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July 20: smoke arrived this morning to go with our heat wave. Awesome. Extra watering, misting air, and wetting the sides of the grow bags with hose water to keep things cooler and hydrated. So far so good in the heat. Did foliar spray of Extreme Blend and potassium silicate. Also note that for all my grows I use apple cider vinegar for pH adjustment and a Dr Bronners liquid soap as a wetting agent (surfactant). Euphoria is doing great, but to ensure that it finishes early enough for this latitude (53N) where the UV light gets very weak after mid-August, I’m starting the force flowering tonight. Already starting to flower but I want a strong flower set and as much flower growth under strong sunlight as possible. Force flowering schedule is 2-3 weeks of in dark garage at 9 pm followed by 730 nm far red light and then back out at 7 am. The light initiates dark mode 2 h faster so it’s like having a 26 h day. Good trick use as a bloom booster, also moves up the finish 2-4 weeks. So, 10+2 is 12 h dark and 14 h daylight. Might sound bogus but it works. July 21: first night of force flowering caused a big stretch. Notably stretched after darkness in hot garage overnight. Hot outside overnight too but was much hotter inside garage and recorded here as 24 C. Seems okay and high overnight temperature might be ideal at this early flowering stage. Warm overnight temperatures continue for a few more days. July 22: record hot overnight low forecast for tonight of 24 C and feels like 27 C with humidity. Wow, that is really incredible for here and 13 C above historic average. July 26: six days into flowering and she is doing fine. 👍👍
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Mantengo luz al 75% y pulverizo bloom foliar de floraflex. Inicio pequeñas defoliaciones en ramas bajas. Siguen creciendo fuertes y sanas, han estirado mucho esta semana.
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The girls are really starting to fruit up, they have been on 10 scoops of flower food per week and this past week we added one scoop of flower finisher to the mix. Their feeding has been split into two days so as not to flood the plants with nutrients and burn the leaves. This means they still get their 10 scoops but in 5 scoop intervals. Watering has been every 2 days because of the 12/12 light schedule the soil doesn't dry out as quickly. The buds are getting massive on the White Widow plant, they are getting to be too heavy for the branches so I have begun to support the lower branches by tying them up to the main stem. I am using a plant wire so that as the plant moves and grows it isn't constricted. You can see the green supports in the newest pictures I uploaded. I also began thinning out the fan leaves so that all of the plants energy can be focused on the bud growth regions. I began removing the larger fan leaves that were blocking light to the bud regions. You can see how the plants are less bushy now. This should provide some low stress to the plants and boost bud production. Continued to thin out the fan leaves today. Made a lot of progress, now all of the bud sites should be receiving light. We also began a new fertilizer. I added a flower finisher into the mix with the Build A Bloom 2-10-5 flower food. Starting with just a 2 scoops mixed into the other flower food from pride lands. Cut down the pride lands scoops to 3 per serving to balance out with the new 2 scoops of flower food. This will keep me at 1 scoop per gallon of media per plant per week.
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Well, these girls are well on their way into bloom. They are really stacking it on since the addition of the worm castings. I strongly suggest everyone use worm castings in your soil mixes, even if you are using salt-based nutrients.
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So she grew another 26cm this week!!!!!!! But that means the flowering stretch is coming to an end. Her flowers are starting to form nicely. They look really dense at this early stage. Can't wait to see what she's like in a few weeks.
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Hey now, hope everyone is having a great weekend. Not much to report on the Sundae Driver, she smells amazing, just kidding. I am feeding her with a syringe just plain water every 2-3 days and just lightly around the edge of the solo cup. I then go by weight of the cup to avoid over feeding. I will hopefully transplant to a solo cup in 7-10 days if all goes well. This is my first run with Royal Queen Seeds Genetics but I have smoked the hell out of some sundae driver genetics in the past and they were some of the best tasting nugs you could ever ask for. I plan to build a mainline and flip to 12/12 as soon as all 5 mainlines are built, hopefully around week 7. This Medic Grow light is perfect for a 5X5, and the AC Infinity 8" exhaust does an excellent job of keeping the tent cool. I will set up an auto feeding system which consists of a reservoir, and some 1/2" tubing that is hooked to a submersible pump in the reservoir and set to feed for 1 minute every 6 hours through halo feeders connected to ball valves to adjust the flow. The runoff then flows via gravity to a 5 gallon bucket in the tent with a shallow pan condensate pump that pumps the runoff out of the tent when it gets above 3 inches to another reservoir. I have been growing fruit and vegetables for over 40 years and I have recently switched to high frequency fertigation in Coco Coir for my tomatoes as well, as I believe this growth medium combined with this technique is the safest, most environment friendly, and foolproof method of getting monster yields no matter what crop you are growing, and I have seen massive results in both cannabis and tomatoes. My goal is to have these ladies transplanted by around day 14-17, and have the first toppings done within 48 hours or so of transplant. I hope everyone has a safe and peaceful weekend. Thanks for stopping by, Stay Safe and Blaze On!!! 💪 Website: https://medicgrow.com/ https://growdiaries.com/grower/medicgrowled
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Struggling a touch with cold temps at day and night but now swapped the 400mh for a 600hps for the last few days of veg to up temps a touch. Will initiate flower in a couple of days and all looks good. Limited height room in this chamber so plants are a little smaller than I normally would have liked.
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Welcome to 📅Day 15 of veg 3/29/2021 she is fully recovered from my micro top and growing fast under the MH TS 1000. I'm not going the change much at this point nutrient wise as she is doing good and she is still small. Update 📅Day 17 of veg 3/31/2021 well it looks like she is growing fast and strong I'm very happy with the MH TS 1000 I have high hopes. I decided that at this point I can increase the light output to 60% that gives me a LUX of around 20,000 LUX 💡. The light intensity is much higher then the AGLEX at this point now with the AGLEX light not able to hit 20,000 LUX 💡 without the bloom switch on and I am going to wait till next week for that Update 📅Day 19 of veg 4/2/2021 she is growing fast and I'm very happy with her progress. I installed the trellis net just above the canopy and over night she is through it lol. Can't wait to see how she does in flower under the Mars Hydro TS 1000💡, at this point I wish I had 2 TS 1000💡 so I could just run them. that's it for this weeks updates as as always Happy growing🍃 and keep you stick on the ice 🏒
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FOR EVERYTHING MARS HYDRO VISIT: www.mars-hydro.com www.marshydroled.ca PROMO CODE: rocknroll VISIT THE ALIEXPRESS STORE: @marshydro_aliexpress Instagram: @marshydropenny Thanks for taking the time to read and check out my diary🤜🤛 TS3000 FEATURES: WIDEBAND SUNLIGHT FULL SPECTRUM LED GROW, Infinite close to natural sun light, suit for all plants whole stages indoor growing, rapid plant response from seed to flower, achieve maximum quality and quantity, much better than traditional HPS grow systems. HIGH REFLECTIVE & NOISE FREE-Fanless LIGHT BOARDS design will make your growing life easy and quiet, quickly heat dispersing material aluminum reducing light lost to aisles and walls, increase the light intensity up to 20%, allowing your plants receive more energy and without burning your plants for maximum headroom. 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Low Energy-Consuming LED Grow Light: Consuming 300w and also mounted with 1016 chips, TS3000 has the ability to replace a 450w HPS light while reducing 40% power intake. High Efficiency LED Grow Light: With overall light output PPF 343umol/S as well as amazing PPE 2.3 umol/j, it's 50% even more photon efficient and can assure a 30% more return than the old HPS/MH lights. Patent Highly-Reflective Hood Shape: The reflector design on TS3000 is patented, which can effectively gather the light dispersed in all directions to enhance its light intensity as well as assist plants in absorbing more light. Full Spectrum Plants Favorite Spectra: By the unique mix of spectra that makes most light in the 400-700nm waveband, incredibly conducive to plant photosynthesis. Adequate IR(730-740nm) is additionally consisted of in the range to generate larger buds. Dimming And Daisy Chain Feature Available: Upon an independent dimming button on the external driver, backing 0-100% settings adaptation and up to 30 LEDs daisy-chained in a group, it supplies different light levels for various plant stages meanwhile saving energy. Safety Certifications And Service Warranty: CE, ETL, RoHS, UKCA security certifications accepted, 50,000 hours durability, 5-year service warranty, and local after-sales repair 5x5 GROW TENT: LOCK ALL LIGHT INSIDE MARS HYDRO Indoor Grow Tent interior is made of diamond mylar which is highly reflective. (Other brand's mylar and reflective rate is as low as 50%, won't provide efficient light. )MARS HYDRO 1680D canvas, being double stitched, it is tear proof and has perfect light locking. Mars Hydro's grow tent keeps 100% lighting beams inside and helps your plant absorb more lights. EXTRA-THICK --No light leaks or rips at all DURABILITY GROW TENT Stable metal corner adapters and poles are the trustful supporters of the tent, standing sturdy, neither rusting nor paint-falling, quick easy tool-free installation. Mars Hydro's heavy-duty metal zippers, with double layer black lining, are the best on the market which create a light-proof seal EASY OBSERVATION FOR YOUR PLANTS. Special observation windows are made by double layers of cloth. Observe the growing conditions of your plants without opening the tent and avoid disturbing plants. The observation window also serves to dissipate heat and ventilate air AUTOMATIC 6 INCH EXHAUST FAN KIT W/ CONTROLLER: Mars Hydro 6'' Inline Fan uses a mixed-flow design to maintain peak performance in a high static pressure environment. GROW TENT FAN: MARS HYDRO inline fans are designed to ventilate hydroponic grow rooms, transfer heating/cooling, cool AV closets, and exhaust odors. 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Hello this is the end of week 3 and the beginning of week 4 of veg. These girls seem a little wilty, The soil is wet. I think the light might be a bit too strong for them. It's at 45% I'll turn it down 5% and see how they are tomorrow. They look good though. Nice green leaves. I'm topping them this week to get more tops going. And they get a tomato cage each too, to push the branches out and something to tie the big bud to. OK. Have Fun Out There. Chuck.
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Info: Unfortunately, I had to find out that my account is used for fake pages in social media. I am only active here on growdiaries. I am not on facebook instagram twitter etc All accounts except this one are fake. Have fun with the update. Hey everyone 😀. Another nice week goes by with a great development :-). Next week it will be placed in the flower chamber with a time interval of 12/12 hours. 1 g of GHSC enhancer was added per liter of water. I sprayed neem oil again as a preventive measure, hence the dark shine :-) The tent was completely cleaned and the humidifier was refilled. I wish you all the best 🙏🏻 You can buy this Strain at : https://www.zamnesia.com/de/4532-zamnesia-seeds-gorilla-glue-feminisiert.html Type: Gorilla Glue ☝️🏼 Genetics: Chem's Sister x Chocolate Diesel 50% Sativa/50% Indica 👍 Vega lamp: 2 x Todogrow Led Quantum Board 100 W 💡 Bloom Lamp : 2 x Todogrow Led Cxb 3590 COB 3500 K 205W 💡💡☝️🏼 Soil : Canna Coco Professional + ☝️🏼 Fertilizer: Green House Powder Feeding ☝️🏼🌱 Water: 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 5.5 - 5.8 .
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Lowered the time by another hour last week and they seem to be flowering under 14 and 10. Nice smell coming off them now, haven't given bloom yet but I plan to tommorow I think.
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Progress and Observations In week 6 of flowering, my plants are displaying significant development. The buds are swelling noticeably, and resin production is increasing, filling the grow area with a rich aroma. Weather Conditions and Plant Health Unfortunately, the weather in Germany has turned to consistent rain over the next five days, which is less than ideal for the final growth phase. To protect the plants, I've moved them into the greenhouse full-time. This controlled environment shields them from adverse weather conditions, ensuring stable conditions for continued growth. Pest Management I'm pleased to report minimal pest issues thus far. Nightly patrols continue to manage the snail population effectively, supported by lettuce leaf traps. There have been no signs of spider mites, aphids, or thrips, providing relief. With the ongoing rainy weather, I remain vigilant against potential snail problems. Low-Stress Training (LST) Update The plants I trained with LST have responded positively and continue to develop well. I did some more LST to maximize light to the colas. The canopy remains even, and the bud sites are receiving ample light, allowing for a slight upward stretch to maximize bud growth during these final weeks of flowering. I try not to cut off any fan leaves because I think they're here for a reason. I like to tug them behind the steam or the side branches. Only if the leaves show significant signs of illness or pest then I remove them. Looking Ahead As we move further into the flowering stage, my focus will be on maintaining optimal conditions to maximize bud development and resin production. I am also diligently monitoring the humidity levels in the greenhouse, as this is crucial for preventing mold growth. The plants are looking promising, and I’m excited to see how they progress in the coming weeks. Update 03.07 What is noticeable is that both untrained plants are entering the full flowering mode faster than the trained ones. Have you had similar experiences? Update 05.07 Today I checked the girls and found the Banana purple punch with the top leaves starting to curl down. After asking the community I found out that everything looks like a starting nitrogen toxicity. But only on that plant. Seems kind of strange that the others having no issues at all despite having the same amount of nutes. I decided to treat the symptoms a once so I flushed with 5l PH water. The first runoff was a little lower (5.5 / EC 1.09) but not really concerning. Afterwards I give the plant the half amount of the tripart flowering scheme (with added CalMag 2 ml/l PH 6.2). Thanks again to AsNoriu and Hashy Stay tuned for updates and like always, feel free to give feedback about things I can improve🍀🥦
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Week 8 - Bolt 2 (Flower Week 2) SB4Q - BOG Sour Bubble (BOG Bubble BX2) Sour Bubble - BOG Seeds (BOG Bubble x BOG Bubble) Harvest Window: Early Harvest: 52 ± 5 Days (7.4 Flower Weeks) 8 - 18 March 2023 or Late Harvest: 84 ± 5 Days in Flower (12 Week Flowering) 7 - 17 April 2023 Veg Week Start of Week: [ 2023-02-08, BSBQ4 56:F:9:1] End of Week: [ 2023-02-14, SB4Q 62:F:9:7] HeightWeekStart: [ 8.5, in] HeightWeekEnd: [ 9.0, in] #Last Topping GERMINATION: 2022-12-16T14:25:51-0600 Week’s Environment TempAvgMaxMin: [ x, y, z, °F] RHAvgMaxMin: [ x, y, z, %] VPDAvgMaxMin: [ x, y, z, kPa] LightDistance: [ 21.5, in] LightDimmer: [ 50 + 2 ticks, %] LightPPFD: [ 786, µmol/m2/s] # 2/3 the way to 1000 PPFD at the center ~r ReservoirTemperature: [ 56.5, ±1.5, °F] Fertigation The Rooted Leaf Hydro Chart: - [ Primer A, 8.6, ml, gal] - [ Primer B, 8.6, ml, gal] - [ Silica Skin, 4.3, ml, gal] - EC: 2.5 13, 13, 6.5 pA, pB, Ss, Lush green 4.3, 4.3, 3.25, 3 7, 7, 3.5 Fertigation The Rooted Leaf Hydro Chart: - [ Primer A, 28, ml, 3 gal] - [ Primer B, 28 ml, 3 gal] - [ Silica Skin, 13, ml, 3 gal] The Rooted Leaf Foliar Chart: Monday: Solar Rain: 20, ml, gal Silica Skin: 20, ml, gal Mammoth-P: [ 3, drops, pt] Wednesday: CalMag Fuel: 20, ml, gal Lush Green: 5, ml, gal Mammoth-P: [ 3, drops, pt] Friday: Solar Rain: 20, ml, gal Mammoth-P: [ 3, drops, pt] Peak Bloom: 5, ml, gal ___________________ Wed 08 February 2023 BSBQ4 56:F:9:1, 6:B:1:6 Thu 09 February 2023 BSBQ4 57:F:9:1, 7:B:1:7 Fri 10 February 2023 BSBQ4 57:F:9:1, 8:B:2:1 Sat 11 February 2023 BSBQ4 57:F:9:1, 9:B:2:2 Sun 12 February 2023 BSBQ4 57:F:9:1, 10:B:2:3  - Defoliated 3rd Node Fans, as they were hanging and blocking understory air flow - Installed Copper Core Wire trainers to spread final 2 nodes of 4 meristems. - Raised Lamp to LightDistance: [ 14.5, in] - Adjusted dimmer to yield - Center: [ 885, µmol/m2/s] - Corners: [ 530, µmol/m2/s]   ___________________ Mon 13 February 2023 BSBQ4 57:F:9:1, 11:B:2:4 Tue 14 February 2023 BSBQ4 57:F:9:1, 12:B:2:5
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Been a minute since I’ve posted. Quick update as I’m finishing rebuilding the grow room. Feeding in pure coco 1 time a day 600ml…they are in gallon pots. They’ve doubled in size in 2 weeks! Almost done, low rise flood tables will be here next week and let’s hope for set it and forget it results 🤞
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The ladies got new shoes today. The went from 3 gal to 5g. In this soil mix is based with nectar of the gods #4 soil with added mykos, azos, recharge, roots organics terp tea mix, potassium silicate, fresh worm castings.
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I had a good harvest set up, in order to keep everything sterile. The drying went good and steady with converting my grow tent to dry tent. -Humidity through drying 53-58% RH -Temp a bit high 18-23 10 days of drying Very satisfied with this grow as my first grow. I said i would be more than happy with 100g (dry and trimmed) and i weighted in 95.9g PLUS about 5grams i plan to smoke now 😇 So very happy. Currently in curing jars Not harsh taste, even with no curing. Nice and fruity and a deep high. I will test the THC levels after curing and update my blog. This will def not be my last grow. I had a lot of fun Thanks to everyone on growdiaries that has been giving me pointers and tips 🙏 👉*Btw. I was growing with a "Viparspectra V300" LED through Veg and flower