First time grow KC Brains Skunk #1 & White KC

Cool WH yours seem to thrive so I reckon I'm safe.:)

Regular weekly update plants are now 8 weeks old & at 23 day of flower (bit of an audit of a day on last week because I was late with the update the week before).

They are now on full bloom nutes (Vita Link Bloom) + Cannazym + Vita Link Buddy + Canna Booster (arrived yesterday), total PPM is 910.

The PH level was 6.1 this morning so watching & will probably need an adjusting amount of PH'd water added this afternoon.

Still keeping an eye on KC2 for hermie issues, is it possible for male nanners & female flowers to develop on the same branch node?

Pics are:

Pic 1 = the top centre stem of KC2
Pic 2 = the top of S1D didn't want to leave her out.
Pic 3 = the top of one of the branches on S1A (Is that trichs I see developing?) The fan blew the flower out of the way as I clicked.

Wowzer, I don't know how I missed this log....maybe I cruised right by it because it's hydro...but nice looking plants. (bree pulls up a chair to watch, doesn't have anything to say but NICE!)

:jointsmile: Bree


I don't know about your nanner q, my hermie developed them in thier own spot ie didn't share same branch, but same node.

Cheers Bree pull up a deckchair by the pool.:)

Heres the spliff :joint1: cold ones are in the fridge.

lol Jack....you're a good host. Your buds are looking very good. :thumbsup:
I'm afraid I don't know the answer to the hermie q either....sorry.

I'll just have to keep an eye on them, but as it single round pods at the base of a couple of flowers I'm hoping its just more female pistils about to form.

Saving a seat at the top table during the smoke testing for yourself WH :smokebong:

Very nice photos of the herb, JH.
I'm way behind on this thread too, but if WH is here then it looks like it's worth catching up. : )

Shovelhandle

Cheers SH

Week 9 update 30 days into flower.

Not much change this week Bessie(S1A) has finally slowed down in height growth @ just under 6'. Finally got the 600W HPS yesterday so thats now in the room. Temps have gone way up, not much can be done about it for this grow, so using the Co2 mixes to enhance the Co2 content as that says it works better in high temps.

Do the flowers continue to grow? or is the current amount of flowers in last weeks pictures likely to be the full yield of buds that will come from the plant?

Oh Jack you have a long way to go with that....the yield will increase the last few weeks the most and yes, they will continue to grow all right. New photos when you can.....:)

Thanks for that info Weedhound :) I was a bit concerned last week that the bud growth had stopped:confused: & would only be existing flowers that became the buds.

Its now the 35th day of flowering both strains are meant to be finished about 50 days of flowering so by my calculations this is the 3rd to 2nd last week. I have started the Canna PK 13/14, but I also was thinking of flushing for 2 weeks before harvest. SHould I switch next week to PH'd water only again?

Some bud pics, happily already been a bit more growth :D. The Skunk #1 look really frosty even the stems are like super glue when you have to touch them. The White KC hasn't got close to the amount of trichs :wtf:, but I think this maybe due to the height of the light to accommodate the other plants.

Another couple of pics. The last one shows some more of the browning on the leaves. I have read a fair bit on here that says towards the end of the flowering this happens to plants & have basically treated it as that since the rest of the plant seems to be doing well. If this is not the case but a problem what should I be doing to fix it?

The larger fan leaves will lighten but not like your photo. The burned tips are the very beginning of nute burn.....what are your numbers? These spots....looks almost like a water burn or insects perhaps? I'm not really sure but I know there are not part of normal blooming. Is it increasing onto other leaves or not?

PPM @ the moment is 1200, I have been keeping it at that since last week & maybe shouldn't have been adding nutes to the water I top the res up with. Although the plants have been drinking it at 5 ltrs per day. I will just top up with PH'd water tomorrow & then change the res again on Friday to bring the PPM's down unles you think I should flush straight away.

The brown spots are mainly on the White KC plant, can't remember at this point seeing any on the Skunk. If there has been some dew in the morning that could be the only way of water getting on the leaves. I haven't seen any pests on them & I give them a good scan 3 times a day at least using a lens from a 50x pair of binoculars as a magnifying glass. I'll have a thorough search in the morning on both sides of the leaves, but any chace you can give me an idea of what I am looking for.

hey JH you have a TREE in there. dammmm that looks great. keep it up bro.

1200 is good....you do have a good sized tree there...that shouldn't be too much ppm wise.....perhaps its from before. Those spots Jack......I really don't know...try this link and see if it has any info you can use. You also might try posting that pic in the plant problems sections and see if someone else can offer anything.

International Cannagraphic Magazine Forums - The Complete guide to Sick Plants,pH, and Pest troubles!

Cheers HC the Skunk at the back is pretty tall, I'm 6' & I need the step ladders to check the top of it.:jointsmile:

I had a good read of that link WH :thumbsup: . From its info it looks like the candidates are light bleaching, heat stress or a calcium def. Would have to say yes to the light bleaching as I'm closer to 150 W / sqr ft than the 75 W advised. Heat stress is another issue I would say is probable, but the time it would take to get a solution implemented exceeds whats left of this crop by my calculations & I have decided to defnitely get a tent, coolshade & extraction system for the next grows flowering stage.

That leaves the calcium def & it might be worth treating for that just to be sure. The guide recommends foliar feeding with dolomite lime. Where would I get this & is there anything I should pay particular attention to?

good looking plants!

Cheers evertking

Had a bit of a think about the PPM's Weedhound, the Skunks are quite tall but the White KC at the front is less than half the size of big bessie at the back. Its also showing most of the burn problems. So I changed the rez today anyway & didn't use as many of the budding additives. Left out the Vita Link Buddy as I'm using the Canna Boost & PK 13/14 combination this week. Once that all cycles through with the half inch left in the bottom of the tank the PPM's should be about 900 - 1000.

Good point that I didn't consider Jack....two very different sized plants....good call. Keep an eye on your ppms and see if they stay the same, rise, or go down. I have no idea where to buy dolomite lime but you can also use something called CalMag Plus which is made to replace calcium, magnesium etc in your nutes. For some reason.....that does not look like a calcium def to me (not that I could say exactly what a CA def looks like) so I'd be careful of adding anything at this point. Your plants look very good and that's when I usually "overhelp" them and screw things up. If you can post a pic in the problem section I'm pretty sure someone like Stinky or somebody will know what it is. Heat sounds very much like the culprit to me.

Week 11 & 42 days in flower.

Starting flushing today as the KC1 is now showing more amber pistils than new white ones. The skunk #1 doesn't appear to be browning off the pistils yet but I checked the photo on the site I got the seeds & it looks a more white hair than red hair sensi.

Sensi Seeds - Skunk #1

The nute burn seem to have been sorted & as I'm flushing now that should hopefully not cause any further problems. Still some light bleaching but unless I take out the ceiling the light can't get any higher.

Pic 2 is a comparison of mid buds from both the White KC (on the bottom) & the Skunk #1

Bit perplexed as to why the mids of the Skunk heave better development than the top of the White KC when they are at the same height r distance from the light. Maybe that strain just isn't very heavy on the resin.

They look great!!! :thumbsup::thumbsup: Looks like they are starting to fill in and swell there. Different strains look at end up differently so no surprise that they seem different to you. (plus the lighting) I''ve read that you cannot tell how good a strain is by the amount of trichs on it so don't go by that....some really strong strains have lesser amounts of trichs (so I've read.....)

Since you are flushing with ph'd water for several weeks I'm assuming you are not going to go with a flushing solution like FloraKleen or something along that line?

Cheers WH.

I hadn't really thought about using a flushing solution & don't really know much about them. I would like to get rid of the taste of all chemicals so thats why I thought PH water for 2 weeks instead of the 1 week often suggested.

If you can do it I would it.....it will really help get rid of the excess salts etc.
Here is the one I use. GENERAL HYDROPONICS

Then however long it takes after that I use plan ph'd water..up to two weeks.
Zandor has a good sticky here about the right way to use the stuff...pretty detailed.

Ps..otherwise I'd just keep doing what you are doing. :D

I had a read about that Flora Kleen & Zandors thread. Been trying to find some of that on ebay or a hydroponics shop localy. If I can get some soon I will give it a bash otherwise I'll just use the PH'd water daily.

:thumbsup:

Jack,
all i can say is WOW!:jawdropper:
your girls look FANTASTIC!

cant wait for the smoke report:thumbsup:

Rock.

Thanks Rock

Sorry been busy for the last few weeks. Harvested the plants, I got 6 ounce from the big S1A Skunk#1 plant and 4 once from the slightly smaller skunk plant. IMO this is down to the branch buds on the smaller one not being so well developed causing them to lose more weight as they dried. I think they probably had a lot of water in them as the shrinkage during drying was high. I also lost about an ounce of each top cola due to mould & rot which wasn't visible until breaking the cola up into its buds.

The White KC only provided just under an ounce.

Both plants are an excellent smoke the skunk has a nice lemongrass smell to it while the white KC smells & tastes more fruity.

Baked is the best description of the high although I find I still get the impuse to go do things. By the end of a day of smoking or a heavy session the couch lock does get pretty heavy.

A couple of bud pics the first is the very top of the white KC plant nicknamed Simpsons Bud as I had it for a smoke before the SImpsons movie.:jointsmile:

Thanks for all the help especially Weedhound & now time to grow these little clone babies:stoned:

Congratulations.....:thumbsup: Six ounces off one plant is certainly something to crow about...(think I got 1 and 1/2 oz off first plants). Great job Jack. :yippee:

You don't happen to have a photo of the mold etc on your buds do you? That would be a great learning tool around here. ;)

Thanks WH I originally thought I messed up in the curing as the plants looked like they had more on them.

Sorry I don't have a pic of the mould or rot, it was a hectic weekend when I harvested them as friends showed up un announced looking to stay for a few days.

Yep....THEY ALL POP UP AROUND HARVEST DON'T THEY???: Congrats on your grow Jack. :thumbsup:

hey you should post some more harvest pics! :D

Sorry smokedoja due to the interuption while harvesting no pics were taken.