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Week 2. Vegetation
5 years ago
10.16 cm
18 hrs
28 °C
6
150 PPM
80 %
24 °C
1 L
1 L
91.44 cm
Nutrients 3
RapidStart - Terra Aquatica
RapidStart 0.5 mll
Honey ES - Humboldt Nutrients
Honey ES 0.5 mll
Mykos - Xtreme Gardening
Mykos 0.651 mll
Started seeds in water on 5/2, and first tap roots showed on 5/3 so planted same day. Running pro-mix HP and watered with distilled water combined with mycos and Humboldt honey ES natural. I’ve dabbled in growing cannabis a few times, mostly outdoor or in closet type set-ups, so this will be my first ‘legit’ attempt. I find the growing process very therapeutic and I look forward to learning a lot this cycle. Thanks for coming through.
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Week 3. Vegetation
5 years ago
15.24 cm
18 hrs
28 °C
6
150 PPM
55 %
22 °C
1 L
1 L
91.44 cm
Nutrients 3
OG Organics Ancient Earth - Advanced Nutrients
OG Organics Ancient Earth 1 mll
Liquid Seaweed - Blue Planet Nutrients
Liquid Seaweed 1 mll
Mykos - Xtreme Gardening
Mykos 1.302 mll
Week 3 started with continued growth and the plants looked happy. I felt like I got the conditions (temp / humidity) locked-in now from my first grow and my over-watering concerns had been figured out.. I was wrong. In hindsight bringing the plants into my 4x4 under the HLG 550 v2 r spec at this time was probably a mistake, as it may have been too much light. Additionally, I’ve been having ongoing issues in my 4x4 with dialing in proper VPD. That in combination with my lack of air flow issue caused real problems; as seen on day 20. I feel the root zone stayed saturated for too long causing over watering droop.
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Week 4. Vegetation
5 years ago
17.78 cm
18 hrs
28 °C
6
150 PPM
60 %
21 °C
8 L
0 L
91.44 cm
Nutrients 3
Liquid Seaweed - Blue Planet Nutrients
Liquid Seaweed 5 mll
Mykos - Xtreme Gardening
Mykos 1.302 mll
Azos - Xtreme Gardening
Azos 1.302 mll
Week 4 was stressful, the plants were obviously not happy, VPD was still an issue. I held off on any watering to start but as the soil dried out the plants didn’t begin to recover. I began to contemplate root lock and on day 23 I decided to transplant into 2 gallon air pots. I used pro-mix hp for 2 and a local vegetable mix with added perlite for the other 2, plus mykos / Azos at the root zone for each, followed by a thorough watering until I got run-off out the bottom. I also decided to further stress my babies defoliating some browning leaves and topping each one.
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Week 5. Vegetation
5 years ago
25.4 cm
18 hrs
26 °C
6.4
350 PPM
65 %
21 °C
8 L
1 L
91.44 cm
Nutrients 4
Gaia Mania - Oregon’s Only (Nectar for the Gods)
Gaia Mania 5 mll
Zeus Juice - Oregon’s Only (Nectar for the Gods)
Zeus Juice 5 mll
Medusa’s Magic - Oregon’s Only (Nectar for the Gods)
Medusa’s Magic 5 mll
Week 5 showed the great recovery capabilities of this plant. I made some environmental adjustments and moved my entire operation to a lower level of the building I’m in. This provided better exhausting capabilities leading to better air flow and cooler intake air leading to more humidity. I also switched to Nectar of the Gods nutrients. The plants showed their appreciation by coming out of their droop and by beginning to pray for more light. The leaves started to take on a more lush appearance and it looks like the stunt from topping has finished as the plants begin to bush outward. Hopefully I can maintain this steady growth moving forward.
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Herbalvore
Herbalvorestarted grow question 5 years ago
How do you improve air flow to your root zone without disrupting VPD?
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Nor_Cal_Kannabliss
Nor_Cal_Kannablissanswered grow question 5 years ago
I smoke a fat joint, then slowly blow it out onto the top of the soil to improve aeration while listening to some smooth jazz. Naa I got no clue man.. *lol*
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Week 6. Flowering
5 years ago
35.56 cm
18 hrs
25 °C
6.4
Normal
400 PPM
69 %
20 °C
8 L
1 L
91.44 cm
Nutrients 8
Gaia Mania - Oregon’s Only (Nectar for the Gods)
Gaia Mania 1.321 mll
Zeus Juice - Oregon’s Only (Nectar for the Gods)
Zeus Juice 1.321 mll
Medusa’s Magic - Oregon’s Only (Nectar for the Gods)
Medusa’s Magic 1.321 mll
I began flower on day 2 of this week and officially transitioned plants into 12:12. The first two days I saw a bit of high humidity in the lower half of the tent so I decided to turn up my exhaust just a bit. I also invested in a dehumidifier which will be brought into the tent in the coming weeks. These seeds are regular so I’ll be looking out for males these next few days. Besides that all four plants seem to be healthy and growing strong. I’ll be watering in the next few days and will defoliate some, as well as LST before the plants take off into full flower mode. Update: Day 40 to 42 I began suspecting a few plants to be male. Expecting to cut early next week.
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Herbalvore
Herbalvorestarted grow question 5 years ago
On which days should I defoliate during flower and how much should be removed?
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AsNoriuanswered grow question 5 years ago
First round from day 14 till day 21 latest of flower. Second at day 38-42. Every strain is different , so that why you have to catch right moment. On first wave bud has to be formed, not just preflower, never touch them tho Second wave depends on maturity, check my Incredible sisters diary for more pictures. By tactics you should trim all fully formed leaves till last FULLY formed one, even if its like 4th note from top, nit first or second. I recommend at least 50/50 lolitop together. Do this before watering, and in plain water cycle. I do trim in veg aswell, but normally try to harm them as late as possible, no stress tactics ;)
Herbalvore
Herbalvorestarted grow question 5 years ago
How soon after 12/12 should I be able to successfully determine plant sex? Is this a male showing after 4 days?
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DeadwebsiteBoringcommunityanswered grow question 5 years ago
I agree with norcal very hard to see... I don't know either.. Maybe wait a few days.... It's not like a set time. Like think of how fast the biochemistry is changing over. It's a huge change that's happening to your plant right now. She is saying hey I'm switching into flower mode so I'm stretching and reaching out my flowers... Males will usually reach higher then females so then drop their pollen onto the female.. But this is no Guarantee, I wish there was a way to tell you that yes it male or female.. But unfortunately you'll have to wait and see. There is also a correlation between how fast the flowers will come on and photosynthesis. My flowers will usually come up and show by the second week of flowering. Make sense? Happy growing.
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Week 7. Flowering
5 years ago
66.04 cm
18 hrs
26 °C
6.4
Normal
700 PPM
65 %
18 °C
8 L
1 L
91.44 cm
Nutrients 8
Gaia Mania - Oregon’s Only (Nectar for the Gods)
Gaia Mania 1.321 mll
Zeus Juice - Oregon’s Only (Nectar for the Gods)
Zeus Juice 1.321 mll
Medusa’s Magic - Oregon’s Only (Nectar for the Gods)
Medusa’s Magic 1.321 mll
Had to chop all my males in the tent this week, which sucked. There was three 5 gallon pots, two 2 gallons (which are from this diary) and one 1 gal that all had to be chopped. I named the 5 gals early on and everything; RIP to Trip, Cup, and Oscar. After the massacre I was left with two 2 gallon girls from this diary and one 5 gallon she-beast I dubbed Aunt Jemima; I’m going to include her for the rest of the diary as they’re all Headband. Day 44 - Pistils and bud sites are starting to form on the 5 gallon. Day 45 - Added dehumidifier to tent Day 46 - one of the 2 gal girls started to droop. I think either over watered or VPD issue in that corner after adding the dehumidifier. I moved both 2 gals to a different corner and adjusted fans. Day 49 - Upped PPM on feeding to around 700. Upped humidity, too soon for dehumidifier. Plants are healthy and bud sites are forming.
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Week 8. Flowering
5 years ago
114.3 cm
18 hrs
26 °C
6.4
Normal
700 PPM
65 %
18 °C
8 L
1 L
91.44 cm
Nutrients 9
Gaia Mania - Oregon’s Only (Nectar for the Gods)
Gaia Mania 2.642 mll
Zeus Juice - Oregon’s Only (Nectar for the Gods)
Zeus Juice 2.642 mll
Medusa’s Magic - Oregon’s Only (Nectar for the Gods)
Medusa’s Magic 2.642 mll
Day 50 for the 2 gallon girls and day 70ish for the 5 gallon momma. This week starts with day 15 of flower for all 3. Bud sites are forming, and they’re drinking down the water. Likely will be close to finished with their stretch by weeks end.
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Herbalvore
Herbalvorestarted grow question 5 years ago
I snapped a branch while doing some LST roughly a week ago. It seems to be growing again, but I’m wondering how long typically until it’s good to remove the tape?
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Calyxoanswered grow question 5 years ago
I'm on my first grow ever and I've snapped a couple main stems,, one by lst and the other my fan cover fell on the plant and tore the whole branch off to hanging on a sliver... Taped them and after about a week to a week and a half I noticed the tape started coming loose by itself due to the branch growing thicker where it got damaged.. So I'd say anywhere between 1 to 2 weeks you're definitely safe,, both my breaks healed completely within 2 weeks! I realized these plants are pretty resilient when it comes to that sort of thing and it really gave me some insight into the benefits of HST and to what extent you're able to make mistakes and still have your plants bounce back each and every time!! Hope this helps and good luck!✌️🏻
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