SmokeStache's Soil Purple Punch Grow Journal, 2020

[SmokeStache]

Hi all. New to the site and first grow in quite a few years. Details below!


What strain is it? Purple Punch feminized seeds from CropKingSeeds
Is it Indica, Sativa or Hybrid? What percentages? Indica dominant
If in Veg... For how long? Not long but don't remember! Partly why I am doing a grow journal
Indoor or outdoor? Indoor in a 2x3x5 tent. I had to shorten some of the poles in the tent to fit in the closet, lol
Soil or Hydro? Running Happy Frog soil in 1 gallon smart pots
Size of light? BESTVA 1000w LED- haven't grown in a while, and didn't know about all these QB LED lights, wish I would have gotten one of those! Something for next round I suppose...
Temp of Room/cab? Don't have a temp gauge right now, will consider adding later. This is in my closet with a window AC unit in my room set to 70 degrees
PH of media or res? Haven't feed nutes yet, just water and some White Shark so the PH meter is still in the box
Any Pests ? None, hopefully we keep it that way
How often are you watering? They are not that old, but just repotted to one gallon pots so only have one watering in this container under their belt
Type and strength of ferts used? No ferts yet, but going to run the FF trio with the extra flower solubles.




A few photos below, hope to keep this updated and have a successful grow! I have a few harvests completed, but first in a while and first time going LED. I have always used the super hot and annoying HPS/MH type stuff so this is going to be fun. Any questions, let me know

 

[Herby Paisley]

Mmmm nice strain choice... "Purple Punch" and using LED's those are great to grow with a lot less issues then with the old school ones with trying to wire ballasts no thank you never again! lol

 

[SmokeStache]

Thanks Herby! I'm sure I'll do fine, I remember the heat those ballasts used to put off.... LED all the way. Hope the PP does me well

 

[SmokeStache]

Hmm, so one week update. All girls look good except for one troublemaker. Started growing weird from the beginning, might be a whorled phyllotaxy? or something I saw from forums years ago. Anyways, second pic is her leaf, anyone know deficiency that may be? Or bugs? Haven't fed any nutes yet, I guess I'll go 1/4 strength next feeding and see if that changes. First grow in the tent/apartment and brought out the magnifying glass but no bugs detected. Any deficiency gurus here have input would be much appreciated. Seedlings getting on their third node right now. Thanks!

 

[CagedApe]

It's probably a deformation rather than a deficiency... Possibly the roots hit a dry spot... That is more what I'm thinking.

 

[SmokeStache]

A dry spot would cause the discoloration on the leaf near the vein like that? Just asking but entirely possible it hit a dry spot. Like I said I'll start nutes next feeding and update you guys. Thanks CagedApe for the thoughts

 

[SmokeStache]

So I guess update time! Needless to say I have not updated as I thought I would. Still have all five now under a scrog net. Still feeding FF trio at about half strength now, and white shark every other feeding. I believe I flipped them about 7/6, so that would put them at just starting flower week four. Transplanted to two gallon fabric pots before I flipped where they will stay until harvest. I probably should have defoliated a little more but we will see how it turns out. Thanks for looking!

 

[SmokeStache]

Update, quicker than last time! I guess I'm just starting week six of flower. Running FF trio plus solubles at just over 1/2 strength. Anyone think I should feed stronger? haven't seen any signs of burn yet. Thought the buds would be fatter at this point, but that may be due to my light. Looking to upgrade to a HLG 260W rspec for the next run. Couple of bud shots and a canopy overview, let me know what you think! Should I be defoliating a bit more?

 

[Herby Paisley]

Update, quicker than last time! I guess I'm just starting week six of flower. Running FF trio plus solubles at just over 1/2 strength. Anyone think I should feed stronger? haven't seen any signs of burn yet. Thought the buds would be fatter at this point, but that may be due to my light. Looking to upgrade to a HLG 260W rspec for the next run. Couple of bud shots and a canopy overview, let me know what you think! Should I be defoliating a bit more?

I would add more light to fatten up your buds, beautiful grow tho so far

 

[SmokeStache]

I would add more light to fatten up your buds, beautiful grow tho so far

Thanks Herby! We'll see what happens, I'll smoke em anyways, got to save some improvement for next time...

 

[SmokeStache]

I think we are around day 45F now. Still alternating plain water and then nutes, feed them full strength last time and probably will give them one more round of nutes before I go plain water. Starting to fatten and glisten up now, so not quite as disappointed as I was last time. I just put the upper trellis net on them, should have done it sooner. I didn't realize they were flopping under their own weight, the upper trellis is really helping the light penetrate to some lower buds. HLG 280 watt rspec is arriving on Monday, so I will finish flowering under that, but already excited to chop these down and start the next! A few pictures

 

[SmokeStache]

Almost one week to go until they are in 60F. Some overall pics and some trich pics I tried to get, looks like some amber on the sugar leafs, but some clear mostly cloudy on the calyx. All water from here on out. I did get the new HLG 260W rspec light and hung it. It puts off less heat than the bestva I had, but somehow I expected it to be brighter?

 

[SmokeStache]

Ok, update. Just found what I think are springtails in the soil. I am at almost 60F. I tried to include a trich pic, but it is not very good. I did a root soak with Azamax, 2 TBP/gallon. Should I continue with this, or chop before they ruin my harvest? Feeding no nutes from here on out. Any feedback welcome, some shitty trich pics and a pic of the bugs attached that I took through my loop

 

[SmokeStache]

@Herby Paisley @CagedApe any thoughts? Sorry, you guys are my only hope per this thread

 

[Herby Paisley]

If your trichomes are ripen to where you want them, Then I would cut them and save yourself a hassle of battling the bugs. If not you could try a 1/4 inch layer of sand on top of your soil that will keep most soil bugs out.

 

[SmokeStache]

Thank you sir. Waiting for the right time