Indoor R Wayne's Can't Stop Wont Stop Grow

[R Wayne]

Weekly Update: Day 34 for the Blackberry, day 26 for the ZaMango and Strawbba the Hutt, and day 19 for the Voodoo.

Earthbox
Man I love this Earth Box, I think I might buy another one for my next run. Once I get these plants established its a breeze. I filled the rez @ day 19 with 1.5 gal last Friday. It was dry by Wednesday morning (5 days). I gave it 2 gal Wednesday night; tried to give it about 10 hour dry period. My water is a mix of 1 part tap @ 280PPM and 2 parts drinking water @ 10PPM with some added citric acid to lower the pH a bit. But since Ive started growing in living soil I dont measure my pH. I know about how much citric acid I need per gallon, so thats what I add. I also gave them their first true top dress with BAS craft blend and Build a Flower top dress. I sprinkle a light layer of craft blend and add about an inch layer of build a flower on top of that. Then I wet the top with my sprayer, I added silica, quillaja, rootwise enzyme elixer, and some citric acid.
But dang these plants have taken off, they feel like they have tripled in size over the last week. I have been doing a lot of leaf tucking and squeezing the upper nodes (not sure what it is called) to let light hit the bottoms, I do that for a couple hours. The ZaMango is shooting up those lowers already, I love what Im seeing.

Blackberry
I also gave this girl a top dress as well, the same as the earth box w/ 1/2 cup craft blend. Watered in 1L with same mixture as what I used to water the top of the EB. I also stopped training her, I dont think shes going to stretch much more. I got bud rot in the Phantomberry I grew because she didnt stretch much after training and colas grew into colas. Probably should have lowered the RH into the 30s too, but either way I would like to avoid it from happening again.

Voodoo
Not much to report on this plant. She is growing and seems to be happy with the old OF. Should start shooting up soon, just waiting.

Environment
I love having an AC infinity fan. Helps keep my temps averaging about 74°F and my humidity about 62%. When it is in auto mode it helps save water with my humidifier too. When I had my old fan that was running constantly, my humidifier would run constantly. I have been using at least half the amount of water and less electricity. I swear the fan system has paid for itself in 2 runs. The light is about 20 inches from the EB, like 15 inches from the blackberry @ 65% power. I had it higher but keep seeing light stress so I keep going back down.

ZaMango

Strawbba the Hutt

Here is the squeeze training, a couple of the leaves arent happy about it.

Blackberry

Voodoo

Thanks for stopping by and have a great Thanksgiving!!!
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[R Wayne]

Weekly Update: Day 41 for the Blackberry, day 33 for the Earthbox, and day 26 for the Voodoo.

Earthbox:
Man these plants have blown up in the last week. I love opening my tent every morning to see the ZaMango bigger each time. She's still growing. Now I havent done really any training besides leaf tucking on both plants. Ive also taken off some bottom leaves and nodes off to help the plant put energy else where. The rez was dry by Tuesday afternoon, I refilled it with 2 gallons Wednesday morning. I also like to peep under the "shower cap" and there is all sorts of mycelium growth going on in the earthbox

Blackberry:
Staying stout and short. I blame her lack of stretch and growth on her being transplanted twice and my lower temps during the first month of life. I think I can see some purple coming through, but I might be tricking myself cause I want a purple pheno Shes drinking about 2L of water every other day. I have given her one dose of BuildaBloom and will continue add that weekly.

Voodoo:
She is also a slow grower but is happy. I also noticed some small gnats on my sticky traps. Probably from using some old OF from the shed. But it seems like the soil is keeping them at bay.

I am also trying to figure out the light. MH states that I can run the FC-e3000 at 75% 12 inches from the canopy. But most of the plants dont seem to like that. The Zamango has been dealing with light stress for a couple weeks now. I have the light set at 75% but its closer to 17 inches from ZaMango.

I swear there is a second plant in the EB

ZaMango

Strawbba the Hutt

Mycelium

Blackberry

Voodoo

Thanks for stopping by and happy December!!!
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[R Wayne]

So the two in the Earthbox are starting to crowd eachother...and by that I mean the ZaMango is a beast and taking up a lot of space. I started to pull some of the ZaMango shoots to the side, but soon realized just the like description of the cultivars scent, there was no discernible beginning or ending to her branches (Im excited for this one). I found it easier to move Strawbba the Hutts shoots instead. I just pulled the 4 sides down to allow more light penetration and tucked more leaves accordingly.

May I present my lazy version of LST:

 

[R Wayne]

Weekly Update: Day 54 for the Blackberry, 46 for the Earthbox, and 39 for the Voodoo. This was more of a biweekly update. We went to visit my parents up in Seattle for a week and my 2 year old was sick the whole time. So for the last week Ive had my mother in law taking care of my plants. But we are finally home and my daughter is feeling better and I am finally able to post an update...dang what an update.

Earthbox:
Holy crap, the ZaMango exploded. When I left last Tuesday the plant was a good 12 inches under the light. When I got back she was a good 4 inches above the light. She grew more then 2 inches a day, damn near taken over the tent. Quality problems. They were also underwatered (all my mother in law had to do was pour water down the tube, she probably skipped a few days). So I filled the rez when I got home yesterday and did a nice clean up today. I also noticed some brown spotting on a few upper leaves, probably calcium deficiency. After trimming some leaves and trying to make some space between the two plants (cut off a couple lower nodes too), I gave them their second top dress of craft blend and buildaflower. I watered that in with 1L of water with quillaja, buildabloom, Rootwise Enzyme Elixir, and some ph down. The Strawbba the Hutt is looking very nice and a little farther along, shes also like 1/3 the height. I also super cropped the top cola of the ZaMango, will probably have to do more soon.

I will post another update about the other two plants hopefully later tonight or tomorrow. Lets get to the pics:

Before the trim

Strawbba the Hutt

You can see the brown spotting that were on a few leaves on both plants

Feeder Roots

Top dress, Craft blend first then BuildaFlower on top of that

After the trim

Super Cropping

I also like to hang some weight on the branch to keep it down, this is what I got

Thanks for stopping by, have a great day AFN!!!
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[R Wayne]

Weekly Update: Today is day 54 for the Earthbox girls. There is not much to report with them. The ZaMango is officially stopped stretching and is 41 inches tall & about 7 inches from the light She would have been taller if I didnt supercrop the main. Glad she stopped growing when she did so I didnt have to super crop more (branches would have been everywhere). The Strawbba the Hutt is starting to frost up and bulk up and begin her fade. So happy to have some nice quality plants in my tent.

I think this ZaMango will rival my biggest plant so far. My first Amnesia Haze gave me a half pound of some pretty decent smoke. Hoping the ZaMango will best that. They have been drinking though the rez (about 2.5 gal) in 3 days lately. The feeder roots are booming up top. Ive also top watered in 1L water w/ silica and buildabloom to add a little extra calcium to the mix.

Will update the other 2 plants soon.

To the pics:

My tent is 6 ft. tall

ZaMango

Strawbba the Hutt

Thanks for stopping by and as my 2 year old says "Happy Christmas"
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[R Wayne]

Weekly Update: Day 62 for the Blackberry and day 47 for the Voodoo.

Blackberry:
Shes still crispy as ever but bulking. Hoping this one large nug of a plant gives me 14g+. Checked the trichs and they are a mix of clear and cloudy. Will check them again around day 70. Looking for the couch lock from this one. Im still unsure about this plant, I think from transplanting twice. Maybe genetics. I dont know, but no stretch really. She is also fox tailing. Still excited to harvest. This will be my 4th harvest and Im just as excited now as I was on my first one.

Voodoo:
I am really liking the looks of this plant. Nice number of bud sites, nice structure and red stems that dont seem to be stemming from stress.
She has been relatively easy to grow, and Ive only ponytailed a couple times and leaf tucked. Excited for this one.

To the pictures, they look so small on the camera next to the ZaMango

Blackberry

Voodoo

Look at those purdy red stems

Thanks for stopping by AFN and Happy Christmas
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[R Wayne]

Weekly update: Blackberry day 70 and Voodoo day 55.

Blackberry:
Still crispy as ever but she has turned into one main pretty dense cola. Checked the trichs again and she still needs more time.

Voodoo:
Really liking this plant, smells a little peppery on the front end and a light mangoish sweet fruit on the back end. Very uniform and pretty plant with those red stems. Though she doesnt seem to like when I add buildabloom. She shows more calcium spots on her leaves everytime I add buildabloom so I wont be adding anymore. I also gave her the last top dress, though shes cruising along and looks like she will finish well before ZaMango. I was probably a little late on the top dress. I also bought a calendar to post on my wall to take notes on when I do everything in the tent. I dislike having to go through my journals to try to figure out when I top dressed last. For being in some old OF I found in the garage and dealing with the cold temps in the beginning, I am quite impressed with this cultivar. I will be running Root Beer Float along with Blue Dog S1 next run...in Earthbox's. Though I think it will be too late to get in on Jean-O grow battle. Enough ranting, lets get to some pics.

Voodoo first

Crispy

Blackberry Trichomes (Im thinking another week, I need more ambers)

Thanks for stopping by AFN and Happy New Year!!!
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[R Wayne]

Weekly Update: Today is day 63 for the Earthbox, the pictures were taken yesterday.

Both plants are doing great. The Stawbba the Hutt is really bulking up and I think will be done around the same time as the Blackberry. The ZaMango is also bulking, but is going to be a possible 90+ day cultivar. I also checked the trichomes on the Stawbba the Hutt and Ive seen some nice purple/pink trichs. Not much to report, been filling the rez when its empty, about every 3 days.

ZaMango

Strawbba the Hutt

Thanks for stopping by and Happy New Years!!!
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[R Wayne]

Wanted to share what the Earthbox feeder roots looked like 60+ days in. Just in case any of youz are as fascinated by plants as I am

Happy New Year Y'all!!!

 

[R Wayne]

Blackberry harvest, day 74. Man I am really unsure about this plant. She looked good and bad at the same time. The leaves are all crispy, and shes fox tailing like crazy. I found one underdeveloped nanner that doesnt look like it did anything. But now Im on the lookout for seeds, will be able to check more after its dry. I did my normal wet trim and brown bag routine. My closet/dry room stays between 55-60% RH and 70-75° F right now because we are actually getting rain in Southern Cali. Its been averaging 85% humidity outside the last couple weeks, I feel bad for my other outdoor flowering autos rn. Bags are in the closet now, will gently shake them every morning and evening and then check them in 3-4 days. To the pics:

I also planted some cover crop in the pot to start some N fixing for the next run, though I will probably add this soil to the next EB I buy. I am also thinking that a cover crop might bring the humidity up in the tent. So I might have to remove the pot if that ends up being the case.

Thanks for stopping by!!!
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