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First Grow - BigChiefin Indoors

Rona Grow 2020!

Unknown 9 days ahead of JH and WW, and 14 days ahead of PP. MarsHydro lights. <3.5ACM intake/outtake. 2 tents. Height: 5ft Soil: Happy frog pre transplant. 50/50 Happy Frog and Ocean Forest in 5 gal pots anticipating 3 gal medium. No nutrients planned. Lollipopping, FIMing, Topping, LST

Jack Herer, Power Plant, White Widow, Unknown

Day 88 (Week 13)

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Day: 88

Jack Herer and Power Plant on day 26 of bloom.

4 years ago

Day: 65

Day 3 of Bloom. Watered today. Kept schwazzing the big ones. Lowered lights to 12”.

4 years ago

Day: 63

I’m Schwazzing my way up. Switched to Bloom today with a 12/12 1600-0400 schedule. I’ve had two good nutrient waterings with lots of growth and good health. I water every 3 days so I’m running my Age Old Grow at about 30ml per gallon with PH adjusted down and foliar feeding the same nutes. Everything looking great! My Bonzai White Widow being smaller seems to require less nutes so she stopped getting foliar fed.

4 years ago

Day: 59

Watered today with ph balanced nutes. Gonna recover and flip em, probably with the never water in 3 days. Kushman or Swazzi pruned my plants. 10" tall with about 16 colas each. Gonna stretch to 26" and hope to grow to 38" by harvest.

4 years ago

Day: 53

Watered today. Started using grow nutrients on day 51, after suffering Nitrogen shock for about 4 days of my absence. I defoliated and FIMed on day 51 as well as watering with age old grow. I’ve improved my daily environmental averages by cycling my vents on and off in conjunction with my humidifier. I took a hermaphrodite clone from unknown, a clone from Jack Herer, and two clones from power plant. Irrigation hasn’t siphoned since i got my pump below my drippers. I’m prepped to transition to hydroponics on the next grow. I topped JH and PP on day 51, my first toppings. They’ve grown taller than Unknown. They’ve exploded up top. Today I lollipoped all 3 bottom to top.

4 years ago

Day: 46

No water today. Plants looking healthy and growing fast on day 5 of being away from them and running purely automated. Tomorrow is my next scheduled watering.

4 years ago

Day: 43

No water today. Pruned each plant, which turned out to be more pruning the older the plant is. I FIMed all three and got a lot more aggressive with it, possibly even too much on one lol My humidifier can’t keep up with fans on, so I’m running it for an hour after they shut off and an hour before they come back on. Pretty much every cola branch is reaching out and getting light exposure. Even the covered leaves seem to be getting incredible energy from these MarsHydro SP150s!! All plants are 6” or shorter, and all about 15” wide in diameter.

4 years ago

Day: 42

My irrigation caused an accidental watering today. I added a humidifier, rearranged things, and reworked my exhaust to improve its heat reduction while not removing more humidity.

4 years ago

Day: 41

Water day. Used my remote/timed irrigation, and after some slight gravity adjustments my watering time is nailed down to 60 seconds to last 3-4 days. Jack Herer and White Widow(don't call it a comeback) at day 36. Power Plant day 27. Planning my next big prune for Thursday before I leave town and put my remote/automated system to the real test😬

4 years ago

Day: 40

No water day. Water tomorrow. LST on all 3. 9 nodes, 13-15 possible colas on Unknown. 9 nodes, 10 possible colas on JH. 8 nodes and 8 possible colas on PP. both lights turned on for 240W from the wall at 18” height. Irrigation line was moved from top to bottom for better waterflow. I’m contemplating if I should ever prune the plain leaves, exposing just the colas, and to what extent.

4 years ago

Day: 39

No water. FIMed JH and PP. LST to all 3 as undergrowth starts to mature in the younger two plants.

4 years ago

Day: 35

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Dry day. Soil is finally dry on top. I'll test deeper tomorrow. Unknown, who I've determined is Sativa, seems incredibly bushy. 6 of the bottom leaves were in complete shade so they were pruned today. I've counted 9 potential colas on this so far and I don't even think I FIMed effectively. I've determined I've taken too little when I FIM, which means I've been FIMing too soon.

4 years ago

Day: 34

No water. Soil's still moist. Unknown has so many apparent colas I did some leaf-only LST to expose them to maximum light.

4 years ago

Day: 33

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Dry day....3 gallon pots haven't needed water since the initial watering after transplant 5 days ago...hoping that's not to long to be wet. Thinking when they they finally dry I'll probably leave them dry for a full day instead of watering on sight. Unknown is bushy as can be. I'm attempting my own flavor of LST right now. It seems like almost all of my nodes are growing extra colas. Too good to be true??? So i exposed them to the light in hopes of multiplying colas. I'm still waiting to see if my top colas grow after FIMing...no signs yet but right now I'm really trying to be certain if I'm growing more colas or not. Before and after picture to see the difference. JH and PP are doing the same but they aren't long enough yet to tuck the fan leaves underneath.

4 years ago

BigChiefin Comments are encouraged folks! I don't know quite what to make of all these potential colas i think I'm seeing....it seems too good to be true, especially for my first time. I'm a perfectionist in a world of sooo many different opinions/proven ways to do things. I like to think outside the box so I'm combining FIM with Topping and LST. I FIMed so far...topping to come soon unless I determine there's a better way.

Day: 32

Dry day. FIMed JH the second time at Day 23. FIMed PP for the first time Day 18. I expected to wait a week after transplant to prune but the timing seems right in growth abd thebplants haven't seemed to notice the transplant, unless I'm not noticing the effecta myself.

4 years ago

Day: 30

Water day. Transplanted all three. Reworked irrigation. Got 6.0PH distilled water in bulk from a fish store. Small planters we're moist. Changed all three to maintain uniform light distance. Fresh blend of 50/50 ocean forest and happy frog. Pruned the damaged plant. Watching PP closely to FIM soon.

4 years ago

Day: 29

Watching that top node to see if more colas grow... doesn't look like it's working.

4 years ago

Day: 28

28 for unknown. 19 for JH. 14 for PP.

4 years ago

Day: 27

Dry day. I FIMed JH today. I FIMed both in the afteroon/evening, but at 7 days age difference I think. Using LST to expose the nodes to the most light. Moving my light from 24"-20" as I read more about PPFD plant needs and light supply.

4 years ago

Day: 26

Dry day. I FIMmed Unknown! 😬 I also gently brushed the branches down to most expose those nodes. I think I might have FIMed a day or two late as I felt like I cut the right amount off with my snips, but it still seems like a lot overshadowing the nodes below...but what do I know at this point. Jack is next to FIM. Now that I'm monitoring I'm working with my fans and water supply to control temp and humidity. I feel like I'm getting crazy fluctuations, but they're WNL mostly. Sprayed in tent like 200 mists or more with effective but temporary results. I added a pitchee of water in front of the fan to try and help.

4 years ago

Day: 23

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Dry day. Water tomorrow.

4 years ago

Day: 22

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Water day. No more humidity domes. Ridged flowers possibly from too much light. Dropped one MarsHydro SP150 and have only one running now at 20”.

4 years ago

Day: 21

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Second day being dryer. Watering today. Dug into the soil of the eldest a little and found enough moisture to make me happy watering every other day.

4 years ago

Day: 20

First dry day after every other day watering.

4 years ago

Day: 19

Unknown with it’s second node.

4 years ago

Shinybuds Looking great. You can add numerous photos to one days update if you go back into the post and click add photos. Good luck on those grows!

BigChiefin Thank you, that helps!

Day: 19

Decided to put humidity domes on today with the arrival of PP. I felt like my soil was drying out too fast. Every day it was dry so every day I’ve been watering. I think everything has been looking good though. Light height raised from 14” for two days to 20”

4 years ago

Day: 19

PP 1.1 day 5. First try at germinating want successful which puts Power Plant 14 days behind, but she grew 7/8” in one day!

4 years ago

Day: 18

Unknown

4 years ago

Day: 18

JH day 9

4 years ago

Day: 18

WW day 9

4 years ago

Day: 16

Unknown

4 years ago

Day: 16

White Widow 1.1 day 7

4 years ago

Day: 16

Unknown 16 days old. JH and WW 9 days younger, and PP 14 days younger. 270W LED at experimental distances from 12-24”. Tent height 5ft. <3.5 ACM intake/outake. Watering daily. Happy Frog medium. 1 passive intake. No intelligent monitoring yet, just close observation 1-2 times daily.

4 years ago

Day: 16

Jack Herer 1.1 day 7

4 years ago