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Today is day 23 of flower. So I've been chasing a minor P-K deficiency. The plants are happy and healthy and are just feeding heavy at the moment. Well over and above any recommended servings with respect to the dry amendments and water soluble P-K inputs. As with any grow regardless of what you're using for inputs (organic amendments/salt based bottle feeding/crop salts/etc....) the recommended feed rates are never anything more than a baseline. So to remedy the deficiency I added the Flower 2 at 1.5 times the reccomended dosage (3 grams per liter of water) and a little over twice the dosage of Gaia Green 2-8-4 Power Bloom dry amendments (250ml per 7 gallon pot). I also fed a mung bean/barley seed sprout tea as well as a compost tea (2/3 of a cup of each seed). The feed rates will stay well above recommended servings for the Flower 2 but the 250ml addition of the 2-8-4 would be considered a large addition for a single serving so I will give the plants 5-7 days to see how they react to dry amendments before top amending again at any rate (you cant burn your plants with organic inputs but you can still suffer nutrient lockout so you need to be mindful and patient when feeding heavy.) On day 19 of flower I did a large pruning/defoliation/lollipopping of the plants. Both from the top of the pot to the bottom of the first layer of trellis removing everything. I also cleaned the plants out from above the first layer of trellis netting to the top of the plant. As I waited to clean up the bottom third of the plants until my typical strip day in flower (day 18-21 depending on strain and flowering times, these are 9 week strains which is why the strip falls in the day 18-21 range, if they were 8 week finishers the leaf strip would take place somewhere between days 14-16). When running multiple layers of trellis netting it's best to prune/lollipop everything below the first layer of netting about 7-10 days before the flip. Odds are your lights wont penetrate that far down the plant so these areas of the plant typically only produce what's commonly known as larf. I'm running new lights so I decided I'd wait until the big strip I always do in flower. This was grower error. I know better and wont make this mistake again. Its unnecessary stress added during flower that could've been prevented. As I decided to wait to clean out the bottoms I didnt prune the plants as aggressively as I normally would (I adopted Grand Master Levels leaf strip practices years ago, check him out on IG or YouTube if you want to see what that looks like). The week went smoothly with no major issues to report. The seasons are changing here so were getting rain, damp wet snow, and have very humid conditions outside. As a result this affects the atmosphere in my grow room but not enough to cause concern. A little less than 6 weeks until the chop!
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Hope you are well. Thanks for taking the time. Little main line defoliation to focus growth. ATP (adenosine triphosphate) is the primary energy carrier in cells, including plant cells. It powers various cellular activities like nutrient uptake, protein synthesis, and cell division. Without ATP, the plant's metabolic machinery would grind to a halt, regardless of the presence of nutrients, oxygen, or carbon. Nutrients, like nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium, are essential for building plant tissues and various molecules. They are incorporated into proteins, nucleic acids, and other vital compounds. While crucial, their uptake and utilization rely on ATP-driven processes. Oxygen is vital for cellular respiration, a process that generates ATP. While plants can produce ATP through photosynthesis, oxygen is essential for maximizing ATP production in mitochondria through oxidative phosphorylation. Carbon is the backbone of all organic molecules, including carbohydrates synthesized during photosynthesis. It's the fundamental building block of plant structures and fuels. However, its incorporation into organic molecules is also ATP-dependent. We don't grow we facilitate energy conversion.
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This should be up to week 2-3 of flower, where the Mimosa x Orange Punch, which had the earlier Mutation, started herming on the mutated part, which i noticed a bit too late and it pollinated some of the other buds, i cut all of the affected bud sites of, in the end the furthest away runtz got pollinated but the others luckily barley did and only had like 5-10 seeds in total.
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Die woche war recht spannend. Nachdem ich meine Bestellung erhalten habe, kamen sehr viele technische Sachen hinzu, wie ein GSE Klimacontroller zur Regulierung der Temperatur und der Luftfeuchte, sowie ein Homebox Equipment Board und eine CO2 Baggy. Ausserdem kamen noch einige neue BioBizz Produkte hinzu die jetzt nach Schema verwendet werden um das maximale Potenzial der MΓ€dels heraus zu bekommen. Ich bin sehr stolz auf mein Equipment was meinen Zelt eine Vollendung bringt. Jetzt heißt es sich gut um die MΓ€dels zu kΓΌmmern damit starkr und krΓ€ftig werden um die fetten Knollen zu halten. πŸ€ͺ
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Week 8 Flower Flush flush flush πŸ’¦πŸ’¦ Fading and fattening up, she's looking very frosty and smelling as beaut as ever. I like to pluck a few of her biggest, greenest leaves throughout flush as it'll speed up her fade and flush her quicker by taking away stored nutrients. Looking forward to watching her fade! Thanks for following and happy growing! 🐺
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So this week happened a little bit more. All of them got their final BioTabs Mix. Each Plant 500ml of Water with 1g Bactrex and 20ml Orgatrex. No more fertilizer now from the BioTabs Starterset, all they get now is BioTabs Bio PK 5-8 in flowering for thicker buds. Thought it would be a good idea to buy that, will see if it makes a difference. And as you can see i did defoliate them this week also. So much more airflow, finally i can see everything and can worry less about pest and so on. I just hope i didn't do it wrong or did too much of it, it was really scary just cutting off things which grew for such a long time, but i think for the first time it turned out pretty good. In flowering week 3, when i give them PK 5-8 for the first time, i will also defoliate them once more a little bit when it gets out of hand again. Since the biggest plant is about 45cm tall now i will start flowering soon but don't know yet when exactly, maybe a few days, maybe another week, until then they also had enough time to recover from defoliating and i hope everything will work out. Would also be good to get about 5-6cm more on the other plants, so i guess i will do it around Wednesday, but i will see. As you can see the scrog net is installed again, so this time i will pull them through the net and let it in for better division until the end. Really looking forward to my first flowering phase and how they will stretch out, kinda scared too :D See you next week :)
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About 60 days in now and the plants are done getting taller. Buds are starting to get bigger and everything is starting to get nice and frosty, still have a long way to go on this one I think. I just got done with a res change and filled it back up with more Cropsalt at 3.4 g/Gal Bloom A and 1.74 g/Gal Bloom B. This stuff seems great so far, PH is super stable and the plants seem to like it.
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Put in new tent plus 1 more 65 watt led.light :))))
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I cut feeding towards the end of week 8 , the plants could have easily gone for another week but at this point the tops were loosing all colour so I decided to harvest at the end of week 8. The trichomes were cloudy and clear with a few Amber.
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finally they are in flower! Yay final foliar spray applied. They are still smelling like chocolate and peanut butter. Did not get 1 drop of rain this week. It is getting so frustrating plants are 1/4 what they should be this year.
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06/04/24. Going into week 5 flower. Not much to say here this week. Everything is pretty much same as last week. Seems like things are slow going. I feel like the buds aren’t doing much really and should be bigger. These are a longer going strain than my other so maybe that makes a difference. Maybe I’m just impatient. Guess we’ll see. Only thing aside from that I find concerning is #2 seems to have some pistils turning color. Seems way too early for that. I keep checking for hermie crap or pollen or something lol. If this was just its thing it seems like both plants would be doing it, but I guess you know what they say about assuming. Thanks for lookin & have a good week.
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Week 3 for the strawberry gorilla 🦍 from our favorite autoflower company, of course fastbuds 420! All looks quite good at the moment. This week we gave bloom, root, silica, calmag amino, sugar shot, sticky fingers and bloom booster all from xpert nutrients!
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Chugging along. Seeing stretch but it’s not an issue. Budlets everywhere. Gonna do another small defoliation here in the next couple of days.
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******************************************** Week 12 Late flower (week 8 flower) ******************************************** Light cycle=12/12 Light Power=130w 54% Extractor controller settings (during lights on). High temp= 26c Temp step=0c High Rh= 46% Rh step=0% Speed max=10 Speed min=3 Extractor controller settings (during lights off). High temp= 20c Temp step=0c High Rh= 50% Rh step=0% Speed max=10 Speed min=3 Smart controller settings (during lights on). Lights on=9.00am Radiator on= -19.0c Radiator off=+19.5c Smart controller settings (during lights off). Lights off=9.00pm Radiator on=-18.0c Radiator off=+18.5c VPD aim=1.0-1.5 DLI aim=40-45 EC aim=1.0-1.8 PH aim=6.0-6.5 πŸ’§πŸ’§πŸ’§πŸ’§πŸ’§πŸ’§πŸ’§πŸ’§πŸ’§πŸ’§πŸ’§πŸ’§πŸ’§πŸ’§πŸ’§πŸ’§ NPK= 5-14-20 Method= Automatic Feed=Late Flower nutes Neutralise=0.1ml/L Plagron bloom=2.5ml/L Plagron Power buds=1ml/L Green Sensation=1ml/L Easy Ph down=0ml/L (1ml=24 drops, 1 drop=0.04ml) Easy Ph Up=0.0ml/L (1ml=24 drops, each drop is 0.04ml) Ec=1.2 PH=6.3/6.0 Runs=8 Run times=3mins (0.75L/0.375L each) Gap times= 17mins Total runtime=24mins(6.0L/3.0L each) Total flowrate= 0.25L/min(0.125L/min each) Auto start time=10.00am Auto stop time=12.23pm πŸ’§πŸ’§πŸ’§πŸ’§πŸ’§πŸ’§πŸ’§πŸ’§πŸ’§πŸ’§πŸ’§πŸ’§πŸ’§πŸ’§πŸ’§πŸ’§ ******************************************** ******************************************** πŸ“…26/4/25 Saturday(Day 78) πŸ“‹ Forgot to activate the schedule for watering but remember half way through the cycle. πŸ’§ Automatic late flower nutes Ec=1.2 PH=6.2/6.0 Volume=8.0L Volume left=4L Volume used=4L Volume each=2L Runoff. Total runoff=0L Auto 20 mins Volume each=4L Total runoff=0.4L Ec=1.8 PH=6.6/6.5 πŸ’§ πŸ“…27/4/25 Sunday(Day 79) πŸ“‹ Weather is turning, it's soon going to be a battle against heat. πŸ“…28/4/25 Monday(Day 80) πŸ“‹ warm day πŸ“…29/4/25 Tuesday(Day 81) πŸ“‹ The battle against heat has began. πŸ“…30/4/25 Wednesday(Day 82) πŸ“‹ yep yesterday was high temps but today's was way hotter. πŸ’§ Automatic late flower nutes Ec=1.2 PH=6.2/6.1 Volume=8.0L Volume left=2L Volume used=6L Volume each=3L Total runoff=0L Manually Volume each=1L Total runoff=0L Ec= PH=/ πŸ’§ πŸ“…1/5/25 Thursday(Day 83) πŸ“‹ Lowered light power to 120w πŸ“…2/5/25 Friday(Day 84) πŸ“‹H=70cm D=32cm Dli=33.1 PPFD=766 ******************************************** Weekly roundup. πŸ“‹ She's been in flower for 56 days now, I'm expecting her to start her final push and start bulking up, the amount of trichomes she is pumping out is immense, 2nd time using green sensation and a massive increase in trichome production. Most likely another 2 weeks left if she carrys on at this speed. This time of year temps tend to rocket due to shift in the season. I'm glad this runtz hasn't much longer to go if the tent is going to be a nightmare to control. As this strain is further along in development compared to the other strain im goimg to be puting her on a different nutrient mix because of her different needs. Probably have a break after this grow, as in start a shit load of autos inside for a few weeks and move them onto gorilla spots. Back soon. Take it easy. ********************************************
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Ladies and gentlemen today is day 42 of veg and we are moving right along, as you can see, we are at 8 tops and everything seems to be going swimmingly. As you guys can see from one of the pictures is a little area. I don't know what happened to it at first.I thought it was rotting.It seems to be getting better if anyone has any clue as to what the why or how that would be greatly appreciated! Other than that, this girl is doing great and she is thriving. Regardless of that little mark, so I think everything will be just fine.. I'd like to thank my friends over at Kannabia seeds for making this grow possible and for being awesome! I hope everyone is doing well and so are there ladies. God bless and happy growing ✌️