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Finally got the time to sit down to do some maintenance and training on this girl🙌 It was a wet and rainy Sunday on 7/25 so we pushed back our Farmers Market a day and I got to get soaked in the garden😅 Cleaned up the interior, removing discolored fan leaves that weren't getting enough light and small branches growing inward that wouldn't amount to much. Then I did some LST with 4' Bamboo stakes and PGarden EZ Soft Plant Ties. I staked 4 main branches to open up the interior for better light penetration and air circulation👍 When it was all said and done I brought the trim back down to the barn as a treat for my horse Kestrel, he loves snacking on trim leaves! I also switched the the Neptune's Harvest Rose and Flowering as we're approaching flowering time and also gave them some good old fashioned Crosby's Molasses to get those sugars going!
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DWC Grow #3 - Week 5 (Day 28–34) | Canopy Takes Over + Trellis/Topping + Space Management (Dec 25–31) Week 5 was the week the plant stopped being “a plant in a bucket” and started being a canopy-management project. Growth turned noticeably more explosive, the footprint expanded fast, and I had to make real decisions about structure, airflow, and tent space. Day 28 (Dec 25) - Explosive growth Came home to a huge jump in growth. The plant looked healthy and vigorous, and it finally felt like the system was “locked in” after the earlier turbulence. Reservoir was stable, roots looked strong, and the canopy started to crowd the tent. I started seriously thinking about topping and how to manage height long-term. Day 29 (Dec 26) - Post-training recovery looks good The plant handled the recent canopy work well and kept pushing new growth. I logged a stable reservoir (temp staying in a good range) and the overall posture looked positive. Water usage was clearly increasing, which matches the jump in biomass. Day 30 (Dec 27) - Strong momentum + dialing light position The plant kept building mass fast. I continued to raise the light slightly as the canopy climbed and nudged intensity upward cautiously (still conservative relative to manufacturer “veg” suggestions). Reservoir readings stayed in the workable zone, and water level continued to drop steadily, confirming she’s drinking. Day 31 (Dec 28) - Steady readings, steady push No big interventions - more “observe, tuck, and keep it stable.” The canopy was getting denser, and I could tell the next phase would be about preventing the tent from turning into a packed, hard-to-service jungle. Day 32 (Dec 29) - Space management: moved extraction hardware outside To reclaim headroom and working space, I moved the inline fan and carbon filter outside the tent. This was purely about space and practicality as the plant expands. I kept an eye on airflow behavior and made sure the setup still pulled properly. Day 33 (Dec 30) - Canopy density reality check Canopy got dense enough that it started feeling like a “light and airflow engineering” problem. I did a light prune (nothing extreme - more like clearing obvious blockers). I also noticed some droop and ended up focusing on reservoir basics: keeping the root zone oxygenated and avoiding a too-high water line. I siphoned out some water to bring the level down. The water looked a bit murky but didn’t smell, which was reassuring. Day 34 (Dec 31) - Hands-off (New Year) I was away for New Year’s, so this was effectively a hands-off day. Sometimes that’s the best thing for me - less temptation to over-adjust. The plan was simply to return, assess water usage, and continue shaping the canopy with minimal stress. Week 5 takeaway: The plant is officially in “take over the tent” mode. Growth is strong, water consumption is increasing, and the limiting factor has shifted from “will she survive?” to “can I keep the environment and structure under control without over-correcting?”
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Starting week 3 of flower Molasses water Light defoliation
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Week 13 (26-5 t/m 1-6) 26-5 Helaas was ik niet thuis dus heb ik geen foto's en informatie voor deze dag. 27-5 Temperatuur: 27.4 graden (licht aan) 20.8 graden (licht uit) Luchtvochtigheid: 55% (hoogste) 44% (laagste) Vandaag de lamp op 85% sterkte gezet. Watergift: 1000 ml, met 0.2 ml Silica Power per liter, 0.3 ml CalMag per liter en 1 gr Calcium PowderFeeding per liter. EC: 0.6 PH: 6.2 28-5 Temperatuur: 29 graden (licht aan) 22.7 graden (licht uit) Luchtvochtigheid: 54% (hoogste) 44% (laagste) Watergift: 1000 ml, met 0.2 ml Silica Power per liter, 0.3 ml CalMag per liter en 1 gr Calcium, 0.6 gr Hybrids en 0.4 gr PK+ PowderFeeding per liter. EC: 1.7 PH: 6.2 29-5 Temperatuur: 28.6 graden (licht aan) 20.9 graden (licht uit) Luchtvochtigheid: 52% (hoogste) 42% (laagste) Watergift: 1000 ml, met 0.2 ml Silica Power per liter, 0.3 ml CalMag per liter en 1 gr Calcium PowderFeeding per liter. EC: 0.6 PH: 6.2 30-5 Temperatuur: 28.2 graden (licht aan) 20.4 graden (licht uit) Luchtvochtigheid: 58% (hoogste) 41% (laagste) De PH waarde verhoog ik nu van 6.2 naar 6.3. Ook was ik van plan om de dag PK+ te geven, aangezien ze dat in de bloei meer nodig heeft, maar hier na zag ik dat er wat gele bladpuntjes waren dus houd ik het even bij 1 keer per week. Achteraf zie ik bij de fotos van de vorige dagen dat er al verbrande bladpuntjes waren dus het ligt niet aan de PK+ 😅 Watergift: 1000 ml, met 0.2 ml Silica Power per liter, 0.3 ml CalMag per liter en 1 gr Calcium en 0.4 gr PK+ PowderFeeding per liter. EC: 1 PH: 6.2 31-5 Temperatuur: 27.9 graden (licht aan) 21.8 graden (licht uit) Luchtvochtigheid: 57% (hoogste) 45% (laagste) Vandaag weer wat blad weggehaald (had wel wat minder gemogen) Watergift: 1000 ml, met 0.2 ml Silica Power per liter, 0.3 ml CalMag per liter en 1 gr Calcium PowderFeeding per liter. EC: 0.6 PH: 6.3 1-6 Temperatuur: 28.1 graden (licht aan) 20.4 graden (licht uit) Luchtvochtigheid: 54% (hoogste) 44% (laagste) Watergift: 1000 ml, met 0.2 ml Silica Power per liter, 0.3 ml CalMag per liter en 1 gr Calcium PowderFeeding per liter. EC: 0.6 PH: 6.3
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Made tons of mistakes but next grow will be on point. I want to experiment with some variables that I saw and try new techniques at the same time apply old school techniques. Maybe have a good fusion of both. I wanna get into the 30% range
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9-15-20 So I Have definitly in this past week have flowering. Thankfully so far no one around my area has a male plant because they are female. The root system is notably bigger as well because it took a lot of water before the pot started to drain. I did a bunch of fan leave cutting and everything seems to be going good. The photos are kinda crappy sorry maybe later in the week I'll try too take better ones.
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Bring on the flowers lol I think these ladies are finally done stretching so I introduced the co2 to the tent which is just brewers yeast and sugar mixed with warm water. LOL this tent gives me anxiety hahah I dont like the canopy like this but she is very healthy along with all the other ladies. The only thing I can think of is I did not have the bigger fan in this time. Wonder if that was the cause.
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I fed them nutrients until Wednesday and continued until Saturday with RO water, changing the reservoir daily until I got the ppms down to were my truncheon doesn’t react anymore. On Saturday evening started cutting them down (6hours….).
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The beautiful girl has started growing right now. I haven't fertilized her yet. I've done some topping and removed the small leaves, She's feeling great 💚
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Good evening and happy growing everyone, let's start with the most important news, the b. purple punch rf3 are blooming, because of the high temperatures I have in my Mediterranean climate zone, the plants have reached a height of 40 cm on average, and unfortunately I didn't have time to apply any training (if you want to see monsters over 60 cm tall and two beautiful plants that have undergone important training passed in my Diary of the Afghan Kush), it must be said that I feel quite satisfied with what I have seen so far, I just hope the plants will be colored purple as mom Fastbud 🤤 says Update day 5, the plant continue to grow, they are tall on avarege 60 cm💛, the crop Is safe , the leaves are tipicaly indica and i likes thiss beutifull plant
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Removed a lot of stalks to point the plants energy where I want it. Not a lot more to say -
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9.2.25: The plants had a good watering, they're all still drinking a lot. Which is great, as that means growth, which, at this stage, we desperately need! I went ahead and gave all the plants a thorough watering each with: 2ltrs of dechlorinated water, PH'd to 6.5 with:- ♡ 4ml of Xpert Nutrients Bloom Booster ♡ 4ml of Xpert Nutrients Cal-Mag amino acids ♡ 4ml Seaweed extract liquid I don't know how this scrog net is going to work out. I think the squares are too big. It's elasticated, which I like. However, I'm extremely cautious with watering and moving the net. It's only a matter of time before I break more branches. It's such a hassle with it in there, honestly. I can't get in the tent properly to even check the weight of pots, as it's all weaved through, and again, I will snap branches. I did have a free net with the tent, which I think was smaller squares. I think I will use some other training next run. It's really not my kind of setup. I'm too interested in moving things and inspecting the plants constantly. The net is driving me up the wall. 😣 I'm considering removing it and trying something else, but it's also a bit too late for oldest plants.9.2.25: Gave the plants another good soak. I used 2ltrs of dechlorinated water PH'd to 6.4. It contained the following nutrients; ♡ 4ml of Xpert Nutrients Bloom Booster ♡ 4ml of Xpert Nutrients Cal-Mag amino acids ♡ 4ml Seaweed extract liquid ♡ 0.5g of Ecothrive Biosys. The plants are undergoing explosive growth at this stage, which I'm thrilled by! Purple Lemonade is turning purplish hues. Pink Mist has so many bud sites and is looking very healthy. Do-sì-dos is growing vigorously and looking promising, especially considering all my unfortunate mishaps! 😅 Watermelon also has considerable growth. However, my training has made a mess out of the structure. Which I consider another valuable take away. Bubble
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Day 42-49 (Day 42) Just watered today but couldn’t go until runoff because I didn’t have enough RO. I forgot to add the probiotic too. Nonetheless, everything is starting to recover from those weird deficiencies and is looking super healthy. Plants are really bushing out now too. I had to top the zkittlez and BBB#3 again as they are just getting too big. Nothing is definitively showing sex yet but I’m seeing clues. Shouldn’t be long now. If I get 4 females or less I will use 10gal pots, 5-7 fem 5gal pots and 8-12 3gal pots. I need to stop overwatering. Even though it doesn’t look too overwatered, it is much better to water a little bit each day at lights on. This will help keep the humidity down as well as deliver optimal oxygen to the roots speeding up plant growth considerably. (Day 45) Gave an EM1 spray down today. The beneficial bacteria is said to overpopulate surfaces so powdery mildew and septoria can’t form. Something seems to be really working as I haven’t seen any yet. (Day 47) I sealed up the tent and am running both dehumidifiers and it’s keeping the RH around a safe 70% night and day which is right on track with VPD. Plants are all looking super healthy. Deficiencies have pretty much all cleared up. Cold nights I’m running 600w and warmer nights I’ll run 400w. I was asking around Instagram about white ash/good burn and a few different people assured me it has to do with mineral content of the soil. I was told the three best products for clean ash is glacial rock dust/basalt, oyster shell flour and langbeinite. I already have langbeinite so I’ll grab the other amendments today and top dress. I grabbed the amendments and also got some Destiny Organics dark matter super soil, coco and some beneficial nematodes. Top dressed each amendment except langbeinite and mulched in some coco coir. (Day 48) My shelf came in today and I think it may be to big for the 4x4 tent. Each square is 12”, not the 11.8” advertised. I could wipe down my flower room and set it up in there which would give my plants a good adjustment to the new lights before I flip. Or I could set it up in the veg tent but that seems like a huge hassle as the need to be moved and flipped soon anyway. I wish they would show sex already so I can toss out the plants I’m not keeping. For flower I am considering starting over fresh with the new Destiny soil and coco mixed with some amendments. I’m concerned that my current mix might be too hot. I could also dilute it with the Destiny/coco mix. Those little bulb mites that came in with the worm castings are a little concerning as well. Some say they are just beneficial composters aka “worm bin mites” and others are telling me they’re predatory bulb mites which destroy crops like garlic. I’m leaning towards beneficial composters but in another grow I watched them devour a seedling before it sprouted. Gotta check the current roots but the plants aren’t quite ready to be transplanted. (Day 49) Got everything in the flower tent wiped down and sprayed with alcohol then EM1 few hours later. Got the shelf set up and got all my temp controls set up and running. I put the controllers outside the tent this time and will patch any light leaks. Gave a lite compost tea at 830ppm and a velokelp foliar spray at 6ml/L. This will be the last veg feeding before I transplant into their final containers on the 31st. BCTG#2 is a confirmed male and I pulled him. No one else is showing definitively. Roots looked super healthy with very few mites but I’m not 100% convinced they’re all clean. I saw a few mites on leaves today too. Saw a bit of droop after the move but they all look happy just a few hours later. Took a few clones from some sucker branches on a few of the blackberries.
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Big week here. The girls got moved into the tent and also into the Autopot system. I'm excited to see how the Autopot performs! There appeared some burns, I had been busy with xmas, so I didn't had that much time to attend them. I believe they will get back on track now. The biggest challenge is to keep the PH stable in the water tank.
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Hey everyone :-) This week the buds have grown again 😅. I'm glad that I went up a bit with the fertilizer 👍😂. But you can already see the effect that I could have fed better in week 3-6 🤦‍♂️🏻. Have paid too much attention to the Ph and Ec meter and thought as long as it climbs by itself, they no longer need gedacht thought bottle :-). Well, they'll still be standing for 2 weeks, then they will be harvested :-) Since I already know the clone, I know how delicious it will be. Build it smells now 😍. This week I will consider which mother I will cut for the next aero pass :-). I wish you all a good start into the week, stay healthy 🙏🏻 and let it grow ☘️👍 Type: Blue gelato 41 clone from mother (Barney's Farm) ☝️ Genetics: Blueberry] Thin Mint Girl Scout Cookies x Sunset Sherbert 👍 Vega lamp: 2 x Todogrow LED CXB3590 55 W 1 x Sanlight S2W 62 W 💡 Flower lamp: 2 x Todogrow LED CXB3590 55 W 1 x Sanlight S2W 62 W 💡 ☝️ Aero System : Aero Growtool 0.8 ☝️ Fertilizer: Canna Aqua Vega A + B , Canna Aqua Flores A + B , Rizotonic, Cannazym, CANNA Boost, Pk 13/14, Canna Cal / Mag, Canna Ph - Grow, Canna Ph-Bloom ☝️🌱 Water: Osmosis water mixed with normal water (24 hours stale that the chlorine evaporates) to 0.2 EG. Add Cal / Mag to 0.4 Ec Ph with Ph - to 5.5 - 5.8 💦 💧