I'll go ahead and emberess myself here ....
All I have done is F up after F up I've had no guidance besides trying to read but no true growers helping me, I wasn't satisfied with the 3 gal pots that fit into my air cube system and transplanted I to 5 gal tubs I had no intentions flowering anytime soon this grow I never expected a harvest thought they'd die 2 3 weeks along and hopefully I'd learn a lot, now I'm like 6 weeks in and 80 percent of their life I have treated them like they was in soil just lifting the ol pots to see if needed water based off weight ... yea that's right the rook was feeding coco coir every other day 2 every day at the end there and I was hand feeding all 7 that got old quick, which leads me to long story short minus the short ..... the 5 gal pots sit 3 4 inches above the cubes (I've been looking into buying 6 gal food grade black buckets so I can make a adult veg and flowering auto watering system because .... get ready to laugh .... I was taking a cup and with sanitized hands first dipping into the res and then pouring the cup around the top 3 - 4 inches of soil so it got 100 percent saturated (the oxygen cubes say the drain pulls air top bottom into the medium so I'd just hit all 7 before the 15 min soak is complete the worst part of this is with massive LST going on lollipopping made zero difference and it was just a sea of wires and leaves I'd have to just kinda pour it over the top .... God I'm stupid .... so stupid I did t even want to admit it but I'd rather be honest about my fails and happenings and let you know I'd learned the lesson of spraying with lights close and on high burned the shit out this one I'm surprised she survived and is all crystaly again literally sugar leaves again .... I will see these sons B.... to harvest or at least put my whole heart Into it and be devastated when it fails.
If I'd never done the top down soaking the leaves wouldn't be mangled right now and I'd have 4 I could imo somewhat brag about being a first time ever even seeing a plant in person, I'll take these fails with my head hung super low and earn my stripes you only do that type shit once right
I think I've learned a sig ificant amount and the next run I better be proud of putting a lot of pressure on myself got 5 auto seeds in root cubes be nice if roughly about the same time I could throw the autos in the room with my special (ed) ladies on a 12 12
Before I forget I assumed SM based off 2 items saying thats what it was seemed with confidence and being a rookie what do I know, I do know I can't find SHIZ but I'm still finding little leaf holes hopefully a good dose of what I've done will help, I've used spinosad treatment twice in 3 days neem oil and today I hit them with iso 70 percent and water mixed in 1 / 1 ratio lights raised dimmed fans on and a extra one aimed at them to blow alcohol off as the habenero peppers brewed on the stove then I hit them with a super potent about killed my ass dose capsaicin spray I had to take my shirt off and throw over my damn nose and mouth ASAP I know if that about killed me what it will do to WHATEVER the fux going on in there tomorrow I'll use spino again then Monday hit them with neem Tues pepper again and wed the real reinforcements are coming ordered 1500 lady bugs as I only have about 4 5 left roaming my leafs ... I did wonder why they always seem so busy and content rummaging my leaves but they will hopefully be the final start moving forward
