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Hempy style grow in 100% perlite using Osmocote+. Seedsman - fem. Jack Herer, and Garden of Green - fem. Green Crack.
Soaked seeds overnight 5/12 and planted in solo cup hempies on 5/13. Seeds sprouted 5/15. Will feed GH nutes until transplanting to 3.5 gallon hempies with perlite and Osmocote+.
Transplanted the girls to 3.5 gallon hempy pots. Not much growth since then. Probably won't see much growth until the roots hit the reservoir of the new pots. Will begin some training as soon as plants recover.
All is well...so far. Every morning I expect to see withering dying plants but so far they are holding their own. Im guessing 3 more weeks of veg before switching to bloom.
Topping is finally done. Both plants stalled for a few days after each topping. I have been slowly upping the nutrients. So far the plants are handling it well.
The third topping is done. Now there are eight main stems per plant. Green Crack almost lost a stem during lst but it seems to have recovered. The plants are in aggressive vegetation mode now. GC is bigger than Jack but only by a little bit. Will switch to 12/12 when they reach 15-16 inches, which i hope will be soon since I'm no longer tieing them down to spread them out.
I decided to give the girls a trim and tighten their bonds one more time. Is it wrong that I enjoy tying these young ladies up? I swear this will be the last time. They just need to grow a little taller (14-16 inches) and then we go to 12/12.
Flipped light schedule to 12/12 starting Tuesday, 7-21. Gave the girls a haircut on Wed. Its been 4 days since the flip and the stretch is just starting.
Also added another Budget LED 130W board for the bloom.
It is getting hard to control the humidity.
It has been around 80% for the last week. I'm running a room dehumidifier, have buckets of damprid, and I even covered the 3 gallon buckets to reduce evaporation.
Earlier this week I did a major defoliation to increase air flow and light penetration. It has helped the most but I may have over stressed the plants. The stretch is going slower than I expected.
However, the plants look healthy and the leaves show no signs of trouble (that newbie me can see). So, we will just be patient and see what the next week brings.
The stretch is on. I was hoping for a final plant height of 32 to 36 inches. Doesn't look like they will get that tall. Oh well. Relax. Don't worry.
Grow on!
Sorry for the late post, I was on vacation. I had a friend water the plants. When I returned the ladies were happy and healthy!
I'm just waiting for full maturity but being a newb I don't really know what that means. The phone camera kind of works for looking at the trichs. I'll post some pics next week.
Jack is growing fine but GC appears to have a nutrient deficiency.
After reading up and looking at 100's of pictures, my best guess is a calcium deficiency due to low pH. I re-calibrated the meter and tested her reservoir water. It was 5.4. Flushed both plants and re-fed with nutrients at pH of 6.2. Checked a day latter and there is no further yellowing of leaves.
Help please if anyone thinks I should do anything else.
Well I've been sampling Jack and Green Crack and I think I might have missed posting a week....
GC is starting to show a few amber trichs.
Jack's are all cloudy. The end is near.
I probably would have waited one more week for harvest but my carbon filter died and the whole house and yard are smelling. As it is, some amber was showing on both strains.
Harvest report to follow in about 2 weeks.
Jack was a fun plant to grow. She never bitched about anything. 85% humidity, no problem.
95 degrees F, no problem. She suffered slight nutrient burn but a single flush cleared it up.
My only issue with Jack was that she was a hairy (leafy) beast. I had to trim her weekly to maintain air flow (85% humidity) and prevent condensation from forming on her leaves. I think the trimming shocked her mildly. There was very little stretch during the flip to flower. Perhaps my yield could have been even bigger?
Results for the total grow.
2 plants, one Jack Herer, one Green Crack.
356g trimmed and dried bud.
574 g per meter squared
1.4 g per watt! Love the lights!
Not bad for a newb.
Green Crack was a pleasure to grow and is a pleasure to consume. The yield was way more than expected.
Grow diaries seems to have an error in the automatic calculations.
I entered my tent as 2.5 by 2.5 ft. Growdiaries has calculated that to be 10.25 sq ft. The correct answer is 6.25 sq ft. (Are you folks smoking something?) I grew two strains, so 3.125 ft sq per plant.
(edit. Maybe I'm smoking something. I was able to edit and correct grow room size)
GC yield.
200g in 3.125 ft sq.
Equivalent to 690g per meter squared.
Yes, I'm happy.
Total grow results (I made a small error in the Jack write up)
Two plants.
356g total dried and trimmed bud.
57g per ft sq.
614g per meter sq.
1.4g per watt!
I'll say it again. I love the Budget LED grow lights!
A girl named Jack...… She went down to a tailor shop and dressed in man's array
She climbed on board a vessel to convey herself away
Oh convey herself away
Before you get on board sir, your name we'd like to know
She smiled on her countenance, they called me Jack-A-Roe
Oh they called me Jack-A-Roe
I see your waist is slender, your fingers they are small
Your cheeks too red and rosy to face the cannonball
Oh to face the cannonball
I know my waist's to slender, my fingers they are small
but it would not make me tremble to see ten thousand fall
Oh to see ten thousand fall
@Misterincogneto,
I have a 2' T5 I will be using to germinate. I may put some time and energy into finding something with a higher yellow spectrum as I read somewhere that yellow helps germination but for now I will be using that. Once they pop and wake up a bit I will turn the light on starting at the lowest til around day ten when I will turn it up to about 25 or 30%, transplant and slowly progress as the plant says it needs more light. I will start high then lower and probs end up 14 - 18 inches from plant depending on what it can handle during flower.
@Misterincogneto,
That does look to be some aggressive veg but I am wondering if it is from the nutes. I have my plants outside right now. Two of the four of doing okay. One seems to be loving life and one seems to be questioning if it is here or not. The only differences with the one that is loving life are I hit the dirt hard with worm castings (at least I think it was that pot) and I transplanted in the morning, oh, also I thoght I killed it so I came inside and listened to mantras after transplanting. It is this one that has the most growth on it (you can't tell from the pics). My point is that it's potentially the nutes in the agressive veg rather than the light but I am no expert here.
I bought a series 3+ full spec 250 watt and plan on going in a 3x3 with it. I was thinking 2x2 but someone bought to my attention that a 3x3 is potentially better. So I pulled out the handy dandy painting tape, measuring tape and did some measuring to get an idea of what I was getting myself into with both. The 2x2 is fine for one plant possibly two which is more than enough for me but a 3x3 will def make two plants possible and I will have more room for fans and it'll be easier for me to get in the tent for manicuring. I want to start doing some training also so two plants is ideal incase I kill one.
I would like to veg inside and flower out BUT that defeats the lights full potential so I will probs veg two for outside and run the full cycle with two inside for comparision, mostly for the scientific part of me.
@Learning, I'm learning too. This is my first grow and so far all is going very well. The Budget LED boards are way awesome!
My tent is 2.5 ft by 2.5 ft. One 130W board has been very sufficient for vegging. I have been using full power. Started the light 40 inches above the seedlings and have gradually lowered it to 24 inches for aggressive vegetation. So far i have not burned the plant and growth has been outstanding. Veg stage is taking a little long because I over stressed the plants during manifold training and i think I'm growing them a little larger than most people do before switching to flower. I am adding another board for flowering. Keep watching.
@Misterincogneto,
I will have to follow this journal so I can see how they turn out. I have seen some really good results on 420magazine.com with these lights. I can link you if you'd like. Trying to find stuff on that site isn't a fast task, for me anyways...
I also like sativas but I think I am going for the Mars Hydro 3x3 which is actually 39x39x70 so just under 6 foot. Hopefully topping and LST will lead to good harvests. I would for Gorilla but I don't have the cash for that. I am not exactly liking that isn't a true 3x3 either but I trust the light and diamond mylar will do the trick.
@Learning, i believe the brand is Sun Hut. It is 2.5 x 2.5 x 7 ft. It was the only tall small tent i could find. I like sativas so i wanted a tall tent.
@BeenSmokin_NewToGrowin,
Yes, the nutrient amounts are correct. They are straight from the directions for the General Hydroponics 3 part (floragrow, floramicro, and florabloom) system. The only thing not shown is pH up/down for adjusting pH.
Misterincogneto
