First Grow Ever

Hey all

I'd love what everyone thinks of what's been done here, i've learnt a lot from the experience from my obvious mistakes such as transplanting too early/late/frequently, same for watering and feeding but it's all but of the first journey

Journal:

-Veg Time - 6 Months ish in cupboard with a few others
-Transplanted 3-4 times (seed pod/cup/200mm/250mm - 1-2 weeks before flower)
-Kept under a 50w custom made light from a mate (not sure for it's reliability but the next runs in veg are growing better than the last through self education)
-Regular Standing Oscilating fan left still at a decent speed in attempt to thicken the stems (it worked but now i use Kyle Kushmans 'chiropractic' methods)

Current environment:
In a 4x4 tent with several others
- 1x Custom Made 250w or something *has far red specs (was wider than current light)
- 1 x Oscilating standing Fan
- 1 x 6" Carbon filter
- 1 x 6" duct fan

Training Methods:
- LST (from early age)
- Lollipopping throughout
- Topping which occured on about 3 colas 1-2 weeks before the flip to fower
- Defoliation Massacre within week 1 of flower

Issues:
- 1 x Sativa got root bound due to lack of space avail, was moved and taken care of seperately (now in flower and isn't inphotos)
- Slight Nutrient Burn throughout late veg, Slight deficits here and there however cautiously all corrected
- Over and under watering, as well as watering too often, issues all corrected through trial and error

- Currently week 6 of flower and issues are minor and range from:
- Suspected nutrient burn (new growth is slightly yellow), however deficits of P, K and calcium (or rust fungus) are apparent
- Adding worm castings and molasses with no added nutes to monitor growth as may just wait for flush until week 8/9 (currently 6)

Feeding Regime:
Every few days to week or so depending on the plant/pot size, plant age, plant signs.

Nutrients:
Synthetic
Veg - Nitrosol and water (i think thats all that was used)
Transition - Nitrosol, Manutec Bloom, Epsom Salts, Molasses, Dolomite
Early/Mid Flower - Nitrosol, Manutec Bloom(higher doses), (higher doses) Epsom Salts, Molasses
Week 6 Flower *current - Nitrosol (lower doses), Manutec Bloom (higher doses), Epsom Salts, Molasses, Worm Castings****

Very nice. I'll tag along and see what happens if ya don't mind -
Sativa generally don't want as much food as other hybrids as I'm sure you've found out.

Grow it green

The Florist said:

Tbh unsure if it is as it was a bag seed but unless all flowers smell like sour d..?

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Hard to tell by the smell alone.. Many hybrids these days, also many knock offs.

If it was a bagseed and you were smoking sour diesel then it's probably sour diesel or some form of it.
The pics are super small and I haven't grown any in a while so wouldn't be much help spotting it. Watch for the herm.

I actually have some Sour Diesel that I've been meaning to grow myself

Pics are way too small for older eyes.

Looking good but I agree with @Trfsrfr that even my 41 year old eyes are having a hard time seeing that.

personally I take a pic with my iPhone11 and post it. (Geotagging disabled)

This is a shitty photo that managed to escape the size downgrade....i think?

Let me know if these work @jondamon @Trsfsrfr @Alter Jean

Those pics work a lot better. Looking nice

Careful with the big fan. It could hurt you down the road. (not only because the cover is off)

Is it there because of heat?

Alter Jean said:

Those pics work a lot better. Looking nice

Careful with the big fan. It could hurt you down the road. (not only because the cover is off)

Is it there because of heat?

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Really / wind burn?

And yea... there was one instance where the neg pressure pushed the fan closer and a cola got bush wacked, my soul cringed as my arsehole clenched.

It does oscillate and isn't that powerful (i'd read you can get away with more wind on the upper canopy aswell..?), mainly in there as i had nothing else although it takes up a lot of space.. The current lights do run a bit hot and i figured it's better to have something than nothing there is also a 6" carbon filter and exhaust fan up top

Update:

Time stamp:
Officially at the end of week 8 - Week 9 starting on Tuesday.

Update:
Out of the 3 Main girls (the most mature and first grown in the tent) I thought at least 2 if not all 3 were the same pheno but they are all maturing/developing differently from one another.

M1- One had nitrogen toxicity so I flushed it, it has shown a few seeds although it has not spread, it is also growing the most/loved the flush
•Could use another week or two, still has new growth
• Not much colour change in the leaves or trichs/pistols

M2- The most mature and frosty one has somewhat stopped fattening, 90% of the pistils are now orange, 80% of trichs are cloudy with almost none amber if any. I did pluck a few flowers for testing I’m wondering if this has caused the plant to stop growing and focus on maturing..
•This was the most anticipated girl
• No issues from the start
• Not much if any new growth/just density from what i can tell (based on this i want to harvest M2 now!)
• A few lower fan leaves yellowed but nothing in comparison to the rate of M3

M3- Another, has started showing more growth and purple hue throughout the upper sugar leaves with a lot of the upper fan leaves becoming yellow and dying
• Still new growth
• More leaves changing colour than M2 which is slightly concerning although being monitored for any drastic changes

All 3 are showing signs of calcium deficiency which at this stage is a bit out of my control personally - here are some pics:
Couple questions:
Do any look visibly harvestible?
M2 which looks the most mature is tempting to harvest although im tempted to wait another week incase it plumps up/produces more of a body stone than head high from allowing the trichomes to mature a little longer.. thoughts?

@klx @bursto
*Update M3- drastic yellowing of fan leaves (lower and upper) with mostly white pistols/what looks like new growth...

The Florist said:

Update:

Time stamp:
Officially at the end of week 8 - Week 9 starting on Tuesday.

Update:
Out of the 3 Main girls (the most mature and first grown in the tent) I thought at least 2 if not all 3 were the same pheno but they are all maturing/developing differently from one another.

M1- One had nitrogen toxicity so I flushed it, it has shown a few seeds although it has not spread, it is also growing the most/loved the flush
•Could use another week or two, still has new growth
• Not much colour change in the leaves or trichs/pistols

M2- The most mature and frosty one has somewhat stopped fattening, 90% of the pistils are now orange, 80% of trichs are cloudy with almost none amber if any. I did pluck a few flowers for testing I’m wondering if this has caused the plant to stop growing and focus on maturing..
•This was the most anticipated girl
• No issues from the start
• Not much if any new growth/just density from what i can tell (based on this i want to harvest M2 now!)
• A few lower fan leaves yellowed but nothing in comparison to the rate of M3

M3- Another, has started showing more growth and purple hue throughout the upper sugar leaves with a lot of the upper fan leaves becoming yellow and dying
• Still new growth
• More leaves changing colour than M2 which is slightly concerning although being monitored for any drastic changes

All 3 are showing signs of calcium deficiency which at this stage is a bit out of my control personally - here are some pics:
Couple questions:
Do any look visibly harvestible?
M2 which looks the most mature is tempting to harvest although im tempted to wait another week incase it plumps up/produces more of a body stone than head high from allowing the trichomes to mature a little longer.. thoughts?

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Looks to me like you have a solid two weeks to go on all of them if not a three or so, nicely done.

The Florist said:

@klx @bursto
*Update M3- drastic yellowing of fan leaves (lower and upper) with mostly white pistols/what looks like new growth...

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Nearly there mate but not quite yet. If you are desperate chop the most mature in a week and then leave the others another week. Well done

klx said:

Nearly there mate but not quite yet. If you are desperate chop the most mature in a week and then leave the others another week. Well done

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curious2garden said:

Looks to me like you have a solid two weeks to go on all of them if not a three or so, nicely done.

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Cheers guys ^
Trying to wait it out as best i can for the most mature then let the others do there thing (combination of lack of will power and too great of an anticipation). The most mature one (M1) - has started showing a lot of purple hue throughout the sugar leaves and calyxs with a few amber trichs!!! I've looked at it under different lighting and it's so cringe how close it looks... I'm glad im waiting -could the colouring of leaves/buds sync perfectly with the trichs by chance? As i'd love to get the full purple but i'm not holding my breath. Also im worried about the one which is drastically yellowing (M3) as its still got so many white hairs (particularly when comparing the colour degradation of m3 to the maturity of m1). Should i be overly concerned?

The Florist said:

.....snip.... Also im worried about the one which is drastically yellowing (M3) as its still got so many white hairs (particularly when comparing the colour degradation of m3 to the maturity of m1). Should i be overly concerned?

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Post a picture of her in natural light, please.

curious2garden said:

Post a picture of her in natural light, please.

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I’ll take one in the morn - otherwise I have led with far red or just reg white leds or iPhone - this is in the habitat with far red lol so not ideal lighting for picture identification .

Currently in and out of the garden so I’ll take better pics/edit posts sorry in advance:
Pic 1 (m3 plant of topic)
Pic 2 (M1 left, M3 mid, M2 Right)
*Disregard the sad sacks here and there that were thrown in for shit's and gigs as i had spare space to play with (in knowing i'd have more space upcoming to reposition into better lighting)

The Florist said:

I’ll take one in the morn - otherwise I have led with far red or just reg white leds or iPhone - this is in the habitat with far red lol so not ideal lighting for picture identification .

Currently in and out of the garden so I’ll take better pics/edit posts sorry in advance

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Give her some N in a well rounded feed and some Ca. Looks to me like you have a good month left.