New Grower First grow ever. Will keep updated regularly. Feel free to tag along

[Trav*newgrower*]

I've been defoliating my everyday or every other just to keep up with em bit try amd give em a day between or few days I try to keep it just the small leaves because my space is small and if I let it get to much id have to line em up and have to figure out a new light lol

 

[Illini4life]

I've been defoliating my everyday or every other just to keep up with em bit try amd give em a day between or few days I try to keep it just the small leaves because my space is small and if I let it get to much id have to line em up and have to figure out a new light lol

I did decide not to do too much defoliation because in the end I want these bad girls to be able to pull what they need from the leaves to fatten up. I read one too many horror stories of autos dying out because of heavy defol. Maybe next go but this one is going to be an all natural grow, minus some minor, ok maybe major lst

 

[Illini4life]

I love green, I love frost, I love pot! Don't you hurt those nice looking girls! I'm still in the leave tucking stage, just push and bend those bigger leaves out of the light. Some of them might break at the steam, but that's ok. Your doing great!

Thanks! Couldn't have asked for a better grow so far. Hope all continues to keep chugging along

 

[Illini4life]

Daily update (yesterday update, cant wait for new servers )

Day 45 widows
Day 40 Zkittlez

~72°F lights off, 79°F lights on
~55-65%RH
-No water
-No nutes
-18/6 light cycle
-Light distance 18 in

So not much to report from yesterday besides the buds are really starting to get pronounced on the widow [HASHTAG]#2[/HASHTAG] and the zkittlez is about to be in full flower here soon. She has hairs absolutely everywhere and I think she will be the best yielder at this point looking at growth but we will see. The zkittlez has a VERY potent dank smell, like a typical skunk and it's beautiful. The widows have a very very very sweet earthy smell unlike anything I have ever smelled before. It's cool and I hope that they are solid producers as well. It seems like widow [HASHTAG]#3[/HASHTAG] is literally a week or two behind her sister, widow [HASHTAG]#2[/HASHTAG], and idk what's going on with that. There will definitely be a staggering of this harvest for sure. Well til later tonight!

Zkittlez

Widow [HASHTAG]#2[/HASHTAG]

Widow [HASHTAG]#3[/HASHTAG]

 

[Illini4life]

It's that time again. RO water for life haha

 

[baked in the bluegrass]

It's that time again. RO water for life hahaView attachment 1073313

I looked into ro water but it looks like a lot of systems waste a ton of water, like 1-3 gallons wasted per gallon of ro made. That can get expensive quick like!
Whats got ya going the ro route? Im fairly lucky i guess, my tap stays in an easy range to work with. 6.5-7.1 is the usual range.

 

[Ozzie Greenthumb]

My spring water is around 7.1 my well water runs about7.8 I use them both with ph down and no problems yet *knocks on wood*

 

[Illini4life]

I looked into ro water but it looks like a lot of systems waste a ton of water, like 1-3 gallons wasted per gallon of ro made. That can get expensive quick like!
Whats got ya going the ro route? Im fairly lucky i guess, my tap stays in an easy range to work with. 6.5-7.1 is the usual range.

My water here is shit. I don't have to worry about the additives in the water. Just what I chose to do. This is just at the local grocery store down the road so it's quick and relatively cheap. 25¢ a gallon

 

[baked in the bluegrass]

Hopefully it works out for ya! I know when i looked at the filter kits they freaked me out.
I am about as handy as a tree stump. Thought i was gonna have a heart attack when i put the autopot together, and the new light bout did me in as well lol.
I dont think im ready to be doing anymore diy installments!

 

[Illini4life]

Hopefully it works out for ya! I know when i looked at the filter kits they freaked me out.
I am about as handy as a tree stump. Thought i was gonna have a heart attack when i put the autopot together, and the new light bout did me in as well lol.
I dont think im ready to be doing anymore diy installments!

Lol I feel ya. I didn't want any unknown variables messing me up so I went with the RO, I just need to water with cal-mag at every watering. Only major difference. If I had an air stone or patience I might be able to use my tap water after letting it aerate for a day or two but I don't and that seems like a lot more work than driving 2 mins and spending 3 dollars on 12 gallons of good water haha