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Day 65 (fd15)
a few more updates, gave them another very good flush type watering today followed by a one and-a-half dose of 10-25-25, i was feeling brave.
ive also pruned about 10-12 branches off, over all 5 plants, just little scraggely ones that wernt really getting any light....
the real estate in my grow room is at a premium at the mo, its a bit too dense in there....seem to be comming along ok....
a few more pics
That main cola is gonna be off the hook!
You da weed pimp :pimp:
I can't thank you enough for documenting this grow, im 30 days into mine, and all 10 look healthy and strong and look exactly like yours (minus the problems) ;) . How many days in were you before you could identify the female parts? I'm in there with a magnifying glass and no luck yet, I need to tell which are female so I can transplant from 1 gal to 5 gal soon. Thanks in advance.
day 67 (fd17)
thanks for the comments, watered again today, this time with 2 litres per plant and a double dose of 10-25-25...ive got my trust shower-head and bath tub on standby in the event of burn, but theres nothing yet...they just keep drinkin that fert down.....
i really need to get out and find a low N fert.
they are taking thier time to fatten up, and some of the buds are looking way too mature for the ammount of bud there is.....on the other hand theres plenty of bud sites that are still in infancy.....
dunno if the problems genetic, or my fert ratios wrong.
looks like it will be a staggared harvest....i was hoping to chop em all at once, but whatever.
on the up side, there absolutly no sign of hermies yet, which is great....but my temps this time round have been nice and stable.
i did read on another forum that the yield on skywalker is not huge...maybe im hoping for too much.
some bud shots...
oldgrowerdude, i noticed definate pistil growth on every plant by day 48,
and switched the lights to 12 the day after..
they may have been developing for a few days but i didnt notice as i was pre-occupied with other things.
a few more pics.....the one i tied down is doing very nicely:rastasmoke:
Don't be discouraged, your only on Flower day 17 and those buds will keep bulking in size all the way to week 6, then they will fatten with crystals for the last 2 weeks.
I would describe the natural progression of bud development as wave after wave of calyx growth, fresh and also dying as more new calyxes grow around the older growth so they seem to be maturing at a perfectly normal rate from what I can determine from the pics/description.
And a good way to determine if you are over fertilizing is if you get "greenhouse burn" on the tips of the newer leaves. Once you notice the new growth growing exceptionally lush green with discolored, brown or wrinkled leaf tips you have maxed out how much fert the plant can absorb. One thing you could do is to add some PH up to your water to maximize the amount of nutrient availability for the roots while not burning the plant with highly acidic feedings (Super size tip :cool: ).
I am curious concerning what you will discover about the one that is tied down, I usually do something like that or simply remove the main shoot all together to get alot of smaller main buds to grow for more growth, but it is not guaranteed to increase yield with all strains. Your continued documentation and scientific analysis will help to answer that question in the final weeks of this exciting/informative grow.
well, i watered & fed 2x again today, and noticed some slight burn on the lower growth on two of the plants, so i think ive found the ceiling, so im gonna flush em in a mo and fert again in two/3 days but just with single dose
Always good to catch that stuff early so you know when to back off the dosage, don't forget some bud shots in your next update :p Im pretty amazed that they are 100% female so far, I had heard that people often got hermies from feminized but it must be a pretty stable strain.
:jointsmile: day 21 of flower...some bud-tastic pics....
have yours shown sex yet, oldgrower dude?
i will be backing off the ferts a bit, back to single dose i think, for the rest of the grow...i think i could get away with a 1x5x dose, but i want to wind down the ferts toward the end, i think ive probably only got another 3-4 weeks to go.
Holy F$%k those got huge!! And to think they gain most of the weight in the last 2 weeks wow, they still got lots to go I can't wait! I like the one that is a 2 foot long Cola now, wow! Dont back off the ferts too much they will grow like crazy for a bit longer still :rasta:
30 Days in for me and No signs yet of either gender. Im checking close every day, and I would like to throw down some pictures too to add to the documentation here, I have some photos on my comp but every time I click "Manage attachments" it just sorta goes "error" :(