Germinated 2 Chemdawg seeds from ILGM on March 3rd. Grow space is a bathroom in the basement we never use. Well…I do, like to sit and gaze at the wonder of nature being helped by human intervention! I’ve only used the autoflower until now, so hope these are as successful as the WhiteWidow autoflower I’ve been toying with.
Seeds were moved to 7 gal grow bags filled with organic soil after germination and have resided there since. I’m using General Hydroponics FloraNova “Grow” and “Bloom” for the nutrients. Other than nutrients only using distilled water PH balanced to PH 6.5.
Thanks for the post. Those look great. I’m just taking my first endeavor into ilgm genetics with a blue dream.
Enjoy your grow and good luck! They look beautiful.
@Laurap & @Countryboyjvd1971, thanks for the suggestion to add calmag to the weekly nutrient feeding.
Should have mentioned a bit more about the environment in the first post. Lighting is two 1200W full spectrum LED’s with fluorescent grow lights on the side (re-purposed from first attempt at growing) to provide light on lower part of the plants. Light cycle right now is 16 hours on, with room temp maintained between 17-30 degrees celsius. Humidity is maintained between 35-45%. All is controlled from simple power bar with daily timer.
Trimmed the major shade leaves two days ago to allow new growth more light. Question I have is, should I trim more and how much?
Pics from today after first trim and more training. Plants are now 31 days old!
Looking very very good! Tuck under the fan leaves & only take the ones shes thru with. She feeds off of the fan leaves. Removing too many can cause stress. She could die or herme without them. I know theyre a pain but necessary. If youre still in veg (sorry dont remember) up your humidity. I try to keep it up to 79% during veg & down , if God willing to 40 - 50% during flower.
Got home from holidays to find I had two plants that were none too happy from being denied nutrients. New growth had leaf veins yellowing, the smaller of the two plants suffered worst. I have to say the guides put out by ILGM are awesome and I think helped me identify the problem. Think the plants suffered from low iron and nitrogen deficiencies. Pics below. Plants were flushed with tap water PH balance to between 6-6.5 and left for three days to dry out a bit. Leaves continued to yellow. Both received a healthy dose of nutrients on day four post flush. Plants are now showing decent signs of recovery with the leaves greening up.
Feel free help out if I’m headed down the wrong path…
At 50 days just over 7 weeks, plants are showing signs of recovery. Also looks like buds are beginning to form. Hope these survive and yield some decent bud.
It has been a few weeks since I last updated this. Here goes, as always I am open to suggestions to improve.
Plants are now 64 days old and appear to be liking the environment. Light has been reduced to 12 hours daily from 16 hours. Changed from vegetative nutrients General Hydroponics Grow FloraNova Grow 7-4-10 to General Hydroponics FloraNova Bloom 4-8-7. Humidity sits between 40-48%. Both plants a thirsty buggers, with the larger of the two now consuming 5-6 litres every 2 days,while the shorter one consumes 5-6 litres every 3 days. Taller plant stands 3.5 ft tall, shorter plant is catching up and stretching out more. Because of this, I’m having to modify the lighting to be able to raise the lights more. Lights sit about 1 ft from tallest plant, which I feel is a little too close.
Nice weather has finally come here, hoping to try an outdoor grow soon!
Questions;
How frequently should these babies get nutrients?
How close or far away should the lighting be from the plants?