TrailerTrash Does Auto Cheese Using Fox Farm & Mars LED

TrailerTrash

TrailerTrash

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This is my second attempt to grow medicine. The first try was about 40 years ago using a florescent grow light and bag seed in a chilly basement apartment. I kinda remember we got something out of it, but it sure wasn't sensimillia. Back in them days mostly all we could get was leaves anyway. The idea of smoking buds seemed more like fantasy, or something we would joke about. It's strange to think that leaves are now just a "byproduct". So having a chance to actually grow my own buds with a high probability of success is really appealing.

And doing it legally is still hard to believe, having known folks who were busted on what the cops could vacuum out of their car's carpeting. It's really f'ed up that folks are *still* being locked in a cage and having their life permanently smashed up for a plant that grows wild. Meanwhile mass murderers and torturers who work for the government give each other medals.

Since the referendum was approved for my state I've been waiting to be able to order some cannabis and have it delivered to my door. But I can't wait any longer, since I'm out and I can't get anymore. That's a long boring story I'd rather not write about. So I'm really depending on having some success as soon as possible.

To make a long story a little shorter, I ordered a "starter kit" that included a 2x2x4 foot tent, Mars Hydro 300W light, one 3-gallon fabric pot, General Hydroponics nutrients, GenHydro pH Up/Down, Fox Farm Ocean Forest potting soil, tower fan, and some doodads.

One of those doodads was a cheap pH meter that was dead on arrival. I suspect the batteries are dead since there is no on/off indicator and no plastic strip in the batter compartment to interrupt the circuit. One of these days I'll order more batteries but I intend to keep using the GenHydro pH drops since they are more reliable, and they are close enough for my purposes.

I'm already planning to convert my tiny half-bath to a 2.5 x 4 foot grow space. I'll have to remove the toilet and cut intake/exhaust vents into the adjoining closet. The heater, dehumidifier, and humidifier will sit on the vanity. But in the meantime the "starter kit" is a good way for me to get things going right away while I figure out just what equipment I want to use and get an idea of what I am doing.

I've already made three orders to Amazon for my new hobby - I'm doing my best to make Bezos a richer man. Yesterday I ordered a used digital SLR camera so I can post pictures. It should arrive in a week, so no pictures for my journal until then, since there's no way to plug my antique film camera into the internet. It's too bad they quit making Panatomic and Kodachrome - those were really nice films to work with. No I don't have a cell phone or a smart phone. I have no use for a mobile phone since I'm not very mobile.

Here's some info on the CBD Auto Cheese Feminized seeds:
Type: Indoor / Outdoor
Growing: Very Easy
Flowering Time: 8 Weeks
Indica/Sativa: 80% Indica, 20% Sativa
Effect: Calming, Relaxing Medical
THC: Easy
THC%: 8%
CBD: 8%
Country: UK
Yield: 250 grams Indoors 150 grams Outdoor
Genetics: UK Original now with CBD

I paid the extra fee for registered shipping. The first-time buyer's discount pretty much covered that anyway, and they guarantee delivery, so I figure that is money well spent. I ordered on a Thursday and received them on the following Monday, and put one in water in time to celebrate 420 Day.

I've been making notes on a calendar. I'll put them in another post, but first I've got to rest awhile before i can do more typing.
 
TrailerTrash said:
This is my second attempt to grow medicine. The first try was about 40 years ago using a florescent grow light and bag seed in a chilly basement apartment. I kinda remember we got something out of it, but it sure wasn't sensimillia. Back in them days mostly all we could get was leaves anyway. The idea of smoking buds seemed more like fantasy, or something we would joke about. It's strange to think that leaves are now just a "byproduct". So having a chance to actually grow my own buds with a high probability of success is really appealing.

And doing it legally is still hard to believe, having known folks who were busted on what the cops could vacuum out of their car's carpeting. It's really f'ed up that folks are *still* being locked in a cage and having their life permanently smashed up for a plant that grows wild. Meanwhile mass murderers and torturers who work for the government give each other medals.

Since the referendum was approved for my state I've been waiting to be able to order some cannabis and have it delivered to my door. But I can't wait any longer, since I'm out and I can't get anymore. That's a long boring story I'd rather not write about. So I'm really depending on having some success as soon as possible.

To make a long story a little shorter, I ordered a "starter kit" that included a 2x2x4 foot tent, Mars Hydro 300W light, one 3-gallon fabric pot, General Hydroponics nutrients, GenHydro pH Up/Down, Fox Farm Ocean Forest potting soil, tower fan, and some doodads.

One of those doodads was a cheap pH meter that was dead on arrival. I suspect the batteries are dead since there is no on/off indicator and no plastic strip in the batter compartment to interrupt the circuit. One of these days I'll order more batteries but I intend to keep using the GenHydro pH drops since they are more reliable, and they are close enough for my purposes.

I'm already planning to convert my tiny half-bath to a 2.5 x 4 foot grow space. I'll have to remove the toilet and cut intake/exhaust vents into the adjoining closet. The heater, dehumidifier, and humidifier will sit on the vanity. But in the meantime the "starter kit" is a good way for me to get things going right away while I figure out just what equipment I want to use and get an idea of what I am doing.

I've already made three orders to Amazon for my new hobby - I'm doing my best to make Bezos a richer man. Yesterday I ordered a used digital SLR camera so I can post pictures. It should arrive in a week, so no pictures for my journal until then, since there's no way to plug my antique film camera into the internet. It's too bad they quit making Panatomic and Kodachrome - those were really nice films to work with. No I don't have a cell phone or a smart phone. I have no use for a mobile phone since I'm not very mobile.

Here's some info on the CBD Auto Cheese Feminized seeds:
Type: Indoor / Outdoor
Growing: Very Easy
Flowering Time: 8 Weeks
Indica/Sativa: 80% Indica, 20% Sativa
Effect: Calming, Relaxing Medical
THC: Easy
THC%: 8%
CBD: 8%
Country: UK
Yield: 250 grams Indoors 150 grams Outdoor
Genetics: UK Original now with CBD

I paid the extra fee for registered shipping. The first-time buyer's discount pretty much covered that anyway, and they guarantee delivery, so I figure that is money well spent. I ordered on a Thursday and received them on the following Monday, and put one in water in time to celebrate 420 Day.

I've been making notes on a calendar. I'll put them in another post, but first I've got to rest awhile before i can do more typing.
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I'm subb for your grow. Nice little setup you have and it will def take you to the finish line. I started out with a Mars light and it done a good job for my first light. I running some Cropking strains right now also. I'm running their Crown Royale, Green Crack, and Super Silver Haze. Their all photo period strains and I'm about 6 weeks from the finish line.✌️
 
Some notes on my setup...

A 2x2x4 foot tent is, of course, great for folks with limited space. But four foot high is not much vertical space to work with. I did manage to hang the light very close to the top, but it was a challenge. A pair of three-gallon pots seems to fit OK. There's enough room for a tower fan, but none for a heater.

I live in a cold climate and heat is expensive, so I set the thermostat at 65F during the day and about 60F at night. My goal is 75-77 degrees and 60% RH but it varies quite a bit. The top vent in the tent works well to let out excess heat, although I have to adjust it constantly, since I don't have an exhaust fan with thermostat. It's also hard to maintain the relative humidity in such a small space. At night it rises to 80 - 90% while the light is off. I figure that is not really a problem, since outdoors the humidity hits 100% nearly every night all summer. The min/max thermometer shows a range of 62-82. My understanding is that 62 is a little low but tolerable.

The lights are on a timer set for 20 hours on / 4 hours off. Some people say 24/0 is better for faster growth but I'm not convinced that no dark hours is a good idea. Not many plants grow at the North Pole.

I'm planning to get a 4" fan and carbon filter, speed controller, and a thermostat to control both the exhaust fan and a heater. If I get my half bath converted to a grow room in time, I'll hang it in there instead of on the tent. I'm still thinking about a humidifier. I'm using strips of cloth in the tent, but some days I have to wet them every few hours.

The humidifier situation is a real mine field. Apparently the ultrasonic models spew minerals and dust everywhere and are hard to clean unless one uses expensive purified water. In the past I had a filter-type humidifier but the filters are expensive and if the model goes out of production, it becomes a paper weight. I'm looking at something called "Venta" that uses a rotating drum and no filter and costs over $200. Uggh. On the other hand the Venta is supposed to clean the air while adding moisture. Nice clean buds sounds good to me.

I'm using a 10" cake rack and a 10" square aluminum cake pan under each fabric pot. There maybe something better and/or cheaper to use, but these should last forever and they are a good fit for the pots. I tied a string around the middle of each pot, with two strings that go under the pot to keep the "belt" in place. I plan to use the "belt" as an anchor point for Low Stress Training. Since I did that I have seen pictures that show paper clips that pierce the edge of the pot. I'll probably try both methods to see which one I like better. One pot has handles, the other doesn't. The handles seem like a good feature.
 
Here are the gory details.

Day 1: I dropped the first seed in water at 4 pm on April 16. Crop King says to use rain water instead of well water. I was too impatient to wait for rain so I used my well water, which has a pH of about 7. I did collect rain water the next day, which I used a few days later for the second seed. I tried to keep the glass of water warm by setting it on the edge of a hot air vent. It sorta worked. The seed was in water for quite some time before it would sink when I pushed on it. Crop King suggests optionally to scuff the seed with very fine grit sandpaper. I opted out of that procedure.

Day 2: I took the seed out of the water about 8 AM and put it between wet paper towels in a little sprouting dish along with the soil thermometer. i set the tray back on the hot air vent. Mid April is still very much winter where I live, so the furnace still runs quite a bit. Keeping the paper towel wet but not too wet and warm not cold was a challenge. it got rather dry overnight. Oops.

Day 3: My new grow tent arrived and I immediately set it up. It sits on a one foot high platform so I don't have to bend over so much. That is a big help, and one advantage of a small, short tent. Bending over isn't so bad -- it's the getting back up that I have trouble with. The small bathroom heater went into the tent along with the seed. At this point, a warm seed is more important that a warm bathroom: I've got a lot riding on that little seed! No sign of life from the seed. Hmmmm....

Day 4: Still no sign of sprouting. I'm getting impatient but there's nothing I can do but check on moisture and temperature and read more grow journals. There's so much to read, and learn, and much of it is contradictory. Everyone has an opinion, but no one has objective data, 'cause science is hard.

Day 5, 8AM: There is still no sign of sprouting. I don't want to wait a full week, because that justs puts the harvest date that much further into an uncertain future. I dropped a second seed in water. This time I scuffed the seed, heated the water to 80F, used rainwater (pH about 7), and put the glass in the tent along with seed #1 which is still in the sprout dish. The tent makes it easy to keep the temp around 80. This is much better than the hot air vent. If by some chance both seeds sprout, I'll order a second fabric pot and bag of soil and have two plants instead of one.

Day 5, 2PM: Woot Woot! Number One Seed has sprouted! Exciting stuff, eh?

Day 6: I read in several places that lack of calcium and magnesium is a common problem. When i was farming (a long time ago) I ordered Hi-Mag Lime by the trailer - about 25 tons. I don't need that much so I added 6 tablespoons of wood ash to 3 gallons of Fox Farm Ocean Forest potting soil and fill the fabric pot. There's enough left over for a 1 quart plastic pot in case the Seed Number Two sprouts as well.

At 6 PM Seed Number One has a 5/8" root, so I poked a hole in the soil and dropped the seed in with the root down. Just a bit of soil goes over the seed. I used a spray mister to wet the surface and insure good soil-seed contact. The pot goes in the tent along with Seed Number Two, which is now in the sprouting dish with wet paper towels and the soil thermometer.

Day 7: Seed Number Two has sprouted. Time to order another pot and bag of dirt. Scuffing the seed and keeping it close to 80F seems to make a big difference.

This completes the first week of my grow journal. I can smell supper is almost ready so y'all have to wait to find out what happens next. A real cliff-hanger, eh?

Any comments, good, bad or ugly, are always welcome.
 
Part Two of my journal. I received a camera yesterday, but no cable (grrrr). I should have a cable by Thursday. I'm anxious to get photos uploaded, 'cause the plants need help, and descriptions just don't cut it.

Day 8: Seed One emerges. Seed Two gets planted in a 1 qt plastic pot. Light is set at 27" above dirt and Lights Out is from 8:30 pm until 12:30 AM. Fan is on.

Day 9: Plant One is 1" tall and 1st true leaves are starting.

Day 10: Plant One is 1-1/4" tall.

Day 11: Plant One is 1-3/8" tall. Added 2 Qts water which saturates pot. Run-off pH is about 6.5 -7. Plant Two emerges.

Day 12: Plant One is 1-1/2" tall. Plant Two is 1/2" tall and first true leaves are visible. Cake racks and cake pans arrive. Light is set to about 27" above Plant One.

Day 13: Both plants look OK but no growth. New thermometer shows higher relative humidity than old thermometer, but probably not significant.

Day 14: Both plants starting 2nd set of true leaves but not much overall growth. Light raised to 28" above Plant One. Plant Two gets a cup of water.

Day 15: Still not much growth. Plant One is 2-1/2" across. I wonder if a constant breeze on seedlings is too much, so I set it to run only from 8 pm to 11 pm, to stir the air during Lights Out. I turn the light off at 11 pm 'cause that's when I go to bed.

Day 16, May Day: Plant One gets 1 Qt water and measures 3" across.

Day 18: Plant One is 3-1/2" across, Plant Two is 2" across. Seem to be growing faster with less breeze.

Day 19: Plant One showing signs of deficiency. New growth and leaf edges is yellowish to light green.

Day 21: Plant One is 4-1/2" across and Plant Two is 2-1/2" across. Plant One gets water and nutrients. I'm using GenHydro FloraGro + FloraMicro + FloraBloom. Their "General Purpose - Mild Vegetative" recommendation is 1tsp / gal for each nutrient. I'm using 1/8 strength for this feeding. Plant One gets 1 Qt of liquid. I tested the pH but didn't write it down. I think it was 7.

New growth stills starts out yellow / light green, but turns green as the leaves get bigger. I can't find any pictures or text that match what I am seeing.

Day 22: Plant One is 5" across.

Day 23: Plant Two is transplanted into 3 gal fabric pot and watered. Both plants have 3rd set of leaves started.

Day 24: Plant One is 3" tall and 5" across. It stills shows signs of deficiency. Plant Two is 1-1/2" tall and 3-1/2" across. Light is 27" above Plant One. Since plants are now well-established I turn on the fan 24 hours a day.

Day 25: Drop light to 26" about Plant One. Plant One now has 4th node and may have less discoloration.

Day 26: Drop light to 25". Plant One gets 1 Qt of 1/8 strength nutrients. It is 3-1/2" tall and 6" across. There is new growth visible on lower nodes. Plant Two is 1-1/2" tall and 4-1/2" across. It also has 4 nodes and shows the same signs of deficiency.

Day 27: Drop light to 24". Plant One is 6" across. Plant Two is 4-1/2" across.

Day 28: Drop light to 23". Plant One is 6-1/2" across and node 5 is starting. It's still growing in spite of apparent deficiency. I tested Plant One's soil pH and it looks to be about 7. I mixed a tablespoon of soil into 1/2 glass of water and stirred every 15 minutes for one hour, then let it set for an hour, then tested using the GenHydro drops.

From what I can understand, these plants should do OK at pH 7, with pH 6.5 in soil being ideal. Maybe nobody told my plants, and pH 7 is too high for this strain. I won't ask for opinions until I can post photos.

Day 29: Drop light to 22". How much lower should I go with this Mars Hydro 300W? I'm thinking I shouldn't go any lower until the deficiency is resolved. Camera arrived and took photos of both plants.

Plant One is now 6-1/2" across and 4" tall.

Plant Two soil pH is 7. It gets 1-1/2 Qt of 1/4 strength nutrients, with pH lowered to 6.5.
 
So here is Plant One from yesterday:
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Plant One May 16

And here is Plant Two from yesterday:
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Plant Two May 16

Plant Two was started a few days after Plant One, but seems to have the same problem. I think I am making progress on diagnosing the problem, but not sure how to fix it. I think it's a pH problem related to my well water. I mix the nutrients in a gallon jug, then pour them into a quart container as needed. I mixed the first gallon of nutrients on May 6, now 11 days ago. At that time the ph was about 6.5.

Yesterday I gave Plant One 1-1/2 qt of nutrients at 1/4 strength just as I had mixed it 11 days ago. But when I checked the ph yesterday, it had increased to 8. I was puzzled, but I added a few drops of pH Down to get it to 6 - 6.5, dumped it on Plant One, and went about my day.

Later on, I got to thinking, if the solution I dumped into the pot slowly increased pH, what is the pH at the bottom of the pot, which stays wet, at least a little, all the time??? I had previously checked pH from dirt just below the surface, and it showed pH 7, as I wrote in the previous post. So today I took piece 1/2" copper pipe to use as a soil probe so I could get dirt from the bottom of the pot, went through the same procedure for soil pH as I wrote above, and today the pH is 7.5 at the bottom of the pot.

I'm guessing the minerals in my well water are reacting with the Fox Farms soil. I don't think it has much to do with the nutrients, because the deficiency showed up before the first nutrients were added. Anybody ever heard of this before? Am I barking up the wrong tree or just barking mad? And the most important question: how do I fix this???

Since my illness keeps me housebound, I can't just run down to Wally World and buy a bunch of distilled water. I have a personal shopper who buys my groceries for me, but she doesn't know about my hobby, and I'd rather she not find out, being a good conservative Christian woman whose son is a state trooper (and that's no shit - I not making this up). Yes I am in a legal state, but still, if she got upset about my hobby and quit bringing me food, I'd be in a heap of trouble.

I'll start collecting rain water, but it's been pretty dry lately - hope I don't have to wait long.

When y'all quit laughing your asses off over my predicament, I'd appreciate feedback. :rofl:
 
Chemistry is fun, but it's a lot more fun when the tools work properly. Replacement batteries arrived for the el cheapo pH meter that was DOA. It turns out that the switch was left on during shipping and drained the batteries. This pH meter is useless with dead batteries, obviously. It's also useless *with* batteries as well. After I changed the batteries I calibrated the meter with vinegar, then tested it on my well water, which the pH drops show to be about 7. The meter showed 6.9, so it's all good, right?

Nope. I decided to mix some pH 5 water to dump on Plant Two. It's only been three days since the last water & nutrients, but I wanted to try to get the pH down. After fiddling for a while I adjusted a quart of water and the pH meter says 5. Then to double-check I test it with the drops, which clearly shows a solid orange color - pH 4 or lower, even to my old myopic eyes.

I recall reading at least one other journal which reported their pH meter was inaccurate and messed up their grow. There must be something these cheap pH meters are good for, but I don't know what...

Anyway I have a plan for trying to help that poor plant in my avatar. It's supposed to rain Saturday night, so I'll collect as much rain water as I can. I vaguely recall that folks suggest flushing with 3 gallons of water for each gallon of soil. Is that right? I don't have enough containers to hold 18 gallons of water, and I'll have to save some of the rainwater to feed and water the plants after the big flush and before the next rain, so whatever amount of flush water I end up with will have to be enough.

Should the flush be immediately followed by a quart of nutrients, or do I wait until the pots dry out again?
 
To answer your question about flushing, yes three gallon water to every gallon of soil. The ph of Most nutrients will fluctuate over a period of a few days so that’s why I mix mine the day of feeding. I also collect rain water and I also have a natural spring I get water from and it works great. Your plants look like they have iron deficiency which is due to ph being out of wack. Once you get your ph fixed the plants will recover.✌️
 
EastCoastGhost said:
Your plants look like they have iron deficiency which is due to ph being out of wack. Once you get your ph fixed the plants will recover.
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Thanks for the response. I've been thinking iron for sure and something else as well. What I find interesting is that the new growth starts yellow but then turns green. These plants are really trying to grow, if I can give 'em half a chance, so I am far from ready to toss them.

I kept the soil slurry sample from two days ago - the pH is now 8. Even my crappy pH pen agrees:
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Plant One soil slurry after two days


Here's my tent. Nothing special about my setup except there's a clothes line for hanging my cloth humidifiers. You can almost make out the cloth on the left side.
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2x2 tent with 3 gal pots
 
Mushie1005 said:
maybe been keeping your babies to wet by chance...
But from the other journals I have seen your girls should be bigger by now I would think.
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The pots are quite dry before they get more water. You're right they should be bigger by now. They are stunted by the deficiencies that are pH related, apparently. Tomorrow they will get flushed with rainwater. I'm confident that will fix them.

Reading other journals is pretty interesting, especially the ones where the plants are looking pretty sorry but recover and make buds anyway. That's why I'm confident they will make it, not because of my (not so great) skills and (limited) experience with indoor plants.
 
Mushie1005 said:
As I said I am very new so I was unsure that is y I asked i have heard a lot about people over watering and I am a little worried about that for myself when I start my own grow. so if you don't mind if like to hang around and watch as things move along so I can learn a thing or two
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Yer do not overwater! Lol. I did about a week or 2 ago and Ive been paying for it since lol. Your girls look nice @TrailerTrash. :peace: homie
 
Mushie1005 said:
I haven't started yet I have everything I need I mean everything I am planning on getting my tent up tomorrow I'm not sure if ill do a journal or not
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You should mate. You'll get all manner of eggheads rolling through and giving pointers. If you have questions theres not the NEED to post the question and explain it all again. Just keep your journal updated and the gang will guide you.
Trust me if it werent for these people here id be dead in the water
 
I can't believe it's been three weeks since I updated my journal. I half expected it to be in the abandoned forum by now. Thanks for not giving up on me.

So here's the short version of the story. I did the big flush on May 20. I managed to collect 13 gallons of rain water, so each plant got six gallons put through a three-gallon pot. That's less than recommended, but it was the best I could do, and it seems to have been enough. It was more than enough to make the plants very sorry looking, all droopy and depressed looking. It's now been three weeks since the flush and switching to rain water and the plants are looking pretty good. Even the stunted Plant Two is putting on lots of new growth, although I doubt it will ever amount to much.

Here they are a few days after the flush:
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Plant One 4 days after flush (39 days after dropping in water)

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Plant Two 4 days after flush


All that work (well, not so much for a well person) really knocked the stuffing out of me. Overall I've been very unwell for the past three weeks. Just the thought of uploading photos from camera to laptop and reviewing them and uploading to my gallery on the forum was overwhelming, so I've been putting it off. I finally did it tonight. The plants are now looking much better, especially Plant One. It's now in preflower I think it's called and it actually looks like it might produce something. I sure hope so, 'cause I'm completely out of medicine and I suspect my illness is worse without it. Certainly my sleep is much worse without cannabis. Benedryl helps quite a bit, especially when I wake up itching, but it does nothing for pain.

Here are the latest photos, which are now a week old:
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Plant One 17 days after flush (day 52)

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Plant Two 17 days after flush (new growth looking OK)

I'm still keeping track of the details and hope to post them tomorrow along with new photos. I mostly wanted to post something to keep this journal alive and to maybe encourage other new growers to hang in there even when the plants look ready for the compost heap. My plants were one foot in the grave and the other on a banana peel, but the flush and changing from well water to rain water has brought them back to life
 
(This post contains daily details including days before I did the flush and took photos above, so it may seem to be out of order. I apologize for any confusion.)

Day 31: Plant One is 4" tall and 6 3/4" across with 6 nodes. Gave it 1 1/2 Qt of 1/4 strength nutrients at pH 6-6.5
Plant Two is 2 1/2" tall and 5" across with 5 nodes. Light set to 21" above plants.

Day 32: Plant One soil pH from bottom of pot is 7.5
Plant Two received 1 Qt water adjusted to pH 5 (still using well water at this point)

Day 34: The soil sample from Day 32 is now pH 8. Put out containers to catch rain water.

Day 35: Plant One is same height and width as Day 31 with one additional node. Flushed with 6 gals rainwater.
Plant Two is also same height and width as last time with one additional node. Flushed with 6 gals rainwater.

Day 39: Dropped light to 20". Plant One looking better but Plant Two looks awful. See Flush + 4 Days photos above.

Day 43: Both plants got 1 Qt of 1/4 strength nutrients. Plant One looking better, not great.
Plant Two looks awful, not improving.

Day 46: Plant One gets 1 1/2 Qt water

Day 47: Start putting plants outside during the day when weather cooperates. Not feeling confident these two plants will make it to the finish line. so I order more dirt and pots.

Day 48: Plant Two gets 1 1/2 Qt water

Day 51: Plant One gets 1 1/2 Qt of 1/4 strength nutrients. New growth looks OK.
Plant Two looking better.
Drop 2 more seeds in water. I finally cleaned the half-bath that I hope will become a grow closet. It now has a small heater to keep the seeds at 75-80 degrees while sprouting.

Day 52: Take plant photos. These are the Flush +17 Days photos above.

Day 53: Both seeds sprouted and moved to sprouting dish with wet paper towels. Apparently I have this part figured out.

Day 54: Both seeds planted in 3 gal fabric pots. Still using Fox Farm Ocean Forest. This time no amendments.
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Auto Cheese sprouts 72 hours after dropping in water

Day 56: Plant Three emerges in the morning, Plant Four in the afternoon.

Day 57: Plants One and Two each get 1 1/2 Qt of 1/4 nutrients. Both looking OK.

Day 61: Plants Three and Four get 1 1/2 Qt of water

Day 62: Outdoor photos of the whole family. Plants One and Two showing dark veins again. Not good.
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11 days after dropping in water.

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11 days after dropping in water.

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Day 63: Plant One looks bad again so it gets a second flush with 6 gals rainwater.
Plant Two gets planted outside in a patch of wild horseradish. Heavy rain is predicted so it will get flushed that way.
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instead of flushing the plant twice, I'd probably be further ahead if I had just transplanted it...

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Day 68: Plants Three and Four each get 1 Qt water. Plant Three has damping off disease at the dirt line. Plant Four looks good. With the first two plants I noticed they didn't seem to like a 24 hour a day breeze so this time I only ran the fan 4 hours a day. The LED light has a fan and I keep a lower side panel open all the time as well as the tent's top vent. Apparently that is not enough air movement. I sprinkled some cinnamon at the base of the plants, but of course it's too late now. I start to wonder if I will ever get any smoke.

Day 73: Plant One gets 1 1/2 Qt of 1/4 nutrients that has been mixed for a while so pH has shifted to 5. Since soil pH for this plant has been too high I pour it on without adjusting pH. It is definitely growing bud. Yay!
Plant Two looks good but is growing very slowly, probably from the cool weather and maybe too much shade from the surrounding horseradish.
Plant Three is not recovering from the damping off so I cut it and put it in water.
Plant Four gets 1 Qt water, looks good, and is growing rapidly. Maybe I'm starting to figure this stuff out.

Day 76: Plants One and Four each get 1 1/2 Qt water. When I go to put them outside in the morning, the room stinks good!

Day 80, July 4: Back in April when I started this hobby I hoped to celebrate the holiday by lighting one up. That is still a few weeks away. Meanwhile I mixed 2 Qt of 1/2 strength nutrients. Plant One gets 1 1/2 Qt and Plant Two (the one in the horseradish) gets the rest. Plant Four also gets its first feeding of 1 1/2 Qt of 1/4 nutrients. Nutrients adjusted to pH 6.

Plant Three is still in a glass of water but looking deader every day. Oh well. After I cut Plant One I'll drop two more seeds in water.
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The horseradish makes good camo, but makes too much shade. Oh well...

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The curve is from too much wind one day. I kinda like it...
 

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