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@AdroCDXX
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The smell is absolutely amazing. So fruity!!
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Well week 5 of bloom is complete, and this week brought a few challenges. Humidity in my area has been through the roof, close to 100%. My heavy-duty equipment was struggling to bring my tent to acceptable late flowering levels, sometimes reaching over 60% RH, especially at night when the plant was respirating more. Additionally, her pale yellow color, and leathery leaves didn't excite me too much. If you remember, we had a severe heat wave a couple of weeks ago, which contributed to that. But also, since I messed up the ScrOG training, and regrettably decided not to super-crop her, a fair share of the leaf problems were due to light stress as well, as I didn't want to sacrifice lower colas, so I let it go. My biggest mistake this grow, was not paying attention to her the one day she decided to stretch nearly a foot, and was unable to be weaved into the net the next day without being snapped in half. My second biggest mistake is NOT snapping it in half, and letting it repair itself. I wouldn't have had nearly as much bleaching of leaves I think. This week, and I'm assuming because nearly all chlorophyll was depleted from her fan leaves, I didn't notice much of any change from last week. Her buds seemed to be about the same mass, and the stigmas still had the same ratio of red to white coloration. I suspected she was dead, or dying, or just...done. Not all genetics will transform all of their stigmas from white, and not all genetics will have their trichomes turn amber. So, I did a few things to confirm that suspicion. First, I looked at her trichomes on various buds closely with a microscope. They were almost all cloudy, with very very few amber. That told me that she was at an acceptable level of ripeness, even if she could have went longer, assuming she was still alive. Next, I removed the pea gravel mulch I was using in the raised bed, so I could get a closer look at the soil she was growing in, and more specifically, her roots. The soil, although moist a few inches deep, was not at the level I expected, and I think I have not been watering her enough. I don't think I'll be using a gravel mulch again. On the plus side, it did help prevent fungus gnats, as there was zero the whole grow, apart from an early week when I placed some solo cups to germinate on top of the bed, but after removing them, the fungus gnats disappeared with them. Also while inspecting the soil, I carefully dug down to inspect some of her primary roots. They were actually dry, despite the surrounding soil being moist. This could explain why she wasn't drinking much if any for the better part of the week. So, given her dry foliage, dry roots, and ripe-enough trichomes, I decided it was time to harvest her, earlier than expected. Let's also not forget that I was frightened this week with some high humidity scares, so growing longer, and possibly for no reason if she was dead or barely alive, was not in the cards. I've dealt with my fair share of bud rot before, and I would rather try what I have of her now, than to wait the extra week or so for her to be fully ripe. So, that is what I did, on the last day of the week -- I chopped her down, cut off some larger fan leaves, and hung her upside down. This, of course, was after removing the raised bed. It took me a while to empty about 45 gallons of soil so I could move it, but in doing so, I noticed a lot of beneficial critters, and nothing bad. Such critters included small centipedes, which feed on other insects, and soil mites which eat dead organic matter. I set the tent to dry at around 72F and 55 RH. And now we wait for about a week before trimming. One thing is for sure -- I am very proud of this grow, despite all these flaws. She smells incredible -- like pure citrus emanating throughout my house. This is a very strong-smelling plant. As a bonus, I've included a time-lapse video of the entire grow from start to finish in the last media above. Check it out and let me know what you think. I'll be back for the harvest week for the dry weight in about a week or so, after we're done drying and trimming.
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Fastbuds seeds LSD-25 auto #2 Only using spring water for first week and spraying with foop mist every night. Going to be using foop nutrients with Humboldts secret cal/mag and nectar for the gods ph up and down. Here we go!
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The first week of flowering is here, and things are finally looking much better! Both plants have recovered well and are now growing much healthier.๐ŸŒฑ #1 has already started stretching significantly, really picking up speed. Itโ€™s exciting to see how quickly itโ€™s developing! Meanwhile. #2 spent about half the week still in vegetation, but towards the end, I finally spotted the first signs of flowering. Now that both are officially in bloom, Iโ€™m looking forward to seeing how they continue to develop over the next weeks. On to the next phase! ๐Ÿ˜Š
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Another solid week in the books, and the last one UKBS 2 will spend in the tent. Today I intended to start hardening the selected plants that will go outside, but when watering UKBS 2 I found it was growing roots out the bottom of the pot and into it's drain tray. So, I had to replant it into the 15gal and will be taking it in and out of the back door until the weather's nice enough overnight to just leave it out. The Carl plant I had taken out to harden was very pissed off with me for doing so, and perked up near-immediately when I took it back in. It's too bad it doesn't like the outside as it's going to be spending a good amount of time there. I treated with diatomaceous earth in an attempt to not bring any unwanted insects into the tent. Both UKBS 2 and Carl 2 will be going in and out every day for approximately the next month while temperatures improve. Inside the tent, UKBS 1 seems very happy to finally have some light. UKBS 2 was very large and encroaching inside there, and blocked nearly all of its light. More updates will come throughout the week, as always. -4/17/2021 - Noticed a small hole at the main stem near the top node on UKBS 2. Dusted with diatomaceous a little bit just in case, will keep a very close eye on it. Hoping it's not a caterpillar or stem borer, and just a breakage. -4/20/2021 - Happy 4/20! UKBS 2 is loving the window spot, and life is good. Thanks for swingin by.
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Day8: First day of the new week. I assume still pretty much focusing on roots, as the top didn't really do much today. Day9: Nothing special. But she's growing Day10: Still roots, it seems. Very little happening up top. Day11: Effort being put into growing the top leaves. They increased in size. I assume that the next node will start tomorrow - kicking off the switch into Veg. Day12: Next node already showing :D Day13: I put in a humidifier and changed the cycle of the extractor to keep more moisture in the growbox. My humidity was way too low. Day14: This time the humidity was too high. It was sitting at around 95% when the lights went on.
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@Lazuli
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She got defoliated and feeding goes up now 1ml/l calmag 2ml/l floranova bloom Ph between 6 and 6.5
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Week 13 (21-4 to 27-4) 21-4 Temps: 19.4 to 24.1 degrees Humidity: 54% to 63% Watering: 1000 ml. 1.6 6.2 22-4 Temps: 20.3 to 23.4 degrees Humidity: 51% to 65% Watering: 1000 ml. 0.4 6.2 23-4 Temps: 19.3 to 23.8 degrees Humidity: 50% to 64% Watering: 1000 ml. 1.6 6.2 Light set from 70% to 75% strength. 24-4 Temps: 19.4 to 23.4 degrees Humidity: 51% to 63% 25-4 Temps: 18 to 22.8 degrees Humidity: 52% to 61% Watering: 1000 ml. 0.4 6.2 26-4 Temps: 18.8 to 23.3 degrees Humidity: 49% to 61% Watering: 1000 ml. 1.6 6.2 27-4 Temps: 18.9 to 23.2 degrees Humidity: 47% to 59% Watering: 1000 ml. 0.4 6.2
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The girls are looking better and better each day. They have finished whatever stretch they had begun, and are now stacking some very decent buds ๐Ÿ˜Š They are showing some phosphorus deficiencies, but at the same time are showing that they are getting some nutrient burn ๐Ÿค”๐Ÿง Iโ€™m used to making one solution to feed, and that seems very difficult to balance with some of these Autoโ€™s, as I have had to adjust for these girls and not my others, anywho, the joys of Autoflowerโ€™s โค๏ธ Only a few weeks left, hopefully weโ€™ll get through it as they are looking promising at this point. Happy Gardening ๐Ÿ‘Š๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆโค๏ธ๐ŸŒฑ
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The girls stretched like crazy. The blue city is over 90 inches tall. The blueberry cupcake is growing almost perfect . The pineapple muffin on the other hand, she completely snapped in half. Iโ€™m not quite sure if sheโ€™s going to make it I chopped off two of the branches that were completely broken, and I tried to mend the others. In the smaller 15 gallons, I have pineapple chunk and the sour diesel both of which are 6 feet tall and definitely outgrew their pots. They look healthy and nice and I have all the girls a nice re amend with 444 and uprise bloom. I also added a little Kashi blend to to help break down the amendments because I ran out of compost. I did build the greenhouse, but the plants are so tall. Iโ€™m going to have to raise the greenhouse at a minimum of 30 inches. Definitely need to do it because the autos although they look great there is mold on the inside of some of the buds. Because Iโ€™m not there every day Iโ€™m kind of slacking, but Iโ€™m really gonna try not to have any mold on the big girls. I just have to get the top of the greenhouse on in the next two weeks before the buds really start to set.
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Hi people ๐Ÿค— A lot has happened this week ๐Ÿ˜„ The 3 Blue Cheese and 2 Kosher Tangie Kush which have been in the flowering tent for 1 week have become very bushy ๐Ÿ‘ Unfortunately I just noticed that I completely forgot to take pictures of the Blue Cheese Phenotype # 3 ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿป The picture will be given later. The rest of the Vegi tent is also progressing very well. They are repotted in 11 liter pots this week, and then come to the flowering chamber die the following week The next week there will be new pictures, until then I wish everyone a nice start into the new week ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿป Let it grow ๐Ÿ€๐ŸŒฑ
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Hello my friendly growmies ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐ŸŒพ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐ŸŒพ๐ŸŒฒ๐ŸŒฒ, We start to be really close to the harvest ๐ŸŒฒโœ‚๏ธ, trichromes not yet ready but soon, I like a few percentage of amber, they are almost totally milky, so probably ready in end next week ๐Ÿ™‚๐Ÿ™‚ Smeel fruity/diesel ๐Ÿ’ฆ 1 watering this week 2.75l/plant Water + flash clean Lamp @100% and start to be really close to the plant, but not burning sign for the moment. Thanks community for follow, likes, comments, always a pleasure ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐ŸŒพ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐ŸŒพโค๏ธ๐ŸŒฒ Have a nice end years 2022 ๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐ŸŒพ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐ŸŒพ๐ŸŽ… See you new year ๐Ÿป๐Ÿฅ‚๐Ÿฅƒ๐Ÿฅƒ๐Ÿ’จ๐Ÿ’จ Mars Hydro - TS1000 ๐Ÿ’ก๐Ÿ’ก https://www.mars-hydro.com/ts-1000-led-grow-light Mars Hydro - FC3000 ๐Ÿ’ก๐Ÿ’ก https://www.mars-hydro.com/fc-3000-samsung-lm301b-led-grow-light RQS - Fat Banana Auto ๐ŸŒ๐ŸŒ๐ŸŒฒ๐ŸŒฒ https://www.royalqueenseeds.com/autoflowering-cannabis-seeds/487-fat-banana-automatic.html
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What a monster had to supercrop hey didnโ€™t mind it at all now 12/12 lets see and hope isnt a boy
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What a frosty strain, rivals Stardawg in the stickiness. Good resin potential Not a big feeder, normal levels do the trick as they will show some burn if they dont like it. Not a stinker at all Will try to foxtail @ 85F The stretch caused by the tent space issues with the Green Crack really shows here, man 2 ft of plant that was not needed. My fault, start flower under blue or white lights until stretch ends as they will get tall Serious stretch under HPS Excellent genetics, taste test in a few days I _ WANT_ MORE ... please ๐Ÿ˜‰ Letting the FF7 stay in the tent a bit longer, removed all but the small fans to keep the air moving but slow down the rate. Just test weights (love hanging them like this) say @200g a plant. maybe we will see Almost forgot, pulling a small branch from Aeryn to test Easy harvest, nice dense frosty sticky buds, cannot ask for more.
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These are actually doing really well it's a weird feeling growing something you created with the prospect that it could actually be some pretty solid quality. Aight so the other day I found another hermie in the very early stages. So I emptied the tent and sat in there in the pitch black for 15 minutes to let my eyes adjust looking for anywhere light could get in. Because I have 2 veg tents in the same room on 19 hr schedules it's impossible for me to have the room the tent is in be pitch black. There was no leaks in the fabric but the air vents at the bottom, even tho I only have 3 open a little bit, let in the slightest amount of light. I had to toss out a mandarin cookies R1V2, a bwiz x Rocberry and a gushers. I found a male flower on a Hawaiian snow x wc x g33 on a lower but instead of tossing it I removed all the lowers and am going to check daily to see if its aight or not. I ordered a ac infinity 4 inch fan, some light proof ducting and a intake carbon filter to be able to set up a intake and close the vents. Very little pollen may have dropped which could seed everything but I might have found it just in time we will see. I almost retired on the spot but I'll give the intake fan a shot as a last ditch effort. Otherwise I would have to remove the veg tents or have intake fans and no open vents for all tents. Use the code bangdang for 10% the following sponsors.. @greenbuzzliquids @rainscience_growbags @gorilla_grow_tent @growlightscience.led
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Seems to be recovering okay from the light burn, but noticed the leaves starting to claw up, did I possibly use to much tiger bloom that close to the light burn? I watered with plain water to a little extra runoff today, hoping that helps a little, any thoughts? New taller tent should be here in a couple days, then going to transfer plants and turn my light from 200w to the full 400w at the proper height for the last week's of flower!
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Day 70: The Bluedreamatic went to go big and it is all I can do to keep them happy.lol The #1 los girl is yellowing off on her top leaves but had an amendments the other day to try and address it . Could be the intense lighting still but is isn't affecting her badly so fat bud wise. #2 is getting very big mow and needed moving over to a better spot in the room for wider coverage of her budsites. #3 who was inside with the crammed in girls has some very nice fat tops on her canopy and when I look deeper into her body , can see so many developing sites too. She has been moved to a better position too now and should get 2-3 weeks to soak up some lumens. They have been put onto shogun Dragon force and boost for their finish now so let's see if they swell up as I expect they will. I am convinced that these ladies will be heavy yielders by the look of them now. They smell of fresh pineapples when disturbed too. so beautiful. at least 2 weeks to go with them I think. roll on the chubby icy buds.
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Another good week. All is good! They are growing very well this run. I do have one girl that won't make it. Butinky the best one will go in this tent. We'll see! Watering twice a week. This is under the Medic Grow Mini-Sun-2. This 150w light is built for the 2x2. I've got it up at 24 inches right now. Based off how the girls look. Dimmed to 40% Here are the lights details: Medic Grow Mini Sun-2 150W LED Model: MN150-022 Spectrum mode: V1 Efficacy: 2.8 umol/J Thanks for stopping by! You can find the light on Grow Diaries: https://growdiaries.com/grow-lights/medic-grow/mini-sun-2-150-watts You can find the light on Medic Grow's website: https://medicgrow.com/
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Week 10...The plants are looking good! Took out the microscope to look at the trichomes...Starting to get milky but still another week or two before the harvest! Started flushing the plant this week!