Mikedin’s grow journal 2, let’s go!

[Mikedin]

Looking sweet man! Awesome how clean everything is! I know thats a challenge with teas and top dressings. Good work!! I am really digging how simple organic growing can be. And reading post after post about nute issues is confirming this is how i want to do things. But then again I am a rookie still, always open to learning more about this process

Take everything with a Grain of salt until you try it for yourself, I could have stayed with the happy frog and liquid neuts, it worked but I get it could be better, will it be? Not sure yet, I sure hope so! I just feel like they benefit more from a healthy root environment than they would up taking some neuts, I know at the end of the day it’s all nutrition for the plant to uptake, might just all be preference but I like to switch it up, same reason I tried the FF strawberry fields for the other plant just to compare since it’s coco blend etc I wanna try it all and see what h in prefer the most lol

Don’t worry I’m new to this too before these runs I’ve only done some outdoor years ago lol

 

[Mikedin]

Newest addition to the amendments, added 2tbs per plant and worked into the first inch of soil

 

[Mikedin]

One of the Hindu Kush’s flew into flower, she’s looking happy getting about 650PPFD currently, just got a watering with their new top dressing, 2tbs per plant

 

[Mikedin]

So noticed some leaves curling back when I was at 700PPFD so I backed the power down a bit and we’ll see how they are tomorrow, theatres massive Hindu Kush can’t get enough but she’s closer as far as her top goes, the shorter plants seem to be telling me it’s too much so I backed it down a bit on power but light height stayed the same PPFD readings are at between 20-24” depending on plant you choose to measure from lol, current power settings and a visual of the plant heights to light

 

[Mikedin]

The little cookies kush in the back as well, can’t forget about her lol, another few days, maybe a week she’ll be getting her first topping

 

[Mikedin]

Here’s the red/blue Spectrum PPFD at same plants and same distances from the full spectrum readings

I can’t see them begging for light

 

[Mikedin]

Then DLI for full spectrum, as well as the red blue

I’m running 19/5 light cycle and will through harvest

 

[JerzeyMike]

Lookin good, when I see your tent, makes me wanna go clean up my mess. Finally got my cover crop in. Starting to work that in. Good work man youre right around the corner from harvest.

 

[Mikedin]

Lookin good, when I see your tent, makes me wanna go clean up my mess. Finally got my cover crop in. Starting to work that in. Good work man youre right around the corner from harvest.

Lol I know it feels like this grow is going so much faster than the last one, still deciding on what to run next, I have those clones still, up potted from solo cups to 1/2 gallon pots about a week ago, running the fox farm strawberry fields blend I made, survivors seem to be 2x Cinderella 99, 2x Congo strain, another cut I took off a plant I liked that my brother in law was growing, all have roots coming out of the bottoms of their new pots after a week so defenitly rooted up good, all where cuts from plants in flower, had about 50% success rate, they are just beginning to re-veg can see the lower nodes dropped their old leaves and have been replaced by small new growth, if all survive and I have those 5 and my cookies kush maybe I’ll flower them all out after these 6x autos are done and take cuts off of all of them just before veg ends and I flip to flower to start rooting the next run’s clones. If I can harvest every 3- 3.5 months from photos I’d probably stop running autos (maybe lol)

 

[Mikedin]

Looks like they liked the adjustments yesterday, everyone perked up and all probably an inch taller than yesterday

 

[JerzeyMike]

That’s awesome, I cloned a few off flowering plants on my last run, but didnt get to see them finish. The term for that is called monster cropping, it supposedly has its advantages. Like more of a manifold looking stalk, and more bud sights. I’m curious to see how they go. I’ll definitely try it again.

 

[Mikedin]

That’s awesome, I cloned a few off flowering plants on my last run, but didnt get to see them finish. The term for that is called monster cropping, it supposedly has its advantages. Like more of a manifold looking stalk, and more bud sights. I’m curious to see how they go. I’ll definitely try it again.

Yep, monster cropping, inadvertently, lol. Just happened to be when I took the cuts from him. Hopefully they get moving I figure another 50-60 days for the current run, id like them ready to move onto the new tent, I’ll clone what I want once they are in the main tent for about a week, then wait another week and switch to flower, just not sure if they’ll be ready by then but we’ll see

 

[Mikedin]

Hey @Aqua Man would you think magnesium or nitrogen def? Whatever it is 3 of the plants seem to really want something. They are growing fast as hell but I can see it really starting to show that they are hungry for something specific

If it’s mag I’ll buy some epsom salt

E/ just ordered some anyways in case

 

[Aqua Man]

Hey @Aqua Man would you think magnesium or nitrogen def? Whatever it is 3 of the plants seem to really want something. They are growing fast as hell but I can see it really starting to show that they are hungry for something specific

If it’s mag I’ll buy some epsom salt

E/ just ordered some anyways in case

Possibly both but defi mag

 

[steamroller]

Looks like mag.

 

[Aqua Man]

Hey @Aqua Man would you think magnesium or nitrogen def? Whatever it is 3 of the plants seem to really want something. They are growing fast as hell but I can see it really starting to show that they are hungry for something specific

If it’s mag I’ll buy some epsom salt

E/ just ordered some anyways in case

Id go about 1-2g per gal. Suggest starting at 1 and waiting a week to see if it continues to new leaves

 

[Mikedin]

Id go about 1-2g per gal. Suggest starting at 1 and waiting a week to see if it continues to new leaves

Looks like mag.

Thanks guys it looked like it to me too but then kinda looked like nitrogen def at the same time lol, I’ll have the epsom salt in 2 days so just in time for the next watering , I’ll start with 1g per gallon and see how they respond , I noticed it a bit before, but now that they are really getting into preflower/some into flower, it’s really showing itself so wanna catch it early

There really stretching out i bet they stretched out a inch overnight easily

 

[RonnieB2nd]

What nutrients are you using and the nitrogen npk? I use RAW NPK and the largest amount I use 1/4 teaspoon and that is for silica and cal mag. Nitrogen is 1/16 of a teaspoon 1/8 and 1/16 for everything else. Plants don't need a lot of Nitrogen. I hope it's cleared up

 

[Mikedin]

What nutrients are you using and the nitrogen npk? I use RAW NPK and the largest amount I use 1/4 teaspoon and that is for silica and cal mag. Nitrogen is 1/16 of a teaspoon 1/8 and 1/16 for everything else. Plants don't need a lot of Nitrogen. I hope it's cleared up

All dry amendments, living soil custom blend

Coast of Maine (CoM) stonington blend
CoM organic plant food mix (kelp,lobster,EWC)
CoM earthworm castings
Fox farm jump start
Fox farm buds and bloom
Perlite
Vermiculite
CoM buds and bloom just added as a top dress
Great white shark myco

Added 1/10th fox farms happy frog just because I had some and it would cover me for neuts through seedling and start of veg till me dry amendments begin breaking down during month 2

Also did a tea with all the dry amendments mixed 3tbs of each in 3 gallons of water and aerated For 24 hours at weeks 2 and 4 coming up on week 6 they’ll get another tea

Should have plenty of nitrogen, just looked eerily similar to nitrogen def, but also mag at the same time, epsom salt should be here tomorrow but had to water today so it’ll have to wait another day

E/ they are showing signs of improvement I’ll probably hold off on the epsom salt, new growth is looking better so I’ll give it a bit and feed the epsom salt in a week if I see it appearing on the new growth

 

[Mikedin]

Girls are all looking happy today, here’s a canopy shot, one of the Hindu kush’s is stacking up, and just finished some final (I think) LST on one of the candy kushes that’s growing like a monster lol

Also got my epsom salt I’ll go light on the next watering