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Wednesday: Plants are two weeks old now….just exiting the seedling phase. I have them on self watering plant bases from AC Infinity. I will be feeding exclusively through the reservoirs ….. bottom feeding only (once the roots reach the bottom). No top feeding planned. I am in a coco coir/perlite mix that wicks water well from the bases through fabric wicks. This system will keep the bottom 1/3 of the planter damp without overwatering. The only nutrient that I’ve discovered creates an issue with clogging these wicks are products with Iron added (Maxicrop seaweed with iron clogged my wicks). I have always used 5 gallon fabric pots. This time I am testing 3 gallon ACI fabric pots instead of 5 gallon. Note that I like the AC Infinity fabric pots better than cheap pots because it’s a tighter weave and fewer roots will poke out of the bottom of the pot. Based on past self-watering grows, I anticipate flushing the plants at least one time (before flip) to flush out the excess salts and I will be replacing the wicks when I transition to flower. My small heater has failed…..but a new grow tent heater was recently released by AC Infinity so I’m going to install that tomorrow when it arrives. I also plan to convert to the square Vivosun self watering bases since they have a few benefits over the AC Infinity ones…..easy access to the reservoir, larger reservoir at 1.3 gallons, convenient square shape, easier to read the water quantity. I am planning to scrog which could be challenging given these self watering bases need to be emptied and cleaned a few times during the grow. Lighting is managed using the Photone app and targeting a Daily Light Integral that follows the DLI chart (see photo). I am entering week three so I increased the DLI to 17.5. I’m working my way up to 20DLI by the weekend. I am using the dimmer to achieve this at 15” above the plants. After doing more research on temperature and humidity, I learned that my humidity is way too high. Lowering that to 60-65%. VPD increases to 1.0. I’m available to answer any questions about bottom feeding plants. THURSDAY Installed new automatic feeding bases. Replaced nutrients because they had a high PPM at 1500. New nutrient solution is close to 900 ppm. Installed led strip lights in the corners. I’ve noticed that I don’t need to run my humidifier when I use self-feeding bases and fabric pots…..the air blowing over the damp pots adds plenty of humidity. FRIDAY - End of week 2. Seeing some yellowing on a few leaves. They have new nutrients in their base with more fertilizer than before. I’ll increase nitrogen if this persists.
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One thing is obvious they are all same in structure and bud formation and even maturing and this is very good for who wants to plants in land in quantity. I plant 6 gorilla skittlez from barneys farm and the came out 6 different pheno but this 3 gorgeous persian mood from art genetix are like real sisters. I believe heaven should smells like my balcony:))
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This beautiful hazey lady looked ready for the take down, and since I had some time on my hands , thats exactly what I did, she was smelling very nice and rich , Ive got her hanging to dry atm, but im looking very forward of giving her a taste once she's dried and cured. I'll be back for a weigh in once her buds are dried and seperated from the stems etc.
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Went to town on the not so lower third, did a good lower half on these since they are so tall, I don’t really want any larf and I’ll probably go back in in a couple weeks and do the same thing. These ladies are stretching crazy and also starting to put out some ice. Very excited, these were cloned from a purple pheno, but that purple pheno couldn’t been due to deficiency. Either way I’m so hyped for this grow, the octopots are out performing my expectations and so are the plants. I turned the light up to 75% and they seem to like it so far, I’m afraid to go too high on it since they are essentially touching it right now anyway. Week 3 in the books. It’s time for some bud formation.
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Toped 20 gr more at the end of the week to Mimosa Evo considering the planned 10 week flower time. 2nd week of Flower is over without any issue. Rearranged pots. Top Left: Wonder Pie (GHSC) Top Right: Lemon Orange (GHSC) Middle: Mimosa Evo (Barney’s - Clone) Bottom Left: Runtz (Barney’s - Clone) Bottom Right: Exotic Runtz (GHSC)
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Its just a set and forget experiment in amongst my Mixed (photos and autos but on 12/12) tent. Two seeds planted in a 16L fabric. Minimum space and time, zero training, fairly basic organic nutrients, 12/12 and unheated so low energy costs. Even the "companion" sister was the free seed RQS give you, which in this case was Royal Critical Auto.(which actually is performing well given these conditions although isnt a very exciting thc limit at just 14%. Epsilon F1's thc levels arent actually in specified in any of the literature I can find; all the f1s seem to just get rated like "XXL" or "XXXL". Nonetheless, 'one pot two harvests' is alluring enough for me to be glad I'm doing this experiment. Theres a good deal of science (and general hippy feeling too!) that these girls benefit from exchange in the root zone with other plants. Conversely, will epsilon being chopped down and leaving royal crit auto alone with around two weeks left of her lifecycle, cause beneficial stress to R.Crit Auto? Lets hope so.
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I initiated the germination process using coco jiffy pods, which provide an ideal environment for seeds to sprout due to their moisture-retaining properties and good aeration. After three days, when the first signs of germination were visible - likely small roots emerging from the seeds or possibly the first cotyledons - I carefully transplanted the seedlings into larger pots. For this next phase, I used living soil from 'Couple of Plants'. These soil contain nutrient-rich teeming with beneficial microorganisms, creating a natural ecosystem that promotes efficient nutrient uptake and healthier plant growth, setting the stage for robust development in the coming weeks.
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Barreling into week 7.. getting extremely excited to get to the finish line. Follow us on Facebook if you want to get your hands on these seeds! Link in profile if you don’t see it here. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100093098191248&mibextid=LQQJ4d Or just search Trashy Genetics.
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Well topping her most certainly paid off!! I got two huge Colas...awesomeness!! She was a pleasure to grow so far... Since she is a chuy Sativa she seems to have produced almost frost everywhere!