Lumi Learns to Grow

[lumiloop]

Hello! Newbie grower here. I just started growing in July and while it’s possible it might be my ADHD talking, boy do I think I’ve found a new lifelong passion! I love seeing everyone else’s grows, so thought I’d document my own.

First, here’s my current (and also first) grow - Blueberry Muffin by HSC on day 29 of flower. Plan on seeing more of these! Growing media is Coco/Perlite/WC.

And here’s my second grow that has already been harvested - Purple Lemonade Auto by Fast Buds. This thing has been through it! Grew it in a random soil mix and definitely over-watered in the beginning. It also spent half its life outside with temps in the high 40s and got spider-mites at the end.

I don’t think many would consider that one successful, but I do! I learned so much from it.

Now to start my third grow - Rosetta Stone by Brother’s Grimm Seeds. Hopefully I won’t regret starting these too soon before harvesting my Blueberry Muffins, but I’m really trying to minimize any downtime I might have. I have 100 seeds, so I figured I’d pop 5 and keep the best 2 when time to transplant comes. They’re currently germinating and I plan on planting them later today.

Going to be growing in a Coco/Perlite/WC mix and thinking of A/B-ing Grow Dots vs Bottle but still not sure, yet. Anyone have experience with Grow Dots in coco specifically? I could save it for when I do a soil run instead.

What’s in the pipeline?
Well, I definitely have enough seeds that I’m set for more than a few grows. Here’s currently where I’m at for unpopped seeds, so expect to see some of these in the future. Would love to hear anyone’s experience with any of these.

Current Inventory:
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Blueberry Muffin (Humboldt Seed Co) - 2
Purple Lemonade Auto (420 Fast Buds) - 4
Strawberry Blue (World of Seeds) - 2
Critical Neville Haze Auto (Delicious Seeds) - 2
Cinderella 99 by (Brother’s Grimm)- 100
Rosetta Stone (Brother’s Grimm)- 95
Ice Princess x Gluey (Brother’s Grimm) - 15
Junky 99 (Brother’s Grimm) - 15
Cinderella 99 x Riddle OG (Brother’s Grimm) - 15

I’ve been enjoying growing in Coco, but I will be looking to experiment with different medias and watering methods as well. I just don’t like the idea that I can’t leave town for more than a few days as things stand right now, so I might end up moving to soil, DWC, or trying some auto-watering devices like blumats or autopots. No idea!

I look forward to keeping you guys updated on my journey. Thanks for reading!

[Foreigner]

Looks good man

[gedLang]

Having a hundred seeds is so great - takes the pressure off and gives you material to experiment with. I don’t have any experience with grow dots, but I think it’s a fine idea to try things out until you find what works for you.

Your current grow is looking really nice! Healthy leaves.

[hddeuce03]

Welcome, those are looking really good!

[lumiloop]

Thanks, guys. Thinking I’ll skip the grow dots for my upcoming grow and use it on my next Purple Lemonade one instead.

Blueberry Muffin - 32F
Top bud and some trichome pics below. Hoping HSC’s 45 day claim is pretty accurate. I was surprised to see so many amber, but it is mainly on just the buds closest to the light. Gotta try for a more even canopy next time, I guess.

Rosetta Stone
I planted the 5 Rosetta Stone seeds last night and was surprised to see #2 by far and away leading in growth. Gonna keep an eye on that one! #5 is just starting to break the soil, but the others are nowhere to be seen so far. I am probably gonna skip the paper towel for future grows. I just feel like it’s one more step for me to kill the plants.

[Illicitmango]

Your grows look great! I’d call it a success, especially if you’re learning and enjoying the ride. Happy harvests!

[gedLang]

Harvesting in two weeks from when those pics were taken sounds about right to me, they are looking good. It does seem like a fair amount of amber in that top right pic, but there are still fresh pistils and the other tricrome shots do not have much amber.

I agree with skipping the paper towel. I would use a paper towel for a germination test to check how viable a large lot of seeds is. But otherwise I just plant directly into soil and if a seed doesn’t come up I would just plant another in the soil. Many experienced growers seem to use paper towel germination still, so I expect it is a personal preference thing.

[lumiloop]

Thanks for the insight, gedLang! You’ve cemented my decision of skipping the paper towel next time. I did plant directly when I grew my auto and that worked well. It had problems, but germinating was not one!

Blueberry Muffins
I noticed something happening on the upper fan leaves. I had been going very light on my nitrogen (grow bottle) and just cutting it out completely on most feeds lately because I had been going so heavy into flowering, so I’m hoping it was just from that? Not entirely sure. I bumped it back to the recommended amount based on the high yield chart (5ml/gal) and haven’t noticed any progression since. I also lowered the light intensity from 8 to 7 and raised the light up a bit. Current PPFD is around 700 for the most part with 900 at the uppers and 500 at the lowers.

I tied some of the outer branches down in an attempt to spread things out a bit and get more light/air to the lower center buds. I’m not thrilled with being pushed against the grow tent now, but I did notice a new growth green on the lower buds the next day.

Rosetta Stone
All of the seedlings have sprouted and are doing pretty well. #5 did have part of the seed’s husk stick to the leaf that I had to pull off with tweezers, but other than that no big issues. Seedlings started out at 175ppfd and I just raised to 230ppfd for a ~15 DLI.

I’m trying to keep humidity high, but it has been pretty difficult in the current room since I’m running the dehumidifier 24/7 for my blueberry muffin grow. I’m trying to find a nice equilibrium but have been unsuccessful so far, so I’ll have huge swings both ways. If I can’t manage to get things settled, I’ll probably just buy an AC Infinity controller to make things easy.

For watering, I’m giving them a varied PH from 5.8 to 6.2. The HW plants are getting run off every day. RW plants are just how I would water normally, so I’m picking them up and if they’re heavy I’m leaving them alone and if light I’ll water till runoff. LW I’m trying to keep light but moist.

Current Nutrients: Blue Planet Farmer’s Pride Line
2ml/gal Silica
4ml/gal CalMag
1.5ml/gal Grow/Micro/Bloom
1.5ml/gal VitaBlue
1/4 tsp/gal of Great White myco
TDS @ 312ppm