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Arraiano's Indoors

Arraiano

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Hi i'm writing u from Spain and i hope that one day i will not have to hide to plant our beautiful bush.
After 25 years only guerrilla finally this year i decided growing indoor and if u allow me i would like to share it for you. Obviously i'm a marijuana's novice but forestry engineer and i know some basic things and also like to read about the subject.
I have 2 tents, one 2x2 in the stairwell, 50W led, no fan no extractor, temperature are stable down there. I use it to germinate, castings and firsts phases of growth. Right now i have 1 cutting from each plant, we'll see which ones stay and which no.
The flowering tent is a 4x4, it's in a small room in an attic. At first i bought some cheap things that i have to change like extractor, sometimes cheap is expensive. Right now my configuration is:
• Led Lumatek Zeus Pro 465W
• Extractor Ac Infinity T4 conected directly outside, i make a mess in the window so that water doesnt get in, no filter.
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• Fan Ac Infinity 6" gen2
• Controller of the same brand
• Passive intraction
• Irrigation with Rainpoint and circular drippers but i dont always use it.
• Cultivation method Soil and organic fertilizers.
• Ultimate pot 3 gallons, some Airpot and some fabric.
• Varieties(all from seed):
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- 4 Cake Face by Beanfiendz
- 2 Cosmic22 by exotic genetix
- 2 Ethanol and 2 Ice Cream Runtz by Lit farms
I understand little about these varieties of yours, years ago i understood something about European varieties but these are new for me, you'll tell me i'm sure someone tried them.
They are on 27th al 12/12 but in the nexts post i'll tell u how we got here.
 
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Arraiano

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Germination and first transplant I used 75% light mix and 25% coco.
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For the second transplant in 3 liter pot I prepared a substrate with:
-50% light mix
-20% coco
-15% worm castings with chicken manure
-10% mulch (oak)
-5% Biochar
- Dolomite, epsom salts and in each transplant mycorrhizae.
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For the last transplant the same but i added guano powder too.
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Here the water is very soft and if i dont use Calmag i have deficiencies, i added a lot of dolomite and epsom but it doesn't matter. Here a Mg deficiency.
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I fertilizer with Medi-one and Massive bloom by Green Planet, finally i buy too Rezin and liquid weight.
 
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Arraiano

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I had some autoflowerings in the flowering tent of my first indoor that instead 70 days lasted 100 so they have to share space, in the end i got tired of them and change to 12/12.
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From day 10 of flowering they have the entire tent to themselves.
I only made moorings i hope dont have to tutor or at least not all.
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I try to have an uniform canopy but they drive me crazy.... 4 varieties and seed. Cosmic22 were the most vigorous in growth phase but they didnt stretch practically anything when i transfered to 12/12. Ethanol i have 2 fenotipes, one with short internodes who no strectch, Cake Face took a while but they are still stretching...
On the other hand, those in Airpot stretch more.
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Arraiano

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I use Imo2, lactobacillus and baker yeasts. Make LAB & Imo2 is easy.
I cook rice with plenty of water, this water in 1 bottle covered with paper for 3 days, add 2/3 of fresh milk and cover again with paper. In 4-5 days LAB will be formed, store in refrigerator. I use 1:1000 every 5-6 waterings.
I put the cooked rice in a container and cover it with film, make hole. Input it in a bag with the mulch u had left over and cover with it. After 7 days it was like this.
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I mixed it with cane molasses 50-50 and store it in a bottle covered with paper in a cool place. 1:1000 too.
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For the yeast i heat the water a little and add molasses and wait 2 hour for them to reproduce. 1:1000 but only use 2 or 3 times.
I make the biochar with kiwi prunings they are hollow inside. Put all the wood together and when it's half burned, cover it so the oxygen is consumed and pyrolysis occurs.
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I wash it so that the pH is not so high and I mash it a little.
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When i prepare the substrate I moisted everything with Imo2, LAB and yeasts and add some fertilizer. 1 week later i moisted again with algae and Xcell by Bionova( humic and fulvic acids and amino acids) and some molasses.
The first month i dont fertilize, only water, then as i already mentioned, i use the green planet range.
 

Arraiano

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I'm surprised with Cosmic22, as i said they don't stretch and from day 10 they began to release frost, they are already white at day 26.
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For the last 2-3 days i have noticed that the new leaves of the buds come out a little deformed, specially in Cake Face, at the moment i didnt see any spots on the leaves but i think they require Calcium. I will start using Calmag.
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I'm watering with EC 2.2, well here i think u use PPM> 1.1. Someone plant these varieties and can tell me how much food they can hold? 1 week ago i noticed burnt ends and i stopped raising ppm but i think ask for more.
 

Arraiano

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Day 32
I have the honor introducing you to my friends Calcium and Magnesium, and this time they come together, they love each other very much... I have already ordered a trailer of dolomite for the next crop. 50% dolomite 50% light mix :p
Both tap and fountain water have a ridiculous EC of 0.05, reverse osmosis water has more!
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It's in an Ethanol, also see some symptoms in 1 Cake Face.
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I'm already using calmag, anyway i ordered pH calibration envelopes, i think meter is trolling me, get very high values.
Ethanol
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Ice Cream Runtz
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Cosmic 22
Very frosty, they'll be the first to leave. Someday i'll take a decent photos...
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Arraiano

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Day 42
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I didnt know that AC had a cable to connect other lights, now I can reduced daylight hours to end 11/13 and they no longer eat that shock of darkness-100%.
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I only put 4 varieties but in the end i have 8 diferent ones.
Cosmic22 they looked the same but one is picking up colours and the other one no.
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A couple of days ago i saw them whiter so i used the magnifying glass. They already have some mature trichomes and most of the heads are white.
Today will be the latest irrigation with EC and I star cleaning them.
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Ethanol 2 phenos too

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They also have little left too.
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Ice Cream Runtz 2 phenos.... One is taking very crazy colours.
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Arraiano

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Day 50
I removed leaves for the last time
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Watering all only with water except the 4 Cake Face and Ice Cream Runtz 2. I,m giving these 3 EC, they were hungry.
I use banana tea(K) 2 times in the last 3 weeks.
Cosmic 22 #1
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Cosmic 22 #2
It seemed that no take colors but in the end it did a little.
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Ice Cream Runtz #1
These 3 6 days only water.
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Ethanol #1
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Ethanol #2
These 3 4 days only water. These one the expected, buds too close together and tight. I already had to cut off 1 head with botrytis symptoms. Either its very very good, or i will discard for sure.
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Ice Cream Runtz #2
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Cake Face #3 #4
I have forgotten them, we will talk about them next days
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Arraiano

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Day 60
I only have Ethanol 1 and Cosmic22 1 to dry. There should be 5 out, but I put EC on day 3 of cleaning so today i will cut them. I have to water on mornings, at night I'm very confused lol
They have already lost their whitish tone, now too amber, I have spent a few days. Cake Face 3 /4 already have some amber trichomes too, I started cleaning them too.
Cosmic22 #1
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8 branches, small buds with many resinous leaves, but less than her sister #2.
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These (1&2) were the most vigorous in growth, i had to train them but then they didn't stretch at all during flowering.
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Ethanol 1
The strangest of the group. She barely grew, 0 stretching and internodes sticky.
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6 heads but I lost 2 due to mold, shredded the buds because otherwise everything would rot.
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Dry in 1 closet these firsts but at this time too much humidity in the room, in summer it was easier. I'll see for a weed dryer or something...
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A bud of Ethanol 2, she became beatiful, but the photographer is terrible!
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Arraiano

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Cosmic22 #2
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Fatter and more resinous buds than 1.
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Smells similar to 1 but i would say it's not exactly the same, we'll see.
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Ethanol #2
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6 branchets all the ones I pinch or bend ended with father buds and supporting better the weight.
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It Smells like diesel but sweeter tan 1.
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Ice Cream Runtz #1
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Finally something that doesn't smells like diesel.
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Most of the trichomes on the leaves are on the underside.
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Small buds like almost the ones I cut at the moment.
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Arraiano

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Cake Face 3
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I have 3 phenos of these, 3 and 4 looks the same but 3 ripened earlier.We'll see when tasting it.
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I'm cutting them too toasted, this photo is from when i started cleaning them, but too many years smoking they dont lock me down haha.
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All 4 have the smell of sweet cake, this one i cut and number 4 have fat buds and i noticed a lot of gas.
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#2 is diferent doesn't smell gas at all and the smell of cake is extremely sweet.
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Number 1 doesn't have gas either but the surprise was that it came out more sativa. I love. The photos are from 20 days ago, they are ready this afternoon i cut them, i'll tell u.
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I forgot Ice Cream Runtz 2, machete? too!
 
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