Hello GC Heres my illustrated grow journal-frequently updated and open to everyone for questions comments or answers..please feel free to add your 0.02$ Medium: coco/perlite 65%/35% about solo cup size to 2gallon-3gallon pot sea of green Miracle grow perlite.. pH 5.7-5.8 Temp 69-84F lows and highs 4 in Veg and 1 is in flower- soon to harvest and we begin clones from the veggies Light-400w HPS for flower room-tent(closet size/shape) supernova reflector-tempered glass -400w preconnected ballast 4"inline fan 170cfm growbright - 4" carbon filter(switched around and blows thru prefilter/filter exhausting into the room(from outside tent)) works well so far. did this because reflector is air cooled and 1 sided as is the filter, so Y duct wouldn't work. 1 oscillating fan Veg room (area in closet next to tent) 2' T5HO flouro connected to a reflector 2 cfls 2700s 1 fan Nutes Aqua Flakes A and B - always equal parts going about 4ml/gallon-8mL/gallon about 1/3 of the gallon is used to be "dunked" (bottom fed) 1 or 2 times/that feeding day. fed about every 2-5 days Calmag 3-6mL/gallon on feeding days. Schedule is feed/feed/water I have 4 plants so I basically water or feed one once a day during the water times, I top water to gather a good ppm count and maybe even water a bit more as a mini flush. Genetics Kaya Gold (f) x2 Freebies x2 all 4 are from seed and 7weeks in veg The "to much time on your hands" method of feeding - 4 veg plants set up in a square. only 3 need drip trays because only 1 plant is watered per day. The next day that watered plant is moved back and the next plant is taken out to water and is then put in its place. (rotating all 4) I find this rotating method effective because it displays more results or data to base your next "plan of action" ppm @ .70 and pH meter adding nutes at 5.7 Now for the illustrations flower went to 12/12 on 8/28- its now 10/29 day 63 I believe. the other 4 Veg went in on 9/3 germinated (rockwool to 2gallon) (which is too big btw, need to step up size) Welcome to my first of many grows! and ill need advice as we go.
this is the fan filter - reversed, with the prefilter cut to size on the inside. Exhausts no odor with tight 4" ducting. totally left the dome on too long and too moist and it was drafty so I had a loss. and it was non ph'd tap water- the one that is dying there and was thrown away later. (bagseed)
soon that 5 became 4.. and so I learned that the dome isn't even necessary, but I will use for the first few days only after sprout. I may go from paper towel to coco next time even. - also learned that temps are major at this stage and mine weren't steady and too wet so the damp, or whatever its called. no good. So something to know is the flowering one in the tent was started outside as a "thrown into pot of soil" outside. Was a bagseed and dubbed the "motivator" as it spawned a 400$ trip to the hydro store. Enough about her history, but she is soil and had fungus gnats and pH was more the issue. ..moment..bong ^_^ now able to sit and type longer due to the medicinal effects of cannabis. Here is "the motivator" and a few pics in Order
see how Nothing is set up it begins I think pH here more than the fungus gnats, only a few. and Assasinated-later on that about 4-5 days later so over excited and over watered and got mosquito dunks and ground them up and sifted around the soil and also watered it in with next feeding. Also used a bowl with soap for the adults and just today after a while of gnat free, I got a preventative neem oil! no mercy I want clean!
she was in a 1 gallon pot I didn't know xD so I transplanted into a 3 gallon pot with some coco/perlite around her. Yes, coco/perlite around the soil. also started to feed the hydro nutes also and fixed the soil pH to 6.3. I was using the hydro 5.8pH and you can see the plant is nite locked and starving. and fungus gnats.. more pics these last 4 pics are of her in the 3 gallon bucket. and day 29 into 12/12 .
More later, must play swtor and blaze, still 1 month of pics to go and the new 7 week old 4 Veg plants pics. post to come in hours
Continuing on with the pictures of the 1 bagseed soil with coco around her. now in her 3 gallon here is more pics. 9 days later or so and 2 days later sorry about the HPS, took last few right after lights on.
this is the next day, 23rd. so now we are up to last week from today. and around day 55. Why is this taking so long xD 4 days later =3 days ago This is the latest pics of the "motivator" she is in about day 62 (after a min I am going to count all days and snap another photo, Even tho she is in the HPS. What I did was sorta wiggle the buds away from the main stem, and then ill ask again What might this yield? or an idea
Today is day 63. this is taking forever xD. There are a lot of white pistols on the main cola and the buds further down are a lil more red and receding. dense buds, foxtails all over. so far so good I think, im just ready to give it 48hours of darkness. I think that's what I decided I should do. As of now the soil is drying out also. Is that supposed to be done also? Flushed down to around 350ppms 8 days ago I believe and light watering once after that. The trichomes seem formed (mushroom like) and cloudy white, but no amber that I can see. I think that's what I want to be waiting for ? Thoughts thoughts?, just start typing .
here is a pic today, day 63 (some of these pics are bads sry ) So what are some opinions if we don't know the strain, it looks like this, and I like a heady sorta high with some pain relief.
I looked with my microscope today and I "may" have seen 1 amberish color one. I'm not sure. A lot of milkies tho. so I pulled out the "orange" pot for watering today. freebie one, and I think its a sativa dominant. Any thoughts? while "dunking" her for feeding, I decided to try LST with rope from the dollar store! it was 3 twines to make the rope so I cut a piece and unraveled the 3. heres some pics. Since these are all just pics on the web, I might try this with parsley group shot and seedling (well other 3)
since 8:30pm last night - unplugged the light. 48hrs, so tomorrow night at 8:30 is open trim chop hang. first time so any pointers?
and first kaya into 12/12. I think she is too small but that's ok, I LST'd and topped her and she Really responded. this pic is the end of "the motivator" and the Beginning of kaya Gold 1, the pics aren't the best but all the tops are just about level and they are symmetrical and 2 others are quite long also. All symmetrical so she is ready. I think I could have waited another week on the harvest, as the amber trichomes weren't prevalent, or there even, lol. Idk we shall see. This last grow the mistakes were many. new grow, kaya, stay tuned. us the box setup I have here ok for drying? family photo
Very nice effort but I would enclose the drying box; light supposedly degrades things when drying and curing.
little update. 2 kayas are going well. 1 that topped and LST'd with "spreading" like a Y and then let them go as soon as she went into flower. THAT I will be doing again. topped 1 time and pulled "apart" so other tops can grow and there are abour 8 tops! The other kaya I tried to LST to 1 side and spiral around, but kinda failed so she is like a triangle growing tall from 1 side only will at about a 40degree angle. pics later also I lined the floor of the tent and 1 side with mylar and seems like it reflects better.
AAAnd I cloned. So I took 3 from the same mother (hopefully), and stuck em in grodan cubes. I cut just above the lowest nodes or close to a branching and then made the 45degree with a kitchen knife. I hope everything is clean, as I didn't use alcohol, but I did use gloves. So I used rooting powder after dipping them in distilled water and then straight to the cubes. 3 clones in a dome in the cubes. so I use distilled water to mist the leaves right? how often
heres a few pics. if u zoom u can see the 3 clones these 2 are the seedling from before, not sexed purple one I started in that container, and the other I started in a "solo" size container and transplanted to this "green" 2 gallon. from left to right- unknown freebie -kaya-kaya the one in the far right is LST to 1 side with tops shooting all 1 way kinda, so its shorter, but the huge one is in a 3gallon bucket and only did the 1 topping(pinch back technique), and then pulled the "Y" sides apart to let other 2 tops grow. THIS I will be doing again, as you can see the difference. The one on the left is a spiral type of LST and almost made it full spiral around the pot. figured I needed space to get this cloning thing down and more is better xD so we have 2 in flower. Is this TOO much? for this tent? fan barely moves far side plant, but temps are ok. Thoughts? riddle up my journal, helpful notes are great to look back on. thoughts?
We have a FEMALE, I think. only about 4 days into flower I think I see some pistols on the unsexed freebie!. The other 2 kaya gold are Feminized so having this 3rd in there is fantastic!. So, about a week apart, 3 girls in a tent you can see the pots im using 2-2gallons and 1 3gallon ACE bucket. I am curious to see the difference and I ran out of pots so im gonna finish in the 2 gallons I think. Also clones look healthy and mother, we hope.
Damn you got yourself a nice setup, beats mine haha, only a bit left before you get lots of dope smoke to smoke luckyy, keep that shittt updated.