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6 years ago
Day 22: Watering GSC 1 Gallon of water pH: 6.5 Runoff pH: 7.1 NL 1 Gallon of water pH: 6.5 Runoff pH: 7.1 Notes: Ran about a gallon of 6.5 pH water through each plant to test runoff. Runoff was about 7.1 for some reason. I tested the water again to make sure the pen wasn't screwy, but it read 6.5 again. This is all after a cleaning and calibration, so it's definitely correct. Next watering I will pH down to 6.2 to get a range of up to 6.8. I'll be sure to post results of water/runoff. There appears to be some slight Nitrogen Toxicity in the GSC, though nothing bad. I assumed there would be some slight toxicity planting seedlings directly into FFOF. The plants are looking good and growing steadily otherwise. I bought an air purifier off Amazon to clean out the air in the room the tent is in as it's a dusty room. This should help greatly as the purifier was designed for a room slightly larger than the one it will be going in. Also bought some calibration solution for the Bluelab in 500ml bottles, so it should last me a good while. Also, going to top each plant at the third node once the fifth node forms. Could possibly be this week! Day 23: Topping Notes: 4th nodes on both plants started to grow leaves, so I changed my mind and decided that I was gonna top them today. First time ever topping a plant, so I felt like I destroyed the thing. :( I'm sure it will be fine in a couple days though. I do think I made a mistake cutting too low on the stem. I don't see the growth tips for the 3rd node on either plant. I think I may have removed them. ๐Ÿ˜ Day 24: Nothing new Notes: Still no new growth on either plant above the third nodes. Soil was still damp below the surface, so no water today. I tried to slightly insulate my grow space by hanging plastic sheeting around the grow area to hopefully retain humidity and heat better, so it's more of a stable (and controllable) space. Day 25: Watering GSC 1/2 Gallon of water pH: 6.1 Runoff pH: 6.4 NL 1/2 Gallon of water pH: 6.1 Runoff pH: 6.4 Still no new growth on either plant. Water was tested 7.2 pH for some reason, so I PH downed to 6.1 to account for the soil raising it. Runoff tested 6.4. Humidity and temperature has been more stable since I insulated the grow space. Just have to play the waiting game after topping. ๐Ÿ™ Day 26: Training Notes: Starting to see what looks like the very beginnings of growth nodes on the NL, but the ones on the GSC still look like they were mauled by my ape hands. I staked the top node growth (on both plants) down to expose the new growth site to the light more. NL is shorter but seems to be the best grower out of the two. It's very bushy and always happy to have light. The fan leaves on the GSC always look slightly droopy, but I think it might have to do with the height being almost double that of the NL, so it's probably more weighed down. Soil is still damp. No water today. Day 27: Nothing new Notes: Still no new growth ๐Ÿ˜ฌ Guess I did end up stunting the plant's growth. I'm sure it will recover soon. Temp / rH are stable but on the lower end of the sweet spot in the VPD chart for the temperature. If I could just increase humidity by 15%, it would be right in the middle of the sweet spot and would encourage growth. Might throw a bowl of water in there and see if that helps. Day 28: Watering GSC 1 Gallon of water pH: 6.0 Runoff pH: 6.4 NL 1 Gallon of water pH: 6.0 Runoff pH: 6.4 Notes: Still no new growth. Both plants received a gallon of water pH'd to 6, runoff measured 6.4. Lowered fan to 35V to see if I could get humidity to go up a bit more. Still looking for the sweet spot for VPD. I get the feeling these plants are both going to grow considerably over the next two weeks.
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Grow Questions
grow_time99
grow_time99started grow question 6 years ago
Anyone ever try using the last week of vegetative growth's feeding schedule during the first week of flowering? Decided to try it out since the plants will be growing more vegetation than focusing on flowering during the first week after flipping. At least that's what I assume.
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bobo420
bobo420answered grow question 6 years ago
Actually, if you go by almost any manufacturer - they say that you should be using nutrients that are primarily for veg into first week or two of flower. It's recommended as plants need time to adjust to the light cycle and actually start flowering. Until that happens they stretch, some very much so and for that they need the nutrients for veg. Most of times it's recommended to slowly decrease them from 100% to 0%
grow_time99
grow_time99started grow question 6 years ago
I see some amber on there, but I can't tell exactly how much. I'd like to chop around 20% amber at most. Is my estimate of next tuesday a good time to chop?
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Jeff123fish
Jeff123fishanswered grow question 6 years ago
The trichs will continue to ripen after you harvest the buds so if your looking for 20% at harvest you got a few more days. But if your looking for 20% at smoke then Iโ€™d harvest them now and you should end up around where you want to be. I see about 10% now
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Athos
Athosanswered grow question 6 years ago
Usually when the pistils curl back and turn reddish brown, then it's time to harvest, but that can also be deceiving, sometimes they do that for environmental conditions. You'll have to check the thricomes daily, because they can get to the point you want any day now.
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Stick
Stickanswered grow question 6 years ago
Hi there! Having amber trichomes means that you already missed the perfect window, your buds will get slightly less THC but more CBN, resulting in a relaxing / couchlocking smoke. If you're looking for a recreative high, you should have cut her when the first amber trichomes appeared. If you want something more 'stone' than 'high', to fight anxiety or insomnia for example, you can wait until you have 20-30% of amber trichomes. I'll be around, good luck with your havest!
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drzoidberg
drzoidbergweek 1
very interested in the girl scout cookie will be following this good luck and happy growing
PigBearMan
PigBearManweek 2
Good luck dude.๐Ÿ˜Š
PigBearMan
PigBearMan
@grow_time99, THX. 5 days to harvest... ๐Ÿ˜‡
grow_time99
grow_time99
@PigBearMan, Thanks my dude. Everything is going great so far! Your current grow is looking pretty solid as well.
JUNGLE_B4RNS
JUNGLE_B4RNSweek 8
Itโ€™s okay... no problemo bro. You can fix it with ductape, otherwise you can call this monstercropping ๐Ÿ˜„
JUNGLE_B4RNS
JUNGLE_B4RNSweek 1
The screen is useless for the moment. You can definitely take it off ๐Ÿ˜Š
JUNGLE_B4RNS
JUNGLE_B4RNS
@grow_time99, technically a ScrOG is use when you have/want just a few plants to grow. During Veg you keep the mains tops under the net sending them to the sides, as the same time these mains tops will grow shoots from each internode, this is where you fill up the trellis. When most of the squares are full of tops, you still let them grow 2 nodes minimum, this is where you get a bud in every hole while keeping canopy level under control... and finally when everything is ready and full you switch to 12/12 .
grow_time99
grow_time99
@JUNGLE_B4RNS, Yeah, a lot of the setup in there is definitely not being utilized. My reasoning for having everything crammed in there was to make sure it all fit! lol. I will be taking it out shortly and modifying it a bit to free up some space.
bobo420
bobo420week 18
Doing great, some nice flowers ;)
Jaindoh
Jaindoh
@bobo420, agreedo! killin it!
bobo420
bobo420week 11
Beautiful canopy, good job ;)
grow_time99
grow_time99
@bobo420, Thanks, I feel like I could do better though. Learned a lot and will hopefully pass that on to the next grow.
ThcLbc
ThcLbcweek 1
Good luck mate. I've got a little NL same age as yours. Here's to good health๐ŸŒฑ
grow_time99
grow_time99
@ThcLbc, Hey thanks for the kind words! Good luck to you as well. If you ever put your grow up, I'll be sure to follow it so maybe we can learn from eachother's mistakes!
Stick
Stickweek 18
@grow_time99 Hi there! Having amber trichomes means that you already missed the perfect window, your buds will get slightly less THC but more CBN, resulting in a relaxing / couchlocking smoke. If you're looking for a recreative high, you should have cut her when the first amber trichomes appeared. If you want something more 'stone' than 'high', to fight anxiety or insomnia for example, you can wait until you have 20-30% of amber trichomes. I'll be around, good luck with your havest!
bobo420
bobo420week 16
Nice looking flowers ;)
BucketBrigade
BucketBrigadeweek 15
This is going to be amazing...
bobo420
bobo420week 15
Filling up nicely, some good looking buds ;)
JUNGLE_B4RNS
JUNGLE_B4RNSweek 7
May I suggest you to plug off all the big inner fan leaves from these 4 tops who passed the trellis , it makes 4 leaves in total, to let the light in your NL plant . The plant will start to send the smaller shoots to the canopy feeling sheโ€™s got a chance to put these tops on the canopy, you can lollipop the smaller shoots to make them grow even faster.
420_liquidsun
420_liquidsunweek 4
Looks nice, happy growing.. โœŒ๏ธ๐Ÿผ
Zannabis7
Zannabis7week 1
Looks like you're off to a great start. Looking nice and healthy. Great diary thus far and I appreciate the detail in your main post. Nicely done. Best wishes on the grow. - Zannabis7
JUNGLE_B4RNS
JUNGLE_B4RNSweek 3
You cardon filter is full of water bro... Look on the notice or label it should say max recommended RH (between 70 to 80 normally). It useless at this stage... You should add your filter in week 4-5 of flowering where you maintain low RH (around 40%) and when your plants gets stinky. RH increase during night cycle by the way ๐Ÿ˜‰
grow_time99
grow_time99
@JUNGLE_B4RNS, Well, my tent is in my basement. Prior to me setting everything up, I cleaned out the entire area, framed and walled the section of the basement off, swept, vacuumed, and bleached the walls and floor. I thought I was pretty thorough, but I guess that fan sucked all the dust up. It's gotta be from drywall dust, and various other dust and basement grossness throughout the years.
JUNGLE_B4RNS
JUNGLE_B4RNS
@grow_time99,where was that white dust coming from ?
grow_time99
grow_time99
@JUNGLE_B4RNS, Thanks for the advice. I literally just updated my comments and then read yours! Plan is to dump the filter till flowering when I will then get rid of the humidifier as the ambient rH is around 30% anyway.
Jaindoh
Jaindohweek 8
taping these type of wounds helps a lot, some plants i end up taping AND making a tie support i use silica to try to reduce the number of breakages as well, it helps
Jaindoh
Jaindoh
@grow_time99, i was less concerned with it healing better because it's taped and more that it might prevent the split from deepening and shocking the plant really badly -- which has happened to me.
grow_time99
grow_time99
@Jaindoh, I tried taping it, but due to the low clearance on the canopy, it's impossible to get a roll or even a strip of duct tape in there, and I am fairly certain it wouldn't be enough pressure to keep the breakage pushed together. I just started using silica too. Not sure how long it takes to notice a difference, but will definitely be using it going forward. Sooo...I think I'm just going to leave it the way it is, and let it heal on its own. I'm curious as to what will happen. I want a good yield, but I am very open to experimenting on these plants since it's my first grow. I want to make mistakes and learn from them.
JUNGLE_B4RNS
JUNGLE_B4RNSweek 6
You can get an Hygrostat, found at all prices, it goes from the simple hygrostat plug to super duper climat controler.
JUNGLE_B4RNS
JUNGLE_B4RNS
@grow_time99, playing Mother Nature is a full time job ๐Ÿ˜Š And the cycle will reverse in week 3 or 4 of flowering, youโ€™re gonna pull out water from the dehumidifier ๐Ÿ˜…
grow_time99
grow_time99
@JUNGLE_B4RNS, That's what the thing I bought does. Plug in whatever you want to it -usually a humidifier/dehumidifier- set the range, and it will turn on once the rH low threshhold is reached, and turn off once the high rH is reached. Saves me time refilling the stupid humidifier, power, water, and keeps the plants in the ideal VPD range for their timeline. Also will be great for drying. I'm not sure why I didn't buy this thing sooner, but I'm glad I did.
growdoctordc
growdoctordcweek 9
What a beautiful harvest! Nine ounces running 250 watts in a typical five month window. Awesome growing! Please ID your light brand and model. That is awesome also. Thanks
grow_time99
grow_time99
@growdoctordc, Sorry for the late response. Lights are 2 HLG 130W Quantum Boards in 3,000K on an XL Slate 2 heatsink.
papi94
papi94week 18
Very good! Which led are you using?
grow_time99
grow_time99
@papi94, The HLG 260 kit which is 2 QB-304 quantum boards @3,000K on a Slate 2 extra wide heatsink. Each board perfectly covers a plant. Very powerful lights and I highly recommend them.
Jaindoh
Jaindohweek 16
Excellent progress, sir! Eagerly awaiting your harvest and report for this round.
grow_time99
grow_time99
@Jaindoh, Thank you for the kind words sir. I have a feeling it's going to be an excellent harvest.