Planted seeds (12/05/2020) ----------------------
4x 5gal fabric pots.
FoxFarm - Ocean Forest (3 cubic feet) mixed with 5 lb bag of Nature's Living Soil - regular concentrate (not the auto flower one)
1gal water with 1 tsp molasses
Solo-cupped the center, filled with FoxFarm - Happy Frog, watered again without molasses.
Planted seeds
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Seeds Germinated (12/07/2020) -----------------
All 4 seeds taproot came out today, I was concerned that I was not seeing anything yet - so I went down the center of the pots and found they were too far down.
moved the seedlings back towards the top of the soil - taproot down, hopefully they are ok, and I will see some more progress tomorrow and finish the first week strong.
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Seedlings (12/10/2020) ----------------------------
The germinated seeds survived the move closer to the top of the soil that I performed on 12/07/2020, and are now seedlings. There was a little bit of a stretch due to high heat temps that I resolved by lowering the heater temperature dial, added 12oz FoxFarm Happy Frog to each pot in an attempt to correct this.
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Seedlings (12/13/2020) ----------------------------
Skipped two days of watering, moved heater out of the way (not being used at the moment) and moved the pots closer to center.
corrected diary entry for the Tent, it is 36x36x78.
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Tent Notes
Strain locations -
Left Top: Chempie
Right Top: OMG
Bottom Left: Gorilla Zkittlez
Bottom Right: Braincake
Lighting:
30% power, 24" Height from pots. 18 on 6 off schedule until Flowering.
Circulation Fans:
Low speed to trigger stronger stem growth
Ventilation:
Intake Fan with Variable Speed module - Dial as low as possible when humidity spikes too high. Run for 10-15 min then turn off.
Honeywell - 360ยฐ Surround Heat:
Since germinated seeds do not require 78ยฐF+ temps, lowered to not turn on unless it falls under 65ยฐF
Lessons Learned this week
1. Managing seeds to germination in the 5gal fabric pots is harder, next grow I will start them off in a tray using Peat Pellets, then transplant to pots. I didn't have the lighting for a seed starting location this run. This will resolve the majority of the issues I've encountered.
Hey Man! Question on the chempie. I see you topped the main stem. Ripper seeds recommends FIMing this strain. So if I planned on FIMing the main top, will the main stem keep stretching? Or will it stop where I FIM? Just trying to get an idea of how tall itโll get.
@AccyStoner25, Hey there! I read the Ripper Seeds description recommending FIMing on the Chempie as well. This is my first grow in ~7 years so I can't speak from experience. But from what I read is that Topping/FIMing share similar goals. One of them being having the plant start growing laterally https://herbiesheadshop.com/blog/topping-vs-fimming
I am using Nebulaโs Manifold "Main-Lining" https://www.growweedeasy.com/manifold which uses the Topping technique.
Chempie is vigerous for sure, but with Topping or FIMing along with LST she(hopefully) is manageable.