Day 70-77 (Day 71) Not exactly sure why but node spacing on bbb 6&7 is super tight still. Their stems are also harder and less bendy, almost like they’re root bound. Bbb #5 in my veg tent is looking bizarre and I’m at a loss for what to do. I’ve been looking up and asking around about the leaf crinkle and no one seems to know what’s wrong. Trashing a pheno of this would hurt. It could be a keeper too as I don’t think the problem is genetic. It’s definitely root bound but that doesn’t cause contorted new growth like that. I’ve concluded that it’s my dense soil coupled with root bound issues, overwatering and high RH. (Day 72) Later tonight I’m going to give bbb 5 a bath tub flush until it’s reading 200ppms, drain it well and then transplant into a 3g pot with lightly amended soil. I’m also going to give it a light defoliation. I don’t mind stressing the shit out of this plant right now because I won’t be flipping for another week at least. With the small container it will run out of amended nutes mid flower so I will hit it with a few synthetic feedings around then to test out the smokabilty and taste compared to organic nutrients. I might as well give the rest a good defoliation on the rest of the plants too. I will try to get most of what is under the trellis. (Day 73) I definitely defoliated #7 waaay too much. Since it’s tucked away in the corner and a really bushy plant I can’t train it as well as the others. I cut most of the sucker branches and the majority of the lower fans. This should prevent the need to defoliate at all until week 3 of flower. (Day 74) I’ve been reading that higher temperatures with a high RH can affect growth big time. It could be what’s causing all the crinkling and twisting. And now that the plants are in very late veg they could probably benefit from a lower RH. When I was running my temps around 74-78F and 70% RH I was in the perfect range. Now that I’m around 82-86F with the same 70% RH that could be what’s causing it. Hotter air holds more moisture than cooler air and proper vpd at 84F is around 75-80%. I’m going to turn up the speed on my carbon filter and set my controller to 75%. If I don’t see a difference or it gets worse I will drop to 65 and go from there. (Day 76) I finally got the lights raised up another 4 inches or so. It’s not much but it should help reduce the intensity and stretch the nodes more. I’m starting to think the super tight node spacing and droopy/contorted growth has more to do with something I’ve been reading about called ‘soil compaction’. Apparently farmers often deal with compacted soil in fields from running tractors over it all day. When I potted the plants I gave them a good little jiggle to compact the soil down further so I could fit a bit more in the container. I think this could be the culprit as they don’t seem to be drying out evenly. Even the plants in my other room are not drying out like they should and it’s probably from compacting too. With the addition of rock dust and dry amendments the soil can become sandy/clay like and retain a lot more moisture. Wish I would have added a few more liters of perlite and packed the soil a bit looser. Either way I need to get this problem sorted ASAP before I get root rot. Earlier in the season when I overwatered, I stuck a fish tank air pump into the soil and it aerated the soil enough to prevent overwatering. The only reason I discontinued it is because it didn’t have much effect in the 1.7g pots. I just ordered a 36w 6 way fish tank pump that is way more powerful. It was 50 bucks and I’m willing to take a gamble on it. It seems to be my only option at the moment because I can’t just repot. Worst case scenario I can use it for brewing compost teas if it doesn’t work. I’m not sure how well this will work in a giant fabric pot but it’s worth a shot. I’ve heard of people supplementing additional air into raised garden beds with great results. I’m picking off some of the new auxiliary branches to try and widen the node spacing. Growth is definitely slow and stunted but no signs of deficiencies. I just thought of another theory on the node spacing... and the more I think about it, the more I think it’s the mystery problem. I’ve been foliar spraying with 1-1-1 VeloKelp at pretty high concentrations 2-3 times per week. I have heard in passing that kelp and seaweed can somehow reduce stretch. A quick google search reveals that Ascophyllum Nodosum Seaweed and other marine algae extracts contain large amounts of hormones and auxins that reduce plant height and stretch. *facepalm* Guess I’ll stop that for the rest of the cycle. As far as I know there is nothing I can really do but wait for the plant to use up all those excess hormones and nutes. The recent 0-0-15 seaweed extract and 1-0-3 kelp meal I bought is derived from the same kind as the velokelp. I guess I won’t use it again until week 3 or 4 in flower. Tight nodes are very useful in flower but aren’t desirable at all in when trying to scrog in veg. Especially when they’re like a half inch apart. It slows the shit out of a grow. Vietnamese and biker gangs in my area used to grow SOG style and use a synthetic PGR hormone (meant for bonsai trees) called ‘paclobutrazol’ that would make the weed rock hard dense so they wouldn’t have to pay people as much to trim it. I’ve heard that in recent years they have made the switch to using kelp extracts because paclo is getting harder find and is not meant for food crops let alone smokeable crops. I’m ashamed of it but I have smoked pounds of PGR weed long before I knew what a PGR was. 🤷‍♂️ (Day 77) One more theory. Ever since raising up the plants up onto that shelf the root zone is probably significantly warmer and the bottom of the pot (where most of the roots are) drys out way quicker. It’s possible that the warmer root zone could not be holding dissolved oxygen at the proper rate resulting in that over/underwatered look. Or it could be that I’m not watering enough at once to reach the bottom of the pot where the roots are and it’s indeed under watered. I’m going to water in a gallon when I get my new air pump and see if that makes any positive change. If I see the new air pump making a difference, I will flip on the 21st of April. If I don’t see a difference, I will carefully untangle the plants from the scrog net and remove the shelf. That extra foot should make a massive difference with ppfd and will cool down the roots significantly too. I’m thinking about grabbing a simple soil/compost thermometer to check the temp of the medium. Better safe than sorry. Rough week. Hopefully everything get smoothed out in the next little while before I flip.

Que pasa familia, vamos con la tercera semana de floración de estas Mental Rainbow F1 de Sweetseeds. Vamos al lío, las plantas se trasplantaron a macetas de 7 litros. El ph se controla en 6.5, la temperatura la tenemos entre 24/21 grados y la humedad ronda el 50%. El ciclo de crecimiento puse 12h de luz, el foco está al 70% de potencia. Me gustaría estar más encima este cultivo pero la salud me está impidiendo un poco este 100% con el proyecto. Con suerte la semana que viene andaré mejor. - os dejo por aquí un CÓDIGO: Eldruida Descuento para la tienda de MARS HYDRO. https://www.mars-hydro.com Hasta aquí todo, Buenos humos 💨💨💨

9.1.25: Pink Mist

La tercera semana ha ido bien, ya me respondió Biobizz y puedo usar toda su gama perfecta, a si que a partir de ahora irá todo mucho mejor. Aparecen los primeros cogollines. 📅 Dia 22🔹 Continuo con el Low Stress hasta que dejen de crecer. 📅 Dia 23🔹Descanso ( no estoy en casa) 📅 Dia 24🔹Riego según la tabla de nutrientes, EC 1500 , PH 6.3 y un drenaje del 10%

Flowering day 37 since time change to 12/12 h. Hey guys :-) The buds have developed incredibly nicely this week. The smell is getting more and more extreme :-) . The whole plant itself looks perfect 👍. The growth has slowly stopped as the full energy goes into the production of the buds. This week it was watered 3 times with 1.2 l each (nutrients see table above) They were individually inspected and checked for their health. Osmosis water for the coming week was refilled in a 100 l tank 👍. Have fun reading the diary and 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.ripperseeds.com/en/feminized/kmintz-feminized-cannabis-seeds 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 - 6.5 MadeInGermany

Day 77. Forced one, noticed nanners and bud rot. So had to take fast actions !!! Easiest trim jail ever ! ;))) Two down, one left for extra week. Day 82. Last one is down ! Very smelly and hairy ;) Day 85. First two in jars ! Day 89. Last one went for curing. 347 g from 3 plants ! Happy Growing !!!

CHERRY 🍒 COLA by FASTBUDS Week #4 Overall Week #3 Veg This week she is doing great for being outside in the heat it got hot this week but she is doing great. She a short squat plant with side growth starting to happen. Stay Growing!! Fastbuds CHERRY 🍒 COLA

Well, they got their first topping midway through last week. Waited a few days then gave them a bit more stress with a container change. Probably should have waited a few more days before moving them but they seem to have bounced back well. Started the transition to flowering and will go ahead and give them a quick defoliation and trim again starting next week. That will be the end of clipping and such.

She’s super sticky completely coated with frost much like frost banger. Her buds are very long/tall and thick. Great size but not very dense. Shes still foxtailing. But no worries if she doesn’t end up being a very dense plant, we’ll just use her to make Gummies..

Day 42 huge plants.. gave its some calmag.

La purple haze était vraiment plaisante à cultiver. Une des deux a eu un problème dès le début de croissance, et malgré tout, j'ai réussi à l'envoyer en floraison. Cela montre bien que les variétés de zamnesia sont très bien pour les débutants, elles sont très résistantes. La haze était de taille moyenne. Une odeur très épicée et terreuse, un vrai plaisir au nez. On voit bien que c'est une sativa, elle provoque de grosses crises de fou rire, la première fois que j'ai tiré dessus j'ai tiré trois taf et j'ai rigolé pendant 30 minutes, complètement incroyable. Très cérébrale, pleins d'idées qui nous passent par la tête, elle rend très énergique et n'a pas d'effet de détente sur le corps. Ne pas fumer en soirée avant d'aller dormir, plutôt en après-midi, j'ai beaucoup de mal à dormir si je l'utilise en début de soirée. Attention tout de même, elle provoque pas mal de parano je trouve, typique d'une sativa. En tout cas excellente variété pour aller marcher et profiter d'une belle après-midi. J'ai optenu 45g et 30g en sachant que j'ai eu pas mal de problèmes.

FastBuds Amnesia Haze Auto 4th Week of Flowering completed 11th Jan 2020 I'm sorry that the pics look a bit washed out , I find it hard to get a good shot when the plants are in the full sun. Nothing special to report other than she's smelling nice and spicy/sweet . It's a very easy to please plant and I have had zero issues so far See you next week 👍

Ok, so first week is finally here. First off I want to extend a big thank you to the brands Seedsman, MSNL, Exotic Seeds for sending CBG seeds and a big sorry from me for not being able to germinate them. I have made notes that all CBG seeds need a bit of special treatment, Living soils are not great unless they are aged well, and better to just start them in perlite, compost and coir/peat. stupid simple. Now the other none CBG seeds did fine in living soil, same with the herbs but some of the herbs also struggled and has low germination rates like the chives. No idea of the chive seed age as I have not grown them in years so this could be part of it. In better news some of CBG seeds have been replaced with a CBDv and THCv and regular CBD The THCv is a GTR seed vs a Kannabia THCv Seed, curious how these two will compare. Both are a 1:1 ratio of THC : THCv The CBDv is from GTR and the CBD is from CANUK, they sent it alongside the CBG as a "try this out as well" PS still rocking the hoodie, its nice and thick perfect for this time of year. SO onto diary updates, The seeds got their first transplant into smaller square pots at 3.5" vs mini yogurt cups, now I will wait for them to acclimatize into its new size and then transfer up to 1Gal when the time is right. Made a little video of transplanting them and took some extra photos of the herbs that are going strong. Also took a photo of 12hrs after transplant the the plants are looking nice still. I over watered them and let them drain to prevent a spike in EC in the soil. this way the soil can breakdown a bit more slowly and prevent any burning and such. The one THCv seedling I plucked out of one pot is going strong with the cilantro. I did this so their would only be one in the other pot, Will gift this to my buddies who need some plants. Also have some leftover CBDv CBD seeds that I started out of caution, they will be doing the same thing, going to buddies. I'm hoping my one guy takes em all as he was intrested in some of the different cannabinoids like THCv and CBDv and CBG The transplanted medium is amended with lots of stuff and Acti-Sol, the plants seem to do really well on this once they are established. I find topdressing with Acti-Sol is hard and does not work well so it needs to be added into the medium/pot before hand. Outdoors is a bit easier as the roots don't fill the pot to the brim, so topdressing is much easier. Once transplanting is over and they are in their final pot then they will get the liquid feed from the same company, Acadie :) Also first time trying out a Si additive into the soil. Using DE or diatomaceous earth, its now super available but should do the trick. I read studies about it on how adding it into the soil did increase SI content in the plant despite it not being readily available. The mineral wollastonite is a better option but I don't have any on hand. Weird that it comes from a Canadian mine as well. I think that's all, will comeback and update as needed. Fertilizer is going to be added in ml for the whole container not doing the math for what it is per L.

Very light watering for the first seedling week for this grow 5/6: Light misting around stem 5/8: 200 ML distilled water Today was the introduction to nutrients. Very light 5/10: 600 ML distilled water + nutrients

Day 21: week 4 starts today so going on this 4th week kind of strong b4 I stave em a bit and shift up.... Stay in that low gear and build them nutrient PGR's up recline a bit. Thinking about raising my ph a bit....low 6 but think it needs to go up to @ least 7 to take advantage of the high octane nutrients going into this. On another note already setting up my next grow. Going with 10qt pots on these only because they will be FF's so gonna make sure I have sufficient room for extreme growth. Think these will be my permanent's that will eventually go outdoors. So feeding probably last veg mix this week and will probably wait til the weekend and let em starve a bit. Oh wow the mail came and the packaging is pretty dope... 420FB!!! Day 22: Can't believe I just saw John "MF'n" Daly hit a tee shot that give's him a nice birdie op in the Open!!!! Dude looks pretty Shaggy like some type of hippy grower!!!! Fuck'n love it. So went against my thoughts and fed "Feed me Seymore" style. Gave em their weekly feeding yesterday around 6ish and watched. Sprayed with sensi cal. Speaking of which, finally getting a bit more organized and labeled foliage sprays and got em ready. 3 different bottles, sensi cal, Heavenly goddess, and Grease. Keeping an eye for any type of yellow pigments and spraying both over and under. Kind of worried about lockage so got some ph up/down. Wanna get my ph up just a hare so improve absorption of nutrients and get larger plants. This is my very 1st grow and my future is looking pretty dense with the addition of the FF's but needing this grow to make the next grow even better. Keeping my humidity up during this veg stage and staying away from any cutting for now. I think that the uv for a week has done something to my growth or maybe stunted a bit but proud of my stem work as these girls got Christian Louboutin Heels for stalks. That breeze blowing thought their leaves like "working women on a windy day" with their hair blowing in the wind!! Head turners!! So with the weekend coming not much but observing and maybe some light misting but getting ready to jump to that next level in the coming weeks but honestly trying to keep em from flowing until they get a bit larger. Maybe I can get a week 6 of veg but honestly with the Bud Blood this will be somewhat easy. Bud Blood or Bud Igniter......Been thinking about this one. I hear BB is the go to but can be very strong and possibly burn your plants. Igniter does the same thing so really on the fence but don't think I'll be disappointed. Think I'm gonna do a split maybe 4 using BB and 3 using BI just to see how they work. Things will definitely be picking up in a few so will post as the journey continues. RIP Tony Bennett......Dude you will be missed and I totally expect to see your face on a Stamp in the next 10 years!!! Noonish...decided that my air exchange if off so leaving my tent door open a bit to get fresh air flowing into the tent better. My CO2 bag is xlarge so think maybe too much. Gonna roll with this half open tent for a few and see. Day 23: So watered my plants outer zone with the vpt mix just to get maximum exposure to roots. Benn spraying the foliage with Grease and Green Goddess and just paying attention. Also am experimenting with the foliage spray and light reduction for a couple of hours just to get the plant to take the spray nutrients. Think the flowering is staring to come on but trying to slow it down by maybe a week just to try and get that 5th week of veg in b4. My plants are looking really robust and are taking the nutrients with no bad effects it seems. My PH up/down is coming today but still contemplating that whole ph up =bigger plants scenario. Also threw the training wheel milk carts back on my girls and am running a fan beneath my plants so that the pots can get fresh air through the root system. Have not experienced run through yet from watering so think I'm doing a pretty good job of keeping my watering in check. 6ish: went down on the lights earlier 2day just and came back to 1400is and plants are looking great. Sprayed with Grease and am gonna go with one more veg feeding b4 I pull out the BB with the IB and prep for flower, so thinking one more veg feed b4 we move into this next stage. Got some plant trainers coming Monday so figure if I go with a feeding in the morning and then lights all day Monday will start training to get these branches their own space to grow. So with the night nothing but maybe foliage spray and an early lights out but hopefully I can get these plants a bit more dry b4 feeding so might try to stretch the week out and give the soil a bit of time to dry out b4 this final veg feeding. Day 24: Had some light issues and my babies didn't get much sleep so gonna get back to my 18-6 with only breeze in sleep. Attempted to train a few of my branches with some 90° plant trainers but said nah, save em for my ff that I'm gonna veg/flower/veg/fl..... Looking back @ the last 28 days I realize just how much work, time, research and dedication to do this. Talk about stress relief!!! Keep's me uplifted and positive. On another note, getting the AC Infinity bars to keep my tent from doing a Hal 2112 S.O. on my grow!!

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