**2nd Grow** SpiderFarmer SF4000 , NFTG #4 -Sour Power-Hella Jelly-Strawberry Cheesecake- 3x3 Tent

[Dothraki]

Are you using a peat based mix?

There is some peat moss in there… here’s the description for it

“A general potting mix designed for indoor and outdoor use. Suitable for multiple feedings per week. Mixed in small batches. Contains no bark or fillers. Coir fiber is rinsed on-site with Oregon rainwater and buffered with limestone to reduce salts. After blending and bagging, soil sits unwrapped and covered for up to 30 days to activate, compost and then go dormant, to avoid HOT soil. Ingredients: Sphagnum peat moss, perlite, coir fiber, pumice, mycorrhizal fungi, yucca meal, kelp meal, bone meal, diatomaceous earth, clay, basalt, oyster shell (for pH adjustment), humus and lime (for pH adjustment).”

 

[MIGrampaUSA]

Sphagnum peat moss has a naturally low pH. Your soil also has oyster shell, humus and lime to buffer. I'm inclined to believe that this soil would drop in pH if it lost its buffering ability. I believe that is what @growsince79 is going to point out.

 

[Dothraki]

Sphagnum peat moss has a naturally low pH. Your soil also has oyster shell, humus and lime to buffer. I'm inclined to believe that this soil would drop in pH if it lost its buffering ability. I believe that is what @growsince79 is going to point out.

I should just do a slurry test cause now I’m curious.

 

[MIGrampaUSA]

I should just do a slurry test cause now I’m curious.

That will only tell you current conditions. However it's not useless information. Record it and then repeat the process monthly through out your grow. I'm pretty sure that the soil is more stable than you are thinking. If NFTG has any kind of quality control team, they have already worked through this with their soil recipe.

 

[Dothraki]

That will only tell you current conditions. However it's not useless information. Record it and then repeat the process monthly through out your grow. I'm pretty sure that the soil is more stable than you are thinking. If NFTG has any kind of quality control team, they have already worked through this with their soil recipe.

The one who told me to watch for PH trending upward was the guy that started and runs NFTG. Apparently it’s a fairly normal issue with certain peoples tap water.

 

[growsince79]

Sphagnum peat moss has a naturally low pH. Your soil also has oyster shell, humus and lime to buffer. I'm inclined to believe that this soil would drop in pH if it lost its buffering ability. I believe that is what @growsince79 is going to point out.

But you say it so much better. LOL

 

[MIGrampaUSA]

But you say it so much better. LOL

What did I say was so much better? You lost me there lol.

 

[Dothraki]

Gave a light dose feeding today, ie instead of 1tsp/G I did 1/2 tsp per gallon and a half. Used everything, but gave a TBS of Gaia Mania instead of 2 tsp. Just documenting for experimental sake. Used it on half the plants, the other 3 still don’t need water but might tomorrow.

Appear to be good so far. They actually look a better color green than the last grow. So at least I know the medium/nutrients combo is better than the last. Still surprised the bud came out so good…which I attribute to well bred good genetics.

Freshly watered with a light feed. (Lowest 3 in the pic)

 

[Dothraki]

Topped the All Gas OG today. What’s weird is there was a drop of red blood where I cut it (yes I used clean sterile scissor). I dabbed it to show you guys… not sure how this is possible. I thought of every possible scenario.

Anyway… I ate the tip that I chopped off. It was DELICIOUS (if you like leafy greens). Had a bit of a melon taste. Not bitter at all, bursting with garden fresh flavor.

I might start making salads on defoliation days!

 

[Peat_Phreak]

This is a 17 page grow thread for an eight inch plant in veg? Show me some buds right NOW !!

 

[Peat_Phreak]

I was thinking about growing Strawberry Cheesecake if this is by HSC. Saving this thread for later.

 

[Dothraki]

This is a 17 page grow thread for an eight inch plant in veg? Show me some buds right NOW !!

Patience young grasshopper. It will be fire.

I was thinking about growing Strawberry Cheesecake if this is by HSC. Saving this thread for later.

Yes HSC. All of them except Sour Power are HSC and I grew their Lemongrass and Pineapple Upside Down Cake last grow, they are top shelf strains. Very good stuff.

 

[Peat_Phreak]

Yeah. I want to grow Pineapple Upsidedown Cake too.

 

[Dothraki]

Yeah. I want to grow Pineapple Upsidedown Cake too.

Mine all hermied, kept one and chopped the balls off whenever they grew and never found a single seed after harvest. But just a heads up.

 

[Dothraki]

Doesn’t seemed to have stalled from topping…looks healthy as far as I can tell. 2 new “tops” are growing too!

Also took the lowest level of growth off…right above the cotyledons. Then topped the Strawberry Cheesecake (one of them).

So since there are 2 obviously growing quicker and larger than the others, I’ll probably take those 2 along with one of the 2G plants and throw them into flower. I’ll top the 2G plant right before flower, and probably at a lower node than the other 2. That way I’ll get a good idea of how those differences are affected.

Here’s the gang. Still haven’t watered the other 3 lol. @growsince79 do they meet your approval? The back 3 are pretty dry, but still moist in the center but dry enough where if the top layer was cocaine you could do a line of it no problem.

And here is my bag-seed bastard child….SOUR POWER!!! Closest thing I’ve had to Sour Diesel in a long time.
My main priority…

 

[growsince79]

Doesn’t seemed to have stalled from topping…looks healthy as far as I can tell. 2 new “tops” are growing too!
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Also took the lowest level of growth off…right above the cotyledons. Then topped the Strawberry Cheesecake (one of them).

So since there are 2 obviously growing quicker and larger than the others, I’ll probably take those 2 along with one of the 2G plants and throw them into flower. I’ll top the 2G plant right before flower, and probably at a lower node than the other 2. That way I’ll get a good idea of how those differences are affected.

Here’s the gang. Still haven’t watered the other 3 lol. @growsince79 do they meet your approval? The back 3 are pretty dry, but still moist in the center but dry enough where if the top layer was cocaine you could do a line of it no problem.
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And here is my bag-seed bastard child….SOUR POWER!!! Closest thing I’ve had to Sour Diesel in a long time.
My main priority…
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Nice comeback, they look healthy. I would advise against topping right before flip, unless you are trying for lower yield or you just want to see what happens. It's always good to experiment. Best to wait a week after topping before you flip if you want big buds.

 

[Dothraki]

Nice comeback, they look healthy. I would advise against topping right before flip, unless you are trying for lower yield or you just want to see what happens. It's always good to experiment. Best to wait a week after topping before you flip if you want big buds.

Thanks! Yeah I just kinda want to see what happens, and maybe how small I could grow one. I think it’d be cool to harvest 6 different strains in one 3x3 tent, yield an ounce per plant or something. That way I could have a good variety each harvest. But this time I’d just be doing it with one, topping short then flipping right away.

 

[growsince79]

Thanks! Yeah I just kinda want to see what happens, and maybe how small I could grow one. I think it’d be cool to harvest 6 different strains in one 3x3 tent, yield an ounce per plant or something. That way I could have a good variety each harvest. But this time I’d just be doing it with one, topping short then flipping right away.

I got mine staggered so I'm chopping 1 small plant every week or two. They make 1-2 and I can usually trim them in ten minutes. I like lots of variety, and we are allowed 6 flowering so small plants work good in my 2 x 4.

 

[growsince79]

I got mine staggered so I'm chopping 1 small plant every week or two. They make 1-2 and I can usually trim them in ten minutes. I like lots of variety, and we are allowed 6 flowering so small plants work good in my 2 x 4.

These were all flipped between 10 and 21 days from sprout.

 

[Dothraki]

These were all flipped between 10 and 21 days from sprout.

That’s awesome, what size buckets? Are they topped or just lst?