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* ********* Week 11 - June 20 to 26, 2020 - Days 71 to 77 from germination *********** * It is the end of flush week and she went into darkness on Wednesday night, day 75, for two days. Saturday will be harvest day and start and the dry process👍 She has certainly been going through the beautiful stage of senescence and her fade is gorgeous. The purples and yellows coming out are great......covers up the brown spots😂😂 Her buds are densing this week as we work on bring down the humidity. Running in the mid 60’s for humidity late in flower is a different experience and one that takes some getting used to. Bring down further to low 50’s has really helped to bring out her frost as well. Kept the humidity high to form big buds......now lowering to make them more sticky👍👍 I am feeling very strongly that the big part of the pH issues this run was a change in feed water. I have always used bottled RO water for all my grows, except outdoors, but this grow I switched to tap water. Dechlorinated the water with air stone and gave it 24 hours min before using. Wanted to save some money and tired of lugging bottles downstairs a couple of times a week☹️ This is worked out nicely and a lot more convenient. However, the city must be putting some crap in the water that is causing issues in my media and raises the pH after the watering. Out of the tap it is 8.4pH and 275ppm. Since ppm were not too bad in my opinion I moved forward without filtering the water.......oops🤬🤬🤬 Out of options on what is causing the issue, I switched back to RO water late last week........all the girls are happier!!!! F......missed the cause for weeks. Always learning from this plant and my own mistakes to get better every run😉👍 Also wanted to add a little more stress to girl to help push out some increased resin. I drilled a 5/16” hole into the main stem to cause her stress. I did this rather than trying to break a branch and will see how it goes this run. Sterilized a new bit in Alcohol and went for it. They went into darkness about a couple of hours later. Excited to see what happens when she comes out to get chopped😃😃 Little more detail...... June 20/20 - Day 71 - Rezin and Liquid Weight @ 2ml/L = 285ppm and 4.0ph - 8L given to get a good flush - Runoff in pots already were 7.8pH and 485ppm. - after 8L water runoff was 7.0pH and 370ppm. - she is 29” tall and 30” wide. - tricombs still mainly cloudy.....review again in couple of days. June 21/20 - Day 72 - Dry out day - buds are firming up......squeezed a couple🧐 - temps are nice outside so tent able to hold 75 degrees and 51% humidity. June 22/20 - Day 73 - Rezin @ 1ml/L = 120ppm and pH the water to 2.7!!!!!!!!! - Given 2L watering. - No runoff water and I am good with that as I want the low pH water to stay in the medium. - She will be ready soon. Thinking darkness on Wednesday and harvest on Saturday?? June 23/20 - Day 74 - 2L plain water feed - 80ppm and pH to 2.4!!!!!! - not excited about these crazy low pH numbers but doing what we can - her tops are getting really pointy now and her leaves are very yellow. - checking tricombs, I think we are done and tomorrow will be her last day so that I can take down on Saturday. June 24/20 - Day 75 - 2L plain water feed - 80ppm and pH to 3.0 - Going into darkness tonight so this was her last bit of moisture. - drilled a hole into the stem.....was going to do a couple of holes but not trying this method before I decided to leave it with one hole. - into darkness tonight So we finish up the week with her in the dark. Next update will be the harvest!! Thanks very much for taking the time to review my diary!! Sorry for running behind often on this run.........everyone has had a busy life the last couple of months in the world and its been no different here...........a huge Kudos to all the Growmie‘s that are able to keep up with their diaries on daily basis on GrowDiaries.......its a commitment😃👍👍 Mephisto has bread a very nice girl. She is big and sticky and grown very well considering the environment she has been given. Battling the high pH and still turning out as she has is awesome and much respect!!!! Great job Mephisto, can’t wait to run her again.......just so happens I have several more seeds of her😃👍
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27-08-2026 Somehow it’s hard for me to keep updating the progress of my cannabisplants. I wanted to do it weekly, but it just doesn’t happen. Our fruits and vegetables need to be harvested and our animals want a lot of attention too! I’m so happy growing with Biotabs, I hardly have to do anything and if I don’t have time, my plants are growing anyway. In week 16 (first signs of pre-flowering) all the plants got watered with 5 litres of water with 20 ml of Bio PK 5-8 and in week 20 again, 20 ml of Bio PK 5-8 diluted in 5 litres of water. This is the third time I had to water the plants manually. I just love this way of growing. Perfect for someone with a chronic illness. Flowering started one month earlier than last year. I’m so happy, maybe these Early Versions will finish in time, before the autumn rains are coming. Appalachian Kush has overcome all her difficulties. She is a nice, green, vigorous plant! She is the smallest one, but she's absolutely healthy. All plants have a nice green colour. I still need to ‘shave the legs’ and cut some branches and leaves away at the inside of the plant. Especially now when it rains sometimes I want them to dry quickly. I already removed two baskets of leaves and small branches from NL x Big Bud and Burger Kush. GMO Fast isn’t flowering yet. She is only showing a few pre-flower hairs. I think she won’t make it in time… GMO Fast also had some issues during a summer storm with heavy winds and rain. One of her main branches came down. It was still attached to the centre of the plant, but it began to rot and I had to cut it out. I lost 25% of this plant. It’s my own fault. She is over 2,5 metres now and her height makes her susceptible for wind. It makes me think about securing all my plants with long bamboo-poles or sticks. If the flowers start growing, all those branches will get heavy eventually. Maybe it’s time to prioritize the cannabisplants at this moment…
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Nice growth in vegetative stage considering I'm using a hps lamp.. Starting to branch out nicely after topping after the 5th node.. Cut the first branches off at the first true leaves so left 8 main growth points.. First round of lst completed, just using wire to flatten out the branches.. defoliated the main stem of all the shade leaves.. Will adjust again as the plants go into preflower.. Will also keep trimming off all the lower branching as I want all the energy going in to 8 buds per plant.. some of those trimmed branches will become clones as the next round I will be running SOG and growing 16 plants in 11L pots.. Happy growing..
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July 9th - fish poop applied for breakfast - with all the rain, i applied Kelp Meal to the surface area - fed 2 gallons of Nutes/water -Weather can do what it wants now June 10th, - looking at the leaf formations on the end of the Branches, and I’m sure there will be Pistiles showing in about a week. The bud sites are starting to take shape and cluster. I’ll grab some shots in 4 days and see where its going - foliar spray for breakfast, thats a good feeding in the last 24 hrs - next meal posted above - 2 weeks past the Solstice, the plants will start moving into Flower very shortly, if not already. Days are Shorter, lets grow some Buds July 11th, - another whole day of Rain, so 1-2” (~ 1.5 gal) of Compost was added to the entire Soil surface. A first for me, thats for sure… all in the name of the science in the soil - before adding compost, I stood on the tomato cage, to fully re-sink it into the ground; top rim is 29” legit July 13th - foliar spray in the late afternoon - plant is becoming a Bush - yep, in a moment of weakness lol, I took a few leaves off, clones were gone, had to make it right… call it LST - you can see the branches are making use of the Cage, for support of the lower Topped branches.
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I am now putting my weekly comments in the videos. Watch the videos for updates.
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This concludes the vegetative phase, I've set the timer to 12-12 and the flowering will begin tomorrow
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12.03.2024 Continue into week two. Target EC is the same for this week Girls looking great Clean tanks and filters with h2o2+vinegar acid +bleach Replace all filters Mix new batch with 2ml AN connoisseur AB + Silica @ 1% H2o2 - total 30l Donne one pass off long misting 2m 700 PPFD @ center, VPD 1.0, RH 53-56% day, RH 45-48% night, Temp Night-20c, Day-25/26c, Leaf temperature 23c, Light distance 60-65cm, CO2 750+ppm 560w@60cm distance NT-Nutrient Tank - PH -5.9, EC -1.15, Temp-21c 13.03.2024 Top up tank with 10l off 1.2EC solution - 2ml AN Connoisseur A+B + 3g Big Bud @ 18l (1.16EC) Replace all filters Before top up, nutrient solution in tank was 0.84, after adding 1.2EC new mix is 1.03 PH is slightly rising, normal when EC is drooping Girls grow nicely, no deficiencies, this week is start off stretchy faze Remove some big and bottom leves PAR 800 PPFD, VPD 1.0-1.1, RH 50-54%, Temp Night-21-22c, Day-25/26c, Leaf temperature 23c, Light distance 60cm, CO2 750+ppm 580w@60cm distance 50s ON time 20min OFF time Day Time 50s Off time 30min OFF time Night Time NT-Nutrient Tank - PH -5.92-5.99, EC -0.89-1.0, Temp-20-22c 14.03.2024 Position TrolMaster Tent-X Box on tent and connect to internet. Temperature ,Light and humidity sensor is great, I lake that all sensors and connector boxes are on RJ connectors Great and fast install, registration and connections off all cables, censors and light! Like ability to expand system with Aqua-X and Hydor-X for irrigation ,PH/ EC/Temp monitoring off nutrient tank Controlling solenoid valves and pump will be SUPERB!!! Recycling type off timer are great for Aero misting! With Inkbird equipment i have issues that all connections are permanent and if you have longer cables....😡 HLG Scorpion Diablo LED light is connect via LMA-14 light adapter ! Wow i can control dimming and timing off my light via Wi-Fi😀😊😎👏🙏🙌 PAR map 800max/600min PPFD, VPD 1.0-1.1, RH 50-54%, Temp Night-21-22c, Day-25/26c, Leaf temperature 23c, Light distance 60cm, CO2 750+ppm HLG Scorpion Diablo@83% 580w@60cm distance 50s ON time 20min OFF time Day Time 50s Off time 30min OFF time Night Time NT-Nutrient Tank - PH -5.95-5.99, EC -0.89-1.1, Temp-20-22c 15.03.2024 Top up tank with 15l off 1.2EC solution - 2ml AN Connoisseur A+B + 3g Big Bud @ 18l (1.16EC) Replace all filters, still everything in pristine condition after every changing, nutrient solution in tank looking and smell fresh and clean. Reducing humidity in night time below 50% , humidifier rise temperature to 22-23c at night Day RH is 53%, in first two hours keeping temps and humidity lower to reduce deferential form night time to 1-2c Don't want to have more than 10-15cm off stretch in next week Girls drink more water and nutrients every day, think around 10-12l per day Managing EC strength with adding slightly higher nutrients solution when top up tank. Overall its around 0.9-1.0EC for most of the time PH is stabile , slowly rise in small increments. Need to adjust @ 6.2 to 5.9 every two-three days. Probably i will leave it to swing even more. Diablo is at 80% power @ 45-55cm from top canopy, 900+PPFD in center, lowest corners get 650+ PAR map 920max/650min PPFD, VPD -1.1, DRH 50-54%, NRH48-50%, Temp Night-21-22c, Temp Day-25/26c, Leaf temperature 23c, Light distance 45cm, CO2 750+ppm HLG Scorpion Diablo@80% 580w@45cm distance 50s ON time 20min OFF time Day Time 50s Off time 30min OFF time Night Time NT-Nutrient Tank - PH -5.95-5.99, EC -0.89-1.1, Temp-20-22c 17.03.2024 Top up tank with 10l - 1.2EC solution - 1.8ml AN Connoisseur A+B + 3g Big Bud @ 18l (1.16EC) Replace all filters, install one new. Total 5 mash filters + 2 disc filters Remove some large fan leaves from all girls. Nothing crazy. Next week is final BIG defoliation and pruning Clean room benches a little bit after defoliation. Whole week all girls are doing great , no sign off any kind off stress or deficiencies. Superb fast growth. Stretching is more apparent in the end off this week. Next week is going to be madness! 18.03.2024 Raise light 10cm , adjusting to canopy level.. HLG Scorpion Diablo@83%, Set sunrise/sunset dimming @ 30min - TrolMaster Tent-X PAR map 890max/650min PPFD, VPD -1.1, DRH 50-54%, NRH48-50%, NT-21-22c, DT-25/26c, Leaf temperature 23c, Light distance 45cm, CO2 750+ppm Week 2 off Flowering in Summary 100l off RO water 190ml+190ml AN connoisseur A+B, 15g Big Bud Powder 70kW electricity in total for light, Pumps and AC Infinity Fans. 58kW for Light + 8kW Dehumidification + AC Infinity ventilation Week start @ 1.14EC, nutrient strength. Strength dropping every day by 0.1-0.2. Topping up tank with 1.2EC solution bring back strength to 0.9-1.0EC Start using AN Big Bud powder for day two off this week. For next slowly reducing Nitrogen and add more Big Bud. Next week start @ 1.2EC Girls look superb all time, Tropicana Cookies is short and bushy with lots off side branching. Need good defoliation next week . Flowering going nicely, obvious sign off formation off bud sites, pistils have shown an all girls. PH was stabile and move from 5.85 min to 6.2 max. Swing all week without chasing perfect number. Light distance start at 65cm from canopy finish week at 45-50cm , PPFD levels around 800-940 in center, trough whole week Temperature vary slightly from 23c at start off day to 26c max at some points. AC Infinity T6 extracting fan program in AUTO to kick in @ 26c Night temps around 21-23c, dehumidifier start to work at night time to bring down humidity, trying also to minimize Day/Night temperature differential for this week also Continue in next week at same environment settings and light strength..
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Two of the seedlings were showing some really marked chlorosis. A little odd, because all 4 buckets should be the same mix, but... I checked the EC of all the buckets and they were consistent. pH was a smidge high on those two, so I dropped it from about 5.8 to closer to 5.4/5.5. After a couple of days, I decided to just remix those two buckets. I didn't want to spend a lot of time trying to fiddle with a nutrient deficiency with autos. After a couple of days the meristem areas were coming in green again, so hopefully it's fixed! The other two plants looked fine. Edit: Immediately after writing this entry, I was like "Oooh, it's nute burn." so I dumped 1/2 of the reservoirs and replaced with filtered water to get the ppm down. pHed it to 5.5 again, and we'll see!
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The third week is over, and the ladies have finished their stretching phase. This meant one last trimming. I removed all the solar eclipses that were on a flower. This way, every flower receives light and photosynthesis is absorbed through the lower part. This way, I achieve maximum yield and no undeveloped flowers
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Not much to do except add water. Living soil is easy. This is a 10/10 plant. Can't wait for the first joint.
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11 day dry mix of jar cure / Grove bag cure
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Big week! I got my new EarthBoxes and a bunch of goodies. I picked up the Probiotic Farmer's Alliance kit from BuildASoil, so I also got some EM-1, Kashi Blend, dolomite lime and Malibu compost. Alongside that I picked up Colorado Worm Compost (vermicompost), Gnarley Barley (malted barley, corn and hemp) and Craft Blend (aprox 3-5-2 organic mix). Unfortunately there was a bag of soil missing, so I ended up using my own mix though I am somewhat scared of it being too clay-heavy for the SIP. I inoculated with EM-1 and began fermenting a batch of activated EM-1 to make the bottle last longer. It looks about a week from LST, after that I hope to set up a two-tier SCROG setup and begin growing the bushes. I will begin spraying AEM-1/EM-FPE/EM-5 alternatively once a week for IPM, I will try to avoid using neem this round (unless I find this approach lacking). I also brewed a batch of EM-FPE with aloe that smells incredible, I can't wait to give it a go.
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Nice growth and bud developtment. Hps still doing its thing while im sitting back and relaxing. Got to keep an hawk eye on watering. I feed full strenght going over to full canna so they were transplanted into soil. Clones doing good but the Lemon skunk clone dont feel to good. Lets see what the week will bring.
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Meine Frau musste gießen. Leider alle ertrunken. Deshalb alle nochmals neu. War aber nicht schlimm. War ja nur 1,5 Wochen alt. Jetzt neue und sehen gut aus. Lets start again.💯 Problem war auch die Kartontöpfe. Trocknen sehr schnell aus. Jetzt Kunststoff.
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Well see buds in another week or so
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So I thought the plants was going to be a flop but they turned it around, really long time tho for a auto flower, I could of ran photos with a better yield, but never the less these look like 10/10 nugs and smell amazing i can't wait to see how these look dried off.
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J'ai enfin eu un peut de temp pour lui faire la peau. J'espère que mon remplacent ne vas pas louper le séchage et le debut de l'afinage.. 🤞🙏🖖
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A new journey begins, I forgot how difficult it is to cultivate, now it's time to relax! 4th day: I also added a humidifier, Mars hydro ts 1000, a small fan and the extractor for the incoming fresh air flow, purple lemonade & banana purple punch was germinated. 5th day: All babies germinated, happiness video uploaded
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week intel: its time to harvest some of plants the ones that is mature enough. indica dominant plants will done first always so we should harvest them first because my base nutrients and one of boosters was salt based, i'll do flushing this week to get some relieve to plants in the last days stresses : flushing Drought stress via watering only one time with flushing this week feeding: day 1 : i flushed them with Advanced Nutrients Flawless finish and adjusted ph day 3 : no more feeding from now on day 5 : no more feeding from now on guide of the week : i harvest in 2 parts : first i harvest top of the branches and will let the lower buds to ripe another week then ill harvest the second wave. indica dominant plants will get done 1 or 2 weeks sooner than sativa dominant plants that will often takes more than 8 weeks so be aware to harvest them sooner. my dry and cure style is this: 3 days of hanging upside down to get water activity lower to around 0.6 in 50% humidity and 26 C temp (i know its a little high but we are in a hot summer right now and i cant get it lower even with air conditioner) and then after 3 days of drying i remove leaves and stalks, trim buds and move them to jar for the rest of their life :D . and in the first 4 days of curing i open the jar door and let hem get some fresh air in the jar for about 5 minutes and close the jar door again, after 4 days of curing like that buds are smokable but they will get better as they getting cured about 1 month. im happy as hell with this harvest :D.