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Grow report week 4: The training and the topping Hello dear growers and groweresses, itโ€™s time for an update on my grow. My plants have completed the fourth week and have grown further. But they have also experienced some measures that I will tell you about. The training This week I continued the low-stress training (LST) and tied the plants further. The LST is a method to gently bend and tie the plants to improve the light distribution and air circulation. The goal is to keep the plants low and wide and promote more side shoots and flower heads. The topping In addition to the LST, I also applied the topping to make the plants even bushier. The topping is a method to cut off the top of the plant to interrupt the apical dominance and produce more main shoots. The goal is to branch the plant and produce more flowers. I performed the topping as follows: I watered the plants well to reduce the stress. I cut off the top of the plant above the third or fourth node to create two new shoots. I observed the plants and looked for signs of stress or shock. The topping also worked well and the plants recovered quickly. They formed two new main shoots that will later become large colas. They also put more energy into the side branches, which will also carry more flowers. The fertilization I also fertilized for the first time this week, although I actually wanted to start late with it. I used the Fish-Mix from BioBizz to give the plants more nitrogen. Fish-Mix is an organic liquid fertilizer that consists of fish parts from the North Sea and organic sugar beet extract. It stimulates the biological activity of the soil and the plant growth. The Fish-Mix did well for the plants and they showed more growth. They formed more leaves and shoots and became greener and healthier. They also absorbed more nitrogen and produced more proteins. The outlook I am very satisfied with the result of the fourth week. My plants have been well trained and topped and have shown great growth. I am very curious about the next week, where I have to activate my setup completely to give the plants their final place and pots. It will be exciting for me to see if my system works as I wished. I will continue to observe the plants and respond to their needs. I will adjust the light intensity, the fertilization and the training to achieve the best results. Thanks for stopping by and see you next week! ๐Ÿ˜Š
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So where to begin I got 108.83 ounces wet from two plants in a 2.3x2.3 on my first attempt not including larf. I canโ€™t complain about that. Took me 14 hours to trim the last plant and boy that was a marathon. I will update this once I get some dry weights and everything goes into curing.
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These girls are all over the place! ๐Ÿคช one is reaching for the stars, the other is eating itself alive, and the other looks to be about 10 days behind the others with flowering๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™‚๏ธ They are all still growing a fattening, but wow, I have not had this many deficiencies since my first grow. Smell is pungent, if my in-line fan is not constantly running, the house smells delicious (my words, not my wife). Getting excited ๐Ÿ‘Šโค๏ธ๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Happy Gardening
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I love this community and how everyone helps everyone, fell blessed to be part of this all, thank you all for being here and for showing us your gardens , together we grow faster and better every day
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Well this was long strange trip with 1 leaf lol. Started as an extra cutting I was experimenting with to see just how much abuse it could take before it died. I put it in my big tent from day 1, never misted or covered it and pretty much treated it like it was mature plant. It lost all its leaves but 1 and I had removed all the dead material so all that remained was 1 leaf with some green in between all the yellow. It didnt appear to have anywhere to sprout new growth, all the nodes were barren with nothing but dried up brown nubs then I decided I wanted to try to save it and I was curious if it would grow or just remain a stem and 1 leaf. I was burnt out on all the data input and pic downloading and wanted to screw around and do something fun that didnt end up feeling like a chore. For the most part I succeeded although some of those videos took me forever lol. I had never done anything like that before and that wasnt my original plan. I just started screwing around and 1 thing led to another and here we are. Hope everybody who followed along enjoyed it and I hope anybody watching in the future at least gets a couple laughs out of it. That's what this random collection of nonsense was all about...just trying to have some fun and get a few laughs along the way.
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6/18 added water, ph 6/19 Added 3ml cal mag banana, cookies Added water 6/20 added water, ph 6/21added water, ph 6/22 added 2ml bloom to banana 6/23 added water, ph 6/24 Added water and nutrients Runtz and cookies Bloom(Full strength)(new) Micro 0.75/L x 11.3=8.5ml Gro 0.50/L x 11.3=5.65ml Bloom 1/L x 11.3=11.3ml Cal mag 1/L x11.3= 11.3ml Bud candy 2/L ร— 11.3= 22.6ml Big bud 2/L x 11.3= 22.6ml Hydroguard 2/Gal x 3.5=7ml 3 gal = 11.3L 6/25 added water, ph Records kept here https://1drv.ms/x/s!AmTQ-7u9iyH6kDFcBT1QhRk7ttv4
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Welcome growfessors to another episode of growfessor theatre, 4x4 edition! Flush time, just water for LSD, Green Crack and Mandarin dreams!! Do-si-dos gets another week of feed before flush. I'm very impressed with the bud sizes, trichomes and smell of each plant, mandarin dreams is especially ooozing with resin, it's almost like liquid soap touching your skin. The Mars-Hydro TSW2000 light has been killing it! This light delivers way more than expected! Thanks for stopping by growfessors, tune in next time ๐Ÿ‘ฝ๐ŸŒณ๐Ÿ’š
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Day 80, 2nd of December 2020: Beautiful bushy, great genetics. Well done. Nice buds are on the way and the smell is great. I am absolutely excited :) All good the lamp is now on 11 hours and off 13 hours. Every week 15 minutes was taken off and after 4 weeks here we go. Strated 12/12 and now 13/11 wanted try to imitate the nature as the light days are getting shorter. Fertilization has changed no more epsom salt from this week and I will stop giving nitrogen as well from next week. All good :)
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Welcome to the Week 10, Day 70 update for the Sweet Seeds Cream Mandarine XL Autoflowering grow. Not much to talk about this week as the last two plants remaining in the tent are on cruise control to harvest. I used fertilizer for the final time at the beginning of Week 10 and itโ€™s flush time for these plants until the big chop! They are still being watered every 4th day and they are still drinking about 3.5 litres per plant per watering (0.875 of a litre per plant per day). These remaining two plants have virtually no Powdery Mildew so I am only defoliating as needed if the leaf is already dying. All of the pistols/hairs have turned orange and are receding back into the buds so Iโ€™m guessing that harvest will be in Week 11. I have included a brief video above with my photos showing pretty much everything used during this grow. I wanted to give people a quick look at how simple it really is to grow and harvest your own high quality cannabis. Hope you enjoy! I will post next time with my final harvest update- this might take a short while as I generally prefer to know the final dry bud weight as well as having some great photos of the dry, uncured product. Until thenโ€ฆ
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This grow for a lot of attention on IG and I appreciate everyoneโ€™s support so much!!!
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Hi everyone ๐Ÿ˜ Welcome back in another week update! Thank you all for this amazing support on this bananas journey๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’š Uploading and updating each week content on daily bassis so please revisit this diary if week not over yet. So far all going great. Girls looking very healthy and happy. Due to my short trip had to leave my ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ‘Š girls unsupervised for 3 days. Was stunned when opened my cabinet on the Dec 5th. Athena stretched like crazy. Good 3 inches. She better slow down as not much roof space left for her. May tie some taller branches to netting if necessary. Introducing blooming nutes for the first time this week on December 6th at smaller dosage and on the second watering as listed. Week 8 Dec 4 - Dec 10 Dec 5 Leaves tucking Dec 6 Heavier selective defoliation on both girls. Athena fully lolipopped and Xena at 75%. Watered with 8 ltr beetwen both with perfect runoofs PH 6.4. Girls were very thirsty ๐Ÿคค Dec 7-8 Just enjoying how my girls developing. Frost has landed and they are start showing colours. All is looking great. Dec 9 Second watering for this week 7 ltr beetwen both. Runoffs PH 6.4 Even with so much difrence in size of my ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ‘Š girls it seems that they are drinking my juice almost equally. Dec 10 Applied selective defoliation and tied 3 tallest branches of Athena to netting to avoid any potential burns on these beautiful baby colas. It's the end of the week! Thank you all again for such a great support, all the likes, dm's, comments and follows ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’œ Stay tuned for coming week update ๐Ÿ˜โœŒ๏ธ๐Ÿ’š
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It's been a good week for the girls they're stretching into flower real nice. Plant height is 14 to 20 inches. I just got the dripper setup going at the end of the week and will be fussing with it till I'm happy. I will be watching the ph and ppm's in the res to make sure they're on point and topping off when needed. Thanks for looking๐Ÿ˜Š
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The little one is catching up and the bigger one is starting to fill out the net
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Como estรกis familia? Yo flipando y es que todo lo que provenga de cheese me encanta, farm cheese del banco genofarm, repleta de polen,parece los Pirineos en pleno enero cuando nieva. Es una cepa increรญble el problema que le veo es su olor penetrante, apesta enserio es muy fuerte su olor, seguimos alimentรกndola con advanced nutrients quitamos todos los adictivos menos overdrive y la base sigue dando caรฑa y si no mirar su color. Todo este proyecto e de agradecerlo a mars hydro que sin ellos no es posible este proyecto, enserio este led es bomba. Ph controlado , humedad por debajo de 50% temperatura entorno a 27 algo alta pero no hay problema alguno. Muchas gracias a todo el equipo de mars hydro de nuevo, agrobeta que aunque no participen los productos en el diario si van hacerlo en un futuro, y gracias a vosotros que sin grow diaries y sin todos vosotros usuarios , tampoco es posible, asรญ que gracias, muy buenos humos ๐Ÿ’จ๐Ÿ’จ๐Ÿ’จ.
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All ladies have grown a lot this week again, with the Blue Dream CBD growing at the rate of about 10 inches a week. That's almost a foot and I will admit to being a bit unprepared for this kind of growth rate, especially given that flowering season will not start until about late July... All said everyone seems healthy and happy. UPDATE - Interesting and unexpected development: the ladies (both Trainwrecks) seem to have flipped into flowering. I have no idea how this happened at this time of year. The seeds were not planted under lights, the plants have been sunlight only since they sprouted. Perhaps this explains the crazy growth all plants have been exhibiting. I'm keeping a close eye out on the two others to see if the same happens. Any thoughts?
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Week 2 Light cycle=22/2 Light power=86w=36% Extractor controller settings High temp= 24c Low temp= c Temp step=0c High Rh= 70% Low Rh= % Rh step=0% Speed max=5 Speed min=1 Smart controller settings (during lights on). Lights on= 02.00am Radiator on= below 19c Radiator off= above 20c Humidifier on= below 64% Humidifier off= above 67% Dehumidifier on= not in use Dehumidifier off= not in use Smart controller settings (during lights off). Lights off=00.00am Radiator on= below 16c Radiator off= above 18c Humidifier on= not in use Humidifier off= not in use Dehumidifier on= not in use Dehumidifier off= not in use Friday 29/12/23 #3 (Day 8) ๐Ÿ“‹ This is looking strange, the leaves seem to have lots of blemishes, almost like tiger stripes, early leaves do show up weird growth at times so I'll put it down to that. Saturday 30/12/23 #3 (Day 9) ๐Ÿ“‹ Still got strange leaf markings. Was H=8cm D=77cm DLI=19.5 Now H=8cm D=70cm DLI=19.0 10.00pm Switch to 20/4 Light power was=86w=36% Light power still=86w=36% Lowered light by 7cm. Extractor controller settings High temp= 24c Low temp= c Temp step=0c High Rh= 68% Low Rh= % Rh step=0% Speed max=5 Speed min=1 Smart controller settings (during lights on). Lights on=20/4 (04.00am) Radiator on= below 19c Radiator off= above 20c Humidifier on= below 62% Humidifier off= above 65% Dehumidifier on= not in use Dehumidifier off= not in use Smart controller settings (during lights off). Lights off=20/4 (00.00am) Radiator on= below 16c Radiator off= above 18c Humidifier on= not in use Humidifier off= not in use Dehumidifier on= not in use Dehumidifier off= not in use Sunday 31/12/23 (New year's eve) #3 (Day 10) ๐Ÿ“‹ wet the soil. Monday 1/1/24 (New year's day) #3 (Day 11) ๐Ÿ“‹ ๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿ’ง Method= manual Neutralise=0.1ml/L Roots=5ml/L Feed=nutes Volume=200ml Easy Ph down=0 drops/L Ec=0.27PH=6.1/6.2 Time=9.00pm Runoff. Total runoff=45ml Ec=2.5 PH=5.7 ๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿ’ง Tuesday 2/1/24 #3 (Day 12) ๐Ÿ“‹Humidifier didn't come on autopilot. Wednesday 3/1/24 #3 (Day 13) ๐Ÿ“‹ Maybe top tomorrow. Thur 4/1/24 #3 (Day 14)***** ๐Ÿ“‹ โœ‚๏ธ Topped after the 3rd set of leaves (5 fingered). Removed lower leaves and nodes (single fingered). Tomorrow will be the 1st day of 18/6 so altered the light at 10.00pm Light power was 86w 36% Light power now 120w 50% Was H=10cm D=67cm DLI=18.9 Now H=10cm D=67cm DLI=22.0 Been another good week, she is still sporting some cool tiger stripes on some of the leaves. She has been topped so I should have 4 main colas, I may top some of them further down the line. Back soon. Take it easy.