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First Grow: Strawberry Banana Grape

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4 years ago
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Week 1. Vegetation
4 years ago
24 hrs
31 °C
6.7
No Smell
64 %
43.18 cm
Pretty excited to start gardening for a hobby! I’m not sure if I’m supposed to count when I started germinating as part of the growth or if after germinated. I was worried the one seed wouldn’t pull through because it was behind the curve. But now it’s doing great but it’s small. If you have any tips or pointers let me know, I wouldn’t mind any advice!
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Week 2. Vegetation
4 years ago
5.08 cm
24 hrs
31 °C
6.5
No Smell
70 %
24 °C
76.2 cm
Nutrients 1
Ocean Forest Potting Soil - Fox Farm
Ocean Forest Potting Soil 1 mll
The one got a little heat stress, but it’s doing fine now. They’ve grown a lot since last week.
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Week 3. Vegetation
4 years ago
8.89 cm
24 hrs
28 °C
6.5
No Smell
70 %
24 °C
76.2 cm
Nutrients 1
Ocean Forest Potting Soil - Fox Farm
Ocean Forest Potting Soil 1 mll
I got the ladies transplanted out of the cups and into the pots. I was a little worried, but they ended up just fine. They got a little wind burn, so I turned my bigger fan off. I my need to get stakes to hold them up because they seem a little weak. I also need pot stands for my plants so the pots aren’t sitting in the runoff. I think next watering I might start nutrients.
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Week 4. Vegetation
4 years ago
15.24 cm
24 hrs
26 °C
6.5
No Smell
65 %
24 °C
19 L
60.96 cm
Nutrients 1
Grow Big - Fox Farm
Grow Big 2.604 mll
Started nutes yesterday, they seem to be loving them. Will be topping them this coming week and might start some LST.
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Week 5. Vegetation
4 years ago
19.05 cm
24 hrs
26 °C
6.5
No Smell
65 %
24 °C
19 L
60.96 cm
Nutrients 1
Grow Big - Fox Farm
Grow Big 2.604 mll
The ladies took to the topping well. Might have spider mites, I’m monitoring it. They love the nutes and I love the progress.
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Topping
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Grow Questions
DoorStop
DoorStopstarted grow question 4 years ago
Do you think I have spider mites? I don’t think it’s moldy mildew. I have no idea where I could have gotten them from though.
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CRiSPrGrowanswered grow question 4 years ago
Hey there DoorStop, actually what it is , is you have magnesium deficiency. You can tell it's not spidermites because they leave sharp bite marks on the leaves and when you look underneath them you find little black spots. For magnesium deficiency you can tell because of the way the yellowing happens on the serrated edges of the leafs , sometimes starting at the base. What you're using Grow Big has everything you need in it.... except cal mag. To fix this : nothing easier , just add calmag. usually the problem stops spreading very quickly and the plant fully recovers after 10 days , but if you're impatient it can recover even quicker if you use it in a spray. hope this helps ! 🚀
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Week 6. Vegetation
4 years ago
22.86 cm
24 hrs
22 °C
6.5
Weak
65 %
17 °C
19 L
55.88 cm
Nutrients 2
Grow Big - Fox Farm
Grow Big 1.302 mll
Big Bloom - Fox Farm
Big Bloom 2 mll
As someone pointed out last week, it was actually a deficiency. I was giving them the wrong nutrient. They are doing really well. I didn’t feel comfortable with LST, but I will try using the net on them this week. If they get any bigger I might have to send them into flower as I don’t have too much space. But I want to fim the two tops I have on the plants before I do.
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Week 7. Vegetation
4 years ago
30.48 cm
24 hrs
21 °C
6.5
Weak
55 %
13 °C
19 L
55.88 cm
Nutrients 2
Grow Big - Fox Farm
Grow Big 1.302 mll
Big Bloom - Fox Farm
Big Bloom 2 mll
I’ve had a crazy week. I’ve tried LST, ScrOG, and i fimmed them yesterday. LST scared me with how much they bent and I decided I wouldn’t do that this grow unfortunately. I tried ScrOG, that worked better but I don’t think the net was the proper size. I could only tuck a few tops of the plants under it and a few were still above it so after a few days I gave up. I fimmed them and had great success with topping so I expect good results from it. Then I will have 8 main colas each plant. I got some water on a few leaves and I thought I had gotten most of it but it burnt a couple at the bottom. After the fimmed tops are up I’m probably gonna send them into flower.
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Week 8. Vegetation
4 years ago
30.48 cm
24 hrs
21 °C
6.5
Weak
55 %
13 °C
19 L
55.88 cm
Nutrients 2
Grow Big - Fox Farm
Grow Big 1.302 mll
Big Bloom - Fox Farm
Big Bloom 2 mll
Plants are still recovering from being fimmed. I plan on flipping them into flower in a week or two.
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Week 9. Vegetation
4 years ago
38.1 cm
24 hrs
21 °C
6.5
Weak
50 %
18 °C
19 L
48.26 cm
Nutrients 3
Grow Big - Fox Farm
Grow Big 2.604 mll
Big Bloom - Fox Farm
Big Bloom 2 mll
Open Sesame - Fox Farm
Open Sesame 0.326 mll
The plants recovered very well from the lollipopping. I’m putting them in 36 hours of dark and flipping the lights to 12/12. Also started giving them preflower nutes and more water.
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Week 9. Harvest
4 years ago
Happy Harvest Day!
Strawberry Banana Grape - Seedsman
Spent 46 days
Veg Har
8/10
Rated
17.33 g
Bud dry weight per plant
3
Plants
Easy
Difficulty
Sleepy
Energy
Indica
Hybrid
Sativa

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Day air temperature
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Light schedule
Night air temperature
Pot size
Lamp distance
I was sad not to reach my goal but I’m glad I was able to harvest it and smoke it. This strain was an incredibly easy strain to grow and I would definitely recommend and grow it again in the future to see if I could do better.
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