The Ultimate Growing Competition

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J.James

J.James

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Big Perm said:
Day 44
I lost my herb.iq file, sucks. Made a new one, and backing up now, lol. Anyway, if my dates have been off a few days, that's why. I flipped with 63 days left in the comp, that's how I tried to keep track, lol.
I'm not very happy with this grow. I did find a great keeper of each strain. My organic soil fell flat on it's face, and I had to supplement with Dyna-Gro.
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On the bright side, a little lack of nutrients helps to get those great colors and undertones to pop! But honestly, your bud structure seems "normal" (outfuckingstanding) and healthy. I think you did great Perm considering you were rocking a new setup and light!
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J.James

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Big Perm said:
What is this 'normal' that you speak of? I'm seeing outfuckingstanding, but my spell check keeps trying to say that is wrong?
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I edited my post so you surfer types (Metro Sexual's) could understand my down south lingo. For us seasoned herbalists after years of flawless harvests, things tend to become "Normal looking"!
 
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dstroy

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Big Perm said:
Scarlett Johansson (Honest Genetics) x2
Nilla Wafer (Cannarado Genetics) x2
iLuminar iL8
12/12 Light Schedule
SIP System
Living soil
Temp: 85f
RH: 45-50%

Day 44
I lost my herb.iq file, sucks. Made a new one, and backing up now, lol. Anyway, if my dates have been off a few days, that's why. I flipped with 63 days left in the comp, that's how I tried to keep track, lol.
I'm not very happy with this grow. I did find a great keeper of each strain. My organic soil fell flat on it's face, and I had to supplement with Dyna-Gro. It was a nightmare chasing deficiencies in a soil like that, especially in a grow competition. Probably going to keep doing the soil stuff on indoor veggies until I get more experience with it. Going back to Coco and Dyna-Gro after this.
These are mainly pics of the Nilla Wafer #1 in the back left. Front right is a Scar Jo that absolutely reeks of a berry sugar candy, so keeping that one, too. The top pics are what it looks like to me, the bottom pics are what it looks like to the camera.
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What do you think happened? I know earlier you said the one had an issue with the way the plumbing was.

To me, it looks like ph and overwatering exacerbated an initially slight deficiency, but I know dick all about soil. What do you have to consider since it’s a super soil? How do you know what proportion of what element to feed when supplementing? Educated guess? What did you observe over time to get a feel for when to supplement?

Sorry for the block of questions, I am very curious.

I think they look decent.

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Big Perm

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dstroy said:
What do you think happened? I know earlier you said the one had an issue with the way the plumbing was.

To me, it looks like ph and overwatering exacerbated an initially slight deficiency, but I know dick all about soil. What do you have to consider since it’s a super soil? How do you know what proportion of what element to feed when supplementing? Educated guess? What did you observe over time to get a feel for when to supplement?

Sorry for the block of questions, I am very curious.

I think they look decent.

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Could have been ph. It was a sip, so I don't think watering was an issue at all. The back left plant loved life for the most part. I noted the things I saw in grow for the next time I ran that strain.
When I fisrt started seeing something I loaded it up with Dyna-Zyme to start breaking down the organic matter faster. Wasn't fast enough so I started to lightly suppliment with DG, because that's what I know. Came in way light, amped it up very slowly and it fried pretty much at once on me. Backed back down for late flower at the same time, so it's all over the place, I'm just limping it by to the finish line. Still should be some good smoke.
The soil experiment stemmed from here: Link
It looked decent for that long ass ditch weed auto grow that I neglected and did with the same soil mix.
I had no clue what I was doing, really. I like it but don't at the same time. I'm going to keep working with it on blooming veggies. I'm no soil pro, not even a rookie. I have since changed it up some. I use a lot more of my EWC now. The goal is to get that built up and dialed in with little amendment added to supplement. Taking a look into JJ's teas and mother earth bag stuff, too.
 
dstroy

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Big Perm said:
Could have been ph. It was a sip, so I don't think watering was an issue at all. The back left plant loved life for the most part. I noted the things I saw in grow for the next time I ran that strain.
When I fisrt started seeing something I loaded it up with Dyna-Zyme to start breaking down the organic matter faster. Wasn't fast enough so I started to lightly suppliment with DG, because that's what I know. Came in way light, amped it up very slowly and it fried pretty much at once on me. Backed back down for late flower at the same time, so it's all over the place, I'm just limping it by to the finish line. Still should be some good smoke.
The soil experiment stemmed from here: Link
It looked decent for that long ass ditch weed auto grow that I neglected and did with the same soil mix.
I had no clue what I was doing, really. I like it but don't at the same time. I'm going to keep working with it on blooming veggies. I'm no soil pro, not even a rookie. I have since changed it up some. I use a lot more of my EWC now. The goal is to get that built up and dialed in with little amendment added to supplement. Taking a look into JJ's teas and mother earth bag stuff, too.
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Cool, thank you.
 
J.James

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dstroy said:
What's your preference for ripeness?
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I'm looking for 20% Amber on the top buds and 10% Amber on the lowers with the other 80/90% Cloudy. If I see a lot of clear heads it tells me the plant is still producing resin and terpenes and will not have a full flavor profile if harvested. There are a lot of people that harvest at different times for different reasons and to each there own.

The main mistake is harvesting your plants when trichomes are not fully developed thus decreasing both the final weight and density. Harvesting too early means less potent buds, with less essential oils and terpenes, so your buds will taste like grass or hey, even when correctly dried and cured.
 
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