Flying High w . Hawk - 2024 Grow Journal

4/15/24
Day 28. Finally got a chance to do some work on my tent. Set humidity to 70% on the new humidifier. Added another fan. Attempted to fix the two Autos: dug them out w. all roots intact, added a LOT of Fox Farm Ocean Forest soil and Perlite to the 7-gallon grow pots.

Fed all 4 plants their first dose of GeoFlora Veg – 2 Tbs each to the 1-gallon Photos and 2/3 cup each to the 7-gallon Autos. Gave all of them a thorough watering. Hopefully, they’ll all respond well.

Am I right that I can top one of my Photos at this point? Sure looks like it!

4/21/24
Day 34. Watered the two Photos. Looks like there will be a different watering schedule for the Autos and Photos since the 1-gallon grow pots will dry out much faster than the 7-gallon grow pots. All continue to look pretty good. Maybe a bit smaller than they should be, but healthy and growing.

4/23/24
One of the Photos looks like it’s leaves are starting to yellow. What’s going on there and what do I need to do to get the color back to a dark green?

4/24/24
The other Photo looks like it’s leaves are starting to yellow as well. Checked pH of soil – all 4 plants are at a pH of 7.

4/25/24
Added some CalMag to the water. Watered the two Photos. Will set up some LST (Low Stress Training) for all 4 plants tomorrow.

4/26/24
Day 39. Topped the two Photos. Started LST (Low Stress Training) on both the Autos and Photos. Watered all (CalMag added). Very surprised that the two Autos were already dry!

First time trying LST - does it look right?

If anyone who sees these posts has any advice / comments, I'd GREATLY appreciate reading them!!

4/28/24
Day 41. Tried to tie down the base of the plant stems to anchor them. Hopefully, this works. Also, can one of my Autos already have started to flower (last picture)??

Looks like your plants are starting to turn around nicely from the light green you were trying to fix, nice. How much calmag did you add to the water?

If in the future you wanted to mix a foliar spray for quick nutrient uptake through the leaves, I can share a simple recipe I do, really helps with all around growth.

I start with a liter of water (or sometimes half, depending on how much I'd need to spray.)

Per 1 liter
-1ml calmag
Next two products are not necessary but they do help with overall growth.
-1ml potassium silicate (helps strength plants structure and leaf from pests)
-1ml seaweed extract (natural plant growth hormones and micronutrients)

Drops of pH down (phosphoric acid) adjusting pH of solution to ~6.2


Being on the east coast, do you have a higher ambient humidity? I'd assume that you'd eventually need a dehumidifier (especially during flower) to keep your humidity in check.


Hope this helps! Let me/us know if you have questions, happy to help.

Welcome to the forum and the growing experience. Hope you enjoy your stay and learn lots while you're here. Plant training looks great! Keep up the good work.

4/29/24
Day 42. Tried to tie down the plants the way suggested. Added GeoFlora Veg (second feeding) to all four plants. Watered all 4 (w. added CalMag). Appears that one of the Autos has started to flower. Crazy, especially since I didn’t plan on bringing it outside for another month. Curious how big this will get.

5/1/24
Sooo, was trying to gently bend a branch of my blueberry glue auto for LST and…SNAP! There went the top part of the plant! Didn’t top them so I wouldn’t stress them out and I end up breaking off a big part of the stem instead?! Brilliant. Just brilliant...

Can this Auto be salvaged?
Should I give up on it and start up another seed?

5/4/24
Gently bent some of the stems for LST.
Watered the Photos.



SHORT NEPALI - AUTO


4KINGDOMS - PHOTO


CBD CRITICAL MASS - PHOTO


BLUEBERRY GLUE - AUTO

5/5/24
Day 48. More LST. Turned the light up one notch to 75%. Short Nepali is getting tons of bud sites.

SHORT NEPALI - AUTO


BLUBERRY GLUE - AUTO

5/9/24
Day 52 (since seeds in water). Watered all 4 plants w. added CalMag. Tent still pretty hot – mid 80’s. Need to get the lung room cooler.



SHORT NEPALI - AUTO


BLUEBERRY GLUE - AUTO


PHOTOS

5/14/24
The two Autos are looking good. Healthy and very bushy. The two Photos are looking pretty poor. Gave the two Autos their first feeding of GeoFlora Bloom. Gave the two Photos a feeding of GeoFlora Veg. Watered all 4 plants.



SHORT NEPALI - AUTO


BLUEBERRY GLUE - AUTO

5/16/24
Plants are REALLY starting to stink up the house. So, finally ordered my ventilation system and fans from Vivosun. Will be able to hook it all up to a smart controller monitor outside the tent. SO cool.

5/19/24
Once again, the Photos in the 1-gallon fabric grow pots looked really wilted. Watered them. Hopefully, they’ll perk up again soon. Need a chance to bring them outside and plant them. Debating putting both into the ground or plant one in ground and other in a larger fabric grow pot.



SHORT NEPALI - AUTO


BLUEBERRY GLUE - AUTO

5/22/24
Day 65. Finally got a chance to check on plants. Hadn’t really been able to properly care for them because of migraines and dad in hospital. All 4 plants were REALLY wilted. The two photos look horrible! Gave a thorough watering (w. added CalMag) to all. Hope this revives them. Lots of dead leaves due to drought. Turned the lights from 75% down to 25% for the rest of the day. Guessing a combination of high light intensity, high tent temperature and little water all helped nearly kill off all the plants!! Can’t let it go like this again…Hoping to plant the two photos in the backyard very very soon.

5/23/24
Brought the two Phenos outside. They look a lot better than they did yesterday. They need to look a lot better still. Started prepping the area where want to plant the two Phenos. Need to get rid of the rocks. Soil looks like it has a lot of clay, so going to dig a huge hole and fill w. my soil. Very curious how big they can get when not in a grow pot.


PHOTOS




SHORT NEPALI - AUTO


BLUEBERRY GLUE - AUTO

5/24/24
Pruned a lot of leaves from the two Photos. Because of back issues (surgery coming up SOON), I’ve decided to give up on de-weeding and de-rocking the garden where I want to plant. Instead, I’m going to plant the two Photos in raised plant beds. Hopefully, they’ll drastically improve once they’re out of the small 1-gallon fabric grow pots.