***** Week 4 December 5 to 11, 2020 - Days 22 to 28 from germination *****
Going into week 4 and she has a little extra nitrogen in her but I can deal with it for now as she is growing hard. Suspect we will start preflower in the next week and wanted to make sure she was bent over first. She is very firm in her stem and she is stiffening up......positive for fighting pests and hold big bud so we are good๐๐
Seeing a little excess nitrogen by mid week. Stop foliar spraying her for rest of the week and watch ppm levels. Going to finish this run using Remo Nutrients as I have been really happy with VeloKelp and other growers, including Remo himself, have been killing it with the line. Will start off at about 3/4 strength and see how they react but I have seen most going full strength with the line.
Last day of the week she received her first bloom feed. She has only been feed a few veg feeds so she shouldn't be too loaded with nitrogen for the flip.
LST will continue now and tie her down whenever she comes out๐๐๐ช
As I have had many times with Fast Buds girls.......growing strong!!!!๐๐
Little more daily detail.........
Dec 5/20, Day 22
- 1.5L feed of RO water with Magnifical and Natures Candy @ 1.5ml, Microbial Mass @ 2ml = 330ppm and 5.8pH
- idea of this watering is microbes and her first bit of sweetener.
- getting going now.....need to kick up the ML's she is getting.
- week 2 feed numbers with Remo Nutrients........going to do/finish this auto run with his full line.
Dec 6/20, Day 23
- dry out day.......she was given lots yesterday.
- she is getting dark right at some tips. Then lighter in towards centre of new leaves.
- Pulled her back down today........little worried......pulled pretty hard and fair bit of stress on stem๐ค๐
Dec 7/20, Day 24
- 2L feeding with Micro, Grow, N Candy, Magnifical, VeloKelp @ 1.5ml each = 800ppm and 5.8pH
- the pot still has a little weight but with work life I have to feed her this evening otherwise it will be too long before I can feed her again.
- Might be a little strong but will go with it.
Dec 8/20, Day 25
- dry out day
- she is looking good and is lifting her branches up again today.
- all the branches are very pliable.
Dec 9/20, Day 26
- 2L water with 0.5ml of Magnifical = 85ppm and 5.8pH
- is intended as a plain water feed. Since RO water adding a bit of CalMag to it.
- her pot was fairly dry actually and she has fed well on this weeks nutrients.
- she is showing signs of transitioning because she is slowing down growth and narrowing leaves some hairs when you look right into her new growth, and she just changes somehow for about four days or so when you think something is wrong but its just patience and let her be๐ she is flipping to flower๐
Dec 10/20, Day 27
- Nothing today as the pot was still heavy.
- She is growing well and her side branching is growing taller.
- she is forming a real bush now and looking good for flower๐
Dec 11/20, Day 28
- 2L feeding with Micro, Bloom, N Candy, Magnifical, VeloKelp @ 1.5ml each = 800ppm and 5.8pH
- decided that based on her appearance we will switch her over to bloom nutrients now. Changed out grow for bloom with this girl.
- pull her out and check run off numbers.
- 800 and 5.8 going in and 565 and 5.9 coming out๐๐๐
- I will take that for pH after the last couple of runs of straight coco.......pH numbers had been running around 7.6 by now.........that's why I added the peat to help buffer a bit better๐ Working so far.
- LST done heavy again today.
- Took 4 large fan leaves and two medium sized ones.......had to be done๐
Looking forward to seeing how the Remo line works and how OS reacts to training and forming a bush in the next week๐ช๐๐
Hi @@ALTINPIPO, they are 12L. I am going to give some 5 gal try once my bags are done. Like air pots, I do miss being able to dump a bunch of water in the top though. You have to take your time with hand watering.
Cheers and have an event free week๐๐ช
Thank you for this massively detailed diary. May I ask a question about your lights? I have been following along and find that you are adjusting the lights each week to find the sweet spot. When you are trying to dial in your lights, what are you looking for to let you know that you are close to perfect? Is it a combination of lowing the wattage and lowering/raising? What is your secret light adjustment sauce? I read in the week 5 that you are looking for the leaves to droop a bit if the light is too intense/close. Thanks so much!
Brilliant mate I am Just about to order for first time off fast buds this gives me the boost a need think I will change from the coco to the nutrients you are using this will be my second time doin it keep it up mate