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Oct. 8 - Oct. 14
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🌱 SOWED: 8/9
🌼 FIRST PISTILS: 9/3 🌼
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WEEKLY SUMMARY:
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🙋♀️Fo' Twenny here!🙋♀️
Back with another update on our 🍌🍌FAT BANANA from ROYAL QUEEN SEEDS! This 50/50 Indica/Sativa auto-flower hybrid cultivar has an expected flowering time of just 49-56 days ! She is looking great and looks like she will be ready to harvest any day now. She is fat, frosty, and smells delicious! Look out for harvest coming in the next week or so!
There has been no need for trimming and no need for anything else,really, besides giving a litlle plain filtered H2O pH within range of 6.2 - 6.5 applied between feeds.
Any advice, suggestions, or constructive criticisms are always welcome.
Now, for the weekly break down!
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THIS WEEK'S BREAK DOWN
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10/11 - Day 64/Day of 39 Bloom
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🚿FEED DAY!🚿
She received approximately 64 oz of solution. I mixed 6 gallons of solution to be shared by 3 photoperiods and 2 small autos in late bloom. 64 oz of that was then measured and fed to this cultivar.
👩🔬NUTRIENT SOLUTION👩🔬
⬇️Mixing Rundown⬇️
The solution starts with 6 gallon tap H2O through two kdf filters mixed in a 36 gallon reservoir. The solution is applied via wand sprayer powered by a submersible pump attached to a garden hose. Nutrients and additives are added to the reservoir in the order listed below and thoroughly mixed using a plastic stir spoon. The reservoir is oxygenated by four 4 inch air stones.
Start pH: 7.8
Start EC: 1.0
TEMP: 74°F
2 tsp/gal - Fox Farm - Bush Doctor Sledgehammer
Afjusted pH to 6.3
1 tsp/gal - Extreme Gardening: Mycos WP
1 ml/gal - Plant Success Orca
.5 tsp/gal - Plant Success Great White
.6 ml/gal - Mammoth P
pH: 6.5
EC: 1.2
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10/14 - Day 67/Day 42 of Bloom
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📸 PHOTOSHOOT! 📸
- Unedited and Unfiltered. Enjoy!
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SUPPLIES & EQUIPMENT
CURRENTLY IN USE:
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• A/C: Whynter ARC-14S 14,000 BTU Dual Hose Portable Air Conditioner
• TENT: VIVOSUN 48"x24"x60" Mylar Hydroponic Grow Tent with Observation Window & Floor Tray
• POTS: Black 8"tall Active Aqua brand 6" x 6" one gallon square pots/Black 12" tall Active Aqua brand12" x 12" 3.4 gallon square pots
• VEG/AUTOFLOWER INTAKE FAN: None (PASSIVE)
VEG/AUTOFLOWER EXHAUST FAN : VIVOSUN 6 Inch 390 CFM Inline Duct Fan with Variable Speed Controller
• BLOOM INTAKE FAN: VIVOSUN 6 Inch 390 CFM Inline Duct Fan with Variable Speed Controller
• VEG/AUTOFLOWER EXHAUST FAN : VIVOSUN 6 Inch 390 CFM Inline Duct Fan with Variable Speed Controller
• BLOOM EXHAUST FAN: AC Infinity CLOUDLINE T8, Quiet 8” Inline Duct Fan with Temperature Humidity Controller - Ventilation Exhaust Fan
• VEG/AUTOFLOWER AIR MOVEMENT: 6-Inch Lasko FBA 2004W 2-Speed Clip Fan
• BLOOM AIR MOVEMENT: One Honeywell TurboForce Air Circulator Fan Black, HT-900 and Three 6-Inch Lasko FBA 2004W 2-Speed Clip Fans
• Bluelab PENPH pH Pen Fully Waterproof Pocket Tester
• Bluelab PENCON Conductivity Pen Fully Waterproof Pocket Tester
• Kolder Multi-Purpose Liquid and Dry Measuring Cup, 16-Ounce
• Fox Farm Measuring Spoons
• WATER TREATMENT: Tap H2O run through two AQUACREST Garden Hose Water Filters to remove chlorine and chloramine.
– COMING SOON: Hydro-Logic 31023 1000-GPD Evolution RO1000 High Flow RO System, White (HL31023).
• WATER APPLICATION: I use 2 different watering systems. The pump sprayer is typically used in early veg, between feeds, or for lighter feeds. Most feeds are usually run through the pump and reservoir because it's faster and easier when dealing with larger volume feeds.
– 2 GALLON LAWN & GARDEN PUMP PRESURE SPRAYER. * I removed the spray head due to clogs and it's just faster.
– Superior Pump 91250 Utility Pump, 1/4 HP in a heavy duty 27 gallon Tote attatched to a 10 foot garden hose to an Orbit Underground 56246 Green Thumb 9-Pattern Telescoping Wand.
– Aeration of the reservoir is accomplished using a General Hydroponics HGC728040 Dual Diaphragm Air Pump 320 GPH 4 Outlet attached with standard aquarium air hose to four 4-Inch Air Stone Disc Bubble Diffusers.
• VEG/AUTOFLOWER LIGHTING: 320w MosterBoard V4-PLUS powered by a MEANWELL 320H-48AB DRIVER. There are three V4-PLUS boards prewired and mounted on a 935x195x10mm black heatsink. Dimmer, UV Switch, and IR Switch included. Each board contains two hundred fifty two 3000k lm301h diodes + twelve Osram 660nm diodes plus 4 separately switchable LG UV 395nm diodes and 4 separately switchable Osram IR 730nm diodes.
• BLOOM LIGHTING: Two custom mounted lighting units: Each mount has one 480w MEANWELL 480H-48B driver and one 240w MEANWELL 240H-48AB powering 6 KingBright Quantum Boards. Each board contains two hundred fifty two 3500k lm301h diodes + twelve CREE XP-E2 660nm diodes plus four separately switchable CREE XP-E2 730nm diodes and four LG UV 395nm diodes. Hanging between the two mounts are two additional quantum boards with two hundred fifty two 3000k lm301h diodes + twelve 660nm diodes plus four constant power 730nm IR diodes and four 395nm UV diodes. That's a total of 1440w of quantum board power in our 96" x 48" bloom tent.
⚠️ ALL DRIVERS MOUNTED REMOTELY IN AN AIR COOLED BOX INSTALLED BETWEEN THE FILTER AND EXHAUST FAN ⚠️
• SLMOTO Universal Oil Drain Pan, 2 Gallon (8 Liter) Capacity ABS Low Profile Oil Drain Pan w/Spout Fit for Motorcycles
• Modified Botanicare Low Tide LT Black Tray - 4' x 4' - Modification: Cutaway at corners and used flex-seal tape to create a new edge that will be soft to fit between tent supports. She is supported by 6 Standard Cored Concrete Blocks (Common: 4-in x 8-in x 16-in; Actual: 3.625-in x 7.625-in x 15.625-in). ⚠️THIS TRAY WILL NOT FIT BETWEEN SUPPORTS IN A 48" x 48" or 48" x 96" TENT WITHOUT MAKING MODIFICATIONS TO THE TRAY!⚠️
• Blue Sticky Pads
• Yellow Sticky Pads
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SOIL MIX DETAILS:
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All components were mixed into a 50 gallon tote that is kept in a warm environment to help innocculate to promote a vast and diverse microbial life in the rhizosphere. Once mixed, add 32-64oz water once every 7-14 days as needed. The goal is to keep the soil moisten without oversaturating.
2 Part - Royal Gold Tupur
INGREDIENTS: Coco fiber, aged forest materials, perlite, and basalt
1 Part - Fox Farms Ocean Forest
INGREDIENTS: Aged forest products, sphagnum peat moss, earthworm castings, bat guano, fish emulsion, and crab meal.
1 Part - Roots Organics
INGREDIENTS: Perlite, Coco Fiber, Peat Moss, Composted Forest Material, Pumice, Worm Castings, Bat Guano, Soybean Meal, Alfalfa Meal, Fishbone Meal, Kelp Meal, and Greensand. Also contains beneficial mycorrhizal fungi: Funneliformis mosseae, Rhizophagus intraradices, Septoglomus desertícola
.5 Part - Wiggle Worm Soil Builder Pure Earthworm Castings
.5 Part - Ancient Forest Humus
.5 Part - Coarse Grade Perlite
Inocculated by mixing 1 cup of Extreme Gardening Mycos
Watered with pH 6.5 h2O
1 Tsp/gal Real Grower's Recharge
1 tsp/gal Hi-Brix Molasses
2 tsp/gal Fox Farms Kangaroots
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Peace, ☮️✌️
Love, 💚🤟
& Frosty Nugs! ❄️🌲
Happy farmin' my friends! ☺️🌱
- Fo' Twenny 👩🌾🏻
@FoTwenny, 🤣🤣 that was me a few years back I had countless diaries on my old page. Now I only put a select few on GD, mainly the ones I've been asked to grow out so breeders can see progress. I've got one more big run if purple dawg next for my plug then it's back to my own beans 🙌 I've just done the same thing with my dawg diary I went to update it and it was in flowering 🤷♀️🤦♀️🤣🤣
@Treighfunky, her fragrance is fantastic too. Where she lacks in stature, compared the the Pineapple Express... she more than make up for with her frosty terpy goodness!
@Wilstang, Thank you for the kind words! Yes, I think the Fat Banana is going to be really nice quality. She smells amazing and is super frosty! Cheers and happy growing my friend!
@FoTwenny, My smoothies were one of my largest yielding autos and they had very little training, great soil, solid grow conditions and they just produced, I love it, less is more!
@MrJones, Thanks for the kind words dude! I have honestly never left a plant untrained, but with the SOG, I knew I probably wouldn't have room for that. She is looking very pretty, though. I am really happy with this one, so far!
Dayummm!!! That looks awesome! Nice work on this grow. A friend just gave me a Banana Blaze and Durban Poison today. After looking at this grow I need some banana in my diet.