Semi-Stealth Micro Grow - "Casper"

[wh1t3hat]

Is it just me or is time flying WAY too fast?
We're at day 62 already!!

You'll all be pleased to hear that instead of leaving Con under a crap 5w room bulb (imagine!), or outside (the bugs!) or even worse, totally in the dark (just stop, the horror!) I've picked up a 100w grow light, and thanks to the magic of the internet (and millions of underpaid & overworked staff) it arrived today.

Now Con is chilling ~30cm (~1') away from it, appearing happy as before.

As I was planning on switching to 12/12 on day 60 and forgot, we're on 12/12 as of today :smoking:
(please be a girl please be a girl PLEASE be a girl)

 

[wh1t3hat]

I'll cut to the chase. I know the gender.





IT'S A GIRL WAHOOOO

All that time wasn't wasted after all!!

Here's a couple pistil shots.

So unbelievably happy right now I'm never buying green ever again!

Edit: Also, name is now Connie :smoking:

 

[420Forever]

I'll cut to the chase. I know the gender.





IT'S A GIRL WAHOOOO

All that time wasn't wasted after all!!

Here's a couple pistil shots.

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So unbelievably happy right now I'm never buying green ever again!

ppp

 

[wh1t3hat]

Day 77 for Connie! I'd love to say it's been plain sailing but she started dropping leaves increasingly fast over the last week or so, and growth seems to have slowed significantly.

I did some checking and googling and whatnot and thought she was displaying symptoms of calcium or magnesium deficiency, so I have ordered some CalMag - I hope it arrives before it's too late!

However, the more I look, the more I feel like there are too many different symptoms at once, and it must be a pH issue

I can see:
- droopy tips of new growth
- spotting in middle of old growth
- fading colour from "teeth"
- all the other stuff you can probably spot in the photos

She's been getting approx 400-500ml full strength nutes (AN grow+bloom+micro) every 2-3 days which, to my knowledge, should be all it needs!
I did make the mistake of mixing a 2l nute solution, which ended up precipitating after I had gotten half way through it, so I am keeping to 1l mixes more frequently.

Tomorrow I will water with plain tap water, and attempt to calculate pH of the run off.

EDIT: something else i noticed but can't find where i read it - there was some minor deformities in a couple of leaves, and I read somewhere that a Cal def is a contributor to deformed growth.

 

[420Forever]

Day 77 for Connie! I'd love to say it's been plain sailing but she started dropping leaves increasingly fast over the last week or so, and growth seems to have slowed significantly.

I did some checking and googling and whatnot and thought she was displaying symptoms of calcium or magnesium deficiency, so I have ordered some CalMag - I hope it arrives before it's too late!

However, the more I look, the more I feel like there are too many different symptoms at once, and it must be a pH issue

I can see:
- droopy tips of new growth
- spotting in middle of old growth
- fading colour from "teeth"
- all the other stuff you can probably spot in the photos

She's been getting approx 400-500ml full strength nutes (AN grow+bloom+micro) every 2-3 days which, to my knowledge, should be all it needs!
I did make the mistake of mixing a 2l nute solution, which ended up precipitating after I had gotten half way through it, so I am keeping to 1l mixes more frequently.

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Tomorrow I will water with plain tap water, and attempt to calculate pH of the run off.

mmm, yup, the purplered stemz & rust spotz are uzually signz of mag defic...got any epsom-? ppp

 

[wh1t3hat]

mmm, yup, the purplered stemz & rust spotz are uzually signz of mag defic...got any epsom-? ppp

No epsom salts here unfortunately!

I'm considering holding off on the pH runoff calculation, so the soil can dry out a little more than normal, then I will water 2x with no nutes, just CalMag.

 

[Little Brother]

sorry you are having troubles, but congrats on

 

[wh1t3hat]

So more annoying news - the courier has managed to LOSE MY REPLACEMENT GROW LIGHTS!! AAAAAAAGH!!!!

I'm really not sure how to proceed here. I might contact the seller again and offer to purchase the single one they've got that they can't sell anyway - I only need 1x 300w and I think I'd be set for life anyway.

Bonus problem, I rent my apartment and have a bloody inspection on Friday - time for some tactical hiding of my grow stuff!

 

[Little Brother]

fuck dude i have a headache just reading about it

 

[wh1t3hat]

Some sad news.....during the inspection they decided to open the cupboard the grow was in, saw it, and immediately called the pol----NAH JUST MESSIN!

I packed everything away (including secluding my dearest Connie in a box) the night before, and the moment the inspector left I'd rebuilt the tent - holy shit Secret Jardin tents are easy to pack & build - and we was back in business!

Straight after she'd got a full strength 500ml CalMag only feed, and then 3 days later was back on 500ml of nutes + CalMag + Bud Juice. We're at week 12, and the Bud Juice will be applied for the next 2/3 weeks, depending on how phat she gets - and how she reacts to the CalMag. Still seeing cupped leaves + droopy tips tho.

Obviously, it's too soon to tell if the CalMag is helping as (now I'm not sure about this) I assume the damaged leaves will remain damaged till they die. BUT we've got lots of fresh growth on the flowers. I took a pic of a particular stem I liked the look of and I've tried to duplicate the angle so we can see how it compares over the time between them.

I'm still only growing using a single 100w light, replacement lights still missing, and seller not responding to my requests to buy the single light yet. Maybe I don't need 300w? I am considering buying another one of the 100w's, but want to see if I can get a response from the seller first.

(Below from day 80, to compare against the above shot)

Hope everyone reading this is doing okay, I don't want to comment on the world at the moment but it's affecting me a lot and seeing this beauty chug through it is really keeping me going. Hope she smokes as good as it is to watch her grow :smoking: