First grow. 10 bag seeds unknown strains

Bogey8897

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November 15 started sprouting the seeds.
November 21 12 seeds sprouted put in dirt and grew first leaves.
November 16th bought 2x4
Only water used up to December 16.
plants wilted and leaves yellowed out from december 7 to 16th. I replanted from styrofoam cups into 3 gallon air pots and Started using mild nutrients on December 16th (blueskyorganics fert alive) oopsies number 1, saved plants from starvation however we lost 1 or 2.
Was letting plants dry out to much between waterings (I know that now). Late to start nutrients because I didnt wanna burn them and had no clue what I was doing!!!
December 30th the girls started to come back to life and grew their second stage of leaves.
January 16
January 17th they got third stage of leaves and started to look healthy again. 7 or 8 inches tall but most are only 3 or 5 inches tall still.
Third pic is January 28th and hard to tell I starved them.
January 30th I added 2 2ft 2 tube full led lights with blue n red n white leds on each tube each colour with it's own switch (180 a piece at home depot, ouch)
February 1st all plants fimmed
Also had a magnesium deficiency and added a cal mag suppliment with fert alive every feeding. It worked and continued adding every feeding. Also started adding more fert alive up to 15ml per liter (way more than recommended)
February 7th I ran out of room in the 2x4 tent so I built a temporary shelf and moved couple up there till new mars hydro 5x5 tent showed up.
February 16th we ran out of room on shelf and had to move those 2 plants to temporary box each with their own 2ft 2 tube led. The tent is full even spread out with 8 plants after removing the 2 big ones. Ordered more lights
February 25th new tent showed up and a new 4ft 8 tube ballast as well as a new 2 ft 8 tube t5 light.
New 5x5 tent was given 8 plants old 2x4 tent got the 2 big plants.
February 26th made blueskyorganics organic tea with vit alive and blackstrap molasses
February 27th fimmed all plants again as well as some LST done at same time. Accidentally broke 2 branches. Reattached and growing fine now.
March 2nd . . . . . I got stoned and read I can use calmag as a foliar spray so I soaked plants before closing tent at night. . . . . When I woke up I checked and had black mold because I never diluted calmag, just sprayed it on. My nightmare began!!!!
I immediately cut out all leaves with mold and heavily rinsed all plants and put a fan on them to dry one at a time. Some plants were pretty naked!!
I added bio organics bio thrive as well as bio organics black diamond to my nutrients and dosed according to instructions on bottles. Also added black storm sea kelp to the mix. All of those were given every watering. Sorry I never took any pics of disaster at the time. . . I was embarrassed and didnt want any evidence that I am a dumbass!! Lol
All plants were fimmed again to slow down stretch and focus on lower growth I cut out
March 14th did some more LST on plants to keep canopy even
March 17th is the nice pic with a full canopy again. Thank God!!
Plants at about 24 inches in height from the pots
Flipped plants on march 21st with 24 hours of darkness.
March 24th fed with all blueskyorganics flower two, fert alive, organic reactor, vit alive, organic booster as well as 50ml worm castings, blackstrap molasses, red sun powder, black storm sea kelp, bio organics "bio thrive" and "black diamond"
Up to date i have shown no nutrient lock out and no nutrient burn. They just keep asking for more lol

Will update as I go along. Any helpful comments are appreciated!! Happy growing
 

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Bogey8897

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March 27 watered with fert alive, cal mag, and sea kelp. Only 2 plants had a lil leaf curl from combination of red sun nutrients and flower two but the rest took it like champs. ( flower two was accidentally added early as it's not called for yet). On a side note the plants were dry and started to droop so watering every 2 days and about 1L to 7 cups depending on how much plant usually drinks
On a side note I used 3 gallon plastic air pots and transplanted into 5 gallon pots with hundreds of holes drilled into sides to aerate roots (homemade air pot lol)
March 29 watered again with water only
April 1st watered again with sea kelp, and fert alive and a lil bit of bio thrive (general organics). All in mild amounts
April 3rd watered with organic reactor and vit alive and blackstrap molasses used in generous amounts (30 percent more than recommended as well as 2 tablespoons of molasses in 6L Of water) added a sprinkle of flower two
April 5th watered with fert alive and half dose of general organics bio thrive also pulled off all poor looking foliage underneath. Buds starting to pack weight on a bit now as well
April 7th watered with fert alive and sea kelp
April 9th watered with flower two, sea kelp and cal mag and organic reactor at half dose
Every time I water I remove the middle plant and inspect all plants for signs of hermies as well as check all leaf health. Water used to water sits in 4L milk jugs on counter between waterings with no lid so chlorine can evaporate as well as to make water room temp to not shock roots
I will admit I am not good at exact measurements because I just estimate but am a good estimator lol.
I also dialed the fert alive and bio thrive back to approximately what they reccomend per feeding. Will add pics later I just dont feel like it now lol
 

Bogey8897

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April 11 sea kelp and bio thrive noticed plants need more water because some leaves are dying and falling off underneath, I am watering about 1 -1 3/4 liters depending on the plant.
April 12 watered with flower two (half dose) sea kelp and fert alive
April 13 watered with sea kelp
April 15 didnt wanna over water so I skipped a day and will water tonight. Here are some pics
The dates are stamped on pic files. All pics are march 27 and later. Nothing happened in first week
 

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Bogey8897

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Ok. Been a while so I'm gonna do my best lmao. Continued to water with sea kelp regularly as well as bio thrive. Did two runs of fert alive tea with lots of molasses added Week and half apart. and used a lil extra flower two ( like a pinch) also an extra feeding of flower two than is on schedule (followed blueskyorganics schedule for the most part). Couple plants got small amount of burn from the flower two formula and I barely used more than recommended. Keep that in mind. Its powerful! Stopped feeding all but two plants on may 10. One needs another week and a sativa that needs a few more weeks. Purple plant harvested may 17 as it looked super done. Drying now. Another chopped may 18th is pic on table. Sorry forgot purple plant pics after pulling to chop. As you can see I also experimented a bit by bending all the buds flat on 3 plants and had one in the back that was not defoliated at all to see what's better after reading all the opinions out there (hahahaha). The results are that all the buds look like tops from top to bottom (gorgeous) on the plants I "supercropped" (not sure if it's the right term) the plant that was not touched was so underdeveloped when I looked may 18 that I defoliated it and bend buds flat so light can touch while buds surface. It's not an opinion it a fact! Purple buds mostly dry and full of crystals, smooth and potent. I am happy. Pretty sure it will be around 4 or 5 ounces dry and it's the smallest plant I have in that tent. Everything else is still standing as I figure they need a lil more time. Last pic is of purple plant right b4 chop. In my next post I will focus on the pics of the plants layed over against the untouched plant. Can only post 10 pics at a time. All dates are on pics
 

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Bogey8897

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Now I dont have alot of pics of the plant before because it was buried in corner and after I dug it out tonight I realized how much of a difference there was between the development of plants allowed to get light on buds vs those left undefoliated. The first pic is the only one I could find of it before I pulled it open tonight. It was completely untouched during flowering process because it was hard to get to. But the second pic is how undeveloped the shaded bud sites were after defoliation. 4th pic shows how the tops are pretty much done. Next 2 pics are when I layed the 3 front left plants over (notice the fresh green leaves) at that time underneath was undeveloped like previous pics. 7th pics is same plants that have been defoliated and super cropped (May 8th). Zoom in and see how all the buds look perfect like tops! So I geuss I did it both ways for myself to find out because it seems like an old argument and both sides have valid points but the fact is these are pictures and now "I KNOW" debating the topic is arguing that the sun doesn't rise in the east, but there are those out there that are determined to be wrong and I that is their right!! I will have all plants down in the next few weeks and will post pics as I take them down but they look tasty!! Happy growing and good luck all!
 

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Bogey8897

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Defoliation happened tonight may 18th and is supposed to come down soon. Would have had alot of garbage undeveloped bud sites had I not pulled apart and defoliated tonight
 
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