Sage's Mixed Grow

Sage McVahle

420 Member
I have not had a garden since 2015, when I grew 5 plants outdoors, my first outdoor grow. Before that, it was 2013, when I did my first indoor grow in almost twenty years! Needless to say, things have changed a bit. This grow began with me buying 8 clones, on June 12th. I had injured my back the day before I went to town to buy clones, a 3 hour drive. The drive demonstrated my back was a lot worse than I thought, and it was the 16th before I could face the drive home. I bought a cheap bank of LEDs, and just gave then tap water a couple times while waiting to get home.
When Home, it was all I could do to get them into1/2 gal pots and in the tent. My back was slower healing than I would have liked, so I never was able to set up my screen for SCROG like I had planned. I was afraid I would not be able to reach to tend the screen if I did erect it. I did get help to transplant into larger pots twice, but other than that, pretty much have just been feeding and letting them go. I know, bad me.
Next garden I will be physically able to tend them for maximum yield.
I have to say I am delighted with the LEDS. I am running three banks in my 5x5 tent. Two at 1200 Watts and one 600, for a total of 3,000 watts. No way I could get this light density without paying 12 times more at least with the old school MH and HPS. and giving the plants such a targeted light spread across the spectrum was simply impossible.
I am posting my records of the grow so far, along with a selection of pics along the way.


Strain info Grow One June 16, 2021 Through EFD Nov 10, 2021





Nutrition Information


Grow medium:


60% FoxFarm Ocean Forest


35% FoxFarm Happy Frog


5% Perlite


Liquid Nutrition:


Veg:



FoxFarm Grow Big 2Tbls per gal


FoxFarm Tiger Bloom 2 Tbls per gal


Flower:


From Aug 1



FoxFarm Big Bud 3Tbls per gal


FoxFarm Tiger Bloom 2 Tbls per gal


From Aug 24


FoxFarm Big Bud 3Tbls per gal


FoxFarm Tiger Bloom 2 Tbls per gal


Advanced Nutrients Bud Candy 2 ml per liter



Strain Info & Est harvest dates:

In Tent June 16, 19/5 light until Jul 26, Reduced by 1 Hr/day, 12/12 Light on Aug 1

Transplant schedule


Start in ½ Gallon 6/16 TransPl to 3 gal 7/08 TransPl to 5 gal 7/24

White Tahoe Cookies 6-9 weeks Finishing Sept 12 through Oct 3
100% Indica

Purple Punch 7-8 weeks Finishing Sept 19 through Sept 26
80/20 Indica

Sherbadough 58-70 8-10 weeeks Finishing Sept 26 through Oct 10
80/20 Indica

Old Family Purp 56-63 day 8-10 weeeks Finishing Sept 26 through Oct 10
65/35 Indica

OG Blueberry 8-10 weeks Finishing Sept 26 through Oct 10
100% Indica

Tropicana Punch 9-10 weeks Finishing Nov 3 through Oct 10
70/30 Sativa

Duct Tape 70 days 10 weeks EST Finish Oct 10
90/10 Indica

Memory Loss 70 days 10 weeks EST Finish Oct 10
70/30 Sativa


Target Dates

Estimated first hanging date Oct 3 Est Last hanging date Nov 1

Estimated First Jarring date Oct 17 Est Last Jarring date Nov 15

Est first full cure date Nov 19 Est last full cure Dec 10

PIcs are from day of purchase through today, the first day of feeding Bud Candy, 24 days into 12/12 lighting. The 5 Gallon grow bags are packed with roots, the stalks are as big as my thumb, and I have been clipping half a 5 gal bucket of shade leaves every other day.
Yesterday, while there were nice hairs and buds stacking, there were not many noticeable trichomes. This evening, about 11 hours after the first feeding with Bud Candy the trichomes are amazing, and the buds are sticky!

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BTW, I'm not a new member. I joined back in 2013, when I did my first legal medical grow. In fact, most everything I know about real cannabis gardening I learned right here, in the forums. I did have a grow journal here back then, even. Life got crazy, and I haven't posted since late 13 or 14, but never left. I had a caretaker/grower while I was not living in good growing situations, and just began growing again now that I have a house with a garage again instead of a small trailer with no yard or shed.
 
This first pic is the same flower from the Memory Loss plant as the last pic. 12 hours after introducing Bud Candy to the nutrient mix. The rest are the same flower at 24 hours' This plant is a 70 day flowering, and isn't due to be mature for harvest until Oct 10, a full 16 days out!

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Note to self: Starting a grow with fresh compression fractures is not the best timing! I am dealing with tent overgrow, and just going with the flow this time. I have thinned out an average of half a packed 5 gal bucket every three or four days, and kept the lights as low as possible, but I really, really left them growing in veg too long.

At least they are all healthy, and growing nice buds, which are stacking up nicely.

This is day 32 of flower, with the pictured plant strains running between 42 and 70 day estimated flowering times.
A few of the colas are getting heavy, I had to tie one plant up for support. The trichomes are getting thicker, still all completely clear. Any white you see is reflected light, not actual color. It looks like there may be some nice color developing as well, but I may just be fooling myself due to the colored LEDs, lol.

More Pics and a comment when closer to pulling the first plant.

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Day 34 of Flower. The girls have started to play with their make up, And should have their full faces on by harvest. The purples and pinks are coming out a little. The first 4 pics take with the LEDs turned off, with just a florescent to maintain the light level.

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