Hey there,
to start off, some basic info:
What strain is it? Lemon Skunk from Greenhouse, one plant started from seed
Is it Indica, Sativa or Hybrid? What percentages? 50/50
Is it in Veg or Flower stage? Flower
If in Flower stage... For how long? About 3 weeks into flower, after about 6 weeks of veg
Indoor or outdoor? Grow tent (1m x 1m x 2m)
Soil or Hydro? Soil
If soil... what is in your mix? Gardening store flower soil, organic, with added perlite
If soil... What size pot? about 40l (I know it's overkill, but I wanted to be safe for the first try)
Size of light? 400W HPS
Is it aircooled? Yes
Temp of Room/cab? High 20s, sometimes into the 30s, I cool with frozen water bottles in front of the circulation fan
RH of Room/cab? Unknown, I mist 2/3 times a day when it's hot
PH of media or res? Not tested
Any Pests ? None so far
How often are you watering? When the first 3/4 cm top soil are dry, which is roughly every 4 days
Type and strength of ferts used? So far only tomato fertilizer was used in minute quantities, on two occasions since switching to flower. Plant was repotted into the big container in the last week of veg, to allow it to draw nutes from soil.
So, now that this is out of the way, onto the written description.
Let me start off with a pic of the old girl:
Close up of one of the buds:
And a pic of her around 3 weeks ago, a few days after re-potting:
Before I begin, I want to say this is my first grow - I was inspired during my travels by the "Plantum" out of Nimbin, NSW, who told me "the quicker you learn to plantum, the sooner you won't have to buy off the dickhead across the street", and that stuck with me
So she started out as the only survivor out of a 3 pack of seeds, first to sprout and went through veg without any problems. I accidentally topped her while LSTing and lost another main branch when repotting, beginner's mistakes I guess.
I have low stress trained her, as well as used some defoliation to allow more light to penetrate to the lower parts. All in all, I'm quite proud of what I've managed so far, but I'm here to get help from those who already have experience, so any and all tips are welcome.
As far as questions from my side go: What difference in terms of yield or quality can I expect between a) not fertilizing b) continuing with the tomato fertilizer when needed c) switching to a special Cannabis fertilizer. Also, what's up with bloom boosters? Aren't they basically just the P and K out of an NPK fertilizer?
The whole topic of fertilizer has me a bit scared, I don't want to risk any problems with nutrient burn seeing as, for now, this is my only plant.
I will update as the grow continues, or further questions come to mind, in the meantime, any and all input is welcome
to start off, some basic info:
What strain is it? Lemon Skunk from Greenhouse, one plant started from seed
Is it Indica, Sativa or Hybrid? What percentages? 50/50
Is it in Veg or Flower stage? Flower
If in Flower stage... For how long? About 3 weeks into flower, after about 6 weeks of veg
Indoor or outdoor? Grow tent (1m x 1m x 2m)
Soil or Hydro? Soil
If soil... what is in your mix? Gardening store flower soil, organic, with added perlite
If soil... What size pot? about 40l (I know it's overkill, but I wanted to be safe for the first try)
Size of light? 400W HPS
Is it aircooled? Yes
Temp of Room/cab? High 20s, sometimes into the 30s, I cool with frozen water bottles in front of the circulation fan
RH of Room/cab? Unknown, I mist 2/3 times a day when it's hot
PH of media or res? Not tested
Any Pests ? None so far
How often are you watering? When the first 3/4 cm top soil are dry, which is roughly every 4 days
Type and strength of ferts used? So far only tomato fertilizer was used in minute quantities, on two occasions since switching to flower. Plant was repotted into the big container in the last week of veg, to allow it to draw nutes from soil.
So, now that this is out of the way, onto the written description.
Let me start off with a pic of the old girl:
Close up of one of the buds:
And a pic of her around 3 weeks ago, a few days after re-potting:
Before I begin, I want to say this is my first grow - I was inspired during my travels by the "Plantum" out of Nimbin, NSW, who told me "the quicker you learn to plantum, the sooner you won't have to buy off the dickhead across the street", and that stuck with me
So she started out as the only survivor out of a 3 pack of seeds, first to sprout and went through veg without any problems. I accidentally topped her while LSTing and lost another main branch when repotting, beginner's mistakes I guess.
I have low stress trained her, as well as used some defoliation to allow more light to penetrate to the lower parts. All in all, I'm quite proud of what I've managed so far, but I'm here to get help from those who already have experience, so any and all tips are welcome.
As far as questions from my side go: What difference in terms of yield or quality can I expect between a) not fertilizing b) continuing with the tomato fertilizer when needed c) switching to a special Cannabis fertilizer. Also, what's up with bloom boosters? Aren't they basically just the P and K out of an NPK fertilizer?
The whole topic of fertilizer has me a bit scared, I don't want to risk any problems with nutrient burn seeing as, for now, this is my only plant.
I will update as the grow continues, or further questions come to mind, in the meantime, any and all input is welcome
