'Malanasa Cookies' by Exoticseed

So! For the ease of entry, and because these journals won't be touching any competitions, I'm going to cover both Week's 5 and 6 with this entry and with the other girls, as well. This update will cover Days 32-44(?) where I'll go over my mistakes and the procedures to get back to normalcy (ie. follow the schedule😅). My documentation has taken a nose dive, lol! Everything is on post it notes b/c I never expected to actually keep these girls or have to report on them, ha!😀. So, apologies for the sloppy time frames and lack of time stamps for the photos. Let's just get through this one together eh? Here's the Deets: The Good (Pretty much Week 6): -She had a tough Week 5 but an amazing week she went into recovery and happily blew up with fine health and vigor. -The limited root system has been rectified at end of Week 6 and she has noticeably rooted into her new soil without issue. -Even with mistakes in Week 5 and some degradation, she did hold on to her luster and form very well. Even with my mistakes and underfeeding, she kept plugging along and I'm very happy for such a strong genetic. The 'Meh' (Here we go): -Long story short here: Last grow I over fed in this stage of Veg and ran into a P/Cal excess. This was the most brutal process I've faced so far to get out of and I didn't want to repeat it. Fast forward and I'm walking on egg shells at the same time of propagation (Week 6-ish). I'm using new organic, amended soil and microbials but was really unsure of when to start feeding and how much. When I did my first feeding I applied a very, very small dose at 250ppm. After this the plants took a turn for the worst and I thought I had a problem with the actual nutrient line. Like something was wrong with it, not me... -I had a knee jerk reaction to the nutrients I applied and since I felt they were the culprit, I flushed the soil. Soooo dumb😕. Only after I did this did I realize what I needed to be doing and where contacts I was speaking with were helping me with a solution. But I hand cuffed myself again and the soil was fully saturated, needing time to dry out with! a limited root system. Expedited drying time and moved on to the procedure's I was speaking with others about. -Symptoms of the plant in week 5 included: Droopy leaves, "burnt tips" (or at least I thought it was burn), stunted growth (especially with main stem and lateral strength), noticeable deficiencies starting up with Cal/Mag/N and K being the most noticeable. Procedure and Contacts: Turned to some veteran growers and Future Harvest Nutrients themselves. If 99 people say the product is good and I'm the only one saying it's not... It's almost a guarantee it's me, not the product. So I talked at length with all of them and this is the process we came to a conclusion on: 1. My 250ppm feed was a mistake. I triggered the plants into high metabolism but did not provide near enough to support this new growth. The quick degradation of the plant was not due to poor nutrients but an inadequate amount. 2. Use of Microbials along with a very small first feed expedited their starvation as nutrients were not being held in the soil for longevity, but taken and processed immediately, leaving nothing else for them to work with. Left with just water and high soil retention. 3. Moving forward, use a full dose schedule and apply at least a 1000ppm feed to help them move again. If there are slight burns due to the amended soil, pull back 10% and keep going. And essentially, you know, FOLLOW THE SCHEDULE! lol! 4. Until issues are rectified back off on the microbials and see what their needs are before pushing too much or too little of a micro or macro. Re-apply in future every three weeks when the plants are in full force and blooming. This will also help with P/Cal take up which they will be looking for in Bloom. Recovery: -I did what I was told and they bounced back... sigh*😵 No crap right? HA! Followed the schedule and applied an exact 1003ppm feed (doesn't include tap ppm) at 6.3pH. Within 24 hours they perked right up and started to move super quick. Stems shoring up and growing, new laterals very strong and firm, nice bulbess node points growing with positive pressure. Everything is making a comeback. *The Feed listed above is the recovery feed applied* -After 3 days of recovery I trained out and let them go. They blew up in 3-5 days and it's about time to flip. -Once again, we lost some time with the starvation, but luckily some great people have my back and help me out whenever I do have an issue, self made or not. Notes of the Week: -Flipping this evening on Day 52(?...I think). Would like to start wrapping these girls up as I am actually doing what I said I was going to do, and we're amping up new projects and more plants very soon here. -I keep things close to the chest so I won't count my chickens yet, but it does appear I will be landing a brand new 660 Watt lighting system from a very respectable maker out of Eastern Canada. This is a company and manufacture I made a point of contacting. I left all other makers alone and was both smitten and sure that this was the system for me. After some talks, we will hopefully be moving forward with this very soon. Fingers crossed! -With the ACMPR license being processed, a new lighting system possibly on the way, and a flip this evening to bloom with the current girls; I hope to have my tents free and clear for new, LARGER grows by the end of two months, or Early February. Lots of plans that I don't feel there's a point in getting into, b/c I'll probably change my mind ten or eleven times between now and then😀. -Spider Farmer spotted me a new SF-1000 lamp for my early Veg purposes and will not be utilized as a permanent fixture in the 2x2x3' propagation tent. Couldn't say no to a free lamp and am really happy I built a good relationship with them last year when I purchased my first SF 2000 -Frigging Genetics and nutrients flying at me in all different directions. I went from bare bones to "where the hell and when the hell will I be able to use all this"😂😂. Great problem to have! Sitting on over 100+ feminized seeds and 24 different strains with more in mail. Holy crap! Don't think I'll be needing to buy new genetics anytime soon! -One of the two next runs will be all organic with Bluesky Organics out of BC, Canada. Love their line so far and picked up their craft kit on black Friday. Paid 75 bucks all in instead of 150! at the hydro shop. HA! can't say no to that. Thanks for reading if you read that ramble! If you didn't, I don't blame you😆. Most of this will be copy pasted between journals with only specific plant detail differences in "The Good" and "The Meh". I will follow up with "Week 7" next week where these girls will have their final photos, heights and widths documented right before the flip. Hoping for great things! Cheers all and catch you on the flip side👋. *I'm aware I'm super behind on all your current projects again... Chicken without a head and honestly a little self involved right now. Time to get out of myself for a bit and give up some more love. I will make a solid point of catching up with you all in the coming few days🙏* Link to SF-1000: https://www.spider-farmer.com/products/sf-1000-led-grow-light