banana_orange
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Howdy good folks at RIU!
So i finally got my first grow in. I definitely referenced this forum many, many times and it always came to my rescue. I couldn't have done it so smoothly without tonnes of threads already posted here. So, i am grateful for those who've come before me and shared their experience.
Summary:
It was a photoperiod (Sour Purple) in FFOF (with added perlite) in a 3 gallon pot (transplanted), 30W burple that i upgraded to a 100W (daylight) early flower, Jobes Organic 4-4-4 and Jobes Tomato bloom 2-5-3 dry amendments (fed per the manufacturers recommendation). I was using tap water PH'd between 6-6.5 and did NOT over water (learnt that quick). I also sparingly fed Kelp extract and mycos and top dressed with EWC (once).
For feeding schedule, I sort of got a handle on the feeding schedule for veg stage during late veg (yellowing leaves) and i sort of learnt about flowering feeding schedule towards mid flower. My key take away, for each phase feeding, is to keep an eye on the plant and it will tell you what it needs except flowering; there i would feed with flowering amendments (in my case 2-5-3) at the 3rd week of flower.
I had very minor issues (CALMAG mainly) and the rest went off without a hitch. I harvested it last week (8.5 weeks) and is currently drying. I was able to keep the temp and humidity in check.
I took clones off the plant, not because i was pheno hunting or anything of the sort, but rather to learn about cloning and figured i can become better at growing if i can keep the same strain (and one pheno type) as it would be one less variable to consider.
Plan for 2nd grow:
I am keeping the same methodology for feeding for this 2nd grow (clone) but with the following changes. Everything else remains the same from above.
1- Transplant the clone into amended FFOF (with 4-4-4 and with added perlite).
2- When flipping to flower, i will top dress with 2-5-3 and EWC.
What are your thoughts on the changes? If you were to tweak this recipe out, what would it be?
thx for stopping by!
So i finally got my first grow in. I definitely referenced this forum many, many times and it always came to my rescue. I couldn't have done it so smoothly without tonnes of threads already posted here. So, i am grateful for those who've come before me and shared their experience.
Summary:
It was a photoperiod (Sour Purple) in FFOF (with added perlite) in a 3 gallon pot (transplanted), 30W burple that i upgraded to a 100W (daylight) early flower, Jobes Organic 4-4-4 and Jobes Tomato bloom 2-5-3 dry amendments (fed per the manufacturers recommendation). I was using tap water PH'd between 6-6.5 and did NOT over water (learnt that quick). I also sparingly fed Kelp extract and mycos and top dressed with EWC (once).
For feeding schedule, I sort of got a handle on the feeding schedule for veg stage during late veg (yellowing leaves) and i sort of learnt about flowering feeding schedule towards mid flower. My key take away, for each phase feeding, is to keep an eye on the plant and it will tell you what it needs except flowering; there i would feed with flowering amendments (in my case 2-5-3) at the 3rd week of flower.
I had very minor issues (CALMAG mainly) and the rest went off without a hitch. I harvested it last week (8.5 weeks) and is currently drying. I was able to keep the temp and humidity in check.
I took clones off the plant, not because i was pheno hunting or anything of the sort, but rather to learn about cloning and figured i can become better at growing if i can keep the same strain (and one pheno type) as it would be one less variable to consider.
Plan for 2nd grow:
I am keeping the same methodology for feeding for this 2nd grow (clone) but with the following changes. Everything else remains the same from above.
1- Transplant the clone into amended FFOF (with 4-4-4 and with added perlite).
2- When flipping to flower, i will top dress with 2-5-3 and EWC.
What are your thoughts on the changes? If you were to tweak this recipe out, what would it be?
thx for stopping by!