First Grow - MK Ultra (ILGM) **HARVESTED 249 Grams**

[Vicc]

Did a water change before my trip tomorrow and will be out for 5 days. I made sure to have all the automation set for Extra light boost based on CO2 levels, AC on / off, humidifier / dehumidifier and also remote water change reservoir (with 3 gallons of RO water + 20ml of bottles 3 and 4).
Filled the grobo just like how @SWSVIC suggested (many thanks! ).

I also changed how I top off her water, see my feed chart for example (the goal is to minimize the drift which is considered the ppm sweet spot, I got this recommendation from a pro grower friend. He also inspected her and recommended for me to start from week 3 feeding schedule):

This is how she looks before I take off for 5 days (I wanted to clean up the bottom more but I think I should give her a few more days to recover from all the recent cropping before doing so).

She is 27" tall now, I only have 5" left of vertical space.

[Time2grow]

Can I get this in first timers terms lol

[Letsgrowmore]

She’s a perfect height man! Hopefully she keeps bulking up!

[Vicc]

I’ll pray to the sun gods everyday for that to happen

[Vicc]

Turned an old phone into a security camera and was able to move my monitors up to the front of the grobo to monitor her while doing my daily remote top offs and recording data.

I think I’m ready for my trip

[Vicc]

After 5 days I came home to this sticky hazy smelling monster. Looks like I have a lot of work ahead of me. One thing I do notice is that her color looks much better since receiving the CO2 treatment. It looks like she experience a bit of light stress due to adding the light boost and started growing 3 pointed leaves. Good thing I’m growing bud and not leaves =]

I cleaned her up before doing water change

Big Bud: 3/4
Rhino Skin: - 1/2
B-52: 1/2
Bud Candy: Pulled (will reintroduce in 2 weeks to allow big bud to ramp up)
HydroGuard: Full
Senzisym: 1/2
CO2 PPM: 1000-1200 avg daytime

[pyromancy]

Damn she’s a beast. I think a haircut might be in order soon !

So she pops out of the Grobo like that, do you do that when you check her and let her breathe? It’s crazy how much she’s hanging out there

Or are you using lights in the tent too and leaving the door open ? I’m just confused haha

[Vicc]

@pyromancy I decided to let her finish in the tent to allow her to have more photosynthesis (lux from 55k to 85k with co2, which also explains why her leaves devolved into 3 points last week, from extra light, better air movement and added co2. This also explains also the crazy growth and deeper color within the past 2 weeks

I am leaving the door open and pulled her out of the box to allow her to open up more in the middle.

She already had her defoliation multiple times. All the leaves you are seeing are from the top 2 nodes of each branch. There isn’t much defoliation to do unless i do a more aggressive leaf strip but with the added side light, it doesn’t look like it’s necessary. The side light helped even out her canopy better by luring the bottom colas to the front and outside of the grobo.

She looks that leafy because there are way too many colas, I went pretty ham with horizontal growth during veg hahha (I removed like 8 branches from the middle last 2 weeks). All reasons why I decided take the grobo inside the tent and let her finish there. Here is a zoomed out photo

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Now that I understand the grobo space much better. My next run I’ll probably just keep 6 colas and just let her grow vertical with just topping and scrog

[Farmercuetical]

How long do u leave it open ?Does leaving the door open for like that affect the unit in any way ?

[Vicc]

At the moment, its always opened. Keeping it open leaks smell and reduces light reflection from the door and also allows plant to grow more wild. It also allows bugs to easily access your plant. It won’t affect the unit in anyway however

I wouldn’t recommend it if it’s outside a controlled space. I am sacrificing a month and half from doing another grow run by just keeping this grobo in the tent. But I figured I might as well do it since I did over crowd her with too many branches

[Farmercuetical]

Seems like a interesting project…

[Vicc]

the best way to learn is to try things out =]

[Farmercuetical]

No doubt

[Vicc]

After 2 days of plucking a few handfuls a day, I managed to open her up a bit more

[Angiebaby]

I can’t wait to find out the end result!!! This is so exciting!

[Vicc]

Flower (Day 43 / 53)

Water change today Bloom Week 5 Feeding:
Rhino Skin: half
B-52: half
Bud Candy: half
Overdrive: Introduced at third strength
Hydroguard: double
Big Bud: pulled
Bottle 3 and 4: extra 10 ml each
Average CO2: 900 ppm

[Vicc]

I managed to pull another cola out to free up more space in the center of the canopy. I am starting to feel real good about this first grow considering how many problems encountered early on. Moving her into the tent and letting her finish in there was definately the right move .

CO2 feeder line the paper towel is to absorb any moisture that comes out of the tubes >=]

[pyromancy]

She looks awesome @Vicc ! Praying to the sun and happy! You’re gonna have a really nice yield there. The buds are everywhere and stacking really nice. She pretty much said screw the Grobo LED lol

I’m thinking two ounces or more from this depending on how big the buds

I’m excited for like a week or two from now when the buds really start taking off

[Vicc]

Thanks @pyromancy , its starting to get super exciting and it has been hard to keep my eyes off of her. It took 2 weeks just to open her up to get proper lighting as there was so much branch entanglement, but at least now I’m happy. There are now proper spacing between the colas and plenty of light coming down thoughout her canopy now. What I didn’t realize until yesterday was that her branches are much stronger and flexibIe than I initially thought so I went a bit more heavy handed and was able to get her to come out of the box more. can’t wait to see the changes happen and for her buds to fatten up <3 overdrive will ramp up to 70% this Saturday.

This sort of feels like a sims video game haha.

[Jamminbear]

Wow u placed the Grobo inside your tent? What was the reasoning ? To increase C02 and light ? Are u using Grobo nutrients and your additional supplements like big bud?