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4 years ago
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Indoor
Room Type
Topping
weeks 3, 6, 9
LST
weeks 4, 6-9
Main-Lining
weeks 6
Defoliation
weeks 6
FIMing
weeks 9
Soil
Grow medium
287 L
Pot Size
1
Week 1. Vegetation
4 years ago
2.54 cm
18 hrs
27 °C
6.5
50 %
0 L
0 L
50.8 cm
Soil in the starter solos is an equal mix of pumice, coco-loco, and Malibu potting soil The soil in the final pots Main pots are 20 gal of coots mix: 1 Part Sphagnum Peatmoss 1 Part Aeration perlite 1 Part vermacompost 1/2 Cup per cubic foot the following: * Neem meal (Micro Nutrients and reported Bug Defense) * Kelp Meal (NPK, Micro Nutrients, Growth Hormones and many other benefits) * Crustacean Meal (Shrimp Meal) (Calcium, Nitrogen and Chitin along with other benefits) 4 Cups per cubic foot of a mineral mix: ****didn't get in time need to add later2 Cup Basalt (Paramagnetic Rock Dust from lava flow that is high in micronutrients) 1 Cup Gypsum (Calcium and Sulfur) 1 Cup Oyster Shell Flour (Calcium Carbonate) D1 - started watering with aloe D2 D3 - Vermacompost Tea Recipe D4- its stretching so had to pin it down D5- Just water D6
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Week 2. Vegetation
4 years ago
5.08 cm
18 hrs
23 °C
6.5
46 %
287 L
1 L
50.8 cm
Sunday D7 Monday D8 - planted some sweet clover and alfalfa in pot, kelp tea Tuesday D9 - added straw to the big pots Wednesday D10 - moved into the 20gal pot and used Dragonfly Lush Roots 840 to dust the roots of the transplant Thursday D11 - soil is moist so I didn't add any water, and the plant seems to have done well with the transplant Friday D12 - watered with kelp tea, just a bit around the plant and some to wet the soil Saturday D13
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Week 3. Vegetation
4 years ago
5.08 cm
18 hrs
23 °C
6.5
46 %
287 L
1 L
50.8 cm
Sunday - forgot Aloe, watered with about 700mL a pot, I did not put very much close to the plant just enough to keep it moist. Grass is starting to grow, and clover is pushing through straw. Monday - Leaves are clearly the fattest of the 3 new pots. Make a gal of worm-casting tea Tuesday - Watered with 700mL of tea Wednesday - Thursday - watered with 700mL of water Friday - topped it Saturday - 700mL of kelp meal tea
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Week 4. Vegetation
4 years ago
5.08 cm
18 hrs
23 °C
6.5
46 %
287 L
1 L
50.8 cm
Sunday - bit of LST Monday - water and spun the pot to get more light on the new growth tips Tuesday - clover came up everywhere and new growth tips are growing well Wednesday - 700 of aloe water Thursday - left for the weekend
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5
Week 5. Vegetation
4 years ago
10.16 cm
18 hrs
24 °C
6.5
46 %
287 L
1 L
50.8 cm
Monday - did a fair bit of LST and removed one from each pair of fans on new growth, watered with Aloe water. Tuesday - nothing Wednesday - compost tea from worm castings Thursday - nothing Friday - watered with water Saturday - nothing
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Week 6. Vegetation
4 years ago
10.16 cm
18 hrs
24 °C
6.5
46 %
287 L
1 L
50.8 cm
Sunday - - normal watering with pH'd water Monday - nothing but trimming some Tuesday - hitting with aloe water Thursday - watered with corn sprout tea Saturday - watered with aloe water 1L at 1cm piece of aloe
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Week 7. Vegetation
4 years ago
10.16 cm
18 hrs
24 °C
6.5
60 %
287 L
1 L
50.8 cm
Tuesday - Cut and buried most of the clover under hay then watering and some mild LST going to brew some tea for Thursday Thursday - hit with a gal of compost tea from Malibu Compost Saturday - watered with 1.5L bubbled tap water this is being staked down every other day long term goal is to veg wile autos run and then flower
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Week 8. Vegetation
4 years ago
10.16 cm
18 hrs
24 °C
6.5
60 %
287 L
1 L
50.8 cm
Nutrients 2
Aloe 15.625 mll
compost tea 15.625 mll
Took some clones to make a mother plant if I like the flower Monday - watered with 1L of aloe water at 1cm raw aloe per L of bubbled water. Also pinching and pinning down new growth for LST. Wednesday - watered with 1.5L of compost tea Saturday - watered with 1.5L of tap water that was aired out
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Week 9. Vegetation
4 years ago
10.16 cm
18 hrs
27 °C
6.4
50 %
287 L
1 L
50.8 cm
Nutrients 3
Aloe 15.625 mll
compost tea 15.625 mll
Kelp Meal 1-0.1-2 - Down To Earth
Kelp Meal 1-0.1-2 12.5 mll
Monday - watered with a bit of kelp meal tea Tuesday - plain water and 5tbsp of alfalfa meal as top dress after watering Thursday - Aloe water around 2L Saturday - watered with compost tea
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Week 10. Vegetation
4 years ago
10.16 cm
18 hrs
27 °C
6.4
50 %
287 L
1 L
50.8 cm
Nutrients 3
Aloe 15.625 mll
compost tea 15.625 mll
Kelp Meal 1-0.1-2 - Down To Earth
Kelp Meal 1-0.1-2 12.5 mll
Monday - watered with aloe water ~1cm/L of fresh aloe Tuesday - added nematodes, predatory mites and betels from build-a-soil Wednesday - watered with compost tea Friday - top-dressed with build-a-soil craft blend at 1cup/plant, then covered with ~1cm of worm castings, mulched over with the best of the recycled hay and added fresh where needed. Re-pined down the plant to select and open up the best branches. Lots of fruit fly’s and a few fungus gnats
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Week 11. Vegetation
4 years ago
10.16 cm
18 hrs
27 °C
6.4
50 %
287 L
1 L
50.8 cm
Nutrients 3
Aloe 15.625 mll
compost tea 15.625 mll
Kelp Meal 1-0.1-2 - Down To Earth
Kelp Meal 1-0.1-2 12.5 mll
Sunday - watered with kelp tea 2L, the bag broke. pinching and bending to make it flater but will let it grow straight soon, just need to cut some growth to favor the best branches Monday - New CO2 Tuesday - plain water Thursday - Aloe water Saturday - sprouts did not gem because of cold temps, watered with plain water
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