CKS White Widow - Take 2

6/18/20 This week will have more information than subsequent weeks because I am going from absolute start to finish on this. My first CKS WWA grow was a complete bust. I got some buds, but the plants were totally stunted at about 6 and 8 inches each. I probably got about a half ounce from both plants. I don't know because I just smoked it out of anger and desperation. 😒 So I am starting over. I got some new lights, and I am rebuilding my setup. I will put pics here as I build it up and will also add pics from seed soak to harvest. My biggest problem from the first grow was the heat. I was using a 400 watt MH/HPS in a 2x4x5'8" tent in a closet. I just could not exhaust that heat even with a 174cfm extraction fan. So, I had to have the doors open all the time so that it would stay under 90F. Another problem was the low ass humidity. Even with a humidifier I couldn't get it above 30%. Another mistake is I didn't start them in the final container, so they likely got fucked in the transplant. On top of all that bullshit, I way over defoliated, and probably at the wrong time, too....so live and learn, and I am starting over. I am doing 5 plants this time. Again, CKS White Widow Autoflowers. I'm gonna get this right, if it kills me. My lights are 3 x 100watt Timber Trio of Daisies. I have a Hurricane 174CFM extraction fan connected to a 4in Phresh filter. I have 2 oscillating fans blowing on my lights and 3 non oscillating fans circulating the air. As soon as I get it all set up, I will post pictures. Hoping to get the tent cleaned out from the first "grow" and get that done tomorrow. 😇 So this is my plan. This time I am planting the remaining 5 plants in 3 gallon Root Trapper II bags, and I am going to do a little experimentation type thing. In bag A. I will put 3 lbs of kind soil in the bottom 2/3 of the bag and top it with Roots Organics Lush soil. I am not sure if Lush is too hot so I am putting the seeds into RO Original in the center of the pot. I will not be using nutrients on this plant (unless it needs cal/mag in which case I have RO elemental dry amendments) In bag B. I will put 1lb of Nature's Living Soil mixed with the remaining 2 lbs of kind soil. I will top that with RO Lush with a RO Original center for seeding. If nutrients are needed I plan to top dress with the NLS, and I hope that will be enough. If not I have RO dry amendments player pack with all the uprising nutes, elemental, seabird and bat guano, and oreganism. In bag C. I followed directions on NLS bag and mixed 1lb of NLS with my base soil, RO Lush (I added some RO Original, too) and topped it off with RO Lush with an RO Original center for seeding. I plan to top dress this with NLS if needed. In bag D. I will be using RO Lush only with an RO Original center for seeding. I will top dress RO dry amendments as directed by Aurora, but at a lesser strength. In bag E. I will be using RO Lush only. I will top dress RO dry amendments as directed by Aurora, but at a lesser strength, and only as needed. I am trying to see what will give me the best results, and go from there. I hope I don't kill my girls with this, but I have some Critical Mass waiting in the wings if this goes south. 😁 6/24/20 I soaked my seeds in distilled water for about 16 hours and then put them into a pad of paper towels inside an empty grow bag in my tent with a heating pad in a towel underneath to keep it warm but not too warm. As of now, I just checked the hygrometer and it's 80F and 97%RH so I'm hoping they pop soon. 6/25/20 Four of the 5 have cracked and are growing, the fifth I hope with go tonite...the towel dried out during the day today. Tomorrow I will wet it a bit before work to keep it wet all day. Soil is in the bags and I am ready to plant any day now...probably Saturday. 6/26/20 Got home today and four of my five have got to go into the dirt now! One of them has cotyledons and is curled up and a little brown...I hope it's not fucked. I have one seed that has not been planted yet. The seed was not ready yet. I'll plant it tomorrow. I was so concerned I planted without pictures. If any of the seeds don't break the soil, I have seven critical mass seeds I'll germinate some of them to make up for them. Right now I only have 2 non oscillating fans blowing to circulate the air. I don't have my extraction fan on yet, and my oscillating fans have not arrived yet. The temp is a balmy 75 and 72%RH with a humidifier running. I have high hopes for these girls, and if they break ground, they are gonna go! 6/27/20 Woke up this morning and it looks like it's been raining in my 👊tent...the RH was 99% so I had to turn off the humidifier and give those girls some air. They have not yet broken ground, but I am still hopeful. The 5th seed is getting ready to plant, but it's still not quite there yet. 6/29/20 Four of the five white widow seeds are dead...actually only one died, but i pulled up the other three because I'm an idiot....soaking 4x critical mass and i'll continue the WW that is left. Don't know if it will break ground...I'll start a new journal for the Critical Mass 7/2/20 My one surviving White Widow has broken ground, and is looking healthy and green. You can even see the start of her first set of leaves. I'll start a new diary for my Critical Mass when they break ground. 7/3/20 Since she has been up for a couple of days now. I thought I would start feeding her small amounts of beneficial bacteria and fungi. This morning I gave her 1tsp of oreganism xl. It's the amount to be used on a 1 gallon pot. Mine is 3 gallons. I don't want to overdo it. I just sprinkled it around the outsides of the pot and scratched it in and spritzed with my spray bottle of distilled water. Incidentally, the medium this last plant is in is Bag E with only the Roots Organics Lush soil. Apparently, it's not too hot, and the seedling is doing great, so I have high hopes for this and the other plants. 7/6/20 The other day I gave her 1tsp of oreganism xl and she's looking really good...just growing like a weed! 7/7/20 All four of my critical mass died...I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong here, but I'm now soaking 4 more white widow AF 7/12/20 Looks like E is going into the first week of actual veg. Three of the other four A, B, & D (I'll give them all names later, as they show some personality) are breaking soil, and what will be C may be a dud seed. It has a tiny tail but doesn't seem to want to go much further. I am trying to be patient, but this shit is hard. Plants D and A are standing up out of the soil, and while D is about to lose the husk, A and B are just a little behind. I'm starting to get excited again. I'm sure I was over-watering the others, so I just have to learn some patience. 7/14/20 Well. E is really growing. She's looking like she's going for the gold. A now has the husk off, but I think I was still overwatering because one of the cotyledons is yellow, but you can see that the next set of leaves is growing so I have hope. Similar problem with B. One cotyledon is not opening up like the other...it's very weird like part of the husk is still on that side, but again, the next set is steady growing. B is growing and nice and green. I'll get some more pics up soon. I started soaking a fifth seed this morning. Putting her in paper towels before bed tonite.