Indoor SS Blue Himalaya coco grow journal

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Hi everyone! I was having a hard time finding much info about this strain so I figured I would start a journal.
Strain: SS Blue Himalaya
Medium:Coco/perlite
Light: Roleandro 200w full spectrum COB
Nutes: Maxibloom
Dec 9 I placed a single seed in a jiffy pod. 3 days later it was out of the soil and standing strong. I placed the pod in the bottom of a solo cup and covered it with a soda bottle done to keep the humidity up.
Dec 15 I mixed up a batch of well rinsed coco and perlite. 50/50 ratio. I also mixed up a batch of Maxibloom at 136ppm ph5.9 I poured 16oz of this around the jiffy pod in its new home. This is what I have so far. If anyone has any suggestions for my grow, please share. I am all ears. This is my first try with coco. And here are 2 pics. The first is from Dec 9 and the other is from tonight Dec 15.

 

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One more for the heck of it

 

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I fed my Blue Himilaya today. She got 2 solo cups of nute water at 150ppm of nutes. The plant looks healthy. She is standing short and the leaves are reaching towards the light. So far I am really liking the coco. It seems to be so light and airy. I think the drainage will be a huge help since I tend to over water a bit. I will update with pics Thursday night.

 

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Also I changed my mind from using Maxibloom only. I read a lot about the Lucas formula, it sounds great but for my first grow with this strain I will be using a more traditional nute schedule. I will be using Maxigrow up until flowering. Once flowering has begun I will use Maxibloom. I also picked up a bottle of CalMag just incase it is needed.

 

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She seems to be doing well in coco. Her 3rd set of leaves are showing and she is still standing strong. I fed her last night at 275ppm. If anyone has suggestions about using Cal Mag I would really appreciate it. I bought it because I read that it is common in coco that the plants could show a deficency. I also read that using tap water along with maxi series of nutes it may not be required. Long story short I would rather be safe than sorry.

 

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No major updates today. Her first calxys popped up over night. Some nice leaves popping up at the base of leaf stems. Will update with pics on Thursday.

 

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The manufacturer of the nutes I am using suggests a flush after a week or 2 of feeding. Yesterday I flushed her with almost 2 gallons of water ph in the low 5 range. Run off ppm were low but the ph was 6.5. After that I fed her with ph 5.7 and 350ppm. I am expecting coco specific nutes to be delivered this week and will be finishing her with them. I hope they take care of the ph runoff issue. She is growing really nice at the moment. She stands maybe 4-5" tall and is filling out nice for a small plant. I will post some pics tonight.

 

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