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@fromseedtobecoming
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What a journey it has been from seed!
I made a lot of mistakes in the first few weeks of this growing journey. I feel like I had a mini-crash after finishing the first year of grad school, and although I am growing cannabis as part of my research project, I haven't been the greatest at paying attention to it. This is not an excuse. It has actually been a learning opportunity. I realized that my body needs proper schedules to function and grow, just like a plant.
The problems with the plant have really been my own problems. Let's just say that a plant may be the reflection of the grower. First, the light cycles were wrong and inconsistent. I thought that I could manually control the light schedule for the plants and be alright. However, I was wrong. My sleep schedule has been very inconsistent for the past few months. Mainly because we are living through a pandemic, and secondly because I am a graduate student 😂. How naive was it of me to think that a plant could follow my own rhythms? I guess it highlights my 'plant blindness.'
Second, the light intensity was low and PH levels high.
In the last five days, I have learned that plants are living organisms (I knew this, but my plant blindness is quick to dismiss it, I need to stop fighting these "plant voices" (signals)) that require a proper environment to grow, similar to humans. Of course, a plant is not human, but it is alive and living. It needs water, a regular schedule (light (active) /darkness (rest), oxygen, nutrients, and an overall good environment to grow.
Concern about the size of my plant at five weeks, I decided to conduct a few experiments at home.
Here are my notes:
Friday, July 23, 2021, I took the plant out of the tent at 6:00 AM and placed it in front of my backyard window that faces the Eastside, perfect for sunrise. On that day, I had a few errands to run, and when I arrived home, it was 2:30 PM. The sun was now hitting the West side of my house, and I had to move the plant in front of my bedroom window.
At around 7:00 PM, I went to look at the plant and noticed that its leaves were looking plumpy. So, I decided to take a timelapse to see what I would be able to record.
During "magic hour" (sunset), I recorded and witnessed the plant moving with the rhythms of the sun. Plant, like humans, function at their best when they are synchronized with their circadian rhythm. The pandemic has definitely disoriented us to the point that it has disrupted all of our schedules. To this day, I feel tired from everything we have all been through; how could I possibly think that a plant would thrive with such a messed-up schedule?
The time lapse made me realize that the plant needs some structure to thrive, and so do I. So, as much as I like to think that I can be disciplined and follow a plant's schedule, I cannot. So, I went to the store and bought the Globe Suite smart plug to automate and schedule the light cycle to 12hrs of light and 6 hours of darkness.
Saturday, July 24, 2021, the plant woke up to the set schedule of the lights.
I checked on the plant first thing in the morning, around 9:30 AM. The leaves look much greener and thicker than they did the day before.
Sunday, July 25, 2021.
I was away overnight and did not arrive home until 2 PM. The plant looks twice the size it was on Friday! Today, I will water the plant. I got a PH test kit and realized that the way that I measured the PH level, the first few weeks was wrong 🤦♀️🏽. I measured the PH correctly, to 5.9, and added some Reefertilizer grow nutrients to the water. I watered from the top, distributing the water evenly around the stem.
My partner pointed to me that the lights seemed dim for the stage of the plant's life. So I had my lights set at 100 watts running at 20 % 😅. I realized that I had not increased the light intensity since the first few weeks of vegetation 🤦♀️🏽. So I increased the intensity to 100 watts running at 60%.
Monday, July 26, 2021.
First check-in 7:00 AM: The plant looks like it loves all of the new changes that I have made! It is finally growing 🤗
The sun is out, but it is not as intense as it should be because tiny particles of smoke are present in our air due to the wildfires, and they create a filter that makes the human eye see the sun blood red. It is quite apocalyptic.
Regardless, I decided to take the plant out from the tent and record a time-lapse. It is fascinating how much movement plants have despite showing no noticeable signs of movement (to the human eye).
Tuesday, July 27, 2021.
It has been five days since I have made big changes to the plant's schedule and environment. The plant is finally showing good signs of growth, and its leaves colours have changed to a deep green. I am not watering the plant today, but I am spritzing it with water.
I decided to take another time-lapse of the plant, but this time inside the tent. As I was setting up the tripod for my camera, I accidentally increased the humidifier 🤦♀️🏽. Luckily, I noticed within a reasonable timeframe and reduced the humidity and made the environment better.
I increased the light intensity to 100 watts at 100%.
The plant will stay in the tent all day today because it is raining ☔️.
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@HollowSource
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Tops galore. Again not stretched as much as I had hoped but putting that down to the amount of training she has had. She has a lovely even canopy and I'm looking forward to lots of dense nugs! Looking forward to seeing this girl develop. I've never smoked this before but i have had the chance to smell a fellow growers plants that are currently in late flower and it smells unreal!
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@GoldenWeedGrower
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D29/V25 - 29/04/23 - Benting
D30/V26 - 30/04/23 - EC 0.9 pH 6.5
D31/V27 - 01/05/23 - LST and Benting
D32/V28 - 02/05/23 - Some other LST
D33/V29 - 03/05/23 - Added water and nutes - EC=0,9 pH=6,5
D34/V30 - 04/05/23 - LST
D35/V31 - 05/05/23 - Nothing
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@Barcelona_Farmers710
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Buenas Farmers!! Después del problemas de la sobre fertilización... a pesar de eso huelen espectacularmente sin hablar de la explosión de resina de nuestra Gorila Z y la Blue Gelato 41!! Un placer para el Paladar 👌🏻
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@Dunk_Junk
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Had to bend the top cola over this week as she was way too tall.
She's nicely entered flowering this week. Buds look nice and compact.
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@BruWeed
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Esta planta estuvo dos semanas en etapa de enraizamiento, tres en crecimiento y ocho semanas en floración.
No tuvo ningún problema con nada, me resultó de fácil cultivo.
En esta cosecha obtuve ciento cuarenta y siete g en total.
Utilice una maceta Root House de 10L.
El sustracto que utilice fue de Nube Verde, en su composición se incluye turba de categoría, perlita, humus, compost, tierra, dolomita y vermiculita.
Sin duda volvería a probar esta genética otra vez, supero mis expectativas.
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@LSDMan
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(EN) The plants are in a wooden planter to protect them from strong winds (they remain in their 3.6L pots for now). Watering with clear water on day 21. Some plants have slightly tipped but nothing serious. Meteorological change from day 23, with a drop in temperature and rainy, cloudy and windy weather (but this does not prevent the plants from growing, on the contrary). Watering with root fertilizer at 1mL/L and growth fertilizer at 1mL/L on day 25.
(CAN) Les plants sont dans une jardinière en bois afin de les protéger des vents violents (ils restent pour l’instant dans leur pots de 3,6L). Arrosage à l’eau clair le jour 21. Quelques plants ont légèrement tigé mais rien de grave. Changement météorologique a partir du jour 23, avec une baisse de température et un temps pluvieux, nuageux et venteux (mais cela n’empêche pas les plants de croître, au contraire). Arrosage avec l’engrais racinaire à 1mL/L et l’engrais de croissance a 1mL/L le jour 25.
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@Kitties_and_Colas
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08/13/21:
😺Week 5 is here!!🐱 they're growing fast and the yellowing seems to have corrected on its own (keeping the feeding routine consistent)
.. we removed some growth from the mainline and topped at the ends (we decided to try topping at 3rd node for a wider plant, we'll see what happens lol), our goal is for 4-6 mains per side. All the BigBud plants need to be re-potted this week into their final homes..we're running a little low on promix so 50% will be reused..thanks for reading, drop a like if you made it this far lol..we'll update midweek ❤️🐱💡🌱
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8/14/21
😽Everyone was up-potted to 5- 6 gallon containers toady..I also cleaned out a tent and moved a light, creating a space just for the ILGM Big Bud 😺👌
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8/16/21:
😺I think my transplant solution was a little too spicy for them, we're starting to get glossy and claw (pics) but no dead tips yet..definitely water only for a little while...
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8/18/21
😻Crazy fast new growth after last topping despite looking over fed.. this seems to be a very forgiving strain.. A+ so far 👊🐱
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@Hou_Stone
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Let's remember, in week 6 one of my king's tart had been broken in 2 because of the tension due to my bad LST.
This plant grows much taller than the others. I'm trying to lower his height by doing HST. Currently she does not seem to complain about it.
I preferred to remove my net this week, to more easily access my plants and water them. I hope the branches will hold
I cut a lot of leaf this week. I hear different opinions that say it's beneficial others not... At least it will have the advantage of lowering the humidity.
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- Water: tap water at 300 PPM, I add 0.7G of Hybrid powder and 0.3g of booster PK+ per liter to reach 950PPM and I adjust the PH to 5.8. I watered daily until water drained from the pot (to release nutrients from previous waterings) and I take a 3-4 day watering break to let it dry out before resuming a daily watering schedule.
-Daytime temperature: 22-26°C
-Night temperature: 20-24°C
-Humidity: 50-75% ( Too high but it's hard to lower it... I need advice please contact me if you have :) )
-Lamp: Mars Hydro FC3000. intensity 90% at 35cm from the top leaves
-Room: Mars Hydro 100x100x180cm
-Extractor: Mars hydro 402 CFM Max. power 3/10
-Substrate : 70% coco, 25% perlite, 5% vermiculite.
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@Bostonbud781
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Pretty happy with the results so far. Tried lollipopping a few of them. Also removed one from tent and placed outside possible fungi rusted leafs maybe cal mag?
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@HowtoBubatz
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We’re now fully in production mode!🔥
The stretch is definitely done, and she’s putting all her energy into bud development.
The trichomes are multiplying nicely, and the smell is becoming more and more intense, fresh lemon with a subtle sweet twist.🍋🍬
The bud structure is quite different from what I’m used to, more airy and elongated, kind of sativa-like.
Curious to see how this one finishes up. Still healthy, still cruising, let’s see what next week brings!
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@Alejangrow
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End week 9
Changed the nutrient solution and plucked a couple fan leaves along the way. They look happy and healthy and I'm letting them take over this 5x6 space I usually put 6 ladies in. Excited for the outcome of these plants.
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@PEAKYPLANTERS
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Hello everyone, fellow growers!
my girlfriend continues the vegetative phase without problems. we are trying to twist the stem around the structure of the vase :)
We are testing a new line of fertilizers and so far they are doing pretty well.
excellent nuggets are expected!
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@Bud_vista
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I tried budwashing for the first time. Went quite good. The buds are drying for the next 2 week