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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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What's up Growmies🤟🏽. Week # 8 is in the books🙌🏾 Hello week #9💪🏾 I went a little overboard on pictures this week, they are so happy and healthy that I got carried away. I know we are supposed to post pictures with the lights off, however it's something about the contrast it gives with the lights on that makes it look sexy to me😁. I have had to tie the stalks of both White LSD plants due to heavy sagging. I'm noticing with this strain the stalks seem to topple over even though the buds are far from fully developed. A trellis net probably would be ideal however I hate them. They are easy to put on but very difficult to take off come harvest. I use garden wire and string them as if they are puppets being controlled by the puppet master🤪. I continue my feeding schedule with the recommended "bloom" concoction using general hydroponics Flora series trio. I give them 1 liter every 3 days. I have them on a 2 to 2 cycle (feed them twice with nutes and then twice with plan water) I keep the p.h. around 6.1 to 6.6. Temps and humidity are in the perfect range I'm enjoying it while it last because spring and summer in VA makes it difficult to keep the humidity in check. All in all everything is going well for me and my ladies. I hope the same for all of you. Until next week my friends Happy Growing 🤟🏽 and may the grow goddesses bless you all with a bountiful harvest 💪🏾
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So bad new 🤦‍♂️🏾 One of the plants were a male and I have do get rid of it 🤦‍♂️🏾 Good news my othe female is doing great and I have 3 clones that are good 1 SD1 (male) and 2 SD2 (female) I have some good plans for these clones in the future 🔥💪🏾
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@Dynab000
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Perfect and easy to grow, thankful no pests this round. Had no issues at all. It was such and easy grow and will definitely grow this again. Love it
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@Njaak
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So WHY is this auto taking so damn long to mature??? Is this normal? It's my first hydro grow, but my wife's soil grow started after mine (more than a week) + was grown in the exact same room .... but has been harvested over the past TWO weeks. Thoughts? Not much needed doing this week. Did a huge trim mid week that was posted to a mid week update in last week's diary entry. She didn't like it at first but then bounced back pretty well. I think I have a very slight touch of nutrient burn on some of the tips, but it could also be a touch dry as we're having a hard time keeping the room over 40% humidity as the outdoor temps here are stupid cold recently. Hoping to harvest in 2 weeks or so.. but could be longer. Urgh. She's a big, bountiful, heat-loving lady that's finally a under a bit of vegetative control... but apparently REALLY likes to take things slow.
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I installed a drip system, which I will use if necessary. It's a new year ahead, so a drip system is needed 😁 We are finishing the last week of vegetation.
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So I received some fastflowering testers from the amazing fastbuds I cannot wait for these girls too show themselves and start growing 🌱 Thank you so much too the fastbuds team I'm very excited too see what they become 🤞 👀🙏 I have not yet decided which nutrients too use between shogun and aptus but I may use both let's see. hope you will feel comfortable too advise as I go along any comments are welcome. Any aptus nutrients users please feel free on giving tips as I think I will be using aptus Stay blessed growmies 🙏🌱💚
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Hiiigh friends 🙌 Welcome to week 9. 😍 The plant's sun protection becomes more and more present and the odor becomes stronger. The tall lady is now the smallest but has the fatter buds. It remains exciting.. 😊 See you next week. 👋 Arturo for KannaKullektiv 🙏
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OG 4Q24 Flower Week 5 (Plant Week 8) Orangegasm (Fem) [ IRIE Genetics ] 12/12 @ Bolt (Day 21) Germination: 20 November 2024 #3A Earliest Harvest Date: 9 February 2025 #3B Latest Harvest Date: 19 February 2025 _________________________________________ Start of Week: [Wed Jan 8, 2024 CR2 4Q24 29:F:4:1] End of Week: [Tue Jan 14, 2024 CR2 4Q24 35:F:4:7] OrangeGasm Fertigation: - MAX: EC: [ 2.7, mS] - LightIntensity Optimal: [ 850, µMol/m2/s] ______________________________________ Lighting Strategy - As we’ve 3 Distinct Levels, Tops, Mediums, Bottoms - Our tops are within 15” of the light, the Mains 25” - GOAL is to Reduce LIGHT DISTANCE, as Long as TOPS are NOT LIGHT DISTRESSED. - Tops will be 1200+ µMol/m2/s - Mediums ~ 850 µMol/m2/s - Bottoms: 500 µMol/m2/s We Want OPTIMAL (850 µMol/m2/s) At the SECONDARIES of TALLEST PLANTS. - Secondaries are the stems with flowers emerging from the Two Mains - ~ 12 - 14 Flowers per STEM. __ Wed Jan 8, 2025 OG 4Q24 29:F:4:1 Refresh Reservoir, 4 Gallons Filtered/pH’d TAP Water, ph: 7.2, EC: 0.3 mS/cm   Environment Temp: RH: VPD: PPFD: EC: [ 2.7, mS/cm] Evaluating Runoff EC vs CHOSEN EC (Delta EC) ∆: - IDEAL: Within 200 ppm, ≤ 0.4, mS/cm - Acceptable: 200 - 300 ppm, ≤ 0.4 - 0.6 mS/cm. - CAUTION: 300 - 400 ppm, ≤ 0.6 - 0.8 mS/cm - DANGER: 400 ppm, 0.8 mS/cm - [x] Post Grow Diaries Refresh Reservoir: - [x] Primer A&B: [ 72.1, ml] - [x] SLF-100: [ 40, ml] - [x] pH UP: [ 1, ml/gal] - [x] Photosynthesis Plus: [ 24, ml] - [x] 4 Gal Filtered Tap, pH’d to 7.4, EC: 0.3 - No Silica until we have 2 MORE Days Clear Filter (Xeribird Manifold Filter) - EC: [ 2.7, mS/cm] Monitor Filter - [x] Some indication of beginning PSP film (Started PSP Today)
IF THIS Continues - it’s PSP … ;-( Runoff: - [x] 2 Gallons. # We ran 2 Extra Minutes, adding 50% to the overall feed. IFF 30 seconds delivers ~380 ml, then the 2 Minutes yields a couple more gallons . . . We’ll Know THURSDAY NIGHT (No Add’l Fertigation Events beyond programmed 8). - [x] EC: 3.5 - [x] EC Delta: 0.8 (400 ppm) # CAUTION LEVEL __ Thu Jan 9, 2025 OG 4Q24 30:F:4:2 Reclaim Dehu # @1400 - [x] 1 Gal Refresh Reservoir: 1 Gal Dehu - Primer A&B: [ 20, ml] - SLF-100: [ 5, ml] Monitor Filter # @1900 - [x] If Clear Filter - Start Silica . . . - Filter has BARELY any Buildup - But Pink (PSP?) Film. No Affect to Fertigation Runoff - Amount: [ 1, Gal] - EC: [ 3.3, mS] - EC ∆: [ 0.6, mS/cm]: Acceptable REDUCED Fertigation Time to 25 Seconds from 35. __ Fri Jan 10, 2025 OG 4Q24 31:F:4:3 Runoff - 1 Gal, ec: 3.0, ec delta: 0.3-ideal Defoliation - [x] Remove All FAN LEAVES up to the Penultimate Node (Leave TWO Sets of Fans At Top, for now . . .) - [x] Remove FIRST nodes ABOVE TOP, all plants - [x] Pick up 4 Gallons of ‘purified water’ Refresh Reservoir - 2 Gallons, EC: 2.7 - [x] Primer A&B: [ 40, ml] - [x] SLF-100: [ 10, ml] __ Sat Jan 11, 2025 OG 4Q24 32:F:4:4 Runoff - Amount: [ 1250, ml] - EC: [ 3.5, mS/cm] - EC ∆: [ 0.8, mS/cm]: Caution We’ll leave the feed volume at 20 seconds as long as plants are happy. Raise to 25 sec if else. __ Sun Jan 12, 2025 OG 4Q24 33:F:4:5 Reclaim Dehu - [x] [ 1.4, gal] Refresh Reservoir - Amount: [ 1.4, gal] - EC: [ 2.7, mS/cm2] - The Rooted Leaf Primer A&B, SLF-100, Photosynthesis Plus Runoff - Amount: [ 0, ml] - EC: [ n/a, mS/cm] - EC ∆: [ n/a, mS/cm]: Warning __ Mon Jan 13, 2025 OG 4Q24 34:F:4:6 - [x] Defoliate Rear 4 Plants __ Tue Jan 14, 2025 OG 4Q24 35:F:4:7 Runoff: - Amount: [ 2, L] - EC: [ 4.0, mS] - EC∆: [ 1.3, mS/cm2]: DANGER - [x] Raise Fertigation to 40 Seconds per Event - [x] Reclaimed 1 Gal Dehu - [x] Res Refresh 1 Gal @ 2.7 mS/cm2 - [x] Primer A&B, SLF-100. - [x] Cleaned Manifold Filter with H2O2 - The Bio film embeds in the mesh. Has to be destroyed to remove it seems. Replaced and Checked
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Han tenido un crecimiento óptimo, sin complicaciones, han reaccionado estupendamente bien al estimulador de floración Delta 9, tanto foliar, como en riego, se han adaptado bien a la tecnica de LST y desfoliación, se espera que sigan evolucionado de buena manera, los fertilizantes Biobizz se están aplicando en dosis levemente inferiores al máximo estipulado en la tabla del fabricante.
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Going to give her just water for a week or 2 now she seems like she’s done enough now
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So these Cream Cookies were really easy to grow! Almost too easy that I neglected them for a week or so and then found two of them covered in Aphids. We tried everything we could to save #1 & #2 but It was a battle that we eventual lost. They are in a bag in the freezer getting ready to be bubble hash. #3 to my awe and surprise has survived through thick and thin. Good and Bad. And will be my only smokeable "flower" from this run. That said I will run these again but inside in a controlled environment as it seems my FastBud Girls were prone to the aphids and caterpillars. Reguardless I'm super impressed with the structure and just look of the plant overall. Can't wait to smoke #3!!! The frozen bag of hash weighs in at 203g and includes the mutant #3 smoothie auto from my other diary which also was overrun with aphids. *Will update with dry numbers*
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Just got them potted. Plants are in Shock. Removed Damaged Leaves. after Day 1. New growth is standing up and Praying. Flooding every 3 hours. 9/18/2020 had a problem that looked like Cal-Mag issues & overwatering... Was using the tank labels for water marks to tell how much water was in the tank. Discovered that the marks from the factory are wrong. Measured back in exactly 100 Gallons of water and re-nuted the tank. It didn't solve my issue. So I changed the water flood schedule to see if I was overwatering or underwatering. no response from the plants except it was getting worse. After trying things for two days, I "Phoned a friend"... and they suggested to turn the lights down to 25%. BAM! after 20 min or so, there was a positive response and lifting of the leaves... Moral of the story is to start your clones and a lower light setting and gradually bring them up over time. Pics included...
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Ajusted the fertilizer ratios to meet more optimal solution.
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Black Cream stretchig full on flowering. Shes polling up the net. Think i wont train here anymore. Bomberry Glue Really its a diferent kind. Slow started and look at here now. Shes a beauty. Truly Ganja Leaves. Wedding starting to flower. Stretshing good. Started Scrog on here. Purple Couskush looking good. Like how the new branchs are so big for her but still stretching verticaly. Nice genetic nuace. Something to add to newer genetics. Temps are getting up , vents are getting are dry and up VPD goes. trying some foliar to help. Lets see what happens Cheers Brotherhood