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Originally Posted by Scarlet Sky
Some one asked my yesterda how the trichomes looked so maybe I forgot to tell you girls. When H was moving the plants in and out of the car he knocked a few of the tops and they brushed the door, bursting my top 12/2 of the buds trichomes, which were the easiest to see with my dinky mag glass, so I'm just a little clueless right now.
So I did some transplanting today. Hopefully I can find the nice timing so my Northerns aren't so much bigger then the afghanis. I decided to have Mrs. Bin Laden instead of Jaz as a mom because her buds are so thick. So I trimmed some roots on Mrs. BL and FIMmed the 2 tallest branches(hopefully FIMming works this time)
Bella seems to be maturing faster than the other northerns, too bad he buds are so small, plus she's had the most struggles. The Afghanis pistils are 50% orange, and lokkinh about 50/50 milky so I think I'll water with just plain water tomorrow to start starving them and maybe by next weekend I can do the first chop of teh mature bud and leave the bottom maybe a week longer.
I'm having trouble seeing the tricomes properly so I think I'll be looking at other signs of maturity. Like 90% swollen calyxs, and 90% orange hairs. I'll keep looking at the trichomes but just incase I'm not seeing things right I have other standards to follow.
Bella had mites this morning!
Awwww:(
OK so I started starving the Afghans giving them only water. I think maybe next week for a harvest but if they have to go longer they'll just starve a little more. I've noticed a Calcium and Magnesium deficientcys in the Northerns, and a few of the bottom leaves are dying on the very bottom under everything on everyone. It only a leaf or two but it's starting. I haven't even noticed any yellowing really and am suprised, maybe my plants are farther off then I figure. Oh well we'll wait and see. I found mites on two of the northerns. These Northerns are way more susptible to deficiencies and pests than the Affs, and some more then others. Bella has the weakest immune system of all regaurding nutes and pest, and has small buds, but she clones so easy and seems to be really far ahead in maturation compared to the other plants. I think Mrs. BL was a good choice for a mother she all around pretty strong against everything and has nice weight on her. If the Affs do finish before the northern then next crop I'll put the northerns in first for a while so they all finish around the same time, plus that gives the Affs a chance to get some height. I'm really working on pruning and controling bush with those Affs for next grow by pinching out new shots that are trying to take over, I want to keep only th 4-5 colas on those going strait up, it's a challenge but I'm up for it.
I've learnt so much this grow already I can only hope to have an even better harvest next time.
Thanks for the visit, please feel free to share the love and let me know you're still there.
Peace
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I think they look like they have some time left, more than a week that is. Have you got a decent look at the trichs yet? I had to practice using my microscope for a week before I could get a good look at anything. It's still damn hard because my hands are not steady.
Too bad about the mites, they seem to be tough bastards to get rid of!
LOVE cg :jointsmile:
Still living with a cheap mag glass. The Afghanis(short bushy ones) over half the hairs are dead and the calyxs are pretty swollen. I don't know if they'll be ready for next week but 1 more week after that and they are at 7 weeks. Buddys says they should be ready soon, but he's going by some one elses grow and how do I know that he is harvesting at the right time even if they are clones of those plants. So it's wait and see, but the starving has started, if they end up going 3 weeks without nutes at the end then I know there are no nutes left over the effect the final product. I would like to leave them as long as possible so they can get as big as possible.
Another discovery I have made about my grow is that I'm having heat problems. I was reading the elongated bud thread and the very tips of my plants have started to grow like that. And it makes sense since a week ago I really lowered my lights, so now I moved them up a bit and hopefully there is enough time for them to recover. I'm being a=ttacked9u9g8foyi,./kl/.k
good call on the heat; i've a little of that myself right now...
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Yeah that plant of ours that wasn't fed anything for like 3-4 weeks is almost dry and I smoked a nug... it almost tasted good and wasn't harsh at all before any curing!