Violet seems to be doing pretty well. Still bushing out big time. Her leaves look better. Still a bit of clawing, but most of the new leaves look pretty good I think. No hurry for pre-flower to start.

3 years ago

Noticed for the first time today that she’s showing sex. Pre-flowering soon I expect.

3 years ago

💦 6.8 🐠 💩 3 mg - yucca: Violet is looking sad after I opened her up a bit more. I think the clawing I’m getting is from light stress. I finally got good PH runoff numbers today: 6.4. Perfect, really. PPM out is down to 635, bit it was over 1100 a few days ago and this has been going on for a bit. I really need to start reading more about nutes and deciding what I’m going to do. She’s three weeks in and I love her so.

3 years ago

Shot her away from the bright lights of her SP3000 to show her actual color. The lights blow her out on my iPhone camera. Still some issues, but still growing. Pretty bushy for a 19-day-old I think.

3 years ago

💦 6.8 spring. Pinch of yucca powder. Man, this baby girl ain’t fuckin’ playin’. I can barely keep up with her growth. She’s a challenge to open up because she’s so stout, but I’m tucking fan leaves and getting those future bud sites the light they crave. Will open her as much as I can when I see opportunities. I’ll probably need to defoliate this plant some. Her main stem is really thickening. I’ve got a bit more air blowing on her from a clip on fan to help her strengthen up even more. I fucking love growing cannabis, seeing this for the first time is almost religious.

3 years ago

I think this big girl is doing great. A little twisting on the ends of her we leaves, and I’ll keep an eye on that. She’s getting a drink in the morning, with yucca root for the first time. She’s so compact, training has been minimal so far. I tucked a few leaves today, and bent the main stem just a bit more.

3 years ago

Started LST. Broke one of her branches because of course I did. I was too aggressive. It broke right by the stem so I can’t tape it. We’ll see how she responds.

3 years ago

So cool how quickly the plant rights itself after getting tied down.

3 years ago

Packing on more leaves, but something is amiss. Maybe it was just the lights, which I’ve adjusted, but I feel I might also be fighting against my “hot” Fox Farms Ocean Forest mix. It’s probably 75% FFOF, 25% Light Warrior, and I think it’s still just too hot. Or I’m just a newb and don’t know what I’m doing. That could be it too. Tomorrow: LST begins.

3 years ago

This little girl is growing like a weed. So many leaves forming even before her two-week birthday.

3 years ago

She’s back on track after her 6.4 watering yesterday. She’ll get 6.5 next time. Her early leaves are still showing the signs of her apparent PH problem, but the new leaves look good and she grew a ton overnight. She’s working on her first five-fingered leaves, she’s growing four new leaves from her first node, and her fourth node is starting to form. Under the SP3000 at 75% and is about 15” from it. I would have planned to turn her up to 100% and moved the light to 22” soon, but I’ll have to wait until her little sisters a bigger and stronger.

3 years ago

She’s taken a turn in the wrong direction. I think it’s most likely that the soil PH is too low, or that I’m under watering. Or, probably, both. Today I mixed dechlorinated tap water and distilled water (she had only had distilled before) and PHed it to 6.5 and watered her. Initially the runoff measured 3.2 PH! It settled at 5.8, and I want that up in the mid 6s. It had been four days since her last watering, and she’s in soil in a three-gallon pot. I probably needed to water her yesterday. Hopefully she looks better in a while. My first challenge, but I’m up for it and it won’t be the last!

3 years ago

Another day and the first fingers are really forming. Also another set of leaves has emerged. She’ll really start picking up steam now I think. I dropped Fast Buds Northern Lights seeds in my other two pots this morning after soaking them overnight. If either pot has two seedlings emerge, I’ll have to make a decision. Wouldn’t suck to end up with three strains this grow. I found an ant in my tent this morning. First intruder. :/ Turned the dimmer up about 5%, to about 55%.

3 years ago

The fingers in her first fan leaves are starting to form. I’ve checked out photos of other autos on Day 8 and I feel like I’m (she’s) doing fine so far. Today I moved her to the center position of my 2x4, which should have the effect of turning the lights up just a bit, as PAR output is strongest in the center. My other two seeds have still not germed, and this is the eighth day they’ve been in the soil. I think I may give them one more day, and if they don’t get out of bed, it may be time for me to pull them and start over with my Fast Buds Northern Lights beans.

3 years ago

She got watered today, including her first 3 ml of Fishsh!t. She seems to be handling the additional light well. Still no sign of life from the white widows. They’ll have been in the soil for six days as of this evening. Turned the lights up to 50% today. Low end of the range suggested by MH.

3 years ago

Questions this new grower has: Am I under-watering? She was watered to saturation on Saturday. It’s Tuesday. I think she’ll be dry enough this evening for another watering. Also are my light settings good? My SP3000 is at factory-suggested settings: 30% at about 14”. A website I was reading suggests 100% at 36”. She’s not getting leggy, so I think her light is good.

3 years ago

She’s coming along. Another set of leaves for the little beauty.

3 years ago

She got water today.

3 years ago

Isn’t she a baby? This little girl popped first. Her name is Violet Beauregard. I’m determined to let her grow without messing with her too much, and to be careful with her environment and watering schedule. Not even considering nutes yet. Maybe after weeks 3 or 4.

3 years ago