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Hi everybody !
We are a couple who decided to grow cannabis together. This is our second grow and we are very excited to put into practice what we have learned.
We are going to try another Cinderella 99, but this time we made some improvements to our grow, we changed our lighting to a more appropriate one and we hope to get better results this time.
In our first grow we had no obvious problems during the cycle, however, we harvested only 8g.
This time we are ready and we will use everything we have learned here!
We have many plans for this grow. We will try to make clones and seeds with colloidal silver. We are also planning to do Main-lining / Manifolding this time.
Week 1
-We will start counting the weeks from the transplant to the soil.
-The day of the transplant we forgot to use mycorrhizae, so we put it on the next day.
- Until the first serrated leaves we water with pure water, from there we start using specific nutrients.
So far everything is on schedule.
This week the temperatures dropped a lot due to a cold front, but nothing to worry about.
She grew a lot, almost doubling in height this week.
We are excited, in the coming weeks we will start training techniques!
That was another week in cruise control, nothing much happened.
The roots are developing well and the plant looks healthy.
Next week we will transplant it into a 5-liter pot.
Another week has passed, almost everything going as planned.
Temperatures have risen slightly this week, but nothing too worrisome.
This week on the 24th we transplanted it to a 5-liter pot.
Although the conditions of the grow are within the acceptable range, we noticed that the plant is developing in a strange way.
Some growth tips are growing more on one side than the other and she is developing 3 leaves per node.
We are planning main-lining for the next week.
Another week has passed.
We noticed uneven growth and the presence of 3 leaves per node.
This week the air humidity is very low, so we are watering every day.
We also did the Main-Lining on the third node, we used the top part to make a clone, started the LST and did supercropping on the side branches.
This is the first time we've done Main-Lining and suppercropping, so let us know if we're doing something wrong.
Tips are very welcome!
This week again with low humidity, we are watering almost every day.
We are training her every day and the eight bud sites are already visible.
We did the second topping and the plant looks healthy and is growing, but as this is our first time doing the main-lining technique, we don't know if it is really developing well.
The three clones that we took in the third week have formed roots, we will transfer them to the soil and as soon as possible, we will start using colloidal silver.
New week, she is developing very fast now, we are tying the branches down almost every day.
We bought an EC meter, and we finally know if we are within acceptable parameters. Tap water is approximately 70 ppm and after adding fertilizers the ppm was close to 850.
We are also planning to make our own colloidal silver for use in clones.
If all goes well, we will start flowering in the ninth week.
Heat and low humidity, this week we are facing temperatures up to 37°c (98.6°F). Inside the grow we managed to maintain below 30°c (86°F), it is not ideal, but it is the best we are managing to do. The air humidity is also very low, reaching 15% so we are watering more than once a day.
That was the last week of vegetative.
This is the first week in bloom. We removed some males and gained space in the tent, so it was possible to transplant it into an 15 liter pot. In a couple of days after the 12/12 we noticed the first pistils. We continue with the LST and start the flowering nutrients.
We are planning a defoliation for next week.
That was another week of heat and low humidity. We started using Big Bud together with the other nutrients. she has grown a lot in the last few days and the flowers are starting to form.
We are still using colloidal silver in the clones and it looks like they are starting to show the first pollen sacs.
The end of another week.
She is developing, the flowers are forming and we can already see the trichomes.
The weather this past week was more humid than the previous weeks, so we reduced the amount of water we were giving her.
Her clones that we use colloidal silver are already showing the pollen sacs, and probably in the next few days we will pollinate some of her buds.
This week we found some seeds forming in the buds, we are growing this plant together with its clones in which we use colloidal silver, this is a great sign, our own seeds !!
We also selected some buds from the bottom and applied more pollen to them, we are looking forward to seeing the result!
She is starting to smell a little, the same sweet smell that we had in our first experience with cinderella99.
We removed some clones from our cinderella99 and used colloidal silver to generate pollen.
Can we store pollen inside the pollen bags themselves in the freezer, or do we need to dust them all off first?
Here is what I do. Find a pill container because they are lock proof so moisture doesnt get in. Take the container and either knock the pollen off into it or throw the nanners in it. If you put the nanners in make sure you dry them out before capping the container. Moisture will ruin the pollen. Then after a few days of drying cap it then put it in a ziplock bag. Fridge first to cool it off then throw in freezer. By doing so my pollen has stayed viable for 3 years. When it's time to use it again remove from the freezer and let it sit out to room temp before opening the cap. Then dust away! Hope this helps
This week we had milder temperatures, however the air humidity got higher.
Last week we managed to extract pollen from the clone after using colloidal silver, we pollinate some buds and it is already possible to see some seeds forming.
We also reduced the frequency at which we applied the fertilizers and quickly the leaves started to turn yellow.
The pistils have started to turn brown and the smell is getting stronger. It is also possible to see a good formation of trichomes in the flowers.
We are very excited for the next few weeks!
We are reaching the end of this cycle, in the coming weeks we will harvest this girl.
The smell is delicious and this time due to the new lights the buds are much bigger.
In the last few days the leaves have started to turn yellow and some have already fallen.
We will start to further reduce nutrients next week in preparation for the flush week.
The lower buds that we pollinate with pollen from the clones are full of seeds and we will certainly have more cycles of this incredible strain.
Week on Cruise control.
Again, humidity and temperature are not ideal, but there is nothing we can do.
We have reduced fertilizers even further and the run out water is close to 240 ppm. From now on we will only give her water (in my city the water is approximately 75 ppm).
The buds we pollinate are all full of seeds and as you can see in the photos, we have already harvested the first one.
We are observing trichomes daily, however most are still transparent with only a few milky ones.
We are planning to harvest next week, but we will wait and watch the trichomes to make the final decision.
That's it Growers, in the next few days we will harvest, we are just waiting for a few more trichomes to become amber.
The flowers are much denser and heavier compared to our first diary!
We tested several techniques for the first time in this grow, such as: main-lining, making clones and using colloidal silver (we made our own) to make pollen and seeds, and everything went well!
Some of these ideas came from the diaries we saw here!
We are very happy and very excited for our next cycle.
This was another week just watering without nutrients and you can see how the leaves turned yellow quickly, we also reduced the amount of water.
That was our last week in flowering. Our next update will be the harvest.
We were very happy to finish our second cycle with improvements since the first one.
Our Buds are much bigger and fat and we are eager to know the yield.
This was our second time growing weed and cinderella 99. The first time we didn't have the ideal lighting, so we decided to buy better ones and we could see the difference.
We decided to test other techniques like main-lining and lollipoping that gave very interesting results.
We also made feminized seeds, so we learned to make our own colloidal silver and that also forced us to learn how to clone, which by the way worked out very well.
We got three healthy clones and after using colloidal silver they all produced bags of pollen that we used to pollinate the mother plant and some other plants from the grow.
Happy with the result, but we want more!
Already planning the next cycle and look forward to sharing it!