My Second grow: RQS Quick One Auto

I've decided to do another grow. I have three pots with three different strains and as always I'm curious how it will go. I've learned a lot during my first grow and hope that this will be better. The weather previous weel was nice and warm. But the coming week it will rain every day, but temperatures should still be ok. The seed was bought about 4 months ago and was kept in an airtight container somewhere in the back of my fridge. The seed has been planted one week ago. It has sprouted well and looks nice and green. Thing I have done different from my previous grow: - I'm using regular soil as previous, but the top layer is soil which (according to the package) should improve sprouting and young plant capabilities. - I've started using some nutrients from the moment it sprouted. However the ammount of nutrients and water I have to give is still done based on gut feeling. Rough estimations will be in the diary description as always. - The plant will always be either in the veranda or outside depending on the weather. Resulting in the plant to have much more light. - It's awkward for me to keep refering to "the plant" in my diaries, so I'll try naming the plant. This one will be Jeff. See you next week!

Jeff is doing good. He's growing nicely. The weather was nice this week! He was outside every day. I'm still taking him inside the veranda during the night because I'mscared of bugs/cats harming him. Although I'm not checking on him when he's outside during the day either. Ha has been in the rain one day this week. It didn't click in my head that it was raining and I had to take him inside. But I don't think it can do any harm at the vegetation stage. Nothing else to report. See you next week!

Another good week has passed. The weather was super hot last week. Every day was 25+ degrees, with some days around 30 degrees. The plant was outside every day, and he is growing nice. Haven't noticed any problems with bugs or anything yet. I'm giving it plenty of water and nutrients. Usually in the evenings when the sun has set. See you next week!

I was on holiday for three weeks. See the report of w4 and w5 in the report of w6

I was on holiday for three weeks. See the report of w4 and w5 in the report of w6

Allright! So I'm back from a three week holiday. Jeff stayed at home. I've tried top put him in a strategic place outside underneath my carport with the intention that it is able to catch as much sun as possible while still being covered from the rain. The rain usually comes from the west so I've put him on the south-eastern side of the carport about 30cm from the edge allowing him to catch the morning and midday sun while being mostly covered from the rain. My grandmother in law came by every few days to water all plants inside and outside the house. I didn't make it too complicated for her and just said "If this guy is dry, give him water. If he's wet, don't give him water. If he's moist, give him a bit of water" and didn't bother with nutrients. The weather these past three weeks were off and on, but mostly sunny and warm with one week of cloudy weather and some rain here and there. I was pleasently surprised when I got home. Jeff grew very nice! From 10 to 45cm in three weeks. I did a thorough inspection and gave some nutrients, but that's all I had to do. He's starting to grow some hairs, so I guess it is in its stretching phase and entering the flowering stage There was a string of spider web here and there, but no spider in sight. Nor any other things for that matter. Some leaves have mechanical damage and show some spots of what I guess is nutrient deficiency. There is one leaf however that is showing green spots, and another one that has a scars on its leaf. I'll post questions for those things. Jeff will also stay outside during the nights from now on. The carport is not an option since my car is there, but I have a doghouse with one open side where I will put him with the same idea as underneath the carport during my holiday. I am going to keep a close eye the following days since he has been alone for three weeks. See you next week!

Allright, another week has passed. It wasn't a bad one. The weather was nice. A few days of clouds and some rain here and there, but overall it was nice. I assume the stretchine phase is over now since it hasn't grown much this past week I've ordered neem oil to spray against the pests on the plant. It only arrived last thursday. Since I couldn't wait to get some bugs off I sprayed a very small ammount of biologic bug pesticide which I also use on my vegetable garden early in the week. Trying to spray the leaves only and not the flowers. Later in the week when the neem oil has arrived I used that. Don't know if I have to spray once more though. The kind people that answered my questions about the bugs advised me to spray 3-10 times. But the plat has only seen 2 sprays (1 pesticide and 1 neem oil). The leaves are looking better than last week in general. But I am still weary of the coming weeks. I've also moved all plants to a makeshift greenhouse on the lawn. Pictures will follow next week. They've always been on my driveway, but the downside to that is that I have to move them to shelter every time there is some forcast of rain. And afterwards move them back on the driveway to give it the maximum ammount of sun. With this greenhouse I can just let them sit there and don't care if it will rain or not since they will be sheltered from rain, but will also catch lots of sun! The only thing I am havong doubts is that the greenhouse of on my lawn and it will be even more prone to bugs. I've sprayed the floor of the greenhouse with neem oil aswell. Maybe that will help. We shall see. Until next week!

Another week has passed. It was a good week. Lots of sun, and imo too much heat. I thought this one was done growing. But he has grown yet another 8cm. I am giving it more water this week because of the hot weather. I have slowly switched to flowering nutrients of which I have not noticed yet if they are better or not. I guess so since people recommended it to me more than once in my other diaries. The leaves have many spots on them which were there from after my holiday, but I could not detect a single bug during my inspection. There is one leaf which had some "eating" damage. But no bugs to be found. I am still weary for bugs because the greenhouse is in my lawn, and there are many small lifeforms in my lawn. But up until now no problems. The shitty greenhouse was a nice idea. It saved me from moving the plant in and out of shelter every time there was a slight forecast of rain. Plus there are no weed plants in my driveway anymore which is nice for the view and you could see a hint of the plants every time you walked by my house and looked up the driveway. The thing I still do when there is a forcast of rain is slide all the plants to the left of the greenhouse and close the left flap. The right always stays open for ventilation. Since the rain at my home never comes from the right side it is fully sheltered by only the left flap. It is a bit warmer in there than outside. This is generally not a problem, but there are a few hot days coming up (mid 30s). But I assume the plant will manage.

It was a hot week last week. And according to the weather reports, it will stay that way until the end of next week. I've tried to keep the plants in the greenhouse (because it has good ventilation) but have moved them out of the greenhouse into the shade because the plants are suffering from the heat. The plant just keeps on growing. It has grown about 7cm last week and has nice stems growing from the side. The reason it's growing crooked is (I think) because of the greenhouse. It's just becoming too large! Plus it only has direct sun from one side, and it will naturally grow there. I'm giving the plant extra water in these hot days. And a bit less nutes because of the nutrient burn on my Royal Critical which I'm growing in parallel. I'm planning to ramp it up slowly, but not giving as much as before. No bugs found during my inspection (yay!) The bottom most leaves are RIP. But I think that's normal for a plant in this stage in this heat? In any case. All of the leaves are looking good. The flowers aswell, although you can see some sunburn in the top most flower of the plant. The plant will stay in the shade behind my house for a couple more days. This protects them from the burning sun from the midday, but will catch some nice rays in the evening. I have to hold some wood while saying this. But I'm glad the bug problem is fixed as far as I can see. The pesticide and neem oil has done its job. I've also sprayed neem oil into the greenhouse before putting the plant in there to persuade any bugs in there to leave. See you next week!

Last weel was very hot, It cooled down a little (about 30 degrees) in the weekend with some sporadic rain. I've not put the plant into the greenhouse this week aswell due to the heat. I'll put it back in when temperatures go around 25. Which should be next week. The plant is still under the carport due to a constant chance of light drizzle. It seldom does drizzle and when it does it's only for a couple of minutes, but I'm not taking any chances. I don't know what to think about this one to be honest. It's growing crooked (I'm supporting it with a screwdriver in the soil but removed it for these photos) but that's not the worst part. One side of the plant is growing fine while the other one is starting to die down. I've given it no nutrients in the start of the week because I was getting nutrient burn on all my plants, but after a few days some leaves started to die down. Later in the week I've given him a tiny bit of nutrients in the hopes that it will revocer, but it is growing worse. Haven't seen any bugs on the plant, so that shouldn't be it. Maybe a disease which I don't know of. I'm posting another grow question for advice. As long as it stays like this I woun't be too happy, but not worried either. We'll see what next week brings.

Another week has passed. It was a quiet one. The weather was more comfortable than the week before. Temperatures around 26 degrees, and rain here and there. There was lots of wind last week though. Causing the plant to become even more crooked. But nothing too serious. I'm trying to support it with sticks which helps to some extent. I don't think I can move this guy back to the greenhouse since it has grown too big. I've purchased a too short of a greenhouse. The top flower will touch the roof of the greenhouse. The damage from giving this guy too much nutrients is still growing. But slowly, which gives me some comfort. I didn't dare to flush the entire pot at once, but haven't given him any nutrients this week. Flushing him slowly. Don't know when I will start giving him nutrients again. Maybe next week. We'll see how it evolves. I have found some leaf miners during inspection. I've pinched the leaves hard hoping to crush the miner (I've read it somewhere). If that doesn't help I'll have to remove the infected leaves. But no other bugs. Weather forcast for next week is about 20 degrees with lots of clouds and rain. Very good for my lawn as you can see from the pictures. But not good for the plant. I'm still weary about the plant partially dying, but we'll see how it will turn out. It's a learning process. See you next week!

Another week has passed! The weather was temperature-wise not bad. Around 22 degrees during the day and 15-ish at night. However it rained a lot last week. Causing the humidity to be very high. During one of the rain showers the rain came from a direction from which it usually never comes and rained on one of the stems. It didn't rain hard, but it was wet when I came back hom. But no visible damage The plant is surviving. It doesn't have more damage as a cause of the nutrient burn in the past which is good. I haven't given him any nutrients last week. And will start slowly giving nutrients starting today. No bugs have been found during inspection. I'm not sure when this one will be ready for harvest. But it is definitely not ready yet. See you next week!

Another week has passed. The weather was shit. Temperatures around 18-20 degrees during the day. Hardly any sun. Lots of rain and humidity. The plant is looking very good despite the things he's been through! No bugs found during inspection. I'm not really feeding him anymore since I will be harvesting in a few weeks. And there should still be some nutrients in the soil left for him to survive the nect few weeks until harvest. I'm also watering him way less due to the weather Nothing much to report. See you next week!

Another week has passed. The weather was still shit, but less so. Temperatures stayed the same (about 19 during the day). Hardly any sun. Rain here and there. Next week will be better. With temperatures around 24-25 degrees and lots of sun. The plant is doing well! No bugs found during instpection. One of the side flowers has become wet during one of the rainstorms. The rain came from a direction where it usually never comed from. Causing one of the side flowers to become wet. But nothing serious. I also noticed just this morning that the morning dew is hitting hard these days. I leave him on the lawn when there is no rain forcast for the night. When I went outside this morning to retrieve the newspaper I noticed the plant was completely wet from the morning dew. It is comp[letely dried up as soon as the sun reaches the plant. But I will keep him under the carport at night hoping the morning dew isn't as hard there. Harvest is closeby. I don't know when I will harvest. Maybe wait a few more weeks max. I hardly gave any nutrients this week and will stop completely from now on. See you next week!

Thia guy suffered in its last week. The weather was nice, but I didn't gave it enough water (hence lots of the leaves dying). But it's okay since I was planning on harvesting it soon. Although finding a day was a bit of a challenge since there was much to harvest! There were no bugs on the plant. But I found two spiders during harvest. This plant was a big boy in my opinion, and the harvest confirms it. There were some stems that had very little flower on it. And I didn't bother to harvest these. I haven't tested this guy out yet. Will wait until after curing and will edit this diary afterwards.