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8/21/24 1tsp foundation which is cal mag. 2 tsp bloom and 3 tsp grow. she is a super leafy plant. defoliated quite a bit and cleaned up underneath for the larfy stuff.
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Day 80 for the 54 plant grow. 42 different strains of photoperiods and 12 different autoflower strains in the: 8X8 GROW TENT WITH THE NEW          FC-E6500, FC4800 AND TSW2000 and green buzz all organic/vegan fertilizers🤘. I only pinched the tops on 2 or 3 plants but I defoliated every plant ALOT. it slowed the vertical growth alot but it's exactly what I wanted. I can keep track of the plant sizes, how they grew, how healthy they were, how easy they were to grow and how good the final product is👍 The girls are loving their MARS MANSION and everything is doing good and looking nice and getting bigger👍 lots of hairs clumping up now and they are all getting nice and frosty and starting to stink ALOT. MARS HYDRO ALWAYS GETS EM FROSTY👍.I AM NEVER DISAPPOINTED With how awesome these lights are🤘. KEEP KILLING IT MARS🤘👏👏 BREEDERS AND SEEDS: DIVINE SEEDS: MAZAR, OPIUM, WHITE WIDOW, OG KUSH, PABLO ESCOBAR, DIVINE INDICA. AUTO WHITE WIDOW AUTO PABLO ESCOBAR AUTO WHITE RUSSIAN AUTO FRACTAL AUTO MONTREAL AUTO OPIUM AUTO KABUL AUTO MAZAR. WEEDSEED EXPRESS: GREEN CRACK, GHOST TRAIN HAZE, LITHIUM OG, CHEESE. DOCTORS CHOICE: DC KUSH, AUTO NIAGARA, AUTO ROCK MACHINE. EXOTIC SEEDS: HIPPIE BERRY, MALASANA GELATO, EXOTIC ANIMAL. GENE/MEME SEEDS: BLACK HELL. ORIGINAL SENSIBLE SEEDS: PURPLE PUNCH COOKIES, WEDDING CAKE, PURE KUSH, GORILLA COOKIES. SWEET SEEDS: BLACK JACK, GORILLA GIRL, SWEET ZKITTLES. EMERALD TRIANGLE SEEDS: GORILLA GLUE, MASTODON KUSH. SEEDSMAN SEEDS: BLACK SUGAR, PEYOTE FORUM, PEYOTE WIFI, BADAZZ COOKIES OG, PURPLE GHOST CANDY, STRAWBERRY BANANA GRAPE, L.A. PEYOTE KUSH, PEYOTE WIFI CBD, FUEL DOG, CRITICAL PURPLE KUSH. AMSTERDAM MARIJUANA SEEDS: GIRL SCOUT COOKIES EXTREME, GREEN CRACK. QUEBEC CANNABIS SEEDS: BRUCE BANNER, GREEN CRACK, QUEBEC CBD 20:1. I 💚 GROWING MARIJUANA: SKYWALKER OG, BANANA KUSH, BLUEBERRY CBD. FOR EVERYTHING MARS HYDRO VISIT: www.mars-hydro.com www.marshydroled.ca PROMO CODE: rocknroll VISIT THE ALIEXPRESS STORE: @marshydro_aliexpress Instagram: @marshydropenny https://youtube.com/channel/UChU5ZWwNi-DvnO3oWVU3ceA https://greenbuzzliquids.com/ #greenbuzzliquids @GreenBuzzLiquids https://greenbuzzliquids.com/en/shop/ PROMO CODE: rocknroll https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hEqyS1jPpI https://growdiaries.com/diaries/112437-grow-journal-by-rock-n-roll-randy/week/593118 Thanks for taking the time to read and check out my diary🤜🤛 FC-E6500 LED GROW LIGHT: FC-E6500 grow light with 3978pcs OSRAM BridgeLux Diodes & Moso Driver, market-leading PPF 2.7 µmol/J, Max 2.5g yield/watt with 30% higher Average PPE, more cost-effective when compared to same style type lights. Only consumes 650W, perfectly cover 5x5ft (personal), 4x4ft (commercial) grow space. Innovative Precise Uniform Lighting-Built-in removable bars interval & dimmability enable the exact & dynamic PPFD control over each of the plant growing stages, FC-E6500 detachable bars deliverSuperior Heat Dissipation: Real Aluminum heatsink together with 6 slim profile passive cooled bars (THINNER & LARGER surface) and detachable Meanwell Driver, create less heat. save 50% hydro than other old grow lights! Driver can be mounted remotely on the side of a grow tent/rack or on an adjacent wall to remove heat from grow space. Full Spectrum UV IR LED: With Yield Max spectrum (660nm Osram enhanced Deep Red,2800k-5000k,730-740nm IR,380-410nm UV LEDs), Average PPFD the FC-E6500 LED grow lamp enables cultivators to produce BIG FAT Dense Buds, perfect for full-cycle hydroponic, soil, grow tent/grow room. Dimmable Commercial Grow Light: Cost-efficient, easy dimming & daisy chain With a max up to 20 lights, IP65 Waterproof, master light easily controls the rest. Perfect for commercial & home horticulture. FC4800 LED GROW LIGHT: GET THE MAX FROM MARS👍: Welcome one of  the newest members of the Mars Hydro family🤜🤛🤘. The Mars Hydro FC 4800 480W LED Grow Light can accommodate up to a 4' x 4' area for flowering. It has OVER 2000 LED chips consisting of the best selling Samsung LM301B diodes which has a Luminous Efficacy of: 220 lm/W 0.2 W, 3 V mid power, Osram 660nm Diodes, Infrared light and UV LIGHT👍. It boasts the incredible efficiency of 2.8 µmol/J, maximum 2.5gram yield per watt with 30% higher Average PPFD. This High-intensity spectrum is beneficial for plants at all stages - from veg to bloom, and creates Big dense Buds👍. achieve 50% higher yields & quality compared with the old lights! Only consumes 480W for 4x4ft personal grows, and 3x3ft for commerical grow. It comes with a dimmer and daisy chain function with a  maximum of up to 15 lights, the master light controls the rest👍. Wide 6-bar design offers even & wide canopy coverage and can maximizes your grow space. slim 180° FOLDABLE DESIGN... YES I SAID FOLDABLE🤘🤣 , making it compact and easy to install, it's IP65 WATERPROOF and will give you no worries while growing in a humid environment and makes it a flexible high performance commercial grow light for enormous  SUPER FROSTY yields.😛😛😛. MARS GETS EM FROSTY BOYS👍 AWESOME HEAT DISSIPATION: The Low energy consumption FC4800 growing light has 6 passive-cooled bars and an aluminum heat-sink a removable driver  you can upgrade later or have it outside your tent. with zero noise  you can save up to 50% in your electricity bill compared to HID's or HPS lights! It also has a removable driver so you can upgrade it in the future or have it outside your grow space for better heat control in your growroom👍 UPGRADED FULL SPECTRUM: Yield Max Spectrum with enhanced red (Top-Bin Samsung 3000k-5000knm, Osram 660nm Deep Red), speed up blooming & fruiting, perfectly suited for full-cycle growing. The FC4800 LED grow lamp was born for Big Buds, perfect for commercial, grow tent, grow room, hydroponics, and all soil grows.👍 THE BEST SAMSUNG DIODES: THE FC4800 has Top Bin genuine Samsung Osram Diodes, combined with remarkable 2.8 µmol/J Efficacy, 30% higher Average PPFD, 50% less energy consumption, to maximize your yields. They give you a TRUSTED 3 years warranty 100% Satisfactory guaranteed!!! TSW2000 LED GROW LIGHT: INCREASE YIELD AND CROP QUALITY WITH MARS HYDRO LED GROW LIGHTS: NEWEST SMD LED technology provides the highest PAR/LUMEN output (1122umol@18") and can make you get 30% higher yield compared to OLD blurple led lights.  Max 2.5g yield per wattage and achieve maximum quality and quantity, much better than traditional HPS grow systems LOW ENERGY CONSUMPTION LED GROW LIGHT: Consuming only 300W true output with 684 LEDS! It saves up to 50% energy than other led grow lights. Perfect for 3.5x3.5ft bloom stage, 4x4ft veg stage. Over 90% light energy can be absorbed by plants, it will have higher intensity in a MARS HYDRO grow tent with diamond design mylar, or by crossing over using multiple TSW2000 HIGH EFFICIENCY FULL SPECTRUM INDOOR GROW: 3000K 5000K and IR 660nm 760nm RED, makes it close to natural light, highly engineered to provide improved growing performance for plants at all stages of growing, rapid plant response from seed to flower; Uniform and wide-beam light distribution for your plant's optimal growth 8x8 GROW TENT: The MARS HYDRO 8x8 Grow Tent interior is made of a unique diamond design mylar which is highly reflective. (Other companies mylar and reflective rate is as low as 50%, and it won't provide efficient light. They use thick 1680D oxford canvas, and being double stitched, it is tear proof and perfect for locking in the light. Their grow tent keeps 100% of the light inside the tent and helps your plants absorb more light. EXTRA-THICK material means No light leaks or rips at all.👍 Strong Stable metal corner adapters and poles are the trustful supporters of the tent. It's very sturdy, neither rusting or paint flaking off. quick and easy tool-free setup. They use heavy-duty metal zippers, with double layer black lining, by far the best on the market which creates a light-proof seal. The Easy observation windows are made by double layers of cloth. Observe the growing conditions of your plants without opening the tent and avoid disturbing your plants. The observation windows also serves to dissipate heat and ventilate the air.
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6/17 - Watered today. 5 days since last watering. Made sure to add water slowly to the cups, as the medium I'm using is a coco/peat based medium, and I realize that peat becomes hydrophobic when it dries out, and the top was close to that. By watering pretty slow, it allows more of it to be absorbed vs just running through. Both Chinook Haze plants have 3 nodes already, and are starting their 4th. 6/18 - I watered yesterday, then life hit, and the plants were without lights for just over 24 hours. Looks like the newer area started to yellow a bit, which I assume will green again within a day or two now that the lights are back on. 6/19 - Plants are looking good to me. There seems to be a lot less vein swelling, so it appears the chance of overwatering that looked like it was coming on a week ago is subsiding. Got to let them grow some more before I start to chop them up in an attempt to mainline. 6/21 - Plants will be watered tomorrow. Other than that, it is just slowly moving along, and I am considering going to 1g pots soon. I believe I am going to try to go from solo cup to 1g to 5g this time, and I think that by doing so, I might not need to fertilize at all during veg at least. I figure if I can get 3-4 weeks out of the solo cup, then similar out of a 1g, by the time I get to 5g, I will be close to 8-12 weeks, and close to flipping time. I have dimmed the lights a bit, and raised them close to 33" above the 2 Chinook Haze plants in hope to induce a little stretch between nodes, but they still seem to be growing fairly compact. 6/22 - Watered the plants today. Could have probably waited another day, but I figure 5 days between watering was enough, and the cups did feel pretty light.
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Week 12 ! still making new budsites, she stayed like a month in preflower. The slowest autoflower but she is a beast
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Sept 25th a.m. - fed ea. Congo and Natural Mystic 1/2 volume H2o/ Molasses mix; C 2.75L / NM 2.5L - fresh LST where needed - light survey showed an imbalance with taller autoflower in the mix. It was LST’d into a lower profile and moved deeper into the corner. Light distance for the Congo etc is now dialed-in after a bit of a shuffle. *** reminder Oct 8 is Lights-Out *** 36 hrs of darkness 26th - followed-up on yesterdays LST and put some actual direction on the Nat Mystic Branches. Its a tightly spaced unit but the branches are getting into some open air now. Look-out for what happens next 27th, - everything looks great this morning. Big feeds tonight if soil allows; 6.5L congo / 6L NM ** topping observation ** In an effort to produce a 16 cola plant using Topping methods, i am in the middle of a side by side topping experiment, and it does look like one method, Does has an advantage over the other! Waiting for each branch to grow past its first Node, and then produce a second Node, this will be the place to top, once the plant grows Past this 2nd node, on each branch. What results is that you only snip each branch Once, after the original Topping. 5 snips will produce 16 Tops. Allow each branch to grow past the 2nd node, then Top. It will produce 4 nodes naturally on each branch. Better overall spacing/symmetry The other significant feature of this response, is that the Durban Poison was a full week behind the Congo & N.M., and it has caught-up and Passed the progress of the natural mystic. Both of these plants (congo/nm) used the extra topping on the upper branch, and its required longer periods for the 4 bud-sites to develop per branch and extend away from the plant. It required more delicate fiddling than the (d)Urban Poison. **** - short video of the Tent uploaded this morning - no feed tonight, too moist 29th a.m. - soil said Go this morning; 6.5L h2o/nutes for the congo & 6L for the natural mystic - Collected details from N.M. & Congo run-off - pulled Northern Light express auto from the tent and replaced her with a 3.5 week old Green Mountain Grape. Move was done to help acclimatize to the cmh lite, ahead of Flower BONUS, you can actually see a bit of a droop on the Congo leaves… this mornings feed was 2 days overdue; the pot was actually lite & confirmed for me the condition of the soil is OK and not waterlogged. Pushed her a little bit towards a Drier Bottom since her last feed. Nice to see that as I crank it up - GMG has been super-cropped on the 28th, to help establish an even canopy - Slip, Snap, lost a Cola. Even though it was the runt, its gonna be missed 30th - OK, did a little homework last nite and the timing could not be better for me, with regards to Flushing 3 plants, ahead of the move into Flower. This stems from capturing some of the run-off after a bigger feed. What resulted is I found a high EC value on the Natural Mystic (3200) that indicates a build-up of Salts in the soil. The Volume 33% says its a bit much… i have been aggressive in my nutrient values but its been incremental. Regardless N.M. gets a quick bath to flush out this bit o History. Congo had less liquid come through but was still an elevated value (EC 2300) and will receive a Flush as well. ((d)URBAN POISON barely had any liquid come out. It will be flushed as well. Call it a tune-up, I’m in. * should anybody see something from those results that I’m missing or misinterpreted… Id be happy to hear about it. Please & Thanks pH probably has something to do with it too, but I don't care right now Effluent details: -Nat Myst released 2L out the bottom after being fed 6L : I’m going to reduce the volume of Water & Nutes fed, targeting 15% run-off. (5L next feed) -Congo released 600ml after 6.5L was fed; Which is a reasonable amount in active use; close to 10% - with height a constant issue in a tent, in my basement… i’m super happy with how low this whole grow has stayed through Veg. Kinda shocked actually… pic #23 - flushed Natural Mystic w/ 20 gallons water - (the little kids pool that I inflate, to flush-in… of course, sprouted a whole shitload of leaks in the Bottom when I was about 18 gallons in. And Yeh, the discharge hose on my electric pump DID COME OUT OF THE SINK DRAIN, 2x. I had water everywhere lol. Actually out in the garage taking care of things right now) Oct 1 - last day week 7 - re-applied the pins holding Nat Mystic in place. She is damp, Healthier & Hungry soon; target = 2 Meals b4 Lights-out. With Congo flush 100% happening… both Meal volumes tbd - been a busy week & things are about to change again. Learnings impact all the different grows. I’ve never flushed Mid-grow; and I’m liking-it !
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Week 11 7th week of flower. Light settings 12/12 on at 9.00am off 9.00pm Light power= 75% 184w Radiator settings LIghts on Turn on if temp drops below 22.5c Turn off if temp goes above 22.5c Lights off Turn on if temp drops below 18.5c Turn off if temp goes above 18.5c Extractor settings temperature 23c with 1c steps Humidity 50% with 0% steps Max speed 10 Min speed 4 VPD aim 1.0-1.4 DLI aim 35 Wednesday 5/4/23 Day 71 (Day 43 flower) Away Thursday 6/4/23 Day 72 (Day 44 flower) Away Autofeed 4 15 minute runs Normal pump 4 drops ph d Water Est. 24L Ec=0.22 Ph=6.3 Est. 18L left Roughly 2L each. Friday 7/4/23 Day 73 (Day 45 flower) Back home 3.30pm Movement fan has broke while away. 15L left Ec=0.225 Ph=6.7/6.7 Used15L over the week. Plants didn't like being on just water for a week. Needed PK #1 Height= 49CM Dist= 44CM DLI=26.5 Big defoliation. Lifted light and moved it. #1 Height= 49CM Dist= 50CM DLI=22.3 Saturday 8/4/23 Day 74 (Day 46 flower) Autofeed 5 runs (total 70 mins) Normal pump Different Feed times 4 drops ph d Nutes 15L Ec=1.37 Ph=6.3 8L left Roughly 2.3L each. #1 run 0.55L Ec=2.75 Ph=6.2 Radiator settings LIghts on Turn on if temp drops below 21.5c Turn off if temp goes above 21.5c Lights off Turn on if temp drops below 18.0c Turn off if temp goes above 18.0c Extractor settings temperature 23c with 1c steps Humidity 45% with 0% steps Max speed 10 Min speed 4 Been a hot day. Sunday 9/4/23 Day 75 (Day 47 flower) Nothing Monday 10/4/23 Day 76 (Day 48 flower) Nothing Tuesday 11/4/23 Day 77 (Day 49 flower) Autofeed 6 runs (2,3,5,15,15,15 total 55 mins) Normal pump Different Feed times 4 drops ph d Nutes 8L Ec=1.32 Ph=6.3 8L left Roughly 1.6L each. #1 Height= 49CM Dist= 50CM DLI=23.2 Light power= 100% 240w #1 Height= 49CM Dist= 50CM DLI=27.6 I was away for most of the week so the grow was on autopilot. I decided to have them just being watered rather then having any nutes this week. Some plants suffered a little but I got on top of it when I got home. #1 Wedding cheesecake FF has done fine this week and being on just water hasn't done her any harm. Power used for week Light (2.21+2.22+2.21+2.21+2.22+2.21+2.25)=15.53Kw Extractor (0.55+0.57+0.55+0.54+0.58+0.58+0.58)=3.95Kw Fans (0.98+0.99+0.94+0.94+0.95+0.89+0.87)=6.56Kw Dehumidifier (++++++)=Kw Radiator (2.22+2.19+2.46+1.75+1.38+1.1+1.69)=12.79Kw Water pump. (0+0.01+0+0.01+0+0+0.01)=0.03Kw Total for the week=38.86Kw Back in a week. Thanks for stopping by.
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This week some of the plants are starting to show a few brown pistils on the calyxes as an indicator that peak bloom period is occurring. I don’t expect them to do much other than fill out a bit at this point with exception of some of the more Sativa phenotypes like the Tangerine Dream. One of the these seedplants failed to bloom properly it may lack the autoflowering genes. I don't want to risk damaging the roots in the system by culling it. I might leave it in to see what happens and transplant it before I clean out the system for the fall grow. I’m pretty satisfied with the autoflower grow so far but I do have some room for improvement: 1) Next grow I will use CNS17 Ripe possibly from start to finish to see if that improves the flowering of the plants. I feel that my feed is high in nitrates so I am starting to flush this week. 2) You can see by the plants all showed variation in physical appearance and Trichrome production. The only plant that has gone purple out of the batch and is a high yielding Gorilla Zittles from Barneys. If I grow autoflowers again in this system I want to choose plants that are a little more uniform. I think the Botanicare Turbo Garden and similar systems are best suited for clones as they grow a little more uniform. Autoflowers even from the same strain have a wide variation which is cool because every seed is a surprise. 3) I need an overhead plant support. I am not sure how the plants survived some pretty high winds. One stem broke and I repaired it enough so that the plant actually survived. 4) I'm working on a microcontroller sensor node to allow some automation to the system. My favorite plants in this batch are the Dinafem Amnesia Auto CBD based only on aesthetics at this point. The Blue Dream Auto from Humbolt is one of the smaller plants but it has quite a bit of resin on it. The smaller plants may have been stunted as my nute level from the beginning was approaching upper limits for leaf burn (1.7-1.8 EC). I had since backed down but over-fertilization in early stages is not reversible and comes at a cost of plant health and vigor. I took a video to try and show the overall garden progress. I did not defoliate this grow which makes it hard to see the individual flower structure but I will have defoliated harvest photos coming up soon!
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Week 10 Getting in shape :), colas are forming, did a slight defoliation for bottom leaves that would block lower budsites Using both lights (250watts total) DWC water system, she's really drinking around 15L per week~ Water temp around 23-24C Humidity still at 40%
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Son fotos y videos de múltiples cultivos debido a que nunca e realizado un seguimiento como tal, espero realizar uno ahora! Nutrientes Utilizados en general Trybac y Trypack biobizz. Las criticas siempre serán bien recibidas!😋 Espero les guste el contenido!
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En la 6ta semana de vegetación hicimos una poda de bajos y desfoliación en general para potenciar el crecimiento de los brotes superiores, mejorando la iluminación y ventilación en el cultivo. También hicimos unos cuantos amarres (lst).
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Well i think the fade was as good as it gets for the first attempt at fade. The purple came in nicely and the calyxxes have taken on some purple color :) I couldnt be happier with the outcome... I did start flushing 6 days ago and today. fed with the last little bit to help with carbohydrates and flavor.. the smell is too mucmuch for my carbon filter lol. Aboutc8 feet from the tent all you can smell is bud. The last 7days. Are going to definitely be the most anxious throughout the grow. I'm hoping for good yields off 7 plants. Along with that purple accent to the terpene profile. I never like to anticipate weight but one of the bunch is definitely going to be heavy :)
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Booming and blooming. One pheno is about 25" tall, and the other is over 3' tall. Not a ton of odor yet, but I continue to be very impressed by the growth rate of these Pride of the Lion genetics. Sprayed CannControl on Wednesday as a preventive measure. Aphids are strong in the brussels sprouts right now.
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It’s the first week of flower!! I’ve been having troubles with knowing where to foliate and direct the growth with these plants. As 2 seem to be growing faster than the other 2! Over all looking good I think.
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here we are at the first week of flowering. the white pistils are starting to show and every few days I proceed with the HST. If you have any suggestions don't hesitate to write them 🌱