DabbertGlobberfield
420 Member
Hello! Thanks for checking this out. I want to start by saying please feel free to comment and discuss.
This is my first grow and, really, I have an idea of what to do but have no idea what I’m doing. It’s a lot of fun. With that in mind, any help, guidance, input, criticisms, suggestions, etc are totally welcome. Actually, I am posting here because I am looking for more interactivity, as I do have this log posted from the beginning somewhere else. So here we goooooo!
To start I am currently on day 25 of flower and will be back posting everything up until we are current. I have been keeping a lot more detailed of a log, like I mentioned above, so unfortunately these initial rapid fire posts will suffer day-to-day details until I get totally updated.
Strain: Grandmommy Purple - Photoperiod - Herbies Seeds
“Her terpene profile induces a powerful nostalgia that is unforgettable. Like something straight out of a fairy tale, good ol’ Grandmommy Purple will take you on a journey through the woods to Grandma’s house, with pungent scents of wild berries and sweet flavors of fruity hard candies along the way.”
Light: Mars Hydro FC6500 – 730w
Medium: Hydroton/LECA
Nutrients: Advanced Nutrients - looking to replace this for next grow. Mixing nutes takes so much time with 10 million bottles Just look at the picture below, it's actually kind of funny... Although, the plants are doing awesome....
I germinated one seed on 9/7/22.
I know what you are thinking, “But Dabbert, 1 seed, 125 days ago? How have you not harvested yet?”. Well random internet denizen, let me tell you; I took that one seed and grew out a plant then harvested clones from it. So I am currently growing out 4 clones from one seed.
And now let’s get deeper into it.
Since this is my first grow, I had a lot to chose from. For some reason I am familiar with the concept of ebb and flow and it feels right for me. So I went ahead and designed what I thought was going to be the best ebb and flow system I could.
Well that worked for the first 16 weeks but I ended up having to switch to a DWC system near the 12/12 flip. But we will get to all that. A quick breakdown of the system:
I built this to be ebb and flow system contained in a bucket. The medium is just clay balls(leca/hydroton) in a 10" net pot. The reservoir is a 12 gallon tote but I will only put 4-4.5 gallons of water in it. The res pumps into a 3.5 gal bucket that sits in a hole cut in the reservoir lid. The bucket sits on a rack in the reservoir to keep it out of the water otherwise the bucket would not drain. The pump will pump a minimum of every 3 hours for at most 2 minutes to flood the bucket completely. It drains empty usually around 5 minutes. Also, I put an air stone in each reservoir that ran for 30 mins 6x a day.
I just wanted to make sure I outlined the system I built for the grow before we move on to the growing.
9/7 – seed germinated after 24 hours in a glass of water then 2-3 days in a wet paper towel.
9/12 – in the cube ready to rock
Day 17 – I wasn’t taking many photos between 9/7 and 9/24
Day 21 – I think I wasn’t giving nutrients yet, but I was PH-ing the water too high. I was thought high 6s mid 7s was a good ph level for hydro. I don’t know why, but this PH level continued for a few weeks before I figured out what I was doing.
Day 23 – I decided to top the plant here. My end goal was many tops for clones. This is going to be a mother plant.
- Tied the leaves back later in the day after the topping because they were crowding the new growth.
Day 25 –
Day 27 –
Day 29 –
- The plant is only like 6 inches tall at this point and is stupid bushy and compact.
- This is when I started suspecting problems going on and started looking into it. It was at this point that I corrected my PH and started keeping it within the range of 5.5-6.2 and also backed way way way off the nutrients.
Day 31 –
I cut a few leaves off the top to reveal the growth under. It’s like every leaf is crowding every other leaf and they are all fighting for the light.
- It also has an aversion to getting taller. But I did top it so… there’s that. Also, I am starting to paint lids to block light.
Day 33 –
- I topped it again, I topped both tops and I think a side branch or two. Not sure really. I know I was trying out topping and fimming.
- Also, this is when I found the branch I call “special branch” and then eventually Sawtooth. It had developed “fasciation” of its stem and that caused unique growth that caught my eye early on.
- Side view showing structure and some of the LST.
- Really starting to question the Nitrogen content of the feeing here.
Day 34 –
- Here’s more of that special branch.
- I just liked how this leaf looked.
Day 35 –
- Leaves keep getting in each other’s way.
- I keep tucking leaves blocking the special branch’s new growth.
- Side view
I have to post here for the 40 image per post limit
This is my first grow and, really, I have an idea of what to do but have no idea what I’m doing. It’s a lot of fun. With that in mind, any help, guidance, input, criticisms, suggestions, etc are totally welcome. Actually, I am posting here because I am looking for more interactivity, as I do have this log posted from the beginning somewhere else. So here we goooooo!
To start I am currently on day 25 of flower and will be back posting everything up until we are current. I have been keeping a lot more detailed of a log, like I mentioned above, so unfortunately these initial rapid fire posts will suffer day-to-day details until I get totally updated.
Strain: Grandmommy Purple - Photoperiod - Herbies Seeds
“Her terpene profile induces a powerful nostalgia that is unforgettable. Like something straight out of a fairy tale, good ol’ Grandmommy Purple will take you on a journey through the woods to Grandma’s house, with pungent scents of wild berries and sweet flavors of fruity hard candies along the way.”
- Combining Big Bud and Purple Urkle
- 20% Sativa / 80% Indica
- Marketed potency level averaging between 28-33% THC
Light: Mars Hydro FC6500 – 730w
Medium: Hydroton/LECA
Nutrients: Advanced Nutrients - looking to replace this for next grow. Mixing nutes takes so much time with 10 million bottles Just look at the picture below, it's actually kind of funny... Although, the plants are doing awesome....
- Mother veg period / After cloning veg period nutes - pH perfect sensi grow a/b, cal-mag xtra, b-52, epsom salt, and Botanicare Silica blast used for mother veg period and after cloning veg period.
- Clonex Gel used during cloning
- Flower nutes - pH perfect sensi bloom a/b, sensizym, piranha, cal-mag xtra, b-52, epsom salt(I backed off adding this as it raised ppm too much and with all this other stuff... I had to phase something out and it was epsom salt), and Botanicare Silica blast, bud candy, big bud, nirvana
I germinated one seed on 9/7/22.
I know what you are thinking, “But Dabbert, 1 seed, 125 days ago? How have you not harvested yet?”. Well random internet denizen, let me tell you; I took that one seed and grew out a plant then harvested clones from it. So I am currently growing out 4 clones from one seed.
And now let’s get deeper into it.
Since this is my first grow, I had a lot to chose from. For some reason I am familiar with the concept of ebb and flow and it feels right for me. So I went ahead and designed what I thought was going to be the best ebb and flow system I could.
Well that worked for the first 16 weeks but I ended up having to switch to a DWC system near the 12/12 flip. But we will get to all that. A quick breakdown of the system:
I built this to be ebb and flow system contained in a bucket. The medium is just clay balls(leca/hydroton) in a 10" net pot. The reservoir is a 12 gallon tote but I will only put 4-4.5 gallons of water in it. The res pumps into a 3.5 gal bucket that sits in a hole cut in the reservoir lid. The bucket sits on a rack in the reservoir to keep it out of the water otherwise the bucket would not drain. The pump will pump a minimum of every 3 hours for at most 2 minutes to flood the bucket completely. It drains empty usually around 5 minutes. Also, I put an air stone in each reservoir that ran for 30 mins 6x a day.
I just wanted to make sure I outlined the system I built for the grow before we move on to the growing.
9/7 – seed germinated after 24 hours in a glass of water then 2-3 days in a wet paper towel.
9/12 – in the cube ready to rock
Day 17 – I wasn’t taking many photos between 9/7 and 9/24
Day 21 – I think I wasn’t giving nutrients yet, but I was PH-ing the water too high. I was thought high 6s mid 7s was a good ph level for hydro. I don’t know why, but this PH level continued for a few weeks before I figured out what I was doing.
Day 23 – I decided to top the plant here. My end goal was many tops for clones. This is going to be a mother plant.
- Tied the leaves back later in the day after the topping because they were crowding the new growth.
Day 25 –
Day 27 –
Day 29 –
- The plant is only like 6 inches tall at this point and is stupid bushy and compact.
- This is when I started suspecting problems going on and started looking into it. It was at this point that I corrected my PH and started keeping it within the range of 5.5-6.2 and also backed way way way off the nutrients.
Day 31 –
I cut a few leaves off the top to reveal the growth under. It’s like every leaf is crowding every other leaf and they are all fighting for the light.
- It also has an aversion to getting taller. But I did top it so… there’s that. Also, I am starting to paint lids to block light.
Day 33 –
- I topped it again, I topped both tops and I think a side branch or two. Not sure really. I know I was trying out topping and fimming.
- Also, this is when I found the branch I call “special branch” and then eventually Sawtooth. It had developed “fasciation” of its stem and that caused unique growth that caught my eye early on.
- Side view showing structure and some of the LST.
- Really starting to question the Nitrogen content of the feeing here.
Day 34 –
- Here’s more of that special branch.
- I just liked how this leaf looked.
Day 35 –
- Leaves keep getting in each other’s way.
- I keep tucking leaves blocking the special branch’s new growth.
- Side view
I have to post here for the 40 image per post limit
