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7 years ago
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Indoor
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8 L
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Week 1. Vegetation
7 years ago
1.91 cm
24 hrs
18 °C
No Smell
18 °C
8 L
0 L
12.7 cm
Nutrients 2
Chicken egg shells 3.906 mll
Crushed up Centrum Silver vitamins 0.651 mll
I've never posted on a weeds webpage before. Someone directed me here saying my methods would leave online expert folk in states of bewilderments. Update day 7. Day 7. She's almost .75 inches tall. Roots were about 2 inches when she was taken feom the water and potted. Planted in a mix of compost with crushed eggshels and a handful of vermiculite and a crushed up Centrum Silver vitamin tablet. Any vitamin tablet with minerals and trace elements should work but if you buy a generic brand you wont know what's really in them, that's my thought behind buying brand name, and the only time you're gonna see me spend cash on anything name brand.
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Week 2. Vegetation
7 years ago
2.54 cm
24 hrs
24 °C
24 °C
8 L
0 L
25.4 cm
Nutrients 2
Chicken egg shells 3.906 mll
Crushed up Centrum Silver vitamins 0.651 mll
Someone gave me 4 UFO lights to use so they are being used in conjunction with the CFL and LEDs I already had. I'm not sure the distance to use, I began trying them at 3" but she didn't like it, they're a tad under a foot now. I'm happy to report zero stretching and just widening thus far so they must be receiving sufficient light. She still has a 3 leaved growth thing goin on, which I've decided to contact the breeder and seller about. I heard both Advanced Seeds and SeedsMan have great customer support.. So I'm seeing if the breeder has encountered this before and if SeedsMan has any ideas or support or maybe want to see this one grown in comparison to a normal one.
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Week 3. Vegetation
7 years ago
5.72 cm
24 hrs
24 °C
No Smell
24 °C
8 L
0 L
40.64 cm
This is my little 3 leaved wonder. All photos taken day 22 from seed, day 15 from planting. I've never done an Auto before or done anything inside except cloning for spring, but this is a teeny tiny plant, she's goin to be a shrub, a total bush. My genetics are are ankle high at 20 or so ays but this girl is barely over 2 inches. She has some vertical growtg but mainly spreading out.So far, she's continuing to grow with three leave pairs, I can't detect the pttern of the under growth yet, maybe next week it will be large enough to determine if it is following the same triple pattern. I removed one of the UFOs, and adjusted the lights to 16 inches above the top leaves. The giant LED corn cob bulb is in the middle and about 1 foot away from both plants. I'll hang the other 2 UFOs horizontally when she's larger but they're in the way right now. She drank about 15oz of well water this week and there's a teeny bit of CO2 from some yeast as the area doesn't get much air exchange. I'll begin stretching the main stem away from the light this coming week and maybe some thimbling if the top leaves grow large enough to start to this coming week.
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Week 4. Vegetation
7 years ago
6.35 cm
24 hrs
24 °C
Weak
24 °C
8 L
1 L
30.48 cm
Rough week for her.. She was bent down for a few days, long enough for her to obtain a new "top". Since the new top reached the same hight as the previous top, she'll be allowed to grow naturally upwards from here on out. Decent growth this week despite the harsh conditions. She's about 2.5 inches tall, and if the stem was straight it would be a tad over 4. I'm not confident enough in her size for a feeding this week but next week posted she'll get her first full watering and a tad of food.
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Week 5. Vegetation
7 years ago
11.43 cm
24 hrs
24 °C
Weak
24 °C
8 L
1 L
30.48 cm
Not much of an update. Plants have been ignored and I've been busy. Growth is steady, will do another update this weekend, I've gotten behind but thankfully grabbed pics just haven't managed to upload them until today.
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Skiffdank
Skiffdankcommentedweek 27 years ago
From what I've seen from other cultivation sites this is by far the best and most friendly. Others seem run by savage and ignorant kids from what I've seen. This place is great, and has the best layout. So glad to hear you employ botanical techniques learned from your grandfather! That there made me smile, and I'm sure you'll be smiling too harvesting! Best wishes, I'll be keeping an eye on your progress.
BudKingsGrow
BudKingsGrowcommentedweek 37 years ago
Like your Garden! Girls seem slightly on the small side for week 3... Any ideas on why?
BudKingsGrow
BudKingsGrowcommented7 years ago
@Skiffdank, That's pretty amazing that you've been working a hybrid for 15 years! It might be just that, That these new genetics are having a harder time with the growing method... I wouldn't worry too much and see how they go from here.
Skiffdank
Skiffdankcommented7 years ago
@BudKingsGrow, Hi friend. I'm not in my normal spot here really, it's too cold out in my shop where I normally grow my clones for outdoors for my summer grow. They're inside, in an area that is very small with zero air flow. I began opening their door and utilizing a fan for a few hours a day just this past week, thinking the same thing you are, coming to the conclusion that it could be lack of air. I considered lights too, as I've never used LEDs before only the T5s in my shop, but then if they lacked light I would expect them to stretch, they could be too close.. I'm constantly adjusting the plant-light distance, sometimes closer sometimes further. I also can see they're far more sensitive to my compost than my genetics guessing from the yellowing, my sensi-star/grapefruit hybrids though aged and far from a modern strain have become locally climatized and used to my growing methods since 2003, perhaps my sticking to the same plants for so long has made me lax or over-confident? I'm not overly concerned yet, they're 22 or so days from sprouting and have started growing faster this past week, the somango has at least 7 weeks of life yet, perhaps more, we'll see how long she'll stay with us. Thanks for reading and keeping watch! Good luck on your farming!
AshinKusher101
AshinKusher101commentedweek 47 years ago
I'm sure she will grow from here. That bend may actually help you yield more. My auto somango took off after week 3. she is on week 8 standing at about 22 inches. Actually I will be harvesting her today if i get a chance hopefully.
BudKingsGrow
BudKingsGrowcommentedweek 27 years ago
Crushed up Centrum?
BudKingsGrow
BudKingsGrowcommented7 years ago
@Skiffdank, About the only thing I dont care for on here is that everyone has an opinion! But wait... Thats also one of the things I love about being on here!!! It does get overwhelming sometimes the amount of info and techniques and methods and nutes and lights and Etc. but I find the best solution is always to try and try again until you find something that works for you and that you like!! Cultivating Cannabis should bring elation not grief! Yes, Its always good to learn from others mistakes and advise, but at the end of the day, its your grow and your Ladies 😀 UFO lights are generally around 150w or so, and usually full-spectrum. But they are a nice additive to a grow or perfect for a Space-Bucket grow. My gardening Grandpa taught me about using eggs and feeding plants from a young age! I've utilized that knowledge on all my grows and feel very pleased with the results, so I keep on going... Even if others criticize me for it!
Skiffdank
Skiffdankcommented7 years ago
@BudKingsGrow, folks have been trying to give me all sorts of junk since I got talked into an indoor crop. I dont know much about indoor lighting i just use old tube florescents to start my clones each spring, I went out and bought a 100 watt led thats about 11000 lumens but these 90 watt ufo things test under 1000. Maybe the spectrum makes up for it? I like how you're using tomato and garden feed along with eggs, that's brains there my friend, and wise spending!
BudKingsGrow
BudKingsGrowcommented7 years ago
@Skiffdank, Now that's an idea I've never heard of!! Wish someone gave me 4 UFO LEDs lol!! I put 3 eggs on 3 inches of soil before filling the rest of the pots on all my grows.
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bobo420
bobo420commentedweek 57 years ago
She looks like she recovered more or less fully, doing ok ;)
bobo420
bobo420commentedweek 47 years ago
She's having a rough time :/
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