Obi's GSC, Soilless, 2021

[Obi Wan]

Strain: Girl Scout Cookies
Veg/Bloom: Veg @ 6 weeks so far
Indoor: 3'x6'x7' Grow Cabinet
Light: 2'x5' DIY 480W LED
Containers: 3 gallon fabric pots
Media: Peat/Vermiculite base with Perlite, Lime and Gypsum
Nutrients: Jack's 20-10-20 Peat-Lite + Calcium and Magnesium
Water: RO
pH: @ 6
Feed Schedule: Every 3-5 days or so
Temps: 70F +/-5
RH: 50% +/-10

 

[Obi Wan]

Greetings everyone. It's been a while! I've moved to a new location and have been having a blast getting a grow space up and running again. Like most gardens it's a work in progress. Enjoy the ride.

Let's get some pics posted and bring this journal up to speed.

 

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Here's a few pics of the LED light build. It was a really fun project.

 

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A few more pics progressing thru veg

 

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It's been a minute since I've grown in a Peat base. I've been growing in Perlite hempy buckets for a long time now and wanted to give something else a try.

You can see plant health issues and corrections during early veg as I learned when and how much to feed with the new nutes. I initially waited a little too long to begin feeding and then fed them to the brink of tip burn too fast. After settling in on a good nute strength, the addition of a Calcium and Magnesium supplement seems to have balanced everything out nicely.

 

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These plants vegged under T5 from seed. Moved to the LED cabinet @ 6 weeks or so.

 

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I trimmed the lowers a bit. Getting ready to scrog soon. The canopy is close to 50% coverage.

 

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Time to try a scrog. I built a quick frame and started spreading them out. I'll clean up the lowers soon.

 

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Daily training under the screen. I topped several sites on each plant this morning.
Watering about once per week if needed.
200ppm Botanicare Cal-Mag Plus 2-0-0
300ppm Jacks Peat-Lite 20-10-20

 

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Defoliated a bit to expose some hidden bud sites. Increased light strength. Waiting for the scrog to fill in.

 

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Sampling some Girl Scout Cookies and Ninja Fruit from the previous run

 

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I had to back off the light intensity a little. I noticed signs of light stress on a coup[le leafs. Otherwise, just waiting for some more branches to hit the scrog and we'll be ready to flip.

 

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The middle of the scrog is filling in pretty well. There are a couple gaps near the edges yet but I think the remainder will fill in shortly after flip. I might give em one more week of veg yet. We'll see...

 

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They are a little over fed right now. I'm pretty sure there is some build up beginning form. I'll give them some plain water next round.

 

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Trying to keep the branches below the scrog is challenging at this stage of veg. The branches are substantial and no longer want to bend. I could supercrop but I think I'm close enough to flip to just let them ride.

 

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I gave them some plain RO water this evening.

 

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I cleaned up below the screen a bit.

 

[Diatomacious]

Those girls are looking healthy.

 

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A couple pics that show the plant color a little better.

I've stopped training the plants. I'm going to let them orient the canopy towards the light, grow a node or two and then flip to 12/12.

 

[Diatomacious]

Looking serious