Starkiller bagseed journal

[RosettaStoned]

Hello, always wanted to grow a bagseed...so 22 years later, here I go. I found a nice bagseed in some starkiller I had about a month ago. I decided to make a separate journal for this since my log book is getting full. If you wanna follow along, by all means.
Growing in dwc, six week veg, will be topped at least once with lst. Hopefully it ends up a female....

2/27/18 put seed in damp paper towel, in a sandwich bag, then on my router for some heat. A week later and it's ready to be put in a rockwool plug. Plug was soaked in ph'd water, 5.5, with 20 ml of rhizotonic/ gallon. Put it in the dome with the others and now I wait for it to pop it's head out of the plug...

[RosettaStoned]

Away we go

[oldjarhead100]

oh shit Rosetta not only am I deaf and mumble alot but now I'm going blind too looking at the above picture I'm saying to myself what the f is he showing a dried up apple ,then I saw the stem had leafs on it lol

[RosettaStoned]

Hahaha!

[RosettaStoned]

It's stretching so closer to light it goes, dome off

[oldjarhead100]

isn't it great when we have to build all these structures to achieve canopy height lol

[RosettaStoned]

Anything for my children oldjarhead100 😉

[RosettaStoned]

Not much stretching but some nice leaf growth. The root was out of the bottom of the plug. Soaked a three inch cube in a calmag (5 ml) silica (3 ml) rhizotonic (10 ml) per gallon, placed in the plug and back under the light. I have fan blowing a light breeze over the tray to stiffen it up. The room stays at 73°, a little lower at "night" with about 50% humidity so should be good for it from here on out.

[RosettaStoned]

Moving along, a little leaf expansion and some root growth. Gets rotated every 24 hours. Not much else going on here

[oldjarhead100]

hard to write a journal when they are so young just not alot to say lol I like the idea of putting the plug in a bigger block

[RosettaStoned]

It gives a good timeline for the beginning, that's about it

[KingKush]

Looking good so far. Gotta get warmed up popping beans! For me it's the journaling I enjoy practicing the documenting and time spent with the camera. My journals used to suck but my current one is starting to get better lol.
I just popped 5 more seeds (bag seed also) myself because I'm used to clones and don't grow much from seed.

[RosettaStoned]

Coming along

[oldjarhead100]

Looking like they wan't to get busy

[RosettaStoned]

It wants a new home

[RosettaStoned]

2 1/2 gallons half tap half RO, 2 ml silica, 5 ml calmag, 15 rhizotonic

[oldjarhead100]

why half tap half RO

[RosettaStoned]

All RO is wasteful with a 4/1 system. Also the tap helps stabilize the pH for a longer period.

[RosettaStoned]

Almost a week and more than ready for nutes

[BlueBudz]

Looking good!

[RosettaStoned]

Thanks!

[oldjarhead100]

yup time to start feeding they look like they are lovin life for just a week old

[RosettaStoned]

3/23 I mixed a 1000 EC solution from 5 ml each of A and B grow/ 1 gallon. Added 16 oz of it to the bucket to bring the EC up to 850 from 525. Slight curl to one side of a lower leaf. I'm guessing too high pH, I read this strain can be picky about pH and high temps. No problem there since my grow environment is very stable.

[oldjarhead100]

Hey Rosetta what info did you read to go to a EC instead of ppm ,I have read a little about it but would like to learn more

[RosettaStoned]

A few threads from forums and talked to Hanna. It's really all the same just depends on your conversion factor. EC never changes, ppm is calculated off EC.

[RosettaStoned]

Last day of this nutrient solution, it's been two weeks. I've topped the bucket off once with the same EC and kept the pH in check at about 5.85. It's at the sixth node and being topped to the fourth. Roots are real white and growing by the day. Tomorrow I will change it out and jump the EC to 1000ish, but not too high....don't wanna stress it out after the topping.

[oldjarhead100]

Looking good I will have to read up on EC so I understand it when your talking about EC , those roots look fantastic to

[RosettaStoned]

@oldjarhead here's a link

https://www.maximumyield.com/understanding-ec-tds-and-ppm/2/1343

[oldjarhead100]

thanks for the link I will read that this morning

[RosettaStoned]

Ended up going with 1250 EC to make for the added ppms from using all tap. It's down to 1100 EC but still has a couple more days until a bucket change. I have been keeping the pH between 5.75 and 6.1. It didn't really mind being topped, just kept growing.
I did get a little heavy handed with the training and broke a lower branch. Immediately I taped it back together in hopes I didn't lose it. It was drooping bad after a day and I almost took the shears to it. I waited though and glad I did, it is back to growing without issue. Any LST I do seems to not make a change, slight pinch and bend down of the branches...nothing. They just keep popping right back up.

nice roots and big leaves!

[Campesino]

I am LOL
When Minoo96 and I get done with it your plants are going to look awesome! They'll have bamboo duct-taped to the sides and wires coming out of everywhere!

[Minoo96]

Bamboo worked for me too But not as much as i'd thought it would. It's a bit too flexible, you need cured bamboo stick ^^

[Chefbjy]

Yeah for the most part I just use twisty ties and tie the plant to itself or lower branches. I have to adjust them weekly so they don't choke the plant. Nuts bolts anything with weight to hold it down will work. If you need support then I'd tape the stakes to the outside of bucket/pot. You can also tape the ties down if you have no where to go with the ties.