Indoor Mars Hydro FC-3000 makes a Mango Smile happy

[JaxsoNL5]

Delay after delay, let there be light on day 10 @Marshydro FC-3000 Smart LED is at minimum setting 20” above this lil sprout.

After acclimating I’ll be taking her up to an average of 30% (~100 W) during veg and 50% (150 W) during flower in this 2x2x4’ tent, sprinkling in some high intensity days for shits giggles n’ toots.

 

[JaxsoNL5]

Slow veggin’ for this baby Mango Smile, she got her second application of Bud Buster Pro foliar at lights out so there should be some explosive growth this week! @stan_mephisto - when do Mango Smiles usually show sex? Trying to figure if I should top after the 4th node on day 17 or let her go and supercrop to control her height with Meph’s description she consistently outgrew your 7 foot ceilings

Temps are 80-81 F (lights on) and 74ish F (lights off)
RH around 70%

Got the @Marshydro FC-3000 up to 25% (75 W) at 20” above. I will get it to 33% (100 W) or so and then keep it 18 inches overhead during veg. The driver mounts allowed me to hang the RapidLED far red and deep red pucks overhead finally! They are on a timer to go on before and after lights on and lights out.

Feed this week:
1.5 L Bloom City Silica Boost + Humic Acid
pH 6.3 on day 14
1.5 L Gen Hydro MaxiGrow (1 gram/liter) plus half-strength CALiMAGic pH 5.8-6.2 on day 15
2 L Gen Hydro CALiMAGic + BioRoot pH 5.8-6.2 on day 18.

Thanks for stopping by growmies!

 

[Marshydro]

Slow veggin’ for this baby Mango Smile, she got her second application of Bud Buster Pro foliar at lights out so there should be some explosive growth this week! @stan_mephisto - when do Mango Smiles usually show sex? Trying to figure if I should top after the 4th node on day 17 or let her go and supercrop to control her height with Meph’s description she consistently outgrew your 7 foot ceilings

Temps are 80-81 F (lights on) and 74ish F (lights off)
RH around 70%

Got the @Marshydro FC-3000 up to 25% (75 W) at 20” above. I will get it to 33% (100 W) or so and then keep it 18 inches overhead during veg. The driver mounts allowed me to hang the RapidLED far red and deep red pucks overhead finally! They are on a timer to go on before and after lights on and lights out.

Feed this week:
1.5 L Bloom City Silica Boost + Humic Acid
pH 6.3 on day 14
1.5 L Gen Hydro MaxiGrow (1 gram/liter) plus half-strength CALiMAGic pH 5.8-6.2 on day 15
2 L Gen Hydro CALiMAGic + BioRoot pH 5.8-6.2 on day 18.

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Thanks for stopping by growmies!

hope for good results with the light

 

[JaxsoNL5]

Day 21
Pruned off the first node leaves and shoots on Day 18, started LST on the main Day 20. Every few days i’ll be taking off a new shoot or two that’s developing slower than the others.

On Day 21 today she showed sex and got a high dose of Bud Buster Pro foliar spray at lights out. Each week is going like clockwork with the feeds, giving a day or two between each one:

1st feed - 1-2 liters Silica Boost with either Humic Acid or AN Bud Candy alternating weeks. TDS is around 100 ppm so this is my weekly “flush”.
2nd feed - 1.5 liters (now upped to) 1.5 g/L MaxiGrow with half-strength CALiMAGic this week
3rd feed - 2 L CALiMAGic + Bioroot

Mars Hydro FC-3000 at 25% in the pic, which is the average I keep it at. I give a few hours at mid light cycle at 33% intensity. She’s just starting to hit her stride and should start filling out nicely

She’s got her first armpit hairs, ooh la la!

She’s apparently sensitive to N…every day after her MaxiGrow feed a couple of the leaf serrations show signs of burn and claw down at the tips, but she grows out of it after a day or two. Other than that she’s been a smooth sailor

 

[JaxsoNL5]

Day 28
Should have her general shape filled out by Day 35, slowing down on the training to get vertical growth going.

Gave another application of Bud Buster Pro foliar spray and weekly feeds will be (about 24 hours between feeds):

1st feed - 1.6 liters Silica Boost with Humic Acid, the last Humic feed of this run.
2nd feed - 1.5 liters of a 75/25 mixture (1.75 g/L combined) MaxiGrow and MaxiBloom with half-strength CALiMAGic and full strength AN Bud Candy
Subsequent feeds - 2 liters of full strength CALiMAGic + Bioroot + AN Bud Candy

Got the @Marshydro FC-3000 averaging 33%, been cranking it up to 40-50% for 1-2 hours mid-cycle.

Pics before some training, the main is under the word Mango in the pic label…back middle of the pot.

And after pulling some branches down and bending the main to the side…the main is now back right under the in image.

Been doing pruning of first nodes off the side branches and found this little trio of happy branches

Going to be another exciting week of growth, thanks for stopping by growmies!

 

[ArkVader13]

Very nice and lush grow @JaxsoNL5 , I'm looking forward to seeing this one through!

 

[JaxsoNL5]

View attachment 1610202Very nice and lush grow @JaxsoNL5 , I'm looking forward to seeing this one through!

Appreciate the rep pts @Arkvader13 and kind words! Enjoy having you along

 

[JaxsoNL5]

@stan_mephisto - do you know around what day does the stretch typically slow down with Mango Smile?

 

[JaxsoNL5]

Day 35
Final application of Bud Buster Pro foliar spray.
She’s getting thirstier each week taking over half gallon daily, feeds will be:

1st feed - 1.6 liters Silica Boost with AN Bud Candy
2nd feed - 1.6 liters of a 50/50 mixture (1.75 g/L combined) MaxiGrow and MaxiBloom with half-strength CALiMAGic and full strength AN Bud Candy
Subsequent feeds - Full strength mix of CALiMAGic + Bioroot + AN Bud Candy (getting AN Big Bud and will give a dose midweek, starting daily next week as the bottle tells me)

Got the @Marshydro FC-3000 at 18” above the canopy averaging 40% (120W), been cranking it up to 50% for a few hours mid-cycle. Up to 1 hour total UV exposure each light cycle, working up to 2 hours total daily with an 24W AgroMax PureUV T5HO.

Finally cleaned things up last week and got the Inkbird sensor in the center of the canopy, couldn’t do that with the LED boards leaf tucking and LST, letting her go vertically now and will pull branches down to keep things even.

Up up and away we go
@St. Tom tag! This is my current journal growmie

 

[JaxsoNL5]

Missed an update last week so we’ll do a two-fer. Had to supercrop four branches starting with the main on Day 40. Oscillating fan stopped working and my Inkbird humidity controller started failing to shut off the humidifier at the set point

Mango Smile (@stan_mephisto) is drinking about a gallon+ daily. Start of the week is 2 Liters Silica Boost, then Gen Hydro MaxiBloom plus CALiMAGic and BioRoot to runoff. Every feed after is a mix of GH CALiMAGic and AN Big Bud and Bud Candy, alternating in BioRoot every other day.

The @Marshydro FC-3000 is averaging 42% intensity (125 W) with peak intensity around 55-60% at midday. I’m going to need to get the Mars Hydro 24x24x55 inch tent for some more headspace!

Day 41 - after supercropping the main this bugger in the back left was begging to be snapped. Now you see it

Now you don’t

And on Day 42 during “midday” with the FC-3000 cranked up a bit

That branch that got snapped already bouncing back towards the light

And the main all twisted around and snapped back onto herself

Did some defol and pruning lowers during the week. Started getting some yellowing, going to push through though on upper leaves…might be pH related or too much light!!!

Day 49 and the stretch is slowing going to do some defol and pruning and remaining duds this week, then leave it alone until late late flower and do one final small defol