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Hey hey everybody! I hope you all had a fantastic week and I am excited to be back for our latest update which marks the end of week 15 and the beginning of week 16! Now I don’t know if it’s just me or the beginning of the year can be explained off as Mercury being in retrograde (I’m not saying it is, that’s more my wife’s deal- I wouldn’t know either way) but things have been absolutely nuts over here and I needed a little something good to help level out the crazy… I have some awesome things in the mail (still rolling in from the spending spree I went on) but truth be told we were between deliveries, and I needed instant gratification- soo I may have accidentally brushed up against the timer and flipped to flower ( and by accidentally brushed up against, of course I mean I fully intentionally programmed the time to flip to flower in a moment of weakness…🤷‍♂️🏻) Am I sorry? No… will it slightly kill me from an aspect of my struggle with occasional OCD? Oh yes…. Ohhhh yesssss…. That little corner is/was driving me nuts but I figured it was time to just let it do it’s thing- honestly once I noticed I picked a pot that was too small for what I was trying to do, I should have just there in the towel, flipped and taken it as a learning lesson for next time…. Buuuuut alas, I am stubborn and that is NOT how that went down… I’m still excited for what’s to come, we should have some (hopefully) pretty impressive things developing soon so I am stoked! That being said however, I have also had some unimpressive things happen, for instance- yesterday, I go in to feed the girls and my light is off! I (obviously) must have screwed something up when I went to change the light schedule- specifically, due to the fact that there are 9 or 10 possible lighting schedules you can set, I think I had correctly set the on/off times BUUUUUT I think after I had switched to the next programmed on/off times which were incorrect- I noticed when I saw that the lights were off, they should have been on for another three hours (give or take) - so I immediately started messing with the timer and turned the lights back on and continued to tend to those lovely ladies. I then went and made dinner- after, I just had this feeling that I should check on the tent, just in case- and sure enough, an hour after the lights were supposed to be turned off, there they were, on like grey poupon (I apologize I haven’t heard that in like a decade or more, had to
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Que pasa familia, ya estamos aquí para actualizar la 3 semana de floración y es que la vaina se pone interesante, están cogiendo unos tonos. No os e comentado creo pero hasta ahora hay 2 armarios, uno con 100w y otro con 150w en el de 100w hay 4 red cookies gelato en 7L.y en el de 150w hay 5 ejemplares de red cookies gelato en 15L de maceta. El cual en donde practique el crooping fue en el de 150w , que veréis todos los céntrales partidos . Hasta ahora alimentado total con bases de advanced nutrients más big bud y bud candy. E tenido algún problemita en la sala con las humedades que pronto estará solucionado aunque no fue mucho hay que decirlo todo. ( máximas en interior de 70 % en pico alto…) eso está mal así que la solución es un deshumidificador potente y a seguir. Hasta aquí todo espero que disfrutéis con los diarios y buenos humos 💨💨💨
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Another week! 😬 A little defoliation does not kill anyone 😑
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******************************************** Week 14 Ripen (flower week 8) ******************************************** Light cycle=12/12 Light Power=125w 52% Extractor controller settings High temp= Day 26c, Night 20c Low temp= c Temp step=0c High Rh= Day 50%, Night 55% Low Rh= % Rh step=0% Speed max=10 Speed min=2 Smart controller settings (during lights on). Lights on=9.00am Top fan on=+22.5c Top fan off=-22.0c Dehumidifier on=+50% and -26c Dehumidifier off=-50% or +26c Smart controller settings (during lights off). Lights off=9.00pm Dehumidifier on=+55% and -20c Dehumidifier off=-55% or +20c VPD aim=0.6-1.4 DLI aim=30-45 EC aim=0.2-2.0 PH aim=6.0-6.5 NPK(3.6/24.8/18.4) 💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧 Method= Autofeed 6 drippers. Feed=Ripen Nutes. Neutralise=0.1ml/L Dragon force=4ml/L Boost=1ml/L Volume=12L Easy Ph up= 0.166ml/L Ec=1.42 PH=6.3/6.4 Runs=16 Run times=5min (250ml each) Gap times=15min×14, 45min×2 Total runtime=80mins (4.0L each) Total flowrate= 100ml/min (50ml/min each) Auto start time=10.00am Auto stop time=4.05pm 💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧 ******************************************** ******************************************** 📅18/8/24 Sunday (day 92, day 50 flower) 📋 💧 Method= automatic Feed=Nutes Ripen Volume=12L Easy Ph up= 0.166ml/L Ec=1.4 PH=6.3/6.4 Volume left=3.3L Volume used=8.7L (108ml/min) Volume each=4.35L (54ml/min) Runoff. Runoff=1.8L Ec=3.5 PH=/6.1 @5.15pm manually 0.4L each Total left=2.5L Total used=9.5L Total each=4.75L Extra runoff=0.4L Ec=2.8 PH=/6.2 💧 📅19/8/24 Monday (day 93, day 51 flower) 📋 temps should be cooling off for about a week. 📅20/8/24 Tuesday (day 94, day 52 flower) 📋 Rotated pot slightly. Pot is quite light. 📅21/8/24 Wednesday (day 95, day 53 flower) 📋 💧 Method= automatic Feed=Nutes Ripen Volume=6.0L Easy Ph up= 0.166ml/L Ec=1.5 PH=6.4/6.3 Volume left=2L Volume used=4L (50ml/min) Volume each=4L (50ml/min) Runoff. Runoff=0.1L Ec=3.6 PH=/6.0 @7.50pm manually 0.5L Total left=1.5L Total used=4.5L Total each=4.5L Extra runoff=L Ec=0 PH=/ 💧 📅22/8/24 Thursday (day 96, day 54 flower) 📋 📅23/8/24 Friday (day 97, day 55 flower) 📋 📅24/8/24 Saturday (day 98, day 56 flower) 📋Defoliation ******************************************** Weekly roundup. 📋 Great week really, bulking up fine, trichomes maturing. Stems are struggling with weight. Environment has been kind. I feel that's it for nutes and I'll be able to just plain water for the remainder of her life. Take it easy. Back soon. ********************************************
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In questa settimana ho notato che anche la pianta numero 2 sta diventando rosa. Proprio come nella foto principale di sweet seeds. Le cime ingrossano bene.
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Nice! So I fixed the issue with the discoloration I believe. Did not change the nutrients at all, only the PH. So what I learned originally from someone was to keep the PH between 5.5 and 6.5, so naturally I just kept it as close to 6 as possible as this is the middle. Doing some research on the deficiency I learned that Calcium gets absorbed best at 6.2 - 6.4 PH. So I have started to create a wave pattern up and down with the PH from 6.3 to 5.7 and back up again. Any issues with this? This IS what i'm so posed to be doing right?? The plants seem very healthy but the flowers seem to be growing a little slower then I would like. Nutirents is around 1350 and I'm using the same line and ingredients as previous very nice harvests? Maybe i just need to give the ladies anoerher week or 2 to put on some weight??
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Transferred the seedlings into the pots. 4 are in the cloth pots over a gallon reservoir and two homemade set ups made of 2 nesting 5 gallon buckets with a yogurt container inside under the second nested bucket to keep the buckets from scutioning together. I melted holes (couldn't find my drill, kids😕) in the bottom, 4 for drainage and 4 for the wicks to cross on the inside of the bucket the dirt and dangle into the reservoir below, 3 holes on the side about an inch above the bottom for drainage too. I then took 1/2 yard irrigation tube and cut it with an 45 degree angle at the end that sits in the reservoir and snake it through the bottom of the nested bucket and up the inside of the bucket as close to the side as possible and filled with dirt. I use a funnel to fill and there is an overfill hole on the outside bucket approx. the height of the yougurt container. I filled the reservoir with clean water for a week with no plants to get the soil moist and the they were about half empty when I transplanted the seedlings and and topped the water off with the nutrient water. They all seem really happy, not sure how i am gonna fit 6 plants in my tiny tent but will keep them under the lights as long as I can. I have a beautiful window in my office they may have to finish off there, but the smell, lol, oh well it will smell.
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Frst time i see colors like this without blooming 🧐 wtf strong and big mf still growing.
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Buenas! Esta semana pasaron cosas, agregamos red scrog para luego inducir la flora. Ya pasamos 12/12 pero me gusta darle una semanita de pre-flora. Seguimos con IPW de athena de forma foliar para prevenir todo tipo de plagas y enfermedades, una vez x semana. Una de las que viene mas grande le hice un supercropping para bajar el canopy. Vienen como locasss. Ultimo riego con Sensi Grow y ahora pasamos a sensi Bloom. Saludos
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Some of my beauties have little bit iron defficiency but.. i just bought FE+ nutritions So IT ill be fine i think Soo ..
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Dried , Cured and now ready to smoke 10/10👌
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Look at the root ball on My f1 never seen anything like it there strong healthy plants easy to grow cheak out zamnesia
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All 3 plants are looking healthy and occasionally even look happy when I'm not stretching their limbs out all over the place 😒 Not alot of progress on their height but they look like they're doing alright so I'm not gonna worry too much yet, I could really do with these being nice and short so I don't have to mess about raising the shelf up 🙄 That's all for the moment, just watering and moving the branches out, it's nearly flowering time 🎄 Happy growing everyone, take it easy 😎🌿 30th October All 3 plants are doing well and responding nicely to the lst, every day I move a bud site away more and new ones just keep popping up all over the place 🌿 not alot of vertical growth which is fine by me just don't know if that'll negatively impact my yield 😕 but they're more than likely getting ready to shoot up 🌱
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Beginning of week.. Both have some gorgeous flowers.. Purples are already coming out on both. Both are flooding with complex aromas.. ETHOS Cookies is doing great.. Mandarin Cookies is gonna make it to harvest, I'm sure.. So excited! Mid week.. I love how they both are giving off nice purples on the calyces already! Both smell so amazing! It makes me tear up with joy! Not sure when I should start flushing! ETHOS says that you count 9 weeks from flip to 12/12.. Not pistils forming.. Cuz you know, you need to factor in the transition time.. 1 - 2 weeks.. Sometimes 3! But I am super excited to harvest these lovely ladies!!! Next day... Ok.. So the runoff issue has gotten worse for the Mandarin Cookies.. Obviously, with all the def. you can see.. At least 3 that I can see right away.. Calcium.. Potassium.. Phosphorous.. Maybe even a slight Magnesium def. in there too.. Kinda hard to pinpoint when there is multiple showing, yet I am feeding PLENTY of all of them.. She should have no issues.. The runoff pH is now coming out at about 4.9 - 5.2, depending on a good or bad day, I guess.. I have just been puttinf it in at 6.3 every time.. Sometimes (alot now) I get a salt build-up between feedings.. I like to feed, water, feed, water.. Now I need to feed, water, water, feed, water, water... It's really bothering the shit outta me lol.. But the ETHOS Cookies is pretty close to peing on point.. Going in: 6.3 pH.. Runoff: 5.8 - 5.7.. Still in a decent range.. No signs of issues on any leaves.. They are both making some gorgeous nugs tho! Stackin calyces and trichomes lile crazy! And now they are really fattening up! I am so ready for this run to be over and let this medium dry out reeeeally good.. And take it out back Ol' Yeller style.. Yup.. That sounds like a plan.. I have PLENTY of NEW coco coir bricks and perlite that I have been hoarding.. Just like I do with my genetics 😄.. But I feel like you can never have enough.. And I plan on growing cannabis in coco coir till someone takes me out back Ol' Yeller style! End of week.. They are both showing about 50% turned pistils.. The ETHOS Cookies is a little further along.. Not by much.. But the trichomes on the Mandarin Cookies seem a little further along.. Word.. They are both going to be epic smokes for sure! So I believe I will just give both of them small feedings just to get them through the week, then I should be good to start flushing.. On to the next week!...
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Things are looking very nice! I’ve top dressed and defoliated here and there. Lots of frost coming in as things are starting to stack and take shape.
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Great week. I simply keep watering more. I'm going to start with the juices and more kelp meal sprinkles next week. They're getting taller by the day and no sign of being waterlogged and no runoff either. Green, smelly, in pre-flowering or transition state, companion plants taking off also. Haven't spotted any males or male pollen sacks in the grow area after the removal of 6 identified males. No pollination from my grow, but the environment is wild for pollen around here--i get seeds every year--even if it's just 8 seeds from a whole pound of harvest--a bee lands on the flowers in mid-october and it's like 50/50 seed or not in that location--just saying that it's part of growing outdoors without a net.
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She seems to be growing kinda slow.. I'm sure it's from all the stress I put on her. She should pick back up this week. Day 30 and she has some calyxes poppin up everywhere.. I think day 31 I found her first pistil.. Ill know for sure day 32. She's healthy and the slow growth is picking up a little. I need to put in some horizontal spikes to tie the branches down a little more.. Just enough to give the colas room to grow at this point. She's not gonna be a massive yield (obviously) but not gonna be a complete waste of time. Once I harvest my current main plant I will try it again in a 5 gallon pot. Yup! Pistils at day 32.. Just small and hard to take a pic of. Preflower begins!!! This week temps have been getting up to 86F.. I put in a 2nd inline fan with carbon filter and 2 more fans for the top of canopy to get some air movement. The air is NOT cooling down enough so Im just gonna have to go without the filter. ... Later that day... Even without the filter, the tent still gets up to 84F.. WTF?! It was staying below 80 with just a little clip-on fan and small inline fan pulling air out and nothing pushing air in.. Im using the smaller inline to pull air in and the new inline pulling air out.. Now it gets warmer.. I dont get it.. Gonna have to go back to my old setup I guess.. ... Even later that day... Put up the old ventalation.. But with extra fan still pulling in air.. Smell may be strong throughout my room when lights go out.. But oh well.. I love the smell. Tied down branches a little more.. They should be far enough to do what she needs to do.. Pistils are there.. Just very very small at this point.. But they are there on a couple branches lookin good and happy! 😊 no more leaf removing.. This is only my 3rd auto... Second auto is only halfway through flower now.. Sooo, I'm still learning!!!
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