T0P grow journal

Sup growmies :v: y’all have a peaceful day

Love smokin my own clean medicine!
Hope y’all like what I share :green_heart:

It has been a while but after a friend gave me some clones I got my grow room back up and running.

Loved growing with my 400W HDI on soil in a small 3’x3’ grow room but want to get familiar with new full spec led bars which I will post later on… For now we have the HDI back up and running 9 clones in 6 gallon grow bags and gonna do another run under 300W full spectrum LED bars with supplemental IR and UV.

My plants are grown on a mix off organic soil, organic compost, worm castings and added some guano as finishing touch to it. I use pure rainwater and if needed I might add some compost tea in late blooming stages to give some boost.

Got some Blue Cheese, Critical Kush, Critical and Shiva Skunk clones from an outdoor greenhouse.
The run we startin with has 3x Blue Cheese, 3x Critical Kush and 3x Critical clones which I try to keep low but poppin. They had a little pre growing under 16h HDI for 2 weeks :sunglasses:


BLOOMING
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Blooming, the beginning… :hugs:

The clones came from a greenhouse and noticed some thrips after a few days.
Put in some predator bugs and seems like I was right on time to get rid off them thrips :face_with_monocle: :partying_face: :wink:


~WEEK 3:
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Blooming, just did a good last trim :axe: :axe: :axe:


~WEEK 4:
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Blooming, they starts goin :four_leaf_clover: :four_leaf_clover: :four_leaf_clover:


~WEEK 5:
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Blooming, in good progress :sunglasses: :sunglasses: :sunglasses:


meanwhile

Set up another 3’x3’ with 300w full spectrum LED bars and supplemental UV & IR for these future Shiva Skunk clones. They stalled when I got them so had to put them aside and treat them with some love.
Might be the genetics but still want to try these ladies :kissing_heart: :kissing_heart: :kissing_heart:


~WEEK 6:
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Doing good :+1: :+1: :+1:


Some bud shots I took off week 6



~WEEK 7:
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Some dusty bud shots :face_in_clouds: :face_in_clouds: :face_in_clouds:


meanwhile

preparing something under 24h LED
Here we have 6x Shiva Skunk clones 2x Blue Cheese clones and a Gelato Auto from seed in 4 gallon pots
My smaller clones started flowering so on a mission to revege them :nerd_face: :nerd_face: :nerd_face:


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About to take out one Critical Kush plant in the right back corner :thinking: lets wait few days more.


Few bud shots from week 9



meanwhile

Gelato auto and the other clones doin great under 24h LED (about 30% at this stage) gonna flip them soon!


~WEEK 10:
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Bud shots :partying_face: :face_in_clouds: :100:

Most ladies are ready for harvest, Critical can go few weeks longer but I want to taste this medicine and make room for a next run. Love the smell off this Blue Cheese, Critical has a funny special odor at this stage and Critical Kush is decent but not to special. :v: :+1: :cheese:


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Got them now for 18 days every day 24h on 30% 300W full spectrum LED and 16x for 5 min UV.
This is where I end the growing stage, raise FSLED to 70% and flip them. Turned on my IR 15 min to put them asleep and15 min to waking them up every day from now on.

The 2 plants in the back corners are both Blue Cheese and again they seem to start some trouble. Will have an eyes on these ladies cause am pretty sure they caused the pest on the first run.


:sleeping:


More to come…

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You packed so many months into a single post. Nothing but eye candy too. Nice grows you got there! I think the led will do some amazing things for you. The buds are looking really dense especially the critical. Nicely done!

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Thanks a lot dear Overgrowers!
:blush: :smiling_face_with_three_hearts: :hugs:


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These girls just gone little over 10 weeks
:scissors: :scissors: :scissors:

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Made some sacred medicine.
:poop: :poop: :poop:


…meanwhile continues


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[LED ROOM]
~WEEK1:
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Welcome to my first LED grow.
Lets start this new experience.

Flipping the switch to start these girls blooming!
Ramping up to 85% to get the auto pumping!

We start of with;
1 Gelato Auto
2 Blue Cheese
6 Shiva Skunk

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[VEG ROOM]
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Prepping my last 2 Shiva Skunk and making some room for new seeds which I expect in my mailbox soon!
:mailbox_closed: :mailbox: :mailbox_with_mail:

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[HID ROOM]
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Popped 2 autos an started preparing next run in HID room.
Here we are gonna start with;
1 Gorilla Glue Auto
1 Blueberry Auto
2 Shiva Skunk

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[VEG ROOM]
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Some revegged clones.

:person_feeding_baby: :person_feeding_baby: :person_feeding_baby:

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[LED ROOM]
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UV putting the girls to sleep…

:zzz: :zzz: :zzz:

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[LED ROOM]
~WEEK2:
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Shiva Skunk is stretching pretty well Blue Cheese in the back corners less but we will see how these 2 go.

Gelato Auto front row on right side is week 4 from seed at this stage kicking it, gave her 2 weeks 24/7 full spectrum LED on low % gotta say am impressed by them LEDs!!!

:hammer: :hammer: :hammer:

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[VEG ROOM]
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Started playing with these clones, broke down there tiny branches to stimulate more growth.
The 2 autos are 1 week old and doing beter in this room with 24/7 propagation light.

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[HID ROOM]
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Bending some branches to create a big bush.

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UV wakin the girls…

:sunrise_over_mountains: :sunglasses: :sunflower:

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Gelato auto week 5 had to bend her cause she kept stretching.

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[LED ROOM]
~WEEK3:
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Them girls are at a perfect hight for me and hope we see some blooming soon.

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We’re entering week 4 so gave a good trim hoping to slow down the stretch and trigger some blooming.
Don’t have much room left and these plants are growing taller then anticipated but its looking good for now.

Blue Cheese stays smaller so lifted them little up and I think they are slowly starting to bloom.

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Had to put out a friendly army to hunt thrips cause I started to notice some traces again.

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Some strange growth on a Shiva Skunk, it might be damage from the vent or some pest am not sure.
She tends to get bruised fairly quickly when bending her branches so lets hope we don’t get rot to easy.

It’ll depend on how well I manage to control humidity during this first LED run.
On my opinion this strain has some bad genetics.

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[ HID ROOM]
~DAY0:
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Have been preparing these for 2 weeks and they are ready to get flipped so this is day 0.

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[LED ROOM]
~WEEK4:
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Week 4 Blue Cheese is slowly starting to bloom and looking forward to how Shiva Skunk does under HID cause she is taking a while to start blooming.

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Gelato auto day 46 from seed is looking good and smelling amazing!!

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[VEG ROOM]
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Absolutely! Feels good knowing what went in and there’s nothing like enjoying the fruits of your labor. :peace_symbol:

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Looks killer! Youve got everything dialed in nicely. Those are some happy plants.

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Beautiful grow :heart_eyes: hope you are finding good medicine in your rooms!

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:maple_leaf: :maple_leaf: :maple_leaf:

Started dosing up some nuties to these girls, they are getting tall so might going to need some extra food, also Gelato is gonna enter week 7 which gives little room to give her some extras, not that she needs it cause she is looking pretty healthy. Shiva Skunk is stalling her stretch finally but sure won’t be ready soon. Lets give theme some more rest …

:zzz:

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[HID room]
~WEEK1:
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These two Shiva Skunk bushes are ready for good trim to stimulate the growth let’s get to work!
Auto flowers week two from seed are doing pretty good in this reused soil from last run.

… two days later, auto flowers had good growth in 48h!
Put some fresh soil on top and did some trimming on the bushes.

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[LED room]
~WEEK5:
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It is probably at this point I start to notice UV is still on and might be messing with the blooming on these feminized girls cause we are about week 5 and still not a bud. This strains are 99% indica 6 weeks short bloomers so probably not to big off a deal. Hope it didn’t fuck up the bloom period to bad but am starting to run out off space and need to start bend there heads.

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GELATO AUTO DAY53
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Gelato auto day 53 from seed at this stage (about 10more days in theory) thanks she didn’t suffer much on that UV light.
She might probably start to (need) some UV now she is entering her last 3 weeks on my opinion. Gave her a last good dose of nuties to max out her beautiful buds. It’s interesting to see how it might effect your plants bloom in way, certainly regular or feminized but sure it does has some effect on auto as well. Curios to do this Gelato auto over next run without UV to watch the difference if there still some of these beens in my vault.

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One Shiva Skunk looks lot greener and stronger standing under the warm HID duct so am glad she likes it. Looks like we might start see buds soon, started to bend there heads to the limit as there is limit space but so far so good.
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SEE YA!!
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Nice journal! That Gelato is looking real beefy. Putting on the weight. Leaves looking very slender too.

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:four_leaf_clover: :slightly_smiling_face: :four_leaf_clover:
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[VEG ROOM]
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[HID room]
~WEEK2:
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They suffer little from low humidity but am on to that, bending the branches almost every day and loving how strong they get cause both got some decent stems will post some pics later on.

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[LED room]
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Started lowering PH a little bit for these girls to be able to consume there nutes properly.
Think these are my tallest Indica plants I grew indoor, wasn’t meant for this to happen but we learned something about UV input. Started to bent the main branches to win some extra space hope it will do.
Shiva Skunk in the HID room already has buds in less than 3 weeks so hoping these start blooming soon.

GELATO AUTO DAY 60 & 61

Smells perfect, in 3 days this Gelato auto should be (ready) week 9 but will give her 2 extra weeks.

Funny to see these two pics were taken on different times and they have almost identical positions.

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[HID room]
~WEEK3:
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Blueberry auto

Gorilla Glue auto

Autos are day 37 at this stage, clumsy me dropped something on the Gorilla Glue thats why the damaged leaves but they growing strong and Shiva Skunk is already starting flowering.
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GELATO AUTO DAY 62

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:skunk: :skunk: :skunk:

:sneezing_face: :sneezing_face: :sneezing_face:

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Sup ladies and gentlemen, beginning the year sick was not what anybody would’ve wished for but something got me real bad! Things aren’t going how I had hoped so had to make a sad decisions today and call for a break! I promise to be back up running in a few months if nothing happens to me in the meanwhile but wish you all the best in life!

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[HID] week 3 ~ Trim - Shiva Skunk / Gorilla Glue / Blueberry
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Week 3 although these two bushes started flowering pretty fast I gave them a rough trim, wan’t light reaching all buds so they can develop well and don’t want them to steal any space of the two autos next to them.

Some pics from before and after the trim.

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Gelato auto DAY 63

Official harvest day of this Gelato auto might give her few more days but could use the space so we’ll see.

Gelato Auto DAY 67

She is about ready, sitting outside the tent waiting to be taken down.

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[LED room]
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So these should be ready by now, we lost some time but will keep them going only problem wil be the space hope I don’t get to much light burn. Placed the Blue cheese in the back bended the main branches so they are good to go.

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[HID] week 4 - Shiva Skunk / Gorilla Glue / Blueberry
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Blueberry

Gorilla Glue

:green_heart: Love this Gorilla Glue auto she going to be a beauty !!!

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Gelato auto DAY 70

Been a wile being this sick I personally never felt like I had covid before but this might be it we’ll never know for sure. Gelato sitting lonely outside her cage can’t handle it atm feel like doing shit for days.

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These girls weren’t going to make my deadline so took the down for composting and will switch rooms to finish the rest. If only I had the energy to start the cleanup for my break it would be blessing.

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Started cleaning up for a short break at this point and worked my ass off today so let’s hope we sweated out this shitty VIRUS. Gelato got finally harvested but without being able to smell anything it was not with joy can’t believe my nose is this fucked we can’t event smell a gelato!

RESULT

Now lets see what there reaction is going to be with the light change on these ladies.

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[HID] week 5 - Shiva Skunk / Gorilla Glue / Blueberry
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These girls have been moved to my LED room about 4 days ago and seem to react pretty good.
Had the feeling something was off on the bud growth of these 2 Shiva Skunk bushes but nothing to worry about I hope. Autos are growing vivid, they got tall but got the perfect hight and really love this Gorilla Glue she looking perfect :100:

First time to encounter an adult alive and he looks te be nibbling some Gelato terps sticking on the wall.

:butterfly: :heart_eyes: :butterfly:

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Hasta la vista, growmies! :v:

I’ll be back to close off this topic before taking my short break.

:green_heart: Big love!

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Hi everyone,

Already started my break so decided to finish this final post cause we finally figured what effected the grow. I initially thought the problem had to do with the UV lights but it turned out to be a malfunctioning timer on the IR light which caused them to stay on every night. This effected the regs and might have effected the autos in some way as well. It came to my attention when the 2 reg Shiva Skunk bushes I had moved to my LED room started to revege in some way, not that it did matter anymore at this point due to the fact we started to close in on my planned break. Was sick and had no sent at all fore more then 3 weeks which took away the joy of growing this batch. Didn’t get to see or smell the results of these 3 strains I still had going. For sure I do regret not being able to finish off this Gorilla glue auto which had a lovely profile but would had needed at least 4 more weeks. They all did end up in my fridge to make some dabs, butter or cream.

One week later…

This is how far they got before I had to take evrything down.

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Take care growmies, we will be back soon for a fresh start !

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