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@TheFattyMcCoy
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Hey yall! Another week down. A lot has happened.
To start, we up-potted from the red solos into my living soil blend that I have been working on for almost a year. It's so full on living creatures and beneficials. I used to have fungus gnats a lot when working with living soil, it's almost impossible to avoid. .. Then enters beneficials; we have black soldier Flys, persimillis predatory mites, definitely earth worms, most likely a mix of night crawlers.
No more fungus gnats, I highly recommend using beneficial nematodes, cucumeris and persimillis predatory mites are excellent (swirski predatory mites are expensive). Just look at the Soil Food Web and identify what pest you have, then purchase their predators from a trusted insectary.
Anyways I added another 200watt LED and spread out the plants in a 2' X 4' tent. It's extremely dry in my location and having the heat on makes the air even drier. So getting my VPD stable has been an immense challenge. Right now
Also we need to be able to add VPD or at least GD needs a built in calculator to help folks with VPD, Vapor Pressure Deficite.
As of right now I am sitting at 0.85 VPD, so pretty good for today. I have 4 humidifiers and have had to hang moistened towels on the doors of the room I am growing in. It literally has been a huge challenge to keep the humidity high enough for my VPD to be in range for the young plants I have now.
Good thing is my current humidity without running any humidifiers is perfect for the flowering stage, so I can't wait to move this along.
As for topping and training; like I said I really want to move these ladies into flowering sooner than later. I have several reasons to do limited training so I can limit my veg time, also getting this crop done as fast as possible is best for my set up. Until I can get a larger house 🏠 😩 because we got a baby on the way 👶 so need to make space.
I have made compost tea twice this past week, wetting the soil and also spraying the leaves. My sprayer broke so I ended up pouring the tea on the plants gently, I got worm castings on the leaves lol. Gently rubbing that off once they dried. Also I applied the tea at night.
My tea recipe:
Reverse Osmosis water, 2 to 4 gallons
I bubble that with added minerals for a day
Add 2-3 cups of Activated worm castings (To activate the castings I added about 3 gallons of high quality castings with what I consider to be nutrient amendments, SO I add = kelp meal, neem cake, organic coconut flour, organic corn meal, organic wheat flour, and organic cold milled flax seeds and let that sit for a week then add about 2 to 3 cups of that mix to the tea)
I also add biology from about a cup of 2 different soil mixes I have around my compost bin, just trying to get a more diverse biology by adding those two different soil sources. And mind you the grow beds I took the soil from has been organic for many years and has a large amount of beneficials and tons of excellent biology.
Other than that I bubble that for 12 to 24 hours, with as much air as I can get. I use air stones but you really need to clean them off once you are done brewing. I also have an Air Lift with a large air pump that really works great, K.I.S. Organics sells one that works great or you can build one easily with with PVC pipe and a few adapters from any Home Depot or Lowes.
Also I do add DynoMyco to my roots when up-potting. They are an amazing brand that has backed up research, I think they have more propagules per gram of two strains they identified to work great with cannabis. Now having said that, each individual phenotype out of each individual and specific strain/cultivar is going to have different bacteria/fungal strains that it prefers and by growing the same strain, hopefully the same exact cut, and grow 3 to 4 cycles before you truly have the mycelium networks built and fully functional.
What I am saying is stop throwing out "used" soil and go over 7 gallons, bigger the better for biodiversity. Stop buying "new" soil, amend your previous beds and pots. You will see a huge difference. Hopefully I can show you all of this with my Grow.
Anyways please feel free to ask away any questions! This grow is about saving money 💰 🤑 and growing the best clean medicine as possible.
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@JackSkellington
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piante ancora stressate spegnerò la luce per 24 ore...
se trascorse le 24 ore staranno meglio più chiare e rilassate le manderò in fioritura...
ho dato 1 ml di bio grow a un esemplare su dieci
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@Fatnastyz
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11-29
Bad news, Banana Purple Punch has been let go. 😭 She was very stunted and tiny, so I made the bold decision to call it. Thought about letting her finish, but she was really small.
But Strawberry cheesecake is making up for it!.
This thing seems super happy atm! She has jumped to around 12 inches. Stretch is officially on!
Triple grape is rockin too, few flimsy leafs, bud branches. One of the branches, kinda twisted itself. Imma look into that one. But both rockin and lovin the EM1.
More importantly than the rest! I still haven't over watered or fed. 😁💪
Time will tell, but I'm staying the course!
Happy Holidays 😁🤘
12-1
2k water, silica 3ml, cal/mag 3ml, drops balance 1ml and some dust of yucca. 6.2
Stripped GC of anything blocking anything else .
Couple blocked bud sites too. Wont touch for at least 3 days. Maybe 4, we will say next water? She may be a bit stressed 😂
Im sure the stripping didnt help. 💪🤘
3x- 11.5 inches tall
Scc- 12.5 in tall
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@PEAKYPLANTERS
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Hello everyone, fellow growers!
my girls continue the vegetative phase without problems with the sog technique.
We are testing a new line of fertilizers and so far they are doing pretty well.
excellent nuggets are expected!
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@Chamed33
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Plant is looking great so far I had to flush it 2 days ago to readjust my run off water ph
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@Nargileus
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So ab dieser Woche habe ich mit Plagron Power Buds angefangen und ich glaube das bringt wirklich was.
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@Kakui
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Nuevo cultivo, volví a plantar Jamaican Dream, está vez solo se hará LST y defoliación, nada de apical(Main Lining).
Se ha aprendido de errores y atrasos del cultivo anterior, esperando no cometerlos en este cultivo.
Para este cultivo de usarán los nutrientes de la línea Grotek(mega pack), además de micorrizas great white.
Las semillas germinaron al tercer día de plantadas en el sustrato, al igual que el cultivo anterior. Esperaré a que crezcan hasta unos 3 nodos para hacer transplante a maceteros definitivos de 18 litros.
Germ2, han estirado suficiente para remover el plástico, se regaron con agua de osmosis con CalMag a 0.6 EC y pH 6.5, se espolvoreó great white en el sustrato. Se instalo un humidificador en el indoor y se bajó a un 70-80% la potencia del LED.
Germ3, se mantienen en 80% de humedad a 23 grados, se humedece el sustrato.
Germ6, están creciendo al ritmo esperado, se humedeció el sustrato, los parámetros están correctos.
Germ8, primer riego con Vitamax Pro y SoloTek Grow de Grotek, 0.8 EC, y un poco de great white en polvo al sustrato. Creciendo bien.
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@Virga22
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These Ethos Seeds are showing an amazing burst of energy. Really impressed, it's intriguing me.
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@cheetah844
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They're lagging a little from the transplant, hopeful next week we'll see their growth spurt starting.
She seems to be one of the healthiest of the bunch.
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@UKauto
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Stretch seems to be over now.
Starting to get a little bit frosty.
Creeping along slowly but surely.
Fed her plain water begining of the week and a little cal/mag.
I'm away for new year so thought I'd upload upto today.
Hopefully she packs a bit of weight on over the next few weeks
Fingers crossed eh.
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@TheWeedPimp
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Damn they fine looking Ladies!🌿😍
Doing LST on the next week
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@PersonalSmok3s
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All done with the growing, now time for the long arduous harvest 😸🤦♂️🤷♂️✨.
Started the harvest on day 63 of flower, I’ve not just checked their trichomes with a loop or anything, but I’m happy with how they look.
The smell is very intense. Slightly worrying in all honesty 👀 filter is really struggling, contemplating getting out my spare extractor fan&filter just while it all drys. Maybe two filters will scrub the smell completely.
It’s a lovely smell, Sour Tangy Sherb, but now an extremely heavy gassy wall of smell has permeated everything.
Pretty much all the buds have turned purple, just a few of the lowers are a pale green, but that’s to be expected.
I’m in the process of cutting them all up into individual branches, giving them a quick wet trim, then hanging them on hangers.
I’m aiming for around 10 days drying, then a final trim and into jars for curing.
This was the final run of the MotorOG, it’s been a fun strain to run 😸 another decent one from LIT Farms.
I’d like to thank everyone who’s taken the time to have a look, comment or like this diary, I hope it’s been helpful in some way.
PersonalSmok3s 😸🌱💚
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@BlackDragon22
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Beve 7 litri al giorno... Non dico altro.. Lenta.. Ma sono sicuro che regalerà momenti pazzeschi 🤤😍 odore prelibato.
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@WhiteEdge
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16.04.2024
Continue into week 7
Replaced all filters in the system and cleaned them.
Mixed a new batch with the following components:
56ml AN Connoisseur Bloom A+B
Total volume: 34 liters
Electrical Conductivity (EC): 1.1
Target EC for this week: 1.0-1.1. Adjustments will be based on plant observations.
Performed one long misting session (3 minutes).
Environmental Conditions: Outside temperatures going down, today is raining but this week is lower in temperatures
Smallest Wedding Cheesecake: Great bud development, already buds are hard and juicy. Exceptional odors
Tropicana Cookies: Phenomenal strain; One girl is going to finish before 8 weeks
Purple Lemonade: Tall plants, think ist finish flowering the last
Lighting Parameters: PAR Map: Maximum PPFD is 850, minimum PPFD is 600.
VPD: Ranges from -1.2 to -1.3.
Daytime Temperature (DT): 24-25°C.
Nighttime Temperature (NT): 20-21°C.
Leaf Temperature: 22-23°C.
Light Distance: 45-55 cm from the plants.
CO2 Levels: 700+ ppm.
HLG Scorpion Diablo: Set at 60%, positioned at a 45-55 cm distance.
Daytime: ON for 70 seconds, followed by 25 minutes OFF.
Nighttime: OFF for 70 seconds, followed by 35 minutes OFF.
Nutrient Tank (NT):
pH: Maintained between 5.90 and 6.10.
EC: 1.20.
Temperature: 20-21°C
18.04.2024
Mixed a 15-liter solution with 20+30ml AN Connoisseur AB . The liquid temperature is 18.8°C.
Replaced all filters in the system and cleaned them
The outside temperature getting lower this days. Its help a lot to maintain temps in grow box
I hope, as per the forecast, temperature will remain low during the upcoming week.
The ladies are looking fantastic. Purple Lemonade is slowest on flowering but i think it will be rewarding to wait
Tropicana Cookies are racing toward harvest; .
Lighting Parameters: PAR Map: Maximum PPFD is 900, minimum PPFD is 650.
VPD: Ranges from -1.2 to -1.3.
Daytime Temperature (DT): 23-24°C.
Nighttime Temperature (NT): 20°C.
Leaf Temperature: 22°C.
Light Distance: 45-55 cm from the plants.
CO2 Levels: 700+ ppm.
HLG Scorpion Diablo: Set at 70%, positioned at a 45-55 cm distance.
Misting Schedule:
Daytime: ON for 70 seconds, followed by 25 minutes OFF.
Nighttime: OFF for 70 seconds, followed by 35 minutes OFF.
Nutrient Tank (NT):
pH: Maintained between 5.90 and 6.10.
EC: 1.1.
Temperature: 20-21°C
20.04.2024
Today, we had a storm accompanied by a power outage. Nothing serious, just a few hours. The temperature and humidity remained within appropriate values.
Upon the return of power, the DH48-S relay timer, which controls irrigation, failed again. This has happened for the third time in the last 4 months.
Unfortunately, I couldn’t react immediately, so the ladies were without water again for a few hours.
I’ve ordered a TrolMaster program device and additional sensors AMP-3 for pH, EC and humidity, and temperature control. No more messing around!
Water consumption is gradually decreasing, and electrical conductivity of the water is slowly rising. I’m starting to reduce the strength of the nutrient solution.
Each subsequent tank refill will be at approximately 1.0EC.
The outdoor temperature is still cooler; let’s hope it stays that way for another week or two! 🌱❄️
Mixed a 15-liter solution with 25+25ml AN Connoisseur AB . The liquid temperature is 18.8°C.
Replaced all filters in the system and cleaned them
Lighting Parameters: PAR Map: Maximum PPFD is 900, minimum PPFD is 650.
VPD: Ranges from -1.2 to -1.3.
Daytime Temperature (DT): 23-24°C.
Nighttime Temperature (NT): 20°C.
Leaf Temperature: 22°C.
Light Distance: 45-55 cm from the plants.
CO2 Levels: 700+ ppm.
HLG Scorpion Diablo: Set at 70%, positioned at a 45-55 cm distance.
Misting Schedule:
Daytime: ON for 70 seconds, followed by 25 minutes OFF.
Nighttime: OFF for 70 seconds, followed by 35 minutes OFF.
Nutrient Tank (NT):
pH: Maintained between 5.90 and 6.10.
EC: 1.12
Temperature: 20-21°C
22.04.2024
Tropicana Cookies is the only one that got scars in the form of slightly burnt leaf tips. It’s not too severe; due to the lack of water, some mineral residue remained directly at the root.
All in all, it could have been worse. I hope the timer won’t deceive me again until my TrolMaster program device arrives.
One Tropicana Cookies and one Wedding Cheesecake will finish during the next week, so I’ll slowly start preparing them for harvest.
Purple Lemonade and one Wedding Cheesecake will continue flowering into the ninth week, but they’ll be the largest ladies in this batch.
All the ladies look and smell fantastic, and the buds are already firm to the touch, especially the Wedding Cheesecake.
Starting tomorrow, I’ll gradually reduce the nutrient strength and light intensity. I’ll make an effort to keep the temperature around 23-24°C.
Lighting Parameters: PAR Map: Maximum PPFD is 900, minimum PPFD is 650.
VPD: Ranges from -1.2 - 1.25
Daytime Temperature (DT): 23-24°C.
Nighttime Temperature (NT): 20°C.
Leaf Temperature: 21°C.
Light Distance: 45-55 cm from the plants.
CO2 Levels: 700+ ppm.
HLG Scorpion Diablo: Set at 75%, positioned at a 45-55 cm distance.
Misting Schedule:
Daytime: ON for 70 seconds, followed by 25 minutes OFF.
Nighttime: OFF for 70 seconds, followed by 35 minutes OFF.
Nutrient Tank (NT):
pH: Maintained between 5.90 and 6.15.
EC: 1.14
Temperature: 20-21°C
Week 7 off Flowering in Summary
105 litter off RO water,
150ml+1800ml AN connoisseur A+B
53kW electricity in total for light, Pumps and AC Infinity Fans. 51kW for Light + 1kW Dehumidification + AC Infinity ventilation
Week start @ 1.21EC, nutrient strength., keep strength @ 1.1-1.2 till the end of the week
Tropicana Cookies is gonna be harvested next week!! Also think one Wedding Cheesecake is waiting harvest in next week
PH was stabile and move from 5.90 min to 6.2 max. From end off the week PH is start to dropping
Light distance for this week - 50-55cm from tallest top , PPFD levels around 900 in center, trough whole week. Lowest reading 680 @ corner
Temperature are from 20c at start off day to 24.5c max at some points.
Night temps around 19.5-20c. Outside humidity is generally low
This week i have DH48-S timer failure, third time in this month. Ordered TrolMaster program device for that
Day RH is moved from 45% to 55% max, at night times drop to 45-48%
Continue in next week, lowering temperatures, EC strength and humidity
Lighting Parameters: PAR Map: Maximum PPFD is 900, minimum PPFD is 650.
VPD: Ranges from -1.2 to -1.3.
Daytime Temperature (DT): 24.5°C.
Nighttime Temperature (NT): 20°C.
Leaf Temperature: 22°C.
Light Distance: 45-55 cm from the plants.
CO2 Levels: 700+ ppm.
HLG Scorpion Diablo: Set at 70%, positioned at a 45-55 cm distance.
Daytime: ON for 70 seconds, followed by 25 minutes OFF.
Nighttime: OFF for 70 seconds, followed by 35 minutes OFF.
Nutrient Tank (NT):
pH: Maintained between 5.8 and 6.1
EC: 1.1 - 1.20.
Temperature: 20-21°C
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@nonick123
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Día 69 (25/03) Su hermana Gorilla Cookies FF muestra una ligera necrosis... me preocupa...
Día 70 (26/03) Necrosis en Gorilla Cookies muy avanzada en solo 2 días. Hablo con el gran @dogdoctorofficial y me hace ver que estoy regando mal...
He dejado que se seque demasiado el sustrato! (como en la fase vegetativa) Y la Gorilla Cookies FF al ser la planta más grande y que más agua pide, está demasiado sedienta...
Voy a modificar los patrones de riego para que el problema no persista en Gorilla Cookies FF ni aparezca en las otras plantas!
Riego 0,5 Litro H20 sin nutrientes. TDS 225 PPMs - pH 6,6
Día 71 (27/03) Riego 1,25 Litro H20 + Wholly Base 3 ml/l + Solid Green 1,75 ml/l + Early Flower 0,75 ml/l + Big Bloom 1,5 ml/l de Gen1:11
TDS 1150 PPMs - pH 6,2
Día 72 (28/03) La necrosis en Gorilla Cookies FF se ha detenido 😁 y las flores siguen creciendo
Observa alguna mancha de necrosis también en Wedding Cheesecake FF y decido a subir un poco la lámpara
Ahora el PPFD en apical es de unos 830 PPFD
Día 73 (29/03) Riego 0,5 Litro H20 sin nutrientes. TDS 225 PPMs - pH 6,6
Día 74 (30/03) Riego 1,25 Litro H20 + Wholly Base 3 ml/l + Solid Green 1,75 ml/l + Early Flower 0,75 ml/l + Big Bloom 1,5 ml/l de Gen1:11
TDS 1150 PPMs - pH 6,2
Día 75 (31/03) Detecto una ligera necrosis en Purple Lemonade FF y en Wedding Cheesecake FF.
Voy a aumentar un poco la distancia de la lámpara para tener un DLI de 37, por si fuese estrés por luz.
💦Nutrients by Gen1:11 - www.genoneeleven.com
🌱Substrate PRO-MIX HP BACILLUS + MYCORRHIZAE - www.pthorticulture.com/en/products/pro-mix-hp-biostimulant-plus-mycorrhizae
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@The_Bearded_Grower
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Welcome to week 8 day 44 I built a grow table so I can make all my nutrients Solutions and store all my seeds right in the grow room. the girls are doing very well and i love my new grow table
