Gmo's Aero tent and Soil tent

[gmo]

Day 26 Aero Tent. Looking good and seeing lots of growth. All 3 have sexed as females. Still feeding week 4 vegetative nutrients according to GH feeding chart at medium strength, 1000ppm. Topped off reservoir today with 3g of water, they're starting to drink more, which means rapid growth is about to kick off. Probably another week or so before I do a reservoir change and start feeding flowering schedule. Temp 70f, humidity 45%, reservoir temp 64.5f.


Day 14 Soil Tent. Started light LST on 1 of the plants this morning. The other one isn't quite there yet. Watered yesterday with pH 6.5 water with 3mL/g of CalMag. First heavier watering until minor runoff. Temp 72f, humidity 60%.

 

[Mars Hydro Led]

Keep up the nice hobby. A way to relax yourself.

 

[gmo]

Day 27 Aero tent. They have officially taken off. The growth that the go through at this point is astounding. Looking mighty bushy and healthy. Temp 73f, rh 40%, res temp 64.5f, pH 5.7.

Day 15 Soil tent. Had a mishap with LST and lost the whole top on the bigger of the 2 plants. I'm not sure if I bumped it during evening maintenance, or of I just did too much LST, too quickly. I'm gonna let it go and see what happens, maybe I'll be surprised. Temp 74f, rH 50%.

 

[gmo]

Day 28 Aero Tent. Bushy plants!

 

[gmo]

Day 30 Aero tent. I had to top off again with 3g of nutrient water today (General Hydroponics Flora line @ medium strength, 1000ppm, and 5ml/G of CalMag+). They're drinking close to a gallon a day now. I went out of town on Friday night and Saturday and got back in to town this PM. They've grown a bunch in those 48hrs. Still very bushy with not much stretch, but I'm anticipating that it'll come in the next week or so. I did move the lights up a few inches today, the first time they've been moved since germination. pH 5.5, RH 50%, reservoir temp 68f.

Day 18 Soil tent. New growth on the plant that I accidently main-lined looks ok and like I didn't set things too far back. I haven't started LST on the second plant yet because the nodes are just to close together right now. Watered with pH 6.5 water with 5mL/G of CalMag+. Definitely slower growth than with hydro, but I'm having fun, nonetheless.

 

[Mars Hydro Led]

They become more green after weekend.

 

[gmo]

Day 31 Aero Tent. I'm not sure if I've mentioned it, but the girls are on a 20/4 light cycle in this tent. The main reason for this is to allow the air conditioner some rest/de-icing time. It runs pretty much nonstop during lights on, so a couple hours off is much needed for this tent.

These 3 girls are becoming bushes. I did push some nodes from each plant to new squares in the net. Environment is fairly consistent: lights on temp 70-75f, pH 5.8, reservoir temp 63-67f, lights off temp 60-68f.

They drank more than a gallon of water in the past 18hrs. I'm going to have to keep a close eye on reservoir level and adjust accordingly. I usually like to keep 8-9 gallons of solution in the reservoir. As long as they keep drinking like they are now I'll be trying off every 3 days. Showing plenty of preflowers, but still minimal stretch. I'm expecting vertical growth spurt any day now as they transition to flowering.

Day 19 Soil Tent. Looking good. May start LST in the next week or so. Temp 77f, RH 60%.

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[gmo]

Day 32 aero tent. Temp 65f, pH 5.8, humidity 45%, reservoir temperature 61f. Res temp fell out of desired range, I'll discontinue ice bottles until it's back in range. It's the coldest day we've had in a while and the indoor temps dropped too. Everything should be back to normal ranges tomorrow. These girls consumed close to a gallon of water overnight and will require a topping off of the reservoir tomorrow. I think I'll continue veg nutrient regimen unless something drastic changes overnight. They don't seem quite ready to flip to flower nutrients just yet.

Day 20 soil tent. Temp 74f, rH 50%. I thought I'd wait a few more days to start LST, but they were ready during my check in late last night. Bent one of them over exposing the internodes and 'split' the other one in to a Y to continue mainline training.

 

[gmo]

Day 33 Aero tent. As predicted, the girls needed a reservoir top off this morning. 3 gallons consumed in 60 hours. They're definitely going in to their preflowering growth spurt. I'm really ready for them to grow up, instead of out! Levels after top off: pH 5.5, reservoir temp 64.0f, water added @ 800ppm of GH nutrients, tent temp 65f, humidity 60%.

Day 21 soil tent. Watering day. 6.5 pH in, 6.5pH out. Water with CalMag+ @ 4mL/G. Continuing LST on both plants.

In the past 24 hours the main-lined plant has started to show a bronzy sheen on the 4 lower leaves. I'm wondering if this has anything to do with the accidental topping and stress that it may have created. I do not recognize this deficiency/excess and I have thoroughly inspected for pests. Any ideas are welcome.

 

[Mars Hydro Led]

What's wrong with the leaf in last shot?

 

[gmo]

Mars Hydro Led I've asked around. I think the verdict is that the plant was stressed from the accidental topping and subsequent training which caused it to get some light burn on the lower new growth leaves that were exposed. All the new growth is super happy. At this point, I'm not concerned about the minimal damage that was done.

 

[gmo]

Day 34 Aero tent. Welcome to the jungle...still waiting for them to grow up, instead of out. Temp 70f, reservoir temp 67f, pH 5.6, rH 45%.

Day 22 Soil tent. Pretty sure the issue with the main-lined plant is light burn. No other growth shows any signs of stress. No changes were made. I'll keep an eye on everything in here. Temp 77f, RH 60%

 

[gmo]

Day 35 Aero tent. Reservoir is getting close to needing a change/topping off. Still deciding if I should continue veg nutrients or switch to flower nutrients. I'll decide tomorrow when I do the top off or change. Temp 68f, pH 5.6, RH 50%, reservoir temp 66.5f.

Day 23 Soil tent. No signs of sex, yet. The untopped plant is looking very similar in size and shape to it's aero counterparts at this day. The trained and topped plant is looking smaller. It's amazing to me that just 9 days ago this one was just a stick in dirt. It's grown back very fast and has a nice structure. Interested to see what this one is gonna end up doing. Temp 75f, RH 55%.

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[gmo]

Day 35 Aero Tent. Drained and filled tote with flower nutrients according to GH feed chart, medium strength @ 1000ppm + CalMag+. Solution pH 5.5 to allow drift for the first few days. Temp of water for res change was 70.5f, added 2 ice bottles to bring reservoir temp down to acceptable range.

 

[Mars Hydro Led]

Seems she began to flower. do you think the temp is a little low for them?

 

[gmo]

Mars Hydro Led The temperature is definitely on the lower side of the acceptable range, but I think that it's working out just fine. The plants seem very happy. It's the first time I've had a grow that I wasn't fighting to keep cool.

 

[gmo]

Day 37 Aero tent. pH readjusted to 5.6 (down from 5.9), temp 64f, reservoir temp 64f, RH 45%. They've hit their stretch. I readjusted the lights yesterday, and will likely have to raise them again tomorrow. They're drinking over a gallon a day still.

Day 25 Soil tent. Temp 74f, RH 60%. Watered and fed (first time) today according to GH Flora schedule at medium strength ~800ppm plus CalMag+. Feed solution @ pH 6.5. No additional training at this time.

 

[Mars Hydro Led]

Mars Hydro Led The temperature is definitely on the lower side of the acceptable range, but I think that it's working out just fine. The plants seem very happy. It's the first time I've had a grow that I wasn't fighting to keep cool.

sounds good.

 

[gmo]

Day 39 Aero Tent. They're stretching upwards almost quicker than I can manage. I had to move the lights up 2 times yesterday and the top of the Gelato plant still managed to get a teeny tiny bit of sunburn. I think I caught it in time for it to be an almost non-issue.
Topped off the reservoir with 3 gallons of nutrient solution yesterday. GH nutrients @ week 1 flowering levels, 1000ppm, plus CalMag+ @ 5mL/g.

Temp 68f, RH 45%, reservoir temp 64f, pH 5.6

Day 27 Soil tent. The untopped plant has shown sex. No signs on the main-lined plant. Both looking healthy after receiving their first nutrient feed, maybe a touch of overwatering on the main-lined plant.

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My next decision in this tent is when to drop the SCROG net on them. Right now I'm seeing 7 tops on the main-lined plant, and 5 tops on the LST plant right now. I fully expect them to bush up over the next 7 days. I'll probably drop the net in the next couple of days to keep everything manageable.

Temp 70f, RH 55%

 

[Mars Hydro Led]

They become bushy and big now. I think it is time to drop some nets for them to spread out.