Rick Grimes Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 (edited) Welcome to my third Dinafem section Diary. The star of this grow and show will be 3 Dinachems and co-stars will be an HSO OG Kush Auto, a Dinafem Blue Kush Auto and 3 more Quick Criticals. Dinachem seems to get great reviews whenever it’s mentioned on here and other forums and is a favourite with a few members of this forum. These are the Dinachems^^. They are just over a month old. They started in 1.4 litre pots, then 3 litre pots and now in 6 litres of soil. They were grown to about 7-8 nodes then topped back to the 3rd node and lst began. The tops taken from the dinachems were put in the aero cloner under a T5 light 9 days ago and this morning we have roots! The HSO OG Kush Auto^^. She’s in an 11 litre pot and has had a couple of light feeds up to now. She was topped once deliberately and twice more on lower branches due to slightly over enthusiastic LST. But the accidental toppings don’t look to have done any harm. I’ve grown the Dinafem Auto OG Kush before and OG Kush CBD but not the HSO version the baby of the bunch is the Blue Kush Auto. I’ve grown this before, it’s a solid smoke and can get big. She’ll eventually go up to an 11 litre pot from the 1.4 she’s currently in. All plants are in the Veg tent at the moment. It’s a 1m^2 tent with a 5” extractor and 400w dual spec HPS on 24/0 to stabilise temperatures. The autos will remain in there, the photoperiods will go in the 1.2m^2 flower tent under a 6/750w Gavita DE when space is freed. As with previous grows the medium is Canna Terra pro soil, the nutrients are canna terra vega, terra Flores and PM calmag+. Not the most fashionable of Nutes but they’ve simple to use served me well in the past. As usual all feedback is very welcome as I’m grateful for the tips and help I’ve received in my previous diaries. Edited November 29, 2018 by Rick Grimes 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jadenugs Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 Looking good so far mate, good luck wth the grow 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinafem-Mark Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 Another Dinafem adventure up and running by @Rick Grimes Dinachem is a pure "gas" strain as I call them. She comes from the Chem line and has the added "Guava chem" in her back ground. I have noticed since "StarDawg" became popular in the UK growers are noticing DinaChem. This is a good thing and I know you'll love the end product A nice selection of genetics in the mix so this should be a fun one to watch Good luck buddy All the best Mark.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Grimes Posted December 15, 2018 Author Share Posted December 15, 2018 (edited) Well overdue for an update. The Spider Mites were ravaging this tent and couldn’t be treated because of the flowering Quick Criticals and Green Poisons from my other diary that were in the other tent next to this one. The 3 Quick Criticals that I intended to grow along side these Dinachems were getting destroyed so had to give them to a mate who has treated them and is growing them out. The Dinachems were being damaged by the mites but not as bad. They showed signs of bad mite damage but have started recovering since Mite treatment started. My Weapons of Mite Destruction. Hot Shots No pest strips, SBPI, Harkers, Fortefog P foggers and the test tube is FloraMite. The idea is to try to hit them from all angles. The foggers were used 3 days apart in the garage with tent doors open and fans off. Harkers has been applied twice three days apart. FloraMite was also in with the first Harkers spray and will be in the final one. The two no pest strips are being left in each tent for four hours with all extraction off every other day then put back in an air tight box. Above are the 3 Dinachems now in 11 litre pots. They’ll get another week or so in veg to recover a bit more then flip. The three bigger pots are the clones from the Dinachems which I’m now planning to veg up then eventually go in the flower tent a few weeks after their mothers. The small pot is a clone from one of the Quick criticals I had to give away but I’m not sure what I’m doing with that yet I just liked the look of it’s mother. Edited December 15, 2018 by Rick Grimes 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinafem-Mark Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 (edited) @Rick Grimes Attacking the "Borg" from every angle Spidermites can be a real pain to eliminate. You've got a wide range of weapons to attack and from what I've herd Harkers will work very well but not on flowering plants My best advice would be. Get this grow completed then try to eliminate this issue permanently. Could you use any beneficial predators to assist? Maybe something such as "neoseiulus californicus" im not sure on how effective these are and I'm not sure if they can be used in conjunction with other applications your using but worth looking into Good luck with the "Borg" war All the best Mark.. Edited December 17, 2018 by Dinafem-Mark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Grimes Posted December 18, 2018 Author Share Posted December 18, 2018 On 17/12/2018 at 2:09 PM, Dinafem-Mark said: Could you use any beneficial predators to assist? Maybe something such as "neoseiulus californicus" im not sure on how effective these are and I'm not sure if they can be used in conjunction with other applications your using but worth looking into Good luck with the "Borg" war I’ve been thinking about predators. From what I’ve read they don’t work in the flower cycle but could be a good preventative in the veg/auto tent. Even If I just used them in veg tent i could at least be sure they were going into flower reasonably mite free. Its definitely something I’ll carry on researching for after I’m done with the chemical treatments pal. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Grimes Posted January 1, 2019 Author Share Posted January 1, 2019 The Christmas period is over so time for an update. These are the Dinachems now in the flower tent on their own, they were flipped on Christmas Day. Their clones will go into 11 litre pots in the next day or two then after about 10 days will be joining their mothers in the flower tent. All together the plants had 3 treatments with harkers, 2 treatments with Floramite, 2 with SBPI, 2 fortefog P foggers and 4-5 treatments with the No pest strips. The SBPI caused some quite bad burning on the leaves, despite using at half recommended dose, which I wanted them to recover from so flower was delayed further than I planned. But I’m very happy with how they’re looking now. They are up to 2.5ml of terra vega with 0.25-0.5ml of calmag per litre. I use small amounts of calmag from late veg because my tap water is soft and I find the calmag saves me chasing deficiencies into the flowering period. I’ll clean up the lower growth then put the trellis support net in over the next few days to spread them out a bit more. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinafem-Mark Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Some nice bushy ladies put into bloom That undercarriage will need a tidy up over the next 2 weeks as they stretch and they look to have a great structure ready to pack on that weight Nice work so far mate. Let's see what you can do in bloom Back from vacation just in time Happy New year mate and here's to a fantastic 2019 All the best Mark.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Grimes Posted January 14, 2019 Author Share Posted January 14, 2019 Update pics for the Dinachems. Day 19 of 12/12 They had a good lollipop just after the last update. I’m really liking the structure of these plants. I’ve made an effort to defoliate the canopy a bit to expose more bud sites to take advantage of the extra light penetration from the 750w light. I’ve just put their clones in the flower tent too so they’ll be on the next update. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinafem-Mark Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 On 14/01/2019 at 10:46 PM, Rick Grimes said: They had a good lollipop just after the last update. I’m really liking the structure of these plants. Beautiful structure my friend nice work on the lollypopping to mate. Going to pay of now those flowers are developing On 14/01/2019 at 10:46 PM, Rick Grimes said: I’ve made an effort to defoliate the canopy a bit to expose more bud sites to take advantage of the extra light penetration from the 750w light. That's definitely going to be a big benefit mate and just at the right time. Now that extra energy can get diverted to those beautiful budsites Looking good from here mate Keep the updates coming as those buds stack on that weight All the best Mark.. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Grimes Posted January 23, 2019 Author Share Posted January 23, 2019 update pics. Day 28 of 12/12 for the mothers, Day 9 for their clones. They are stacking some buds now and still looking nice and healthy as far as I can see. I’ve been using Intense Nutrients Wide load flower booster at 1ml/l for about two weeks. It’s expensive stuff so went halves with a friend on a smaller bottle. I’m sceptical of these kind of boosters as many of us are but I’ve read some good reports so thought it worth a try. The clone plants will get the same lollipopping and defoliation when they’re old enough in a week or so. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Grimes Posted January 23, 2019 Author Share Posted January 23, 2019 On 21/01/2019 at 8:15 PM, Dinafem-Mark said: That's definitely going to be a big benefit mate and just at the right time. Now that extra energy can get diverted to those beautiful budsites I agree pal. I’m hoping the defoliation will create longer colas that go deeper down into the canopy. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jadenugs Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 Looking great dude, nice one. Gonna be a tightly packed tent 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Grimes Posted January 24, 2019 Author Share Posted January 24, 2019 1 minute ago, jadenugs said: Looking great dude, nice one. Gonna be a tightly packed tent Let’s hope so Brother. Thanks for looking in 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
80s-LAD Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 (edited) Lovley job looks fantastic @Rick Grimes I have a very similar set up an I’m having a few issues what I think it is , is a cal mag def or a ph problem an it’s been such a long time since I last use this medium an seen to have lost my way can I ask what do you keep up PH set to in the terra pro plus veg stage ? is your water hard or soft ? An do you use cal mag ? If so how much an how long for in veg an/or flower keep up the fantastic work Edited January 26, 2019 by 80s-LAD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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