Well here we go into Week Four of Veg! 👏😎 With four weeks of initial growth behind them now, the Seedsman LE Purple Punch Auto's are doing great and sprouting new growth everyday. They're both exceptional specimens of the strain. It'll be exciting to see them develop, thank you for following along this journey with me. Growing these beautiful cultivars is always better with someone to share the experience with....come along and enjoy! 😎🙏
~Grown 100% organic in a 10g fabric pot with Mother Earth 70/30 Coco/Perlite medium amended with 2tbs/g Down To Earth 4-4-4 / 2 cups/g Earthworm Castings / 1tbs/g Dr. Earth Flower Girl 2-8-4 and 1tbs/g Dr. Earth Bat Guano.
~24hr light cycle during germination / 19/5 light cycle for Veg & Flower
~Straight water ph'd @ 6.2-6.8 when needed, top dressed every 3-4 weeks and weekly Compost Tea's.
3/22- Well Week Four of veg is here and the girls are going though some changes now with both girl's going into Pre-Flower. I'm thankful that I decided to top dress them yesterday as the dry amendments are slow release which will start providing nutrients right at the time when they'll need it the most!
After their heavy watering in of their top dress yesterday their pots were still HEAVY so I'm not watering today to give the pots an opportunity to dry out some.
The Gorilla 4x8 temp's are running in the mid 70's during the light cycle and drop to the upper 60's when the HLG 650R (which is pulling 400w at the wall now) is off. RH is currently at 50-55% to try and keep the VPD numbers in a decent range.
3/24- I'm spending most of my time with them now gently training their branches using Engineering Essentials Training Clips (which work FANTASTIC!), stressing them as little as possible, removing a leaf here & there that's blocking light penetration into the canopy and watering, as they're both into pre-flower and more or less on auto-pilot.
Daily watering continues with 0.75g straight de-chlorinated water ph'd to 6.5 @ 72 degrees 200ppm 0.4 EC given to her in the morning. Foliar feeding before lights out continues every other night with Fox Farms Flower Kiss @ 3ml/g.
The #2 pheno has phenomenal color and her growth rate is off the hook...This pheno has all the makings of a centerfold! We'll have to wait and see if she continues to amaze!
The #1 is absolutely gorgeous as well, with her developing flowers and I anxiously await to see her development over the next few weeks!
3/26- I checked the moisture level of their pots this morning, they were moist in the upper 2/3 but dry in the bottom.
I watered both from the bottom giving them 0.5g of de-chlorinated water each with 0.25ml/g of Fox Farms Microbe Brew which was ph'd to 6.5 @ 72 degrees F with a 0.4 EC 200ppm pouring it into their drip trays letting their pots draw in the water they need, which they did in about 5 minutes. I'm not supplying a ton of nutrients via the water as I just top-dressed them and they'll be getting everything they need from that and what the microbial colony provides.
I'll add some Wiggle Worm castings to their mediums at the end of the week to give them an organic boost in their butts!
3/28- So long Week 4! OMG...both girls are absolutely phenomenal specimens with gorgeous color, structure and growth rate they're hard to beat! Both the #1 and #2 pheno's are at 18" or close to it and healthy?...Damn skippy they're both in 'Beast Mode'!
Both girl's are in full pre-flower and are stretching fast! When I train their branches down their recovery time is phenomenal, looking like I never touched them 2 hours later!
Daily watering continues with 0.75g straight de-chlorinated water ph'd to 6.5 @ 72 degrees 200ppm 0.4 EC given to each in the morning. Foliar feeding before lights out continues every other night.
Their water intake has increased slightly and I've been dividing their watering to twice daily to keep up with their needs.
I spend the majority of my time 'tucking & plucking' leaves and making sure the environment stays as close to on point as possible.
~Thank you so much for following along so far! I hope you'll continue to follow my journey as things will be getting more exciting as the next weeks approach with the girls starting pre-flower... Grow Strong! 😎🙏~