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D42 - Today is the first day in the sixth week of veg for #2 and the fifth for #1. It has been six days since the first topping for the first girl, so I went ahead and topped her for the second time. I kept a couple of clones from her this time since she is so vigorous. I also had planned to do the third and final topping on the second girl but knew that I had to buy some more soil staples first. However, this morning a red warning showed up in my Corona warn app. It's the first warning I have ever gotten, but I'm triple vaccinated, of course, and I was wearing my N95 mask for this five-minute exposure, but I want to act responsibly and quarantine for a few days, just in case. So I improvised with BBQ skewers and some electrical tape. The skewers won't hold that well, but the branches are still small, so it shouldn't be a problem until I can venture out again. The cover crop was getting a bit unruly again, so I cut it back again. Finally, I gave both girls around 1.2-liters of water @ pH 6.3 and added a couple of qtips with peppermint oil to deter pests. D43 - I gave each girl about two liters of compost tea that I started brewing yesterday. A bit soon, possibly since I watered them only yesterday, but I needed to feed the girls in the other tent, so these girls got some as well. D45 - Aaaaaaaaaarrrrrgggghhhh! Thrips have found their way into the tent. Lately, I've noticed some discoloration on the older leaves but haven't thought much about it. Today though, it was much more pronounced. I took out my loupe and microscope, and sure enough, I could see thrips larvae. Ugh. I ordered some predatory mites immediately to help with the problem, but they won't get here until a few days, and I want to start fighting the infestation as soon as possible. So, I went out shopping and picked up some pure alcohol, chili flakes, and a spray bottle. After soaking the flakes for a couple of hours, I strained the mixture and prepared a 1:10 solution with distilled water in the spray bottle. I removed all older leaves that were affected most and then sprayed all the remaining leaves, taking care to get them soaked on both sides. This chili tincture is nasty stuff, though, and I was coughing like mad, and the snot was flowing like a spring-river. Next time I'll wear a mask! I also sprayed the clones outside the tent and the Chocodope girl in my other tent, just in case. The Colorado Cookies girl is in flower, though, so I couldn't spray her. She has no sign of infestation, but I'll treat her as well with the mites when they get here. D47 - I resprayed the girls yesterday with the chili tincture to ensure I got to all the little critters, and today, the predatory mites arrived. I hung one sachet on each plant, and I hope that's the end of the little buggers. D48 - The end of another week of veg. The second girl thrives after her third topping, and I will do the third and final topping on the first girl in a couple of days. Once that is done, I can install the scrog net. As for the thrips, I can still see larvae, but they are far and few in between. Hopefully, the predatory mites will soon make short work of them. I haven't even flipped yet, but there are already flowers in the tent!!! Alfalfa flowers that is :D
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Have 2 problems with the girls. 1. 3 plants showing signs of cal mag deficiency on lower leaves. 2. 1 plant showing what seems like potassium deficiency. Ph has been perfect all week between 5.8-6.3 I flushed for 1 day with ph water and then added nutes with increased calmag and bud blood since i will be sending into flower in 3 days.
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Went from 450w to 150w blue for a week due to heat and too much height gain. Weather got cold so I put the 450w red back in as they seem to be thickening up. Feminising was very easy on the ones I chose, I chose only three that had thicker faster flowering and more THC but will cross with the more sativa dominant ones.
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The plant looks very healthy in terms of color, but has a few small white spots. Humidity is approx. 65% but will be switched off in the next few days to avoid possible mildew. Flowering Day: 14
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Slowly but surely seems to be my motto lately lol but that is exactly what it is! Just plain water and peace...until I top her ♡
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We have arrived at the end of week 2 for the 16oz dutch bucket setup and this auto ghost og is doing my pretty well. I topped her on day 10 and started a little training on day 13. I would normally up the feed a little at this point but I have a couple plants in the system that are a week behind, so I am going to give them a few more days to catch up before increasing the dose. They are still getting 24 hour light and 24 hour irrigation. Should start to see a growth spurt by the end of next week as long as I keep them happy.
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Phenotype #4 & #5 Female plants = Pollinated successfully by brother Phenotype #1 Male Also mixed this Mystery Purp Male Pollen w/ a Jackpot Seed i found in my weed bag from a Lume Dispensary. ☆First & Probably last time, only found 1 Single Fat seed ☆ Going to ne excited to grow these cultivars. Going to plant immediately the F2 Genetics when seeds are ready for harvest. Phenotype #4 is mostly sinsemilla except for the very bottom branch successful pollination by brother Phenotype #1
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. 🌱 : test harvest on day 86, 40,3g, day 88 44,5g, day 90 54g, day 92, 60,6g, day 93 22,4g, final harvest on day 96 562,7g 💧 : 💡 : 🤔 :
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Started a little training, cut down the older fan leaves and topped up. I’m adding a tiny bit of root stimulator cause changed the pot size last week so it will to promote a faster growth. Gotta keep this lady low cause the box is quite small. So excited 😆
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This girl seems to be doing very well and they probably will be finished in a3 o 4 week or so if crazy weather doesn't ruin everything a nice fruity and skunk smell to it as well is what she has developed and she starting to look pretty nice and heavy . Despite having so many mistakes done to them she has been a remarkable plants from beginning to end. Thank you for reading I will continue to update have a happy grow
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Im back !! Last week of big bud then Im switching it to the over drive ! These ladies are just swelling daily now its a lovely sight to see they smell awesome and they havent really given me a hard time about the move or anything , they love their new home im excited for future projects in here . A big thanks to everyone who stops in you guys rock !! -Happy Growing! Day#43F Loving their new home , buds fattening up daily and trichomes are starting to cloud up real nice ! Day#44F Swelling up a storm , Cruising for the finish line ! Day#45F PS#1 Leaning now haha she's top heavy :P PS#2 is swelling it up :) . Ripening daily ! Day#46F Will be kicking it into overdrive now , no longer going to be using Big bud for this cycle . 2 weeks left then flush !!! :D :D :D :D
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So week 6 is Live now and it looks like she’s ready for blooming
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BIG BIG apologies to Heather from fast buds & to Growdiaries & anyone who follows. The past few months have been a massive struggle, not just with temperatures & growing weed but on a personal level. My wife has been very poorly & with covid and everything going on, it's put a massive strain on us all!! I've tries to maintain an active presence on Instagram but that's about all I've physically had time for. I've put this update together today, so far into the grow now it almost seems pointless. I lost my original Mimosa due to high temps & high RH. Moving into the attic at that time of year was a mistake. It has cost me a small fortune to keep things alive. I've had to purchase an air con unit, more fans & just more of everything to be honest. My purple punch is almost ready to harvest, any time within the next couple of days, followed shortly by Bruce Banner & Kosher cake. I wont be winning any awards for this Diary & I feel bad as I was supposed to be show casing what 420 Fast buds has to offer & I've failed...miserably. I hope you can make sense of all the pictures I've included....just a mass photo frenzy over the past few weeks. Thanks to everyone & all your comments. Wishing you all the best. One Love ❤️
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Well she really responds well on the extra Start up so thats really good. She is a heavy feeder on Nitrogen and Cal/Mag. Everything looks fine and healthy now. She is getting really big so I start to remove all the lower leaves under the Scrog and next week she will go in Flower fase. This is my very first attempt with Scrog this big so I hope everything goed well.
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These 6 slurricane are set up to be some frosty MFr's. 4 phenos, im hoping at least one of em is the frostiest nug ive ever seen, cuz thats what the marketing told me. A smaller stature plant than some of the others, but one of em is just a fkn mutant. The growth in the coco/perlite hempy's is astounding, right up there with DWC. Many of these girls have outgrown their mother which resides in 5 gallons of soilless. Loving the node structure and red stems on this plant. F11 and all is good. Environment on point, smell in check, and visiting the garden only 3 times a week. Stay tuned for some monster nuggies!!!
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This week I started low stress training, it’s very early for it as it may still be in the seedling stage🤷‍♀️🏼 Jus experimenting. I’ve been giving them rain water mixed with spring water at a ph of 6-6.5, I spray them down daily. I’m not Evan sure I’m LST’ing them properly but a girl can try😊 Feel free to correct anything I’m doing wrong, or give any advise☺️💗
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Flushing the second one and pics of airdrying the first harvest Starting harvest #2 10.08.24 Starting curing harvest #1 10.08.23 Everything goes pretty well besides : Trimmings moulded so i had to throw them away unfortunately :( But I already know what the problem was so my fault 100%