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@PrairieFrostGrow
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*****Week 15 growth – March 13 to 19, 2021 – Week 6 flower ******
Feeding has ended this week and we are in flush mode now. The girls have just started to slow down their drinking and pistols are changing colour, buds are swelling, they are getting ready to finish. Added the UV and IR light bars in this week. Started the week with just one bar and then both in place by end of week. Each bar has 10 x 730nm, 10 x 395nm, 6 x 660nm pulling 30 watts each. Trichome enhancers!!
Working with the new light this run I have certainly pushed them with more light intensity than they should have received, broke 1100 PAR for a bit. This has also started to cause some foxtails to begin rather than staying compact and swelling the buds. Know for next time……always changes to make 😊
Little more detail…..
Mar 13/21, Day 36
- Feed day with full line of Innovating Plant Products but at ¾ strength.
- Keeping up the feeding but thinking about nitrogen levels and working on reducing.
- feeding with grow – 0.5, micro – 1.5, bloom – 2.5, ult B – 0.5, carbs – 0.75, B Storm – 2, S Storm – 3, Terp – 3, Jet Fuel – 1.5, Rezin 1
- 1300ppm and 6.2pH
- 4L
- Added in the first UV bar today
Mar 14/21, Day 37
- Seeing lots of swelling these days from the girls.
- Microbe feeding today…….possibly last round of microbes.
- Plain tap water with Recharge @ ½ tsp/gal and Natures Candy @ 1.5ml
- 400ppm and 6.1pH
- 3L all around today…..very little run off.
Mar 15/21, Day 38
- Another feed day today. Last week of feed so pushing them a little more. No Grow added! Last couple of feeds with CalMag as well, seeing some magnesium issues so giving last dose.
- feeding with micro – 1.5, bloom – 2.5, ult B – 0.5, carbs – 1, B Storm – 2.5, S Storm – 3, Terp – 3, Jet Fuel – 1.5, MagNifiCal – 1.5ml
- 1175ppm and 6.0pH
- 4L
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Mar 16/21, Day 39
- Just giving the basic building blocks at this stage. Most of the supplements not added this feeding.
- feeding with Grow – 0.5, micro – 1.5, bloom – 2, carbs – 1, Rezin – 1.5ml, MagNifiCal – 0.5ml
- 875ppm and 6.0pH
- 4L
Mar 17/21, Day 40
- Last Feed Day……calling it at day 40 this run!!!!!
- 4L of feed water left from yesterday so added in 12L of RO water to keep the ppm down.
- Left over plus Rezin @ 2ml, Overdrive @ 2ml (its hard to let go of your routines…I have been using Overdrive for so long……it feels wrong to not be using it this run….snuck in a couple ml😊)
- 485ppm and 6.0pH
- 4L
- Light power pushed back up to 525 watts……..keeping the intensity up to hit the lower bud sites….will see what happens to the uppers.
Mar 18/21, Day 41
- Starting flush but not hitting the pots with 12 gallons of water each type of flush! Will just drop the ppm down to nothing and use RO water……planning on having close to 3 weeks to flush….second guessing that I really have that long though so may actually end up adding a flushing agent to the girls…..decide in the next 4 days so can leave plain water time if I do.
- Watering with Enzymes @ 2ml…….clean up the roots and help them get more of the ppm out of the media.
- 100ppm and 5.9pH……..missed the pH but not adding both up and down, ran with this.
- 4L
- Light power pulled back down 480 watts
Mar 19/21, Day 42
- Dry out day today. Will be letting the pots get dryer now before adding more moisture.
- Leaving them for today though. Give flushing agent in next 2 days if going to.
- Work down the light intensity more in next couple of days as well.
- UV lights going now for 3 hours per day on both fixtures at the middle of the light schedule.
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@BioBuds
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It was finally time to harvest her, what good times we had with her. Amazed with how beautiful this plant is, how easy to manage and train and how rewarding Orange Hill Special is.
So we said our thanks and goodbye, thanked her for all the joy she gave while growing her. I realize more and more how I love growing them even more than the end-product.
It takes my mind of all going on for a while, in my miniature jungle world in the attic.
Im sure all of you just sometimes sit there and watch them, in wonder, dreaming away with a good buzz on, watching them wave in the wind of the fans.
So with a heavy hart I apologize, play them their last music, sit with them and feel them and smell them, watch the glistening of the cristals.
In the end we had 209 gram dried Orange Hill Special, I will know the total of the grow, in a few days, since the final big whopper still has to dry: my XtraKush, be sure to check the harvest of that one *in couple of days) and see a one-dollar seed outperform two 10 dollar seeds.
I probably go over 500 grams for the total grow, which would be 1.6 grams per watt. Big success!
Consider an SP-3000 for your next light, you won't be disappointed! Check www.mars-hydro.com for the latest discounts!
Thank you @MarsHydroLED for letting us try out your light, it made this successful grow possible!
Greetings and all the best! Thank you to our friends here, our followers and the whole Growing Diaries community for just being there.
Big Hug,
Sunshine and BioBuds
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@XG_Jack
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Harvest day - I save my harvest post for the yield results so I have one more to follow.
Beautiful grow though and really impressed with the yield and results. I typically only grow indoors, this is my first full outdoor grow with a photo actually. It definitely changed how I view growing seeing the plants react outdoors.
Also I’m in newly legal NY state and we would not be here today if it wasn’t for people like Jack Herer fighting for us at the most difficult times to do it. Jack was born in Buffalo, NY so this grow was a grow to pay homage to a man that led the way. This strain has also won the 2nd most cannabis cups behind only Skunk #1 a strain well deserving of the Jack Herer name.
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@nevertheless
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A good week overall! Started out a bit rough, as I noticed some yellowing on the oldest leaves. Unclear exactly what the issue is/was. I'm using soil with organic fertilizers, so over-nutrient seems unlikely to me (very little readily available nutrients, all slow-release, only two waterings up to that point). But some folks on different forums think it may be nutrient burn. Alternatively, it could just be lack of light on these leaves (they are very shaded) and touching the soil.
Regardless, while researching I noticed that my humidity was way down, hovering nearing 35%. The tent is in a dehumidified basement so this makes sense. Based on VPD charts this seemed non-ideal for the plant, so I added a small humidifier and a RH PID controller. Humidity stays around 55-60% now, which is a nice compromise between keeping humidity up in the tent and not fihgting the basement dehumidifier too much. I also drilled some holes in the container to help air out the soil faster... a DIY janky airpot :)
Throughout the rest of the week, LST ties were adjusted and heavily obscured leaves were pruned off. I also started pruning off bud sites that were pointing downwards, in an effort to reduce clutter and wasted resources.
All in all, she's looking pretty good. I'll probably flip in the next week or so. I would love to give it some more time to veg, but have a schedule I need to keep later this fall. This strain supposedly flowers in 6-7 weeks, so we'll see :)
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@mojo1985
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Die Banana Blaze ist eine tolle pflanze... also wenn alle seeds von der genetik so schnell und schick im wuchs sind/wären ... ich muss sagen absolut positiv bis jetzt...
untere kleine blüten hab ich mit meiner eigen genetik bestäubt... ich freu mich.. Danke DutchPassion 🙏
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@valiotoro
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Papaya is not the tastiest fruit BUT yes it smell papaya its subtle🤓
Purple Pheno : you know the grape sour candy?🍇🍬Thats the smell!
Green Pheno : its Papaya but Green Papaya Peel its hard to explain😝
Super frosty⚡️
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@LittleBigTrees
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Picking the odd leaf off but it's pretty much just doing its own thing other than having to feed her . She smells really nice with lots of bud sites and has some visable trichome production now .
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@Bills1995
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Looking to move into 4x8 this week just want a little bit more growth before they’re exposed to the 1000 hps.
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@Chubbs
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Weekly update on these ladies. 2 of the 5 are doing amazing, super bushy and healthy as all get out. The other 3 are good but 2 aren't as bushy and the 1 that's in the Cannpot isn't liking the heat at all. But over all they're all showing growth weekly and progressing nicely. Over all they're doing good in this 100'f heat not skipping a beat.
Happy Growing.
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@Northern_Ent
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Apr 27: and they’re off. Both seeds germinated very strongly.
I’m keeping the soil drier this time. I think maybe I’ve had soil too wet when starting seeds before and that slowed them down a bit. Will focus on keeping the seedlings moist to make up for the low air humidity. Once they get some roots going then I’ll start normal watering.
Apr 30: snow day but plants are all still inside under lights. So far so good.
May 1: one seedling is a bit bigger than the other at this early stage. I’ll pick one to keep and adopt out the other one.
May 3: transplanted to intermediate pot to raise the soil level.
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@startingtogrow1234
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i know she wants bigger pot.the only thing i have to do is to reduce light on upcoming week and want to see her flowers very soon.
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@BigGGrows
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This week was good for the Cream auto. I performed some defoliation and undid the LST for a couple days as well as raised the lights to 24" to induce some stretching. I did selectively begin LST on the Cream towards the end of week 5. She has been getting 1/4 strength flower nutes and recieved a fresh top dressing of hot soil coco coir mix; as her roots were surfacing. So far so good. Atleast 20 budsites are visible and she has responded well to all the training and is coming into her stretch period. Now all we are waiting on is them white pistols to start shooting at the budsites. Hopefully week 6 will entail this! She should be at about half of her life span at this point. 4-5 weeks more of flower is expected before harvest.
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@Ju_Bps
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For this grow I've used,
For the growth
1 Mars Hydro TS1000 (150 W)
2 fan 15w
1 extractor 150mm 350m3/h
1 carbon filter 150mm
1 Hydro Shoot 60x60x140
1 timer
2l plastic pot.
18 Hours On, 6 hours off light
For the soil I've used plagron light mix + RQS pellets
For the blooming
1 Mars Hydro TS1000 (150W)
2 fan 15w
Extractor + Filter 150mm
1 HS60 box
1 timer
11l pot
12/12
Plagron batmix + RQS Pellet
After harvest,
I've put the stuff in a room with 1 fan 15w
Thanks for all my friends!
And again thanks @News_SweetSeeds , and Mars Hydro, @Coco_Pan2022 ❤️❤️❤️
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@Jsammy09
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Officially two weeks since I planted the seed. These things have really grown since the flush and nutrients. Will be flushing and fresh water and nutes on Tuesdays. I will also add daily progress pics and updates.
7/1 (Day 14) - Everything is continuing to go pretty well. I feel pretty good and dialed in on my temps, humidity, and VPD. I've just been kinda monitoring everything and its going well. They seem to be doing ok. I definitely made the mistake of planting them two low in the net pots I think. Im not sure if that is going to hurt anything or not, they seem to be doing ok though. Ill try and get some pics of the roots, I felt under one of them to see if they had roots and there was one under that that was pretty damn gnarly and long already though. Will update later with pics if i can.
7/2 (Day 15)- Continuing to see good growth I think. Things continue to run well and everything is in check and staying the same. PH went up to 6.1 and I added a very small amount of PH down and waited about an hour an now we are back at 5.8.
7/3 (Day 16)- Everything continues as normal, got the new humidifier in and hooked up and its made life much easier. Plants continue to grow and seem to be happy. Tomorrow is flush day and new nutes! Ill try and get a video or something if I can remember.
7/4 (Day 17)- Flushed and refreshed everything. Its a long process due to waiting on the RO water. Everything is looking pretty good though. Just going to continue to monitor. Temp and humidity are still 78-79ish and around 65% RH during day and around 72-73 and 58-60%RH at night. PPM after this flush is around 650ppm or EC 0.9
7/5 (Day-18)- Every seems to continue to go pretty well. Temps, humidity, ph, and ec all stable, plants continue to grow!
7/6 (Day 19)- Pretty much same as yesterday, everything is staying steady and running pretty good, they are getting big but not really growing tall, wondering if it will shoot up soon or if i messed up by planting too deep in net pots.
7/7 (Day 20)- Had an issue this morning, woke up to some leaves curling down at the ends. Checked everything, temp 79, humidity 65%, water temp 68, EC is .9 so same as when I mixed, roots look great, 1 inch gap from net pot, airstins and everything is great. Came to conclusion my light was too close. I haven’t raised it and plants have grown a few inches. I think it was too close and burning. Moved the light to about 33 inches from top of plant now. Seem to be recovering slowly. Will monitor.
Any tips and recommendations always appreciated. Thanks.