doogledore
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2nd grow is underway:
Re-used FFOF + mykos + perlite + Dr. Earth Fert
ES 300
5gal fabric pots
4 OG Kush fem from Nirvana
2.5x5x6.5 tent
First grow tried the manifold/lollipop method with 8 main colas and 5 plants. Successful 1st time experience but wanted to better utilize my light and grow space so plan is to scrog these 4 plants and veg them till the screen is 75% full. Plants are about 9 inches tall currently and gonna throw the screen up once they reach a foot or so tall.
6/29: Soaked 4 OGK seeds in brita water overnight
Day 1 Soil - 6/30: White tap root beginning to show, transferred to solo cups that had been prepped/moistened, FFLW + Mykos
7/1 – 7/7: Kept medium moist with spray bottle…in hindsight, probably too moist as algae did develop a little bit on the top part of the medium. I didn’t drown them like the first grow resulting in browning on leaves that ultimately had to be pruned so progress but I’m learning that seedlings don’t need much water at all to survive and develop to veg.
Day 8 Soil – 7/8: Watered w/ BH, RJ, Kelp BD till runoff and solo cups felt saturated
Day 12 Soil – 7/12: Watered w/ RJ, CM till runoff
Day 13 Soil – 7/13: #3 = 3.5 inches tall, #4 = 3.25 inches tall (3 nodes). #1, #2 lagging in development
Day 14 Soil – 7/14: Topped #3,4 around 11:30am
Day 15 Soil – 7/15: Watered #3,4 RJ + CM. #1,2 still have heavy cups with moisture at top so no need to water
Day 1 Veg ? – 7/17: Transplant day. Watered with BH, RJ, CM. Poked a bunch of holes in the soil for aeration as fabric pots had been pre-watered prior to transplant.
Day 3 Veg – 7/20: #1 = 3.5 inches tall, #2 = 3.5 inches tall, #3,4 = 6.5 inches tall
Day 5 Veg – 7/22: Watered outside zone of fabric pots (32oz, ph 6.5) in hopes of drawing roots toward outer edge of pot. 4 days since last watering, pots still relatively heavy, plan is to try to keep the top of the medium moist while allowing the rest of the pot to dry out. Does the upper most part of the medium need to remain moist to keep the microbiology in the topsoil alive?
Day 7 Veg – 7/24: Sprayed top part of soil with approx ½ Liter water ph 6.8 before lights on…very warm day on 7/23 and very warm day forecast today. Medium was dry down to my first knuckle so didn’t want the girls struggling with the extra heat today.
Day 9 Veg – 7/26: Sprayed top of medium with approx. ½ liter of water before lights on. Medium was dry down to big knuckle and day time temps have been hot so not worried about over watering. Soil moisture meter reads on ‘wet’ level half way down the pot and at bottom of pot.
Pots feel like they’re drying out still from being saturated with water prior to transplant (I can tell they are lighter than on 7/20 even though moisture meter still shows wet). Daytime temps for past 2 days = 90F, 50 RH. Night time 78F, 65-70 RH.
Re-used FFOF + mykos + perlite + Dr. Earth Fert
ES 300
5gal fabric pots
4 OG Kush fem from Nirvana
2.5x5x6.5 tent
First grow tried the manifold/lollipop method with 8 main colas and 5 plants. Successful 1st time experience but wanted to better utilize my light and grow space so plan is to scrog these 4 plants and veg them till the screen is 75% full. Plants are about 9 inches tall currently and gonna throw the screen up once they reach a foot or so tall.
6/29: Soaked 4 OGK seeds in brita water overnight
Day 1 Soil - 6/30: White tap root beginning to show, transferred to solo cups that had been prepped/moistened, FFLW + Mykos
7/1 – 7/7: Kept medium moist with spray bottle…in hindsight, probably too moist as algae did develop a little bit on the top part of the medium. I didn’t drown them like the first grow resulting in browning on leaves that ultimately had to be pruned so progress but I’m learning that seedlings don’t need much water at all to survive and develop to veg.
Day 8 Soil – 7/8: Watered w/ BH, RJ, Kelp BD till runoff and solo cups felt saturated
Day 12 Soil – 7/12: Watered w/ RJ, CM till runoff
Day 13 Soil – 7/13: #3 = 3.5 inches tall, #4 = 3.25 inches tall (3 nodes). #1, #2 lagging in development
Day 14 Soil – 7/14: Topped #3,4 around 11:30am
Day 15 Soil – 7/15: Watered #3,4 RJ + CM. #1,2 still have heavy cups with moisture at top so no need to water
Day 1 Veg ? – 7/17: Transplant day. Watered with BH, RJ, CM. Poked a bunch of holes in the soil for aeration as fabric pots had been pre-watered prior to transplant.
Day 3 Veg – 7/20: #1 = 3.5 inches tall, #2 = 3.5 inches tall, #3,4 = 6.5 inches tall
Day 5 Veg – 7/22: Watered outside zone of fabric pots (32oz, ph 6.5) in hopes of drawing roots toward outer edge of pot. 4 days since last watering, pots still relatively heavy, plan is to try to keep the top of the medium moist while allowing the rest of the pot to dry out. Does the upper most part of the medium need to remain moist to keep the microbiology in the topsoil alive?
Day 7 Veg – 7/24: Sprayed top part of soil with approx ½ Liter water ph 6.8 before lights on…very warm day on 7/23 and very warm day forecast today. Medium was dry down to my first knuckle so didn’t want the girls struggling with the extra heat today.
Day 9 Veg – 7/26: Sprayed top of medium with approx. ½ liter of water before lights on. Medium was dry down to big knuckle and day time temps have been hot so not worried about over watering. Soil moisture meter reads on ‘wet’ level half way down the pot and at bottom of pot.
Pots feel like they’re drying out still from being saturated with water prior to transplant (I can tell they are lighter than on 7/20 even though moisture meter still shows wet). Daytime temps for past 2 days = 90F, 50 RH. Night time 78F, 65-70 RH.
