DutchHazeDog
Active Member
Hi guys! After having spent a little over a year reading off internet forums and trying to grow smoke-worthy fruit I thought it was time to start sharing how things are going in my garden. Here in the Netherlands the online community isn't too big and as I've mainly been following anglophone grow journals and threads i thought it was more appropriate to share this journal with you guys!
FOR SHORT READ SKIP THE INTRO.
INTRO :
I know the coffeeshop weed isn't at the same level as those silver-coated medical nuggets I've only had the chance to glare at pictures of, but when you know the good placed to buy you can find good quality bud that matches the taste and potency of the strain it comes from. This is to say I will be comparing results with coffeeshop ganja but this might not always be accurate as for example at every shop where you buy amnesia (probably one of the most standard strains here, usually grown commercially from clone in holland) it can taste different and be of a different potency every time.
My last grow was in hydro (NFT nutrient film technique) with the plagron hydro nutes line, 400w hps (cant put more, growing indoors here is illegal - however when small grows are found they usually only confiscate the plants and grow equipment without making too much of a deal about it). The strain was the og#18 from reserva privada. It didn't smell much during the grow but after 2 months dry (of which 5 weeks in jars) an omnipresent but smooth diesel odor with hints of pine and sand came from the buds and it was a pretty good smoke, of slightly less good quality than the og#18 i tried in amsterdam but with a really nice medical effect. All in all quite a few things messed up during the grow (plants had a crazy stretch at start of flowering and unfortunatly i couldnt visit my grow room for a couple of weeks at the time, when i came back half the top colas were less than 10 cm from the hps, most of them showing signs of burn). Eventually 120g of dried bud came off and 4g iceolator from all the popcorn and trim (about 25g popcorn).
My grows before this one were more like trials ( I harvested a total of 180g out of chaotic grows) as i had many concerns with having to hide the grow areas whilst builders would come daily to work in my appartment (i live in a shared student appartment, with 3 other greenboys) and i had to move the plants daily to rooms in which they would not work.
THE CURRENT GROW :
7 october 2013:
I germinated 3 dark devil and 3 big devil xl. 1 big devil didnt germinate (first time ever so far out of the 50 seeds ive done till now) and one didnt survive being planted as she never penetrated the surface of the soil. So i have 3 dark devils and one big devil xl growing. I placed them under 80w cfl @2700k (i know this ain't good ill upgrade to 150w 6400k cfl - or something similar - next grow). Average temps : 27-30c and average humidity 55%, lights on 24h.
17 october :
I transplanted them (they were about 10cm) into 18l square pots (in which i think they will stay till the end - i might try one dark devil in a 25l pot to compare if the 18l get pot bound). I watered them the day after the transplant as too avoid stressing them. Placed them in a 60cm*60cm*160cm tent with 125 cfm vent, 250w growlux hps with cooltube and a tent ventilator blowing straight on them to make them a little stronger (at least i hope this is what it does). It was 30c the first three days but i managed to cool it down to 27 which it has been till today.
21 october :
Leaves look big enough to start foliar feeding without having the plants bending under the weight of their wet leaves. I foliar feed with a ph of 6-6.5, please warn me if this is wrong
. I also placed a reflective hood on the 250w. I didnt do this the 17th because wanted to avoid stressing these autos.
28 october today :
Theres a noticeable plant growth acceleration since i started foliar feeding but it is most likely because the plats are meant to grow nice and fast from now on.
PLANNING :
Throughout my whole grow i will be keeping the water ph at 6.4-6.8 and the foliar feeding (up untill bud sites form) ph at 6-6.5. My temp at 27c and i will try lower it to around 25.5c at the end of the grow for denser nuggets and to try and get more of the dark color out of those devils. My humidity is always around 40-55, i dont do anything to adjust it but i doubt that its my grow's limiting factor at the moment. My nutrients are from the make elixer. They are organic soil nutes bought at my local growshop (which aint the best, its meant for big commercial growers that are in it for the $$). I will upgrade to fox farm or something next grow to see the difference. The grow medium is plagron light soil mix.
OBJECTIVE : HARVEST NEARLY EVERY MONTH
My objective is to harvest every 35-40 days so i grow 65 day auto strains (which i think will take me at least 75 days to finish). I have a tent of 60*60*160 and a G-tools closet of 78*118*176 cm
G-Kit Bonanza empty (1m2) |
I will use the tent as the first month area (not veg area as they will start bloom before they are out of there) and the closet for finishing the flowering. I have just ordered a pack of 10x advanced biodiesel mass which i will start in about a week for the next grow.
FOR SHORT READ SKIP THE INTRO.
INTRO :
I know the coffeeshop weed isn't at the same level as those silver-coated medical nuggets I've only had the chance to glare at pictures of, but when you know the good placed to buy you can find good quality bud that matches the taste and potency of the strain it comes from. This is to say I will be comparing results with coffeeshop ganja but this might not always be accurate as for example at every shop where you buy amnesia (probably one of the most standard strains here, usually grown commercially from clone in holland) it can taste different and be of a different potency every time.
My last grow was in hydro (NFT nutrient film technique) with the plagron hydro nutes line, 400w hps (cant put more, growing indoors here is illegal - however when small grows are found they usually only confiscate the plants and grow equipment without making too much of a deal about it). The strain was the og#18 from reserva privada. It didn't smell much during the grow but after 2 months dry (of which 5 weeks in jars) an omnipresent but smooth diesel odor with hints of pine and sand came from the buds and it was a pretty good smoke, of slightly less good quality than the og#18 i tried in amsterdam but with a really nice medical effect. All in all quite a few things messed up during the grow (plants had a crazy stretch at start of flowering and unfortunatly i couldnt visit my grow room for a couple of weeks at the time, when i came back half the top colas were less than 10 cm from the hps, most of them showing signs of burn). Eventually 120g of dried bud came off and 4g iceolator from all the popcorn and trim (about 25g popcorn).
My grows before this one were more like trials ( I harvested a total of 180g out of chaotic grows) as i had many concerns with having to hide the grow areas whilst builders would come daily to work in my appartment (i live in a shared student appartment, with 3 other greenboys) and i had to move the plants daily to rooms in which they would not work.
THE CURRENT GROW :
7 october 2013:
I germinated 3 dark devil and 3 big devil xl. 1 big devil didnt germinate (first time ever so far out of the 50 seeds ive done till now) and one didnt survive being planted as she never penetrated the surface of the soil. So i have 3 dark devils and one big devil xl growing. I placed them under 80w cfl @2700k (i know this ain't good ill upgrade to 150w 6400k cfl - or something similar - next grow). Average temps : 27-30c and average humidity 55%, lights on 24h.
17 october :
I transplanted them (they were about 10cm) into 18l square pots (in which i think they will stay till the end - i might try one dark devil in a 25l pot to compare if the 18l get pot bound). I watered them the day after the transplant as too avoid stressing them. Placed them in a 60cm*60cm*160cm tent with 125 cfm vent, 250w growlux hps with cooltube and a tent ventilator blowing straight on them to make them a little stronger (at least i hope this is what it does). It was 30c the first three days but i managed to cool it down to 27 which it has been till today.
21 october :
Leaves look big enough to start foliar feeding without having the plants bending under the weight of their wet leaves. I foliar feed with a ph of 6-6.5, please warn me if this is wrong
. I also placed a reflective hood on the 250w. I didnt do this the 17th because wanted to avoid stressing these autos.28 october today :
Theres a noticeable plant growth acceleration since i started foliar feeding but it is most likely because the plats are meant to grow nice and fast from now on.
PLANNING :
Throughout my whole grow i will be keeping the water ph at 6.4-6.8 and the foliar feeding (up untill bud sites form) ph at 6-6.5. My temp at 27c and i will try lower it to around 25.5c at the end of the grow for denser nuggets and to try and get more of the dark color out of those devils. My humidity is always around 40-55, i dont do anything to adjust it but i doubt that its my grow's limiting factor at the moment. My nutrients are from the make elixer. They are organic soil nutes bought at my local growshop (which aint the best, its meant for big commercial growers that are in it for the $$). I will upgrade to fox farm or something next grow to see the difference. The grow medium is plagron light soil mix.
OBJECTIVE : HARVEST NEARLY EVERY MONTH
My objective is to harvest every 35-40 days so i grow 65 day auto strains (which i think will take me at least 75 days to finish). I have a tent of 60*60*160 and a G-tools closet of 78*118*176 cm
G-Kit Bonanza empty (1m2) |
I will use the tent as the first month area (not veg area as they will start bloom before they are out of there) and the closet for finishing the flowering. I have just ordered a pack of 10x advanced biodiesel mass which i will start in about a week for the next grow.
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). I also noticed some darker (blueish) coloring of the leaves of the two non yellow dark devils. I think this is because of the lower temps ive had the past two days (18c at night and 24.5-26.5 when lights are on) and the purple genetics possible affect this aswell. Thats all for now, im currently preparing the next closet to which the plants will be transferred in a week or two. 
