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9/11 - saw first pistils on the 5 gal pot! Fed both heavy with Epsom salt two days ago and now fertilizer, mostly bloom. Haven’t pH’d the water in a while. It’s hard to get it right with drops. Looks like soil mix was magnesium deficient for growth in the 5 gal but I didn’t realize for a very long time due to the fact that the 1 gal is fine and getting very tall. I thought it was nutrient or light burn. I’ll try to find kelp to add in for my next grow. I think I’ll try to do one 5 gal over the winter with topping twice.

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9/7 they’ve sexed! Both girls. Plants are huge with the 5 gal still a lot bigger. Hopefully flower is soon, I’ve nearly run out of height

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8/8 - added water and a light dusting of vegetable fert. Topped the 5 gal one - it is getting significantly bigger than the other and my tent is only 4’ tall

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5 gal pot is getting 3rd set of leaves. Very vigorous growth. 1 gal pot is getting 2nd but still significantly smaller. I’ll let it grow. Got a 3gal nursery pot today that I found so I’ll be sterilizing it but thinking of growing a gorilla glue in that one. I will wait until flowering however since I know gorilla glue gets large and I don’t want it to be shaded out.

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I will probably be getting a filter for my shed so the plants can at least get filtered tap water. I’ll be sure to check the pH of it and will prob just be able to pH jug without a prob.

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July 25th - 5 gal plant has second set of leaves coming in. 1 gal is shedding the seed but moving slowly. Think bad seed may have resulted in stunted plant. I’ll be giving it until August 1st to improve and if it is still significantly lagging I will be placing that seedling outside in a vegetable bed and using the 1 gal for a diff wedding cake, resulting in a 2 week gap minimum. Significantly fewer mites. Watered with ac condensation to runoff. Checked the light worked on the timer. Will be checking tonight to see if it comes back on via timer (mostly as I’m unsure if I did it correctly). If it does will not be checking for a minimum of two days so the plants can relax a little without real fluxes in temp or humidity.

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July 24th - encountered spider mites and one big ass spider. Killed the spider and bright the pots out in the sun for a bit to dry. Made a thin solution of approx 10:1 water and hydrogen peroxide, poured it on the plants. Will check again when returning from work.

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July 23rd - 2nd seed sprouted. Looks weaker than the first so turned up the light and gave some water since fabric pots run drier. I need to remember to get sticky but paper since the grow will be in my shed.

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First grow journal

July 18th - white seed soaking in tap water

July 19th - tiger seed soaked in tap water

July 20th - planted white seed in 1 gal bag with 2 oz tap water, tiger striped seed in 5 gal pot with 1 cup ac water

July 21st, 5:30pm - 5 gal seed popped

July 22nd, 5pm - 5 gal seed is showing signs of first true leaf development

July 22nd, 5:10pm - 1 gal pot still no sign of seed popping

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Starting my grow journal. I wrote everything down for my first organic autoflower grow but need a place that’s not my main blog to do my documentation.

Materials

Grow tent from EBay - Vivosun 2x2x3 - everything included

Seeds

Bought from MNSL - $160 in seeds, growing currently Wedding Cake autoflower

Soil

1 bag pro mix

4qt perlite, miracle gro

1 1/4 cup all purpose espoma organic

1 1/4 cup bloom espoma organic

Half bag earth castings