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OG 4Q24 Seedling Bolt III 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 Dec 25, 2024 CR2 4Q24 1:B:1:1] End of Week: [Tue Dec 31 , 2024 CR2 4Q24 7:B:1:7] OrangeGasm Fertigation: Max EC: [ 2.4, mS] _______________________________________ Week’s Objectives: - IFF We’re still HAND WATERING, ADD First Resin Bloom to Full @ 4ml/gal. - We can’t replace RLA’s Carbon Component with/out ~300 ml/Gal Ful-Power (Fulvic Acids) We WON’T be doing that. Rather, we’ll see a diminution of Carbon provided, look for 3-5 days to stabilize after switch to auto-irrigation. EC Starting Water: ec: 0.0 mS/cm, pH: ~7  __ Wed Dec 25, 2024 # Christmas Day OG 4Q24 15:B:2:1 Watered late tonight (~2200). - NO RUNOFF - Barely the beginning of Burnt Tips - Grew 2” overnight - raised light 2”, Canopy Distance is 19.5 @ 77% (770 ppfd) After Watering - With REDUCED Light, Plants are FRISKY Leaves raised (but no fingers in light sockets) - # We’ve got Pistils (Noted Yesterday) - Ceasing Foliar . . . IT’s been good. ;-} Runoff: NO RUNOFF Fertigation: - [x] Primer A&B: [ 10.2, ml] - [x] CalMag Fuel: [ 6.8, ml] - [x] Silica Skin: [ 6.8, ml] - [x] Lush Green: [ 5.1, ml] - [x] Root Anchor: [ 5.1, ml] - [x] Peak Bloom: [ 5.1, ml] - [x] Photosynthesis Plus: [ 6, ml] - [x] Quillaja 60 Powder: [~scant~] - [x] SLF-100: [ 5, ml]  Standardizing Lighting __ Thu Dec 26, 2024 # BOXING DAY OG 4Q24 16:B:2:2 Scotoperiod: [ 12, h] EC: [ 2.4, mS/cm] Temp: [ 79, °F] RH: [ 68, %] VPD: [ 0.85, kPa] NOTE: If we’ve no runoff today, Water AGAIN at Midnight, Install Auto-Fertigation Tomorrow Raised Light 6 Clicks - Grew 2” Overnight - Light Distance ~20” @1900 - Fertigation Fertigation: - [x] Primer A&B: [ 10.2, ml] - [x] CalMag Fuel: [ 6.8, ml] - [x] Silica Skin: [ 6.8, ml] - [x] Lush Green: [ 5.1, ml] - [x] Root Anchor: [ 5.1, ml] - [x] Peak Bloom: [ 5.1, ml] - [x] Photosynthesis Plus: [ 6, ml] - [x] Quillaja 60 Powder: [~scant~] - [x] SLF-100: [ 5, ml] IPM: - [x] Zymes Bomb - Top to Bottom, including Airpot Sides.
Foliar DRENCH w/ Zymes at 1:31 water dilution. Drenched top and bottom of leaves, stems, JOINTS, Coco Top, and spraying down ALL Airpot Side Holes, and BOTTOM OF AIRPOT. Letting the girls run up to 82°F, RH @ 69%, VPD ~9. Plants are HAPPY w/ EC: 2.4, w/ Moderate High Lighting (~770) If they’re happy before lights out, and I know it - Let’s raise light to 80% (800 µMol/m2/s), adjust airflow for overnight Temp (Humidity Down). And call it a night. After Raising light to 83%, REDUCED again to 77% @0600 __ Fri Dec 27, 2024 OG 4Q24 17:B:2:3 Runoff: [ 500, ml], EC: [ 1.7, mS/cm] Raised Light 6 Clicks (Grew 1.5” Last Night). Light Distance back to ~20” 1.5 Gal fertigation - let’s do 1900 & 1200  Fertigation: 1.5 Gal # 2000 & 0100, .75 gal Each, EC: 2.5 - [x] Primer A&B: [ 14.8, ml] - [x] CalMag Fuel: [ 9.9, ml] - [x] Silica Skin: [ 9.9, ml] - [x] Lush Green: [ 7.4, ml] - [x] Root Anchor: [ 7.4, ml] - [x] Peak Bloom: [ 7.4, ml] - [x] Resin Bloom: [ 4.9, ml] - [x] Photosynthesis Plus: [ 9, ml] - [x] Quillaja 60 Powder: [ 0.125, tsp] - [x] SLF-100: [ 7.4, ml] After 2:30 Feeding - Raised light to 83% __ Sat Dec 28, 2024 OG 4Q24 18:B:2:4 Temp: [ 82, °F] RH: [ 68, %] VPD: [ 0.96, kPa] Light Distance: [ 19.5, “] Fertigation: RLA Heavy, Flower Week 3; EC: 2.4 Notes: - Evaluate 83% Dimmer at Lights On - Back off to 77% if any indication of Light Stress - Let’s ramp to EC: 2.7 mS As max. Beyond here, we probably don’t have sufficient CO2. Light Intensity (IDEAL): 83% # ~830 µMol/m2/s EC: 2.4 422 ml/plant, runoff, EC 1.5. Fertigation: 1.5 Gal # 2000 & 0100, .75 gal Each, EC: 2.5 - [x] Primer A&B: [ 14.8, ml] - [x] CalMag Fuel: [ 9.9, ml] - [x] Silica Skin: [ 9.9, ml] - [x] Lush Green: [ 7.4, ml] - [x] Root Anchor: [ 7.4, ml] - [x] Peak Bloom: [ 7.4, ml] - [x] Resin Bloom: [ 4.9, ml] - [x] Photosynthesis Plus: [ 9, ml] - [x] Quillaja 60 Powder: [ 0.125, tsp] - [x] SLF-100: [ 7.4, ml] 420 ml/plant op Crinkly LOWERS - EC Too High Too Fast? __ Sun Dec 29, 2024 OG 4Q24 19:B:2:5 EC: 2.3-2.4 The Max Hydro comes in at 2.36 EC. RLA Hydro Chart set 3.4. How Can Be? DROPPING SILICA SKIN from RLA Hydro (Eliminate Brown Patina, and Small Orifice Build-up) RLA Hydro  Nutrient Element Ratios ppm mS/cm NER N 262 0.5 21.8% P205 143 0.3 11.9% K20 476 1.0 39.7% Ca 214 0.4 17.9% Mg 48 0.1 4.0% S 57 0.1 4.8% Si 0 0.0 0.0% C 333 TOTAL 1533 2.4 100.0%  
RLA - Full - [x] Complete Irrigation Install Defoliation I We want to eliminate All Vegetation from TOPPED NODE (3) Down. - [ ] Count NODES FROM SPLIT - [x] Measure Plant Heights: 11 - 17” - [x] Remove Each Pot and Trim OUTSIDE OF TENT (Get it RIGHT!) - [x] Can we adjust the pot positioning to get ONE UNDER CANOPY Fan? - [x] Eliminate FANS and Growth tips NODES 1 - 3 (3 is TOP SPLIT) - [x] Eliminate FAN LEAVES from First Node of MAIN STEMS - [x] INSTALL DRIP RINGS (No Manifold, Yet) - [x] Apply LABEL to Each Plant - [ ] Consider Eliminating FAN LEAVES from Second Node of Mains _______ Fertigation: 1.5 Gal # 2000 & 0100, .75 gal Each, EC: 2.5 - [x] Primer A&B: [ 54.1, ml] # EC: 2.4 MAX - [x] Photosynthesis Plus: [ 24, ml] - [x] Quillaja 60 Powder: [ 0.25, tsp] - [x] SLF-100: [ 15, ml] Time Set Initiate Complete Event 1 18:45 18:45:25 Event 2 20:05:00 20:05:25 Event 3 21:25:00 21:25:25 Event 4 22:45:00 22:45:25 Event 5 00:05:00 00:05:25 Event 6 01:25:00 01:25:25 Event 7 02:45:00 02:45:25 Event 8 04:05:00 04:05:25 Event 9 05:25:00 05:25:25 CHANGED TO 25 SEC EVENT (from 20) Tuesday - / / / __ Mon Dec 30, 2024 OG 4Q24 20:B:2:6 - [x] Harvest Dehu Water Continuing to RAISE LIGHT ~ 2”/day (6 Clicks of the support ratchets). Runoff: - [ 422, ml, plant!!!!] # Reduced Event duration to 20 Seconds (from 30). - [ 1.4, mS/cm] Lowering light to 70%, see if lower fans relax. They’re electric. :-). They relaxed. Inner fans surrounding apical stems are laying @ 30°, rather than Reaching for 60°. I have perhaps been overnighting. HUMIDITY IS CRANKING. It’s impossible to get VPD above ~8.3! Trying to keep humidity below 68 drives Temp below 78. I forgot about the part. ;-( Dehumidifier is ON, Doors are Closed, Room Vent is CLOSED. Dehumidifier is delivering 50%RH to the room. Orange Gasm is quickly filling the air with moisture. At MIDNIGHT, Raised light to 77% ( ~770 µMol/m2/s] pH Adjusted 2 Gallons of Filtered Tap to pH: 7.2, EC: 0.3 (Used for Dilution when refreshing reservoir with DEHU and Fresh Supplements. __ Tue Dec 31, 2024 OG 4Q24 21:B:2:7 @0630 Took a peek in the tent. SCANT RUNOFF @ 20 Sec Feed Events. JUST Touched TIPS (Burning). Bumping Fertigation Events to 25 Seconds, after Feeding 9 * 5sec (45 Sec) To bring DAYS delivery to 25 Seconds. Check Reservoir: - We’ve 4 - 5 Gallons. @LIGHTS ON - Reset Light Height - Reduce light to 73% (See if we can avoid more tip burning) Harvest Dehu: - [x] Amount: [ 5.7, l] - [x] Primer A&B: [ 27, ml] # For EC: 2.4 mS/cm, Nailed it, First Try. ;-} Orange Gasm likes to SPREAD when Topped. - Which makes her a funny candidate for SOG. ;-} 
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Week 6 is in the books and it was another great one. Both plants are finishing stretch and building budlets. Still super green and healthy tho there are a few signs of some heat stress. Nothing worrying at all yet, after the heat that everyone really has been dealing with it’s not surprising to see a few leaves a bit roughed up. I went out of town for a few days and while I did have someone able to cover most of the feed/waterings the gals did go a day and a half without any. No biggie tho, they’re shrugging it off and just rocking along! Beefy burly plants here, and I’m guessing anywhere from 4-6 weeks to the finish line.
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week 4ish. the supercropping failed. the branches insisted on just coming back up no matter how much i pinched them back down ,probably had to tie them but.... fuck it. so some burnt leave tips from being too close to the light.
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Missed a week posting. I feel like the buds are forming slow. I have a lot of leaves that are blocking bud sites but am hesitant to cut too much.
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Another pretty solid week in the books on these girls. I did have my first real issue though and totally my fault. I have been topping with a mix of nutrients and just plain RO water and have not been adding in my calmag to the RO water and a few leaves showed some signs of deficiencies but I think I have corrected the issue pretty quickly. I may be adding a second trellis because these girls are growing like crazy, I am very glad I put the net up when I did, spreading these girls out and providing some support seems like it was 100% needed. I am still learning and figuring out what and when to defoliate and remove some things. I did a bit of defoliation on Friday and tried to clean up the bottoms of these girls a bit under the net. I know I am going to need another round of that, but I will give them a few more days to recover. I am still keeping the nutrient strength relatively low and seems to be working out just fine. My environment, temps, rh, and water temps are all staying in pretty ideal conditions. Grow seems to be going well, just need more experience and practice with training and defoliation, but its been a blast! As always, any tips, comments, and recommendations always welcomed and appreciated! Thanks!👊👊
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Week 5 flowering for our strawberry gorilla from fastbuds 420! The buds are starting to get fatter day by day, we continue with our food program. This week again we gave sugar shot, sticky fingers, bloom booster, silica, amino and master root all from xpert nutrients. All good at the moment 🤗
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Another steady week thanks to @royalqueenseeds genetics 👌 Not much to report apart from the obvious swelling and increased trichomes coverage 🤓😁👍 See you all in the new year! 💐✌️😎💨
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So 3rd time and so happy again this is the best auto I’ve ever grown I think that’s about 50 chemdawg seeds I’ve planted and it always comes out the same very strong genetics this has
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10/7 - Mother is thriving in the flower tent - this weeks update is on the clones - currently running 14 healthy cuttings in 1 gallon pots - medium charged with Worm Castings + Dry myco+ - currently running in a 2xw with a 150W light at 95% intensity - VPD 1%.
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Shes getting close to finish I threw a bucket of pure water trough the soil to lower the runoff ppm to 400, now she can finish with only water and whats left in the soil, no more nutrients I think she will finish in 1 or 2 weeks max.
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Info: Unfortunately, I had to find out that my account is used for fake pages in social media. I am only active here on growdiaries. I am not on facebook instagram twitter etc All accounts except this one are fake. Flowering day 15 since the time change to 12/12 h. Hey guys :-) . The lady is developing beautifully, week after week :-). The stretch has started. This week I will clean everything down below so that the energy goes to the upper part. This week it was poured 3 times with 1 l each time (for nutrients, see table above). The entire tent was cleaned and everything checked for health. Stay healthy 🙏🏻 You can buy this Nutrients at : https://greenbuzzliquids.com/en/shop/ With the discount code: Made_in_Germany you get a discount of 15% on all products from an order value of 100 euros. You can buy this Strain at https://www.amsterdamgenetics.com/product/super-silver-haze/ Type: Super Silver Haze ☝️🏼 Genetics: Haze x Skunk #1 x Northern Lights Type: 70% Sativa – 30% Indica 👍 Vega lamp: 2 x Todogrow Led Quantum Board 100 W 💡 Bloom Lamp : 2 x Todogrow Led Cxb 3590 COB 3500 K 205W 💡💡☝️🏼 Soil : Canna Coco Professional + ☝️🏼 Nutrients : Green Buzz Liquids : Organic Grow Liquid Organic Bloom Liquid Organic more PK More Roots Fast Buds Humic Acid Plus Growzyme Big Fruits Clean Fruits Cal / Mag Organic Ph - Pulver ☝️🏼🌱 Water: Osmosis water mixed with normal water (24 hours stale that the chlorine evaporates) to 0.2 EC. Add Cal / Mag to 0.4 Ec Ph with Organic Ph - to 5.8
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26/6 -Temp 25-27day/22-24night -52%RH (2+-) 27/6 Water day* plain water 6.1 PH -Temp 25-27day/22-24night -52%RH (2+-) *** Had a humidity peak because of a thunder storm 60-70RH for under 24 hours 28/6 -Temp 25-27day/22-24night -52%RH (2+-) 29/6 Water day* Gave it a bit extra since im leaving a couple of days -Temp 25-27day/22-24night -52%RH (2+-) 30/6 -Temp 25-27day/22-24night -51%RH (2+-) 1/7 -Temp 25-27day/22-24night -51%RH (2+-) 2/7 -Temp 25-27day/22-24night -51%RH (2+-) I was away from them 29/6 - 2/7, but i gave them early water before leaving which lasted :) When i came home they had grown beautifully and was looking healhy. I could moniter the humidity through my Inkbird humidity controller.
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It’s bern roughly two months these guys have been growing! Lst’d Both but untied the gg because I wasn’t sure she was benefiting from it so I’m going to do it over. These ladies (I hope) will start their flower journey next week when I revive my new flower tent 😎..stay tuned for some epic buds..I hope!!
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Buenas a tod@s... Segunda semana de floracion de estás runtz x layer cake de barneys farm, la variedad se la ve bien, fuerte, los nutrientes son muy buenos, aún q es mi segundo armario ya se va notando un gran cambio, espero q siga todo bien, se que si... 💪🏻💪🏻 A seguir trabajando... Buenos humos para tod@s.. 💨💨💨🔥🔥 😎💎 🇦🇷🤝🏻🇪🇦
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Big healthy plant for the most part, but the flowering just won’t kick in! This is the week that says she’s running behind or that she’s going to be on a cocaine diet till the end? Need some bulk, it’s week 8 already. I don’t like my girls fast anyways, so I’ll be a patient gent. Day 51: Early AM: It seems that the flowers are starting to fatten up at a familiar rate now. Stretch is definitely over to boot. Feels like a week or so behind my other Auto grows, but I am gathering from the peeps on GD that grow times can be all over the place with Autos; even with seeds front the same plant. I won't be a Debbie-downer, but I cant help but think what this thing would have done in a bigger space. I left her alone a couple days ago as her stretch slowed noticeably. A pluck here and there moving forward, but that's about it for the sadistic stuff. Day 51: Late Afternoon: She's about to take off in the flower it feels. 6 hours passed, and I was like "oh, hello there!" If nothing goes too crazy, I'm hoping she'll be a good one regardless of her 3.8 sf living quarters. I never did move the top shelf, so the light is less than 8 inches from the canopy. I'll keep an eye on the "crispy effect" out of complete laziness and fear of dropping the light on the plant! Tallest branches are around the perimeter and still hitting their DLI. The center/down the plant is getting blasted by the light, so I suspect about 6 or so runners to hit the canopy and hang out with the FIM family in the next week or so? Day 51: Evening: Bigger bucket = bigger plant in hydro? One heck of a root mass going on in her trough. I tried pushing the roots to the back of the bucket so I could ph without getting roots directly. Nope! That bucket is filled with roots, and its an 8 gallon bucket. I would have never thought an auto would have enough time to grow into an 8 gallon bucket. I was banking on some extra nutrient volume, so I could go out of town for 4-5 days. Hard to say on bucket size though, I have grown 10 foot tomato monsters in 3 gallon Ebb/Flow pots so maybe she would have grown the same in a 5 gallon bucket? I don't think that much root volume could grown in an 5 gallon bucket, so bigger bucket = bigger plant here? Things that make you go "hmmm..." Day 53: A lot of undesirable undergrowth that blew up during stretch. Like a ton of it, but I’m done messing with her. Took out the top shelf and reconfigured exhaust. What a pain. I didn’t drop the light but the IP cam took a nose dive on a branch. Now the light is about 12-14” from canary instead of 6-8'. She started to get some light burn so I had to do the deed. Wider IP camera view with added distance so that's a plus! Plant is very happy at 550-575ppm. 600ppm seems to be the number without burning plants? Humidity, temp, and ppm AND light distance in check. Raising the light opened the focal point of this light quite a bit; especially in the center where the PPFD was over 2500 at the center and light less than 8 inches from the canopy. Feeling good. All is in check with some room to grow. She will gain another 2" in height I presume through flower. Day 54: The jury is out of this light. I hits my dli from veg to harvest with it's fixed position design, but wondering if 50watts more would have been the number. I'm going to keep the light in there to keep the data flow congruent to its original design. I hit my DLI right now from the top of the canopy to about 10-12" down the plant. Lighter specs from my last grow, but its hard to tell what is getting what once you leave top of the canopy. Hopefully it will suffice! I moved the light a few inches closer as my DLI was getting light in some of the corners/perimeter. She right 10-11" and is about as good as she is going to get given150watts. I am realizing that 200 watt is probably the optimized wattage here if some canopy penetration is desired, but light these dimensions are not plentiful[. 250 watt and that would be max with managing heat and exhaust sound levels. 250 watt would accommodate a fix state design no problem. I hate to change the light variable but I only have the luxury of one-at-a-time grows, so everything counts on some levels. Been using the PAR meter on and off throughout the day. Penetration needs to be about 25% stronger. Its a perfect light for your average auto grow, but if these results repeat themselves a 250 watt is probably in order. I am making the executive decision to install a 250 watt bar light. I found one with a small footprint at 240watts. Hard find, specs are more than adequate for 4 sf. Will maybe get down a bit deeper but things are looking really crammed with the bottom half. It is PACKED with bud sites and likely not enough light. Questioning the light change, but will definitly thin some lower stuff and "officially" let her be. Since in bumped up the CalMag to about 1.5 ml/gal the reservoir has been running ph equilibrium for 6 days now at 600ppm. I’m guessing this deficiency was driving down ph instead of the usual up/equilibrium in week 7. My first auto to eat at 600ppm for a week with no tip burn. She looks fit, I’ll keep her diet here as the max. I have never cut MicroGro out completely in a grow before. I have been faithful to GH 7 part series since for long time. This grow I took the GH feeding chart and worked backwards to a ppm level I found on the web to be an acceptable range for Autos. These ratios have traditionally been acceptable and without issue. Beautiful plants every time. On the last two runs with this concocted feeding schedule Cal/Magic was very light until week 7, and exactly when I started to see rust spots, etc. in this grow. After a 2ml/gal dose of CaliMagic plus addbacks on watering, that issue disappeared overnight. I mean zero issues with any new or progressing growth. Here's the take away with this. Although CalMag issues are easy to spot and resolve, I did learn is that in both runs they HAD A PERSISTANT DROP IN PH IN MY RESERVOIR in late veg/tranistion. Another wards, if you PH is dropping and your ppm are not doing anything, it very well could be a CalMag deficiency. An indication know before the leaves start getting spotted, etc. I guess if one were perceptive enough, you could resolve this issue as it happens, and never see the effect on the leaves? On this current run, as soon as I dosed the bucket good with Cal/Mag and kept my add/backs a 1.5/ml/gal the PH locked in big. Going on 7 days at 600ppm, 6.0 and the ph is steadily rising. Maybe another bump in ppm. No sign of tip burn yet, why the heck not!:) Not really the expected progress this week but she may just need time. I don’t think she’ll really bulk up until the end of week 9 / week 10. New light to arrive Tuesday but not sure a stronger light will get much further down. It’s almost a roadblock to get beyond the main tops and they are getting well more than they can handle light wise. Bigger light may only mean more heat.