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WEEK 0: GERMINATION #-8 5.3. #-2 11.3.
"5.3." Seeds planted each to its own container yday, none has yet surfaced today, then again its been very cold here.
Even with lights on 24/7 i get just 14,9'c inside the tent, been thinking 'bout cutting off the exhaust. But when its like -10'c outside its no wonder you get a bit chilld even with 400watts of lamps.
9.3. 1.00 Currently lamp at 45'c and tent at 15,1'c. considering heating mats, already have styrofoam on all other sides 'cept 'door' and roof.
9.3. 15.00 Temps keeping steady, outside too, but temps outside should drop now by almost 10-15degrees until end of the week. Then we should start getting warmer weather up to few degrees of +'c degrees.
10.3. morning temp in tent was about 12degrees, inspected seeds found 3/4 of them, so i added one more to the pot i didn't find the seed in (purplematic) just to be sure that there will be someone growing in all pots and no wasted space in tent.
2 out of 3 had germinated so far,, one had 2mm tail and one had 1,5cm tail. Put em back in at correct positions/depths and added water around them in all pots and then clearwrapped pots. Also shut off the exhaust fan 'cause of the current weather and low temp in tent.
10.3. after few hours the temp in tent has gone up from 12'c to 18'c which is way better(outside currently 'bout -10'c midday.) Lamp is still at about 40degrees. which is odd that the ESL/CFL has now lower temp then earlier with less airflow in/out, so i might have moved the tempmeter further away from lamp structure while diggin around the pots, have to check that tomorrow, but i would guess the lamp in current conditions will not reach temps any higher then about 50degrees so there is no fear for any mishappens with hot surfaces.
And then again, the tent is supervised via camera at least about 12h+ per every 24hours.
11.3. 10.00 Tent temp now at 19,6'c which is "fine" for now, outside temp still around -5'c
11.3. 18.00 Tent temp risen to 20.3'c so slowly gettin there, i would guess at the pots its a tad warmer 'cause i have a "lamp-cooling-fan" blowing down towards the pots. Will check germ sitsuation tmrw.
12.3. 10.00 Tent temp at 21.1'c so increasing steadily, outside around 0'c, exhaust fan still off, i would assume thou that there is still natural aircirculation inside the tent as its warmer then the air outside it (like fireplaces)
12.3. 16.00 2/4 germed and risen above, One that didnt have tail last time had a tail now, and the fourth wasnt around, hopefully it Will catch up to other if they decide that just the New seed from yesterday in that oot Will have a go.
Exhaust fan still off, tent was moist at "pot level" so i started the 2 in-tent fans to move the air more, and took the wrappin off from the 2 left most pots that had seedlings pop up
Following RQS auto guide : https://www.royalqueenseeds.com/blog-how-to-grow-autoflowering-cannabis-n83
WEEK 1: GERMINATION AND EARLY SEEDLING STAGE #1 15.3. - #7 21.3.
13.3. 23.30 Three pots has growth above, so will now start writing things for 1week. And still waiting for the purplematic to catch up :)
-Added 1 more timelapse camera
-Removed rest of the wraps
-Added new potmarkers for better visibility in new "basecam"
-Noticed water buildup behind coal filter added styrofoam pieces behind it to move it away from walls
-Started the exhaus fan
-Outside temp is now +2'c which is 'bout 17c degrees warmer then week ago, so everything is timing out just nice.
-Again roamed around the tent so much that i accidentally seem to have moved my temp monitor so now the camera cant pick up its readins
have to go move it a bit tomorrow, (moved, pic updated)
also tought about getting a netatmo for remote readings But ended up ordering the basic 3-1 meter (the green knob version that has light, hum, ph on switch)
14.3. Added 1st timelapse "test" video, can see the growth of 2nd leaf pair. (updated)
-Also ordered some "BioBizz Bio-Grow" nutes for growperiod
-For now will only add some basic info without exact metrics and just 1 pic from the "skycam" and one from the "basecam"
15.3. Updated pics and test video to have one more day in it. Will water (watered 11th or 12.3. 1½liters each) and updated info 16.3 at some point
16.3. Added a longer timelapse vid from base cam about "Dancing seedlings"
(The one in the left down corner is not visible in "basecam" yet.)
All 4 out of 4 have now germinated and grown above ground.
Added 1ltr of water around the plants, so about 2dl / pot. Nutes i've thrown in raw few days ago few splashes here and there aroudn the soil.
The bio-grow order arrived, will be adding that around thursday.
Also decided to change the week rhytm so that a week always starts on monday and ends on sunday, so i can be more clear on what week or which day of a current week is going on. (so even thou its now "4th" day of this week, im counting it as a 2nd day as its tuesday)
18.3. Mixed about 2ml of biobizz grow to a 1,5liter of water, stirred and tossed at the plants, keeping up with current reported watering amount (about 2,5dl/every2nd day)
Checked the lux, moist,ph with the 3in1 meter.
Luxes were about 200, will throw in my other ESL in the tent also, maybe during weekend. That should also heat the tent up a bit for better temps.
PH 7+, i think, if i read the meter correctly or use it correctly, so ordered bottles of Canna PH- grow and Canna PH- bloom.
Moist was 5/10-7/10 so "moist"-level between dry and wet
Moved the basecam around and 2 plants (obviously with soil etc) so all 4 are more visible in the timelapse (uploaded newest timelapse)
Also hoping for the winter to pass on already so i get higher temps and better grow, plants seem to be taking a bit longer to grow at these sub20 temps.
Well it should warmp up in a 1-2weeks. Currently night temp outside -6'c.
Would like it to go up a 10-15degrees. Dont want to turn off the exhaust to warm up either.
Will see if the additional lamp helps, cant remember if it was 100,120,150w ESL or so. (edit: checked, was 65w, will wire it now 20.3)
20.3. Watered the plants with nutes and updated the nute amounts, about 1,5liters divided in 4pots, so about 3,5dl each, then again the pots are "huge" so...
Still the growth for the roots and above ground is very slow and possibly because the temps are so low, it should start to go above +'c degrees again starting 22.3. so next week.
Hopefully will wire up the 65ESL today, and maybe install tomorrow then, that should give a little temp boost, i would also have a 200w heater i could add in the tent, but not surr if i will...
Will update the timelapse tomorrow after 2nd ESL install.
21.3. Added the 65watt ESL lamp (blue) and put it closest to solomatic which is least grown so far
Added timer to exhaus fan so now its 50% off and 50% on, to raise temperatures, immeadiate effect was about +3degrees after lamp and fan adjstm.
So now temp inside tent (above plants and exhaust point) is 25,8+'c
Updated timelapse video to lastest and while inspecting it
->OMG the other purplematic seed can also be seen dancing up, just under the 3-1 meter, thought one of them wouldn't make it, but there she is.
So now there is 5 plants , will see if i'll keep both purples' depens how they fit in the same space, would be intresting thou.
Also as i always talk about weather outside... now between +3'c and +5'c so hopefully we stay in this and go just upwards, so the air gets more moist and warmer also inside the tent
21.3. 8hours after exhaust fan 50% and 65w more CFL, the tent is now at up to 26,1'c which is so far the highest, so will keep it like this for a while, now have to see what to do with lux and moist, ordered moist meter i can just leave there and will be visible in the cam. Also ordered a lux meter, im sure there is more lux then the 300 the 3in1 meter showd, 'cause with my telephone i got 2300lux of the same LED which i have 2 in the tent, (using one in house for other plants)
21.3. 23.xx Just noticed this was the last day of the first week, wouldn't even notice the growth without the daily check of the timelapse :) that really helps out. Hottest tent temp been that 26 and now "night temp" at 24. So this is way better than that 10degrees less ;)
I'll update with new "proper" pictures the start of new week and open it up "tomorrow"(maybe).
Following RQS auto guide : https://www.royalqueenseeds.com/blog-how-to-grow-autoflowering-cannabis-n83
WEEK 2: LATE SEEDLING STAGE #8 22.3. - #14 28.3.
#8 22.3.
- Canna PH- grow (and bloom) arrived today, mixed 6ml to 3liters and poured around the pots (hoping to get hum. up also)
will see what it does and if the PH starts going down from the 7+ i can start adding smaller amounts.
-Moved around the LEDlights (those have 'bout 2000LUX at plant level) so they are more along the tent walls.
-Moved temp meter from lamp to plant levet (have now confirmed the lamps wont heat up too much under current air flow so its safe to stop monitoring heat source temps.
-Removed the "glass" from 3in1 meter and the tape from the front, tested the luxes, still at few hundred, so i would guess the LUX meter in that cheap meter is BS!.
Now the PH is way more visible in the camera when there is no screen reflection etc. Added pics of the luxes from android app, will receive the "real"meter possbl this week.
-When i had tent door open and did the stuff mentioned above the temp dropped to about 13degrees, but now we are already back up at 23'c at plant level, so seems stat the current exh-fan rotation is good.
-Plants emself have taken some sort of an growth spur 'cause just few days ago they seemed like they are not growing at all, and ow i can really see the difference and they are making next set of leafes, might be that the temps risen so they enjoy em self now way more
- forgot to take new pics from the plants emself so will juts update pics from cam for now , at least there's been some change again.
-Will try to remember take proper pics of the plants next time i visit the tent physically
-Should remember to buy the "LST-wire" for training, would be good time to buy some eastern decorations fluffy wires.
#9 23.3.
-Noticed that the timelapse camera is getting thrown around as well as one LEDpanel, so went and tied em up to tent posts.
-Added 1,5liters of water that had 6ml of PH- canna in it, and poured in to "middle corner" of every pot.
-Tent was way more warm and moist inside then ever before, which is a good thing, im sure after the latest added water im getting there.
-Ordered a RAM humidifier. And some nutes pack from bio-grow.
-Updated "week2 timelapse" (Check 1st week for its timelapse)
-Note to self: Take those damn "camera quality" plant pictures, you are supposed to...-
#10 24.3.
-Started small form of LST
-Guess who forgot to take the closeup pictures... again... Well better luck next time :D
-Added 5liter RAM humidifier, at lowest possible setting, so that the water would last longest
-Added 1,5liters of water with BioBizz nutes that came today in mail, Alg-A-Mic, Root-Juice and Top-Max.
-Added ScrOG, but obviously its now just tested that it fits and its hanging at the tent side.
-Had to move the Fast Eddy a bit and make a "stand" for the humidifier.
-Moved the other LED (2300lux) a bit further up, will have more effect when plants grow, and those can be had as a xtra lights.
-Moved some wires around their sockets to get better fit for all connectors.
-Adjusted the camera directions
-Turned both fans to level 1 of 2
-exhaust fan still at about 50% timer on/off, that must been what caused the "wobbly"pictures in timelapse as the tent gained more vacuum inside which must have drawn in the walls a bit.
#11 25.3.
-Not sure if i did anything
#12 26.3.
-Water run out from humidifier
-Added a pic of the day
-Luxmeter arrived, didn't had time to install it yet, but tested and found working.
#13 27.3.
-Added Hydrometer
-Filled humidifier
-Poured 1liter of water with nutes
-Added/moved LST's
-Finally remembered to take the close up pics of the plants! wohoo.
-After following the hums i think i might add exhaust flow as its also warmer outside so the tent can now take it
#14 28.3.
-Last day of #2 week
-Did nothing, just watched em grow.
-Water run out of hum. hum went from 65% to 45%
Following RQS auto guide : https://www.royalqueenseeds.com/blog-how-to-grow-autoflowering-cannabis-n83
WEEK 3: VEGETATION WELL UNDERWAY #15 29.3. - #21 4.4.
#15 29.3.
-Nothing done on this day, except remotemonitoring
#16 30.3.
-Watered with nutes mix and with PH- mix
-Filled hudfr.
-Increased exhaust fan from 1/2 time on to 2/3 time on.
-Modified the old LST's and bent rest of the plants too
#17 31.3.
-Watered again, with nutes mix and with just water, 3liters.
-increased exhaus to be 100%
-Shutdown humidifier
-Tent now at 22c-25'c and about 40% hum.
-removed the 3in1 meter, was just bs...
-Otherwise growing nicely.
#18 01.4.
-Nothing done on this day, except remotemonitoring
#19 02.4.
-Nothing done on this day, except remotemonitoring
#20 03.4.
-Mixed all nutes to a 1,5liters , then mixed that with water to an 3liters and Watered with that solution, so about 0,75liters/pot
-more LST as the plants are getting bigger
-Removed humidifier from tent, as the hum. stays between 30-40% even with exhaust fan at 100% on.
-Moved the temp diode closer to side of strskllr pot, as it got "too" close to plant leafs
-Added pictures of LST and 2,5hours after it, noticeable change in plant directions, so immediately they are turning towards lights (as the should)
-Oh right, 'cause there is 2x purplematics, i kinda FIMmed the other with just my fingers, at least i got some leaf heads out, so might been fimmed might not been fimmed, will see if there is any difference compared to his mate in the same pot..
#21 05.4.
-Again a "last day of the week", this week must been "fastest", possibly 'cause again a day with "nothing done , just remotemonitoring" in diary also.
-Will start watering more next (0,5liters/24h/plant stated in RQS guide 'bout growing autos : https://www.royalqueenseeds.com/blog-how-to-grow-autoflowering-cannabis-n83 )
-Also next week should be the last week in VEG phase, there was already some minor smell in tent, even with coalfilter at exhaust line intake, but id say no flowering nodes yet visible, will take "close-ups" after i spot any (nextweek)
-Will not use Buddy next week, unless there is any visible flowerings, after that should be used accordingly.
Found a Chart for Advanced nutrients and it says
AN-B 52, 2ml/ltr all the way to end.
Also found a few feeding charts for BioBizz, seem i have to;
Stop Root-Juice
Continue Bio-Grow 1ml/ltr all the way to end
Continue Top-max 1ml/ltr at beginning and 4ml/ltr last few weeks of flower
Continue Alg-A-Mic steadily increasing through the weeks, from 1ml/ltr to 4ml/ltr
But so far i've been giving 4ml/ltr in solution, but then i've also added either just clean water or halved the solution with same amount of water so in theory i've been giving 'bout 2ml/ltr of everything since start of veg.
Following RQS auto guide : https://www.royalqueenseeds.com/blog-how-to-grow-autoflowering-cannabis-n83
WEEK 4: LATE VEGETATIVE PHASE #22 5.4.- #28 11.4.
#22 5.4.
-Beginning of week VEG #4, flowering will most likely start during this week, so this VEG week might end up short, will see
-Added 1,75liters of clean water to plants, readjusted few LST, and noticed my "wire" is almost too thin to keep plants in place, have to take way longer pieces from now on and properly push em in to ground
-Took some new close-ups, thought i saw few new pistils but after checking the photos, id say they are still all in VEG phase
-Metered Luxes with my new meter, it showd 'bout the same ratings as the LUX meter phone app, so i would say if you need to measure your luxes, 30euros meter works just as fine as an app on your phone (depens on the phone surely)
-Oh, as stated in grow tecniques selected for this week, i will continue LST, i FIMmed (maybe) the purplematic #2 earlier (in base cam the one on the right), and i will possibly do some minor defoliation later this week.
#23 6.4.
-Did nothing but remote monitoring
-Added daily pics and updated weekly timelapse
-Updated/Reorganized also pictures from earlier weeks.
#24 7.4.
-Water with nutes
-Removed all LST to give a few days of upwards growth
#25 8.4.
-Watered 1,5liters with nutes and 3liters without nutes.
-Planning on increasing the waterings to reach the recommended ½liter/24hours (now at 0,48l/24h on this week)
-Also there were some drooping going on, so its best to start going towards that 1liter/24hours meaning ill be using 'bout 3x 1,5liters a day, damn all the carrying :D
(https://www.royalqueenseeds.com/blog-how-to-grow-autoflowering-cannabis-n83)
-Biggest plants felt rough/dry, and also soil looked like it could use a proper amount of water all around the pot.
-Removed few fan leaves from strsklr and prlmtc#1 from bottom
#26 9.4.
-Just remotemonitoring
-on ydays check up, didn't notice any pistils, so maybe its then next week when they start to act up
-still need to get em to grow about 50% more height before ill resume LST
-because sides of the pots are so high (had a too small amount of soil) i need more height so that i will be able to ScrOG when time comes.
-Might take out few leaves tomorrow again when watering, trying to get the lollipopped scrog -look
#27 10.4.
-Watered 1,5liters clean water
-Re-LST:d plants
-Spotted pistils, will still change from VEG to FLO not now nor tomorrow but then monday, to continue with the weekly rythm of mo-su in diary. also Solomatic didn't show pistils yet.
-Added plenty of new photos, and a grow-question 'bout the leaves in StressKiller
-Took few bottom fanleaves from strskllr and prplmtic #1
#28 11.4.
-Just remotemonitoring
Following RQS auto guide : https://www.royalqueenseeds.com/blog-how-to-grow-autoflowering-cannabis-n83
WEEK 5: FLOWERING BEGINS#29 12.4. - #35 18.4.
#29 12.4.
-Opened new week with new pics and basic diary structure
-Noticed the temps have gone up to 29'c , raised lamps, will see if i can make the tent cooler by removing some instulations during this week, it should not go to subzero degrees outside anymore.
-Opened the side air intake hatch a bit to give more outside air directly in to tent, also took out the ventilation pipe so that the incoming air now comes in at plant height (not freezing temps anymore)
-Took out few fanleaves again
-Moved temp meter from soil level to middle of the pots
-Topped(or fimmed) the purplematic #2 which is non-LST, unlike the non-topped/fimmed purplematic #1 which is LSTd
-Should water now daily about liter / plant / 24h (with nutes) : Watered 2x 1,75liters with stated nutes
Mostly following https://www.royalqueenseeds.com/blog-how-to-grow-autoflowering-cannabis-n83 on waterings (1ltr/24h, so would mean 4-5liters in my tent)
#30 13.4.
-Opened 'side hatch' fully
-Didnt water, soil was moist
-Hopefully got the in-tent temp now lowered to steady 25'c, outdoors about 0-12'c daily for this week
#31 14.4.
-Once again removed all LST, the form of the plant still stays, might start ScrOG:n next week, possibly
-Added 1½liters Coke bottles to each pot, will see how much the water drains in a 24h, if it really doesn't, ill just lift the bottles tomorrow and let it run.
#32 15.4.
-Nothing here
#33 16.4.
-Removed bottles, added 1,5liters overall to pots and what was left of in each bottle to each pot
-Temps are keeping steady now, also Hum is what it says at the RQS's AF guide
-So far this week about 0,55liters/24h/plant, dunno if i should nor can increase the watering from current rhytm,
will see if i can draw a water line closer to tent so wont have to carry so much water, or get a 20liters containers or something
#34 17.4.
-Nothing here
#35 18.4.
-Water 1,5liter / plant (6liters in total) with normal nutes
-Nice grow after removing LST this week, will start ScrOGin next week
-Also have to defoliate next week way more as the plants are getting a bit too bushy
Following RQS auto guide : https://www.royalqueenseeds.com/blog-how-to-grow-autoflowering-cannabis-n83
WEEK 6: THINGS START TO SMELL #36 19.4. - #42 25.4.
#36 19.4.
-Just Remotemonitoring
#37 20.4.
-Defoliated a lot, about 40-50 leafes/lower branches that wont make it to the surface anyway.
-Raised the lamps 10cm
#38 21.4.
-Watered with nutes 1,5liters/plant
#39 22.4.
-Attached net and startd ScrOG:ing
#40 23.4.
-Just Remotemonitoring
#41 24.4.
-Watered 1,5/plant with nutes, so far 12liters in last 6days, so a ½liter/day/plant.
-ScrOG adjustments
#42 25.4.
-Just Remotemonitoring
Following RQS auto guide : https://www.royalqueenseeds.com/blog-how-to-grow-autoflowering-cannabis-n83
WEEK 7: ROUTINE CHECKS ARE KEY #43 26.4. - #49 2.5.
#43 26.4.
-Watered about 1,8liters/pot
-Defoliated most of the fanleaves
-Measured PH , was under 7
-Moved RH meter so its more visible in other cam
#44 27.4.
-Nothing done
#45 28.4.
-Watered 1,5liters/pot, with nutes
-took out few fanleaves
-moved timer from ex-fan to lights
-changed lightning schedule to be 22/2
#46 29.4.
-nothing done
#47 30.4.
-nothing done
#48 1.5.
-Watered 1,5liters/pot
-In tent temps been a bit too low lately
-Closed the side vent
-Took out the timer from lights
#49 2.5.
-nothing done
Following https://www.royalqueenseeds.com/blog-how-to-grow-autoflowering-cannabis-n83
"WEEK 8: FLUSH AND DEFOLIATE" #50 3.5. - #56 9.5.
#50 3.5.
-nothing done
#51 4.5.
-Temps gone up a few degrees, now closer to 25'c than 20'c
-Watered 1,5ltr/pot with nutes
-Watered 3liters here and there "xtra"
#52 5.5.
-compared plants with other diaries, would say that ;
solomatic approx 4 days "late" and has about 2,5weeks left
purplematic approx on time and has about 2weeks left
stresskiller approx on time and has about 2weeks left
fasteddy approx 7 days "late" and has about 3,5weeks left
#53 6.5.
-Defoliated, alot
-Took the pots out from tent, added some wooden blocks undert the pots to get em off the floor to be able to start flushing
-Removed ScrOG
-"sky"cam got in wrong position, cant fix it until tomorrow...
#54 7.5.
-Smell was pleasant when popped the tent open, would just wish that the nugs were way bigger...
-Autopot system that i ordered arrived earlier, will make use of it in the next build
-Got selected to RQS spring cup, still waiting for the materials to test their pot/nutes/newstrains
-fixed cam, having troubles with streaming, will make my timelapses uncomplete...
-Watered 3liters/pot and made sure the excess water run off the pots to the under tray
-Obviously hum went up from 40->55% 'cause of the excess water under the pots now
#55 8.5.
-nothing done yet
#56 9.5.
-should flush and find a way to empty excess water from under the pots (This got moved to day #57...)
Following https://www.royalqueenseeds.com/blog-how-to-grow-autoflowering-cannabis-n83
"WEEK 9: THE FINISH LINE APPROACHES" #57 10.5. - #63 16.5.
#57 10.5.
-Watered with 1,5liters/pot
#58 11.5.
-nothing done today
#59 12.5.
-its been VERYwarm (on our standards) today, so tent temp gone up to 32degrees, ill have to and open up the side vent clearly
#60 13.5.
-temps still too warm.
#61 14.5.
-watered/flushed
#62 15.5.
-nothing done yet
#63 16.5.
-watered/flushed
WEEK 10: HARVEST!
https://www.royalqueenseeds.com/blog-how-to-grow-autoflowering-cannabis-n83
#64 - #70 17.5.-23.5.
#64 17.5.
Harvested Purplematic#1 and #2
Harvested most of Stresskiller, left few lower sites
Threw em up in the tent, laying on the scrog net (up)there for now.
#65 18.5.
-Nothing done
#66 19.5.
-Harvested rest of stresskiller.
-Will give fasteddy until tomorrow, and for solomatic possibly until end of week fri-sun.
#67 20.5.
-Cut FastEddy and put up to dry out, also took out her pot from the tent, now only solomatic left.
#68 21.5.
-Nothing done
#69 22.5.
-Now also Solomatic gets to go
-Will start cleaning and prepairing the tent for next batch, which can be found here:
https://growdiaries.com/diaries/107451-grow-journal-by-domone (RQS Spring Cup 2021 - Watermelon)
Also will install my new Autopot system and start thinking 'bout a possible LED setup
ADDED FULL TIMELAPSE VIDEOS, from both cameras, to week FLO10
"fullTIMELAPSE1 #1-#64 From bottom"
"fullTIMELAPSE2 #1-#70 From above"
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