grow diary (journal) week11 by Martian_D

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@GrowDiaries a special shout out to @GMSgrows, @Mrs_Larimar and @DoDrugs420 top shelf individuals really willing to assist and share their wisdom🙌👊! Give them a like and a follow they be good for your own grow!!! Also @GMSgrows has apprentice status because of being new to grow diaries but do not be fooled #experienced

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GMSgrowscommented4 years ago

@Martian_D, Thanks my friend, try to help all that ask.

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Martian_Dcommentedweek 44 years ago

@Frenchie @DoDrugs420 and @GMSgrows I tried sending a DMs but not sure whats up does seem to be adding to my chat. So basically I am following a schedule based on Duckcommaders feeding chart for auto flowers using biobizz hence the use of the top max. The medium I am using is a coco-coir mix based on the description growdairies uses for soiless coco fell under it. I am from South Africa so there are not many choices regarding soil. I am using a Coco Coir, Worm Castings, Perlite (30%), Volcanic Rock Dust, Bone meal, Gypsum, Fermented probiotic bran mixture. Watering wise I water twice a week @1.3L per watering at a time (works out to 370ml per day) and wait for the soil to dry out to about my first knuckle, when I water there is no run off but the bottom of the fabric pot feel slighly damp to the touch. The pics you are seeing are taken with the lights off, I run them during the night to reduce heat problems RSA can get very hot and it is summer time this side. When the lights are on they are not droopy, also I am tucking my fan leaves. The plants are about 25cm long, I have noticed that the roots have grown all the way to the bottom of the fabric pots, they are a firm, thick and healthy looking white root, looks like the first tap root when germinating a seed maybe a bit thicker. I ph between 6.1 -6.5 and calibrate my pen before every watering, my water also bubbles for 2 days before I use it. I did have an issue with high temps and low humidity 31C and under 40%rH before I installed the cooltube. @Frenchie @DoDrugs420 and @GMSgrows please could you guys send me a dm if its not to much to ask🙏 and HIGHly appreciate your help thus far. Regards Martian_D

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DoDrugs420commented4 years ago

@Martian_D, yes, sorry didnt check the notification right away and forgot

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Martian_Dcommented4 years ago

@DoDrugs420, sorry for not being clear the root stimulants, humic acids and flower booster more specifically the flower booster

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DoDrugs420commented4 years ago

@Martian_D, good decision, u may even notice how plants sweat some unprocessed chem nutes thru the leafs wich then dry out there and stick there for ever, giving for a really harsh smoking experience, its nearly unnoticiable in low dosages, but once u go over the limit you can clearly see how they act on the plant as you start noticing a clear shine of micro dots. Wich extra nutes are speaking off? Regarding your nute plan, looks good, just make sure u keep the top max out of the equation untill ur into 3rd week of flower, of mid of 2nd week of flower, when i use flower boosters i use them in really small proportions. Remember autoflowers require less nutrients than photodependent strains. Think of nutes as steroids for plants, u don't want to start off with a huge dose, u don't want to use too much overall, and giving too little nutrient dosages is better than giving too much. If u give too much u might overdose the plant, and you will have to run some plain water waterings inbetween feedings, but if you give it lower dosages you can sort of climb up slowly and once you find the sweet spot you just need to maintain it and choose to give just water or not depending on how she reacted to the last feeding.

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Martian_Dcommentedweek 44 years ago

So I decided to take a day time pic as it was confusing to some, thinking that the plants were to droopy. I took a pic of Day 26 the lights were on for about 30mins before the photoshoot. I also reduced my watering amount, dropped my pH to 5.9, began feeding CalMag, redid my LST and tucked away shading fan leaves the plants look much happier than on day 23. Thanks to @GMSgrows @DoDrugs420 and @Mrs_Larimar

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GMSgrowscommented4 years ago

@Martian_D, Glad we could assist you. Happy growing my friend.

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Martian_Dcommentedweek 54 years ago

@GMSgrows and @DoDrugs420 what do you guys think?

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Martian_Dcommented4 years ago

@GMSgrows, checked my plants and you were right little to hot for the plants. I had a few yellow tips. Good learning and will lower for the next feed, at the end of this grow things will be much better in tune for the next grow so I am happy

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GMSgrowscommented4 years ago

@Martian_D, When they actually start to flower is the first week of flower, so the 3rd to the 6th week, last 2 are late flower.

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Martian_Dcommented4 years ago

@GMSgrows, sure will tone it down a bit , the plants so far do seems to be okay with it . Would mid flower be considered from week 6?

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Ferenccommentedweek 14 years ago

Good Luck! @Martian_D

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Martian_Dcommented4 years ago

@Ferenc, thanks a lot I hope that you could pop in every now and again to see how I am doing. Any tips would be super solid 👌

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Ferenccommentedweek 34 years ago

Good Luck! @Martian_D

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DoDrugs420commentedweek 44 years ago

Next grow u might want to give a go at 9 pots of 11l/15l volume, up to 33x33 cm will fit perfectly, if its a little less its also cool, you can then add some tupperwares or something to create more space near the walls of the tent. If ur confident that they won't grow too much you might aswell go for 16 pots of 10l up to 25x25 cm so you get the training with multiple plants giving u more experience and you improve yields by A LOT. You can apply training techniques like topping, fimming, lst, hst and having multiple plants will help you se the difference, usually people dont supercrop auto's but check early weeks of "six shooter" if u wanna see a autoflower getting double suppercrop, pretty detailed description in week 4, ended up giving her away because after noticing the output of katana roots thru the leaves i did a early harvest in a branch and notice how harsh the smoke was so i just gave it away for a friend to dry it and smoke it, thus the unfinished diary and the 2 missing branches on the last week before harvest. They're looking good btw. P.s. u might want to drop that RH from 72% to any value between 62.5% and 52.5%, based on ur temps, this just to make sure she gets optimal transpiration for the stage shes at wich by now is late veg.

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Martian_Dcommented4 years ago

@DoDrugs420, 100%. This setup will be a constant working progress. Next steps are a EC pen, LED light and a dehumidifier. I have built a humidifier in the past for growing oyster mushrooms so it just needs some minor repairs and it will be good to go. The cooltube and having lights on at night is helping out at keeping the temps below 30C. Here is South Africa we can get up to +35C easy during the summer time and even late spring time

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DoDrugs420commented4 years ago

@Martian_D, if the humidity is only set for the night, i wouldnt bother with it, had humidty at 99% levels all the nights thru winter and gettint back at it now as winter sets in, the thing is, during the night they dont do photosyntesys, so they dont transpire, therefor as long as during the day you can get to the needed conditions of RH there should be no mold or fungus type stuff coming onto ur plants, u can just leave a heater on even if at a low level near the inlet during the night to dry the air a lil bit right before it enters the tent. Dehumidifier id a great idea, got one for 50€, went back the next dat and bought a 150€ one, don't regreat it one bit. Dehumidifier or not you can defenitly scale up your grow.

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Martian_Dcommented4 years ago

@DoDrugs420, after the lights are on for a while the humidity drops to about 60-50%. That photo was taken roughly 30mins after the lights had gone on and the humidity slowly started coming down into the range that you suggested. Yes that is a great idea my question is would I not run into some high humidity with so many plants? Still have to buy or make a dehumidifier. The plants have just started showing signs of pre-flower. Thanks for the complement hopefully they start filling up the space and I get a nice canopy of bud sites!

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Polaskiscommentedweek 54 years ago

Looking good 👍

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GMSgrowscommentedweek 44 years ago

Hey Martian_D. Yeah for some reason trying to PM new people isnt working. No messages coming through and when I try to pm the message just dissapears. So may have to just help you out in the question section. I'm on in the mornings usually, if I see a question, I will give you my 2 cents. Cheers my friend

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GMSgrowscommented4 years ago

@Martian_D, it all depends on how fast they grow out, how big they get and how vigorously they flower. I would have some flower nutes on hand just in case you need them. I myself am not an auto fan as running my lights an extra 6 hours in flower time would cost way to much for this guys pension.

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Martian_Dcommented4 years ago

@GMSgrows, thanks for the info. I am planning on doing my next grow using this mix. I will be sticking to autos as they are less forgiving if not done right imo and more challenging, I do not even smoke I just want to grow for the love of it, experience and experimentation. My wife and friends get the buds. I thought of doing them in a solo cup planted directly into the soil so that the have time to grow in a seedling mix and there after as they mature make their way into the nute dense soil, like an intra-transplant of sorts. Do you think that this soil may need additional nutes or amendments? I do not have a ec pen as yet so I am a little blind regarding ec.

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GMSgrowscommented4 years ago

@Martian_D, Sounds like a good soil with plenty of food for some time. I found using similar product you need to put a plant into that mix after they have developed some roots and starter leaves, otherwise it's to hot for the babies. To hot meaning to much nutes. I always start my babies in nutramix hp because they need fed after the first 3 days of life. After a week or two of being fed at 400 ppm 0.8 ec I would then transplant the babies to their new home., if I didnt choose to grow them out in the nutramix. Growing in nutramix is a form of hydroponics, very quick turn over compared to soil growing. Cheers

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CachimboDaPazcommentedweek 124 years ago

They're looking so good brother. Good luck with your grow Happy Holidays, Happy New Year and keep it lit. God Bless You

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Martian_Dcommented4 years ago

@CachimboDaPaz, thanks you and will have a look at your diaries too

Frenchiecommentedweek 94 years ago

it's looking good. For the flowering time announced, I nearly every time have to wait at least a week more. At the end, look at the trichomes production for best appreciation of harvest time.

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Martian_Dcommented4 years ago

@Frenchie, 100%. I hope they will be ready in 2 weeks time but I don't mind the extra wait as long as I get extra weight 😜

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DreamOncommentedweek 74 years ago

Nice job, looks great! Good luck with the rest of the flowering and have fun! 🌱😎

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Martian_Dcommented4 years ago

@DreamOn, thanks so much it has been a blast I am a little worried though leaves at top of canopy don't look very happy

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HighFromHomecommentedweek 14 years ago

Looking great. One thing i will say is it's not a good idea to add PH up and down together so it's best to get it right to start with. An easy way to do it if you're making up small batches is to add a few drops of up or down to 1lt of water, and use that water to adjust your PH levels so that you're using a dilute version of up or down. Hope this helps

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Martian_Dcommented4 years ago

@HighFromHome, that is actually a great idea. Geez I never thought of a diluted version of the pH down! Shot a lot for that one. I also read that I should give the pH + or - 10 to 15mins to do their thing before checking the pH levels.

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