Growing cannabis is easy. Cannabis is a fast-growing plant. It literally grows like a weed. Even beginners will have a hard time screwing up growing cannabis because it can grow under not-so-ideal conditions. Most marijuana strains only need 4 months to transform from seed to smoke-able product.
This grow journal is a recording of a novice’s attempt to grow feminized White Widow from ILGM for the first time.
Grower: Ryoken
Location: USA
Yield: 11 ounces (dry)
Seeds: White Widow
March 13th
Just a recap, this grow started with 4 plants which sprouted last February 1st.
For the first 2 weeks, the plants were in Fox Farm Happy Frog, 25% Perlite, sprouted in Rapid Rooters. After receiving ½ of the recommended GoBox nutes, the plants were religiously pH-ed at 6.7 to 6.8 with runoff at 6.3.
Before they 6th week tomorrow, the girls were transplanted to 7-gallon Smart Pots using Fox Farm Ocean Forest.
Other than a couple of bad leaves here and there, they seem to be growing nicely. All 4 were being trained to some extent. They were topped after producing 6 nodes and they were bent over using pipe cleaners.
The grow room is 3’ x 4’. It’s obviously too small for 4 plants but this shouldn’t be that much of a hindrance to success. This set up also contains 600W Solas Tek air-cooled MP/HPS setup with 6-inch fan pushing through with a Gal Force fan, and a 4-inch ceiling fan for room exhaust. The heater is self-controlled. Once the tent temperature reaches a certain temperature, it shuts off and kicks on when it needs to.
CO2 is supplied by ProCO2 tub.
By far, the biggest issue is the pH idiocy that went on earlier. Keeping the room at appropriate temperatures is also a full-time job. So far, day and night temperatures are 68 to 75 degrees Fahrenheit but with lows and highs of 58 and 95.
March 16th
Watering has been consistent twice a week, about once every 3 days. They seem to be really thriving on this schedule and there’s not sign of nutrient burn or anything.
March 20th
They’re 7 weeks old now and 2 feet from the soil. A fair amount of pruning was done on the lower parts of the plants.
March 23rd
The hood and ballast were relocated to the attic tonight. It’s positive pressure from the soffet at the rear of the picture, and the duct at the front of the photo is the exhaust that goes out an unused bathroom exhaust fan roof outlet.
Moving the ballast and fan is a great move of relocating and removing heat. Some small adjustments are all that are needed to give good results. Learning by doing is the biggest investment return in the world.
March 26th
It’s 5th day after transitioning to flower and the girls are due for their water tonight. The only watering they had on 12/12 was their last veg/transition watering. They were supposed to start their first feeding with Bloom and Bio Bud but the other day, one of the tops and a few random fan leaves showed a bit of nute burn even while on the ½ strength feeding of the GoBox.
So tonight instead of feeding, they’re getting straight pH-ed 6.5 water. Runoff has been 6.4 during the last 4 or 5 waterings.
Check out these photos of girls taken out of their small space for a night out on the town!
March 31st
Humidity is starting to become an issue. This new humidifier was installed. So far, it’s not overly impressive.
It’s pretty out of control in the grow space with lots of top growth, and pistils popping out. As it turns out, this is only a 2-plant closet!
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