A poor fool’s first grow, DWC hydro, bagseed, w/ PICS and TLC

I decided it was time to up the nutrient amounts in the water. I opted to not do a full water change because how young the plants are and it is unlikely that they consumed too much to cause nutrient deficiencies in the water. I also didn’t want to have to add more gnatrol back in to conserve it. Checked the water report and found that I should have plenty calcium and magnesium in my tap water. Here are my readings before I added my nutrient shots (the numbers are actual PPM before shaving off the amounts in my tap water.)

Plant 1 – 470 PPM 6.4 PH
Plant 2 – 460 PPM 6.0 PH
Plant 3 – 470 PPM 6.1 PH
Plant 4 – 460 PPM 6.1 PH

Each bucket got 2 drops of superthrive, 1.5 TSP of GH micro, and 1.5 TSP of FF tiger bloom. I also ended up adding a small amount of PH down to bucket #1. Fingers crossed for a favorable reaction. Here's the cute photo for the day, my hamster seems to like plant #2!

I hit the 2-week benchmark! Cue the fanfare! I decided to take 3 foliage pictures of each plant from different angles to really document this momentous occasion. Really wondering if cheesecloth was the best material to hold the sand up though. Even though I have it layered 4 fold, I still constantly have to fix little “sink holes.” I just slap some extra cheesecloth on the hole and put more sand on it. I figure eventually it will be pretty solid. Really nothing else to report at the moment so on to the pictures:

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The whole gang:

So a lot of the plants are showing that their first sets of leaves may eventually die out. They still seem to be thriving to me though so I’ll just keep an eye on them and clip them out if they look dead. They also are acquiring a fair number of nodes and I have my fingers crossed for when they start alternating (still quite a bit a way sadly.) Pretty soon it will be time to think about topping them! Here are the day’s pictures:

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Plant 4:

Looking good, I wish I had a better job and growing as mine never turn out as good as half the others here, but oh well i keep trying and have subscribed to watch as it goes.

I was away for two days on business but had my significant other watching the girls for me. All was well, but I have no real updates or pictures for the 16th or 17th day. Today I decided to FIM plants 2, 3, and 4 to hopefully reduce the number of males I get and promote multiple growths shoots (https://www.rollitup.org/general-marijuana-growing/18499-hermaphrodites.html.) Basically I’m avoiding stress during the crucial period to reduce hermies/males. I will FIM plant 1 as soon as possible but the particular stage the new growth is in would make the cut be unlike any FIM pictures I have seen (the new growth will be better visible soon.) I used sterilized nail cutters to do the job. Here are some pictures of them before the FIM, and I will post the after FIM pictures together as soon as I cut plant 1.

Some may feel this is a bit early to FIM, but they all have at least 4 true nodes and the stems are nice and thick because of the fan I keep on them. I am fairly confident they can shoulder the new load but we will have to see won’t we?

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I added 1.5 teaspoons of GH flora to bucket #3, and all buckets received 2 teaspoons of 29% H202. The Gnats seem to be in check so im hoping enough Gnatrol survives to keep them protected. I’ll observe them closely to see if they react positively. I’ve been reading https://www.rollitup.org/general-marijuana-growing/1469-marijuana-plant-problems-cures.html and don’t seem to have PH lockout and the water should still have ample nutrients: Superthrive, GH micro, and FF big bloom. I have cal/mag but since my local water report shows plenty in my water supply it shouldn’t be necessary. In the next few days I may end up doing full water changes but before that I will experiment a bit with what I have and see what the girls like. I also FIMed plant #1 today so I am hoping for good things. Here are the pictures of the day:

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looks legit man, and fun too. You got kush for sure, big fat leafs, i hope they are all ladies.