Platinum Cookies

[WakkaDerpin]

This is my first grow journal.
Strain; Platinum Cookies
5x5 grow tent with 2000w veg/bloom led(happy grower?)
8 gallon pot I think
Viparspectra vs1000 led
Philzon 1000w led
Viparspectra vb1000
Miracle grow potting soil
Fox farm nutrients. Big bloom, tiger bloom, and plant food.
Light schedule 18/6 veg 12/12 flower
Tap water pH to 6.6-6.8 by oxidation
Water when needed. Sometimes everyday. No runoff.
will post dates with pics.
Stay tuned

 

[WakkaDerpin]

June 20.
Seedling

Germinated in soaking wet paper towel. Lowered water level after 24 hours.
Waited until roots were 1/4 inch.
Planted in solo cup.
Week 2

 

[WakkaDerpin]

July 4

Vegging stage.
Just water when needed every couple of days.

 

[WakkaDerpin]

July 15

Cut off fan leaves throughout grow to illuminate lower colas.
Topped.
Fox farm plant food and tiger bloom every other watering.

 

[WakkaDerpin]

August 1

Defoliation and lst throughout the grow. 2nd and 3rd top on main colas.
Transplanted from 3 to 8 gallon pot

 

[WakkaDerpin]

August 15.

After topping and lst I now have a somewhat even canopy.
Temps 72-80 F
Humidity around 60 percent
18-6 light schedule
Fox farm nutrients every other watering
Also top two main colas started to split from the stem. I wrapped a wire to help hold together and doused it with distilled water. Will update progress of this on future post

 

[WakkaDerpin]

August 20.

Continue to evaluate lst.

Advise use larger ties so don't harm the plant. I keep moving the ties every couple of days so I don't damage the plant.

 

[WakkaDerpin]

August 28

Extensive lollipop so I don't have to mess with it so much and switched to flower.
Fox farm plant food and big bloom nutrients every other watering.

 

[WakkaDerpin]

Update on damage from lst

It healed up.

 

[West Hippie]

Nice job on those girls. Gave her some legs to let air in and no larf. Your running all of those lights in the tent ,ought to do the job . I’m gonna follow along if you don’t mind .

 

[KritikalHitz]

Looking fantastic. Very tidy with the defoliation.

 

[WakkaDerpin]

Nice job on those girls. Gave her some legs to let air in and no larf. Your running all of those lights in the tent ,ought to do the job . I’m gonna follow along if you don’t mind .

Cool with me.

Looking fantastic. Very tidy with the defoliation.

Thank you !

 

[WakkaDerpin]

August 28

Extensive lollipop so I don't have to mess with it so much and switched to flower.
Fox farm plant food and big bloom nut

 

[WakkaDerpin]

August 28

Extensive lollipop so I don't have to mess with it so much and switched to flower.
Fox farm plant food and big bloom nutrients every other watering.

August 31.
Temps 75-80
Humidity 60-70% after watering
1 teaspoon Fox farm tiger bloom and plant food every other watering.
Approx 1/2 gallon water per day
Tap water ph7 oxidized to 6.6-6.8
Light schedule 12/12

 

[WakkaDerpin]

First signs of flower after 4 days of a 12/12 light schedule.

Looking at the top left cola. Either it's nutrient burn or a nat got inside the tent last night so I sprayed neem oil inside the tent not on the plant and lowering bloom nutrients to 1/2 tablespoon per gallon for the first couple weeks of flower.

 

[WakkaDerpin]

First signs of flower after 4 days of a 12/12 light schedule.

Looking at the top left cola. Either it's nutrient burn or a nat got inside the tent last night so I sprayed neem oil inside the tent not on the plant and lowering bloom nutrients to 1/2 tablespoon per gallon for the first couple weeks of flower.

As for the discolored leaves, blooming nutrients dropped the water ph down to 5.5 for a single watering.
Has since recovered and no additional signs of deficiency.

Switched overhead light to viparspectra xs1000.
3 inches + of flower stretch after a few days as expected.
Little to no defoliation

 

[West Hippie]

Girls are looking great ! Loving the light .

 

[WakkaDerpin]

Girls are looking great ! Loving the light .

Thanks man, hopefully I made the right decision swapping the lights out. Light penetration looks good but I also learned more red/blue light will tell the plants there isn't an overhead and therefore will bloom at an increased rate..

One thing I am worried about is that I have to lower the amount nutrients I'm using because it's throwing my pH off but I know the plants need it at this stage... Still I suppose it's better then having bugs. Haha.!
General hydroponics pH kit on the way and I'm going to look for some ph adjuster tomorrow also.
Will look into top dressing my plants in the future so I don't have to worry about it so much.

 

[West Hippie]

Thanks man, hopefully I made the right decision swapping the lights out. Light penetration looks good but I also learned more red/blue light will tell the plants there isn't an overhead and therefore will bloom at an increased rate..

One thing I am worried about is that I have to lower the amount nutrients I'm using because it's throwing my pH off but I know the plants need it at this stage... Still I suppose it's better then having bugs. Haha.!
General hydroponics pH kit on the way and I'm going to look for some ph adjuster tomorrow also.
Will look into top dressing my plants in the future so I don't have to worry about it so much.

Vipar spectra is a sponsor here , here’s a link to the 4000 grow with @Rexer

Rex In A 4x4

Hi everyone! This will be my first journal with sponsored equipment. I live in Canada and have my medical permit, and recreational grows are also legal. I'll be using the ViparSpectra P4000 light in a 4x4 Gorilla grow tent. Let's start off with an equipment breakdown. First and front is the...

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And @Modest Grower with the xs2000

Perpetual Purple Powered By ViparSpectra XS2000

Hello 420 family!!!! I will be using a Viparspectra XS2000 in a 2x4 tent. The plants will all be in 3 liter soil pots. The soil is Fox Farm Happy Frog with additional perlite. I have dropped three beans in water just now. 1 Granddaddy Purple (regular) 1 Somango (regular) and 1 Cali Kush (CBD...

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Enjoy these two journals cause I know you will.
The ph is most easily fixed compared to a bug problem. Just got out of spider mite hell .

 

[WakkaDerpin]

Vipar spectra is a sponsor here , here’s a link to the 4000 grow with @Rexer

Rex In A 4x4

Hi everyone! This will be my first journal with sponsored equipment. I live in Canada and have my medical permit, and recreational grows are also legal. I'll be using the ViparSpectra P4000 light in a 4x4 Gorilla grow tent. Let's start off with an equipment breakdown. First and front is the...

www.420magazine.com

And @Modest Grower with the xs2000

Perpetual Purple Powered By ViparSpectra XS2000

Hello 420 family!!!! I will be using a Viparspectra XS2000 in a 2x4 tent. The plants will all be in 3 liter soil pots. The soil is Fox Farm Happy Frog with additional perlite. I have dropped three beans in water just now. 1 Granddaddy Purple (regular) 1 Somango (regular) and 1 Cali Kush (CBD...

www.420magazine.com

Enjoy these two journals cause I know you will.
The ph is most easily fixed compared to a bug problem. Just got out of spider mite hell .

There's definitely a difference in visual light output if you look at the pics. This is the Viparspectra xs1000 with the meanwell driver... I was looking into buying a couple of the xs1500s for my next run and maybe another wide spectrum but I'm not sure yet tbh.