Brian420pm 8th Grow March 2022: White Widow With MedicGrow LED

[Brian420pm]

Seedling (14 days from seed):

I finally have a good start after many failures, disinfected everything and using brand new substrate. Wouldn't you know these are the fastest growers I've ever had, on 4th node just 14 days after dropping the seeds in water!

Growing in a 2 x 2 tent using a 93 watt ViparSpectra LED dimmed to 75%, humidity 60%, temp 80f.

Will go in 4 x 4 tent in 5 gallon fabric pots, coco/perlite 60/40, on day 18.

 

[AdaminCO]

Seedling (14 days from seed):

I finally have a good start after many failures, disinfected everything and using brand new substrate. Wouldn't you know these are the fastest growers I've ever had, on 4th node just 14 days after dropping the seeds in water!

Growing in a 2 x 2 tent using a 93 watt ViparSpectra LED dimmed to 75%, humidity 60%, temp 80f.

Will go in 4 x 4 tent in 5 gallon fabric pots, coco/perlite 60/40, on day 18.

Great start, but it appears to me youre overwatering my friend. Are you letting them dry completely out before watering again?

 

[Brian420pm]

Great start, but it appears to me youre overwatering my friend. Are you letting them dry completely out before watering again?

I've always started in coco/perlite but this time it's a seedling soil mix. I thought something was a bit different, thanks for your direction!

 

[Bill284]

Seedling (14 days from seed):

I finally have a good start after many failures, disinfected everything and using brand new substrate. Wouldn't you know these are the fastest growers I've ever had, on 4th node just 14 days after dropping the seeds in water!

Growing in a 2 x 2 tent using a 93 watt ViparSpectra LED dimmed to 75%, humidity 60%, temp 80f.

Will go in 4 x 4 tent in 5 gallon fabric pots, coco/perlite 60/40, on day 18.

Hey @Brian420pm hope your having a good day my friend.
I'm going to pull up a chair for the ride.
I love coco , great stuff.
Looks good.

Stay safe
Bill

 

[Brian420pm]

Back on track! Topped above node 4, kept nodes 3 and 4.

Repotted to 5 gallons and in the tent. Here is a good shot of the auto-feed system...

Veg Week #3 (23 days from seed):

 

[Brian420pm]

Veg Week #4 (35 days from seed):

These White Widow girls from Seedsman are short n squat and FULL of leaves...

Major haircut and final topping...

Bones are looking really good...

Looks messy but we got 16 tops here ready to rock-n-roll now that the light is hitting them full blast. Plant is so compact I can't train any branches yet, maybe in a week.

My topping strategy is first a quadline by topping above node 4 and keeping 2 and 3.

Node 2 is topped again after 3 nodes, keeping 2 and 3.

Node 3 is topped after 2 nodes... 16 tops total.

 

[Brian420pm]

A day later, perked up

 

[Brian420pm]

Veg Week #6 (43 days from seed):

Plants are very compact, this is the tallest. The MedicGrow Fold-8 light has been at 60%, turned up to 80% today.

I determine the required nutrient EC by the presence of leaf tip burn.... I'll raise it a little each week until a little burn and then back off. The usual for my past grows has been 0.9... this grow is 1.3 so far, 44% more! If the higher EC requirement results in higher yield than it may be worth it, otherwise I'll favor more efficient strains.

They sure are pretty! 2 days ago I pruned the lower leaves and started to train the branches. If they stay short maybe I'll lower the lights... not sure how much I can push the intensity with these powerful lights so baby steps, baby steps!

You could say I'm creating, or weaving a canopy... broad, filling all space, with each selected branch given equal space to flourish, welcome to my carpet of cannabis!​

 

[Bill284]

Veg Week #6 (43 days from seed):

Plants are very compact, this is the tallest. The MedicGrow Fold-8 light has been at 60%, turned up to 80% today.

I determine the required nutrient EC by the presence of leaf tip burn.... I'll raise it a little each week until a little burn and then back off. The usual for my past grows has been 0.9... this grow is 1.3 so far, 44% more! If the higher EC requirement results in higher yield than it may be worth it, otherwise I'll favor more efficient strains.

They sure are pretty! 2 days ago I pruned the lower leaves and started to train the branches. If they stay short maybe I'll lower the lights... not sure how much I can push the intensity with these powerful lights so baby steps, baby steps!

You could say I'm creating, or weaving a canopy... broad, filling all space, with each selected branch given equal space to flourish, welcome to my carpet of cannabis!​

Hey Brian hope everything is going well this morning.
Beautiful garden my friend.
Your lady is a bit off in color
Is that from the lightvin the pic throwing it off?
Or is she not eating properly?
Just curious what is your feed ph?
Are you adding calmmag to your feed water first and waiting 10 minutes before adding nutrients?
Hopefully it's just the light because she is fantastic.

Stay safe
Bill

 

[Brian420pm]

Your lady is a bit off in color
Is that from the lightvin the pic throwing it off?

It's the light! Here she is with it turned off. My PH drifts from 5.8 to 6.2 every 2 days, and yah I always mix in cal/mag first. Thanks!

 

[Bill284]

It's the light! Here she is with it turned off. My PH drifts from 5.8 to 6.2 every 2 days, and yah I always mix in cal/mag first. Thanks!

Beautiful
That's a great shot.
Nice work.

Stay safe
Bill

 

[Brian420pm]

Flower Week #1 - 2 days into flower, 63 days from seed:

I went 8 weeks in veg because these girls were and still are short and stout with massive leaves! Will strip on day 14 and tidy them up... prune some of the few underdeveloped branches, remove old training wire, get a good look at them.

 

[Brian420pm]

Flower Week #2 - 10 days into flower, 71 days from seed:

Amazing what 8 days can do, this one pheno is towering over her sisters, wow!

 

[Brian420pm]

Flower Week #5 - 33 days into flower, 94 days from seed:

Time is flying! and I have rockets popping off all over

Here is the BIG sister, with some nutrient burn she's recovering from, I bumped up the ec from 1.0 to 1.4 too quickly, thinking they could handle the extra oooomph in mid flower... wrong!... slow and steady mate!

 

[Brian420pm]

Flower Week #7 - 49 days into flower, 110 days from seed:

The densest buds ever for me, maybe because I started to use sulfur and humic this grow.

Early harvest for the second grow in a row. I'm thinking it must be the UVB reptile bulb that's on 4 hrs a day throughout the grow, but not sure. Chopped the monster sister first, she'll be over 10 zips I bet!

 

[Brian420pm]

Harvested at 49, 54 and 56 days:

White Widow from Seedsman was my highest yield ever, very impressed! The nose is light and overall thumbs up!

This is from the jar after curing and light tumbling. The outer trichs have popped and absorbed into the flowers but plenty inside when the bud is broken open. I would take this one home to mother, very pleasant

After juicing! Really nice dabs are in my immediate future!