I hope she's just lightening up because I cut back the Cal mag...... some of the leaves were looking purple they were so dark. But like always red stems...... But only ones on top so I'm guessing they got a "tan" from the lights because they're praying daily and growing like mad So doesn't look like anything is wrong. Either way, I'm gonna have to check the runoff later tonight just to be sure it's not swinging anywhere. I don't like to water to runoff because that's wasted organic matter. It's not like synthetic where you have salt build up from the fertilizer.
Tonight gonna dial in the plants based on CO2 supplementation. Increase the lights and VPD. I can def push them more .....
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It drops at night but during the day ... The amount of trucks driving past my house probably is the cause of the poor air here -
The purple punch .... My lord... All those flowers, all those dark leaves, she's only about 10 days into bloom. First flowers popped up Aug 25th. Started seeing full flowers 4 days later, now this! I filled the whole net... There's flowers a plenty. It's all good!
The seedlings are doing AMAZINGLY!!!! THE sprouted on Sept 7 by Sept 8 they unfolded their first pointed leaves and they're off!
The previous seedlings also look like they started growing now that I stuck them in the soil. Maybe I'll still get 1 full 2x2 SCRoG.
As far as the CO2.... It's around 800 to 900ppm normally but when I go into the room and water the plants and play some didgeridoo for them.... After about an hour, the ppm jumps up to over 2000ppm. It's a small room maybe 10x12 at most with 8 foot ceilings. So it's about the size of a 10x10 tent.
Kinda nice to know by being in the room for a few hours I can literally supplement CO2 for the plants just by being alive lololol. Fantastic!Leave a comment:
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I live in the middle of a city. Outside ambient is around 800ppm -
Something is not right there. Take your meter outside and see if it drops down to around 400ppm -
With numbers like these who needs CO2 supplementation.... Jeez. I got the CO2 monitor out of curiosity..... I wonder what's making my CO2 levels so high...... Maybe smoking joints in my apartment with the windows closed and the AC running?? I have an air purifier but that only does like dust not CO2.
Could also explain my headaches and constant nausea. I thought it was from the cancer and meds but could just be high CO2 levels 🤔. I need more data.Leave a comment:
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I found I just amended 3 or 4 times during the grow and then I just add water and watch them grow. I would say that's pretty lazy of me. I let the microbes do the work for me. -
Let's see what happens 🤷♂️. This could be a great idea or a terrible idea but I refuse to give up on them. Maybe I'll fill one net with these 3 combined. Maybe they'll bounce back and I'll have to top feed weekly just to keep up. Who knows
But what I did notice is that after having them on the heating mat for 2 days, the root growth exploded. Maybe now they'll touch since good fertile soil and they'll get their land legs. When I looked 2 days ago there were no roots visible.
So these will end up as another side project. Maybe I'll do something cool with them who knows. Just have to wait and see what happens.
The seedlings are on their way. I lowered the heating mat to 76° and it will stay like that until September 10th . By then they should have some significant growth.Leave a comment:
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It's also been fun chatting with you and getting your input on stuff Bluey -
It's turning into a purpose built apartment as I get more and more into this and music. Learned 3 new instruments this year on top of the 8 i already know how to play. Life is too short to not do cool shit -
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Look at her go!! I'm glad I gave up on the synthetic GH Trio nutes. All of August she just kept getting worse and worse. She wasn't growing. She was just stuck in one position for 2 weeks. Since I gave her my organic blend about a week and a half ago, she's really come back to life so I feel safe with putting her in bloom. I did take a cutting of the nicest branch...... Just in case. I been there before where I found a unicorn and didn't/couldn't save the genetics. She's blooming up some nice seeds in my dad's house lololol but she smells lovely!!! That's why I'm going to give her a chance. It's a fun side project and who knows maybe I'll have a 🦄. If not, then it's a bit more variety for my stash.
The purple punch is starting to really flower up. She's drinking about 3L of water every 2 days. By the looks of the time lapse videos I've been taking, the stretch is finally slowing down. Just in time. I'm running out of net on 3 sides. Another few days and I'll defoliate her a bit to expose all flower sites I can. I'll also give her the first flower nutrient top feed. Some Flower Power from Nature's Living Soil, as well as their Soil Revival...... Mainly for the fungus gnat infestation going on right now. It has the bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis that kills the gnat larvae plus more beneficial microbes to get that top dressing broken down for the plants. A dash of kelp meal and water it in with fulvic acid and a little bit of molasses too get the party rolling. Oh and of course the worm castings I got from Build a Soil. And that's about it. That will hold me over for 2-3 weeks and I'll top dress again. I don't want to add frass, neem seed or alfalfa because of all the nitrogen. The flower power has all the different organic based P-K ingredients like fish bone meal and guanos, seed meal and phosphorus converting bacteria innoculants. The plants have always loved it.
As long as the pH keeps cooperating like it has been so far with the Coco, it's going to be a really really nice grow!!
The seedlings in the Coco are not looking any better..... They've grown a bit since I put them on the heating mat but nothing to run home about. It's day 15.... So they're not even contenders. Just a learning experience. The good news.... The ones I planted in the soil, have sprouted. Probably can't see them in the picture past all the condensation in the bag. The Tangie is already visible. The blue dream is just a raised mound of soil. The other blue dream that I planted in the soil might actually make it. She really perked up. I think she's in day 9 and is getting her first set of 3 pointed leaves. It's a bit behind but not terrible. There's hope for her. She's in a much better place than her siblings.
The 2 seedlings I'll keep on the mat set to 78° for the first 3 days of life then I'll turn it off and let them harden up over the next week or so before I bury the whole basket in the Coco that's all mixed up, ready and waiting. A bit behind schedule but if these sprout before the week is up and they make it.....I should still be able to have it dried and cured at least 2 weeks before Christmas. That's the goal. I'm looking at having 8-10 different cultivars in my personal stash!!
The Bruce banner is only 2 days into dry. Nothing to really say except every time I walk into the room IT SMELLS AMAZING!!!! The Bruce will be ready by the beginning of October so 3 more weeks!!! The gorilla glue has 1 more weeks before I can sample it but I'll probably give her 2 weeks before I actually sample it. I can wait not as hype about it like I am with the Bruce banner..
Well that's all the updates for now. Happy Growing!
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Honestly this is my first time having an issue with germination. It's something that never was an issue in the past so def a little taken back by it. Problems usually only come up when flowering stars for me. That's traditionally when I run into issues never during germinating or veg . If they make it they make it if they don't, then they don't. It is what it is. -
Always paper towel here. I soak it with just water spray but stop before water starts to puddle. From fresh seed stock I get as close to 100% success rate that way. My current seed stock is 4 to over 8 years old and still getting about 80% success rate.
I did try some peat pellets last grow, about 20 of them and not 1 popped.
This grow I'm trying the H²O² soak for 12 hrs then into paper towel. These seeds came a long way to arrive here and I only have a few so to lose just 1 will hurt. I haven't grown these strains before so treating them very well.
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