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ElectricWizzer ElectricWizzer
5 years ago
I have had alot of down time spent at home recently (I'm sure you can relate) and with the government stimulating the economy, I decided to let the gov't stimulate my closet. I haven't grown since I was a teenager over 15 years ago, and never grown indoors. I have had alot of fun with this project so far and already catch myself planning a second tent with a DWC setup. I'm really fascinated by using coco fiber to grow because I also have experience in using it as a substrate for fungiculture. Started grow on May 2 by scuffing the seeds in a tube that I made out of sandpaper. A few shakes and into tap water at pH 7 for three hours. Then into damp paper towels individually bagged but not sealed and labeled and into a shoe box covered in a pillowcase and placed in a warm spot. On May 4 (Day 1): Seeds had all sufficiently sprouted and were placed into Jiffy Seed starters and into the tent under a humidity dome. Lights turned down to 66% power at a distance of 30" from dome. Day 2: 3BOG shot up to an inch overnight and other two just poking through the soil. Running lights at 24/0 until first real leaves come in. Still just feeding pH adjusted water for now. Day 3: Two of three jiffy starters have taproots already poking through. Started preparing and buffering coco to pot up ASAP. All plants are already at least 1" tall. Potted into fabric seedling bags with buffered coco/perlite blend that had been rinsed until EC was <400. Will start feeding nutes tomorrow morning. Day 4: Topped off seed bags with more coco and buried 3BOG a bit. Watered with diluted nutes for the first time and will slowly increase strength until they are up to full dose. Only fertigating once per day for now. Also, began 20/4 light cycle which will remain for the rest of these plants' life cycle. Day 5: Nothing happening...waiting game. Day 6: Put my humidifier on a smart plug so that when lights and exhaust go out (6am) I can turn it off remotely, from work so that the tent doesn't get too humid. Will begin fertigating twice a day starting tomorrow. Day 7: Smart plug humidifier worked incredible well. I let the humidifier run for 5 minutes after lights/exhaust off before switching it off remotely. This allowed a small amount of humidity to be trapped in the tent during dark period as the room my tent is in can be a bit dry. The only thing left running in the tent was a 6" fan for air circulation. NCH was looking slightly yellow and runoff EC was still on target. Growth continues consistently so I will monitor it and react accordingly. The final 3 gallon pots are prepped and ready for plants when the time comes.
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Grow Questions
ElectricWizzer
ElectricWizzerstarted grow question 4 years ago
Should I defoliate these a bit? And when specifically? Especially the really bushy Stilton x 3BOG. I am haven't adjusted LST since first signs of flower but the tent is a bit crowded and I thought that defoliation might help with air flow and even distribution of light?
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Leaves. Too many
Techniques. Defoliation
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Fruitgrower
Fruitgroweranswered grow question 4 years ago
With that kind off bushy plant you'll want to defoliate a bit. You can pull a large fan leave off that might be around light getting into lower bud sites. Or you can wait until the flower stretch. And do a big defol then. And also after the flower stretch when you can really see which budsites and leaves are unnecessary. 👍🌱
ElectricWizzer
ElectricWizzerstarted grow question 4 years ago
I am running 20/4, after about 18 hours the leaves stop praying, gradually start to droop until it's worst point through dark period. When lights come on, I water them, within an hour they perk up. Humidity drifts up around 10% during this time also and temps down 6-8 degrees F.
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Leaves. Wilting
Other. General questions
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Frodo
Frodoanswered grow question 4 years ago
It is the breathing cycle of the plant, completely normal. Plants have an internal clock that adjusts to the periods of light and dark. 2-3 hours before the lights go out, the leaves go down, and then get up completely 1-2 hours after the first lights. You have to worry if you see them constantly lowered, in this case it can be an excess of light or too much nitrogen.
ElectricWizzer
ElectricWizzerstarted grow question 4 years ago
She has been flowering for about a week now and showing some pale spots. At the start of flower I turned the light up from 200w to 300w. Light is currently at about 20" from the canopy. Plants seem healthy otherwise, should I be concerned?
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Leaves. Color - Yellow
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Fruitgrower
Fruitgroweranswered grow question 4 years ago
That is most definitely a macronutrient defeciency. Adding extra calmag to the feed should help you out. And you caught it early 🌱👍normally happens when you increase light or use strong LED.
ElectricWizzer
ElectricWizzerstarted grow question 4 years ago
I've defoliated all three plants 3 times so far and the Northern Cheese Haze and 3BOG look great but the Stilton x 3BOG bx is an absolute monster and super bushy. I am not terribly concerned about larf as I'm gonna make some ice hash but I'm sure that it would help with air flow.
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Leaves. Too many
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Shagrath
Shagrathanswered grow question 4 years ago
Hi there! To me it looks like you could do one more defoliation. Many people like to do the last one during the 21st day of flowering and you havent gone that many days past it yet!
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GMSgrows
GMSgrowsweek 8
Looking at your grow I see a little early browning of your pistol. It's not to bad but they really shouldn't start turning untill the 5th 6th week in flower. Their telling you their getting a little to much food. Maybe cut it back 50 to 100 ppm.
ElectricWizzer
ElectricWizzer
@GMSgrows, oh my god that is so high! I have never even looked at what dosage they recommend on the bottle. I am using the feeding schedule from Cocoforcannabis.com sans rapidstart and modified to a 6 week flowering period. The EC of the final prepared solution is between 1100-1300 all through flower. If you check week 4 of this diary, there is a pic of the feed schedule.
GMSgrows
GMSgrows
@ElectricWizzer,...thnx bro, I'm only here to help. I dont enter any contests and the only reason I came onto this site was to keep track of a new strain I have never grown before. When people dont take my advice they may think this guy thinks he knows it all so they go ahead and feed at the dose it says on the bottle. I wanted to see what the dose of floranova was, so I put 10 teaspoons into 5 gallons of water and the ec 2.4 That's is an awful high ec for veg or flower. Flower is always best to start at 600 or 700 ppm, 1.2 to 1.4ec, then if you see some early yellowing start upping 100 ppm at a time. I would hate to be responsible for someone failure, so I dont comment unless I'm sure of what I say. Cheers my friend
ElectricWizzer
ElectricWizzer
@GMSgrows, I ignored your comment 3 weeks ago and look where we are now haha! They still look pretty good but def getting some crispy leaf tips, etc. I have decided to cut back nutes to 2/3 of what the schedule I am using calls for. Recently realized that the schedule is for photo plants and I prob should have been using half strength the whole grow but didn't see any symptoms until a couple weeks into flower. Thanks for the help.
GMSgrows
GMSgrowsweek 7
Good job my friend. On your way to a nice crop. Cheers
GMSgrows
GMSgrowsweek 5
Things are looking real good my bro. Now that your switching to flower nutes, your girls will want less flower nutes than what you were feeding in veg. I start mine at 600 total ppm 1.2 ec then after two or 3 weeks I'll go up a little. You dont want to over feed at this point. Less is best, give more if needed. Girls tips of leaves will burn easy now. Luck my friend.
GMSgrows
GMSgrowsweek 9
Ah their looking great. Looks like your close to going to straight water for a week or 2. Good job on a great grow my friend. Mine are getting close as well. Cheers friend
GMSgrows
GMSgrows
@ElectricWizzer, Enjoy your fruits of your labour... Cheers
ElectricWizzer
ElectricWizzer
@GMSgrows, Thanks! Started the flushing today on the NCH. I am using florakleen and yucca at a normal feed schedule until the runoff EC is <300 and then I will give it straight water for 24-48 hours. I figure she will prob get the chop in four days or so. Letting the other 2 run about a week longer though.
Inganjawetrust
Inganjawetrustweek 9
Looking nice good luck with the grow 🌱 👍 ✌️
ElectricWizzer
ElectricWizzer
GMSgrows
GMSgrowsweek 8
Looking good bro. I put down a pond liner from the home depot. It will hold all the runoff with ease. You can get grommets for dwc buckets and put a drain in very easily
ElectricWizzer
ElectricWizzer
@GMSgrows, I'm gonna hard line drainaway drain trays in the tent with pvc and build a wooden platform that my tent will sit on. My reservoir will be under the platform as well as a 2nd tote for runoff. I am also going to punch a hole in the bottom of my tent and put in a grommet, my runoff pvc line will go straight down through the tent bottom and platform and drain into the tote underneath. Each drain tray will have a ball valve so I can monitor runoff EC and also to avoid any weird negative pressure issues if they come up.
CleetBigmeat
CleetBigmeatweek 9
Looking good mate, monster autos! Doing some Mephisto genetics too and at a similar stage! Keep it up 👌
Bbates024
Bbates024week 9
Awesome grow man! I got to do the first grow of my life after wanting to do it since the 90's it feels so damn good. Good luck with the finish everything looks awesome!