Fast Eddy Automatic CBD grow diary (journal) week9 by Highrish

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@Experimentgreen, Thanks for all the advice. Aletrnative medicines is the only way foreward for me. Having tried for many years different methods , natural and not so natural, i decided to try the green stuff. I used to smoke a lot in my younger days. I'm kinda nervous about re-starting the weed but at the minute even if I get pain relief for 3 or 4 hours, that would really help a lot. The next grow will be done differently. My grow area is a bit crowded at the minute, so maybe 2 or 3 plants next time. As for the lighting, 18 hrs minimum to start with.. The estimated growth peroid for these autos is 8 to 9 weeks from seed to harvest. Thats why i'm thinking very near to harvest time. As what Stick said with the feeding and watering, i'm doing that already. One day with nutes, one dry day, one day with pH'd water and one dry day. The dry days depend on the dryness of the medium. If too dry I give them the water they need. No point in making them too thirsty. Maybe in one week i'll start flushing them and start getting ready to harvest them.

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Highrishcommentedweek 17 years ago

Hi. Thanks for that. The climate here doesn't really allow outside growing at the minute, still way too cold. The daytime temperature doesn't go above 10c or 11c and way too many nosy neighbours. Once these girls pop their heads out i'm going to put them into their grow tent. Its a small 60cm x 60cm tent, suppose its enough for 4 plants.

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Highrishcommentedweek 57 years ago

Hi all. I need some advice. My plants have started flowering, small white filaments. I need to know if I continue feeding them as I'm feeding them now or start them on the flowering feed. Or leave the flowering feed till next week? Also need help with lighting, do I switch now or leave it for a week or so? Any feedback would be great. Thanks

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Highrishcommented7 years ago

@bobo420, Dont worry about it. Thanks for the advice. Ive already switched the lights and they seem to be loving it. From tomorrow on ill be reducing the veg nutrients and gradually introducing flowering nutrients. I think they are doing fairly well up till now.

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bobo420commented7 years ago

@Highrish, sorry just saw this. use can continue to feed them nutrients while they stretch lowering them and increasing the flower nutrients. As for the light you can switch it if you thinking about the light spectrum

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Highrishcommentedweek 47 years ago

Disaster strikes. An electric wire that was badly hung over plant1, got somehow un attached and fell on plant 1 and broke the plant. I was away for 3 days and didn't see the damage until I got home.

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Highrishcommented7 years ago

@bobo420, I think so too. The rest of the plant seens to be ok but I reckon at harvest time she wont be giving too much.

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bobo420commented7 years ago

@Highrish, she's going to be fine ;)

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Highrishcommentedweek 37 years ago

I'm just wondering if it's too early so start LST or maybe wait another week.

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Highrishcommented7 years ago

@CBD_Sweden, Too late by 2 days. Not too worry, its sall part of the learning curve;

CBD_Swedencommented7 years ago

@Highrish, Wait another week, she will get stressed otherwise.

realdannyjonescommentedweek 27 years ago

Getting your lights right is a constant learning experience. As different strains stretch more and some stay squat naturally, so it can be tricky to know where to put the light, especially if you are growing multiple strains simultaneously. I tend to try and keep my light around 60cm from the plant and move up when I need too. Some strains keep pushing the light further away and some not so much. They are happy staying smaller. I use HPS so I get a lot of radiant heat from the light source, so again, if you're growing with LED it may be different!My main advice would be not to worry about it too much, your first few grows will be full of learning experiences.

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Highrishcommented7 years ago

Hi Danny. Thanks for that. As a first time grower i'm trying to get the best from my plants, which i know just isnt possible. A lot of hit and miss involved. I'll just keep playing by ear for now. Anyways I think the plants are doing fine for now considering my bad experience in trying to grow anything like spuds and tomatoes. Still a long ways to go yet

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Experimentgreencommentedweek 97 years ago

Hi I was looking at your grow from the beginning and I only have 1 possible recommendation, autos need good hours of light to bulk up..especially during the veg cycle. I wouldn't say 24 hours of light, but definitely 18-20. Since its an auto it doesn't necessarily need that reduction of light down towards the 12-16 range. Maybe give that a try next time? Once their not tiny seedlings, boost those babies up. Happy growing and congratulations on making to flowering and harvest time.

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Highrishcommentedweek 87 years ago

@Stick Thanks for getting back so fast. Unfortunately thats not my backyard, belongs to the local farmer. I water/feed the plants every 2 days alternately. Always with ph corrected water. I dont think i'm over-feeding them cause i'm only using between a third and half of recommended dosage for the nutes. Some of the pistils have changed colour to a nice amber colour and the trichs are starting to be milky. I only moved the girls outside to take the photos. Cant grow outside here yet, still too cold at night, temperature between 4c and 8c,daytime at most 15c to 18c. Nosy neighbours too. I'll take your advice and flush them for a few days.

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Stickcommented7 years ago

@Highrish, I'm also using BioBizz nutrients, running with this schedule : https://www.alchimiaweb.com/images/xl/bio-bizz-bio-bloom_240_4_.jpg , with a rotation between 'dry cycle' & 'plain PHed water' & 'PHed water with nutrients' (1 day nutrients, 1 day water, 1 day dry, etc..). Happy to help, I hope you'll get a great yield!

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Highrishcommentedweek 17 years ago

Finally made it to the end of the first week. If anybody has advice or comments to give it, would be greatly appreciated. To be honest I dont know if im doing things right or wrong, but could always be better. I'm finding it hard to up the humidity even with a wet towel in grow room, no space for a humidifier. I live in a house where the humidity is set at a constant 45%-55%. Temperature control isn't an issue, static around 25c daytime and 20-21c night-time. Air flow isn't a problem either. I had to lower the light to 70cm cause the first 2 plants, for me, were starting to stretch a little. Seem to have fixed that problem. At 70cm height above the plants i have 13000 lumens of light for the 4 plants. Too much,,, not enough??????? I just dont know. Trying to trawl through the internet jungle of lumens, PAR, etc😶 and i'm basically very confused concerning my lights. Any feedback would help.

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Highrishcommentedweek 17 years ago

Cheers.

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BucketBrigadecommentedweek 97 years ago

Can't wait to see the final results. They look great!

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Highrishcommented7 years ago

@BucketBrigade, As long as there is some pain relief. Thats all that I want, and thats all that matters. Hopefully in about 10 days i'll be harvesting.

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BucketBrigadecommented7 years ago

@Highrish, In the end, I think that's all that matters.

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Highrishcommented7 years ago

@BucketBrigade, Yeah, me too. I dont think the final weight will be out of this world but i've learned good lessons on this grow and going to put them into use on the next grow in a few weeks time.

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Experimentgreencommentedweek 97 years ago

Hey also read you're new like so many of us, its great you're switching to a green alternative medicine. I love that! For plants to thrive we need to be able to give them bright light, fresh air and a nice breeze blowing around them, water ( soil ph 6-7, hydro 5.5-6.5), a healthy growing medium soil or others, nutrients( sometimes less is definitely more, which you seem to be doing :)), a good temperature, and of coarse love and attention. There's so many good and educated people on here who are always so helpful, seek them out and I'm sure they can offer more advice than just good luck. I hope your new medicine is good to you.

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Experimentgreencommented7 years ago

@Highrish, I hear you on the re starting weed. I smoked when younger too but when I failed my 1st college math class I realized that math and weed didnt go well together. Now ive had to try a variety of strains and only 1 didn't give me that anxious uncomfortable feeling, strawberry cough. Those autos sure are amazing and resilient to abuse of many things...but nutrients seem to be one of their downfalls..because if you mess up the plant its a ticking time bomb and maybe won't have the time to fix the problem. I hope it all turns out good for you. I saw a person on here that does a continuous auto grow, every 3 weeks he harvests and germinated new seeds. The banks have really done well with the available strains in autos now too.

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Highrishcommented7 years ago

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bobo420commentedweek 47 years ago

Good looking plants, nice and healthy, good job!

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bobo420commented7 years ago

@Highrish, doing great, they seem to be enjoying themselves ;)

Highrishcommented7 years ago

@bobo420, Thanks for that. Just doing what I can to keep these girls alive and well.

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Anatomcommentedweek 77 years ago

Nice Highrish looking good 😊

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Highrishcommented7 years ago

Smelling good too

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CBD_Swedencommentedweek 47 years ago

I will follow this grow. Its a lovely strain and i love the effect of it. You can check my whole grow in my diaries. Good luck and happy growing.

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Highrishcommented7 years ago

@CBD_Sweden, Thanks. I picked this strain cause of my backpain and medical after-effects. Just sick of it. If I ever get to a harvest i've planned to keep half of the harvest to smoke and the other half as oil. I've been looking at your diary for the past 5 or 6 weeks and i'm trying to follow but as being my first grow its not too easy. But getting there bit by bit. With a little help from yourself and others in this community it should be ok.

bobo420commentedweek 87 years ago

Beautiful photos ;)

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bobo420commentedweek 57 years ago

Coming along nicely ;)

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bobo420commentedweek 37 years ago

Nice update, looking good and healthy ;)

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bobo420commentedweek 27 years ago

Coming along nicely ;)

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Robafococommentedweek 17 years ago

hi bro good luck with the grow.. are u gonna do outdoor? or pass to indoor in a while??

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bobo420commentedweek 17 years ago

Good luck with the grow ;)

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First time grow