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Gelato Auto - First Grow and FAIL

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5 years ago
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custom led Light Emitting Diodes/150W
custom led
custom Light Emitting Diodes/110W
custom
Plastic drum
Plastic drum
Indoor
Room Type
LST
weeks 4-5
Defoliation
weeks 5
12 L
Pot Size
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Week 1. Vegetation
5 years ago
6.5 cm
18 hrs
25 °C
6
No Smell
60 %
20 °C
21 °C
1 L
0 L
30 cm
Nutrients 3
TriPart Micro - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Micro 0.33 mll
TriPart Grow - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Grow 0.33 mll
TriPart Bloom - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Bloom 0.33 mll
Germinated on cotton pads in 3 days, then planted into a 0.5 litre geotextile bag of buffered 2/1 coco/perlite mix, placed in a simple unheated propagator. They're getting sunlight too on my balcony for about 4 hours a day.
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Week 2. Vegetation
5 years ago
12 cm
18 hrs
26 °C
5.6
No Smell
60 %
20 °C
24 °C
1 L
1 L
25 cm
Nutrients 8
Sensi Cal-Mag Xtra - Advanced Nutrients
Sensi Cal-Mag Xtra 0.66 mll
Rhino Skin - Advanced Nutrients
Rhino Skin 1 mll
B-52 - Advanced Nutrients
B-52 1 mll
Upped the nutes a little, keeping her in the same small bag. They're getting sunlight on my balcony from around 2pm to 8pm. Transplanted her into a 2.5l fabric pot on day 11.
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Week 3. Vegetation
5 years ago
28 cm
18 hrs
25 °C
5.6
No Smell
1030 PPM
60 %
25 °C
24 °C
3 L
1 L
25 cm
Nutrients 8
Sensi Cal-Mag Xtra - Advanced Nutrients
Sensi Cal-Mag Xtra 1.33 mll
Rhino Skin - Advanced Nutrients
Rhino Skin 1.33 mll
B-52 - Advanced Nutrients
B-52 1.33 mll
In the 2.5 litre fabric pot. Tried to do some light LST on the main stem but it's hard like steel so I guess it's a bit late for that. Hoping those little side colas will get enough light in the following days. Still hand watering her twice a day while putting the automatic fertigation system together for the final container. Transplanted her to a 12 litre (final) grow bag on day 21.
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Week 4. Vegetation
5 years ago
49 cm
18 hrs
28 °C
5.8
Weak
930 PPM
60 %
25 °C
24 °C
12 L
1 L
20 cm
Nutrients 8
Sensi Cal-Mag Xtra - Advanced Nutrients
Sensi Cal-Mag Xtra 1 mll
Rhino Skin - Advanced Nutrients
Rhino Skin 1.33 mll
B-52 - Advanced Nutrients
B-52 1.33 mll
In her final pot now, still hand watering het twice a day until the automatic system is put together. Started a light LST on the side colas. Lighting is a mixture of old fluorescent tubes and LED COB -3500K and blurple. Easing the feed TDS a little, available water is too hard.
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Technique
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Week 5. Flowering
5 years ago
53 cm
18 hrs
27 °C
5.8
Weak
815 PPM
60 %
25 °C
25 °C
12 L
2 L
30 cm
Nutrients 8
Sensi Cal-Mag Xtra - Advanced Nutrients
Sensi Cal-Mag Xtra 1 mll
Rhino Skin - Advanced Nutrients
Rhino Skin 1.33 mll
Wet Betty - Advanced Nutrients
Wet Betty 1.33 mll
White pistils all over the preflowers, this baby is right on schedule! Smooth ride so far. I let go some of the LST on the higher colas, let them go where they want for the time being. She's under the 150W led cob setup now, and still getting 4-6hrs sunlight on my balcony as the smell is still not too strong. I cut off 2 pairs of fan leaves as they were massive and blocking a lot of light from the lower colas. UPDATE Couple of minutes after my entry here the mirror that was propped up on my balcony to reflect sunlight to my stealth zone suddenly and inexplicably fell right on the fucking plant, breaking her stem clean off at the base :(((( I'm completely gutted that my first ever grow ended this way. I think it was looking really good though, I'm staring a new one. Set back by four weeks goddamn...:(
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Technique
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Swoosh
Swooshcommentedweek 45 years ago
Looking great!
Satta
Sattacommented5 years ago
@Swoosh, Thanks! Unfortunately her life just ended very abruptly..
Cacete
Cacetecommentedweek 13 years ago
How much water in the first 2/3 weeks mate? Cheers :)
MrNice420
MrNice420commentedweek 55 years ago
sorry to hear that dude plant RIP
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