Rawtton Grow

[SommerVirelli]

Grow Journal - Rawtton by Ethos
HLG550 R-Spec (480w)
Gorilla 4x4 Shorty Tent
Nutrients and additives: Nectar for the Gods, Photosynthesis Plus, Mammoth P, SLF-100, Cultured Biologix Teas, Bigfoot Mycorrhizae, Sonic Bloom.
Homemade SCROG

Five female seeds have been placed into paper towel for germination. Only 4 of them will be grown out for flower. If all 5 survive, one of them will be cloned and be preserved as a mother.


Week 1 Veg (Monday, Oct 12)

All 5 seeds have broken off their shells. The seeds were placed into 4” pots and dusted with Bigfoot Gold Dust before covering up. The pots were placed into the Mother Tent until the main tent is ready.

 

[SommerVirelli]

Week 2 Veg (Monday, October 19)

This week has gone as expected. The one seeding that was flopped over did not make it. We germinated 5 seeds for this very reason. We knew only 4 of the girls would have made it to the Tent.

No nutrients have been introduced. Either this week or the next for sure. That goes the same for transplanting. They are still too weak at this point to transplant, but next week they should be ready.

 

[SommerVirelli]

Week 2 Veg Update (Friday, October 23)

Nearing the end of week 2, and I was able to transplant the girls into the Tent. I also made up the scrog screen. The HLG550 has been dialed to 50% power and held above the tops at 25”. I watered the girls in with a light feeding and a boost of microbes (Bigfoot Gold Dust, EZ Veg, SLF-100, Photosynthesis Plus, and Mammoth P).

I was given an unknown seedling to watch over. We are only babysitting temporarily but I have gave her the same treatment as the Rawtton girls with a transplant.

 

[SommerVirelli]

I am now caught up posting my current grow. All updates will now be real time. Thanks for reading!

 

[SoOrbudgal]

Looking good so far great with the watering technique we learn through trial and error on those seedlings. I've had trouble with stretchers also falling over not making it. But good bit of support is all they need for a couple weeks and digging the roots in. I'm gonna look at this strain not ever heard of it, sounds like a indica LOL

 

[SommerVirelli]

I'm gonna look at this strain not ever heard of it, sounds like a indica LOL

Yeah I’m a big fan of Ethos genetics. I’ve been chasing after a couple of very specific terpene profile for years and I’m hoping this strain might have one of these. I’m looking for a rotting berry smell and this could have it lol.

 

[SoOrbudgal]

Well it's gotta be better smelling than my Thai skunk it's curing and i ain't kidding it smells like pure Shitz awful and the smoke from it ain't much better smelling it. :sweating:

 

[SommerVirelli]

Week 3 Veg

This week we can see one of our babies is a little spotty. This is most likely caused from the shock of transplant. She was the smallest of the bunch and probably wasn’t quite ready for transplant like the others. I will be doing some PPM checks later.

 

[growell]

keep up good work mate will be followiog see how it goes with scrog

 

[SoOrbudgal]

Really nice looking grow and they look very healthy growing fast. Looked at those seeds and Ethos man how things have changed with breeding.

 

[SommerVirelli]

Week 4 Veg

Okay this last week we had a problem. There was some obvious deficiency going on with the two girls on the right side of the tent. I did some slurry tests and got ppm readings for all of them. The two on the right were literally starving. They were given a heavy feeding. This makes sense because the soil in those two pots were just used growing green beans and all the nutrients were probably used up from the soil. I didn’t have time to recharge or recycle. They should be on the right track now. I will continue monitoring ppm levels until it is corrected.

 

[SoOrbudgal]

Good catch and being observant to your plants. They sure look good from my angle

 

[growell]

Looking good mate

 

[SommerVirelli]

Update for Week 4 Veg

Today the girls were topped just past their 6th node. All other growth was removed, leaving just the first two nodes. This has made it a “4-way” grow style.

 

[growell]

keep us updated mate like to follow u done scrog before or sea of green

 

[SommerVirelli]

Week 5 Veg

I’ve decided to update the week at the end instead of the beginning. That way I won’t have to edit and add pictures. Anyway, the girls look awesome. They seemed to had a growth spurt right after the defoliation last week. Hopefully they keep it up. Nutes are in full effect and I’ll be adding and taking away as needed.

Also, our guest female (pictured in the smaller pot in the center) is no longer a guest. The guy it belonged to decided to pop some autos instead of getting it back 😂. That’s okay except I don’t know what strain it is and neither does he. But I was the one who gave him all the beans he’s been poppin, so I will know exactly what it is when it starts flowering. I will continue to keep it in mind but it will be separate from this grow journal.

 

[golfnrl]

@SommerVirelli nice grow you have going. Could you elaborate a little on why you removed leaves when you topped the plants? Defoliation is a challenge for me. I'm having a hard time understanding the how's and why's.

 

[9fingerleafs]

The general benefit is that SOME strains are just too leafy but even when they are not, most strains (not the finicky ones) show a loss of apical dominance due to the need to produce leaves, meaning the plant responds similar to topping where The lower branches grow more, it's not always the case and it's has its downs like stunning the plant and slow growth rate

 

[SommerVirelli]

@SommerVirelli nice grow you have going. Could you elaborate a little on why you removed leaves when you topped the plants? Defoliation is a challenge for me. I'm having a hard time understanding the how's and why's.

Adding to what 9fingerleafs said, it’s also beneficial towards the start of the flower cycle. Keep the fan leaves to a minimum to create more room for light to penetrate into the flower areas. It gets crazy bushy during flower which means any flowers covered in shadow from the fan leaves will be stunted and small. I will defoliate again right before the switch to flower, and a final time in week 3 of flower.

 

[golfnrl]

If you would be so kind to post some pics after you defoliate it would be most appreciated.