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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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Apple Pie. mmmmmm ๐Ÿ‘‹Top is a clean cut, no confusion for the plant, road ahead is clear, by completely removing the main growth tip, the auxin source is eliminated. The plant permanently halts vertical growth from that main stem and immediately sends its energy and hormones to the two new, evenly spaced branches just below the cut. Fimming slightly different because a small tuft of the top growth is left behind, the auxin disruption is temporary and less severe. The plant recovers more quickly and sends its energy to multiple surrounding growth points, often creating four or more new shoots from the same spot. It will eventually regain some vertical dominance after a few weeks if left to its own devices, but with a little more LST, bending the apex to the same height as the rest of the internodes, this shatters dominance, hopefully creating around 8-9 main shoots growing at equal height once recovered and grown out. Reduced environmental intensity for now and let her focus on dealing with this new stress for a week or two. When H+ ions are added to soil, the first nutrient displaced from exchange sites is typically aluminum (Al3+), if it's present, followed by calcium (Ca2+), magnesium (Mg2+), and potassium (K+), because aluminum and these base cations have different binding strengths. The order of displacement depends on the lyotropic series, where ions with a higher positive charge and those with weaker binding strengths are displaced first. The specific order of nutrient displacement is determined by the lyotropic series, which ranks the strength with which cations are adsorbed by soil particles: Al3+: Most strongly adsorbed, so if present, it will be displaced by H+ ions, leading to increased solubility of aluminum and potential plant toxicity. Ca2+: Displaced next, as it is more strongly bound than Mg2+ or K+ but less than Al3+. Mg2+ and K+: Displaced after Ca2+. The displaced nutrients can be lost from the root zone through leaching, becoming unavailable to plants. As H+ ions increase, the proportion of acid cations (H+ and Al3+) on the exchange sites increases, while base cations (Ca2+, Mg2+, K+) decrease, resulting in a lower soil pH. The amount of photosynthesis (water splitting) directly determines the availability of H+ ions (protons) in a plant. 90% of water is for cooling of photosynthetic apparatus the other 10% is split for its H+ among others things. Carbon sugars, like glucose, do oxidize in soil through a process primarily driven by microorganisms, which break down these sugars for energy. This oxidation converts the sugars into carbon dioxide (CO2) through cellular respiration, a key part of the soil carbon cycle, though some carbon may also be incorporated into soil organic matter. The rate and extent of sugar oxidation depend on factors like oxygen availability, the presence of Fe oxides, and soil redox conditions, which can all influence the process. My understanding of why we flush. Just plain water, what does it do? Strips the medium of salts and nutrients making it empty. What does that do? Triggers nutrient recycling within the plant. What's nutrient recycling? It is a natural part of plant senescence, which can be triggered once you know the switches. A 24:1 carbon-to-nitrogen ratio will also trigger. Why won't it trigger autophagy for me? Nitrogen needs to be gone, gone, gone almost. Ammoniacal (organic) nitrogen takes 4-5 times more water to separate it from soil particles than nitrates so what happens is most people jist flush the nitrates, leave all the ammoniacal in there and this prevents autophagy initiating. Nitrogen decays differently depending on its form during the dry. Ammoniacal nitrogen will oxidize in the air, leaving no trace. But nitrates do no decay and turn volatile and smelly and remain trapped until smoked, no matter how long you cure it does not oxidize. This is why you need to trigger it and begin the denitrification process prior to harvest to get rid of all the nitrates. Otherwise, you will smoke it. Flush till autophagy begins, just make sure you add no nitrogen afterwards. Micronutrients for trichomes. Don't leave the medium empty for 2 weeks, that does nothing but reduce yield 10%ish. Trichomes are another thing. Trichomes themselves are not directly affected by flushing; rather, flushing affects the plant's nutrient uptake, which influences the development and final state of the trichomes. Trichomes are filled with antioxidants in the last weeks, which is what makes them cloudy. A lot of the processing of antioxidants requires energy and nutrients (mostly micronutrients ), so you don't want that soil empty for 2 weeks, you just want the carbon nitrogen ratio 24:1and no higher. She still wants what she needs to ripen. Processing antioxidants is energy-intensive; heat and light accelerate the rate at which THC converts to CBN. This is why you lower DLI, lower temps. By doing so, you reduce the oxidative workload caused by photosynthesis, which opens up the oxidative capacity for the production of antioxidants. THC is mostly processed at night when the plant's oxidative capacity is generally moreso "free and available" for work
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Aug 16 : Didn't get to it.. Sorry Aug 17th : Holy SHIT balls batman... These things are flipping huge!.. Even "Tiny" Cookie isn't doing half bad! But my word.. About a week or so left I imagine before these are just about done.. Can't wait to see how they finish!! Augh 18th : Snuck in a Few Closeups of the #1 Cream Cookies. Enjoy.
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Welcome to my รivine ร˜ฤ  ฤถush diary. In this diary: Seeds: sponsored by รivine ศ˜eeds Media: Promix HP Nutrients: Advanced Nutrients, Diablo Nutrients. Light and Weather: ลžunโ˜€๏ธand Mother Earth.๐ŸŒŽ ___________________________ Feeding: Tue 23Jul: 4L nutrients pH'd 6.5 and 4L water not pH'd Wed 24Jul: 11L water not pH'd Thu 25Jul: 4L water not pH'd Fri 26Jul: 9L water not pH'd Sat 27Jul: 4L nutrients pH'd 6.5 and 2L water not pH'd Sun 28Jul: 10L water not pH'd Mon 29Jul: 8L water not pH'd *please note that most water only feedings are 2L at the time throughout the day in bottom saucer* ___________________________ What a beautiful summer that we're having. Just one day last week it was cloudy and colder and got some rain, rest of the week sublime weather. My รivine Ladies are pre flowering and hopefully will be blooming soon, next week update should be FLO fingers crossed๐Ÿ˜„ ______________________________ Kush Kush is doing well from her 88" inches tall, can't believe imma have to get my ladder to do some defoliation in a couple weeks๐Ÿ˜‚ _____________________________ ร˜pi was found with a spider mites nest..squished the squatter with my thumb and index... all 3 รivine Gals got the spa treatment, soap insecticide spray 2 litres each soaked them real good, before flowering it was a smart move๐Ÿ˜‰ ______________________________ Thanks for stopping by, likes and comments are appreciated!๐Ÿ‘Š๐Ÿป๐Ÿ˜Ž Keep on growin! Keep on tokin!!! ๐Ÿ˜™๐Ÿ’จ๐Ÿ’จ๐Ÿ’จ๐Ÿ’จ๐Ÿ’จ
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sorry for the two week break I was studying for my exams and literally I had no time for these girls. At the end of week 4 I transplanted her on a 15L pot, started LST and moved her outside. Had some issues with bugs but neem oil solved it.
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Getting ready to chop her down!!!! Yay! No issues other than she would not stop growing!! Lol ๐Ÿ˜‚
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Day 78: Nothing to do today. Day 79: Nothing to do today. Day 80: I lowered the light intensity to 6. Nothing else to do today. Day 81: Today I pulled up some branches with some strings, as buds are too heavy and fall against the tent. Day 82: Darkness. -------------------------------------------------------------- You also like to get some seeds from Fast Buds? You like a 15% discount? Just use the following code on your next order: CSYIJC Happy growing -------------------------------------------------------------- ๐Ÿ™ Thanks for visiting and follow for daily updates ๐ŸŒฑ
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8ยช Settimana di Fioritura ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ’ Buongiorno amici ๐Ÿ’š! Guardate com'รจ diventata bella la nostra Mimosa Shot ๐ŸŒผ๐ŸŽ‡
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These girls are in full flower in week 5. They stayed the typical size of an auto. The two were seperated in anticipation but clearly it may have been unnecessary
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HUGE shoutout to Paul at New420GuySeeds for sending me these new 3 Run Homer test seeds to try out! I am extremely excited to see how this grow goes & to make it even more interesting there are currently no diaryโ€™s with this strain on GD! Everyone go check out their website & get some for yourself! I will be back tomorrow with day 1 pics when I get them planted! Keep watching & happy growing friends!โœŒ๏ธ๐Ÿผ๐Ÿค™๐Ÿผ๐ŸŒฑ Day 1 - Everything is going great all 3 seeds popped!๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ Finally got them planted & watered with Fox Farm Big Bloom (6tsp per gallon) Day 2 - I can see all 3 seeds starting to come up we are off to a great start๐Ÿ‘๐ŸผโœŒ๏ธ๐Ÿผ Gave them a little more water this morning with big bloom, grow babies grow! Day 3 - Everything is going great!๐Ÿ™๐Ÿผ Day 4 - All 3 are growing strong๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ Day 5 - PH water 6.4 Day 6 - end of week 1, everything is looking goodโœŒ๏ธ๐Ÿผ๐ŸŒฑ
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This Amnesia Haze crossed with Afghan & GSC is showing her sex 3 weeks in. Lucky for her this week there were no rains. I sprayed her for grass hoppers & ants. I am satisfied with the height she is about to bloom.
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Great week!! I have known i needed more light and its starting to get noticable i was hoping to get a new loght before week 3 but i am now rotating my light trying to get more even growth going to pit CFL as backup light ASAP Slight burn on number 8 halfway through the week started giving 500ml of its feed normal strength the other 1000ml half strength
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Great week. Plants are healthy. Buds starting everything is going fast now. So far so good, enjoying how the structure is. Genetics on point. Thanks everyone
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Hey guys and gals. Busy week in the tent!! Set up some more lights to help with flowering. Defoliated the girls again, itโ€™s going to be an Iโ€™m going process. Ran into some fungus gnats, so thatโ€™s fun. Mixed up a peroxide water solution and set up some sticky traps. If anyone has any other solutions Iโ€™m all ears Other then that the tent is packed, they have been switched to more of a bloom feeding schedule and laying off the nitrogen for flower. The training done early in the plants life is really starting to show itโ€™s benefits. Lots of work but totally worth it. Well until next week. Happy growing
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Day 51-26 Fed 2 L till run off . She was thirsty from no feeding yesterday but humidity still fighting hard in the high 50s Day 52-27- Fed 1.5 L Starting to lower nutes Day 53-28- Fed 1.5L Day54-29 Fed 1.5L Day 55-30 Missed Day 56-31 Fed 2.5 L Day 57-32 None Day 58-33 Fed 2L Day 58-34 No feed Day 35 Feed2 L Day 59-36 In one Day60-37 Fed 2L Day 61-38 None Day. 62-39 Feed 3 L . 1st L plain ones water as no run off last few days Then fed 2L with nutes Day 63-40 None Day 64-41 None Day 65-42 Fed 2L Day 66-43 Nothing - starting to see fading I think . Might start flushing in next few days Day 67-44 Fed 2.5 L Say 68-45 None
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Overall this was an excellent grow. I was not prepared for the huge growth and yield from the high frequency fertigation growing in coco, and the genetics of the Blue Dream'Matic. I should have defoliated it a bit more earlier on, just due to how vigorous the growth was. But I will not complain with 200g dried bud from 3sqft of tent under a HLG100 light. Hats off to Fastbuds for the great genetics. I really feel like my growing came together at a new level this time, and I am excited to experiment with even more improvements next grow! Thanks for reading!
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Week 7 flower | Pushed light intensity on these Think about it, you're pounding on the fault line What'll it take to get it through to you, precious?
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Itโ€™s the time....Luke is now ready to finish his training. He changed location to much bigger and taller tent for his flowering period. Everything under MarsHydro TS3000 light ๐Ÿ’ก Before switching to 12/12 got quick defoliation and transplanted to final 30l pot ๐Ÿค˜ Tomorrow getting his trellis net # Keep it locked and stay tuned! ๐Ÿ˜Ž๐Ÿค˜ Couldnโ€™t resist and managed to put trellis in place before sleep ๐Ÿ˜Ž ๐Ÿšจ โ€”-> second plant (one on left side) is LemonWalker OG as well from DNA Genetics started in same time as Skywalker. There was some issues with it on early veg stages and to be honest I was almost sure she will not make it.....surprise, surprise as you can see recovered to the point where I decided to switch her to flower and see what she will bring ๐Ÿ˜‰ Day6 update Girls going both strong ๐Ÿ’ช We can see first flowers starting to shape. Second and probably last defoliation today to push all the power into forming tops ๐Ÿค˜ Stay tuned!