24K (aka Kosher Tangie), Indica Hybrid

Just purchased this baby from SDRC (San Diego Rec Cannabis)! 24K, an 60% Indica-dom Hybrid; purchased on a whim and when I got her home, I did not have ANY setup whatsoever. I had a pot and soil laying around and used that, along with a 30W halogen clip-on light from Home Depot.

After just 10 days, can't believe she has doubled in size. No nutrients given, just small amounts of water daily. The soil was not drying up quick enough...probably due to the Home Depot ceramic, one-drain hole pot. Still healthy though! I imagine it is still getting a lot of its nutrients from the jiffy cube, too.

This was a critical week as I transplanted her from the Home Depot ceramic pot to a 3 gal fabric pot, and finally moved into an actual grow tent! Got all of my equipment this week: MarsHydro 24x24x60 grow tent, Spider Farm 1000 LEDs, AC Infinity Cloudline S4 intake fan, iPower 4" Air Carbon Filter/Sock. After I transplanted her, she had mild shock and accidentally broke a stem. Fortunately it was not torn and was able to splint it. Gave 1/2 strength Grow Big. Started LST.

Wow, what a difference a week makes! Amazing growth of new stems and foliage. Continued to do LST. She is responding well to it and increased light power to 100%. Experienced a little light burn the first day, but raised it up to 18" again. She grew a few inches and didn't raise light accordingly. Trying to manifold and spread out, hopefully filling up as much space as possible. Did some light defoliation to open up the light to the lower area.

Another week in the books and significant growth as I increase dosage of nutrients, closer to 100% full dosage. I have read mixed messages about feeding every watering, to every other, to once a week...full strength, 1/2 strength, etc etc. I decided to ease into the nutes and work my way up, and feed only weekly. Less is more! Wait for her to get a little bigger and more mature and will feel better feeding at 100% full dosage. Did some more LST, pulling down higher stems and continue to build the table. Day 37: more growth; did some light defoliation to open up center; raised light to 18" (was at 15" in some spots) as it continues to grow. Day 41: more growth; transplanted into 5 gal fabric pot; installed ScROG and will continue veg stage until rest of the plant catches up to at least a few inches above the screen

Going to give it 1-2 more weeks in vegetative. Want to fill out the table as best as possible before switching to flower. It is still actively growing as I am lightly defoliating to maintain good lighting throughout the plant. She is getting thirstier so watering on average about a gal every 1-2 days.

Going to extend 1, possibly 2 more weeks of veg; want to manifold and fill out the table more before flipping to flower. Defoliation, tucking, LST

Heavy defoliation to lower 1/3 of plant; installed 2nd screen to for future bud support; implemented CalMag, microbes, tea, and humid acid; seen an improvement since adding the additional nutrients. Also reduced light from 24 to 18 hrs to see if vigor returns, which it did.

Completed 1st week of flower and did a major defoliation a couple days ago, but you can't tell anymore. Growth is picking up as a few heads already popped through top screen. Also upgraded my exhaust fans to the AC Infinity w/ Humidity Controller. Wow, what a big difference!

Seeing a lot of growth and bud formation. Light defoliation. Afraid to take off too much and stunt the growth! Hoping that doesn't turn out to be a mistake as far as yield goes.

Finished Week 3 or flower. She is looking great! Will be adding in some water soluble nutrients once a week, starting in Week 4.

Completed Week 12 (Week 4 Bloom) with a bang, discovered I had Powdery Mildew! Culprit was a newer plant from another tent. Treated with a milk/water (60/40) solution and gave it a serious defoliation and even removed really bad PM'd bud sites. So pissed that I had left both tents open, when I should have kept only one open at a time. I am hoping I can stay on top of keeping it in control and will look to use an H2O2/water solution to briefly soak the harvest in afterwards to kill off any PM and other bacteria. I think next time, unless I know I can easily access all four sides of a scrog, it is very difficult to maintain and defoliate properly.

Looks like I am almost ready to harvest! I also miscalculated my timing and I am actually in Week SIX (not 5)! Found about 7-8 bud stalks that were ready (20% amber), so harvested those few today. Should be harvesting the rest over the course of this week, depending on when they're ripe. Going for trophy cutting, as opposed to whole plant harvesting to ensure they're all ripe! Stopped all nutes this week and will only feed plain water.

A fun first microgrow for me! Last time growing was outdoors in the 90s so a lot has changed, and learning indoor techniques. Encountered some bumps along the way, but nevertheless, the plant recovered and produced. Midway through flower, I encountered PM and dealt with it first, with milk and water. That kept it at bay, but it it still progressed. Treated with H2O2/water. Worked at first, but concentration was probably not enough. Then tried Potassium Bicarbonate/Veg Oil/drop of Dawn soap and that wiped it out. I knew that spraying that would possibly change the pH, but had no other choice at that point. Thankfully it wiped it out! Cut away diseased/dead leaves and she ripened. Because I had to heavily defoliate because of the PM, I believe it stunted bud growth as it didn't have enough leaves to generate energy and grow fatter/bigger. In terms of difficulty in growing, once I gave her the proper nutrients, she took off! My lesson learned in this is to make sure I don't scrog the branches coming off the tertiary ones. Instead, strip the lanky ones and grow bigger tertiaries, resulting in bigger buds/colas. I was concerned with trying to fill out the scrog screen that I overlooked the fact I was splitting the colas. It was a healthy strain and grew vigorously, once I consulted with a good FB Group Member. She gave me great advice with the use of Humic Acids and microbial bacteria. I believe if the grow environment is ideal, practically anyone will be able to grow even the most difficult of strains. Wish it had better tolerance to PM, but most likely because both mother and father plants were of northern hemisphere cultivar, so more susceptible to PM than tropical/equatorial ones. Did not have access to a scale so did not weigh wet before hanging to dry. More concerned with ensuring I don't fuck this last part of the process up...dry/cure can be fatal to your harvest if not done properly! Now comes the wait to dry, then bottle/curing process. More to follow...stay tuned!