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And away We Grow. Running Fast Buds Blackberry. I only Plan to Defoliate as necessary. Using General Hydroponics Grow Trio with GalMag Plus and Hyrdoguard. Will be using Liquid KoolBloom in early Flower and Beastie Bloomz in later Flower. Growing in 5 Gal. Buckets. Grow space is 3'x3'x6'.
End of Week 3 into Week 4 n She's Growing Nicely. Growing Tall with Wide Node Spacing. Started to LST Her to keep Her Height under control. Her First Pistils have appeared so for this Week's Water Change I Fed Her at 1/2 Dosage for "Transition to Bloom" according to GHE Recommendation and gave Her a Light Dosage of Liquid KoolBloom. She also received Full CalMag Plus and Hydroguard Doses.
Rolling through another Week. She's Growing well with no Issues to Note. I continue to LST Her to try n keep the Canopy even. She's Growing Long so We'll see how that effects Bud Development. Pistils are still Forming but no Buds yet so She'll get another Transition Feeding this Week at 1/2 Dosage with Full CalMag Plus n Liquid KoolBloom. Hoping for some Stretching soon.
Another Week of Good Growth. No Issues or Deficiencies. Clipped a few Lower Branches n Shoots. Pistils still Developing so I'll give Her One more Week of Full Dosage "Transition" Feeding with Full CalMag Plus and Liquid KoolBloom.
End of Week 6 into Week 7 and She's Striding. She's Shot Up over the Past Week. She's Long but not Leafy at all so that should make the Trim Job Easier. Waiting for Bud Development and that Beautiful Purple Hue She's known for. She'll get One Last "Transition" Feeding at Full Dosage with CalMag but I'm Changing from the Liquid KoolBloom to the Beastie Blooms for the Rest of the Grow.
End of Week 7 into Week 8. She seems to have Stopped Her Stretch and Started on Bud Development. They're Barely Forming but I can already see the Purple. She'll be Moving on to "Bloom and Ripening" Feeding at Full Dosage with Full CalMag Plus n Beastie Bloomz. another 3-5 Week n She should be Ready.
Another Week of Slow Growth. She's Stopped Stretching and Buds are still Developing so We'll see how it Grows from Here. The Week's Feeding was another "Bloom n Ripen" Feeding at Full Dosage with Full CalMag Plus and Liquid KoolBloom.
It looks like a case of maybe excess of nitrogen.. She didn't develop a very strong structure at the vegetation.. And she didn't have the strength to develop some big Buds.
After Input from the Community I've Decided on NO Nutrients for a few Days to let Her Recover from Her Suspected Nitrogen Toxicity. If She Recovers like I Hope She'll get One more Feeding of Beastie Bloomz only before a Final Flush as I Suspect only a Few Weeks before She's ready to Harvest.
Little Development over the last Week. She'll just get PH'd Water until Harvest. Pistils are Turning so I have no reason to Expect more than 2 more Weeks. Another Disappointing Yield awaits but more Lessons Learned.
You are using a 1.000 watts led light right? Is that the true power draw or more like a 1.000 equivalent?
Second, you have a 3 x 3 tent, but you only are growing 1 plant. You need to fill all the grow area that your light covers to get the most of it, in the case of autos, as a rule of thumb plant 1 seed per sq ft, in a 3 x 3 = 9 sq ft, you would need 9 auto seeds.
If you want to grow only 1 or 2 plants, then I suggest a female photoperiod seed and veg a couple of months in order to really fill the canopy before switching to 12/12.
@@frags,good morning friend! 2 six shooter in my tent would never happen, she's too beasty...I do have 2 in there now, 1 girl scout and 1 LSD. I am super training them too, see how it turns out. I will update my LSD now and start my cookie diary, take a look in a few.
@Germbucket,you nervous bec space will not enough to you ? i know u grow ladies huge 😄 can you put 2x from that 6shooters to this tent? no way bro no space, but ofc SOG technique is also working well with many growers.
@ScotlandDrGreen420, I Hear You but No Idea what it might be... She's been Fed the same as Her 2 Sisters in the same Tent n She's been Growing like that the Entire Grow... Buds are just Forming so We'll so how things Grow...
Hey man, what size air pump are you using and how many lpm is each bucket getting as just read a few of your grows and I don't understand why your not getting results with the setup you Have, I am also growing DWC
@MrGreenFingers, 63 GPH per Bucket. It's a 4 Valve Pump with a Total 254 GPH. I've only been Growing just under a Year so I'm still Finding My way with Nutes, etc. About a Month into this Grow I changed the Air Stones. I think Lack of Air was responsible for the Low Yield on a Couple Grows. Light Fluctuation on others. This One Specifically seems to have been due to Nitrogen Toxicity that I didn't Catch in Time. MY GSC in this Setup is Huge, just Hoping She Fills Out n Fattens Up. We'll see. Either way I Contribute most of My Low Yields to My Lack of Experience but I'm getting Better. Thanks for Checking My Diaries. Stay Tuned...
I'm coming to the end of a BlackBerry grow myself. Out of 4 plants I can visibly see 3 different phenos. One of which is similar to, but not quite as extreme as this plant. The other three are receiving the same nutrient load and havn't reacted the same so I believe this strain is fairly unstable in regards to its genetics.
@growsmoke420, it sounds like you are on top of things DWC wise. Which would lead me to agree with Jeff about nitrogen toxicity. I’d suggest backing down on the nitrogen based nutes. The affected leaves may never recover but you should stop seeing new leaves curling.
PPS you want 1 lpm of air to every ltr of solution you have in your res as a minimum but you could go higher, this time you can do the calculation to gph I'm stoned lol
@MrGreenFingers, According to Royal Queen Seeds Blog suggestion Air Flow should be Double the Bucket Volume i.e. 10 GPH for a 5 Gal. Bucket. At an Average of 60 GPH per Bucket I Doubt it's the Pump. I did Change Out My Air Stones which seems to Help with the other Plants in the Grow.
Bro I'm just trying to help you out, there blog says at least so that means minimum amount but why would you want minimum?? I have copied and pasted this from there blog, hopefully you realise I am not criticising, I just want to see everyone doing well!
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As a general rule, you should get an air pump that can supply at least double the litres per hour of the volume of your reservoir. For example, if you have a 100l tank, get a pump that can supply 200l/hour. Know that an air pump costing you no more than a few euros will likely not last a lifetime, so get the backup pump as well. And while you’re at it, also get some more air stones. It’s always better to be safe than sorry!"
Hey Bro yeah this is your issue by my maths your only giving each bucket 5 lpm of air, my pump is 40 lpm for 2 27 litre buckets so 20 lpm per bucket which works out to 264 gphr per bucket I think, again if my maths is right lol
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