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Hi Everyone! This is my first full stealth grow! I've planted 2x RQS Quick One seeds.
Any questions or recommendations/advice are welcome!
Planted in Jiffy peat pellets 09/05/2020
No sign of sprouts on 12/05/2020
One seed has sprouted and the other is due to emerge from the Jiffy. Exciting stuff! :-) Everything seems to be fine! 15/05/2020
Jiffy's are covered with transparent plastic to allow humidity to build.
Water PH around 5-6 on runoff; I'm using RO filtered water from mains feed.
Im only watering when the peat pellets look dry-ish rather than using a watering schedule.
This is my first grow using LED Spider farmer SF-1000 after using a Luumi Black 600w HPS and ballast and having to throw in the towell 2 weeks in because my grow environment was way too hot; ive heard good things about the led board so well have to see how well it performs. 👍
Welcome to week 2; slow start so far. Not sure what ive done wrong or if ive just got one runt seed..
One is in the tent and beginning its veg stage looking healthy; the other is still in its peat pot on top of a router to keep it warm sitting at around 25c with plenty air flow and 60% humidity.
I've setup a camera system to do a time lapse of the grow which ill be uploading at a later date.
Both plants should shortly be transplanted from the jiffy pellets into coco and perlite.
No nutes used yet but Ill be starting to use RQS growth boosted when they have gained some size.
17/05/2020 SF-1000 is running at 80% power around 80 watts drawn from the wall; i think this might be enough for vegging but not sure? 😕hmmm
19/05/2020 Ok so welcome to day 10. Ive watered once per two days roughly with the seedlings in 22-27c environment but still seeing slow growth. Also the one that has sprouted has lost a leaf or so. Whats going on?... Seedling number two is slowly surfacing and showing some plant material.
No nutes used yet.
20/05/2020 Today i opened up the slower seedling to have a look at what was going on. I found that the taproot had actually germinated upside down and was trying to grow its self up to the surface with very little luck.
This will deffo lead to her being behind schedule.
Lets see how she looks in a few hours
To resolve the problem i used this guide:
https://www.growweedeasy.com/tap-root-upside-down-seedling
22/05/2020
Ok so plant number one is really starting to like its home; plenty of root development from what I can only guess is the blue light produced by the SF-1000. The root development on my last failed project with a 600w hps bulb was nowhere near as health as this plant at this stage!
Im going to leave it a while before giving it any nutes or potting it up to one of my fabric pots. Maybe another few days depending on growth until i transplant to a bigger pot.
Seed number two.... Its not done much after changing its orientation; i think this has really stunted its growth. Its really far behind the first seed. On the bright side it has changed colour from a yellow ish hue to more of a green colour. Is that a good thing or is it on its way out? I guess with the second one all i can do is wait and see if it comes back to life.
Both seeds/seedlings are kept around 26-29c daily and are watered once every 48hrs depending on the water content of the medium. The SF-1000 is now running at 100% power and i will be ordering a second one soon for the flowing stage.
RH stays around a constant 60-70%
23/05/2020 11:00 am Seedling number two looks as if its no more; its had been showing now growth and upon taking a closer look under the surface of the coco per-lite mix its no longer looking green and healthy. Im not going to turf it out just yet but Im not expecting anything from it. I think having it grow upside down for so long and light hitting the taproot when it was so young has really caused some issues.
Im going to be replacing it with a freshly planted RQS northern Lights. The seed is being germinated in paper towel @~22c and then transplanted to a jiffy.
The remaining quick one is growing and incredibly healthy; strong root development and the foliage is almost doubling by day. Good stuff.
Its been around 20-30c since germination, 1cm under the soil with solid airflow in the room. Can anyone see a reason why my second seed is slower to germinate?
Hi there!
Sometimes the seeds take longer to germinate and there is lots of different factors affecting that. Viability and maturity of the seed, how the have been stored and handled etc.
Some seeds can take even two weeks to germinate so never give up until you are sure it is not going to germinate 👌
Turns out my second seed was growing upside down and the taproot had been growing towards the light for ~8 days. I've since transplanted and the seed doesn't seem to be growing much at all; although it has changed colour from being a yellowish hue to green. Is it likely a dud now
It will put it a little behind but from what I can tell the most important part of the autoflower is the flowering cycle. That's when it needs little to no stress!! Cheers and happy growing!
25/05/2020 Steady growth after transplanting. Northern lights has germinated.
27/05/2020 Steady for RQS Quick One growth under SF-1000. Northern lights is about to pop out of the coco in the next day or so.
29/05/2020 Second SF-1000 light came today and has been added to the tent. Daytime air temperatures are reaching 33c due to the summer heat so I've had to turn the light off and improve ventilation by leaving the fans on and airing out the area. Watering when the medium is dry and no nutes used on either plant yet. Ive also started growing some sweet basil in the tent too. Due to sprout in a week or two although I'm not sure how it'll cope with the temps getting this high. Regardless ill be keeping a close eye on the medium and watering according to how dry it is.
02/06/2020 Managed to keep temperatures down by changing the duration of my light cycle and trying to shorten ducting runs. I just started using RQS Grow nutes as I thin my QO has suffered from a nutrient deficiency. As the bottom cotyledon leaf has started turning yellow.
03/06/2020 Adding the growth booster seems to have done the plant some favours regarding growth however the yellowing of the bottom leaves is still developing. The bottom fan leaf is now showing slight hints of brown amongst yellowing.
The hygrometer measure from the back part, if it's on soil and measuring 65% it's a really dry place! You should protect the little root system of your plant, covering the leaves so they don't demand too much water from it! Also try not to over water the soil, let it a bit dry, just water on the place the seedling is one time, the others you may water around her.
How do I mix A+B coco feed nutrients from hornet hydroponics? They have no instructions online or on any of the packaging, should I just use another brand to make an estimate?
Link to nutes: https://www.kitbagshop.co.uk/product/hornet-coco-ab/
with a&b nutrients mix always the same amount of a & b
1ml a equals 1ml b
For the strength of your feed it’s best to use a ppm meter so you know exactly what you feed..if you wanna feed with out ppm meter mix up a badge with low level of nutrients with younger plants and slowly increase the amount of nutrients as the plant grows..by the time you reach flower you should be feeding at the ratio the manufacturer has put on the label
But once again I prefer a ppm meter above feeding blind
Happy growing and stay safe
Please can someone take a look at this?does this look like a nutrient deficiency?
I'm growing in coco and haven't used any nutrients until today(Day 22)... From what I've read online im missing nitrogen or magnesium.
The plant is yellowing from the bottom up and is a light green.
Your plant still has cotlydon leaves and should still be young enough to go without feed, or very little. I'm unconvinced it's a deficiency. Your in coco which pretty much rules out overwatering... but could u be allowing ur coco to dry out? You should NOT let ur coco dry. In that case it would show underwatering yellowing. Your lights look at a good height so it's not light intensity. Mabey and I mean slight chance it's a deficiency it be nitrogen but I'm not leaning that way.
yeah.. give her normal concentration in coco. At least around the plant, not the full pot, if larger. match canopy, maybe a bit more. probably good to rehydrate outer area too but not with nutes, otherwise you end up with buildup where roots don't exist.
seeds are good for a while. watch the cotyledons for earliest signs it needs more nutes. typically, coco is buffered too, so you typically have a little in there to start. see those tiny leaves fade a tad, start your regular feeding relative to plant size.
08/06/2020 - I've gone from no nutes to 0.6ml/L Coco feed A+B and I think I'm about right. Plants are suggesting my nutrient mix is slightly too rich with curled up edges so ill have to tone it back. Growth has really accelerated after feeding.
10/06/2020 - Still at 0.6ml/L on a+b watering infrequently and as required. Plenty of growth developing and plants showing much deeper greens. Temps @19c at night and ~25c during the day. Still running a 20/4 light schedule. Going well so far!
12/06/2020 - Nothing to report; using the same nutrient mix. Looking very green and healthy.
13/06/2020 - Northern Lights will be transplanted to the 15L tub soon. Steady growth so far although a little slow.
15/06/2020 - Northern Lights was transplanted to a 15L pot yesterday to match Quick One. Looking very healthy. Both fed and watered to runoff with the following:
PH: 5.6
PPM: 236
Nutes/L: 0.9ml/L
Solution Temp:17c
Steady although slow growth.
17/06/2020 - Steady growth on both plants. Feeding using the mix made on 15th. Growth speed is on the up.
21/06/2020 - I've added some new kit to the room:
A New extractor fan and repurposed my old one as an intake to fight the heat from the long summer days which has really helped.
New recycled plastic trays for the fabric pots to sit in and collect runoff.
Both lamps are running around 80% capacity.
Feeding using 2ml/L of Hornet Hydro @6.0 PH and 350~PPM. The nutrient mix is stored and used around 20-22c.
Going to be starting some low-stress training shortly.
The time-lapse is coming along nicely too.
P.S the 3rd plant in the tent is basil :)
Almost there.. See some pre-flowers shooting out.. It's really easy to see when flowering start as there's just massive amounts of tiny white hairs jutting from the budsites.. looks to me like it's just really rapid growth and some pre-flowers atm.. Happy growing friend ! 👊
23/06/2020 - Swapped nutrients to canna coco a+b currently at 12.5ml/5L PH:5.7 PPM:726. The smaller plant is being fed at ~50% dilution. The tent environment is between 21c and 28c with relatively low humidity (20-30%) depending on the time of day. Growth is rapid! Pre-flowers are showing on RQS Quick one; only a few weeks left for her now. She may be small but im still super excited :) :) 👍
24/06/2020 - its 30c outside and it's affecting the temp of the tent; ill be changing the light schedule to 20/4 again (just for today) and turning off one of the lights to mitigate heat during QO's flowering. I'm wishing I had an ac unit right now. 😂
Update - highest temp recorded intent during pre-flowering was @29.8c before the lights were shut off for mid-afternoon/evening. The tent is currently 11c below the ambient temperature in the loft so my fans and ducting must be doing some good work. It is HOT.
3 fans are running at:
1x Inline Intake 4" 155m3/hr.
1x Inline Ram Extractor 4" 198m3/hr.
1x Ram oscillating fan to circulate the air in the tent.
25/06/2020 - Preflowers are appearing everywhere; i thought this plant wasn't going to produce much ha. Still little to no smell... lights are still on 20/4 light schedule due to the summer heat.
Plants are due a watering tomorrow; going to be trying out superthrive vitamin supplement.
26/06/2020 - Both lights are on 24hrs at a distance of 55cm as summer temps have dropped. Tent environment is around 26c and low humidity. 👍
29/06/2020 - Canna coco a+b nutes have made both plants shoot up. Far far better than hornet hydro.
QO is beginning to show loads of bud sites and NL has shot up in the last 3 or 4 days by a factor of at least 2; almost 3.
Ph: 5.7
TDS: 728
Solution Temperature: 17c
Ambient temp 24c
Quick one is currently: 37cm tall
Northern Lights is currently: 12 cm tall
01/07/2020 - Both plants are putting on good weight and height daily. Ambient temps in grow room have dropped but are still well within the range ~22c .
03/07/2020 - Have gone to gho water the girls again today using the following mix:
TDS: 784
25ml a+b per 10l
PH:6
Solution temp: 16
Runoff PH is @ 6.2
Their stems are going purple; is this due to genetics?
Other than that not much has changed in the tent although growth may have slown down; im not sure???
After not changing my lighting or watering schedule both of my plants germinated at different dates are having their stems droop + turn purple; is my nutrient mix weak? My runoff ph is 6.2 and there's no sign of any nute burn; theyre fed ~every two days in coco with canna ab
Приветствую, бро! 👋 Твоя девочка испытывает небольшой дефицит фосфора (красная или фиолетовая ножка листвы). Дефицит фосфора вызван скорее всего избытком азота, но у тебя начальная стадия дефицита и это не опасно, но стоит принять меры! Кормите свою девочку в отношении 1:3 (grow:bloom). В добавке "grow" много азота, ее понизь, а в добавке "bloom" много фосфора, ее увеличь. К середине цветения откажись от добавки grow и применяй только добавку bloom! 👌😇👍 Удачи, бро!
05/06/2020 - Plant seems to be recovering well after feeding a higher concentration of nutes at ph 6. Growth has exploded again mainly on the pistils; they are plentiful all over the plant.
06/06/2020 - Plant seems to have recovered. Looking a good colour of green and growth has been on the up for the past couple days. Its drinking plenty water per day and looks healthy.
Ive upped my nutes from 25ml/10L to 40ml/10L with added PK13/14 as were in flowering.
07/06/2020 - We're back on track; using the same concentration of nutrients as yesterday with more PK13/14 added. Not used any super thrive yet as I've seen some bad feedback on it when used with cannabis online.
Pistils and buds are fattening and showing EVERYWHERE!!
Northern lights is really dense and a lush deep green; no real strong odour from either plant yet.
Nutrient mix
40ml/10L Canna coco A+B
10ml PK13/14
PH 6
Runoff 6.1ph
Temperature ~23c
I'm not going to top either plant for my first grow although i will be doing some defoliation tomorrow to improve QO's yield.
08/07/2020 - Same nute mix used as yesterday; shes drinking at about a rate of 1L or more per day! NL is growing into a very healthy looking plant.
Very little smell inside or outside of the tent. Some very minor defoliation of smaller leaves at the bottom of QO has been done today to enhance bud growth.
Lights are still on 24hrs a day.
It's looking very good!!
11/07/2020 - Plant growth is relentless on both; they're drinking their full watered pot in less than 1-2 days average. QO is showing many flowers on nodes and NL is dense; a lush green and very healthy.
I'm happy with how the grow is currently performing.
Feed was at 40ml a+b and 20ml of pk13/14
PH 6.2
TDS 1050
Solution temp 17
Ambient temp 22
Runoff PH 6.3
p.s. The plants have somehow managed to grow roots through my fabric smart pots wth?
14/07/2020 - Nothing crazy to report; nothing much has changed barring that the plants are covered in sticky waxy pistils and they smell great. The pictures don't do it justice... I think I'm onto a winner here.
I've tied some of the hefty weight-bearing branches to the tent poles to stop her snapping.
16/07/2020 - Defoliation tonight; well see how they look in the next few days. They're looking very healthy with loads of bud sites on the plant. Hopefully, I can further maximize yields.
Nute mix and ph are almost identical as last feed.
Temps are around 26c at the hottest.
I have two plants growing in my first grow setup ever. One plant is late flowering that hasn't been topped (looks great)and the other is vegging and showing some preflowers. I can't decide on whether to top my plant for more colas... please see images
Привет, бро! 👋
Да, ты можешь совершить topping с тем растением, которое ниже и ещё находится на границе вегетации и цветения, но делай это как можно быстрее, так как совсем скоро она покажет свои волоски и цветы, тогда уже topping будет бессмысленным делом, мало того, он ещё может и затормозить развитие растения на 1 неделю! 👆
Решайся или сейчас это делать незамедлительно или уже не стоит думать об этом, если ты сомневаешься! 👆
Удачи, друг! ✊😇
18/07/2020- I've started some light defoliation on both plants to see if they can cope. Im removing lower and larger fan leaves to get more light onto the bud sites.
They look super healthy and are getting very sticky. Same nute mix used as last week.
19/07/2020 - More defoliation today; plant seems to like it as flowers are continuing to grow and leaves are going silver.
21/07/2020 - Doubled the number of pk13/14 used in my nute mix to 20ml/10L and continuing to defoliate both plants. They seem to be responding very well. Still using this nute mix
PH 6.2
a+b 40ml/10L
Pk 13/14 20ml/10L
PPM 1170
Temperature of solution ~20c
Runoff ph 6.2
22/07/2020 Really struggling to prune the excess leaves on the plant without coming out feeling like I'm covered in glue. I guess there's worse problems to have...
QO is going
23/07/2020 Had to travel away with work today; top cola has some minor light burn :(
24/07/2020 - Changed my ducting setup to improve airflow into the tent today and it's working well. I've also put some trellising above the plants so i can tie them up to prevent them from snapping or falling over. They're looking healthy.
26/06/2020 - Looking great; starting to have a stronger odour and the buds are really developing a lot of "sugar". Brushing my arm past the plant makes my arm feel like its covered in glue.
Ph 5.8
ppm 1100
45ml/10L canna coco a+b
10ml/10L pk 13/14
The temperature of tent ~24c
27/06/2020 - Some minor light burns on the top bud of QO. This plant is getting ready for harvest.
RQS NL is dense and bushy; there's not enough room in the tent for both of them 😂
Its looking good!
Nothing too crazy to report from this week; her smell is potent and shes covered in trichomes.
Touching the plant covers my hands and arms in sticky resin-like glue. 😁😁
I am very happy with the state of my secret garden. Considering this is the first shot; the internet and others in the grow diaries community have really put me onto the right course. Thanks!
Ive been defoliation both plants as and when needed and from the trim i have been making cannabutter for baking :)
Ive also taken some pics in the dark to highlight the trichome production :):)
RQS northern lights has had a better start than QO and its really starting to show; she's overtaking QO and just starting to flower now... she is massive! Far far bigger than I was expecting. Shes almost 80cmx80cm in canopy area.
Similar nutrient mix used as last week barring the change to 15ml/10L of PK13/14 from 10ml/10L
40ml/10L of a+b
15ml/10L of PK13/14
1 drop of superthrive
ph ~6
ppm ~1150
Just waiting to cut QO down now....
No massive updates with this week; very similar to the last month or so.
NL is getting on really well; its been massively defoliated and has responded well; NL is turning out to be a far stronger and more pungent smelling plant than QO
Nutes used this week:
40ml/10L of a+b
15ml/10L of PK13/14
1 drop of superthrive
ph ~5.8
ppm ~1150
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