Dragoond2's Soil Girl Scout Crack & Others Grow Journal 2019

[Dragoond2]

So like I had said third grow and I'm not feeling to impressed by ffof soil. I find what looks to me like mulch and twigs it doesn't seem to be fully composted. Has anyone else noticed this or did I get a bad bag?

 

[Preston9mm]

I think I was a bit more concerned about light intensity in the early weeks and some about height not wanting the lower leaves touching the soil or hold on to moisture by have lower leaves stacked so close together. I got a small fan on them but I did add a humidifier now I do worry about mold. Thanks for all the likes @Preston9mm my phone was blowing up.

I "like" a bunch as I'm reading along to mark my spot. It helps me find where I left off as I follow along.

I'll try to help where I can. I'm not quite as technical as some of the growers around here, but you can bet I've probably made every possible mistake over the years.

My Temple of Bloom journal has been running from the beginning. LoL, some of the early posts are cringeworthy!

But.... I've learned from all those blunders and proudly share the stories. LoL

I'll be around, holler if ya need... I'm generally just lurking in the background.

 

[MrSauga]

Hey, finally made it! See... you got Preston here already.

So Beez has been taking care of you great lately by the looks of things! I agree it looked like a lot of water but maybe they were just watered before the pics were taken, idk.

So I know this is ridiculous of me but after a week and some growth with the 300w Mars hydro light I changed back to the 600w vivosun at 17 inch from canopy.

The droop to me is that the light's too low. But as Preston mentioned, you're limited in top space. Swap the light back to 300 for veg and 600 after stretch. To me you need a bit of stretch right now so lift the lights a bit. You can control the stretch since they are photos. No need to rush the flip.

So like I had said third grow and I'm not feeling to impressed by ffof soil. I find what looks to me like mulch and twigs it doesn't seem to be fully composted. Has anyone else noticed this or did I get a bad bag?

The FFOF is a great soil. I've used many bags and haven't had a problem. It's Ocean Forest, so lots of forest goodies in it. If it's smells like really rich forest smelling stuff it's fine. If it's not composted I would imagine it would have an off smell to it.
You added 25% perlite, which has taken away the properties of the drainage of FFOF. It is pre-built with enough perlite to keep great drainage throughout the grow. You would have been better to add 5% perlite to a sea compost, mix it up, then drop in the bottom of the pot before adding FFOF.

 

[Dragoond2]

Here's a photo update for you guys.

Girl scout crack

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• Dragoond2
• Mar 15, 2019

Girl scout crack day 15

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• Dragoond2
• Mar 15, 2019

Girl scout crack

Lemonchello haze

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• Dragoond2
• Mar 15, 2019

Lemonchello haze day 14

Critical purple kush

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• Dragoond2
• Mar 15, 2019

Critical purple kush day 13

 

[MrSauga]

They're actually looking really good! What's the problem again?

 

[Dragoond2]

Lol idk new grower nervousness I guess. But first warm day of the year tent has spiked to 91°f rh high is 61%. Not sure if I should be worried about that.

 

[MrSauga]

Well 91 is hot. You'll need to get it down if you can. The good thing going for you is the RH is good so the temps are not as nasty. But try and get it down to at least 85.

 

[Dragoond2]

Gave the GSC I little sniff and she is smelling nice actually smelling like weed last grow was strawberry kush and it smell like a tomato plant until flower

 

[MrSauga]

You were stating on my thread you didn't really know what to write in your journal. Helpful things are the amount of water you gave, the pH of the water, any changes you made to the environment, the RH and temps... all these things can be put at the top of your post whenever you do a progress update.
Pictures you already know we love.

 

[Dragoond2]

Moved my intake tubing and now with the tent open it's down to 86 and still going down I'll check it in like an hr or so to see what the temp says. I'll also turn my exhaust fan on high.

 

[MrSauga]

Unless you're in the tropics, plants like it best between 75-80F, with a 10 degree drop(approx) at night. RH in veg at 60-70%, I shoot for 65%, and 45-55% in flower, if you have good ventilation. Lower if you can't circulate your air effectively.

 

[Dragoond2]

Ya with the cooler temps outside it was easy to stay around 75-80° and have an rh of 60-70. But now the hotter days are coming it's going to get harder and my GF doesn't like running the a/c for some reason.

 

[Dragoond2]

I may have to try my hand at cloning this GSC she is so lively.

 

[Dragoond2]

Checked temp showed 84° put I may just rotate my room so I can have the tent on the same wall as the a/c vent and put the intake duct in front of it

 

[MrSauga]

Another item to fix on your journal. At the top of the page, under your title, and beside your member name, is what looks like a tag. If you click on it you can add words that relate to this grow. So when someone does a search say on GSC, and you have GSC in your tags up top, they'll most likely see your journal.

Good luck with the temps. If they are responding well I wouldn't worry too much, just look for any odd changes all of a sudden. Some plants are not bothered by higher temps.

 

[Dragoond2]

So feed the baby's some nutes 1ml of each of week 2 minus the black diamond and started some lst on the girl scout crack. Also raised lights a few inches trying to get temps stable and I have noticed that the higher they are the lower my temps go. Now on to the photos.

Girl scout crack

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• Dragoond2
• Mar 18, 2019

Girl scout crack 2 weeks 4 days

Lemonchello haze

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• Dragoond2
• Mar 18, 2019

Lemonchello haze 2 weeks 3 days

Critical purple kush

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• Dragoond2
• Mar 18, 2019

Critical purple kush 2 weeks 2 days

Guys let me know if I should be concerned about anything y'all notice.
I did notice a spot on the lemonchello haze check the attached photo

 

[MrSauga]

If it's isolated to one spot only, and on one leaf, it's probably nute splash or a water droplet acting as a magnifying glass when the lights are on. I wouldn't worry if it's isolated. As that leaf grows, the mark will get bigger if it doesn't create a hole in the leaf.

 

[MrSauga]

The nodes on the last two plants look like they could use some spacing. What height are the lights at from the canopy?

 

[Dragoond2]

From the 2 smaller plants 21 inches and from gsc 19-20 inches. I have noticed that the gsc is really healthy biggest stems I have grow. She is growing big in all the right ways beside maybe height, but I do have a height restriction with the tent only 4 feet tall.

 

[r0am1ng st0ner]

your plants look great. they are close in size to mine so I will watch yours occasionally.