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Hi guys, just a quick info for whoever read this diary: I started this run with two plants but during Week 9 (57 days: 49 vegetative + 8 flowering) I had to remove the one on the right due slow growth (issue started after I topped her). Enjoy the reading. 🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱 Third run begins. 🍪🍦Cookies Gelato by RQS, my first time with photoperiods. I created this diary at the end of January but due some problem with the new drip system (too ph oscillations), I decided to go back to my first love: the DWC. This time, however, I decided to build my own DWC, taking into account the negative aspects that I find in the expensive DWC of various brands. This tank has about 50 liters capacity and on the bottom I have inserted a metal tap that will help me with the solution changes. The lid is made up of two parts, the upper one on which I made a hole in which I inserted a 2 liter planter full of expanded clay and the two root riot; the front part of the lid is magnificent because it opens and allows me to do a quick check of PH and EC. This time I'm going to count the days from the germination date. I'm going to VEG for about 40 days, then switch to 12/12 for about 70 days. I plan on topping the plants during week 4, then defoliation + SCROG during week 5, switch 12/12 during week 6. Then lollipopping at the end of the stretch. In this run I will use my new MARS HYDRO TS1000 2022 (already have one with 2021 MOSO driver), bought a few days ago to test the latest model with the proprietary Mars Hydro driver. I'm sure there will be further improvement in my performance 💪. No sponsor for me yet, what I have is what I bought but I hope someone can help me to bring my crops to the next level. I'm planning to buy a new 90x90 tent and a nice 300/480 watt lamp would be very nice. Crossed fingers! 🤞 🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱GERMINATION STAGE🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱 - 20/2/23: seeds in a glass of demineralized water, 2 drops of rootbastic and 3 drops of hydrogen peroxide for 24 hours, then in root riot; - 21/2/23: seeds under TS1000: 100 cm distance / 33% dimmer = 50 watt; - 22/2/23: first Cookies Gelato sprouted; - 23/2/23: second Cookies Gelato sprouted. - Got some gift from RQS, really appreciated. I'll consider tomorrow as 1° day of veg for all 2 seedlings. I'll switch 'em to 12/12 after 40/45 days of veg.
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I started these seeds on Friday, January 29, 2021. Planted them on Sunday, January 31st in Happy Frog soil in a manure pot. I've struggled with keeping the temp below 80F while keeping the humidity up. It was around 57%. I had to turn my exhaust fan on medium and the temp is currently 75.7F and the humidity is at 49%. This is with 2 cool mist humidifiers in a 2X4 foot tent. I do have 2 other small fans blowing as well. One inside and one at the intake vent outside the tent. This is my first grow so any advice will be greatly appreciated!! I'll post the end of week one pics later this weekend!
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Today is the 1st day of 2nd week of flowering. I've put the net on them on 20.01. Started the autopots on 18th. They are well rooted. The aptus startbooster is really potent, roots are poking out of the medium with beautiful micro hair. Never had it before. The stems are crazy thick, also I think thanks to regulator. On 22.01 Ive started the air pump supplying airdomes. I have the lowest EC ever on aptus. Right now around 1.0. But still get a tiny little bit of tip burn one a few plants. Let's see how it goes.
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it was interesting and easy, the variety has a very high potential, the plant has survived both a deficit and an overdose, but she coped well! the effect is pleasant and strong. I recommend an excellent variety for its price!
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week intel: its time to harvest some of plants the ones that is mature enough. indica dominant plants will done first always so we should harvest them first because my base nutrients and one of boosters was salt based, i'll do flushing this week to get some relieve to plants in the last days stresses : flushing Drought stress via watering only one time with flushing this week feeding: day 1 : i flushed them with Advanced Nutrients Flawless finish and adjusted ph day 3 : no more feeding from now on day 5 : no more feeding from now on guide of the week : i harvest in 2 parts : first i harvest top of the branches and will let the lower buds to ripe another week then ill harvest the second wave. indica dominant plants will get done 1 or 2 weeks sooner than sativa dominant plants that will often takes more than 8 weeks so be aware to harvest them sooner. my dry and cure style is this: 3 days of hanging upside down to get water activity lower to around 0.6 in 50% humidity and 26 C temp (i know its a little high but we are in a hot summer right now and i cant get it lower even with air conditioner) and then after 3 days of drying i remove leaves and stalks, trim buds and move them to jar for the rest of their life :D . and in the first 4 days of curing i open the jar door and let hem get some fresh air in the jar for about 5 minutes and close the jar door again, after 4 days of curing like that buds are smokable but they will get better as they getting cured about 1 month. im happy as hell with this harvest :D.
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Finally Last week growmies !!❤️😎😎 Still flushing until the last 3 days, and then im going to let it rest for 3 day in the dark and star the cut✌️✌️scrog net is off ! Thank's all for the support and the help ❤️❤️😎 New diarie coming soon with this spettacular Led 😎✌️ Keep it lit bros✌️😎🇮🇹
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So the at the start of week 4 the girls have taken a beating from the pesticide that I spray on them, had to take off some dying fan leaves. the one plant is recovering nicely while her sister on the other hands need a close eye. This week the girls will get their first watering with actual noots
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They are really starting to smell good. I've got 2 purple phenos of the GSC. Good thing we took clones. I started cha ching last night
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White widow is doing great compared to her start. She has bounced back well. She will be huge by the time I get her to her finish. Things are looking good now. Thank you Seedsman, Medic Grow, and Athena.🤜🏻🤛🏻🌱🌱🌱 ❄️🌱🍻 https://www.seedsman.com/?a_aid=Mrsour420. This is my affiliate link to seedsman. Thank you grow diaries community for the 👇likes👇, follows, comments, and subscriptions on my YouTube channel👇. ❄️🌱🍻 Happy Growing 🌱🌱🌱 https://youtube.com/channel/UCAhN7yRzWLpcaRHhMIQ7X4g.
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Girls have exploded into flower! They had a big stretch and have started stacking very nicely. Flower came so fast, they are showing a slight phosphorus need, and perhaps a bit more cal/Mag to help with uptake and such. I’ve been introducing the Clyde nutrients slowly to try and avoid burn, but I clearly need a bit more. I am liking the results overall though. Happy Gardening 🇨🇦❤️🌱😎💨
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LJ4Q23 Bolt III SOP LJ4Q23 - 8-Plant SOG from Cuts Objective: - 8 Plants - Single Colas - No Branches - Harvest Lemon Jeffery (Narrow Leaf Phenos): 70±5 days - Light Intensity - Ramp up from 200 - > 40 DLI, at 13 hour ScotoPeriod, will need MAX Light to Achieve - Ramp Light Intensity to MAX ASAP (3 Weeks?) Notes: - Lemon Jeffery handles HIGH LIGHT Well, even within 6” of Light @ ~1800 µMol/m2/ - The challenge will be achieving minimum 40 Mol/day, which in this setup requires 1000 µMol/m2/s @ 13 hour Scotoperiod ______________________________________ Start of Week: [ 2023-12-13, LJ4Q 15:B:2:1] End of Week: [ 2023-12-19, LJ4Q 21:B:2:7] Environment Targets (Bolt III): - Scotoperiod: [ 13, h] # Contiguous dark hours daily - DayPeriod: [ 1900, 0600 +24h] - TemperatureMax: [ 78, °F] #CHANGE from [82, °F] - RH: [ 68, %] - VPD: [ 1.0, mS] - LightIntensity: [ 850, 1000, µMol/m2/s] - LightDistance: [ 16.5, “] Bolt III Fertigation - RLA HYDRO Chart, Week 4, EC: [ 1.8, mS] - Primer A: [ 8.5, ml, gal] - Primer B: [ 8.5, ml, gal] - Silica Skin: [ 4.25, ml, gal] All Fertigation Add - Plant Success: - Microbelife Photosynthesis Plus: [ 0.5, ml/gal] - Build-a-Soil: - Quillaja20 Powder: [ 0.5, tsp/gal] - South Cascade Organics: - SLF-100: [ 5, ml, gal] __ Wed Dec 13, 2023 LJ4Q 15:B:2:1 LightIntensity: [ 932, µMol/m2/s] DLI: [ 35.1, 11, mol/m2/day] # On our way to 40 DLI Popped above 12” Plant Height (13 - 14”) 24# Photone Filter, Add 10%: 848 x 1.1 : 932 - [x] Measure Runoff - [x] Amt: 600 - Reduced Irrigation Event from 2:30 to 2:15 - Measure Thursday, Adjust. Foliar: - [ ] CalMag Fuel: [ 20, ml/gal] - [ ] Peak Bloom: [ 5, ml/gal] __ Thu Dec 14, 2023 LJ4Q 16:B:2:2 - [x] Reset Intensity - LightIntensity: [ 838, µMol/m2/s] # Calculated, 24# Filter, +10%, 762 Measured, 30.1 DLI - [x] Change Light Distance: [ 19.5, in] - [x] DLI: [ 33, mol/m2] - [x] Measure Runoff - [x] Amt: [ 400, ml] - 8 X 4400 X 10% (Field Capacity): 3520 Max, 350 - 450 is the target runoff per day - 15 sec: 200, ml. 200/15 ml/sec / 8 plants: 1.6 ml/sec. Close to our 1.7 ml/sec per plant Consider that - So we want field capacity per day, until we’re showing drought stress. - 4400 ml X 10%: 440 ml/plant/day - 110 ml/plant/event - 4 events/day - But that would only be 64 seconds, not current 135. - Let’s reduce again to 2 Minutes total, and evaluate. GUESS: If Linear, we should have 200 ml runoff __ Fri Dec 15, 2023 LJ4Q 17:B:2:3 Res: [ 4, gal] Environment Actuals - Scotoperiod: [ 13, h] # Contiguous dark hours daily - DayPeriod: [ 1900, 0600 +24h] - TemperatureMax: [ 78, °F] - RH: [ 67, %] - VPD: [ 0.86, mS] - LightIntensity: [ 838, 1000, µMol/m2/s] - LightDistance: [ 19.5, in] - [x] Refresh Reservoir - [x] 4 Gal - [x] Change Irrigation Duration Before 1845 - [x] IrrigationDuration: [ 2, min] - [x] Measure Runoff @1930 - [x] Amt: 180, ml. # after 2 fertigations 🤨 - Raised Fertigation per event to 2:15 fm 2:00 Guesstimate: 120 sec * 1.7 ml/sec: 204 ml I think we’re closer to 0.8 ml/sec: ~ 100 ml per delivery (2min) Refresh - 4 Gallons - Primer A: [ 36, ml] - Primer B: [ 36, ml] - Silica Skin: [ 18, ml] - King Crab: [ 2, ml] - Terps Plus: [ 2, ml] - Quillaja 20: [ 2, tsp] - SLF-100: [ 20, ml] - EC: 1.8 Res Temp: [ 60, F] Irrigation Timing Update Initiate Irrigation Irrigation Complete Event 0 18:45:00 18:47:00 Event 1 21:30:00 21:32:00 Event 2 00:15:00 00:17:00 Event 3 03:00:00 03:02:00 - Foliar: - [ ] Solar Rain: [ 20, ml/gal] - [ ] Peak Bloom: [ 5, ml/gal] __ Sat Dec 16, 2023 LJ4Q 18:B:2:4 - [x] Measure Runoff - [x] Amt: [ 250, ml] We really need the additional 15 seconds, reset today: Initiate Irrigation Irrigation Complete Event 0 18:45:00 18:47:15 Event 1 21:30:00 21:32:15 Event 2 00:15:00 00:17:15 Event 3 03:00:00 03:02:15 __ Sun Dec 17, 2023 LJ4Q 19:B:2:5 - [x] Measure Runoff - [x] Amt: [ 230, ml] #1930 - LightIntensity: [ 1047, µMol/m2/s] # 110% of Photone 952 - DLI: 61.7 __ Mon Dec 18, 2023 LJ4Q 20:B:2:6 - [x] Measure Runoff - [x] Amt: [ 80, ml] - On the theory that the main feed line siphons back to res, despite back flow adaptor - Add 45 Seconds to FIRST Feed of Day to Assure Priming and delivery of feed water. - Add 15 Seconds to remaining 3 __ Tue Dec 19, 2023 LJ4Q 21:B:2:7 - [ ] Measure Runoff - [ ] Amt: Added :45 to initial fertigation, :15 to remaining. Initiate Irrigation Irrigation Complete Event 0 18:45:00 18:48:00 Event 1 21:30:00 21:32:30 Event 2 00:15:00 00:17:30 Event 3 03:00:00 03:02:30
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Well, I've been comparing this with similar strains, untill now, i think she sugar kush is less profitable when using LST, but it works good, and the plant is nice and low
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Week 1, She is responding well to the flower nutrients at 900 ppm but, she wants a little more. The ppm dropped to 820, so i decided to slightly increase ppm to 990. . Day 9 . toped up the reservoir with 5 lts of ph balance water , after the hack i gave her to defoliate she almost immediately stoped taking in nutrients and ppm shot up to 2060 but drank 5 lts of water in two days. all adjusted now , lets see tomorrow.
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Started flushing, not long now before she gets the chop
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Day 30 Top dressed each 5 gal 444 gia green 1.5 tbsp Kelp meal 1tbsp Super fly insect frass. 1 tbsp .5 tbsp of mykos. 1 Tsp glacial rock dust Feed microbial tea. Day 29 and 30. 24 and 48 brew. Crab meal half cup per 5 gal Alfalfa meal half cup per 5 gal I think some humic granual acid for nutrient uptake. Can’t remember Also spread out red wiggler worms “equally” to each pot. Topped some plants after video. Will update in a few days of response to topping. Day 34 last day of week 4 veg. Set the auto water system up. video update showing the system and each plant. Runt gelato does not have auto water. I’ve got 1 to many pots in my veg tent currently.
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Just been defoliating as they start there flower stretch. Lights at 75% and 50 cm above the canopy.
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Dans l'ordre: 1) Afghan Peach x Blue Monkey 2) Gelato Cake 3) Fast Critical Poison 4) Tropical Fuel 5) Hindu Kush 6) (Blueberry x Black Domina) X (Kosher Kush x Mk-Ultra) 7) Blueberry 8) Herz OG 9) (Blueberry x Black Domina) X (Kosher Kush x Mk-Ultra)
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