The Cinderella 99 Story Organic Grow

— Day 8 (10/18/2020): Going into Week 2 of the grow diary for Cinderella 99. I’m really excited about this grow, as this brings back memories of the first time I grew Cinderella 99 when it was introduced. Now that it’s back I can’t wait for the final product! I’m really curious on also how the taste experience between the Organic and Salt Based FloraNova Nute line. I’ve heard organic is better for taste and aroma but I have never really did a side by side comparison from the same genetics. Time will tell and can’t wait to try them both. Anyways Week 2 will be interesting; this is where I will start introducing the seedlings to their new environment, the 4x2 grow tent. By the end of this week, I will be introducing them to their respective nutrient line w/ my mixture of coco and perlite. Today I have added about 20ml of dechlorinated water to each cell, no runoff. I have also set the lamps so that the seedlings get at least 350-400 umol of light. I will steadily increase as they get bigger. All my circulating fans are set to low so they get a gentle breeze so they can develop nice strong stems and keep the air from going stagnant. — Day 12 (10/22/2020): As we near the end of Week 2, the plants are starting slowing its seedling vertical growth spurt and developing more leaf growth. The second set of true leaves are still developing, and growth seems to be green and healthy. I did notice some seedlings first true leaves have a slight curl or fold, but it seems it is not affecting any growth. I’m curious of what causes this? I did added another 20ml of dechlorinated water to each cell, no run off. By the end of this week I’m going to transplant them into larger cells using 50% of my starter blend medium, 40% buffered and rinsed coco, and 10% Worm castings. I’ll post pictures on week 3 of all the ingredients I use as the grow progresses. At Week 3 I will increase the light output to 400-450umol par using my HydroFarm PAR meter and introduce compost tea as well. — Day 13 (10/23/2020): I noticed two days ago my seedlings true leaves started to twist so I ask the growing community of growdiaries.com about my issue and got a fast response from the_canna_scientist responding it is a humidity problem and that I need to put back the dome back on. My grow room is always constantly 50% RH so it made sense, I put the dome back on with a few spritz of water land she started looking good the next day! So stoked to be part of a community that we can always rely on each other for help😊 Anyways I kept everything the same except I’m going to keep the dome on a little longer until I can figure out on how to control my humidity in my grow tent. It’s going to be hard because the air in my grow room is shared between the tents. My other tent has a plant that’s still in flower and I can’t raise the RH due to risk of bud rot. Luckily she has about 3 weeks left. So my other option is once I get them transplanted I will probably have to spritz the tent walls and floor 2-3 times a day to see if that will help any. — Day 14 (10/24/2020): The end of week 2 has come and the these girls are finishing up their second pair of true leaves. On this grow I’ll be using mainlining to train my plants outward in hopes to control upward growth and promote lateral growth. I will most likely mainline upwards to 8 main colas using Nugbuckets mainline method. I’m going off this guide https://www.growweedeasy.com/mainlining-nugbuckets I use this method a lot and seems to provide me good yields and manageable tops. It does require a slightly longer veg time approx 1-2 weeks more than usual but the benefits out way the time in my opinion. You’ll get a very nice short bush with a bunch of main colas. Going on to Week 3 I’ll be transplanting these girls into a 1 liter pot when I start seeing roots popping out the bottoming the current cells.