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@DeepWaterGrower
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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.
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Third run begins.
๐ช๐ฆCookies 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 ๐ช.
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! ๐ค
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- 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 1ยฐ day of veg for all 2 seedlings. I'll switch 'em to 12/12 after 40/45 days of veg.
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@biggreens420
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This update is a day early but this girl is booming growth in the last week has been amazing shes drinking like a monster gobbling it up .started the bowl training got the top 6 branches tied will tie the rest when they are big enough removed a few leaves I think shes gonna start showing some pistols shortly hope can get a bit more growth first but im happy with her thanks for reading happy growing guys
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@Justagirl
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Ended up with 13.5 oz wet so Iโm expecting 5-6 oz dry which would be awesome! I actually snapped the main stem during LST and I taped it back together, it healed and ended up being my biggest cola!
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@Guerrilla_grower777
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7/10/2025 17:15
Final visit to the spot,it's so cold outside with all days under 20ยฐC and some nights 4/5ยฐC
This plant alone smelled so much and keep pushing but mold is attacking her and it's the fucking 7th of november so i'm going to chop now
Trichomes are mostly white so it's ok even with a very low percentage of amber
The smell Is awesome very runtzy and fresh,not fully mature as the other but i saved her from a bad end
I found some mold on only a few top flowers,checked It properly and throw away without carrying at home with the others
Even if the mold part was very small especially compared to the other Coco i decided to take away all the moldy buds entirely,i don't t want to risk anymore
Before the final video session i took away all the fan leaves because i had not enough space to transport
At the end you can see a dead bud which Is clear when i tried to take a leaf and It pulled of so easy,inside is brown too
During next days i will update with the final thoughts and the final dry weight of both plants
Thanks to everyone who supports me and liked my job,next year i swear everything will be better prepared
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@XG_Jack
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Harvest day - I save my harvest post for the yield results so I have one more to follow.
Beautiful grow though and really impressed with the yield and results. I typically only grow indoors, this is my first full outdoor grow with a photo actually. It definitely changed how I view growing seeing the plants react outdoors.
Also Iโm in newly legal NY state and we would not be here today if it wasnโt for people like Jack Herer fighting for us at the most difficult times to do it. Jack was born in Buffalo, NY so this grow was a grow to pay homage to a man that led the way. This strain has also won the 2nd most cannabis cups behind only Skunk #1 a strain well deserving of the Jack Herer name.
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@farahweed
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Hi guys!!
This time we want to grow 8 cannabis genetics from 7 companies!!
1.DNA Genetics: OG Kush
2.Delicious Seeds: Lord Kush
3.In House Genetics:Cakes N Cream
4.Anesia Seeds: Slurricane
5.Ripper Seeds:Acid Dough
6.Barney's Farm:Acapulco Gold
7.Royal Queen Seeds:Special Kush #1
8.Delicious Seeds:Chocobang
The first and most important thing I do before planting the seeds is to disinfect the culture medium and the culture pots.
I do this with (bordeaux mixture sc20%), (chlorpyrifos).
I used sterile gauze to soak the seeds.
And I set the ambient humidity to 80%
The seeds germinate after 48 hours.
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@Pardy
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I'm very happy with the outcome, outdoors this time around. It's my largest plant to date and it smokes great! I randomly gave this strain a try as it's packed with great genetics and it did not disappoint. It grew large considering the time it had to grow. It was constrained by a medium amount of sun light per day (4-6hrs) and it's pot size (40L) the roots were tightly packed
I used bio fertilizers
Bio buzz grow Peruvian seabird guano and organic potassium for veg
Biobizz bloom top max compost teas in flower
It smokes and taste great already.
I chopped Oct 1st
Thanks for tuning in!
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@GrownwithLED
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At day 20 I switched to flowering and sent my light schedule to 12/12 hours of light/darkness, therefore this is the first week of flowering now. I know that these plants from seeds are still to immature to switch to flowering directly, but they will grow slower with 12/12 until they are old enough to flower. This should happen when they are appr. 4 weeks old from germination, then they will be mature enough to be able to flower. I do this, because the Growfor.Life-Closet is limited in its heigth and I want compact and short plants at the end, so i can keep a minimum distance to the LED-lights from SANlight, which are built into the closet. The minimum distance should be appr. 25 cm from the canopy. At Day 25 the biggest three plants (=Double Dutch from Serious Seeds and OG-Kush from Humboldt-Seeds) have grown so many leaves that they start to touch each other and condensed water is building up between them, the plants seem to sweat. This means I have to defoliate the plants again in order to get a better airflow and also to let the light penetrate deeper into the canopy. You can see a video-tutorial for defoliation I made on Day 25. The scissors I use in the video came WITH the closet, they have a special anti-sticky coating and work like a TREAT! During the defoliation I recognize that one sidebranch of a Double Dutch plant is TRIFOLIATE (see in pics!), this means each node grows three instead of two leaves and sidebranches out of it. That is a rare occurrence in cannabis and can be seen like finding a 4-leafed clover. Although this should mean good luck, I also realize more and more fungus gnats flying around and put some sticky yellow strips (=sticky traps for insects) inside the closet. The plants also seem to get a little bit lighter in their green color in general, therefore I decide to start adding nutrients (=PLAGRON-TERRA-BLOOM) to my waterings now. All in all the plants grow like hell (the biggest one is appr. 30 cm tall at the end of week4) and develop excellently...I LOVE THE EXPERIENCE WITH MY GROWFOR.LIFE-CLOSET until now!
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@Daddyhancocc74
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Been 7days no feeding/watering (2gallons last feeding) and plant looks like no sign of thirst maybe slightly it's my first indica I know it's not supposed to stretch like a sativa did a little trimming up the dim is lil if not 85% and I don't do tsp like the chart shows I do go by lotus chart in grams so cal-mag 1.8 bloom 4.5 boost 3.5 and truthful I do a point over each so 1.9, 4.6 and 3.6 in with the new bluelab pen I'm able to find my ppm and I believe before getting this pen a week ago I was under feeding
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@Camo_greenthumb1
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Giving them half a gallon once. Every 4 days now with smaller amounts of added 19-4-23 to every other watering
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@TheBulldozerSicily
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Iniziamo un altro ciclo, la bella stagione รจ alle porte, anche quest'anno iniziamo indoor in idroponica e preparo 2 in vaso da passare in outdoor
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@Prof_Weed
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Heater startet die Woche 21,und somit die 2.pre flowering Woche.
Die Purple Lemonade von Fast Buds trinkt 10 Liter in 2 Tagen, gebe noch Additive Pro Bloom von Terra aquatica als Foliar Spray abends.
Hoffentlich wรคchst sie nicht mehr hรถher, wird langsam eng mit der Decke.
Peace
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@herbalistssword
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The 3 plants were trained in different ways on day 63 and as you can see from they pictures they all took the training very well, can't see an obvious difference between them.
Plant 1: Schwazzing
Plant 2: Light Defoliation
Plant 3: Lollipopping
Switched the lights to 13/11 on/off on day 62 and to 12/12 on day 63 this is day 70 (actually posting this couple weeks late) after a whole week of flowering schedule.
Made some aerated compost tea today and watered the girls with it yesterday Tuesday.
Each pot got 2L of watered down aerated compost tea and 2L of water with aloe vera powder and malt barley.
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@Tropicannibis_Todd
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Well growmies this one is a keeper that's for sure ๐ couldn't of asked for better Genetics ๐
She lead the pack during the entire grow ....
Amazing Plant
Thanks to Fastbuds for killer Genetics ๐
๐ Big thanks to all my Growmies out there in GD land ๐ Much appreciated ๐
Thanks To MarsHydro for the FC4800 and the MarsHydro UR45
www.marshydro.ca
๐I used NutriNPK for nutrients for my grows and welcome anyone to give them a try .๐
๐ www.nutrinpk.com ๐
NutriNPK Cal MAG 14-0-14
NutriNPK Grow 28-14-14
NutriNPK Bloom 8-20-30
NutriNPK Bloom Booster 0-52-34
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@LeedsCityFarmz
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Not much to report this week so far. Slightly defoliated above the Scrog to allow more light penetration for the lower branches. Plants starting to stretch abit now but nothing to bad.
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@Mr_nugs_lover_David
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She's looking so beautiful,very nice strain to grow for sure,I'm trying to give her a good shape before flowering starts. I add organic liquids nuts only once a week and looks like she loves it,let's keep up the work!! ๐๐โค๏ธ๐ฑ๐คฉ
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@TheFoxFarmer
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Another thank you to RQS for providing the genetics. She was a fun plant to grow, and watch her cola's forever get bigger and bigger! Thanks to all that follow, like and comment. I'm extremely grateful for everyone's input ๐โ๏ธ๐ค
Once she was down, her fan leaves were cut off and each branch was hung in the drying box and left to dry for 8 days. It was left in a cool dark place to slow drying time. Once the outer leaves were dry her buds were given a close trim and jarred for curing. I put a 62% Integra Boost pack inside each jar to ensure the humidity is stable during curing, although it's not crucial. The jar is burped once a day for a few days and then left approx a week inbetween the next couple of openings. After 3 weeks or so, you don't have to worry about burping if you wish to store for a while, or you can tuck right in like I do!
Because I have 4 seperate quarters for other plants/strains in one tent, under one light, I've had to calculate these by dividing the conditions by 4 (4 sections in total sharing same conditions). This is the fairest and only way to work it out on average as a full tent. If you multiply by 4, it gives you the average amount for a full tent worth.
Happy growing! ๐ฆ
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@Roberts
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Green Cure CBD is acclimated, and starting to grow. She is looking really healthy, and ready to go. I will likely try to lst her some with what space I have. Everything is looking good at the moment. Thank you Medic Grow, and Zamnesia seeds. ๐ค๐ป๐ค๐ป๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฑ
Thank you grow diaries community for the ๐likes๐, follows, comments, and subscriptions on my YouTube channel๐.
โ๏ธ๐ฑ๐ป Happy Growing ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฑ
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