Royal queen diamond by Kera seeds under farmlite 240w

[simonkay]

1st grow didn't go as planned so onto the 2nd.
I underestimated the power of organics on my 1st grow so switching back to General hydroponics for now whilst i still study organics more. Other mistake was mixing my own soil from home depot which turned out loamy and compact so importing some mother earth soil on this one.

Breeder: Kera seeds from @Herbies_Seeds (thank you for getting them out to me )
Strain: Royal Queen Diamond (Haze x Northern Lights)- Feminized Photos, 19% thc claimed, 75/25 sativa/indica
Soil: Mother Earth Groundswell performance soil
Amendments: Lime, Bone meal, Feather meal
Nutrients: GH Flora Nova grow + bloom + cali magic
LIght: 1x 150w Grass Land led for Veg/ 2x 240w farmlite led for flower
Pots: Seedlings - Peat jiffy pellets
Veg- ac infinity 1gl fabric transplantable
Flower - ac infinity 3gl fabric pots/ 5gl air pots
Miscellaneous: sealed flower room with veg tent using ac Infinity 79 controller on humidity triggers with a window air conditioner, 4 inch carbon filter from G Hydro, pursteam humidifier & 2 16" oscillating fans

 

[simonkay]

 

[simonkay]

Pre soaked all 10 seeds in a cup of Rain water with a few drops of kelp + peroxide to kick start the process. After 12 hours sewn into jiffy pellets.
Within 48 hours 9 out of 10 seeds popped so 1 dud but good results overall.
Once popped all pellets placed under 150w with 50% power @ 31" which was much higher than the recommended 28" so dropped it on the 2nd day to stop the very quick stretching i saw

 

[simonkay]

Pre mixed the soil with the aforementioned amendments plus some perlite and vermiculite with myco to let is settle a week or so ahead of transplant. Seedlings steadily growing in 28-30°C heat with 65-70% RH

 

[Captspaulding]

Nice setup bro. It’ll be cool to tag along on this. master roshi is a pimp btw.

 

[simonkay]

Nice setup bro. It’ll be cool to tag along on this. master roshi is a pimp btw.

Appreciate your kind words bro . Just tryna get the spirit bomb levels up in my grows

 

[Captspaulding]

Appreciate your kind words bro . Just tryna get the spirit bomb levels up in my grows

It better be over 9000

 

[BillyBanchan]

I love it! Faced with adversity, he downshifts to grab a lower gear... Don't let that hill whoop ya!

Here to your grow, too!

B²

 

[simonkay]

Been busy last couple weeks but time for update.
Its peak summer so less wind more heat hittin 33-34°© daily outside, grow room floating around 30° most the day

Transplanted all jiffys after day7 into ACI 1gl fabric bags (biodegradable so will drop into bigger pots for flower & see if it avoids transplant shock), added more myco & tricho.

2 of the babies had bent stems in the morning this is due to me giving a lil too much water in the jiffys, i tried to brace it and transplant but they didn't make it so down to what i call The Magnificent 7.

Got some soil which was for 2 autos that never popped, so keeping that covered from the light so it doesn't dry out too quick, this will be the soil i use in the 3&5 gl flower pots.

 

[simonkay]

Time for 1st feed - flora nova, calmag & some liquid kelp + humic/fulvics. Luckily i got an air pump so i can mix alot easier (I usually put the water in the freezer to get it down to 18°c before mixing so i can feed it cold with extra oxygen). Also this is pure rain water. I use rain whenever i can as the tap water sucks and RO water lacks essentials. I use white vinegar for ph down

Found what looks like a baby ant, been seeing them more in the house with the extra heat i just hope they don't bother my girls.

Also a ss of a typical weeks climate here.

 

[simonkay]

2nd feed and i can see these girls already want to take off into the stratosphere
Also this new vinegar made with cane sugar is weak af, need to switch back to lemon juice for my ph down

 

[simonkay]

The following 3 days showed some great growth, pushed the lights to 65% and canopy @ 15" would do closer if the heat wasn't constantly 30°+ but so far happy with how they're responding.

 

[simonkay]

Growing at a good pace, proper leafy green smells coming out softly and drinking more water by the week. Lets hope they stretch into some monsters during the flip.
Also got 2 freaky genetics not sure what's wrong but displaying weird traits to the rest

 

[simonkay]

Got 2 transplanted into 5gal ahead of the others so i can flip it to flower next week and get something off to smoke whilst the others grow more. Won't have time to TOP or train the 2 in 5gal as i dont want to delay harvest with stress but they roughly about 1foot so will probably finish @ 2ft so im hoping they dont get too bushy or have apex dominance. Been giving a healthy dose of humics with my feed and they really seem to love it, even though ive been getting 32-34° temps peaking inside the grow room (leaf temps usually max @ 29). Will probably need to add co2 soon as they are beginning to suck it all up

 

[Captspaulding]

Got 2 transplanted into 5gal ahead of the others so i can flip it to flower next week and get something off to smoke whilst the others grow more. Won't have time to TOP or train the 2 in 5gal as i dont want to delay harvest with stress but they roughly about 1foot so will probably finish @ 2ft so im hoping they dont get too bushy or have apex dominance. Been giving a healthy dose of humics with my feed and they really seem to love it, even though ive been getting 32-34° temps peaking inside the grow room (leaf temps usually max @ 29). Will probably need to add co2 soon as they are beginning to suck it all up

Looking righteous.

 

[simonkay]

Flipped the girls in 5 gals and let the other girls in 1 gal breath a little so they can avoid getting wet spots and i can potentially get some early smoke whilst these finish up. Had to put the fan up to medium and started spraying neem once a week to avoid any PM issues. Also started using silica but probably should've of used it ealier in veg but didnt realise it was ok so early on.

 

[simonkay]

Plants looking super compact, not sure if that's mostly genetics or the feed (i hear kelp gives serious lateral branchi)
Love my free poster from mother earth and im liking the rigidness of these new ACI fabric 3 gals.

 

[simonkay]

New phone guys, old one broke so lost a lot of photos I was planning on uploading .

Since last month the 2 girls in flower started stacking slow initially probably from not enough K, but once I gave it a dose of potassium humate it started stacking real nice.

The veg girls got moved into flower and responded well to higher ppfd than the 2 before and I gave it an early shot of K and the bud sites are developing nicely.

 

[Captspaulding]

Hey homie! Haven’t seen you in quite awhile. They look vibrant and healthy. Badass plants!

 

[simonkay]

The plant with LST is drinking much quicker than the topped plants and has a wider canopy so will be interested in yield comparison.
Here's one that got dry overnight and needed extra water whilst the others still looked ok. All plants got high N feed for first 2 weeks of flowering before switching to bloom.

Also I discovered the one flower plant I was admiring the most for looking so good turned out to herm. Not sure why, the 2 times there were power cuts I was in there with flashlights straight away so not too sure it was that but if anyone can confirm that would be appreciated. The other flower is fine only one Hermed out the 2