First grow - sativa haze

Week 1 (March 6th - 13th) Actually it was an accident that i started to grow. I have found couple of seeds which sprouted and I invested into a growbox. Strain is unknown. Follow me and my first steps in growing. OMG its so fascinating!

Week 2 (March 14th - 21th) I have finally put all pots into growbox. 1 batch (4 flowers) During this week i have transplanted all 4 flowers into new soil. I use Plagron Royal Mix. 2 batch (10 seeds) I tried to sprout germinated seed in speed rooters (these brown cubes on first picture). Unfortunately all germinated seeds stopped their progress in these cubes. After a week without any progress I have transplanted them into regular soil.

Week 3 (March 21st - 28th) 1 batch (4 flowers) First batch were transplanted into plagron soil and they exploded. 2 batch (10 seeds) I tried my best, but majority of seeds were killed by rooting hormones (i guess) and just 2 seeds from second batch sprouted.

Week 4 (March 28th - April 4th) All batches were transplanted into big 8 liter pots. Again using Plagron Royal Mix. There is a significant time gap between two batches and i am afraid the youngest one will not catch up. Lets see. 1 batch (4 flowers) First batch were transplanted into Plagron soil and they exploded. 2 batch (10 seeds) Just 2 flowers sprouted, thus the rest went to trash bin after 2 weeks approx.

Week 5 (April 4th - 11th) 1 batch (4 flowers) I have cut bottom leaves, they started to become yellow and were touching soil. Flowers have nice green color and seem to feel well. 2 batch (2 flowers - 2 weeks younger) Still trying to catch up with older sisters. Thus i have put them into the middle, to catch direct light.

Week 6 (April 11th - 17th) - on 11th i topped main stem and started to train (ScrOG) and on 17th of April i switched to flower. After all changes (below) i have 3 flowers in the box. 1 batch (4 flowers) I have discovered one guy between them (i have highlighted with a red circle balls on one of pictures). So he has had to leave the growbox. All other flowers were topped. 2 batch (2 flowers - 2 weeks younger) Still trying to catch up with older sisters. Thus i have put them higher, to catch direct light. I hoped this will work, but i decided to give them to my friend.

Week 7 (April 17th - 24th) I was trying to use original net for scrogging, but it was too soft and had huge holes (10m x 10cm). Thus i decided to make my own net with smaller holes (5cm x 5cm) and train flowers on it. Due to it is my first grow and first training i think i started to train them too late. My main goal was to expose as much future buds to light as possible. Also i was trying to put bigger stems to the side of the box and weaker stems in the middle.

Week 8 total, Week 2 flower (April 24th - May 1st) During whole week i was trying to put away leaves covering buds from light. At the end of the week i have made a huge defoliation. I removed all fan leaves and left everything under training net naked. Future bud colas explded after defoliation. They gained approx 20 cm during this week, but growth is slowering.

Week 9 total, Week 3 flower (May 1st - 8th) After last weeks defoliation plant started to grow a lot of new leaves. I have again removed couple of ones covering buds from light. I feel I want to defoliate more, to expose more lower buds to light, but I afraid it will be contra productive. What do you think?

Week 10 total, Week 4 flower (May 9st - 15th) Looks like stretch significantly slowered. Buds started to fatten. Overal plant condition looks fine. This week just watering. No fertilizers.

Week 11 total, Week 5 flower (May 16st - 22th) Looks like stretch stopped. Buds continue to fatten. Hairs on bugs started to brown. Overall plant condition looks good. This week watering with half needed dose of fertilizers. I am removing couple of leaves a day (literally 1-2). I remove just those covering top buds or ones just becoming yellow. I am also testing my new 100x microscope. Check the trichromas detail.

Week 12 total, Week 6 flower (May 23st - 29th) 24.5. - 78th day: Today I stop putting fertilizers and switched to frequent watering. Instead of watering 9 liters / 4 days (I have 3 pots, 8l each) I will water 3 liters / 2 days (1 liter per plant). 27.5. - 81st day: Watered. Took couple of pictures. I love picture of bug with blurred background. Now I try to maintain humidity at 50% and temperature between 20 and 25 Celsius. It is already quite visible how leaves turn yellow.

Week 13 total, Week 7 flower (May 30th - June 5th) 29.5. - 83rd day: I watered 3 liters (1 liter per flower). It’s second week without fertilizers. Fan leaves start to yellow. 31.5. - 85th day: Watered 3 liters total (1 liter per flower). Buds continue to fatten. Honestly I do almost nothing these days... I have to be just patient. 3.6. - 88th day: Watered 3 liters. Update pictures :) Fan leaves become more yellow and plant started to smell stronger. Btw I have bought a new usb microscope and I post 2 new pictures of trichomas. Further better pictures should follow (or at least I’ll do my best 😂)

Week 14 total, Week 8 flower (June 6th - June 12th) 8.6. - 93rd day: Same sh*t, different day :) just watching it grow. Btw day before yesterday I have trimmed half of yellow leaves. Now I just try to figure out best time to harvest... WDYT? 9.6. - 94th day: Decided to harvest.

9.6.2020 - day 94 - Just harvested. Will dry and add all details further. 14.6.2020 - day 99 - I have removed everything from hangers, trimmed dry and put in the glass jars for curing process. Total I have 121g (4.27 oz). I tasted first bud and it’s great guys! I am so happy that I got this result, I was not even sure that my plants will make it till the and. After buds are cured and I taste them, I will update you on result and difference after curing. For couple of days I am leaving jars open. 16.6. - day 101 - jars are closed and curing started! Thanks a lot for your feedback, likes and recommendations on how to improve my next harvest! Cheeeers!!! ============================= Below you can find description of some specific areas of my grow... AUTOMATIZATION To have controlled environment in the grow box I use Elgato smart home products - air quality sensor Eve Room (first gen) and smart socket Eve Energy. So how it works? My ventilator (taking air out of the box) is connected via smart socket to electricity. Air quality sensor is in the box. I have these scenes set up in the App: 1. Upper limit of 26 C or 65% humidity is violated -> socket on -> air is exchanged -> temperature drops 2. Lower limit of 23 C or 55% humidity is violated -> socket off I have had some struggles with setting up, but after some fails I managed to have solution which is perfect to automatically control and maintain desirable environment in the box. Even remotely due to compatibility with Apple Homekit. If you would have any questions, feel free to DM me and I will try to help! ScrOG TRAINING TECHNIQUES As a training technique I decided to choose ScrOG (screen of green). Due to it’s my first grow, I really didn’t have an idea of how to top, train and ScrOG. I was googling a lot, but anyways topped them late. Making my own net was a good idea actually (check week 7 of this diary for further details). Next grow I will use LST with ScrOG.