JohnBoh's Papaya Grow (open journal)

Johnboh

Johnboh

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2 weeks old today!

Despite all the bullshit about nirvana and their shitty seeds, this one is doing fairly well.



Today I did a double round of foliar feedings. I made a mild mixture of spring water and ff GBig
 
bigbrew

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Dude. I noticed you use hydrogen peroxide in your waterings but Fox Farm Nutes are organic based. You are killing the beneficial bacteria from the FF nutes. If you want to use and antifungal try hygrozyme or great white.
 
Johnboh

Johnboh

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bigbrew said:
Dude. I noticed you use hydrogen peroxide in your waterings but Fox Farm Nutes are organic based. You are killing the beneficial bacteria from the FF nutes. If you want to use and antifungal try hygrozyme or great white.
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right on thanks bro. i had no idea it would kill them. ill stop using right away.
 
Johnboh

Johnboh

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Day 15

Today I decided to Fimm the Papaya. Hopefully in a few days we will be able to see how it turned out.

Here is a pic before the Fimming


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And after the haircut! Hopefully I cut it in the right place. if not its not really that big of a deal.

Here is a shot looking up her skirt.
 
peacemane420

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please dont cut any leaves!
the plant uses leaves for energy. when you cut them off the plant is using more energy to grow back more leaves then buds.
you will also notice towards the end of flowering the leaves will start to die. that its competely normal. the plant is sucking its last bit of life from them for the juicy buds!
 
Johnboh

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I completely agree that you should leave all leaves alone on the plant. I only cut half of the primary new growth as to top it and create more primary shoots. I am working with a short closet and need to keep her nice and short. Only half of the leave will be missing from where i cut.

I will only be doing this just this one time. Fimming is a great way to increase yields when dealing with short rooms.

Speaking of this I got in a heated discussion with a fellow grower about cutting leaves the other day. I just couldnt get him to understand that the plant needs all its leaves. more leaves equal more light intake which equals to be more energy for the plant to grow with.

he is under the impression that taking all the fan leaves off a plant makes it grow faster and bushier. i cant help but laugh when i hear him explaining it.
 
Johnboh

Johnboh

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Day 16 Update.

Watering day, today i stopped using the hydrogen peroxide in the water mixture.

Next watering will be a straight watering.

I have been reducing the photo period on her as well every other day. Right now she is on a 14/10 photoperiod.



 
peacemane420

peacemane420

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Johnboh said:
I completely agree that you should leave all leaves alone on the plant. I only cut half of the primary new growth as to top it and create more primary shoots. I am working with a short closet and need to keep her nice and short. Only half of the leave will be missing from where i cut.

I will only be doing this just this one time. Fimming is a great way to increase yields when dealing with short rooms.

Speaking of this I got in a heated discussion with a fellow grower about cutting leaves the other day. I just couldnt get him to understand that the plant needs all its leaves. more leaves equal more light intake which equals to be more energy for the plant to grow with.

he is under the impression that taking all the fan leaves off a plant makes it grow faster and bushier. i cant help but laugh when i hear him explaining it.
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ohhh! lol i thought you were cutting the fan leaves!
haha shows how much i can read
carry on! lol
 
volcomrider157

volcomrider157

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Johnboh said:
Right on bro. I saw your journal. looks like you got a decent harvest. Any pics of your finished product?
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thanks man, unfortunately no pics of the finished product. It was some awesome smoke tho! It looks like a lot in the pics but I ended up with about 5 oz. dry weight. This is great I am excited for you and look forward to watching your papaya finish out nicely! Your doing great keep up the good work!:leaf::leaf:
 
adam66

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Hey john i just ordered 10 papaya mango seeds from nirvana how did you start them and did you have 1 out of 5 work?
 
Johnboh

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adam66 said:
Hey john i just ordered 10 papaya mango seeds from nirvana how did you start them and did you have 1 out of 5 work?
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I got the fem five pack from nirvana.

i had

2 in rock wool

3 in soil

The only one that grew was one of the soil sown seeds.

Good luck to you bro. I noticed that nirvana is doing a sale on ten packs right now for papaya.

Best advice I can give is keep the seeds warm and moist. not drenched just moist.
 
Johnboh

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Update for Day 17

I am not sure but I think I might have cut a little to low during the fimm process. Which if I did it just means I topped the plant. Will no more in a couple of days.



 
Johnboh

Johnboh

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I have one Hps that is about 4 inches away and the cfls are within an avg distance of about 2 inches away.
 
ilookup2dajetz

ilookup2dajetz

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do you use your fox farm nutes already? i was told not to even use mine untill at least three weeks. im in fox farm ocean forest and 400w hps....4plants
 
Johnboh

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Ive been using FF grow big with my waterings. I have had successful use with it so far. no signs at all of any over feeding what so ever.
plant seems to love it.
 
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