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Week 4: Growth Spurts and New Challenges Continued Growth and Health As we move into the fourth week, the plants are showing impressive growth. Their leaves are a lush, vibrant green, and the stems are becoming stronger. The transition to the larger 11-liter fabric pots has clearly paid off, providing the roots with ample space and better aeration. Adjusting Nutrient Levels Given their positive response to the nutrients, I decided to continue with 2/3 of Terra Aquatica Tripart feeding schedule, adjusting slightly to meet their increasing demands. Here's the updated feeding plan for this week: CalMag: 2.5 ml/l (Starting EC before adding nutrients: 0.50 mS/cm) Grow: 1.5 ml/l Bloom: 1.0 ml/l Micro: 0.5 ml/l EC: 1.2 mS/cm (600 ppm PPM-500/TDS) pH: 6.0 Each plant is watered with approximately 20% runoff to ensure there's no nutrient buildup in the coco mix. I will maintain this nutrient level until the pre-flowering stage to avoid the risk of nutrient burn due to over-fertilization. Weather Improvements and Adjustments The weather has been steadily improving, with temperatures expected to rise to around 25ยฐC starting Wednesday, accompanied by abundant sunshine. This upcoming forecast is excellent news for my plants, as I anticipate a final growth spurt before flowering begins. Every centimeter of growth counts at this stage, and I'm optimistic about maximizing their potential under these favorable conditions. Strengthening with Wind Exposure On days with good weather, I move the plants out of the greenhouse to expose them to natural wind. This practice helps strengthen their stems, improving overall stability. Additionally, the wind creates a more challenging environment for pests, helping to keep them at bay. Smart Watering Strategy I only water the plants when the pots feel noticeably lighter. This encourages the roots to search for water, promoting the development of a stronger and more extensive root system. This method helps ensure the plants remain healthy and resilient. Pest Management: Observations and Actions At the beginning of the third week, I noticed dark discolorations on the undersides of some leaves. A few days later, these spots turned into yellow patches. I am still unsure about the cause of these spots. To prevent a potential insect infestation, I sprayed all the leaf surfaces, both top and bottom, with a mildly dosed neem oil mixture. Since then, the spots have not spread further. Because these discolorations are only affecting the lower leaves, they are not causing me significant concern at the moment. Regular inspections and preventive measures are crucial to maintaining the health of the plants and ensuring that any issues are caught early. Decision Against LST At first I have decided against using LST. But some of your comments made me try some LST on two of my plants. I choose Tangie and Gorilla cookies to try out and learn some stuff. Blue dream and Banana purple punch stay without any training. Thanks guys for your advice ๐Ÿ‘ Monitoring and Care My daily routine involves checking the plants every morning and evening. This includes: Monitoring the moisture level of the coco mix. Inspecting the plants for any signs of pests or nutrient deficiencies. Growth Observations The plants are responding well to the controlled environment and balanced nutrition. They are growing rapidly, with new leaves appearing almost daily. The stems are thickening, and the overall structure of the plants is robust and healthy. Looking Ahead As we head into week 4, I am optimistic about the continued growth and health of my plants. The combination of a stable environment, appropriate nutrient levels, and diligent care is proving successful. Iโ€™m excited to see how they progress and adapt as they move closer to the flowering stage. Seeking Feedback and Tips Your feedback and tips are valuable to me! If you have any suggestions on how I can improve my growing techniques or insights based on your own experiences, please feel free to share them in the comments below. Let's grow together!
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Mr-Jones Strawberry Pie Auto by FastBuds ๐Ÿ“โ•ฐโŠฐ๐Ÿ“ยด๐Ÿ“โŠฑโ•ฎ๐Ÿ“โ•ฐโŠฐ๐Ÿ“ยด๐Ÿ“โŠฑโ•ฎ๐Ÿ“โ•ฐโŠฐ๐Ÿ“ยด๐Ÿ“โŠฑโ•ฎ๐Ÿ“โ•ฐโŠฐ๐Ÿ“ยด๐Ÿ“โŠฑโ•ฎ๐Ÿ“ ๐ŸŒžEnvironment - Contenu to work on ensuring that the Humidity stays above 45% ๐Ÿ’ง Feeding - Using "Super Coco" amended soil. compost teas, Dechlorinated H20 PH/6.5 Fish Fertilizer ๐ŸƒTraining / None just keeping things defoliated. ๐Ÿ•ท๏ธ IPM - Will be using Green Cleaner" 1 OZ per Gallon, and CannControl from Mammoth alternating between product each month for Integrated Pest Management. ๐Ÿ’ก"960 Watts of LED's 4x8x8 Custom Grow Closet"๐Ÿ’ก ๐Ÿ“โ•ฐโŠฐ๐Ÿ“ยด๐Ÿ“โŠฑโ•ฎ๐Ÿ“โ•ฐโŠฐ๐Ÿ“ยด๐Ÿ“โŠฑโ•ฎ๐Ÿ“โ•ฐโŠฐ๐Ÿ“ยด๐Ÿ“โŠฑโ•ฎ๐Ÿ“โ•ฐโŠฐ๐Ÿ“ยด๐Ÿ“โŠฑโ•ฎ๐Ÿ“ Rambling - Ending week 12 here, this lady is doing well, will be harvesting Next Saturday, I feel she will not pack on more bud weight however the trichomes still need a bit longer! ๐Ÿ“โ•ฐโŠฐ๐Ÿ“ยด๐Ÿ“โŠฑโ•ฎ๐Ÿ“โ•ฐโŠฐ๐Ÿ“ยด๐Ÿ“โŠฑโ•ฎ๐Ÿ“โ•ฐโŠฐ๐Ÿ“ยด๐Ÿ“โŠฑโ•ฎ๐Ÿ“โ•ฐโŠฐ๐Ÿ“ยด๐Ÿ“โŠฑโ•ฎ๐Ÿ“ โ–ถ๏ธMonday 02.01.21 / Watered w/ Dechlorinated H20 PH 5.8 / 6.2 โ–ถ๏ธTuesday 02.02.21 / Watered w/ Dechlorinated H20 PH 5.8 / 6.2 โ–ถ๏ธWednesday 02.03.21 / Watered w/ Dechlorinated H20 PH 5.8 / 6.2 โ–ถ๏ธThursday 02.04.21 / Watered w/ Dechlorinated H20 PH 5.8 / 6.2 โ–ถ๏ธFriday 02.05.21 / Watered w/ Dechlorinated H20 PH 5.8 / 6.2 โ–ถ๏ธSaturday 02.06.21 / Watered w/ Dechlorinated H20 PH 5.8 / 6.2 โ–ถ๏ธSunday 02.07.21 / Watered w/ Dechlorinated H20 PH 5.8 / 6.2 ๐Ÿ“โ•ฐโŠฐ๐Ÿ“ยด๐Ÿ“โŠฑโ•ฎ๐Ÿ“โ•ฐโŠฐ๐Ÿ“ยด๐Ÿ“โŠฑโ•ฎ๐Ÿ“โ•ฐโŠฐ๐Ÿ“ยด๐Ÿ“โŠฑโ•ฎ๐Ÿ“โ•ฐโŠฐ๐Ÿ“ยด๐Ÿ“โŠฑโ•ฎ๐Ÿ“ SOIL MIX COCO - 70/30% Tupur Royal Gold 30 GALLON WORM CASTINGS 5 GALLON LOBSTER COMPOST 5 GALLON PERLITE 6 GALLON INSECT FRASS 2 CUP ORGANICALLY DONE GROW 5 CUPS BUILD A SOIL COCO MINERAL MIX 6 CUPS
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Beutiful hard diesel, she's growing super fast and looks like she's even happier after the transplant to her definitive 11l pot, let's see how this wonderful lady keeps developing, she's being fed with nothing but water since I grow using Florian's living organics (living soil blend) tomorrow this wonderful lady is gonna be flipped into flower finally. As said this lady has been flipped into flower under the light schedule 12-12 on February 15th so now we're gonna se a beautiful stretch before actual flower starts
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Flowering week 9 ๐ŸŒผ๐ŸŒผ๐ŸŒผ๐ŸŒผ๐ŸŒผ๐ŸŒผ๐ŸŒผ๐ŸŒผ๐ŸŒผ
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๐ŸŒธ๐ŸŒธ๐ŸŒธ ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’š
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STRAWBERRY NUGGETS (Mephisto Genetics) 42 days from sprout. Decent height growth this week for a shorter plant. Nice dark green bushy leaves.
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Another week of rain storms! She was a trooper and stuck through all the wind and rain! Starting to see some good secondary growth from the LST. Shes bushing up so quicly, so i removed some more big fan leaves that were blocking some sunlight to the middle of the plant.
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Welcome to the beginning of week 13. LSD is tripping happily and healthy. Not much else to report about this girl at the moment. Thanks for taking a look at my grow ๐Ÿ‘ฝ๐ŸŒณ
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Amazing old school strain. Cakes to the stem and oily to the touch. All buds are rock hard and freakin hand size. Taste is of harsh lemon while some are more haze. Both pheno tastes are great imo. This turned out great and would grow again in the future. If only trimming were easier with this one.
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They have started to stop their stretch and started to work on the flowers! You can already see trichromes starting to show some cover! You can smell the terpenes getting stronger by the day! Itโ€™s another level of excitement from here! Stay tuned.
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Creo que falta poco. Cometรญ un error en unos riegos los cuales no verifique pH y bueno demostrรณ carencia de calcio y magnesio por lo que creo
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She is the baby of all my plants. When sheโ€™s hungry she will out of nowhere have her leaves look down. As soon as sheโ€™s fed, in 10 minutes sheโ€™s back to normal. Great smell. Good tops, great bud production at the bottom. Bottom wants to follower purple so badly but plant doesnโ€™t want to yet
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The plants grew well this week, as did all the clones. Any extra rooted clones have been planted outdoors as a further experiment. We moved all the clones into a Veg room. Even though the large room is not in flower and still also in veg, we had to separate the plants due to lack of space. Also setting up for mother, clones and SOG in the future. The plants were defoliated and training continued. There are 2 weeks of Veg left hoping to have some very large plants for flowering. Aiming for large flowers.
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This one come in on top of my list, buds are fat and covered in tricomes also it has a lovely stench! Great autoflower genetics! Harvest 9weeks from seed
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Hey guys :-) The lady has developed very nicely this week ๐Ÿ‘. They were planted in their 8 liter pot where they can now really take root again. Depending on what time is left in the vegi phase, you might be trained :-) . Otherwise everything was cleaned and checked. Have fun and stay healthy ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ You can buy this Nutrients at : https://greenbuzzliquids.com/en/shop/ With the discount code: Made_in_Germany you get a discount of 15% on all products from an order value of 100 euros. ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ You can buy this strain at : Clearwater Seeds Water ๐Ÿ’ง ๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿ’ง Osmosis water mixed with normal water (24 hours stale that the chlorine evaporates) to 0.2 EC. Add Cal / Mag to 0.4 Ec Ph with Organic Ph - to 5.8 - 6.5 MadeInGermany
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Day 119. Will update later. This grow is almost finished .... Jar day - all is done, now cure left. Happy Growing !!! P.S. if you are searching for Killer Kush, she got separate diary, my favourite of all 3 strains.
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~ WEDDING CHEESECAKE FAST FLOWER by FastBuds ~ Well fam, here we go again with another epic strain from FastBuds Fast Flowering stable. After having such tremendous success growing their Gorilla Cookies Fast Flower outdoors last year, I've decided to run another of their fast flowering strains outdoors this year... Wedding Cheesecake Fast Flower! The best description of this awesome cultivar comes directly from my friends at FastBuds which is as follows: "A delight for the mind and body: Wedding Cheesecake FF (Fast-Flowering) is a delicious strain that offers XXL yields in a 7-8 weeks flowering cycle. This terpene powerhouse produces loads and loads of mouth-watering vanilla-creamy-cookie-scented terps with hints of citrus and cinnamon. In addition to its delicious aromas, this variety grows very well in both indoor and outdoor setups, yielding up to 650 g/m2 without extra maintenance, making it the ideal strain for beginners as it allows you to maximize yields while minimizing work. This super-fast feminized photoperiod version offers upbeat and energetic yet deeply relaxing effects that are perfect for consumers looking for a heavily focused, motivating, and creative high. Itโ€™s the ideal strain for those needing that extra energy boost to start a busy day on the right foot. Wedding Cheesecake FF boasts chunky, large-sized buds with a thick layer of silvery-white resin and bright orange hairs scattered all over: that just screams โ€˜qualityโ€™. The lime-green flowers sparkle with an array of hues ranging from dark to light green, to magenta and purple, and reek of a delicious aroma thatโ€™ll remind you of fresh store-bought cheesecake. This is an XXL hybrid that grows extremely tall in height, reaching up to 3m with one huge main cola and multiple long side branches that can withstand enormous yields of up to 650 g/m2 with ease. Wedding Cheesecake FF is extremely resilient to the elements and can be grown in almost every climate as long as youโ€™ve got the space and basics covered, making her an excellent choice for those looking for large-scale harvests with a quick turnaround time without much effort." ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Setup: This is going to be an outdoor grow, but I have started the Wedding Cheesecake FF indoors as our weather is still too cold to put her outside (nighttime temp's dipping regularly into the 30'sโ„‰). The plan is simple... let her grow inside under a 19/5 light schedule until the nighttime temperatures stay above the mid 40'sโ„‰, at which point she'll be moved outside and transplanted into the soil which I have already setup and inoculated with beneficial microbes, and then let the fun begin!๐Ÿคช๐Ÿ’š ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Weekly Updates: 5/10- Week Seven for the FastBuds Wedding Cheesecake Fast Flower and she is doing exceptionally well! Our weather has been rather cool and damp, with showers on and off every 2-3 days which has taken care of my watering chores. 5/12- I top dressed the Wedding Cheesecake FF today with 2 cups of Gaia Green 4-4-4 All Purpose and 1/2g of worm castings. After top dressing and working the amendmants into the soil, I watered it in via garden hose with well water. 5/14- Today I decided to begin training the Wedding Cheesecake FF through the trellis net. After being topped previously, the two shoots are approximately 8" long now and when I went to spread them apart to feed them through the trellis squares I inadvertently broke one of them almost completely off where it joined the main stem. I immediately taped it back in place and also secured it to the trellis net to give it an extra measure of stability. Fingers crossed ๐ŸคžI'll know by tomorrow if my tape job was a success, or if I am going to lose part of the plant. 5/16- Well, my tape job was a shining success!๐Ÿคฉ The Wedding Cheesecake FF exhibited zero stress from the injury and the broken branches leaves are all up and 'praying'! Seven weeks on the books for this lady and the fun has yet to begin... Stay tuned!๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ Thank you for checking out my diary, your positive comments and support make it all worthwhile! ๐Ÿ’šGrowers Love!๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ˜Ž๐Ÿ™
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Another good week. Knock on wood. The plants responded very well to drop in the nutrient level. This is the first and second week of the flower cycle. And starting to get some white hairs. They are girls! I decided they needed a haircut and did some major defoliation today. Thereโ€™s some pictures before and after.
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Bought at 4x4 tent so I'm out of my closet plants seem to be happier in fox farm soil so still just water ph 6.2 zittles auto is in first week of flower smaller than I thought but looks good will probably never grow an auto again there more expensive where I live than photo periods also won some auto flower pollen so im pollinating the zittles with kush von stich
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Everything is going well it seems. She has really shown a ton of pistil growth in the past few days. I'm going to top dress with some buildaflower when it arrives this week, and then lay down some rice hulls. I've also got a time-lapse pointed at the Double Grape and will post it at the end of the week. Happy growing everyone. 11/15- End of week six, top dressed with BuildaSoil Craft Blend and BuildaFlower as well. Added rice hulls for cover crop. Also added the timelapse for the week.