SiliconeBud
Active Member
Hey Fellow Growers,
My first post and grow journal, all rolled into one but I've been watching this site for over a year. My first grow was GH CHEMDOG, indoor, DWC and CFL lighting and AN Sensi nutes. My first successful grow took a long time, I was learning and not very patient. It took 15 seeds, 4 months and switching from soil to DWC before I was able to get anything to grow properly.
I followed VoidObjects Grow #3 here and on YouTube. He was about 1 month a head of where my CHEMDOG was so following his journal was like a crystal ball looking into the future. Even though he was growing a different strain and using HIDS, following his grow was very,very helpful.
So a real big thanks to VoidObject.
This is my second grow, Sweet Purple (Feminized) from Paradise. I started from seed back in November and she is now finishing her 3rd week of flower.
I wasn't able to find much detail about growing this strain, especially indoors, so I thought creating a grow journal hopefully will help others.
Sweet Purple Grow:
* Indoor grow,
* CFLs and DWC.
* "Advanced Nutrients" Sensi Grow & Bloom 2 Part - the non PH balanced varient.
* CALMAG
For seedling, veg and flowering stages I'm following the Advanced Nutrients chart/calculator.
A little back ground of this grow till now:
Veg Stage:
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* Started seed in soaked paper towel and 24 hours later germinated.
* Placed into 1" rock wool cube and 3 days she sprouted.
* Also I was surprised to see the tap root had also poked through bottom of rock wool.
* Placed into 1 Gallon DWC system, only CALMAG was given for food.
* End of Week 1 reached 2", 2nd set of leaves and started a seedling nutrient regimen.
* End of Week 2 reached 4", started on "2nd week" veg nutrient regimen and placed into 20 litre DWC system
* End of Week 3 reached 8", switched to bloom nutes and changed light to 12/12 with 27k bulbs.
* Total of 19 nodes including main cola
* Removed bottom 4 branches leaving 15 nodes left.
* Trimmed sub nodes from all other branches.
Sweet Purple : Veg end of Week 2
Sweet Purple : Veg end of Week 3
Somewhere online I read that the Sweet Purple strain grows very fast, so far this seems to be correct, and when switched into flower can grow 3 times the size. Also there was a suggestion to switch to flower when it reached a height of 4". My experience with the CHEMDOG, which grew to 36", is I don't want a plant to get that big again. But I figure my grow room can easily handle a 24" plant.
I figured if I veg till she reaches 8" then it would be safe that she won't grow beyond 24".
Flower Stage:
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* End of Week 1 reached 11" tall, using week 1 on of AN bloom nutrient regimen. Also Pre-flowers appeared at the inter-nodes.
* End of Week 2 reached 15" tall, some pistols showing at tip of nodes
* Trimmed sub nodes again from all branches.
Sweet Purple : Flower End of Week 1
Sweet Purple : Flower End of Week 2
I'll follow up with more posts and pics as she develops.
Cheers,
My first post and grow journal, all rolled into one but I've been watching this site for over a year. My first grow was GH CHEMDOG, indoor, DWC and CFL lighting and AN Sensi nutes. My first successful grow took a long time, I was learning and not very patient. It took 15 seeds, 4 months and switching from soil to DWC before I was able to get anything to grow properly.
I followed VoidObjects Grow #3 here and on YouTube. He was about 1 month a head of where my CHEMDOG was so following his journal was like a crystal ball looking into the future. Even though he was growing a different strain and using HIDS, following his grow was very,very helpful.
So a real big thanks to VoidObject.
This is my second grow, Sweet Purple (Feminized) from Paradise. I started from seed back in November and she is now finishing her 3rd week of flower.
I wasn't able to find much detail about growing this strain, especially indoors, so I thought creating a grow journal hopefully will help others.
Sweet Purple Grow:
* Indoor grow,
* CFLs and DWC.
* "Advanced Nutrients" Sensi Grow & Bloom 2 Part - the non PH balanced varient.
* CALMAG
For seedling, veg and flowering stages I'm following the Advanced Nutrients chart/calculator.
A little back ground of this grow till now:
Veg Stage:
--------------
* Started seed in soaked paper towel and 24 hours later germinated.
* Placed into 1" rock wool cube and 3 days she sprouted.
* Also I was surprised to see the tap root had also poked through bottom of rock wool.
* Placed into 1 Gallon DWC system, only CALMAG was given for food.
* End of Week 1 reached 2", 2nd set of leaves and started a seedling nutrient regimen.
* End of Week 2 reached 4", started on "2nd week" veg nutrient regimen and placed into 20 litre DWC system
* End of Week 3 reached 8", switched to bloom nutes and changed light to 12/12 with 27k bulbs.
* Total of 19 nodes including main cola
* Removed bottom 4 branches leaving 15 nodes left.
* Trimmed sub nodes from all other branches.
Sweet Purple : Veg end of Week 2
Sweet Purple : Veg end of Week 3
Somewhere online I read that the Sweet Purple strain grows very fast, so far this seems to be correct, and when switched into flower can grow 3 times the size. Also there was a suggestion to switch to flower when it reached a height of 4". My experience with the CHEMDOG, which grew to 36", is I don't want a plant to get that big again. But I figure my grow room can easily handle a 24" plant.
I figured if I veg till she reaches 8" then it would be safe that she won't grow beyond 24".
Flower Stage:
----------------
* End of Week 1 reached 11" tall, using week 1 on of AN bloom nutrient regimen. Also Pre-flowers appeared at the inter-nodes.
* End of Week 2 reached 15" tall, some pistols showing at tip of nodes
* Trimmed sub nodes again from all branches.
Sweet Purple : Flower End of Week 1
Sweet Purple : Flower End of Week 2
I'll follow up with more posts and pics as she develops.
Cheers,