First DIY cabinet

LadyGreen Started 3 bag seeds in jiffy pellets, one sprouted. Just bad bag seeds. Started them off outside since it was humid, brought in once sprouting started.

LadyGreen The seed shell got caught on top of the seedling, preventing the leaves from opening. I didn't want to damage it so I left it thinking it would pop off by it's self, however that didn't happen and by the time I took the shell off some of the leaves were mangled :/ Moved the lights closer.

LadyGreen Very slow growth. Then yellowing of bottom leaves so nitrogen diff. Corrected that. Def did not give enough nutrients at the start considering is coco. Was growing very short and squat so moved the lights away.

LadyGreen Repotted from solo cup. Prob should have done that earlier. Preflowers are definitely looking pointy. After she had settled down into her new home, I topped at 5th node. 3 days later she had started filling out the 2 new main branches. Once there was growth from the 1st new node, I FIMed the tops, and it took 4 days to recover.

LadyGreen Started LST. Plant is growing two new branches from second Topping/FIM site. Total of 8 main branches. Once plant recoved moved to 3 gal smart pot. Was starting to look root bound so I picked off any big knots of roots. watered with nutrients and rearranged lights. Will need to take the pully off for more space.

LadyGreen Transplanted into the 5 gal smart bucket. Branches seem to be growing again. All main branches are tied down now, will take clones from the lower banches this week. But the red stems are worrying, I think she's stressed from repotting but I will wait and see. But the yellow new growth I will have to keep an eye on and do some reading. I was considering repotting to a 5 gal smart pot because I have the space but should leave it a while so she can recover. Thinking about what to do for flowering lights. don't know if low end LEDS might be a better option the cfls I have now.

LadyGreen No problems this week, lots of growth which I have been LSTing. Took some clones, hopefully, I will turn one into a bonsai mother. So I will be planning to flip in November. I will add more cfl lights for flowering and set up the veg chamber so the clones can keep growing.

LadyGreen So I set up the veg room at last since I want to flip the main plant. That meant light proofing it, which I did with air con putty, myler blanket layers and A LOT of duct tape. It's not pretty but I hope it will get the job done! Perpetual grow is the grow, harvesting every 2 months. The clone I made from topping got transplanted to a solo cup, and I can see a root through the clear inside cut so I guess she is doing her thang., Also added lights to the flower booth so it should have 153w. Put 4 led bulbs with the tops popped off to see how they go, apparently, they are more economical than cfls? And I am considering what to do for side lighting, leds might be a choice because they have a lower profile, Or LED strips? Or fluorescent tubes? I guess it's not neccisary for this grow but in the future. I've tied down the main branches so I think they will all have their own space to get light. I think I've done enough training to flip. Can't wait for her to start flowering :)

LadyGreen Just finished the transition to 12/12, starting to see some stretch. Training wise I bent down any small aux branches that were getting breaking through the canopy so they wouldn't get burnt, figured it would be ok to practice super cropping on them. LSTing the main branches flat and out. Lighting wise I want to thank everyone for all the input. I will stick with cfls for now and see what I can get, I will prob put my high school electronics to use and build my own lighting in the future, but I need to do a lot of reading before I even attempt that. But I did add some photography bulbs as a lighting boost, 2 x 500w (105w actual draw). Not the right spectrum but these were the cheapest options for now. Plus 12 x 11w warm light cfls helping with penetration. Trying to figure out some side lighting with what I have. And yes I have a fire alarm and extinguisher suitable for electrical fires!

LadyGreen Gave a bit of room for stretch, which she has done a little. Been reading up on light spectrums, and blue/green spectrum lights will encourage not to stretch but spectrum won't make or break the grow anyway so I'm quietly confident for my grow. That is as long as I water it...well she perked up soon enough. White pistils growing, I was so lucky to get a female considering she was the only bag seeds that popped out of 3! Will defoliate the inside/lower leaves this week.

LadyGreen I decided to give a good defoliation, to help with light penetration to the many lower bud sites. Also I thought it wouldn't hurt the humidity/air flow through the middle. Now that she has had a hair cut, you can see how random my LST was, Biggest challenge is keeping the buds from getting too close, I'm just kind of adjusting them down a bit and tieing them down.

LadyGreen Buds are throwing out white hairs, and I'm starting to see a hint of crystals on the leaves towards the buds. My biggest concern is the heat from the cfls, getting readings of 30 C at the top leaves, as well as burning the leaves that touched a bulb when I didn't put her back in the sweet spot. I wish I had LSTed even more aggressively during stretch. It's making me think about doing a Scrog set up next time to see if that will help me train lower. Last month now, the waiting really has been the worst part of it all.

LadyGreen So I had to promptly have a big LST session to stop the tops being burnt. Pipe cleaners worked really well, was able to spread out the canopy more. Flower is progressing nicely, starting to see trich development on the sugar leaves. Jewelers loop arrived and seems good enough to check on the trich development. Changed the diy reflector to another design, it's layers of emergency blanket hot glued together and then cut out in a circle the diameter of my cfls. The previous design was just getting in the way. I have added a 50w COB 3000k flood light to the back of the cabinet as suplemental lighting, see how those lower buds like that boost! Starting to shape the bonsai mother plant. FIMMED the clones, I will decide which clone is going to the next one to flower this week and repot. Perpetual grow begins!

LadyGreen Bit concerned about the yellowing of the lower leaves...seems that yellowing is normal during late bloom, but I have as much as 2 weeks - 1 month so the yellowing seems a bit early? The nute schedule already has no flora grow added. But we have been hit with a sudden cold spat with temps as low as 13 C. I hope things don't get much colder. Past few days smell is starting to develop, I'd say a piney scent. Filter is coping so far.

LadyGreen I upped the Ph a bit and the clones responded with some vig growth. The successful clone has been repotted and LST started. Will try upping the Ph to 6 because runnoff is coming out low. Flowering plant doing her thing, buds are filling out and smell is coming in. Very piney. But I toasted a top bud nooo. Need some improvements to the lighting fixture. And have plans to put a scrog in for the next plant so hopefully, I can keep things much more even. Trichs are starting to look cloudy. I'm waiting until I start to see Ambers until I cut. 1 to 2 more weeks I'm guessing. Will start to flush this week.

LadyGreen Merry Christmas! Getting frosty over here! Just keeping things healthy here. 6.2-3 ph in, 5.8 out. Growing weed is teaching me anything it's patience. Trichs all clear. But gives it time for the buds to fatten up. I got something to smoke for xmas and what was supposed to be fire was full of seeds. :/ Can't wait to have my own source!

LadyGreen Finally, Trichs are turning cloudy. Pistols are looking brown. The next week? Will be keeping a close eye then chop chop. Guess this plant has a 9-10 week flowering phase. Once this plant is down I will do my upgrades to the space (I got a 120w QB from Alibaba, plan to supplement with the cfls) then in goes another plant to scrog and flower. I've been busy at the end of the year so due to my own laziness she has been a bit neglected, stretching out waterings a bit too far. 5.7 runoff. Next grow is going to be upgraded to a 5 gal fabric pot. Happy New Year Growing everyone!

LadyGreen Well I feel like I have really the most basic of grows under my belt, lots of problems along the way but I'm just wanting to move onto the next grow to fix those problems and tune it in, while upping the grow technique a bit. Was really lucky no pests or diseases. Thanks to the help from everyone in the community!