Mechanic's Log: WW, AK-47, FFof Soil, Screw-In LEDs
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DthPch78
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Not even a burnt tip and stacking up nice good job
Hey Mechanic, thanks for making this great journal! I see you're an innovative soul in the grow room. I'm a retired mechanic myself and see the inventive spirit in you. Bravo! I believe your words on watering are very important and true. Your roots and plants reflect the care they're getting. Nice job! It's not easy, but it's worth it. Sometimes I get it right and they really show it. It's all about roots.So I have an interesting update I think.
I looked back at when all of my ladies were watered, and how long they have taken each time to dry out.
Ive only really kept track since they have been in the 5 gallon pots, but its interesting to see that right after transplant from the 1 gallon pots to the 5 gallon it took 9 to 10 days to dry out. (I wasn’t exactly sure of the right date on this one)
Then they took 6 days to dry out.
Now I just watered them tonight so that’s 5 days to dry out. I’m trying to build a good root system with wet and dry cycles so it’s kinda nice to see that progress. It makes sense that as the plants grow they use more and more water. So now i have an idea of the furthest they can go without a watering. Except they are still growing so logic would tell me that they will probably need water sooner than the time before. Maybe 4 days this time.?
Simple thinking here just wanted to log it. Haha.
So anyway WW#1 was the most dry and she got to the point that just a few of the lowest fan leafs started to wilt. I could tell right when I opened the tent at 7pm today that she was not happy, so I picked her up and said hello. She was light and I saw the start of the wilt. This will be probably be the last time I let her dry out that much cuz I don’t think it’s good in flower. But there aren’t any buds yet so maybe she can go thru one more full dry cycle. I may have to do some more reading. Or if anyone has an idea let me know.
But anyways just Incase the soil does dry out again... read what’s below.
Here’s something I think is important, at least for me or anyone who may be a little lazy. Haha. Usually I do a good defoliation and lollipop before flower but my last grow I left some fan leafs on the bottom of the plant for no reason really. I think my favorite WW would have died if I didn’t leave the leafs on the bottom like I did. I came home one day and all the fans I left on the plant that would normally get cut off during a lollipop we’re wilted but the rest of the plant looked mostly ok.
If I didn’t see the wilt on the lower part I would have thought everything was ok and the plant would have died by the next day I think.
So now this can easily be avoided by lifting the pot and getting use to how much it should weigh wet and dry but like I said....LAZY... so anyway moral of the story is leave some on fan leafs on the bottom of the plant if you want an almost too late/last minute warning sign built right into your plants. The lowest leafs are the first to wilt so why not keep them low low...
I must add tho that eventually the lowest fan leafs will die if there not getting any light. And that’s fine I wouldn’t waste any more light on them but when they are there they can be utilized.
I’ll post how I fed my ladies tomorrow probably. For now... just a few pic to end the night.
I had the plants out of the tent but I was rushing to beat lights out time and get my watering done so I only got a few decent pics.
Wow, that was nice! Frosty as all get out in there!
Nice and frosty! Great pics and great grow! Keep up the great work!! 
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The Mechanic
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Thank you everybody...
Things are definitely getting frosty, I don’t remember having so many trics at this point from my last grow. I’m guessing the plants are a little bit happier than last time and also they have been under a 5000k dominant spectrum. Up until yesterday I’ve been running (12) 5000k bulbs and (10) 2700k bulbs. Now I’m running (12) 2700k bulbs (10) 5000k bulbs.
I’ve been mixing up my feeding regimen a little bit so all I can give you is an idea of what I have been using. All of the AKs look like they have been lacking nitrogen so I’ve been giving them some Age old grow, which is 12-6-6, in addition to the usual calmag, liquid karma, fish fertilizer and HPK. The white widows all seem super happy but WW#1 has been needing a little more nitrogen than the rest. Being the biggest plant in the bunch she’s probably about done with most of what came in the soil and is at the mercy of my feeding schedule. She has gotten tiny doses of age old grow here and there and I stepped the rest of my nutrients to full strength...
Today is day 35 of 12/12 and day 25 for the 4 ladies in the led tent.
And it’s day 40 of 12/12 and day 29 of flower for the ladies in the vertical tent.
I took some pics last night with the lights off...
Things are definitely getting frosty, I don’t remember having so many trics at this point from my last grow. I’m guessing the plants are a little bit happier than last time and also they have been under a 5000k dominant spectrum. Up until yesterday I’ve been running (12) 5000k bulbs and (10) 2700k bulbs. Now I’m running (12) 2700k bulbs (10) 5000k bulbs.
I’ve been mixing up my feeding regimen a little bit so all I can give you is an idea of what I have been using. All of the AKs look like they have been lacking nitrogen so I’ve been giving them some Age old grow, which is 12-6-6, in addition to the usual calmag, liquid karma, fish fertilizer and HPK. The white widows all seem super happy but WW#1 has been needing a little more nitrogen than the rest. Being the biggest plant in the bunch she’s probably about done with most of what came in the soil and is at the mercy of my feeding schedule. She has gotten tiny doses of age old grow here and there and I stepped the rest of my nutrients to full strength...
Today is day 35 of 12/12 and day 25 for the 4 ladies in the led tent.
And it’s day 40 of 12/12 and day 29 of flower for the ladies in the vertical tent.
I took some pics last night with the lights off...
Fantastic! 
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The Mechanic
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Hello everybody... it’s been about 2 weeks since I posted last. Sorry for the delay and I’ll just get right to it.
It’s day 50 of 12/12 and day 40 of flower for the ladies in the led tent.
It’s day 55 of 12/12 and day 44 of flower for the ladies in the vertical tent.
It’s day 50 of 12/12 and day 40 of flower for the ladies in the led tent.
It’s day 55 of 12/12 and day 44 of flower for the ladies in the vertical tent.
DthPch78
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They look awesome. Glad you’re back.
Wonder how long the trim session will be
Wonder how long the trim session will be
Great looking colas! Like the previous members have said, they look nice and fat in deed!
Beautiful work there, mech!
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Hello community,
It’s getting close to chop time for everybody and I must say, things are looking pretty good. The AK test subjects in the vertical tent are swelling up nicely and the AK buds in the led tent are pretty big too. The WW buds haven’t fattened up as much as I thought they would, there are dense tho and still have about 2 weeks to go.
Today is day 57 of 12/12 and day 47 of flower for the ladies in the led tent.
And it’s day 62 of 12/12 and day 51 of flower for the test subjects in the vertical tent.
It’s getting close to chop time for everybody and I must say, things are looking pretty good. The AK test subjects in the vertical tent are swelling up nicely and the AK buds in the led tent are pretty big too. The WW buds haven’t fattened up as much as I thought they would, there are dense tho and still have about 2 weeks to go.
Today is day 57 of 12/12 and day 47 of flower for the ladies in the led tent.
And it’s day 62 of 12/12 and day 51 of flower for the test subjects in the vertical tent.
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Thank you @Bode
It’s nice to be back into the swing of things and to have a continuous growing cycle again. And I can’t wait for freakin winter time here, I don’t mind the heat I just absolutely hate paying for air conditioning. Electricity is not cheap where I live. Haha.
It’s nice to be back into the swing of things and to have a continuous growing cycle again. And I can’t wait for freakin winter time here, I don’t mind the heat I just absolutely hate paying for air conditioning. Electricity is not cheap where I live. Haha.
Man you have the touch! Beautiful colas Mechanic.
DthPch78
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Absolutely killin it cant wait to c the final numbers
Looking great man!
