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My first Grow - using some organic soil Marshydro ts1000
70x70x160cm
I originally planned to only do 2
Used the cup water 18th july 2100hrs (wedding cheesecake and gorilla cookies) 15hrs total
19th 1200hrs paper towel I think I let them dry out a little to much didn't have them in a bag just on paper in plate in boiler room
Both into soil 22nd 0400hrs
I cut a drink bottle in half and used those and lids for humidity I think it was 80 in tent and then had spray under plastic
By the 24th the wedding cheesecake hadent come through and as I don't know what I'm doing I went digging for it for experience to see what happened as I assumed it had dried out too much, I found it and had it fully out in my hand thought it was dead but put it back in just incase.... The gorilla came up nicely and is the taller one in the pics.
So by this point I started the girl scout in cup water 24th 0900hrs and by the 26th 0400 it was in soil, I did with paper inside plastic bag and I think this worked much better
I think i let soil dry out a bit much end of week 1 and stunted growth but got the soil nice and wet and then seemed to speed up after that not really sure how much I should be using but going into 3rd week I just watered with 0.5 liter for each pot
I think my water is around ph7 from tap with drinking water filter
I will be buying some nutrients and pH test at start of week 3 or 4 I think
Not sure if they are big enough to start let yet going to wait a little
It's my first Grow, going into week 3 should I go above 0.5ltr per pot?
I want to try lst, I only have pipe cleaners and I don't think they are quite big enough for me to try lst yet should I wait a couple more days or just go for it?
Wait few days for LST. Need to get some height before tying her down.
Watering shouldn't need more than .5 liter right now but when she gets 1-2 ft tall will want to increase it.
I've been running the light 24hours and then turning it down with the dimer while I sleep because I'm worried about temps
Would I be better changing over to 20/4 or 18/6 or should I wait til it goes into flower?
Sorry I'm a complete noob
A couple of things. First stick to a light schedule, fooling around with it can stress the plant and in worst cases, turn the plant hermaphrodite. Second, I have used 18/6, 20/4 and 24/0; they all yielded the same, I only use the 20/4 or 24/0 in winter to keep the grow space warm
I'm just about to head into weak 4 up until now ive just been using tap water through filter.
I just purchased biobizz grow,bloom and calmag
Should I start using a little grow while watering?
When you should start feeding depends on what kind of soil you are using and how much. A big enough pot can last a lot of time before needing additional nutrients. Let the plant feed itself from the soil and only start feeding once you see the first signs of deficiency. Your plants look healthy as they are, they do not need feeding. Foe example when using a 3 gallon (11 liter) pots with allmix, the soil would last until week 7 or 8 before needing any feeding.
Start of week 4
I added a little biobizz grow 1ml in 1L and out half in each pot, I was concerned that the bottoms of the pots were dried out so I got trays and added some water to the bottom of each it soaked it right up after watering and they seemed to have loved it.
I've left it on 24 HR light 100% but turning it down to 25% while I sleep for around 6-8 hours at night
I got a second air mover fan and I think they like it and I can keep steady 27-28 Celsius with it all closed up fans in and filter. The only outtake I have is the filter fan is this normal? I have 2 flaps open at bottom with air mover fan sucking air in and a little fan cooling the light down seems to be working pretty good, at night I've been turning the filter off and leaving the door unzipped and just held open slightly with the big fan off to try save on electricity.
I plan on changing to a 18 or 20 light cycle when they start flowering? Not sure if this is right thing to do.
I'm loving my first Grow so far and loving this site it has been great for fast feedbacck
I feel like the short fat one o it's own is a lot more sense if been tucking leaves to let some light underneath and it really has grown taller after some nutes and moving the light up just In a day
The other two are noticbly taller should I think about LST them down or can I wait a bit longer.
I realise I might have a space issue and I'm not exactly sure what way to go about it.
I tried lst on the tallest one, I felt a rip maybe roots? Anchored and bent a little. Gorilla I tied a few branches down to let some light underneath was it worth? Good experience none the less. I also have couple questions in week 4 comment. Really loving my first Grow so far :)
You did a great job training, but remember there will always be a recovery time. You have autos, so if you train too late into veg, you may have weird buds during flower. You did good, but 4 weeks in, I wouldnt train much more. You're due to start flowering within a week or two.
I haven't done any defoliation, should I be?
It's now day #21-23 from soil are they doing ok?
Is it ok to leave that big fan on at the bottom most of the day? I have been putting it outside and dimming the light to 25% when I sleep leaving front flap open
I'm really enjoying
I would think about removing those two giant fan leaves on top but that's all. I might even wait another 5 days or so before I do that so the leaves can feed the plant energy.
Is this the start of flowering? Can't tell if that's pistils or not.
I feel like they are quite short and under developed after looking at some other comparisons are they doing ok for my first Grow?
This now day 25
It's now day #29 heading into week 5.
I have a few tiny holes in the leaves but I think it's due to the big fan being on too long and some wierd genetics due to one of the plants coming back from the dead early on, no signs of bugs or pests that I can see.
I will add a questions with some pics again this week.
I've been adding 0.5ml of calmag every other feeding and just over a litre with grow and bloom ever 30 or so hours with a bit in the bottom drip tray the pot with two plants is definitely drinking it up much quicker.
The solo I think kind of self LST itself because the thermometer fell on it early on and squashed it and it stayed short and bushy.
Still really loving the grow I'm letting the water soak right up a bit more than I was before but still not sure if the bottom of the pots it's dry or not but they seem healthy enough.
Also not sure about defoliation I will ask a few questions with pics but in just leaving it for now, not sure if I should take the fans and small leaves off underneath that aren't getting light and maybe some big fans near top but I don't want to stunt the growth
I notice some leaf curling and also have some holes. Is it an issue? I raised the lights up a little as they were down below 20" i want to some defoliation but not sure where to start or if getting rid of big fan leaves and small leaves at the bottom will stunt growth
Day #31
I took big fans leaves off from the bottom that weren't getting any or much light and some near the top covering some bud sights.
I will start using fish mix & topmax when they arrive.
What distance should I have the light from canopy and when should defoliate again?
Hard to say, since every light is different. A good rule of thumb is 12 inches (30 cm) away. As for defoliating, once it starts get overcrowded with leaves you can start thinking to take a few leaves again.
Leaves curling in one plant is worse than others.
Just noticed the leaves are curling worse on one plant, I think it's the one that had wierd genetics due to coming back from the dead early on
The soil was quite dry before watering today
How often should I be misting the plant
Start of week 6
Starting to see some nice buds forming really happy so far, not much smell or maybe I've got used to it.
The gorilla cookies seems to be darker and has been droopy the last few days
Still not sure if I'm using enough water and feel like there is dry patches in the bottom of pots, next time I will use stones or perlite at the bottom for drainage I've been feeding and then putting some water in the bottom tray too but I'm a noob and too worried about overwatering that I might even be underwatering, the two are drinking up a lot i just went up to 2 litres per 24 hours and some in the bottom tray too but I feel like the solo is taking longer to drink it up I'm only doing half that it maybe a little bit more it's hard to tell.
Will update through the week with more questions
Day 37
I've been trying to defoliate but not sure exactly how much to take off.
I've just been taking big fans that get no light underneath or the ones covering bud sites.
I have a grownet is it too late to try and use it?
The two in one pot are taking up a lot of room now
Plant looks super healthy and that foliage looks super dense. A little bit of defoliation just to expose lower bud sites could help improve yields, but since you're already in flower, I'd try to keep it minimal or you're going to stress your plant out too much and actually end up with lower yields than if you didn't defoliate at all
I'm concerned about one of the plants
The pictures don't really show it wel but im seeing red tips on the leaves (I think) and a lot less pistils compared to the other two plants (the last two pics for comparison)
Im pretty sure it's the one that had genetic problems early on
One of my girls seems to be still growing branches and in pre flower?
Just noticed guy answered my last question to check ph but it's in the same pot as the other one that's budding nicely.
I'm pretty sure it's just wierd genetics because it came back from the dead but any ideas?
All weed plants stretch during the first several weeks of flowering. She will stop growing and stretching. Once the stretch I'd done she will focus on bud production then.
I think they might be revegetating should I maybe reduce the light from 24 hours to 20?
I notice there is a lot more smaller growth underneath on all 3
I was dimming the light while I slept but the last week or so I've been leaving it on full blast I was worried about temps.
It's an autoflower, so unless it is defective you should not have to worry about re-vege. Light does not control this phase-shift for autoflowers.
re-vege will cause new leaves and stems to grow. It'll get taller and the new leaves it grows will look so drastically different, you will certainly notice them. They come out 3-lobed and rounded with no serration type stuff... look weird in a noticeable way.
Starting to get a bit worried about the one that's growing weird it's around day 42 and still looks like it's veg sor wierd genetics or something?
I also ran some water through the pots because I felt like it was all just building up the leaves look really dark green under different light and I've never really run a lot of water through so o get run off from the bottom it always comes out the sides of pots about half way down. I've been putting some water underneath and from the top and they been drinking it up quickly sometimes and slower others I'm not sure why.
Two of them seem to be coming along nicely but I'm not sure starting to smell great and getting a little frosty and purple on one of them looks beautiful.
As I said I'm concerned about the others one that's in the same pot as the purple one, I should also probably do some defoliation soon but not really sure what to take off.
Any suggestions for what I should do with the one that seems to be pre flower stil?
I feel like this one is getting out of control I think bad gene from problem early and slow flowering?
Any suggestions of what I can do?
I want to wait and see how it turns out even if whispy bud but not if it's going to be at a detriment to the others they are smelling lovely
Hi!
It looks like you have enough room for her and I feel like shes just longer flowering pheno.
My suggestion is to let her take her time in flowering and see how she produces.
She might even be much bigger yield wise
I feel like it's starting to flower now?
I raised the single up and it seems to be loving it
Any guesses on the strains? Unfortunately I got them mixed up a mistake that won't happen again. The purple looks and smells amazing I think it's one of the cookies?
Hi Hectic, nice stigmas so we can assume that your girl is started to flower maybe 10 days/1 week ago and is doing very well. I guess she's a gorilla, very often gorilla's strains show a dominant sativa traits, like Ur girl. 👊
Noticed these marks on the leaves of the plant I've had problems with.
Any ideas what they could be?
The other two are smelly amazing and the single plant is so sticky! I think it might be the cheesecake but I'm really not sure, I won't make the mistake of mixing them up again
I don't see any blue shade on the leaf, so i'd lean Ca or Mg deficiency. if there's no interveinal chlorosis, i'd lean Ca-def.
But, those are symptoms and not necessarily the cause. Do the math on your PPMs of what you feed - guaranteed analysis labels can be trusted. If you find that you provide plenty of each, it's more likely lockout and you need to investigate further to avoid the problem in future.
It's now day #53
The purple one smells insane it's not as sticky as the the lighter one in a single pot, that one also smells amazing I think they might be ready in a couple weeks? The other one I feel is more sativa and maybe even a Hermie as it still has no smell but a lot more pistils now, plan is to keep it in even if it's in on its own when the others are done.
So far still loving it and all seems to be going well, had a lot of yellow leaves at the bottom over the last few days I will update with some more pics end of the week
How are my girls coming along?
Do the smaller purple buds underneath need to be getting more light or will they fatten up?
It really smells amazing I haven't smelled anything like it before tbh I can't wait to sample in a few weeks :)
Some growers harvest in stages, which I've done myself if I don't think the lower buds are ready when the upper ones are.
- Basically, you just harvest the top, and let the lower part be until you're satisfied with it.
It's the start of week 9 today, anyone got rough idea how many weeks left til harvest for the purple and solo? The sativa dominant one is flowering up now I feel like there is a while to go on that one. I'm getting some marks on leaves and yellowing on the bottom two in same pot.
Heya!
Kind of hard to tell by the picture but, if you judge by the pistils usually 70-90% ambered is a good time to harvest. The best way is to use a small microscope or jewelers loupe to have a glance at the trichromes. Most people harvest when all the trichromes are milky to 30% amber. If you harvest with more milky trichs it will produce more of a head high effect, where as more amber trichromes will give you the couch lock effect.
I would suggest looking at the trichs if you can, I have had plants ready to harvest with lots of white pistils left still and some where they were all brown. Still looks like a couple weeks imo
Cheers and good luck!
It's the start of week 9 and they are smelling amazing.
I've been flushing for around a week now around 6 litres per pot every 2-3 days I'm not even sure if that counts as flushing? I feel like the one with the purple and the sativa I might need to add a light feed with nutes as it's really starting to yellow and get rust spots especially on the sativa, I've been taking off a lot of the rusted leaves not even sure if that's a good thing. Very small amount of trycomes starting on the sativa now.
I'm so tempted to take a little tester off the purple one but in going to wait till end of the week atleast
Looks like mostly milky on the top bud maybe another week or two left?
Should I let the soil dry out before harvesting and it's not possible for me to keep them in dark as I will ned the tent for the taller plant stil has long way to go
Is it possible for me to take a tester?
Give them more Time and the buds will fatten up more. Buds need time to mature
And give them food, forget flushing... its amodern myth
https://www.rxgreentechnologies.com/rxgt_trials/flushing-trial/
your girls look like they want more Time ,If you are impatient, get a tester,,, the plant dont care ( just say thank you to her)
greetings
HecticJardin
