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Happy 4th everyone ๐ŸŽ†. I just returned from a 4 day family trip to Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg. I love that place and we had a lot of fun. The girls are doing great. I filled the reservoir before I left and it's was 1/4 remaining when I returned. That's one big advantage using the auto pots. If i was manual watering, i would be able to miss watering them more than a day. The posted pictures are 7 days from the last week photos. I also took a couple videos. With this being the beginning of week 5, I increased my bloom to 12ml per gallon. It's usually 9ml. I also increased my koolbloom from 3ml to 5ml per gallon. I'll go back to 9 and 3 on week 6. Thanks for looking and till next week ๐Ÿ™Œ ๐Ÿ˜€
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Topped 2 plants 8 days ago, The new growth is loving life!!! Flowering will likely start in the next several days and the plants ability to recover quickly from topping done last week is a good sign for these girls future.......5/22 pre flowering beginning!!!!
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Welcome to Flower Week 7 and harvest of Sensi Seeds Karate Kid I'm excited to share my grow journey with you from my Sensi Seeds Project . It's going to be an incredible ride, full of learning, growing, and connecting with fellow growers from all around the world! Karate Kid got a Hard Start and also a lot of Problems After transplanting in her 16litre pot as the only Strain from this Round For this Project , Iโ€™ve chosen the Feminized Photo Strain Karate Kid : Hereโ€™s what Iโ€™m working with: โ€ข ๐ŸŒฑ Tent: 120x60x80 โ€ข ๐Ÿง‘โ€๐ŸŒพ Breeder Company: Sensi Seeds โ€ข ๐Ÿ’งStrain Info : 25-33% โ€ข โณ Flowering Time: 8-10weeks
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got so fucked last night day .....erg........................... Smells so , just so ,.... lol itโ€™s dark but fruity , starts off how you expect it to be , purple strains seem to have a winey sort of note , but this has @ sweet after , even though the tall one looks different it smells the same ๐Ÿ˜œ Am dragonforcing -
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๐Ÿ’™ Project Blue Tent โ€“ Week 11 ๐Ÿ’™ Blue Waffle F1 โ€“ Pheno A ๐ŸŒธ The Frost Is Coming... And She's Looking Incredible Hello everyone, and welcome back to another chapter inside Project Blue Tent! ๐Ÿ’™๐ŸŒฑ And honestly... I'm not even sure where to start this week. Because... LOOK AT HER. ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ’™๐ŸŒธ After everything we've done over the previous weeks, we're finally reaching that beautiful stage where the plants don't need us to constantly interfere. They just need us to watch. And what we're watching right now? Absolutely amazing. The bud formation is developing beautifully. The frost levels across the tent are going absolutely crazy. The structure we built is doing exactly what we wanted. The second SCROG is supporting the flowering branches. The airflow is working beautifully. The irrigation and drainage systems are running flawlessly. And now we've introduced a second LumiFlora under-canopy light to help illuminate the lower portions of this enormous flowering structure. So yes... there was a little bit of tinkering this week. ๐Ÿ˜‚ But mostly? We stood there staring at the plants. Because sometimes... that's the best job in the grow room. ๐ŸŒฟ PHENO A โ€“ THE WORK IS NOW SPEAKING FOR ITSELF Blue Waffle F1 Pheno A is still sitting at approximately 145 cm. And at this point, her height almost isn't the interesting part anymore. Because now we're watching what all that structure is turning into. Weeks of vegetation. Training. SCROG. Stretch management. Defoliation. Canopy organization. A second SCROG. Additional airflow. Raised lighting. And now... flowers. Lots of them. And the development we're seeing is making me extremely happy. The plant has moved from: "How are we going to control all of this?" to: "Okay... now let's see what all of this becomes." ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ’™ That's a very good transition. ๐ŸŒธ BUD FORMATION โ€“ OUT OF THIS WORLD This week, the thing that really catches my eye is the bud formation. The flowering sites are developing beautifully throughout the plant. And the amount of frost we're seeing now? Oh my God. ๐Ÿ˜‚ The whole tent is starting to look like somebody has been throwing powdered sugar around in there. The flowers are getting increasingly covered in trichomes, and the close-up photographs are really starting to show what these girls are capable of. This is the stage where all those weeks of structural work become incredibly rewarding. We spent so much time talking about branches. Canopy. Spacing. Stretch. Support. Light penetration. Airflow. And now? The flowers are taking over the conversation. Exactly as we hoped. ๐ŸŒฟ THE DEFOILATION โ€“ NOW WE SEE WHY WE DID IT One of the things I really appreciate about this stage is being able to look back at the previous weeks. When we performed the major defoliation, the plants looked dramatically different. We removed a significant amount of foliage. And at the time, the goal wasn't to make the plants look pretty. It was to make the flowering structure more functional. We wanted better visibility. Better airflow. Less unnecessary congestion. More access to the flowering sites. And a canopy that would be easier to manage as the flowers developed. Now? We're seeing the result. The plant has recovered beautifully. The remaining foliage is working. The flowering sites are clearly visible. The branches are supported. And the flowers are developing exactly where we wanted them. This is one of my favorite parts of cultivation. You make a decision weeks earlier... then you wait. And eventually the plant gives you the answer. And right now? I'm very happy with the answer. ๐Ÿ’ก TWO LUMIFLORA LIGHTS โ€“ LET'S LIGHT UP THE LOWER CANOPY And this week we decided to take the under-canopy experiment one step further. We brought a second LumiFlora into the game. The first 150W full-spectrum LumiFlora was already helping us provide supplemental light underneath the canopy. But looking at the size and density of these plants... it simply felt like we could do more. The lower portions of the plants are naturally receiving less direct light from the main fixtures above. And with this much vertical structure, that becomes even more noticeable. So instead of trying to solve everything by removing more foliage, we're exploring another option: Give the lower canopy more light. And now we have two LumiFlora fixtures working underneath the plants. Both are 150W full-spectrum fixtures, with additional emphasis toward the red portion of the spectrum. The idea is simple: The main LEDs handle the upper canopy. The LumiFlora fixtures supplement the lower canopy. And the plant gets a more complete lighting environment from top to bottom. We're not trying to replace the main lights. We're complementing them. And now... we watch. ๐ŸŒธ Because that's the whole point of the experiment. We introduce something. We observe. We document. And then we let the plants tell us what they think. ๐Ÿ’ก THE UNDER-CANOPY LIGHTING DESIGN And because we're apparently incapable of doing anything in a boring way... ๐Ÿ˜‚ we decided not to simply place the two LED bars side by side. The LumiFlora bars are quite long, approximately 1.20 metres each, with a central section of around one metre. So instead of following the traditional side-by-side arrangement, we played around with the positioning. We've arranged them diagonally across the lower portion of the tent, running from corner to corner. And honestly? I really like the way it looks. It gives the lower canopy a much more interesting distribution of supplemental light rather than concentrating everything into one central area. And visually... it looks pretty damn cool too. ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ’ก๐ŸŒธ Sometimes the functional solution can also look beautiful. ๐ŸŒฟ LIGHT FROM ABOVE. LIGHT FROM BELOW. This is becoming one of the most interesting parts of the Blue Tent experiment. We're now looking at the plant as a three-dimensional structure. The main fixtures are providing the primary lighting from above. But the plant isn't flat. It has height. Branches. Layers. Lower flowering sites. Interior flowering sites. And all those areas don't necessarily receive the same amount of light from above. So we're experimenting with supplemental lighting underneath. The goal isn't to make some huge claim about what the lights will accomplish. The goal is to see. Will the lower flowering sites respond? Will the additional light help us maintain development deeper into the canopy? Will we see differences as flowering progresses? That's what makes this fun. We don't need to know the answer before we run the experiment. We're here to find out. ๐ŸŒธ FROST EVERYWHERE And I have to say this again... THE FROST. ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ’™ Oh my God. The whole tent is getting ridiculously frosty. The close-up photographs are becoming almost ridiculous. The sugar is showing up everywhere. The flowers. The sugar leaves. The surrounding structures. Everything is starting to sparkle. And this is one of those moments where you can finally see the genetics expressing themselves visually. We're not talking about potential anymore. We're looking at actual flowers developing in front of us. And Blue Waffle F1 Pheno A is putting on quite a show. ๐ŸŒฟ THE SECOND SCROG IS DOING ITS JOB The second SCROG continues to be one of those decisions I'm extremely happy we made. When we installed it, the plants were already getting too tall. The original SCROG had done its job beautifully during the vegetative phase. But with all the stretch that followed, we needed another layer of support. Now we're seeing why. The flowering branches are developing more weight. The structure is substantial. And the second net is helping keep everything organized and supported. We're not constantly moving branches anymore. We're not trying to reshape the plant. We're simply allowing the support structure to do its job. And that's exactly how I want it. The plant built the branches. We built the support. Now the flowers build the weight. Everyone has a job. ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ’™ ๐ŸŒฌ๏ธ AIRFLOW โ€“ STILL SPOTLESS The airflow situation is also working beautifully. The upper airflow continues circulating through the canopy. The additional lower fan keeps air moving underneath. The canopy was opened through the previous defoliation. And now the lower portion of the tent also has the supplemental lighting system. So we've got light and air working together throughout the structure. That's important. Adding more equipment underneath the canopy only makes sense if we're still maintaining good environmental movement down there. And right now? I'm extremely happy with how everything is working. No stagnant feeling. No obvious problem areas. Just good continuous circulation through the room. ๐ŸŒฌ๏ธ THE EXTRACTION SYSTEM โ€“ STILL GIVING US SPACE Moving the carbon filter and extractor outside the tent a few weeks ago was another one of those decisions that keeps paying dividends. It gave us valuable vertical space. That allowed us to raise the main LEDs. That reduced the pressure we had on the tallest tops. And now we're able to maintain this enormous flowering structure without constantly fighting the ceiling. Sometimes the biggest improvements aren't made to the plant. They're made to the room around the plant. And this was definitely one of those changes. ๐Ÿ’ง IRRIGATION โ€“ ABSOLUTELY SPOTLESS And I have to give a little love to the irrigation system this week. Because honestly... I have absolutely nothing to complain about. ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ’™ It's working flawlessly. The plants are receiving their water consistently. The system is keeping up with their demand. And the drainage system is performing just as well. No drama. No problems. No complaints. Just doing its job. And when you have a flowering room this large and this thirsty, that consistency is incredibly important. The plants can concentrate on growing. We can concentrate on observing. And the irrigation system can quietly do its job in the background. That's exactly how I like it. ๐Ÿ’ง๐ŸŒฟ โš—๏ธ THE EC MYSTERY Now... there is one little thing that caught my attention this week. And I honestly don't have a definitive explanation for it. ๐Ÿ˜‚ We didn't intentionally change the reservoir recipe. The nutrient mix remained the same. We're still using: PLAGRON Hydro A โ€” 2.2 ml/L PLAGRON Hydro B โ€” 2.2 ml/L PLAGRON Hydro Roots โ€” 1 ml/L PLAGRON Power Buds โ€” 1 ml/L And yet... the EC came out slightly lower this time. Current recorded EC: 2.24 mS/cm. Last week we were around 2.49 mS/cm. Why? Honestly... I don't know. ๐Ÿ˜‚ My first thought is that the rainwater may simply have been a little softer this time. But that's only a possibility. I don't want to invent an explanation when I don't actually know. The important thing is that the plants are looking fantastic. They're healthy. They're developing beautifully. The foliage looks good. The flowers are progressing. So for now? We're simply recording the observation. No panic. No unnecessary correction. Just: "Interesting." ๐Ÿ˜‚ And we continue watching. ๐ŸŒฑ SOMETIMES THE PLANTS MATTER MORE THAN THE NUMBER This is another reason I like documenting all the environmental data. Numbers are incredibly useful. But they're only one part of the story. You can have a number that looks slightly different from last week and still have plants that are absolutely thriving. And that's exactly what we're seeing here. The EC is a little lower. The plants? Beautiful. The flowers? Amazing. The frost? Absolutely insane. The irrigation? Perfect. The drainage? Perfect. So we're not going to chase the number simply because it changed. We're going to observe the entire system. And right now... the system looks fantastic. ๐ŸŒธ CURRENT GROW CONDITIONS ๐ŸŒธ Flowering: Week 11 ๐Ÿ“ Height: approximately 145 cm ๐Ÿ’ก Light schedule: 12/12 โ˜€๏ธ Day temperature: 28ยฐC ๐ŸŒ™ Night temperature: 27ยฐC ๐Ÿ’ง Relative humidity: 63% โš—๏ธ pH: 6.01 โšก EC: approximately 2.24 mS/cm ๐ŸŒก๏ธ Solution temperature: 24.9ยฐC ๐ŸŒฑ Substrate temperature: 24ยฐC ๐ŸŒฌ๏ธ COโ‚‚: approximately 666 ppm ๐Ÿ’ฆ Watering: approximately 1.6 L per plant / 24h ? Pot size: 8 L CURRENT NUTRIENT RECIPE PLAGRON Hydro A โ€” 2.2 ml/L PLAGRON Hydro B โ€” 2.2 ml/L PLAGRON Hydro Roots โ€” 1 ml/L PLAGRON Power Buds โ€” 1 ml/L PLAGRON pH Plus โ€” 0.03 ml/L PLAGRON pH Minus โ€” 0.03 ml/L ๐Ÿ’ก LumiFlora Under-Canopy Lighting: 2 ร— 150W Full Spectrum ๐ŸŒธ THE FLOWERS ARE NOW THE MAIN STORY This is probably the biggest change from where we were a few weeks ago. Earlier, the main story was: Stretch. Height. Canopy management. Defoliation. LED clearance. Support. Airflow. Now? The flowers are the story. And they're telling a beautiful one. The branches are loaded with developing flowers. The structure is holding beautifully. The frost is increasing. And the whole room has that feeling of: "Something special is happening here." ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ’™๐ŸŒธ That's the feeling I love most. Not knowing exactly how the final result will look. But seeing enough clues to know that we're heading somewhere very interesting. ๐Ÿ”ฌ THE F1 UNIFORMITY CONTINUES TO AMAZE ME And once again, I have to mention something that keeps catching my attention. These F1 genetics are looking incredibly uniform. The four girls are sharing the same room. Same environmental conditions. Same irrigation. Same nutrition. Same lighting philosophy. Same structural work. And they're responding with an almost uncanny similarity. There are individual differences, of course. That's exactly why we're keeping separate diaries. But when I look across the room now... it's almost like looking at different expressions of the same idea. And honestly? That's fascinating. Maybe the biggest differences will reveal themselves later. Maybe they'll become more obvious as the flowers mature. Maybe the similarities will continue all the way to harvest. That's what we're here to discover. ๐ŸŒธ THE QUIET PART OF THE GROW IS GETTING LOUD This is funny because technically... we're doing less. But visually? The plants are becoming more impressive every week. ๐Ÿ˜‚ We're not training. We're not performing major defoliation. We're not rearranging the room. We're not fighting stretch. We're not solving emergencies. We're simply maintaining the environment. And yet... the flowers are getting bigger. The frost is increasing. The structure is becoming more impressive. And every photograph seems to show more development than the previous one. This is the reward for all the work that came before. ๐ŸŒฟ FROM BUILDING THE PLANT TO WATCHING THE PLANT FINISH We spent weeks building this plant. Now we're watching it finish. The vegetative period created the framework. The SCROG organized it. The stretch tested it. The defoliation opened it. The second SCROG supported it. The raised LEDs gave it room. The additional airflow keeps it breathing. The irrigation keeps it supplied. The nutrition keeps it moving. And now the LumiFlora lights are helping us explore the lower canopy. At this point... there's very little I want to change. I want to let the plant show us what all of that work was worth. ๐ŸŒธ WHAT I'M WATCHING NOW The questions are becoming much more exciting. How much larger will these flowers become? How much more frost will develop? How will the lower canopy respond to the two LumiFlora fixtures? Will the additional supplemental light make a visible difference as flowering progresses? How much weight will the second SCROG eventually need to support? And perhaps the biggest question of all... what are these beautiful F1 girls going to look like when they finally reach maturity? I have absolutely no idea. And I love that. ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ’™ ๐Ÿ™ FINAL THOUGHTS โ€“ THIS IS WHY WE GROW If I had to describe this week in one sentence, it would probably be: "We didn't do much... and everything looks amazing." ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ’™ And honestly? I'll take that. The plants are healthy. The bud formation is incredible. The frost levels are getting ridiculous. The second SCROG is working beautifully. The airflow is performing exactly as planned. The irrigation is spotless. The drainage is spotless. The main lighting is doing its job. And now we've added a second LumiFlora to complement the first and give the lower canopy even more supplemental light. We even changed the positioning of those long LED bars into a more interesting corner-to-corner arrangement. And I have to say... I really like it. It looks good. It distributes the light in a way that makes sense for this huge lower canopy. And it gives us another part of the experiment to watch. As for the slightly lower EC? We don't know exactly why. Maybe the rainwater was softer. Maybe there was another small variable. Maybe it's simply one of those little differences that happen in a real system. The important thing is that the plants are showing us no reason to panic. So we're not going to chase numbers. We're going to observe. And right now... what we're observing is absolutely beautiful. Blue Waffle F1 Pheno A is standing there at approximately 145 cm, covered in flowers and increasingly covered in frost. The structure is strong. The canopy is organized. The support is ready. The lower lighting is installed. The irrigation is flawless. The drainage is flawless. And the whole room is beginning to look like something very special. ๐Ÿ’™๐ŸŒธ๐ŸŒฟ We've done the hard work. Now we get to enjoy the show. Let's see what the next few weeks bring. Because if the frost continues at this rate... Oh boy. ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ’™ We're going to have some very interesting photographs coming. Until next week... Keep watching. Keep observing. Keep the environment stable. And let these beautiful girls do what they do best. Grow. Flower. Frost up. And shine. ๐Ÿ’™๐ŸŒธ๐ŸŒฟ ๐Ÿ™ A HUGE THANK YOU A huge thank you once again to Zamnesia for making Project Blue Tent possible and for giving us the opportunity to explore these beautiful Blue Waffle F1 genetics phenotype by phenotype. Thank you to PLAGRON for the Hydro nutrient line supporting these girls through this incredible flowering journey. A massive thank you to Mars Hydro for the automatic irrigation and drainage system that continues working absolutely flawlessly and keeping these thirsty girls supplied. Thank you to Zamnesia for the Phytonaut LED lighting, the curved scissors and the clip fans that have all become such important parts of this project. And a huge thank you to LumiFlora for providing the 150W full-spectrum under-canopy lighting that we're now using in pairs to explore supplemental lighting throughout the lower canopy. I'm really excited to see what this experiment brings. And of course... thank you to GrowDiaries for giving us the platform to document all of this. The successes. The mistakes. The unexpected moments. The experiments. The lessons. And now... the frost. ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ’™๐ŸŒธ Most importantly, thank you to everyone following Project Blue Tent. We're getting deeper into flowering now. The plants are looking incredible. The frost is everywhere. The flowers are stacking beautifully. The systems are working. And we're finally at the stage where we can sit back a little and enjoy the work we've spent so many weeks building. Four girls. One room. Same environment. Incredible F1 uniformity. Two LumiFlora under-canopy lights. One very frosty future. Let's see what comes next. ๐Ÿ’™๐ŸŒธ๐ŸŒฟ Until next week... More frost. More flowers. More observation. And hopefully... even more reasons to stand in front of the tent and say: "Oh my God..." ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ’™ Growers Love, happy growing, and take care everyone! ๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿ’™
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07/07/2020 She drank 2 liters of OVERDRIVE this week, so one more week watering with OVERDRIVE and MICRO to supplement growing seeds, they getting fat. 07/10/20/20 New pistils popping out on sides of buds none on top so filling out. I guess she responding to (OVERDRIVE) Her last stage of flowering has begun should be done in 2 weeks ๐Ÿ™ so one more week watering with OVERDRIVE and MICRO then water only for the flush week. And Harvest???
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Doddering along merrily, nice colour to her . Pot is proper funky lol , kind of a test to see if it's better than standard pots and fabric ones . Happy growing n peace to all you fine horticulterists ๐Ÿ•Š๏ธ๐Ÿ•Š๏ธ๐Ÿ•Š๏ธ
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KICKASS AUTO by KANNABIA Week #11 Overall Week #5 Flower This week she continues to pack on weight as her buds develop some density to them. The trichomes just shine in the sunlight. Overall she's doing great being outside no issues!! Stay Growing!! Kannabia.com KICKASS AUTO
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Well, what we feared, became a reality, one of the regular XTrakush plants is a male. This is why I planted two and I'm happy it seems to be only the one. But with the canopy going nice and full it hurt to get it out. Of course, I hoped to have two females but nature went its course. Considered leaving it in, to pollinate the others, or keeping it somewhere, but I do not have the space or light for it. Thus with pain in my gut, I went about getting her out. I notice a nice developed root system, very healthy, which was very hard to get loose. After shaking the soil off I have a rootball the same size as after my whole grow last time. I could lift the whole 57 ltr bag by lifting the plant. Sturdy stem, thick solid branches. This is what I was aiming for and it works. The soil again is proving itself to be a winner. The light this low gives some higher temps as expected, but manageable within ranges. The SP-3000 is performing really well and I cant wait to see the bud development coming weeks. I'm sure it will deliver a great amount of bigger buds looking at all the flower sites and the thick branches that support them. Remember to check in on www.mars-hydro.com, they have awesome deals now for Black Friday! I'm giving more water now, once in two days instead of three. They seem to need it with the higher temps. The plants seem to take the light well on only 45 cm. I've started adding the BAC Organic Bloom Nutrition. It is designed to work with the microorganisms I added with the micro life. With this I do a little bit of Calmag, but not so much, since I don't see any evidence of shortages, again proving my soil is dialed in for growing under LED perfectly. All in all, even with a minor setback, all is ready to pull in a mega harvest. Thanks for checking in again!! Hug Bud & Sunshine.
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Che dire questa รจ veramente la bestia delle bestie di tutte le autofiorenti!!!! Si vede giร  che sarร  veramente enorme piรน tardi, considerato mi trovo solo alla 3 settimana...le radici hanno oltrepassato addirittura il vaso in tessuto geotessile ๐Ÿ˜‚ la innaffio due volto al giorno in modo da tenere il substrato sempre umido al punto giusto, (non metto mai piรน di 200 ml di soluzione....ma lo faccio due volte al giorno)... Ha reagito benissimo ai 3 tagli di fila e si รจ appena ripresa del tutto, anzi in realtร  non si รจ mai rallentata! Questa varietร  di fast buds fa veramente paura! รˆ la piรน grande tra tutte ora in grow, e mi sta regalando molte, molte soddisfazioni! Quando vedi un seme diventare cosรฌ grande in solo 3 settimane ti rendi conto che la banca semi produce dei semi di qualitร  premium pro! Tasso di germinabilitร  100% (non ho mai fallito un seme) e questo e veramente tutto, ma poi... vogliamo parlare della stabilitร  della genetica?!? Parleremo alla fine quando questo diario sarร  al culmine della sua bellezza! Intanto ringrazio tantissimo i ragazzi di Fast buds per avermi inviato questa splendida genetica e spero di coltivare tante altre schiccerie per loro! E un grazie particolare a tutti voi che siete sempre qui a schiacciare quelle dita su questo tasto LIKE! se ci fosse un like per ogniuno di voi consideratelo fatto raga! Grazie infinite!
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This will be her first full week in flower. She has started to produce sugar leaves. It's pretty exciting to see trichomes this early in bloom.
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So here we go in week 7 of 12/12. I'm currently having issues with my pH meter, or maybe my tank is just way to high on pH. It shows around 10.0 and that's not good so I truly hope it''s just a fault of the meter. I'm getting delivered new one today so I'm immediately gonna retest everything and give them looooong flush with correct pH and EC. EC shouldn't be too high and girls are very brave so far, I haven't really noticed any signs of nut burns or pH burns. Let's hope it's not gonna go wrong until new meter arrives, Other than that smell is pretty strong, I'd say maybe too strong even for me and I usually don't mind the aroma at all :) Together with new pH meter I'm getting new HPS bulb (the old one has already done 3 grows over 3 years), and dehumidifier, because I have had some issues with mould during my previous grows. I'd say 3 more weeks of feeding and 2 weeks of flush and we should be done. I wish I switched earlier because 2 plants can't really fit there and I accidentally snapped 2 main branches so I definitely want to avoid this next grow. Thanks for checking.
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Devil cream Auto is oozing with crystals it's roots aren't booming out of the soil like a couple other plants in this run, however it is looking good.
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Welcome to my Fast Buds sponsored shootout and living organic soil v coco side by side. I also plan to use this grow to my full advantage regarding a few age old nagging questions about methods. I have had a keen interest in L.O.S ( supersoil) since reading a few threads a while back on how amazing and productive it can be. After too much research and procrastinating I had to give it a go. I have been a decades coco/nft grower and recently threw my hat in the rdwc ring too. I have avoided soil due to the overwatering worry ( heavy handed chimp brain !) and the best potting soil/feeds. Catching up on the advances in indoor soil gardening and organics led me too subcools supersoil recipes to name a few but being a town dweller with farms everywhere around me still drew blanks on a lot of the ingredients needed and where the hell I could even begin to get them from. Thankfully , commercial savvy has now made buying it in ready to use and with a full range of beneficial bacteria ect available in amendments from a grow shop here in the uk. ecothrive have realised the potential for us to dive into this medium with all the mixing , measuring and resourcing. I bit the bullet and ยฃ150 later I now have 4 x37Litre pots that will be used for as long as I want to feed the soil for without EVER needing nutrients again potentially. The coco has also had charge mixed in to encourage the bennies to colonize there too. I will be using the shogun nutes that I know do the business with coco to compare with for yield , growth and taste. I have 3 seeds each of 4 Fast Buds Strains to use as a control for the grow and am journaling each strain in their own diaries. This statement will be used to start each one as the information is identical at this point but following this I will do them individually. I am now starting their second week since opening the seed packets , straight into soaked and shook root riot cubes and into the heated propagator. They had all showed their heads by end of day 3 and a couple needed helmet surgery to open up without being hindered . I have has them in the prop for a few days but they needed to get settled as they were popping roots out all over the cubes. They have now been in their final pots for 2 days complete and starting their 3rd today at day 8 since planting in cubes. I am impressed with the speed and success of these girls already (12 of 13 germinated) . Well done fast buds. So here we go folks , any comments , ideas ,questions , advice are always welcome and I hope we can have some fun experimenting with defol v non defol , topping v fimming v bending and any other curiosities along the way. I plan on using a quadline for them all to keep a control for the comparisons too. Be green folks Welcome aboard and a huge thank you to Fast Buds for the opportunity to try autos.
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Flowering is developing well. Genetics Very very greedy in fertilizer... After a written exchange with the breeder, he recommended a mineral fertilizer, and not an organic organic one. The flowering is developing very, very well, but small spots have appeared on the foliage for no apparent reason. If anyone can give me the beginnings of a solution, I'm interested.
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Some smelling stronger than others all alr pretty strong though
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DAY 63 THE FINALE !!!!! Howdy all. I hope we are all well and in the green. This has been a very interesting and rewarding journey for me in so many ways on this journal. I have had the opportunity to run a seed of my own which has been a brilliant result from what I am looking at as I type this. It stayed really squat and has produced some somid hand grenade sized buds that smell of a diesel and fruit combination. I also picked up the lemon from her pollen chuckers genetics too. Should be an interesting cure I hope. I did find a couple of bud rot spots that had to be pulled out but with her density I am not shocked at all. I will be using the dehumidifier for their dry for sure. The Northern lights autos have also finished nicely too and I do think could go a little longer with a push but time is up and the next run is looming !!!!!!. She has some great sized spiked colas to enjoy my attention everytime I go in the room . Just like the other girl , she did have a couple of mould spots that had to be taken out but not too much of a loss thankfully. Her mutant sister will also be put into her dark 48hrs along with these as she is also done now. She has a lot less to harvest but looks so sweet and potent up close to the buds now. I took the Gorilla cookies out earlier in the week as they had finished perfectly. After 48hrs dark I used the bowl trimmer to help with time and get her off the stalks as I did find some mould on them too. Recent environmental changing has bought RH issues to the front again. They have given up some great smelling and solid nuggets that are now starting their drying out period in the nets. The rest of the ladies will be joining them later in the week until I can do a harvest report and my opinion of this amazing light unit from viparspectra. With new projects afoot and lots of re jigging to accommodate them , I am looking forward to the next few runs too. I hope you will join me for the fun and always welcome comments and ideas too. Be safe and well growmies
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The girls are still looking happy and healthy, and theyโ€™re definitely starting to put on some weight. Unfortunately, the local insect buffet is apparently open 24/7, and quite a few leaves have been thoroughly munched. Theyโ€™re also drinking like thereโ€™s no tomorrow. Since I can only check on them every 48 hours, theyโ€™ve usually drained almost the entire wet pot by the time I return.