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Transplanted into solo cups.
Began fertigation on day 2 starting at 450ec 6.1ph and building each day watering to 25% run off and monitoring ec of run off.
Thus far I am fertigating at 650ec with run off running is at just over 500ec I am going to fertigate a little less as ec is still pretty low and they are staying quite damp, its my first time in coco and it it my understanding wet is far better than dry.
Seems like the one who lost a cotylodon in germ will pull through just fine.
Day 7
Feeding 150ml @ ec 750/5.9ph once a day
Everything going smoothly thus far.
Fertigating at ec700/5.9 ph once a day.
Mixed full strength nute schedule from remo then dilute to ec700 with cal/mag water @ ec400.
Using the instatranplant method with 2 dixie
cups, this allows me to check root progress
and let's me decide when to switch to final pots which will be once plants sex( they are fem seeds this is just a timing methodology)
Day 12
Started lowering ph in as run off was a little higher than I would like @6.8 all fertigations will be added at 5.0 which achieves a run off of 6.3-6.4 initial slight leaf curl has subsided since the change.
Day 13
Transplanted to final containers, 1gal. Sprinkled dynomyco on roots and in hole for old root mass. Next morning is pictured they seem to be happy. May move the lands a little closer to light dont want too much stretch
Plants have been transplanted into final containers.
I have treated them with dynomyco sprinkled on the roots and into the hole where they were transplanted.
Fertigation is 2 times a day at ec 700 and ph 5.0 this leaves a runoff of ec580 and a ph of 6.5
I will be topping these in the near future ,I am just letting them stretch out a little to get better access to the node.
Day 15
Topped both plants today, @ 3rd node.
May try a mainline with one and leave the other as is , still lots of time to decide.
Day 16/17
Plants have begun to branch out following the topping. Backed of fertigation a touch to ec670/ ph @5.0 this produces runoff @ec750/[email protected].
Plants have been praying up until 20mins before lights out when they bow down .
Day 22
They have both been topped and I have begun to tie them down to shape them, branches are already very woody had a small mishap bending one and had to secure it with a tin foil splint.
They have both begun to show sex ,they are feminized seeds so this is mearly a fomality and measure of time.
They have been getting fertigation once a day at ec 730ish at 5.1-5.3 ph run off is still within acceptable range within 100 points and ph is 6.5 from run off.
Plants are responding to the training like a couple of champs.
They are visibly growing daily, I think they will be starting to flower shortly, this is a 80-85 day strain so probably another week or so and they will begin the flower stage.
Still fertigating at 700ish with my runoff being within 100 points ph is 6.7.
Day 30
Light defoliation and adjustment to binds , plant appears to be entering to me, I could be wrong but the next few days will say for sure.
Plants have sexed and are still veging as far as I can see. Still fertigating once a day at 750ish ec@ ph of 5.0, run off is still within 100points and ph is at 6.6 so no changes are really necessary.
Letting them grow mostly straight up from previous bonds but may spread them out a bit more as the days roll on.
Looks like I have a slight deficiency, when I reviewed pics it has been a couple days I suspect calcium, I have feed with a full dose cal/mag watering @1000ec and I have brought my inflow ph to 5.7 as I think I was exacerbating the issue with low ph.
Day 41.
Have had a deficiency/lockout issue that looks like cal/mag to me. Flushed with mild nuted solution @5.5ph until I got about a 1/2 gallon of runoff. Ec was 570 going in and 650 coming out so I did get some salts out. Going to monitor over the next couple days and foliar feed cal/mag ,micro,bloom nutes to help.
Day 42.
Dealing with a suspected cal mag issue, flushed with weak nute solution ph'd at 5.5 until about 1/2 a gallon of runoff. I believe the problem arose from ph fluctuation. It seems to have subsided will review tonight. Seems to be just beginning to flower.
Day 45
The lockout/deficiency i was dealing with has been fixed. Started feeding a little higher @900 ec still ph of 5.5 inflow. The out flow seems to be quite low considering its 300 or so points below what the inflow is. I have conceded that they are infact flowering now and have edited the diary accordingly.
Day 46.
Bumped the fertigation upto 1020ec which is less than half the mfg. Recommended recipe but still follows ratios.
Day 49.
Still appear to be stretching a bit each day. Feeding at 1000ec and 5.5-5.7 ph.
Day 50
Light defoliation, fertigating at 1020ec and 5.6 ph until run off is achieved,which is acceptable at 730ec.
Day 51
Started to increase the fertigation strength as previous issues have been rectified. Fertigating at 1200ec and 6.1ph , run off is at 800ec so still well with in range. I have stopped worrying about run off ec as most literature I have found says input is all that I should be monitoring. Flowering has been slow thus far and they are still stretching a little each day from what I can tell. My last run which was my first was unfortunately a pair of non autoflower autoflowers so I was quite disappointed hoping these don't end up giving me issues also.
Day 55
Light defoliation is ongoing, seems like 2 different phenos although similar one is definitely further along than the other, the plant that had a cotylodon break off (plant 2)is behind the other (plant 1) . Plant 1 is definitely stretching out and is almost 2 inches taller than #2 and I would say a week further into flower, hoping #2 will hit this same stretch soon as it is quite a bit bushier. Starting to smell a bit more so far its a fruity king of smell I can't quite put my finger on it but I would say a little like banana .
Day 56
Looking good and healthy, fertigating a little more aggressively plants still well within range for out flow , no issues with ec at all yet and no signs of any kind of nutrient burn o any tips . I have been fertigating 2 times a day and ensuring I get at least 20% run off sometimes more to ensure no buildup is happening in my coco.
Day 64
Both plants are flowering quite well, #1 is definitely further along and has stretched quite a bit #2 has not stretched as much and is i would say at least a week behind. Starting to be more fragrant smells a little of fruit. Fertigating at just over 1050ec and at 6.2 ph ,run off is still within parameters, had bumped it up over 1200 but I have decided to pull it back a touch .
Day 65
Noticed a bit of tip burn/curl on plant #1 so I have dialed back the fertigation to 850ec , 6.2 ph and will probably stick here for a bit.
Day 68
Dealing with a slight nute burn/calmag issue pulled back fertigation ec to 960 after flushing pot to a runoff of 650ec. Lowered the ph of fertigation to 6.0 at the request of a fellow grower. Otherwise stacking nice, noticeable bulk each day
Have been dealing with a calmag deficiency/lockout for close to a week now. It seems to have stabilized now. Starting to see some brown hairs and thwy are starting to frost up a bit. Dialed back the nutes a touch to 750ec and dropped the ph down to 5.5 on the inflow i have been getting runoff at 6.5 now.
Day 77
Have been dealing with some lock out/deficiency issues recently that have now affected both plants.
They have been dialed back a touch and ph has been brought down a little , it had been running a little high on outflow at 6.7 I was fertigating at 6.0 so I think it was being out of range too long. With this adjustment it has been keeping it at 6.4.
Looked at trichomes just for shits and giggles and to my surprise there were a bunch of cloudy ones already. Being that this is a northern lights plant I would like to have as narcotic a buzz as I can get so I want at least 20% amber to start flushing.
Day 86
Trichome production is going on strong now, frosting up a bit more still mostly clear/cloudy.
Fertigating 2 times a day at 5.5 and 850ec, this gives a runoff of 6.5 and 750 ec. I should start seeing some more cloudy in the next few days.
Day 91
Starting the week out well. The plants are both looking ok. I think the lock out issues are behind me and they are starting to get close to finishing. Doesn't look like any new white pistils are showing up so they should start bulking a little from here out
Day 98
So getting close now, checking trichome maturity each day now.
Seems like I still have some clear, would like to keep letting em mature a touch not seeing that much amber yet. Will start flush soon at which point I will feed it only ph'd water for probably 5 days .
Day 106
Chopped today, split it up into a few branches on each plant and removed all the non sugar leaves this strain had most of its trichs on the buds themselves and only minimal coverage on the leaves.
Will have to update as I smoke after drying and curing.
@TCH0808,
Thanks , yeah I had my doubts the sp150 would be able to produce decent bud but I guess it has done a pretty good job. I have to see what the final weight is once it's been dried and cured but I think it will be close to a gram a watt which I think is a pretty good goal . Thanks for checking out my journal and your comments. 👍
Fantastic grow mate! Thanks for sharing.
I am currently setting up a grow space with the same light and i wondered if it could grow 2 plants from start to finish, both veg and flower. This is pretty good proof that it can be done!!
I wanted to ask please. What are the dimensions of your grow space?
My tent is 80x40x160cm.
@Oblique, Thanks! Yes I would say it is definitely possible, I had some hiccups in this grow as it was a couple of firsts for me (first auto and first time in coco) and they still turned out over 5 Oz of good bud . My cabinet is 80cm x 50cm x 125cm so very similar to your size I think it should work just fine these were topped at the 3rd node and lst'd to stay pretty short as that is a limitation of mine. They stayed under 20inches when finished.
If you have any questions feel free to ask!
Thanks again
@kansasscott725, nope not really. My tap water comes out at 300ec so can't get it any lower than that. Was watering with a tablespoon of molasses per gallon of water for the last week and last 2 watering were just plain water. I'm in coco so that's pretty much all that's needed. Took a test bud 10 days ago and smoked it after 4 days drying was already smooth at that point so should be good after cure.
How the hell did you take that Trichome picture? Please tell me it took a while to get it right. If not, you must teach me that voodoo. Well done!
Girls look nice!
TrichomeJim
