Fo' Twenny here with an update on our little Blue Dream from Humboldt Seed Organization!
9/7 - Day 29: She is looking healthy and didn't seem to be stressed by transplanting. So, today, I topped and defoliated. Everything is growing well! Stopped use of SuperThrive and RapidStart.
BAD NEWS:
Half of the blue diodes have gone out in the TMLAPY light. This light was actually gifted to me shortly after a friend purchased it from Amazon and realized it was too small for their space. It seemed to be serving it's purpose well for vegging photos and running bumper crops of autoflowers but it failed only four months after the warranty period ended! Weak-Sauce! Welp, looks like it's time to upgrade the 24"x48" tent to Samsung LM301H boards. I ordered a 320w straight single piece heatsink with 3 boards from Geeklight. I went with the 3k spectrum and switchable UV/IR since all my autoflowers bloom under this light.
RHIZOSPHERE:
.25 tsp/gal Blue Planet Gold Shield Silica Supplement
.25 tsp/gal Fox Farm Gringo Rasta Cal-Mag
1.5 tsp/gal BigBloom
.25 tsp/gal Boomerang
.125 tsp/gal Wholly Mackerel
PPM: 749
pH: 6.4
1 tsp/gal Southern AG Garden Friendly Fungicide compare to Hydroguard
2 TBSP/gal Serenade
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I am growing Blue Dream too and it is a BEAST! I am trying to figure out how to train her...check out my diary and let me know what you think. Only going into week 2 of Veg for it.
Nice mainline! Your plants always look nice so I'd like to ask ya a question?
I read in another one of your posts about your soil mix and it seems to be a nice soil, but you also have quite a lineup in bottled nutes that you also deliver; seems like the cost would pile up. I'd like to ask if you feel like your soil mix is lacking, do you feel your plants get hungry easily?
Basically, what are your ideas on soil health?
@FoTwenny, sounds awesome. Love to hear it. I've used soil for years, but I've been wanting to do side by sides on some of the cuts I've kept for ages for exactly the same reasons.
Just last night I almost bought these different packs of nutes to do a bubble bucket run comparing the lines. Decided I should wait til I move into my new house in Nov before I start anything new though...
I'll throw my two cents what I've done in the past: shorter veg is better for yield if you fill the space with more plants. Did some training experiments in a 4x4 a while ago.
Pure numbers in a sea of green was the best. 25 plants in 1.5 gallon pots, vegged for 3 weeks, flowered for 8. Harvested 47oz(1.3kg) in 11 weeks. No real training, just lots of cloning.
@ZalySk, The soil is good probably good for 2-4 weeks without much nutes. Once I introduce nutes, I never use more than half strength, and often go quarter strength. I try to read my plants and adjust accordingly. I have tried other nutes in the past, supersoil mixes, but have had my best results with this line. Since I am using the full line of nutes, the doses are much smaller than the bottles recommend and I buy by the gallon of nutes used in higher volumes and they last quite a while. Eventually, I would like to do some side by side experimentation to compare nutrient lines. Once I can upgrade my grow location and have the space, I'd also like to experiment with different pruning techniques performed on multiple cuttings from the same mother and see which averages the most yield per day. I am curious to see if taking longer to veg equates to a larger yield per day. I read a lot of stuff other growers have done, but I want to have everything controlled running the same. Then I will duplicate the experiments with other strains to see if those results were strain dependant or if there is a common trend regardless of strain. I am still newer at growing on this level, and still have a lot to learn.
@Martian_D, Thank you for saying that! I would like to win at least one diary of the month one day! I appreciate the kind words! Thanks for stopping by, my friend!
Dammit!!! Every time I see the title of this diary I get that song stuck in my head.....๐ณ Thank's FT ๐
Another great week for all the ladies in this tent. Really nice work sister.
I am growing Blue Dream too and it is a BEAST! I am trying to figure out how to train her...check out my diary and let me know what you think. Only going into week 2 of Veg for it.
@greenflipcali89, LST/Tie and tie her down. You could super-crop by pinching stems or top the plant. If she's too bushy, may need to open her up with pruning. Good luck and happy growing!
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