Flying High With Hawk - 2024 Grow Journal

[Hawk518]

4/29/24
Day 42. Tried to tie down the plants the way suggested. Added GeoFlora Veg (second feeding) to all four plants. Watered all 4 (w. added CalMag). Appears that one of the Autos has started to flower. Crazy, especially since I didn’t plan on bringing it outside for another month. Curious how big this will get.

 

[Hawk518]

5/1/24
Sooo, was trying to gently bend a branch of my blueberry glue auto for LST and…SNAP! There went the top part of the plant! Didn’t top them so I wouldn’t stress them out and I end up breaking off a big part of the stem instead?! Brilliant. Just brilliant...

Can this Auto be salvaged?
Should I give up on it and start up another seed?

 

[InTheShed]

Bending is a multi-day process as you've learned, but topping an auto just as it starts to flower is something many of our best auto growers do, so let it go and see what happens!

 

[PlainOldGuy]

5/1/24
Sooo, was trying to gently bend a branch of my blueberry glue auto for LST and…SNAP! There went the top part of the plant! Didn’t top them so I wouldn’t stress them out and I end up breaking off a big part of the stem instead?! Brilliant. Just brilliant...

Can this Auto be salvaged?
Should I give up on it and start up another seed?

Bending is a multi-day process as you've learned, but topping an auto just as it starts to flower is something many of our best auto growers do, so let it go and see what happens!

Run it and see what she does. Don't have to worry about lst if you go straight to the hst.

 

[Hawk518]

5/4/24
Gently bent some of the stems for LST.
Watered the Photos.

SHORT NEPALI AUTO

4KINGDOMS - PHOTO

CBD CRITICAL MASS - PHOTO

BLUEBERRY GLUE - AUTO

 

[Hawk518]

5/5/24
Day 48. More LST. Turned the light up one notch to 75%. Short Nepali is getting tons of bud sites.

SHORT NEPALI - AUTO

BLUEBERRY GLUE - AUTO

 

[Hawk518]

5/9/24
Day 52 (since seeds in water). Watered all 4 plants w. added CalMag. Tent still pretty hot – mid 80’s. Need to get the lung room cooler.

SHORT NEPALI - AUTO

BLUEBERRY BLUE - AUTO

PHOTOS

 

[InTheShed]

That BBa has some nice growth going on and it's not even in flower yet! Are you going to veg the photoperiod until the autos are finished or just let the autos run on 12/12 when you do?

 

[Hawk518]

That BBa has some nice growth going on and it's not even in flower yet! Are you going to veg the photoperiod until the autos are finished or just let the autos run on 12/12 when you do?

Crazy thing is that the BlueBerry Glue Auto is the one that I accidently topped while trying to use LST on it.

Planning on planting the Photos outside in the next couple days and leaving the Autos in the tent til harvest.

 

[Hawk518]

5/14/24
The two Autos are looking good. Healthy and very bushy. The two Photos are looking pretty poor. Gave the two Autos their first feeding of GeoFlora Bloom. Gave the two Photos a feeding of GeoFlora Veg. Watered all 4 plants.

SHORT NEPALI - AUTO

BLUEBERRY GLUE - AUTO

 

[Hawk518]

5/16/24
Plants are REALLY starting to stink up the house. So, finally ordered my ventilation system and fans from Vivosun. Will be able to hook it all up to a smart controller monitor outside the tent. SO cool.

 

[Hawk518]

5/19/24
Once again, the Photos in the 1-gallon fabric grow pots looked really wilted. Watered them. Hopefully, they’ll perk up again soon. Need a chance to bring them outside and plant them. Debating putting both into the ground or plant one in ground and other in a larger fabric grow pot.

SHORT NEPALI - AUTO

BLUEBERRY GLUE - AUTO

 

[Hawk518]

5/22/24
Day 65. Finally got a chance to check on plants. Hadn’t really been able to properly care for them because of migraines and dad in hospital. All 4 plants were REALLY wilted. The two photos look horrible! Gave a thorough watering (w. added CalMag) to all. Hope this revives them. Lots of dead leaves due to drought. Turned the lights from 75% down to 25% for the rest of the day. Guessing a combination of high light intensity, high tent temperature and little water all helped nearly kill off all the plants!! Can’t let it go like this again…Hoping to plant the two photos in the backyard very very soon.

 

[PlainOldGuy]

5/22/24
Day 65. Finally got a chance to check on plants. Hadn’t really been able to properly care for them because of migraines and dad in hospital. All 4 plants were REALLY wilted. The two photos look horrible! Gave a thorough watering (w. added CalMag) to all. Hope this revives them. Lots of dead leaves due to drought. Turned the lights from 75% down to 25% for the rest of the day. Guessing a combination of high light intensity, high tent temperature and little water all helped nearly kill off all the plants!! Can’t let it go like this again…Hoping to plant the two photos in the backyard very very soon.

I hope your dad get's better. Will remember him in prayer.

 

[InTheShed]

Pops before plants. I hope he recovers sooner than the photos do!

 

[Stunger]

Hopefully those photos pick up heaps once you get them in the ground outside.

All the best for your Dad, I hope he's on the mend.

 

[Hawk518]

Thank you for all the well wishes for my dad. Greatly appreciated! He's been discharged from the hospital, but he's 93 and it's going to be a rough road going forwards.

 

[Hawk518]

5/23/24
Brought the two Phenos outside. They look a lot better than they did yesterday. They need to look a lot better still. Started prepping the area where want to plant the two Phenos. Need to get rid of the rocks. Soil looks like it has a lot of clay, so going to dig a huge hole and fill w. my soil. Very curious how big they can get when not in a grow pot.

PHOTOS

BLUEBERRY GLUE - AUTO

SHORT NEPALI - AUTO

 

[Hawk518]

5/24/24
Pruned a lot of leaves from the two Photos. Because of back issues (surgery coming up SOON), I’ve decided to give up on de-weeding and de-rocking the garden where I want to plant. Instead, I’m going to plant the two Photos in raised plant beds. Hopefully, they’ll drastically improve once they’re out of the small 1-gallon fabric grow pots.

 

[InTheShed]

I'm guessing they'll be thrilled with room for roots. Even better if there's nothing between the raised bed and the soil below!

Good luck with the surgery, and I'm glad to hear your dad is out of the hospital. Getting out of a hospital at 93 is always a good sign!