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farmerjim's 2nd grow! Nirvana Lemon OG Haze autoflower
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farmerjim
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Hey all!
This run has been super fun. I love it so far. Is it the #diyrdwc? Is it bc I'm growing autos for the first time? Is it because my previous (and only) grow had only 1 plant? Who knows, but it's wonderful...
My 1 regret for the week was SKIPPING CANNACON Boston. So disappointed... but Portland is right around the corner so we'll have to make that one a 2day event!
It's Day 56... let's actually fill in some details about what I've been messing with...
Well, it's been mostly low stress training until the stretch. There's a reason they warn about Lemon OG Haze's stretch! I also started with various degrees of defoliation as follows:
1. Heavy defoliation - since the beginning; Aggressively topped (more than the rest).
2. Light defoliation - if at all prior to day 50; Topped early on to assist with LST
3. Light defoliation - since the beginning; Topped early on to assist with LST
4. Light defoliation - mostly due to slow initial growth; Topped early on to assist with LST
5. Light to moderate defoliation - mostly due to slow initial growth then perking back up after moving dead center; Topped early on to assist with LST
1 is certainly the furthest along in flowering. Maybe because of the defol or the additional topping?
2 is the beast of the family. This sucker bushed up, out, and practically swallowed #4 whole. It's flowers don't seem to be as far along as 1. I decided to give a pretty good haircut today to thin out and get some light to those bud sites.
3 is a bit taller than the rest - noticed it was stretching for the light pretty decently given the coverage in the tent. Running into some real estate battles with 1 and 5.
4 is hanging in there. Dwarfed by 2 and shaded some from the direct cmh light given 5's center placement.
5 recovered well. Pretty straggly in the first pic but holding its own in the last...
Any thoughts are welcome. I wanted to give a decent variation on stressing and defoliating autos to see what the impacts would be.
Do you think I increased yields on any? Decreased? Stunted? We'll know soon enough... although this tent may eat into the Dark Harvest timeframe a bit but I'll figure it out.
This run has been super fun. I love it so far. Is it the #diyrdwc? Is it bc I'm growing autos for the first time? Is it because my previous (and only) grow had only 1 plant? Who knows, but it's wonderful...
My 1 regret for the week was SKIPPING CANNACON Boston. So disappointed... but Portland is right around the corner so we'll have to make that one a 2day event!
It's Day 56... let's actually fill in some details about what I've been messing with...
Well, it's been mostly low stress training until the stretch. There's a reason they warn about Lemon OG Haze's stretch! I also started with various degrees of defoliation as follows:
1. Heavy defoliation - since the beginning; Aggressively topped (more than the rest).
2. Light defoliation - if at all prior to day 50; Topped early on to assist with LST
3. Light defoliation - since the beginning; Topped early on to assist with LST
4. Light defoliation - mostly due to slow initial growth; Topped early on to assist with LST
5. Light to moderate defoliation - mostly due to slow initial growth then perking back up after moving dead center; Topped early on to assist with LST
1 is certainly the furthest along in flowering. Maybe because of the defol or the additional topping?
2 is the beast of the family. This sucker bushed up, out, and practically swallowed #4 whole. It's flowers don't seem to be as far along as 1. I decided to give a pretty good haircut today to thin out and get some light to those bud sites.
3 is a bit taller than the rest - noticed it was stretching for the light pretty decently given the coverage in the tent. Running into some real estate battles with 1 and 5.
4 is hanging in there. Dwarfed by 2 and shaded some from the direct cmh light given 5's center placement.
5 recovered well. Pretty straggly in the first pic but holding its own in the last...
Any thoughts are welcome. I wanted to give a decent variation on stressing and defoliating autos to see what the impacts would be.
Do you think I increased yields on any? Decreased? Stunted? We'll know soon enough... although this tent may eat into the Dark Harvest timeframe a bit but I'll figure it out.
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farmerjim
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Thanks! Yep, day 70 is right against germ day for the dark harvest. I've been training so think they're a little behind so probably an overlap for a few weeks. I'm working on my next #diyrdwc now for the 3x4 tent. If I dont up my lighting by then I'll just use the viparspectra for seedlings/early veg while the lemon OGs finish up ðŸ‘
farmerjim
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Day 63...
#1 and #3 are flowering out nicely. #2 doesn't realize its an auto apparently and #4 is just lucky to be hanging out. I took #5 out of the tent and moved it to the sunporch to give everyone some extra space (and to keep #2 from swallowing her up too).
Performed a res change on Friday (day 61) - takes me longer to measure out nutrients than it does to drain and refill! This is really only my 3rd or 4th full res change. The rdwc really helps with controlling root rot and keeping these plants happy.
Backed off the nutrients a little this week. Hovering in the 2800ppm range compared to 3300-3500 previously. Debating whether or not to try out Bloom powder... any first hand experience out there?
Humidity seems to be hanging in the 60s and temperatures are much more in control since I shifted the dark period to start at 10am and end at 2pm.
Upped the pH a bit to the 6.0-6.1 range since we've been hovering in the 5.6-5.8 range for most of the grow so far.
#1 and #3 are flowering out nicely. #2 doesn't realize its an auto apparently and #4 is just lucky to be hanging out. I took #5 out of the tent and moved it to the sunporch to give everyone some extra space (and to keep #2 from swallowing her up too).
Performed a res change on Friday (day 61) - takes me longer to measure out nutrients than it does to drain and refill! This is really only my 3rd or 4th full res change. The rdwc really helps with controlling root rot and keeping these plants happy.
Backed off the nutrients a little this week. Hovering in the 2800ppm range compared to 3300-3500 previously. Debating whether or not to try out Bloom powder... any first hand experience out there?
Humidity seems to be hanging in the 60s and temperatures are much more in control since I shifted the dark period to start at 10am and end at 2pm.
Upped the pH a bit to the 6.0-6.1 range since we've been hovering in the 5.6-5.8 range for most of the grow so far.
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oldjarhead100
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very nice Farmerjim
DankwingDuck
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Hey!!! These look just like mine lmao . How u likening that super crop tech . Seems to be doing the trick.
DankwingDuck
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You better do a good job lol this is one of my favorite strains and I had plans to come help you smoke it so your going to need to get that yield up in the double digits xD
farmerjim
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Realizing it's been a minute... been distracted with the Dark Harvest and a little side project (www.diygrowdata.com)...
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DankwingDuck
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Have you had lemon haze before . It is one of my favs as far as smell and flavor if done right .
farmerjim
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I had Super Lemon Haze way back when... maybe 2008 - in amsterdam. it was our favorite strain by a long shot (we liked chocolope too)... whatever the year it cleaned house at the Cannabs Cup...
The smell is great so far. I think plants 1 and 3 (left side of the tent in pics below) are almost ready. Hoping #2 (the giant) fattens up pretty quickly... I guess it's time to figure out how to flush one side of an RDWC while still giving flowering nutes to the other side!
The smell is great so far. I think plants 1 and 3 (left side of the tent in pics below) are almost ready. Hoping #2 (the giant) fattens up pretty quickly... I guess it's time to figure out how to flush one side of an RDWC while still giving flowering nutes to the other side!
DankwingDuck
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This is one of the reasons i haven’t gone with a recirculating system .
DankwingDuck
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With the solo buckets I am able to flower and harvest based on each plants personal life cycle and am not forced to make decisions based on only one or 2 plants .
farmerjim
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lol @Chefbjy
I feel ya @DanwingDuck - I don't think it should be too difficult though - the only part ill have to be careful with is pulling the air tubes out being careful not to damage any roots. After that, I can simply transplant into spare 5 gal bucket (in theory lol) and thats what i can use to flush. A "flower" tent and a "flush" tent I guess...
I feel ya @DanwingDuck - I don't think it should be too difficult though - the only part ill have to be careful with is pulling the air tubes out being careful not to damage any roots. After that, I can simply transplant into spare 5 gal bucket (in theory lol) and thats what i can use to flush. A "flower" tent and a "flush" tent I guess...
DankwingDuck
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Now I will say , cloning will solve this problem . Using clones on the next round all from the same mother will make all those plants the same on the next run . Which ideally will make them flower and harvest close to the same . “Ideally†. Each seed is different and can flower slightly longer or shorter then the others even tho they are the same strain . But clones are exactly the same and should have a cycle that is exactly the same . That’s my understanding atleast .
farmerjim
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alrighty - have a pretty bad ca deficiency going on. I think it was caused by a combination of heat stress from the addition of a phantom dual 315 cmh as well as the addition of KoolBloom powder. spots started to appear on monday and by wednesday plants 1 & 3 had some pretty tiger-orange fan leaves. The buds still look great and I decided to flush the system for a day or two.
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The only problem with a flush in the RDWC is that plants 2 and 4 arent showing the deficiency and are further behind in flowering... good thing I've been working on a 2nd diyrdwc for the Dark Harvest! Moved 1 & 3 into the new rig to flush so I can get 2 and 4 back on nuted water. Gave a decent defoliation focusing on the leaves with the deficiency showing the worst and any large lightblockers....
here's the new rig in action...
here's the new rig in action...
