Tropicanna's in da house! (plus intruders lol)

[Rorschach]

TODAY'S UPDATE!!!
(after this, I promise to stop updating day by day, will do weekly)
This morning I go check how things were doing into the tent; yesterday Speeds still not emerged, maybe planted too deep (probably 2cm or so) so if tomorrow I'd not see them head outta the soil, my plan was to gently scrap the soil looking for them to make their birth easier.
So, I opened the tent and:



OH FUCK!!!
Tropicannas doing great.


Need to change the enviroment, QUICKLY.

Changing light and disposition:

That's much better. Setted 150-160 PPFD at bigger pots level. Last check to the babies: is this some kind of deficiency? Nitrogen, maybe? Soil PH? Overwatering?

Dunno. Made 1l of nutrient solution (4ml Canna Terra, 4ml Canna Bloom, 1ml Jump Start), foliar feeding and sprayed onto the soil around all of the 4 plants. I like to promote lateral expansion of the roots at first, instead of wetting the lower soil and letting the roots to go deep.

I'm so happy right now, I had the wish to restart growing my own weed and now (2 weeks later than I expected) I can see this dream is starting to run.

If any news, I'll keep in touch. Bless ya

[2-Scoops]

I had the wish to restart growing my own weed and now (2 weeks later than I expected) I can see this dream is starting to run.

Rock on man , im sure they`ll be trees full of stinking buds in no time mate.

[Rorschach]

Both sites currently out of stock but they do land containers weekly so check few days for restock.

I just pulled the trigger on the SF one! 120€+10€ shipment

[MrNice]

Love the light Rorschach .... what is it a plant saucer you used ?

[Rorschach]

what is it a plant saucer you used ?

I think you mean the... dome? seedlings greenhouse? Don't know the correct name fot that thing, sorry I'm a foreigner ;)
I used the first thing I had beside me to raise the pots to the same level of the other ones. At this stage, the priority are the auto +Speed, they are 7 weeks autoflower so I have to avoid making mistakes and let them go smoothly till the end, or the result will be just a few grams from each plant.
Tropicannas will grow and be trained, since they are photos. In a month or so they will be transplanted into 10l pots (as soon as I see the first signs of radical pain, maybe earlier) while taking clones (I'd like to the apical of each plant to be cut as first clone and root well, they have a special mistical meaning for me, main stem is the place where the soul of the plant is).
The light is my first purchase on AliBb, made research for a week and then pulled the trigger on the best quality/buck ratio lamp I found. Then recently bought a 320W model of a similar lamp (the 240W can be good with autoflowers since they have a daytime of 18-20 hours, need less PPFD to achieve DLI quote, but for photos I need more than 300W of power to fill a sqmt tent with sufficient light). Then (since little "free" money came to me) yesterday I bought the fan duct I always dreamed about: one who takes care of temperature AND humidity :D

Problem is, temperatures yesterday started to get high: 30°C as max value, at the base of the tent, and we're still in May. I expect the next two months to be HOT - I have a plan to cool down that place by insulating more and let circulating more fresh air (planning to use an old duct fan to suck air from the hottest part of the room and blowing it outside, while sucking fresh air that will directly go into the tents from a cool place that I can easily access to, the hole is just there).

Anyway I'm pissed off about the fact that grow lamp business is leaving behind the metrical measuring in favor of the imperial one: you can easily find lamps to cover 2x2, 3x3, 4x2, 4x4 square feet, but quite none who has METRIC coverages! If you look for a square meter cover as I'm doing, you are stucked between 3x3 and 4x4.
The only, ideal lamp I saw to cover 1sqmt with decent amount of power should be the Migro Array 3, has a good quality/price ratio for me. What do you think about it? Maybe a 300W version with longer bars (75 or 80 cms) should be just perfect.

[Guest]

Yeah insulation insulation and some more insulation

I run my tents quite high, 27 to 30 degrees. Some plants may not like it I suppose.

Just make sure lots of air flow....

[Guest]

I'd never go anything but Inisible Sun now, where I can afford it. If not Mars for a budget.

[seymore_budz]

Yeah insulation insulation and some more insulation

I run my tents quite high, 27 to 30 degrees. Some plants may not like it I suppose.

Just make sure lots of air flow....

IMHO, 27C is perfect for most cannabis strains. Anything below 25C is too cold :) Of course you should be matching the temprature with humidity to achieve optimal VPD buy 27C is the schweet spot.

[Rorschach]

Weekly update!!
First of all: today I changed the tent, the old sqmt has been swapped with a brand new (the most cheap I found) 2x4 feet. You damn imperials got me!! I just wanted to have "less space" to better organize the growth. Apart the autos, it came to my mind that I had to wait too much for train and let grow the two photo plants to cover a sqmt EACH, since my objective is simply to make them flower (hopefully with a decent result) while preserving their genetic making cuttings. So I'll use the same tent for both autos and photos with a single light over them, and then go flower the two photos (one in each 2x2ft sector) trying to "normalize" the canopy doing the best I can. In short words, THIS IS JUST AN EXPERIMENT, a "launch lap", just a way to restart things. I don't have to make big projects since the very beginning, expecially in this moment of the year - as I told, rooms are going to get HOT in the next months, even if I manage to grow two big plants and make them flower, it will probably be a huge effort with a poor result. Anyway I have to say: modern tents are awesome! I just LOVE the way I can reach the whole canopy opening three out of four sides of that thing!!! This will make things easier when the two photos will flower. So, instead of using 2 tents, everything will happen in one (one light, one fan duct, one carbon filter, etcetera so it will be so much easier to manage).
Images of new setup (still to improve, cables hanging everywhere):


Then, let's talk about the photos, the two Tropicanna Babies. They're doing great, just a little stressed fot the temperature, the poor nutrients they find in their soil (it's not brand new), and the inappropriate VPD for this stage of growth (temperature around 30°C, humidity around 40-50%). They show a light colour (not the vivid green I want to see), some little burnings on the edge of the leaves, and that strange curvature on the tip of some leaves (that scares me, on Youtube a guy said this is a effect of a virus who MAY harm or NOT harm the plant, and MAY infect or NOT infect other plants... We will see. Anyway, next week you will see them in a new pot for sure, their dimension shows that the rootball soon will be close to reach the edges). I like the veeeery short internode they have! Maybe starting with a 6400K light did this
Image of the two photoperiodic Tropicanna Poison:


Last, the autos. They are 7 days old and still sooo little for sure I did some big mistake. I always had bad luck with autos


The other one is really STRANGE: please help me 'cause I don't understand. Only the dicotyledons are open, but no sprout from the top, and the dicos have a strange brown line on them.


Last thing: after an email from a SF employee, I changed the fan duct version from 4" to 6" (4"was sold out, 6" only 12€ more). Still to arrive - I really want to see AND HEAR this new motor technology, hope it is very quiet 'cause my old one is too noisy (when it kicks in for temperature you can really hear it, and that's a place where there should be NOTHING).

[Rorschach]

Update after 10 days circa
Auto Speed is growing (there is only 1 of them now, several days ago the strange one has been pulled out of the soil), it's in her third week, still no flowering (hope she will grow a lot more)

Tropicannas still on vegetative state, they're in their 4th week and still not showing preflowers.Today I topped them and made some training, now they have 4 pairs of branches each:

And the cuttings (hopefully) will became clones!

Temperature is high, everyday it goes over 30°C... Some little light spots on the tip og the leaves. Nothing important, I hope. We will see.
About the SF fan: it's arrived, as soon as I have time I'll swap it (now, the filter is 4". the fan is 6", the pipes are 5". IT'S A MESS).