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@Finniegrow
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NOTES:
Keeping the pH between 5,8-6,0 and EC at around 1,4-1,6 depending on system. EC at 1,5 seems to be optimal and my measurements are staying pretty steady at that level. Humidity is lowered to around 50% if I can.
The tops are now at around 45-60cm height from the soil.
Continuing the last heavier defoliation/pruning process that I started yesterday at the end of 2nd flowering week. I saw no signs of mold or any other issues as I went through the plants.
After this week I'm going to change the nutrient solutions on the tanks and fill them with fresh nutrients with minor changes: Dropping the amount of Grow from 1,5ml to 0,5ml and increasing the amount of Bloom from 1,5ml to 2,5ml. After the change I'm only going to refill the tanks without adding any Grow and will instead increase the amount of Bloom to 3ml. Propably a one more change of fresh nutrients until flushing with Final Solution prior harvesting.
Day64 (19.12.)
Some more defoliation focusing on the upper growth revealing bud sites below them and keeping off the moisture. Already got a trash bag almost full of leaves since they've been pretty bushy plants on average.
Day65 (20.12.)
Continuing the last defoliation process.
Day66 (21.12.)
Continuing the last defoliation process, pretty satisfied with the results so far. Light penetration and airflow have increased greatly so I don't have to worry that much about humidity or possible mold any longer.
Each strain has started flowering, all plants are females and buds have started to develop. Defoliating didn't seem to stress the plants as much as I thought it would.
Day67 (22.12.)
Day68 (23.12.)
Refilled and added some nutrients with a stronger Bloom/Grow -ratio (~4:1) and left my girls to enjoy the Christmas Holidays as I did. I'll be gone for around three days, after that I'll change to new fresh nutrients as I mentioned before.
One Ayahuasca Purple seems to be ahead of others, and a few other ones have clearly started to develop some buds too, rest of the plants are following closely behind. Each strain has some truly astonishing individuals, and I think Ayahuasca's have shown most variety between different plants. Overall everything looks pretty good I think. Hopefully can say the same after a couple of days as I come back.
Happy holidays everyone!
Day69 (24.12.)
Day70 (25.12.)
I added another Led light to my tent just before the lights turned off. Everything looks amazing!
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@Kush8
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Week 7 Progress & First Bloom Feed! (May 9th - May 18th)
Welcome back, dudes!
Things are progressing well in the grow tent. These pictures cover the period from May 9th to May 18th, showing steady growth and the start of flowering for some.
I've made a key change to the feeding regimen: I've added GHF Bio Bloom to both the White Widow and the Banana Blazes, at a rate of 3 grams per liter of soil. This is to support their transition into the flowering stage and help them develop those sweet buds.
Here’s the breakdown of how things are looking:
White Widow XXL Auto (Barney's Farm):
The White Widow continues to thrive. Her LST has really opened up the canopy, and you can see plenty of new bud sites developing. She's stretching nicely as she enters her flowering phase.
Auto Banana Blaze (Dutch Passion) - First One:
The first Banana Blaze is also showing good progress and is responding well to the added Bio Bloom. The earlier yellowish spots haven't worsened, and overall she's putting on solid growth.
The Younger Ones (Second Auto Banana Blaze & Auto Kong 4):
These two are steadily growing and stacking up their nodes. They're still a bit behind the older plants, but healthy and establishing well.
Overall, the tent is bustling with activity, and it's exciting to see the first signs of proper bud formation. The new Bio Bloom addition should give them all the fuel they need for the upcoming flowering stretch.
Stay tuned for more updates as these ladies continue to fill out and frost up!
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Raspberry Ripple #1 and #2 (Flowering Plants)- This week, I believe the stretch pre-flower phase is over for both of these Phenos! They are now begining to really stack on those nugs. Number 1 has been on its same purple kick and appears to be purple to it's core! Both Phenos are showing long pistils hairs and have already began to build some trichome shelves! #1 still prays very hard daily, while #2 holds its leaves upright but not over a flat plane ever. I gave another 1/4 cup of build a flower to each plant, and a 1/4 tsp of TM-7 today. Today I went through and defoliated some stray leaves and really underdeveloped branches. The smells while I was doing this, were fantastic; like a smarties or sweet tart candy, but not runtzy it's very hard to describe. Definitely excited for the upcoming weeks! I'll be pushing the lights to 100% this week, pulling 400w from the wall for the stacking/bulking weeks!
Raspberry Ripple #1 and #2 (Clones)-
This week the #2 clones were topped, so now all the clones in the tent have been topped once. The branch growth has improved and they took it well! The weather is getting warmer, so keeping the tent well ventilated is key. I did notice a few springtails walking along the edge of one of my pots today, so I plan to treat this with Wettable Sulfur tonight. I have read these are not the worst pest to have by any means, but you definitely want to keep the population under control at the least! I went ahead and put one of the #1 clones back in the mini tent to make some space in the 55 inch. It was starting to get a little crowded. I'm hoping these clones don't have any genetic drift and I can preserve these genetics for runs to come!
Catch you Next Week, Happy growing and thanks for checking on my grow
-StarFish
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Repotted into 20L pots. Accidentally snapped a stem while using plant bends but she will recover nicely so not to worry. Again not enough pictures/videos in early veg unfortunately. EC also upped slightly.
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@fjore3009
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What can I say, the strain is amazing, it is literary monstrous. The growth spurt from week 5 to 6 has been insane and now standing at 30cm tall. The girls have been drinking at least 4 litres a day. TD#1 is more than 2 feet wide at 30cm tall its ridiculous. I have noticed #1 is a different phenotype than #2 & #3 because of the difference in leaves sizes as #1 has smaller leaves as compared to #2 & #3. Looking forward to seeing how these girls grow out in later stages.
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📅 Tag 21: Alle Pflanzen weiter abgebunden/nachgesteckt nachdem die Triebe länger wurden.
DARK DEVIL: Sieht aus als hätte sie trotz des Plagron - Terra Growmixes defizite :( Jetzt stellt sich mir nur die frage ob das nicht vielleicht doch einfach nur Lightburns durch die hohe RLF an dem einen Abend sind?
Leider kommt mein Cal/Mag von Plagron erst in ein paar Tagen an.
📅 Tag 23: Alle Pflanzen weiter abgebunden/nachgesteckt nachdem die Triebe länger wurden.
DARK DEVIL: Topping zeigt seine Wirkung - Untere Seitentriebe so wie 2 Tops wachsen
GELATO: FIMing bei der Gelato scheint wirklich verkackt an Tag 19 angekündigt?
GG#4: FIMing scheint auch hier verkackt? Ich schau's mir hier die Tage nochmal an, wenns danach wirklich verkackt ist wird die kleine nach etwas Ruhezeit getoppt.
📅 Tag 26: Alle Pflanzen weiter abgebunden/nachgesteckt & Entlaubt.
DARK DEVIL: Topping verlief ohne Probleme, ca 1-1,5 Wochen noch bis zur Auto-Blüte. Seitentriebe kommen auch Super.
GELATO: FIMing Bei der Gelato lief solala, in verbindung mit frühem LST wärs wohl besser gekommen - aber ich versuch nun das beste draus zu machen.
GG#4: FIMing Lief hier "etwas besser" (?) Da LST sogut wie sofort mitgemacht wurde. Seitentriebe Wachsen wunderbar.
PH Wert Wasser: 6,45
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@MorangoTango
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O calor diminuiu um pouco, mas nessa última semana as plantas perderam bastante cheiro devido a temperatura.
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@Meksi2790
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week 4 plants look nice slight nitrogen def pumped up the dosage on the nutes
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@Roberts
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I struggled with this plant the whole grow cycle. She still came out alright in my opinion. She did foxtail due to heat. For a first photoperiod grow in DWC I did good in my opinion. Learned a lot more, and been applying those techniques now. She grew under a Spider Farmer SE5000 light in a New Level Hydro bucket. I used hygrozyme during grow. Thank you Spider Farmer, New Level Hydro, and Amsterdam Marijuana Seeds. 🤜🤛🌱🌱🌱
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@Willy_Balls
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Doing great.
Bottoms cleaned, waiting for a day or two to do a major defoliation.
17.11
Vast defoliation. All the bottom leaves and mids. Left around 4 top fan leaves
On every branch.
19.11
Plants recovered perfectly, light is back to 100% . Unfortunately my Bluetooth app for mars hydro stopped working. Light cannot pair anymore with the app.
Also irrigation is changed to vegetative crop steering.
Processing
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@Kushpot
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Transplanted too 12 Gallon pots, With help of
some LST they are devolping into perfect Bushy kush plants.
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@Dunk_Junk
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So this seed is a total mystery to me.
I found a loose and unlabelled seed container a while back 😭
She will be grown on 20/4 light and we will see in week 3~4~5 if she is an auto or not.
She is planted in a tiny 1 litre airpot, where she will stay throughout her life.
I have no idea what kind of plant to expect from this, so here we go!
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@SweetheartOG
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Girls doing well but have run into some calcium deficiency which will hopefully be fixed soon.
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@Selkot
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the girls gain 1cm a day :)
they are still quite vigorous, quite green; I expect another week of stretch before they concentrate on the buds.
maximum dose of alga bloom, green sensation and sugar royal.
my whole tent is occupied by the canopy; would a little defoliation be necessary? i'll take any advice :)
One small thing: look at the 2 last pics, it looks like a "twin head", I've never seen that before
EDIT : finally defoliated them next morning (see last pic), they now breathe again :)
EDIT 2 : a small research on web & i got my response : "twin head" = polyploïd cannabis
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Week 9! We're reaching the home stretch! I defoliated "J", heavily and super cropped her taller tops. She also is the only one to receive nutrients. The crop is still pretty hefty, so we'll water them 🌞 tomorrow.
"J" is happy in her space and is content staying in Veg, indefinitely. I don't have the requirements to flip her into Flower and won't for quite some time, growing Photoperiods was not in the setup or budget.
There is still no smell to speak of, except when you manipulate her, she gives off a citrus, pine aroma.
This grow has been fairly easy going so far, no real issues to report. I'd like to thank 🙇♀️🏾 @WeedSeedsExpress and I look forward to growing their many different strains.
Finally, let me apologize for the quality of my 📸 camera, or lack thereof.
July 29, 2021, Thursday. I watered the crop thoroughly and rotated them. The girls (other than "J") are watered with pH'd tap water, that fluctuates between 6.2 & 6.4.
July 30, 2021, Friday. Girls are chillin'. I'm really having a BLAST! I knew I was going to love cannabis cultivation, but this is something else. I've taken to it, like a 🦆 duck to water. I can't wait to see what more knowledge and experience will reveal.
Anyone that's been on the fence about whether to grow or not, do it. Just go ahead and do it. Only thing I regret, is not being able to afford more 💡 lights and fans.
Or if you want to grow vicariously, you can always sponsor me.
July 31, 2021, Saturday. Everything is peachy.
August 1, 2021, Sunday. I watered the girls today. I moved "J" into the "Veg Desk" and she seems to be adapting to her new environment quite nicely.
Freeman's birthday is just days away! Freeman the person, not the plant. As I mentioned earlier in the diary, this grow has been in secret and is a surprise birthday present. I tell Freeman everything that happens in my life, so keeping this secret was a bit fun.
I look forward to August 5, for the big reveal to Freeman! Stay tuned!
August 2, 2021, Monday. Nothing to report.
August 3, 2021, Tuesday. Watered the ladies thoroughly.
