New Grower Start up (11/6/22)

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So much to tell today.

Watered last night, all 4 pots were DRY.

Didnt do a sledgehammer on the 3 photos just plain water till runoff.

Measured the amout of water it took to get about 10% runoff on the watermelon, its about 1⅓ gallon. Decided to not do the flush because I prewatered and they all took the water well. Sank straight in.

The peyote runt took about 1.25 gal and the taller one actually took less at about a gallon. They all had pretty similar amounts of run off and Im positive this soaking saturated 100% of the medium because all 3 photo pots were heavy AF!

Did do the sledgehammer flush on the granite runtz auto. Theres a little less medium in that pot. It was the last of what I mixed up so I flushed her with about 1.75 gallons and 3.5 tsp on sledgehammer. I also added 1.5tsp of ff boomerang to add the essential nutes back in. Run off on this one was substantially more for obvious reasons. Close to 30% actually but she took it like a champ, and Im glad because she was the driest out of all 4. Also flushing seems to have fast tracked bud production. As all tops have started forming their first budsites.

Thats the best pic I could get. It was hard to focus on them.

The overall tent is looking crowded as hell since 2 days ago. This heavy watering seems to have triggered a big boost in growth speed. Probably just the right balace of temp and humidity for maxium transpiration.

As full as my tent looks. I took a hight measurement of all 4. The granite is the tallest at 17" tall. Watermelon is just over 15" tall. The runt peyote is only 10" tall and the taller one is about 14".

Im gonna let them go 1 more week. Maybe 2 and go to 12/12. Thinking maybe only a week and a half. Enough to get one more veg feed and a couple plain waterings to help rinse what they didnt use and switch to flower nutes. I know they are a tad immature but its about a 65-70 day flower on all these photos and the granite will be done long before any photos. So theyll have plenty of time to stretch and bulk up.

Will be doing a minor lollipopping on the photos before switching the light and the granite runtz might be getting one in the next couple days...tho the structure is nice and light is reaching all the way to the soil. All the way around the pot.

 

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Was trying to train a couple of the upper branches of my taller peyote. Ended up tearing the branch at the main stem slightly. Sure it'll be fine. Basically right at the knuckle (or whatever its called), basically pulled a sliver away from the main stalk. My fault completely guess I made my wire hook just too short. As soon as I bent the other end around a gussets I felt it give slightly.

Too hard to get a pic but it doesnt go past the flesh of the plant, all the internal veins are untouched. Took the wire off and let it stand naturally. Keeps the tear closed. Sure it will develop a knob there now and that branch might stunt a bit....it is what it is.

 

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Ok so a lot to say again. Pots were light as fuck again when I went in the tent. Is been 30ish freaking hours since I watered them.

With that said I stuck to my plan.

Fed the granite runtz a reduced flower feed. I gave 3/4 the recommended dosage per gal and gave her 1.25 gallons. Just started running off at that point. Also lightly spread the branches open with some lst wire and defoliated a bit more. Not quite schwazzing but close enough. That will be it till the end of the grow for that one.

Gave the other 3 a regular veg feed. Just a gallon each split between the 3. If they keep wicking up water like this I may have to get a RO system to make water cuz my tap is gross. Pretty heavy runoff on the tall peyote and barely any on the other 2.

Heavily defoliated the 3 photos to prepare them for flower. Almost schwazzed these guys but left a decent amount on each.

Also rearranged the tent how I said and the granite runtz and runted peyote are now on the same side, and the tall peyote and watermelon zkittles are on the left side now. After the defoliation it seemed like a better layout to give the granite as much unshaded light as possible.

Took some canopy and upskirt shots of each to show the structure of each and what Ive defoliated. Some of it is older and was hard to get at without knicking everything so thats why some are chopped longer.

Heres the total defoliated mass of leaves.

Watermelon zkittles

Tall peyote

Runt peyote

Granite runtz

Forgot to get a after defoliation pic of thos one but needless to say shes happy.

Whole tent

Since I havent updated conditions in a while

Temps

Day- 73-75f
Night- 67-69f

Humidity

Day- 50%-58%
Night- 55%-62%

Lights are at max height and set to 80% power. No ppfd taken but it should be right around 400-450 18/6 by the end of next week or start of the week after I will be flipping to 12/12 and increasing the light to 100% power.

 

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Was poking around in my tent and noticed my photos telling me stuff today.....they're saying we are ready to flower.

All 3 photos have pre-flower hairs. So I will be giving it 1 more week from yesterday in veg light conditions but will be making the flip next Wednesday to flower. Then the countdown for this grow really begins.

These are both peyotes. The watermelon zkittles are just starting to come in. Also the nodes that formed in the 2 days have begun alternating again so I think they are all screaming we're ready!

Already got plans for my next run. Thinking about doing 1 photo and 4 autos. Though Im not sure which yet. Thinking the photo is gonna be barneys farm tangerine dream. Suppose to get pretty big but its also suppose to be a heavy yeilder. Then I was thinking maybe my other 2 granite runtz and those fast buds lemon pie. Thinking about doing the autos in 3 gallon pots though and maybe even getting a 7 gallon, or 1 of those 6.6 gallon honor bags though so I can really max my veg time on the photo, and let the autos get close to finishing before I switch the photo over...thats all up in the air rn tho, still a long way to go yet.

(Update)

I was able to find some good spots to get some preflower pics on the watermelon zkittles. Also I know its probably been done before but since there are already preflowers all over the place over the next week I will be gradually dropping my light schedule down to 12/12.

Gonna do 2 days starting today at 16/8 then 2 days at 14/10 and then finish it off by the end of next week at 12/12. I wanted to try this in 1 week intervals to see if it kept the stretch to a minimum helped in any other ways. But im sure theres not gonna be much of a difference.

Anyway heres the pics of the preflowers I got

Took a pic of the tent too, the granite is definitely still stretching....that little girl is pushing to be taller than the runt peyote critical when it finishes.

Since the watermelon is the tallest photo at 20", I tried to get a level canopy shot to show just how much taller the granite has gotten over the last 2 weeks. According to the tape measure shes a whopping 27 inches tall rn and I think shes still going....thats almost 10 inches in 9 days....I wasnt expecting this, but its welcome if the buds fill in the gaps.

 

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So Im gonna ask for a little input here because the yellowing on the granite runtz is concerning. Not really yellowing but the new leaves that have come in are taking forever to turn green.

The only conditions I can give

Watering with distilled ph'd water. Ph'd to 6.2-6.3

Fed her 2 days ago with a slightly reduced flower feed. Normal fox farm week 5 soil based flower feed at 3/4 strength. Which should be plenty of everything.

Did
1.75tsp of big bloom
1.25 tsp each of grow big and tiger bloom
No flower kiss as its really not necessary.
.75 tsp of boomerang, microbe, and kelp.

Its a pretty balanced blend thats just heavier on P & K.
So it should have enough food and water, and I did a photone scan around the plant and on average its getting about 435-460ppfd. Temps in the low 70s lights on and 68-70 at night humidity is 47%-58% day and night. Been rock solid since the canopy filled the tent.

Here she is if its normal just say so Im just unfamiliar with auto growth. Its budding and stretching and its all unfamiliar lol.

Lights off and on.

The 3 photos are doing great. A bunch of new nodes since I lollipopped which is what I wanted. Needed more budsites on the runted peyote critical. Otherwise I feel like its gonna not produce a good yield. Maybe potent but I feel like it wouldnt have a lot of weight.

These are lights out on each with just camera flash.

Gave each photo about .75 gals of ph'd water today top couple inches was dry and the pots lost more than half their weight. No runoff. I want them to eat up as much of that last veg feed as possible.

Gave the granite about 1.25 gals ph'd water. She was light as hell again. There was about 20% runoff though but I left it down in the saucer as it seems to be transpiring pretty rapidly.

Cannot wait fow 12/12. This next week better go by fast.

 

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Not much to say here, plants are doing good, the 16/4 cycle seems to have spurred some overall growth as I seem to have lost the floor of my tent under these plants. Tomorrow I start the 14/10.

Nodes are just popping off on the watermelon zkittles though. Since a week ago today it has 5 new nodes on each branch all alternating all with preflowers showing.

Temps 74°F
Rh 53%

 

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Decided to make the switch today to flower. These girls are just getting too big.

Tent was looking good when I got home but once again these girls are sucking up their water at incredible rates. Also temp plummeted outside so air is just dry as a bone.

Gave the granite 1.5 gallons with about 10% run off. Gave her another 3/4 dose feed. She is really starting to bud out now and Im hoping the stretch is just about done. Its almost her 3rd week in flower so I lollipopped and took off all fan leaves below any bud sites that have any kind of flower whatsoever. Also took out a bunch of fan leaves from the middle so most bud sites are getting direct light.

The 3 photos were also in need of defoliation. They all seemed to explode in the last few days. Even the runt peyote grew 3 more nodes since the last defoliation. Gave them each a full flower feed and trimmed up to about the 4th node on the peyotes and the 5th or 6th node on the watermelon zkittles

Not quite a schwazz. But close enough. Let the fun begin

Heres the canopy after the defoliation....not a noticeable difference

 

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Plants enjoyed the watering from yesterday. Standing tall today.

Was worried I overwatered the granite runtz, drooped pretty heavily a few hours after the watering but over night sucked up all excess and is fine today. Took some pics of the budsites as the pistils are really starting to pop up now, so it seems like bud production is more underway now

The 3 photos were probably thirstier than this girl though. Their pots actually feel like they lost some weight overnight, and with the water retention on rs bags I doubt it was mostly because of evaporation.

The watermelon being the biggest was the most droopy when I watered but shes definitely not droopy anymore, all 3 seemed to respond well to the flower feed so far. Was worried Id have the beginnings of toxicity showing as the last veg feed was only 4 days ago and I only watered once. They were probably hungry though as they are healthy but I have noticed that they really really grow and perk up right after a feeding and since Im only feeding once a week its a noticeable change.

Also that orange hue is coming back on the peyotes, the runt much more than the tall one. It does not come thru on pictures at all but in person oldest leaves have an orange sheen to them. Almost like a iridescence. Did some hunting around seedfinder.eu and noticed it looks like there are some definite pheno varieties. One of them would be a joy to see as it had blood red leaves and beautiful greenish purple buds. Im pinning a pic from seedfinder to show, cuz words dont do this justice

 

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A little bored at the laundromat so I thought Id make a post.

Was a little worried I overwatered the granite runtz as it was very droopy yesterday but I checked in about 2 hours after lights off because I slept in today, and now its fine

3 photos are doing good as well. Some of the preflowers have multiple pistils but other than that not much change

I have a feeling once the watermelon zkittles really gets into the 12/12 its gonna really stretch out. All the pics on the breeder site and seedfinder show a lot of internodal distance but also has buds that fill the gap, surprisingly its also the shortest average flower time at 63 days...it specifically said 63 days on the breeder site...most of the others look rounded like 65,70,75,80, or 90 days except this one. So I have a feeling it flowers and finishes pretty quickly.

The peyotes have a 70-75 day flowering time so hopefully everything goes well. Would be nice if the all finished within a day or 2 of eachother.

 

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Not much to say. Bottom of the tent was pretty dirty today. Now that the girls are so big, I usually take them out 2 at a time and water them outside the tent and put them back in.

This time however I noticed the bottom of my tent was pretty gross. Bunch of water was trapped under the saucers from splashing and what not and way more dirt than I would have guessed.

Girls really needed water. Soil was so dry it had become slightly hydrophic. Took a few seconds for the first watering to sink down. Which reminds me. Ive been watering a lot differently than my first run.

All I have been doing is checking the weight of the pots daily by lifting them. If they are super light I water to saturation. Feeding once per week during veg, but I think as flowering progresses Im going to be doing 2 feeds per week, as they will most likely need a good watering almost every day. The granite runtz is almost there already

Didnt take any pics of the dirty vs clean tent. No one needs to see that but I did take some pics of the plants unrestricted outside the tent and some under canopy shots