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Metalpoet - 1st Grow - Northern Lights Auto - Soil FFOF - CFL - Indoor
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Day 30
Day 30 was flush day... and some experimentation....
Turns out, I need a new ph meter. Borrowed a friends good meter and found out that the water is fine (6.9), the soil is fine (6.5) so all my messing around was probably pointless at best and damaging at worst. Instinct had me doubting this bought-used-inexpensive meter. Cheap is in the trash now. I had to give the good meter back but I have ph strips for now. I'm paraphrasing snid: cheap effort gets cheap results. Yeah. Sigh. My phrase might be,"Life always comes with a budget."
That will work itself out.
I flushed with straight water. Ph looks good. Gnat presence is less. Oh, and hey-hey, 10.4 lbs dry, 13.6 lbs wet. I think arteekay started that and snid does it. It seems like a helpful metric to follow.
It seemed like Matilda thoroughly enjoyed this flush. here we are the next morning.
Day 31
Tillie looking happy this morning. I am inclined to yank some of those fan leaves that seem to get in the way of the training...any thoughts on that? I think I have finally stopped seeing new damage, too, so I'm itching to get rid of the old damage.
Day 30 was flush day... and some experimentation....
Turns out, I need a new ph meter. Borrowed a friends good meter and found out that the water is fine (6.9), the soil is fine (6.5) so all my messing around was probably pointless at best and damaging at worst. Instinct had me doubting this bought-used-inexpensive meter. Cheap is in the trash now. I had to give the good meter back but I have ph strips for now. I'm paraphrasing snid: cheap effort gets cheap results. Yeah. Sigh. My phrase might be,"Life always comes with a budget."
That will work itself out.I flushed with straight water. Ph looks good. Gnat presence is less. Oh, and hey-hey, 10.4 lbs dry, 13.6 lbs wet. I think arteekay started that and snid does it. It seems like a helpful metric to follow.
It seemed like Matilda thoroughly enjoyed this flush. here we are the next morning.
Day 31
Tillie looking happy this morning. I am inclined to yank some of those fan leaves that seem to get in the way of the training...any thoughts on that? I think I have finally stopped seeing new damage, too, so I'm itching to get rid of the old damage.
The last pic shows it all, nice frame! 
you can wait a little longer to clip the leaves, until the new growth has enough foliage to keep photosynthesis up. For now just tuck them underneath or aside... Weighing pots has been a great metric for me and my waterings, it takes the guessing game out. Let's you water a little before total dryness to keep her happy, or sometimes after she's dry to get her shocked at the end of the grow. As for Ph meters, I used strips for the first while... Luckily I had Ph perfect nutrients and didn't rely on their reading. Because they were vague at best. A moderate price meter is a very good tool to have, but Ph strips WILL get you by in soil.
Plants are coming along, keep up the sweet training and... You know...
KiG
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you can wait a little longer to clip the leaves, until the new growth has enough foliage to keep photosynthesis up. For now just tuck them underneath or aside... Weighing pots has been a great metric for me and my waterings, it takes the guessing game out. Let's you water a little before total dryness to keep her happy, or sometimes after she's dry to get her shocked at the end of the grow. As for Ph meters, I used strips for the first while... Luckily I had Ph perfect nutrients and didn't rely on their reading. Because they were vague at best. A moderate price meter is a very good tool to have, but Ph strips WILL get you by in soil. Plants are coming along, keep up the sweet training and... You know...
KiG
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Tillie is looking good. Keep up the good work! 
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Looking sweet MetalPoet 
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Day 36.... just 70-ish days til harvest... but who's counting?!? Me!
weight: 10.6 lbs dry, 13.6 wet, ph 6.5
Watered with:
FF Grow Big 1tsp/gallon
FF Big Bloom 3 tsp/gallon
Not much to note. I seem to be winning the war on gnats because I barely see them anymore. Tillie looks LUSH. I predict a haircut in the next week.
weight: 10.6 lbs dry, 13.6 wet, ph 6.5
Watered with:
FF Grow Big 1tsp/gallon
FF Big Bloom 3 tsp/gallon
Not much to note. I seem to be winning the war on gnats because I barely see them anymore. Tillie looks LUSH. I predict a haircut in the next week.
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The start of perfume.
I have never grown cannabis before but am well aware that odor can be an issue. But an interesting thing I can note is that we get the smell at night. Tillie isn't blooming yet so she lives out and about in a corner of the bedroom. During the day, when I check on her often, making sure light is optimized and temps are good, she has no odor whatsoever. But at night, when the lights are off, she wafts that smell all over. Not sure if any of you have noted this or not... It's just interesting to me that it's so obvious at night. I wanted to make a note in the journal for all the newbies who worry about when the smell actually starts. The nightly whiffs started around day 27. She still does not smell during the day at all.
I have never grown cannabis before but am well aware that odor can be an issue. But an interesting thing I can note is that we get the smell at night. Tillie isn't blooming yet so she lives out and about in a corner of the bedroom. During the day, when I check on her often, making sure light is optimized and temps are good, she has no odor whatsoever. But at night, when the lights are off, she wafts that smell all over. Not sure if any of you have noted this or not... It's just interesting to me that it's so obvious at night. I wanted to make a note in the journal for all the newbies who worry about when the smell actually starts. The nightly whiffs started around day 27. She still does not smell during the day at all.
I've noticed they smell a little more during lights out.
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Day 38
Just a short while ago I thought Matilda was a goner; now look at her! Thanks to everyone that encouraged me to believe in her!
She still has scars from previous issues. I had to do some defoliating because, well, she was just overdressed. I tried to do as little as possible while trying to remove a) leaves causing significant light blockage b) lower leaves with old, significant damage, and c) the mate leaf to any leaf to a or b. I think I did ok.
I have never mentioned my light schedule. Tillie gets 14 hours of light, 10 hours of darkness. Not optimal, I know, but it is what I am able to provide. I make up for "quantity" by checking the light/temp situation constantly and adjusting the distance between the plant and the light as necessary to provide as much light as possible without causing heat/light stress.
Anyway, here she is post haircut and with another shot of her fluxed stem.
Just a short while ago I thought Matilda was a goner; now look at her! Thanks to everyone that encouraged me to believe in her!
She still has scars from previous issues. I had to do some defoliating because, well, she was just overdressed. I tried to do as little as possible while trying to remove a) leaves causing significant light blockage b) lower leaves with old, significant damage, and c) the mate leaf to any leaf to a or b. I think I did ok.
I have never mentioned my light schedule. Tillie gets 14 hours of light, 10 hours of darkness. Not optimal, I know, but it is what I am able to provide. I make up for "quantity" by checking the light/temp situation constantly and adjusting the distance between the plant and the light as necessary to provide as much light as possible without causing heat/light stress.
Anyway, here she is post haircut and with another shot of her fluxed stem.
Pat999
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Looking ahreal fine Metalpoet 
I am sure you mentioned it but as I am really buzzy at work right now I can't find it, how many days till you start with the flowering?
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hi, krack. Thanks! Yeah! I had some issues in my house and "needed" something "fun" to pay attention to. I figured Lsting would allow me to get engaged in the process. It does! I'm hooked on growing! And when I saw sidrajsed's Leighaloha... well, that plant was a thing of beauty, all tight and bud heavy... should've won plant of the month but didn't. tsk. But I HAVE caused damage by not being gentle enough.... Just fyi if you try it: Gentle gentle gentle is the key.
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Hi, Pat. Matilda is a Northern Lights Auto so she's going to go into flower when she wants to. I think the seed bank said it would start flowering at 3-4 weeks. I'm sure the topping and LSTing slowed it down. I use Snidrajsed's journal as a comparison and I think his Leighaloha started flowering around day 45. I'm kind of sure I see the pre-flowers... maybe. will put up new pics tomorrow and include what I think are the pre-flowers.
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freidog
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Hey! Been reading about you and Tillie! Nice job so far on your first grow! Looks way better than my first try!
Good luck and I'll be rooting for both of you!
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Good luck and I'll be rooting for both of you!
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Yes those are pre-flowers. She should start her stretch soon. I would hold off on the bloom nutes for now, maybe another week or so. She's looking nice and healthy good job
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