First time grower, full of doubts - Also sort of a growth journal

[Builder0101]

Wow! And you were nervous. I was as well. When you take this art to heart it can be terrifying at times. I'm proud of you.
One thing. I do not know where you have come down (if at all yet) on defoliation. I am not suggesting you remove a single leaf. That said if you were to take any leaves it looks like there are some very large fan leaves directly over bud sites.
Are they contributing to the overall health and vigor of the plant as a whole? Are they suppressing buds that they are blocking? Everyone has an opinion. I dont think anyone knows. I just listened to a podcast where a commercial grower did a 40 plant test flushing sets of 10 plants. 14day, 10 day, 7 day, 0 day flush. Results were pretty inconclusive. probably the same with stripping. I try not to strip but usually end up with nothing but sugar leaves and even take some of those off. LOL. Stripping is addictive.
No matter what you do at this point you have a very successful 1st grow!

 

[Django_TO]

Wow! And you were nervous. I was as well. When you take this art to heart it can be terrifying at times. I'm proud of you.
One thing. I do not know where you have come down (if at all yet) on defoliation. I am not suggesting you remove a single leaf. That said if you were to take any leaves it looks like there are some very large fan leaves directly over bud sites.
Are they contributing to the overall health and vigor of the plant as a whole? Are they suppressing buds that they are blocking? Everyone has an opinion. I dont think anyone knows. I just listened to a podcast where a commercial grower did a 40 plant test flushing sets of 10 plants. 14day, 10 day, 7 day, 0 day flush. Results were pretty inconclusive. probably the same with stripping. I try not to strip but usually end up with nothing but sugar leaves and even take some of those off. LOL. Stripping is addictive.
No matter what you do at this point you have a very successful 1st grow!

Thanks. I defoliate very slowly. 2 leaves per plant each time. I did it 3 times. First two 3 days apart antld then i gave the girls 1 week to recover. After that i did another 2 days ago. I will do it again today but with a different method. Instead of doing it with the girls outside, i'll do it inside the tent to see where one girl's leaves overlap another girl buds. It's a work in progress. I believe i have 2 maybe 3 more weeks before harvest. Or more. Does anyone have an idea of the ammount i may be getting? Maybe 20g (dry) per plant or something like that?

 

[Django_TO]

This is the girl that grew slower and went outside due to the lack of space inside the tent. She's "slower" but beautifull. I'll give her all the time she needs, nature will do her thing.

 

[OttoCBD]

Thanks. I defoliate very slowly. 2 leaves per plant each time. I did it 3 times. First two 3 days apart antld then i gave the girls 1 week to recover. After that i did another 2 days ago. I will do it again today but with a different method. Instead of doing it with the girls outside, i'll do it inside the tent to see where one girl's leaves overlap another girl buds. It's a work in progress. I believe i have 2 maybe 3 more weeks before harvest. Or more. Does anyone have an idea of the ammount i may be getting? Maybe 20g (dry) per plant or something like that?

Final yields are hard to determine but 20 grams per plant is the worst case scenario ..Okay, maybe not THE worst but you should do alright. Now would probably be a good time to start your next round if you're set uo to do so..

 

[Django_TO]

Final yields are hard to determine but 20 grams per plant is the worst case scenario ..Okay, maybe not THE worst but you should do alright. Now would probably be a good time to start your next round if you're set uo to do so..

I can't set it up. I'm planning on germinating on the final pots, and i need the tent. After harvest i'll wash the pots (no detergent) and sterilize (bleach?) the tent. After that i'll start the new girls. Probably 1 easy bud and 3 white widow. I've been keeping the seeds inside a container on the fridge. I hope the seeds are ok. Since the weather is getting better, after vegetative state, i'll try 2 inside and 2 outside. I just hope to manage the germinating process. Last time was not too hard but i used a starter kit from RQS. This time i won't have that (COVID19). I'll do it on the soil and i'll use a cut plastic bottle to try create a dome for RH. I believe my light (led tgl star 100) will work.

 

[OttoCBD]

..This time i won't have that (COVID19) ..

You got that?

 

[Django_TO]

You got that?

Nope. At least i don´t have any symptoms and i have been really carefull. But because of the COVID19 RQS isn´t delivering some products, like those "easy start" kits.

 

[420Forever]

i'll use a cut plastic bottle to try create a dome for RH.

domez for the win! and ya, ur beanz will be fine...as long as they're kept in a cool, dry place, they stay viable for quite a long time ppp

 

[Django_TO]

Just an update of the sort of a grow journal part. 3 pics of each girl and one of the full floor (different disposition from yesterday)

 

[Builder0101]

Just an update of the sort of a grow journal part. 3 pics of each girl and one of the full floor (different disposition from yesterday)

Thise girls are at least 3 weeks out IMO. Yields are hard to guess but I'll place a bet on 60+ grams per plant. I just got 126g from a plant that I think was not much bigger than yours at this stage. My next 2 to come down are much bigger so fingers crossed I dont do anything stupid.