Flying High w . Hawk - 2024 Grow Journal

[Hawk518]

5/25/24
Bought two bags of Fox Farm Ocean Forest soil and one bag of the Fox Farm Happy Frog soil. Also bought four Marigolds to use as companion plants.


5/27/24
Bought more companion plants: Lavender, Chamomile, Rosemary and Basil. Really hoping to transplant my two Photos and a lot of companion plants tomorrow!

Really bad migraine today, so didn’t get a chance to check on the Autos & Photos at all. The two Photos are outside and they got rained on today.

 

[Hawk518]

5/28/24
Started to fill the raised bed. Will transplant the two Photos tomorrow.

5/29/24
Because of migraines, didn’t get a chance to check on the Autos til nightfall. Once again, extremely wilted. Lifted the LED lights up higher. Watered them.

5/30/24
Finally transplanted the two Photos into raised beds outside. Used ALL of the soil from last season as a base, then 2.5 bags of Fox Farm Ocean Forest, then a bag of Happy Frog soil. Added perlite. Added Myco to the roots area. Fed them GeoFlora Veg (I’m off a couple days on this feeding schedule). Watered them.

Really hope they start to perk up again. Debating using tomato cages as a means of LST.

BEFORE


AFTER - PHOTOS


CBD CRITICAL MASS - PHOTO


4 KINGDOMS - PHOTO

 

[Hawk518]

6/1/24
Questions on companion plants:
Sounds like Marigold and Chamomile both release helpful chemicals into the soil. I have my two outside Autos planted in raised beds. Is there anything negative with planting the companion plants in the same raised beds that have the Photos?

 

[Hawk518]

6/5/24
Lots of rain (as well as Tornado warnings) for the two Photos. Pruned off a lot of leaves w. issues on the two Autos.

6/6/24
More rain for the two Photos.

6/7/24
STILL setting up the grow tent. Watered the Autos.

6/8/24
FINALLY planted the companion plants around the two Photos. Might have waited too long for the chamomile. Let’s see if it survives. Rained again.

 

[Hawk518]

6/9/24
More rain for the Photos. More companion plants (Rosemary) placed right next to the two Photos. Placed tomato cages around both Photos. Used metal stakes to start LST on the Photos. Chamomile looks like it’s going to make it.

Grow tent is now totally set up / automated. Fed the two Autos some GeoFlora Bloom and watered them.

 

[Hawk518]

6/13/24
Back surgery a couple days ago. Will have to rely on my wife to care for the plants for the next…month? At least as far as watering! Watered inside and outside. For some reason the tent fans weren’t oscillating. Got them moving again.

 

[Hawk518]

6/17/24
Watered the Autos. The Blue Berry Glue Auto has a lot of yellowing leaves. Trimmed off a lot of the dead leaves from both Autos. Tried to get decent pics of the trichomes. Very curious how long til harvest. The pistils have started to change color from white to amber. Not really seeing anything w. the trichomes yet.

 

[Hawk518]

Any idea what's up w. my Blue Berry Glue Auto? SO many leaves are yellowing!

 

[Hawk518]

6/20/24
This is my 1st Autoflower. Started germinating on 3/28. So, it’s 12 weeks from seed and in the 7th week of flower. Am I counting this correctly? Need to check trichomes, but I’m thinking it should be very late in flower. Trying to figure out how long til harvest. Pistils still look white more than amber.

The two photos outside are growing well, but very hard to see in my pictures!

 

[Hawk518]

6/21/24
Watered the Autos in the tent. Also fed them some CalMag and MegaCrop in hopes of getting the yellowing leaves back to a nice dark green.

 

[Hawk518]

6/25/24
Fed the Photos some GeoFlora Veg. Tried to do some LST on the CBD Critical Mass and promptly snapped TWO branches! WTF? Taped / splinted the branches and hope they fuse together again! The 4Kingdoms plant is getting pretty tall. The branches you see on the bottom are ones w. LST, not the broken ones.

 

[Hawk518]

6/27/24
Watered the Autos. Seeing some fungus gnats. Put up some of the yellow stickies to catch the gnats. If I have fungus gnats, then maybe I am over watering after all?

SHORT NEPALI - AUTO




BLUEBERRY GLUE - AUTO

 

[Hawk518]

6/30/24
Lots of rain last night for the Photos. Unfortunately, the other plants in background make it hard to see them. Hopefully, the neighbors can't see them very well either!

 

[Hawk518]

7/4/24
A bit surprised to see how dried out the Autos in the tent are. Guess I’m a bit paranoid cause of all the fungus gnats and potential over-watering. Watered them w. added CalMag and Mega Crop (9-7-14). They’ve got to be pretty close to harvest. To me, the pistils look like they’re all orange instead of white and the trichomes look more cloudy than clear, but not seeing any amber yet.

What do you think? How much longer should I be waiting before chopping for harvest?

 

[Hawk518]

7/5/24
Once again, temps are skyrocketing in the tent. Was up to 88 F today. Cooled it down below 85, but don’t like this at all. Really need to figure out how to regulate the temps!!

Once the Autos are harvested and dried, I might need to move the grow tent into the basement. Much cooler for summer months and easier to warm during the winter.

 

[Hawk518]

7/6/24
Turned the air conditioner way colder. Also put a few frozen bottles w. a fan going over them in the grow tent. Turned the LED lights from 100% to 65%. Hopefully, this will get the temp down a bit.

Seeing some amber trichomes, but not very many yet.

 

[Hawk518]

7/9/24

SHORT NEPALI - AUTO

 

[Hawk518]

7/12/24
Watered the Autos in the grow tent. Pruned off a lot of the dead leaves. Finally got some decent pictures of the trichomes. I’d say that most are now cloudy w. very few that are amber colored. Thinking of chopping either this Monday or next. I’ll decide on Monday.

The Photos got rain today. The 4Kingdoms is getting quite tall.

 

[Hawk518]

7/18/24
Watered the Autos in the tent. Turned the lights back up to 100%. Used the new digital microscope to get pictures of the trichomes. Much easier to see than the jeweler’s loop. Looks like most of the trichomes are now cloudy with some amber. SO, I’m thinking of turning the lights off for Sat & Sun and then chopping on Monday. Really hope I can get the temps down for drying!

 

[Hawk518]

7/19/24
Trichomes on my two Autos are looking cloudy w. some amber. Plan on chopping on Monday. Thinking of turning off the lights for Sat & Sun. Or is turning off the lights before harvest just bro-science?