First Grow! So Very Excited To Share The Progress Day By Day

[ChronicKid007]

Day 14 - July 7, 2018: Unfortunately she was still pretty moist last night so I waited to transfer. Now she’s dry enough, but goes to sleep in a few hours. Just going to wait until she wakes up around 5.

Will post pre and post transplant pics then.

 

[MrSauga]

Hey Chronic, I'm a little late but enjoyed reading your journal. I'm gonna pull up my stool under the lights and watch 'em grow with ya.

 

[Dankman_420]

 

[vyserage]

I used 2 vipar 600's in a 4x4 tent. Also the inline fan and small fans inside (my inline came at a later grow). We have damn near identicle setup and climate it seems haha. I finished my grow (it was my Grow #1), its in the sig if you want to check it out. I had decent results and great results with heavily defoliating after the flower stretch to one of my plants.

 

[ChronicKid007]

I used 2 vipar 600's in a 4x4 tent. Also the inline fan and small fans inside (my inline came at a later grow). We have damn near identicle setup and climate it seems haha. I finished my grow (it was my Grow #1), its in the sig if you want to check it out. I had decent results and great results with heavily defoliating after the flower stretch to one of my plants.

Awesome thank you! I'm going to read it now.

 

[ChronicKid007]

UPDATE Day 14: Temp 77 degrees and 37% humidity. The transplant was A SUCCESS!!!... I think. I filled 3 gal fabric pot around a red cup so that the soil left a nice little nook for the plant. I cut away from two pieces of the cup and kinda just peeled it back. Not too much soil was lost, and there was definitely no sign of her being root bound. I did, however, lose two whole roots. They just happened to be caught in the drainage hole on the bottom of the cup. It's been about three and a half hours since the transplant. The final photos were just taken, the rest were taken during and then immediately after watering.

Veeeeeery slowly, I watered her with about 1.5 liters of 6.0 PH'd water. A bit of runoff, but nothing too much to worry about I don't think. I did test the runoff because I noticed in a bunch of journals that other people did. It was suuuuuper acidic. Like 3.0 or so. But I'm thinking that's just because of the fresh soil?
Pics hopefully upload in order of the process.

Comments questions concerns, bring em!

P.S. Just noticed that I totally didn't take pics of the original cup after cutting it away; nor the roots that were pulled out or the plant in my hand. But let me tell you, for the first time holding a baby like that in my hands... it was a gentle precious moment no question.

Positive Mental Attitude all day. #itsthelittlethings

 

[vyserage]

i highly recommend you invest in a TDS/PH meter combo pack from amazon, they are cheap (less than $20) and well worth it.

Next, i would recommend you water the shi* outta that plant until you get 6.0 or above water coming out, its likely as you said, 3.0 due to new soil but you should keep watering until its coming out 6.0+ (thats where the meter comes in handy)

For now you could leave it be and order the meters if you have the cash, then take care of it when its easy to measure the ph.

Keep in mind calcium and magnesium are absorbed at higher ph levels so if you start getting some rust spots, this is due to ph not being high enough for the plant to eat cal/mag.

BELOW: calcium deficiency (little spots if u look closely)

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• vyserage
• Jun 2, 2018

BELOW: Mag deficiency (atleast i think thats what that one is, usually cal/mag def go hand in hand with each other)

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• vyserage
• Jun 2, 2018

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• vyserage
• Jun 2, 2018

And below is the chart to show at which ph each nutrient is taken in by the plant. If your ph isnt there, you can have plenty of that nutrient in your soil but your plant wont eat it due to ph being too high or low.

soil pH chart

• vyserage
• Oct 16, 2017

 

[vyserage]

@ChronicKid007 i updated above post with pics to show.

 

[ChronicKid007]

@ChronicKid007 i updated above post with pics to show.

Unbelievable. You’re incredible. I will have to water the shit out of it tomorrow, as I am just about to pass out.

So grateful for the insite, and I will update with pics tomorrow. Cheers.

 

[ChronicKid007]

Day 15 - July 8, 2018: Temp 80.4 and humidity was 33%. Also, I think I forgot to mention that after the transplant I raised the light to between 16-18 inches from the top of the plant. I realized that I did the conversion wrong from liters to gallons (I thought it was 2.2 to 1, when that is actually kilos to pounds) when watering yesterday. So today I watered her with 2.5 liters over a period of about 20 minutes. The goal of this was to increase the PH of the soil runoff because it was incredibly low yesterday. After it was thoroughly watered, the runoff came in at just about 6.

Honestly, I felt that it was too much water to begin with, so I didn't continue watering to increase the PH. I'm going with the hopes that the next time I water, the PH runoff will be perfect.

The baby herself looks healthy. Each leaf produces a delicious pungent aroma when you rub your finger on them. A friend told me that I will have to think about topping soon. I'm hoping it'll be ready before next weekend!

I will make decisions based upon her needs, but the general consensus I've gathered is that I shouldn't need to water her for another 3-5 days.

 

[DaddyKush]

 

[ChronicKid007]

Day 17 - 13 July, 2018

Temp 83.4 and humidity 35%.

I watered her slowly with 2.5 liters of water. Runoff was PH’d at 6.5 exactly! The leaves look wonderful and are growing each day.

No real updates today, but I am curious when to start nutes like Root 66.

Comments, questions, concerns are always welcomed!

 

[420BudzFreak]

Happy little plants! looking good!

 

[ChronicKid007]

Day 18 - July 11, 2018: The temperature was 76.6 with a humidity of 36. I was surprised the temperature was so low, because I think this is the first time I’ve recorded it below 80.

I’m a little worried because I’ve spotted something going on, and I’m not sure what it is. One of the fan leaves has a white dot on it, and another of the of the leaves veins is turning white. This is currently only happening on those two leaves. I’m scared to death it’s spider mites, but am really really hoping someone tells me otherwise.

PLEASE HELP!
Or maybe calm me down and say it’s nothing.

 

[ChronicKid007]

Happy little plants! looking good!

Just a minute too early! Haha

 

[ChronicKid007]

Upon checking again just now, it’s actually happening on the veins of a few leaves. But that one spot is the only spot.

 

[vyserage]

Looks fine to me, little things like that will happen. I learned to mostly ignore since grow 2 +. If it spreads to a very noticeable degree is when you will want to start looking into it. For now as long as your ph is in the 6.5'ish range, it'll be fine. Do you have a ppm meter to read how much the ppm is?

 

[ChronicKid007]

Looks fine to me, little things like that will happen. I learned to mostly ignore since grow 2 +. If it spreads to a very noticeable degree is when you will want to start looking into it. For now as long as your ph is in the 6.5'ish range, it'll be fine. Do you have a ppm meter to read how much the ppm is?

No ppm meter, but have been thinking about grabbing one for a while. I’ll order one today. Specific brand or type that works best?

 

[vyserage]

Pancellent Water Quality Test Meter TDS PH 2 in 1 Set

That will do the job if you dont already have a ph meter. Make sure to use cloth or something to dry the probes as much as you can after each use, otherwise you will get the white buildup on the probes and get inaccurate readings.

 

[vyserage]

This one was the first set i used and i preferred its TDS meter (the ppm reader, the white one)

Water Quality Test Meter Pancellent TDS PH EC Temperature 4 in 1 Set

i preferred it because it has 4x digits so 0000-9999, the other pack (the blue one) only has 3x digits with a 10x blinking symbol that means its in the 4th digit so add a 0.