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The germination has occured in the third day of putting the seed 1 cm below the top of 10cm pot filled with light mix. First soaked all the pot, made a hole with tip of a pencil and put the seed in and lightly closed the top.
I was 12 hours late to put it under light. Looks healthy for now. Keeping it under 45w 6500k (3200 lumens) CFL. After two weeks I will add 10 LED Bulbs, 14 actual watts each. (6 6500k, 4 2700k). Towards the end of veg, if I get enough horizontal canopy and all goes fine I will add 5 more bulbs. The larger the canopy more bulbs will hang from above.
There is a small tower fan just circulating the air around the seedling. The space is a cabinet in the wall, which came default with the house and all painted white inside. Later, I will build a fabric inner door for better ventilation and install a carbon filter and an exhaust fan. Currently, temp is 23.6 C and humidity is 52%.
First week, germination is complete and the seedling is growing healthy. 6 cm in height and I will probably top it after a week or so, let it recover, repot and after that will add the led lights from above. Aiming for a short horizontal canopy, so will also LST.
This lady was transferred to its final 20L container 6 days ago. It has shown me that was the correct course of action as the diameter from top is now almost matching the fabric pot's diameter.
3 days after the transplant for recovery, I have installed 5x14W LED bulbs (3 6500K, 2 2700K) 30 cm above the plant. I did not notice a stretch that could be named so. Still keeping the 45W CFL at a slightly horizontal angle for light penetration to leaves under the top.
I will add second set of 5 bulbs within next week, as horizontally they are outgrowing the LED coverage from above.
There is a slight yellowing on some parts of random leaves. I am assuming they are from the But as the plant matures and the variances in humidity and temperature as the recent week the climate has been harsh on where I live and the cabinet temperature varied from 17 degrees 25 and humidity between 45-75%.
I believe they will also be sorted out when I install the ventilation system and make the cabinet a closed circuit.
This week the plant had a burst grow. It is way too bushier than I expected. I topped the 6th node in the beginning of the week and I was planning to lst after the two tops grow but the plant got bushier and bushier so I could not. I was only able to tie down (slightly) two branches that came out from the node below the one I topped. Now, I am just playing around and tucking every possible leaf under for more light to branches. There are 9 14w led bulbs with 10 degree angles pointing at the plant (5 on the right, 4 on the left). I am planning on 2 more weeks of veg as the stems are very thick and the plant takes on the nutrients very well.
In the mornings, there is a weak and fresh green smell in the room. I will raise the lights stage by stage until flowering in the next two weeks as I have no height problems and shooting for a large harvest.
And I have giant fan leaves, which are very pleasing just to look at.
SO BUSHY :)
Last week I didn't have time to make an entry. But this week here I am, and with a video!
The main stem and primaries are thick as f***. The bush has become monstrous but I manage to get airflow underneath the plant as well. Tied some of the main branches in the last week, but no more tying as it gets much bushy. As the fan leaves are huge and leaning down around the pot, added some side support to raise the sides so the air can go underneath the canopy.
I'm tucking less as I think of switching to 12/12 in a week. I raised the lights but got less increase in height than the raised amount.
I am not thinking on defoliation of any kind as I do not like taking living leaves away from the plant. But if it is too important and I am missing A LOT by not defoliating the lower leaves, please comment with detailed suggestions so I can apply them. But the leaves are very healthy, so I don't want to take any of them away.
Now I have 6 white, 4 yellow bulbs and a 45w white cfl. But during flower, I plant on changing the white cfl to 32w yellow, and ad 2 more yellow bulbs. In total it will add up to 180w (18000 Lumens from the leds, 6 white 6 yellow) and 2250 lumens from the yelllow CFL. Maybe ı will add a second 32w yellow cfl mid flower.
Thanks for reading, and may all plants on earth thrive at least as this guy!
I kept tying it but now I have reached the limits of my horizontal space. Closed the cabinet with a thick PVC, added the carbon filter and exhaust fan, as the smell started to fill the room. My DIY PVC door has succesfully created the negative pressure and now there is no smell and I have constant humidity & temp inside the cabin.
Removed the CFL as I no longer have a place left on the canopy not receiving light after adding two more led bulbs. In total, there are 12 LED bulbs (6 white 6500K, 6 yellow 2700K) 19.000 Lumens in total. During flowering, I will add a 32W 2700K t3 cfl (2300 Lumens), wherever needed.
I have too many potential bud sites on top of the canopy. Below, there are at least twice more branches that could not reach up. It will probably be a flower festival all around when flowering begins. I will see how it goes. ı will add more fans to prevent any tipe of mold or rot as the plant is too packed. I want it windy as top of a mountain. This is probably the last week before the 12/12 switch as the plant has begun to signal me that it is getting ready to flower, as the vegetative growth is slowing considering the space restrictions both in the inside and outside of it.
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