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[Keefgrown]

This will be my first grow. I have no experience other than reviewing others grow journals, common sense and through trail and error over the past two months. ( SOON to FLOWER )
I decided to grow a total of 5 clones, Two Black Berries which I received after being clipped from its mother plant and traveling 8 hours. - The other three AlskanThunderFu, LemonSour, NorthernLightBlu I did not receive until a week or two after the BlackBerries.

Equipment & NUTES:
General Hydro : Gro/Bloom, Mirco, Nectar D, Flora Nectar, CALMAG, FloraBlend, Floralicious, SuperThrive.
Medium: Happy Frog/Ocean Forest
Lights: 90WLED, G8LED 240W
Tent: Apollo 48'x48'80 (VEG) Moving into 60'x60'80(Flower) w/ G8900 LED.



Medium for the BB Originally in the first two weeks consisted of fox farm warrior 1GAL? I'm thinking. Watering schedule for these plants was horrible, as the friend who provided the clones also provided bad information, Such as a 1GAL of water w/CALMAG per plant. I felt this water locked my plant, and pretty much stunted growth. Retaining water I felt it didn't need, also the pots had trouble releasing water. (Thankfully away from the issue).
Here are some of the early days:
Feb 27th/2015 - March 6th/2015

I used my buddies tent as a temp and 90W LED NOBRAND UFO.

More to come in the morning!
I will be providing all the humidity levels, and temperatures as well as my feeding schedule!
Please join in, I'd really appreciate the feed back!

Sneak Peak !

 

[Amadeus Forzin]

I'm in

 

[NewBoy420]

Good luck on your growing adventure.

 

[Keefgrown]

Hello Mr. Amazing, NewBoy420! Welcome to the Grow.

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A little back story, I received the black berries unexpectedly, thinking my friend was only bringing me a small tent & 90wLED/400W MID. Only enough space to grow one Plant! Now, that being said I'm very happy with the position I'm currently in. After realizing the space needed to grow, I quickly invested in a lager tent, and a higher power led, which would happen twice in the course of my adventure. Grabbing LemonSour,ATF,NorthernLightBlu March 7th.

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Transplant, #1 (Medium Happy Frog 100% / As well as the clones original soil mass)
BlackBerry 1&2 - Everything went as planned, tried the massage method; damaged some of the roots on the outside but all in all seemed 2% of the root system was screwed. (false percentages, I don't really know) guesstament.
LemonSour & Northern Light Blu - I Kept them undistributed in there soilless grow medium - Recommended ROUTE.
Alskan Thunder Fu- I tried the old dip and shake, followed some jerk, off of youtube; said use a dixxie cup same size.. - DO NOT, pretty much expanded making the soil grip the sides, when I tried moving the clone, I felt a rip in the roots OUCH! - You'll see in the pictures below.

- ATF VV Below w/ CRITICAL DMG

- Black Berry VV Below

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- Northern Light Blu VV Below

- Lemon Sour VV Below

Feed / Watering
The first three cycles, only CALMAG/SUPERTHRIVE (Every Third Day) - DID NOT WRITE DOWN FEED UNTIL MARCH 19TH
LIGHT CYCLE : 18HR ON / 6HR OFF.
TEMP: 77*-80* Lights on/ 71.8-72.4 Lights Off.
HML: 37.0%-45%(Post Misting) 48-53% - Tent holds levels fairly easily. Watering days humidity increase 1% then bounces back.
PH LEVEL : 6-6.5
PH SOIL RUN OFF :5.5-6.5
PPM: I never bought a meter... I'm foolish for this I'm told.


Later this evening I'll be posting March 10th - March 25TH.

Thank you again for taking interest in my growing adventures.

 

[Light Addict]

Here and subbed best of luck and holla at me anytime!

 

[Hungaluz]

subbed

 

[Green Dreamz]

Here I am buddy....so.....things look pretty good so far my friend but how about taking some natural light pics so we can see the green of the leaves better....the last pic looks like might be the start of a cal/mag defic but not sure with the shine of the leds......also...the nutes you are using...are they organic?....i am thinking they are the same as some samples i got and they were not organic.....if not then i would say you might be wasting good money on the ocean forest and happy frog as they are organic....i might be wrong but if not then look in to organic nutes and organic cal/mag as well......there is this whole sybiotic thing with the microbes in organic soil that you have to keep happy.....alright my friend.....have a good day

 

[Keefgrown]

That is the feed back I'm talking about!
Thank you very much, and I will love to take pictures of the plant.
Sadly only of the mature versions since those were taken in the begging of march.

Good eye, I did have a cal mag def - I misread the dosage and was barely giving the plant any CALMAG newbie mistake that I fixed.

 

[Keefgrown]

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Thank you, I'll check yours shortly.

 

[Green Dreamz]

Haha...no worries on the newbie mistake my friend...i have been back to growing for about 2 years this time....have had several succesful harvests....and just a month ago my girls started going downhill....ends up i failed to read the directions clearly for the cal/mag and was giving them double the max doselol.....so even with a little experience things get messed up for one reason or another.....i log it in my book of learn from's.....looking forward to the pics

 

[NewBoy420]

 

[donaldd]

returning the sub, stoked to see how they grow!

 

[PeytonManning]

Subbed

 

[PTSD 4 ME]

I'm in

 

[Keefgrown]

PTSD , Peyton, & Donald! Welcome.

Since it is later than expected I will be updating the journal in the morning.

Thank you for the community love, tomorrow I'll be able to sit back smoke a sax and relax! Converse and read up on everyone who's taken time to sub.

 

[CronicHempHog]

Subbed

 

[zimy810]

subbed

 

[Tranquilgreen]

Here I am in the second row. Watching and learning.

 

[Keefgrown]

Good morning, March 10-25th

I've been anything but perfect while on this journey, but in nature nothing goes as planned, so I don't let it effect the outlook on the grow. Yes, I've nute burned - had poor distance between my LEDS in the beginning... so if you are considering growing do it legally! I've learned cannabis is a very resilient plant that handles stressful conditions fairly easily.
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That being said, for the most part while you are growing I'd say try to stimulate the plants. Misting, Wind, even music seems to hold an effect. ( I let my old iPad Play Nature Sounds - Birds/Rain in during the lights being on, and crickets at night) Honestly, I've noticed that if sound wasn't stimulating the environment while setting it to night(off), the smell of freshly cut grass wouldn't take effect as quickly. Vise-versa for the danky smell in the morning(on).

OFFPOST - French physicist and musician, Joel Sternheimer, discovered the mechanism for how plants respond to the stimulation of sound waves. Sternheimer com-poses musical note sequences which help plants grow and has applied for an international patent.
- I want to appoligize for the poor quality of pictures and angles, this grow journal was a spare the moment idea.
March 10V - Northern Light Blu

March 11V - AlskanThunderFu

March 13 Group Picture

March 14 ATF - the critically dmg & GROUP PHOTO BLACKBERRY 1&2

BLACKBERRY 1&2 FrontRow / LemonSour Back Right / NLB Back Left

March 16th FULL GROUP

March 17-25th I'll update this evening (Really ), Now it's time to read up on everyone!



If you have any questions, comments or concerns about the grow please do not hesitate.

 

[Tranquilgreen]

You know I like the idea of music for the plants. I will definitely be adding that to the grow too.