02/12/2018 - (Day 8 Flower) Girl Scout measured at 17 inches.
02/14/2018 - Switched to FELIZ-FELIZLIGHT 2700 K Warm Spectrum for Flower Production. 125 watt CFL lamp. Keeping light cycle to 18/6.
02/14/2018 - Fed plain water at 6.2 pH
02/17/2018 - Flower Stage Nutrient combo for Girl Scout listed below:
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Everything mixed into 1 Gallon water pH balance at 6.2!
*Flora Bloom: 3tsp.
*Flora Micro: 2tsp.
*Flora Gro: 1tsp.
*Grotek - Monster Bloom: 1mL.
*Cal-Mag+: 1tsp.
*Pro-teKt: 1tsp.
*Captain Jacks Deadbug: 2tsp.
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02/18/2018 - Built a new tent to separate my girls and bought a 300watt LED panel😁
NOTE: Will be keeping her light cycle at 18/6.
NOTE: Starting 02/18 I will be using LED for this grow. If you guys wish to use CFL look back through the description for Feliz.
NOTE: Placed bamboo to help support the nugs during development.
NOTE: I haven't seen any gnats since 02/16 but I aint holding my breath anytime soon. I will still be using Captain Jacks to make sure they STAY AWAY.
Thank you all for following along! One Love👌
STORY SO FAR:
02/20/2018 - She stopped growing. Hasn't gone a single digit above 22 inches in height.
NOTE: Fed plain water at 6.2 pH balance.
02/21/2018 - It's gotten really cold this past week.... Outside was averaging 60-65 degrees. And then dropped down to the 40s at night. Humidity was fluctuating from 20% - 37%.
02/25/2018 - She didn't change much, but I did adjust the height of my lights from 24 inches to 18 inches above the top.
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Everything mixed into 1 Gallon water pH balance at 6.2!
*Flora Bloom: 3tsp.
*Flora Micro: 2tsp.
*Flora Gro: 1tsp.
*Grotek - Monster Bloom: 1mL.
*Cal-Mag+: 1tsp.
*Pro-teKt: 1tsp.
*Captain Jacks Deadbug: 2tsp.
_________________________________________________________________Thank you all for following along! One Love👌
STORY SO FAR:
02/26/2018 - She stopped growing completely at a total height of 22 inches.
03/01/2018 - The sticky traps I placed last week only have 3 bugs on them!🙌 Compared to when they first appeared I'd say they're almost gone.
NOTE: This time I changed up my nutrients a bit. Decided to remove DynaGro now that they're flowering. I was told not to use nitrogen, and just blast her with everything else. (Tell me what you guys think. Should I keep using nitrogen?)
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Everything mixed into 1 Gallon water pH balance at 6.2!
*Flora Bloom: 3tsp.
*Flora Micro: 2tsp.
*Grotek - Monster Bloom: 2mL.
*Cal-Mag+: 1tsp.
*Pro-teKt: 1tsp.
*Rapid Start - Rooting Enhancer: 1mL
NOTE: Promotes root growth while enhancing plant vigor and yield.
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03/03/2018 - There hasn't been much happening since last week. Definitely smells fruity😋 Buds only got a little bit bigger but not by much.
Thank you all for following! One Love👌
Disregard all myths that have been proven to be BS regarding the flush.
A ‘flush’ is only used to force a plant to go into shock which may or may not increase cannabinoid quantities. However given that a flush is done in the last week or two this is really meaningless as 1-2 weeks does not allow the cannabinoids to mature before harvest.
The plant will also use up starches and sugars in remaining fan leaves only. NOT THE BUDS.
THE BUDS ARE A SINK for all nutrients and will stay there permanently. This is scientifically proven. A flush is still good practice as it may or may not decrease harsh consumption from Chlorophyll in remaining sugar leaves if you happen to consume remaining on bud sites.
Yes Nitrogen should be used through the flowering stage however low amounts. Excess nitrogen will cause more leaf growth on top of giving you dark green and clawing leaves. It is needed but mostly during the first few weeks after that its potassium and phosphorous for the most part with a tiny bit of nitrogen.
STORY SO FAR:
Girl Scout smells amazing! Nugs started getting bigger this past week. There hasn't been a lot of change so this'll be really short and straight to the point. Same nutes as last week. Temperature has varied from 68-72 degrees during the day, and 32-40 degrees at night. Humidity jumps all over the place.... from 15% to 55%.
Also feeding pH balanced water every other feeding.
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Everything mixed into 1 Gallon water pH balance at 6.2!
*Flora Bloom: 3tsp.
*Flora Micro: 2tsp.
*Grotek - Monster Bloom: 2mL.
*Cal-Mag+: 1tsp.
*Pro-teKt: 1tsp.
*Rapid Start - Rooting Enhancer: 1mL
NOTE: Promotes root growth while enhancing plant vigor and yield.
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Thank you all for following! One Love👌
STORY SO FAR:
Everything has been going smooth this week. Still not as many gnats, so that's good! 😁 Smell is amazing! Mostly clear, not cloudy under the magnifying glass. I'm probably going to feed nutes another 2 weeks and then the flushing 👌
03/14/2018 - Nutrient feeding.
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Everything mixed into 1 Gallon water pH balance at 6.2!
*Flora Bloom: 3tsp.
*Flora Micro: 2tsp.
*Grotek - Monster Bloom: 2mL.
*Cal-Mag+: 1tsp.
*Pro-teKt: 1tsp.
*Rapid Start - Rooting Enhancer: 1mL
NOTE: Promotes root growth while enhancing plant vigor and yield.
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Thank you all for following! One Love👌
STORY SO FAR:
Not much change other than the feeding schedule. Now I'm giving her half a gallon of nutrients per feed. Nice and sticky! Dense and beautiful 😋 Smell is super super sweet! Can't wait to cross the finish line!
Feed chart👇
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Everything mixed into 1 Gallon water. Final pH balance at 6.2!
*Flora Bloom: 3tsp.
*Flora Micro: 2tsp.
*Flora Grow: 1tsp.
*Grotek - Monster Bloom: 2mL.
*Cal-Mag+: 1tsp.
*Pro-teKt: 1tsp.
*Rapid Start - Rooting Enhancer: 1mL
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Thank you all for following along! One Love 👌
STORY SO FAR:
Final 2 weeks! The flushing begins first thing Monday 👏 This has been one crazy ride man but I'm so happy that I'm almost at the finish line! She's looking very healthy! Even the bottom nugs look super delicious and frosty. Very sticky. Very smelly (good smelly, like a sweet mouth watering smell). I can't thank you guys enough for following along and sending me some very valuable tips to apply on my next grow 🙏
HAPPY EASTER EVERYBODY!! 😁 -One Love!
STORY SO FAR:
Most of the tricomes are half clear. Just waiting to see 75-80% foggy before harvesting 🙌 Been feeding just water now with a pH balance at 6.2 (half a gallon of water per feed.)
Almost ready 😁
Thank you guys for following along! -One Love👌
STORY SO FAR:
She is almost done!! 🙌👏😁 It's been 2 days since I chopped her down and I already want to roll her up 👌 It's all good though because I know in the end she's going to be amazing!
Next week will be the last update with all the harvest notes! It's not over yet.
THANK YOU FOR FOLLOWING ALONG!
Almost done! -OneLove!
👽Definitely a strain I will be smoking before going to bed. It took 5 minutes to feel the effects of my high. Got really warm and fuzzy pretty quickly. I feel it more in my head and chest. Feels great 😁 My reaction time has slowed down a lot, so I won't be smoking this while I'm out and about. I even zoned out while I was typing this. Overall, I really love this strain and the feelings of bliss coming from my body. The taste was great and she smells very sweet. 2 thumbs up!!
Overall this strain was really easy to grow and fun to watch! For anyone that's a first time grower (or even experienced) this one is good enough for personal use. She handled the intense heat quite well! Never wilted even when it was 90 degrees in the tent. If I knew what I was doing from the very beginning I'm pretty sure I could've harvested more than 33 grams. I'm still incredibly happy with the outcome!
Your tap water should be around 200 ppms are so u need to get a ppm meter because if u mix your nutrients according to the directions u will burn them bad start off at a 1/3 always remember u have to count your waters ppm (TAP WATER) it will throw u off big time so 600 ppm is really 400 ppm nutrients 200 water if u use store bought say distilled it's 0 ppm so u would count all ppm's as nutrients 😧😧✌️✌️😴😴😴😴
@MUDBUG, great explanation. Also (bad experience) make sure if you’re using tap water you make sure and see if your water company uses chloramine. If they do you need a special filter because it will not evaporate out. EVER.
@DeathCrusher92,
Any time bro I got your back. I think u were the 1st person I talked to on this site...that makes us like the equivalent of online childhood friends lmao
Have you checked the thricomes? They don't look two weeks away from been done, actually they look like the harvest window could be open, if not right now, any day now.
@Experimentgreen, anytime! 😊 yeah I'm still a newbie as well. It's always nice to read words of encouragement! Hopefully you don't live in Southern California. it's suppose to rain like crazy this week.. i feel bad for my outdoor buddies
@DeathCrusher92,
Thank you so much for saying that. A moral booster is always appreciated, especially when you're new. I'm excited for the outdoor temps to pickup and supposedly stay up next week. :)
Lovely harvest. I think you did an awesome job, I'm a rookie too so I'm guiding from the other one that I've seeing. I have a question for you. The monster bloom, how much did you use in each plant? A friend of mine give me some and I don't have a "pesa" I don't know how to said i think is scale hehehe sorry for my English.
@DeathCrusher92, I did it as soon as you replied me. The thing I noticed is that the smell changed a lot. It got super strong. And I noticed the buds grew a little bit more. Thanks a lot for taking the time to answer me. Saludos desde Chile.
@canngabis, No worries 😁 ok, so the bottle says you're suppose to use 1 tsp per 5 gallon. However I never used more than 1 gallon. So I had to do some math to find the right amount.
1 tsp = 5 mL. (that means 5 mL per 5 gallon). Since I use 1 gallon, that's only 1 mL. My plants only get 1/2 mL of Monster Bloom per feeding. It's really strong stuff, so too much will affect it. I hope this helped 👌 Feel free to message me if have more questions. If I can answer I'll do my best
@DeathCrusher92, I've got my first indoor tent setup with a few girls and a clone from one I had out door. I've been taking photos everyday. Just waiting for the first week to end before I post
@DeathCrusher92,
I will do that. I'm having a blast so far! Always wanted to grow a plant or 2 for shits n gigs then thought....well it's legal now so why not? Got a little carried away with my set up. Was gonna keep it cheap and simple...that's not how I roll though. I either go all out or don't bother. I think I just said that to trick myself into pulling the trigger haha
@Beans, haha you're good man. I'm still learning myself 😅 Every day I learn something new that I can apply to my next grow. You'll get there brother 🙌 You can use my journal as reference to adjust your nute feedings or to make your own personal mix. Good luck on your grow! Let's make all rookies proud
18 in will probably still be ok but watch out for light stress
reason being that as plants enter their main flowering phase where theyre making buds instead of just a few pistils they start to be sensitive to everything
including more sensitive to light -- which seems to increase as the grow goes on. as they begin to finish they tend to require more distance from the light than they did earlier on in the flowering period.
it's weird.
looking dank af tho =)
@DeathCrusher92, hard to say; consult your light mfg's info
but i do tend to do this as a precaution and when i forget to i always stress them -- this is happening on my current avt grow, its that easy it still happens to me XD
@Zannabis7, Thank you Zannabis!! 👍 I've been trying to add as much detail as possible for other First Timers to help them out with their grow :] I'm glad to know it's working
Happy harvest =) Looked very potent, glad you enjoy it! Make sure that there's enough room in the jar for the buds to roll and all that, I've let more than one batch grow a bit of anaerobic bacteria =/
Looking good. Some real nice flowers there mate. Patience is a virtue when it comes to harvest time. Depending on your trichome colours (cloudy/amber ratio). Best advice I was given was, if it looks ready.. wait another week! No harm done and best of luck! 😎
@Flavoursuk, much appreciated! 🙏 yeah the tricomes are half cloudy. I'm definitely going 1 more week for flushing (if I can, 2 weeks tops!) a lot of the leafs are still dark green so she's got plenty of nutes to drink up 😋
@DeathCrusher92 your plants look beautiful and almost done? As for your gnat problem, I'm glad is not that bad, I think you are giving them too much water or most probably too often. Putting an inch or so of sand on top of your soil will prevent gnat from laying eggs. Just a simple method for a future grow.
@@Athos, thank you! and yeah I'm thinking 4 weeks maybe 5 she'll be done 🙏 others on here have said the same thing, so sand will be next to buy on my list.
@AutoSeeds, Thank you Auto Seeds! 🙌😁 I'm just in love with this grow. Will definitely be purchasing more strains in the future to try out and document here on GD!
DeathCrusher92
