First Grow

Day 1 - Popped 3 beans into rapid rooters around 5:45pm. Just chilling in the dome. Miracle Berry Remix, Mango Smile, Strawberry Nugs. Day 2 - Turned lights on for picture, not much to see here. Day 3 - Just chillin in the dome. Popped one more into the tray. Crem De La Chem - Mephisto Genetics. Day 4 - I neglected to take a photo on day 3. Sorry. Strawberry Nuggets popped and is going strong. Turned on the lights and lightly plugged the tops of the other rapid rooters to give the seeds darkness. Setting lights to 18/6. Gonna pop 2 more tomorrow with same method if the others go strong. Day 5 - Miracle berry popped and looks healthy. Strawberry nug hasn't done anything since popping. I decided to pop another Strawberry Nugs and another Miracle Berry remix. No pic of those yet. Should pop by Day 7. Day 6 - Really good growth from Miracle berry and Mango Smile came up to say hi. They both look really healthy. Strawberry Nugs #1 has....stalled? I don't know. Someone help? And it looks as though Crem De La Chem was attacked by mold which I think is the fault of the rapid rooters. I am expecting to see good growth from at least Miracle and Mango. Day 7 - Haven't updated in...awhile. Sorry about that. Will be filling in diary from now on. Nothing crazy on day 7. Just some seedlings.

Week two was pretty smooth. Put everyone into their final homes. 5 Gal Hempy pots. I used Coco Perlite mix, rinsed everything together, "charged" the medium with Cal-Mag and a little Maxigrow and popped em in the pots. Was having heat issues during the day time. I believe I moved my lights on time to night to combat the heat. It was getting to around 90F in the tent. Not much to see here. Just some week 2 seedlings. I love the QB96s tho. No regrets on that purchase. They can run a bit hot but damn do they pack a punch.

Week 3 was great for growth. Everyone saw an uptick in growth rate and size. Miracle Berry #1 just....stays thirsty now. Started feeding this week but I only do it when I kinda...feel like it? I have no schedule...I fed till I saw a little burning and pulled back. Plants love it....except the CDLC...she's kinda finicky. Bought some other nutrients I'll list to battle the heat. Its ridiculously hot and humid where I live so keeping a dialed in environment is....challenging. They don't seem to care about the heat though. I must have good airflow I guess?

What an eventful week! Topped and LSTed all the Mephs. They all loved it and responded with new bud sites and explosive growth....except for the CDLC. I'm assuming its because of her close node spacing. I will figure something out... Miracle Berry Remix #1 is always thirsty and has a completely different vegetative structure than #2. I can really see the Zameldalica genes in #1. Broke my first branch today; on the Mango Smile. Taped her back up and I'm pretty confident it will be fine. They are all so vigorous I don't think she will even notice.

Another decent week I would think. Only issue is the CDLC. She seems to be a slow grower but no new issues have popped up on her. Miracle Berry Express is a monster. I'm LSTing every day...I don't really know when to stop so...yeah.. Everyone is looking good. This is first grow but I have really good feelings about it. Gave em all a hair cut too. I think I took too much though. Next time I won't take any small ones. I'm pretty sure I stunted some nodes....I'll have a pretty big harvest regardless I'm thinking. I kinda just listen to the plants...if they look like they have an issue I'll respond. Otherwise I let them do their thing.

Miracle Berry Remix #1 and Mango Smile are throwing preflowers and stretching every day. I removed the scrog tent for now to get a little more vertical action going. I probably defoliate too much but I'm obsessed with getting light to bud sites...so I dunno. UPDATE: I clearly didn't. They responded very well over the rest of the week. They really took off. Strawberry Nuggets has some nutrient burn on the new growth. Looks fine though since it hasn't progressed. The SN canopy is going to be really nice. I moved the Bodhi's to a new tent. I super crop pretty frequently as well....I also did some serious LST to the CDLC since her node spacing is so tight. Light wasn't getting anywhere.

Constant LST on these girls. They are so leggy I'm worried that if I let up the canopies will get out of control. I feel like i'm doing a good job with it thought. The occasional super cropping is needed and I leaf tuck and even take leaves almost everyday. Doesn't seem to slow em' down. Lights are at about 75% now. Weather has calmed down so temperature in the tent is consistently below 80F. Happened just in time for mid-flower. Right before the weather changed I build an exhaust to vent everything outside so controlling the atmosphere is a lot easier and I think it shows. Switched to bloom nutes towards the end of this week. Miracle Berry Remix IMMEDIATELY perked up and stopping being droopy all the time. CDLC woke up and I'm really happy with her now. Phosphorous is really important once pre-flower begins. Getting impatient....gonna pop some Double Grapes for the Solo Cup competition. Lowering my PH to 5.5 - 5.7 to accomodate for any salt build up in the coir since they drink water so quickly. Their response was very good. CDLC loved the drop in PH the most I believe. I cut my veg nutrients (nitrogen) to half because they aren't in full flower but i'm giving them full doses of the Maxibloom and additives. I've learned that most chlorosis I am experiencing is a nutrient deficiency. PH and increasing PPM steadily is a MUST to be successful I believe. Potassium is what generally causes the "nutrient burn". You'll catch nitrogen toxicity before any chlorosis and phosphorous is really difficult to give your plant too much of. Especially in flower. I'm gettin' the hang of this.... If anyone could answer me this....Why would you use a feeding schedule when your plant is going to require different nutrients than any other plants? There are too many variable to use a feeding schedule correct? Really not much to see this week besides the plants bulking up. They are gorgeous...except for the CDLC...she's got some work to do. Day 49 - Watered with some whacked out PH water today...didn't catch it until it was too late. Mango Smile was dropping by the end of watering...hopefully I didn't stall anyone out. Check out the pheno difference between the two Miracle Berry Remixs.

Week started off well. Day 50 and no major hiccups. Lets get to that finish line soon! Day 51 - Everyone is healthy and great. CDLC is really putting on the weight now. All five of them are stellar. MB #1 stopped stretching and her nugs are starting to swell. She is one fast lady. The other Miracle Berry Remix looks like it will stretch some more and so does the Mango Smile. Strawberry and CDLC have a ways to go but they are blowing up. I am feeding everyone every day at least 2 liters of the above mixture. Depending on coloration (light green to dark green) I will change the nitrogen content. These things are eating phosphorous up like candy. I have experienced NO nutrition burn. All of my issues thus far have been underfeeding due to PH issues. I have a theory that I want to feed them as much as possible regardless of feed schedule and fear of nutrition burn. Ensuring a healthy root system with proper PH and monitoring Potassium in your watering should give the best results. I am finding that the only nutrient that cause the physical representation of nutrition burn (burned tips) is too much Potassium. I think I stated it before but Nitrogen toxicity doesn't burn tips and Phosphorous is really difficult to overdose your plant with. Pinpointing this is extremely important I feel. Are there any other growers who find this to be true? Day 53 - Everyone is great. Notable things from today...Mango Smile is sad cuz I gave her a hair cut and Strawberry Nuggets revealed a massive nitrogen deficiency after I gave her a hair cut. I switched to bloom nutrients too early on her. Upped her nitrogen PPM for today's feeding and hoping I didn't stunt her too badly. Lot's of node sites though. Day 54 - Mango Smile was just being a diva. Today her entire canopy was an inch higher...and she shows no signs of swelling yet. She's gonna end up going over 90 days for sure. My Maxigrow got moisture in it...so it went bad. I went out and bought some NPK Raw Grow for my Strawberry Nuggets. She is so hungry I feel bad. She is the only one I fed today. Everyone else was fine. Pistils on MB#1 are turning orange/brown. She might be ready at day 70. MB#2 will be right behind her. They are quite fast for being so big. CDLC is looking great. Didn't take a photo today but she is getting frosty and her flower stretch is on. Humidity is a little high in tent since I added additional pots with soil in them. I turned up my light to around 80% and the humidity tanked. Temperature went up to about 81F. I think we can manage that. I'm not seeing any signs of heat stress or fox tailing. My lights are powered by two HLG-600H drivers. Theoretically, I have 1200 Watts in the tent. Just to clarify since the journal won't let me specify my wattage for the QB96s. They can go up to 250 Watts each with active cooling. Day 55 - Moved everyone in the tent around to increase airflow. Trying to keep everyone off the walls but Miracle Berry Remix 1 is taking over the tent. Probably going to have to supercrop soon. Miracle Berry 1 smells deeply of berries. No gas or funk smell. Smells like a blue raspberry slurpee.