First (Indoor) Grow: Redux!

First true indoor grow after a low bout of 0 motivation and untouched equipment! Got a lot of learning to do this time around, as I was used to the power of the sun and am still getting used to the manuality of the grow light (and as later described, clearly don't know how to use it) growth still feels slow- especially for the gelato. may have to accept that it may be too far gone for that one. Two changes I have made are moving the light up and turning the brightness up. Beforehand, I had the light very low to the plants (like 6-10 inches away from the canopy, yikes), and I moved it to about as high as it could go. I also turned the brightness up to about 100-ish on the dial- I had it at the minimum and didn't fully realize how dark that really was. Hoping this turns the grow around, and their growth accelerates from there. Any tips are highly welcome, as I've never done an indoor grow before (only outdoor). I am using SoHum living soil as I have grown with it before with zero problems. 3/15 update: probably going to split up this journal by strain after this, since they all sprouted at different times and are therefor being counted at different times. I can't make a week two journal if one of them is still two days old! So idk. Getting a humidifier soon. lord knows they need it.

Incredible growth from them in just five days. I hadn't even noticed till I saw the pictures side by side. I'm so excited! Also, the Gorilla Glue goes into week two! it's almost the same height as the Blackberry Gum despite being a week younger.

Got a humidifier to fix that issue, humidity hovers around 64 now. Temp a little hot, 84.3. Getting a different humidifier to see the difference. A little worried if im stressing them? They look a little yellow and curdled, but i could be trippin. definitely gonna ask about it. 3-21---- Had a huge humidity/exhaust malfunction where my exhaust cam undone and didn't vent out for 6hrs. Opened the tent and it was 90 degrees with 90% humidity. Terrible. Hope it didn't stress them out too much and that they recover okay, but holy shit, that tent was WET. I didn't know it had been so long since I posted pics, but they're coming along really really well. I'm seeing new growth all the time! one stem is purple. will keep an eye out. 3-30----- So clearly it's been a minute since I updated this. They're still going strong! Every time I checked this I was shocked at the progress and how long it'd been since I posted updated pictures. Felt the need to correct that. Getting more soil and some CalMag today to help with slow grow issues and some spotting I've been seeing. Transplanting the GG today (didn't plant it in its final pot....oops)

3-30 Gelato entered week 4 (almost 5 now tbh) and is getting some nice bush to it as opposed to height so I decided to go ahead and start LST, especially given she's a runt as well already. Seems to be responding good! Have a little discoloration on one of the leaves- as it usually calls I'm suspecting calmag or pH issue. 3-31 Stems are responding well to the LST- hoping them become tops. Moved her a little today as well as watered all 3. Definitely some discoloration and spotting going on- making a QA ASAP. Thinking I see a hint of a pistil as well.

Week 5 for Gel, week 4 for BBG, and week 3 for GG. 4-10 Sooo since, my last update, we're flowering! Oddly they all flowered at once, meaning my Gorilla Glue is pretty small and really early. Still undecided if I want to lST it. (the one that looks like it needs a drink in the back there lol) But man, as far as bush, I'm loving the growth. Each have around 9-11 tops at this point. I've been slowly adjusting the ties every time the main cola gives me enough room to do so, and rotating it around the pot. Some of the Gel's branches are getting really long and sturdy! I'm going to have to tie them down themselves here soon. Lots of budsites going on. Main concern is the spottage. I don't know what the issue is but it isn't getting horribly bad and it hasn't impacted their growth at all, so I've largely ignored it. Seems like it's most likely a pH issue if I had to guess. That and my GG flowering so early? No joke all started at them same time despite the plants all being a week behind each other. I honestly have no idea how much longer they have, so I've been nervous as hell but trying not to mess with them too much. 4-17---- One full week later. The GG has a node on it that is already curling and orange. I and others suspect a pollentation issue or something to do with the stem breaking or me overhandling it. Watching it carefully for any signs of hermies but I really didn't see any at all. Very odd. The BBg is experiencing some sort of nutrient lock or something- it looks worse in the picture, tbh. The top node on the GG is getting FAT i call it fathead lmaooo 4-21---- Does it look like its actually bulking? Might have been better to wait a week lol. Even the nodes that looked weird seem to be getting new white hairs. Weird?

4-17 -------- Week 6! I'm speculating I'm nearing the end of the preflower stretch, it hasn't grown too much, but we will see. I am so proud of what I did with the LST <3 <3 it could use some improvement but I learned a lot. I removed the one on the main stem as it wasn't bending so much anymore since there wasn't much 'stem' to hook onto, so I'm letting it grow up a little. Plus if its done stretching it won't need it, but I'm still going to flatten some stems when the light comes back on. 4-21--------- Week 6 for the BBG! I..can't say much lol. She's my biggest spotter, but she's pushing through it all. I'm leaving them instead of clipping them because they're taking the brunt of the damage, so I feel its helping in the long run. I wish I knew how to defoiliate and id it'd even be a good move for an (already stunted) autoflower. 4-27--------- Week 6 now for the BBG. Def the biggest budder here. I can't wait for this one.

4-21--- Nothing much to say here! Entering the beginning of week 7(!!!). Readjusted some LST and hoping it starts to get even bigger 💪 4-27--- Noticing a lot of pistils looking like they're turning orange early. I cannot for the life of me figure out why. Also I feel like I could have paid closer attention to the spotting-- I haven't been pH'ing my water. Mistake one. I'm afraid to fuck with pH up and/or down as I have known it to ruin some people's plants. Kinda lost at what to do rn.

4-27--- Noticing a lot of pistils looking like they're turning orange early. I cannot for the life of me figure out why. Also I feel like I could have paid closer attention to the spotting-- I haven't been pH'ing my water. Mistake one. I'm afraid to fuck with pH up and/or down as I have known it to ruin some people's plants. Kinda lost at what to do rn.