SOIL My first grow: The sativa experience.

[mlynch475]

So a cpl days late posting again. My middle kids bday this past weekend .

Few big changes happening this week.

First is I've decided to change out my lights again. I decided I liked the bar style lights better for more even ppf distribution and the ability to get much closer to canopy. I did however love the removable driver of my sf7000 wich I couldn't find in a top end bar light at the time. Well that changed. Spider farmer has released there first bar light. The SE7000. With a removable driver, over 3300 top bin diodes, 680watts of power, and six detachable bars for custom light spreading. So I sold my lights and ordered 2. Still waiting for one so I got a 1000w de hps hanging till it gets here.

Second, I started flowerring on Saturday. There 8wk bday. Went straight to 12/12 as I didn't purchase controllers with gradual sunrise/sunset changes.

Here they are at:
8wks
also so sick off mixing a half dozen 5gal buckets lol.

 

[Sylvester]

That's a few changes going on , I'm sure for the better - if that's possible!
I always change down to 12/12 without steps, they be fine.
I like the idea of that SF light with the detachable driver & bars you can move to suit.
Plants look good , happy growin & 4/20 day to you mlynch475 🙂🌻🎵

 

[mlynch475]

Thanks Sylvester. I was a little worried going to straight 12 right away might stress them enough to hermy them but haven't found any research saying so.

I do seem to be getting a bit of stretching from the plants under the hps. Ppf is about half of the led's. Hopefully not too much by the time my second SE7000 gets here.

Also thanks for sayin they look good, but if you zoom in you'll see burnt tips from light too close and some burnt leaves where I fed and forgot to spray off afterwards. I swear I think I've made every newbie mistake in the book lol.

Here they are 3 days after initiating flower.

 

[Sylvester]

Yes, I always have went straight from 18 down to 12 no problems.
I did notice the burnt bitties, but figure you know what your doing with lights.
They looking better already. The only way to learn is by making mistakes.
Happy 420 day, puff puff & passing!

 

[mlynch475]

Well, first week of flowering down. Looking decent overall. One of my strawberry cough's (bottom left of left tent) had a reaction to switching over to flower nutes. Leaves all started canoeing and branch tops turned yellow. Can't remember which nutes though and can't find the article again lol. Potassium and another p. I'll look at my bottles later, see if I can jog this old stoners memory .

Also got my second SE7000 in and hung agromax pure uv in both tents now. Went up to 4 minute intervals today.

Also made another tent addition to the lung room. Nothing special. Just a 5' tall 2x4 with an sf-600 led and an exhaust fan continuously running on low so it remains same atmosphere as lung room.. I learned that growing multiple strains at once can present its own challenges but not only that. Starting from seed can do the same thing even within strains. Different grow styles, resistance levels, speed. All kinds of stuff. Like my 1 SC having a negative reaction to switching over to flower nutes when the rest of them are all fine. To try and limit the variances I have to deal with I added the new tent, wich I call the mother tent (don't know if that is proper terminology or not). I'm going to start from seed in there, grow em out for a month or so, pick my favorites and then let those get large enough to "mother" a dozen clones or so. So now my full grows will all be clones and less prone to genetic variation. I actually already started the strains for my next grow, "the indica experience ", earlier today. Skywalker OG and Granddaddy Purp. Feminized photo ofcourse. But enough about that grow. This isn't the thread for it lol.

Here they are at 9wks, 1wk flowering:

 

[Sylvester]

Hi mlynch475 Plants in both tents look fabulous! UV lights too, I'm sure make a difference. I only have them in my Mars Hydro lights, but really impressed with my first LED experience.
Your SE7000 s look serious business.👍🏻
Good idea about the lung room, extra big tent. Keeps all in balance I guess.
That's me chopped my final from Winter grow (14weeks flower!) Be planting seeds soon too - Autos to try next!
Full Moon on Monday, usually wait for New Moon ~ figured Full must be powerful & good!🌝
I'll keep looking in , happy growing 🙂

 

[Gluteous]

Strawberry Cough is on my list. Been wanting to get some of that for years. Excited to see how yours turns out!

 

[mlynch475]

Two weeks into flowering now. Really seeing the bud sites form . To address the over fert reaction of my SC instead of flushing I just weakened the solution. 2.4ec when the schedule calls for 3.0. They seem to like it much better and I haven't noticed any deficiencies yet.

Also gave em a trim that may have been a bit extensive but we will live and learn either way . Theyre not dead yet lol.

Uv supplementation is up to six minute bursts 8x a day and yet to toast em.

What do you all think?

 

[UndergroundFarmer]

Very nice! You've got budsites clearly showing which is right on time for two weeks in. You may want to adjust the fans in back so they don't blow right on the buds. Otherwise, lookin' good!

 

[mlynch475]

Thanks so much UndergroundFarmer! I'll take care of the fans right away . So the trimming of fan leaves wasn't too much? Truly am worried it may stunt them. My best guess on trimming really is don't take more than half the foliage and when pruning fan leaves, wait for the node it's supporting to be large enough to support itself. So simple it worries me lol.

 

[mlynch475]

Three weeks into flowering..

As I have read that co2 enrichment is only effective during the first 2 to 3 weeks of flowering I have let my co2 runout. I have also brought the temp in my flower tents down to a max of 85 before the exhaust fans kick on and the temp of lung room to 72. Making it 82 b4 a/c kicks. Reason for this is the loss of added resistances from the co2.

Also got more of that yellowing and canoeing of leaves so I will have to flush I guess. Fox farm has a additive for flushing called sledgehammer. I'll be using that and ro water next watering (prob Monday morning).

Here's the candy

 

[JeffInCanada]

Looking great in there! Keep it up

 

[mlynch475]

Thanks Jeff!

 

[mlynch475]

Also forgot to note that I turned the uv back down to six minute bursts. Got some browning tips on leaves. Don't think it's the uv but till I get em all back to healthy I'm going to play it safe.

 

[mlynch475]

Four weeks in.:

The browning leaves got worse and not just tips. Also canned leaves again. I still see no pests, my ppf is 900-970 across canopy,, so I'm assuming temp or maybe windsurf aswell. I lowered the temp of flower tents to a max of 80°f and adjusted fans to just the slightest leaf rustle.. If it still continues maybe try to continue feeding just water..

Here's the pics:

 

[mlynch475]

Ok so I think I might have discovered part of the problem atleast. I installed wifi cameras with night vision in my tents and glad I did. I was looking in on my girls today and noticed the right tent (the one with the leaf problems) was lit up on my camera during its dark period. Somehow I got the programming flipped on my uv timer so it was on when it was suppose to be off. Been getting a ton of uv for a few days. Oops lol. Surprised they aren't severely worse.

 

[SoOrbudgal]

Great catch mlynch475 close attention is wonderful to see. You've got a hell of a tent full of plants. I would if you did'nt already move those fans up higher from plant canopy.

 

[mlynch475]

Thanks SoOrbudgal. Good to see you still tagging along . Actually I did have them higher at first but on higher setting. I moved em closer and lowered the speed so they are just gently rustling the top canopy. But I can see now that you got me thinking that buds may grow up into the fans or be covered directly beneath them. Is that your thoughts? I'll get on that after work. Thanks again!

 

[UndergroundFarmer]

It's always the dumbest little things that cause the biggest headaches. Glad you caught that!

 

[mlynch475]

So I'm a few days late with the update again. Sry guys. Whole house got sick with a cold (including new baby) and the dang nanny quit lol. The pictures were taken on the correct day.

Five weeks in:
Seems like flowering is much more a patience game than veg was. Not so much work to do these days so not much to report lol. I caught the uv light on again when it wasn't suppose to be so I think the timer may be junk. I'll look into it on my time off. For now I have just unplugged the uv altogether. Probably finish this one without it before playing with it again.

Also finished my mother tent. Basically just added a bench and 200w more led. Ordered crap for my drying chamber aswell. Hopefully that will be on next week's update 😬.

The buds are getting sticky icky icky! I open my door when I get home and the house smells like a wonderful marijuana potpourri and it makes me smile. Here's the 🍬 😀

The first 4 closeups are all 🍓 cough but growing quite different. Last three are chocolope.