Beautiful, thanks for the update.
I have been wondering how they were doing
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Beautiful, thanks for the update.
I have been wondering how they were doing
Could the yellowing/rusting of a few leaves be a result of the lacking nutes?
Should I go ahead and flower at 1 foot or on and a half foot on the smaller plants? They're all a foot or over right now.
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Take this with a grain of salt, but, yeah! Flower!Quote:
Originally Posted by The Grim Reefer
Turtle - <3
Thanks for dropping by ;)
It's only bag seed, but I'm excited nonetheless.
Alright, so in a week I'm going to go ahead and flower, I want to do a few transplants before they start budding.
However, I have a dilemma..
Currently, the plant in flowering goes in the DARK from 7pm to 7am.
Since it's hot in Arizona, I want to get them on a 10-10 kind of thing. 10am to 10pm.
I still have a week or so before I flower them ALL together, but how can I get the flowering plant to match up with the 10am-10pm schedule without stressing it too much? Should I gradually give it an extra 2 hours?
Thanks in advance for the suggestions XD
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Usually the yellowing of the leaves is associated with wet soil, but not always. The ph gets thrown off if air is not allowed to the microbes as they can not break down the nitrogen into nitrate, which is the form the plants use.
I would give it extra light when changing not extra dark. I would try and keep 12 hours of dark no matter what. Should be fine
Yo how the ladies doing?
Hey kids!
A little update on the plants..
3/6 have spread their legs to me and to my liking, they're female!
-The biggest plant was put into flowering 3/11, it's looking close to being ready but I'm not sure what to look for besides trichomes. The pistils are browning and I'm going to look for my microscope tomorrow.
The only problem with that, is I'm just starting the flushing and I'm worried she'll be ready in a week or so. Experts can toss me some advice there?
The leaves are yellowing a bit, PH is 6.6-6.8. I'm assuming it's just putting every ounce of energy into the buds since I've seen it happen before, but I still have yet to research more on the subject. :D
Pics to follow up!
What's the easiest and most discreet way to trash males?
I'm dissapointed that all of the healthier ones were male instead of female. Bastards.
Oh well, all of them were from mid bag seed except for one. The one seed is from a bag of grapefruit smelling bud I had awhile ago. Lucky me, eh?
Haha, next time it's all going to be from a seed bank.
heheeheh grim u have the same carpet as me lol
Don't trash the males.. Make cannabutter out of them, and then make some cake:DQuote:
Originally Posted by The Grim Reefer
Here's droopy almost 2 months into flowering:
Just started cutting nutes tonight! I hope I have time! :o :thumbsup:
LOL, too late for that. They've been killed via dehydration, though I still have them in the garage..dead..Quote:
Originally Posted by Powder Puff
The big plant is now showing a phosphorus deficiency due to some of the leaves purpling. Granted I've only flushed it once I'm not quite sure what to do.
Do I let all of the growth just die due to a deficiency?
Do I give my plant JUST that one nutrient?
Do I give it a good fertilizing one last time?
I'll give some more information on the trichomes in a minute, I may have to bust out my old microscope and trim a leaf with some trichomes on it.
If I had to give you a percentage on the hairs on each bud turning brown, I'd say at max 10-15%.
Help! XD
when you stick finger into soil and it's dry 4-6 inch depth fully water your plant soke! then should be a every other day water cycle. Yes plants got a K2O and p2O5 deffency you should ither goto a hydroponics shop and get a 0-5-4 / or goto a garden store and look around the flowers and tomatos section and look on the nutrishion get something with some K2O and P2O5 and lil MG should be good. For Soil give it nutrishion then wait a week the other water time just use normal water i'd give it another light treatment after that week of normal water see how shes doing then.
Thanks for the reply Krogith!
The only thing I'm worried about, is she may be ready for harvest very soon and I don't want to be smoking any nutrients.
I feel I'm cutting it close as it is, she'll be 7 weeks into flowering tomorrow.
Paranoia? Possibly. xD
Should I go ahead and just give her a last fertilizing with something higher in potassium and phosphorus and then flush for 2 weeks and yank her out?
yeah man sorry i didn't sign onto boards long time ago yeah you sound like you got it figed shit out, the 2 week opure flush befor harvest is key to... now that your close to the end it's up to you if you got 3 weeks you think do it man blast em and flush 2 weeks but if shes done 80%+ brown hairs then shes done ya know:smokin: if last pic is latest than man more time maybe like 5 weeks would be good clear her up and buco the buds all depends on hair %
Awesome, thanks for the info Krog - that's just what I needed to hear.
I'll pick up some Maxicrop today and mix it with my Alaskan and the nute balance should be perfect, I'll fert her for another week or so and then starve her brains out.
Those pics are just a few days old. How many more weeks would you say?
You've been a great help bro! thanks again
i'd need to see a good close shot of a bud tell you my guesstimte on how much longer but thats a 4-5' plant? im guess about 5 more weeks i would like i said do a Feed and water next 7 day ( when shes dry) FEED and then do a week water see where shes at if you wana harvest then do one more week water if not and shes still putting out new hairs then shes wants to grow and get feed Again! Your god indoors:smokin:
This plant is ready... PS: best background for where you Grow is FLAT WHITE it reflects the best light and a flat surface will disperse it evenly no hot spots. Milar/plastic sheets or 8 layers flat/satin paint.
Time for a pic update!
You'll notice in the following pics how all 3 pots are laid almost all the way on their side, I've had some interesting results so far.
Does cola growth on the side branches slow the main cola growth at all?
(say the main cola and a cola on a branch are the same distance from the light)
Thanks in advance for your help!
Comments appreciated as always.
Here come the barrage of pics! :D
More with my HPS off and the CFL on:
And droopy!:
( this is her 7th week )
Small update -
Grabbed a 30x handheld microscope from HobbyBench yesterday.
I don't understand how you guys can focus and check on your trichomes easy, the focus is hard to get - I may have to find something sturdy for both my plant and microscope and work something out that way!
From what I can tell, the triches are getting thick with THC (cloudy) and I don't see anything amber yet.
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* * * Nugget Update * * *
I went ahead and took it upon myself to give a smaller set of her goodies a grab.
Dense, DENSE buds. Firm as hell, which is surprising considering it's all organic and to be honest, I thought the way this plant looks - it's quality would be downhill. :rasta:
I also just checked her trichomes out on my 30x.. they look like little balls of semen. :dance:
Cloudy! Cloudy! Cloudy!
Not one trace of anything amber yet, but I'm waiting!
I'll just keep on the nutes until I see half amber. I want both, though I'd prefer the heady high more so. :D
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looking good reefer m8 nice one
cheers all :)
It's been quite awhile since an update. :)
I chopped my biggest lady down today WITHOUT flushing due to a small spider mite infestation.
However, since I've only used organics I'm not too worried. Worst comes to worse, they'll get an extra long cure if the taste is terrible :D
This grow has been nothing, BUT a learning experience.
Everything that could have gone wrong, basically went wrong - however, I killed about 8 birds with one bush. In this case, a marijuana bush :smokin:
Since there were a few webs hanging around, I used an entire can of keyboard cleaner (the cans of compressed gas with a straw). This knotted up the webs and knocked most eggs/mites off of the buds.
I then cut the fan leaves from the stem and worked my way on manicuring the very small leaves.
I had 3 containers: one for dead plant matter, one for fan leaves that didn't have enough trichomes for hash, and the last was my hash trimmings!
All hash trimmings were thoroughly inspected for mites, if no mites were found -then into the hash pile. If mites WERE found, they were eradicated and then the leaf was sent off to the hash pile.
For the one plant, it was a long, yet theraputic process. I went through Dogma, Office Space, and Tomb Raider while cutting Droopy up.
If I had enough time, I would have flushed her properly and sprayed her down to kill the mites.
However, for my other 2 plants - the war is on.
I just read this entire thread from start to finish... Congrats on a successful first grow! Let us know how those buds turned out :)
Solistus - Thanks a lot for the reply, I hope some of the info was helpful in the least :D
There are so many things I could have done better, in fact on my next grow I'm going to do a comparison and give some insight as to how you can improve your grow knowledge like I did.. I still have so much to learn. It's all so much fun though!
The plant turned out 16 grams (little over a half ounce) of what would be considered pretty high quality around here. I guess it's alright for my first grow, but I'm going to try and double it on my next grow.
As for the buds - they're still curing and they smell like spice until you break them open, after you break through them it smells like really tangy fruit. It's kind of interesting..
My friend really loved the taste and said it got him pretty high, I think it could use another 10-20 days curing :D
I also think another factor is they got a little too dry, as in 5% water. So I went ahead and threw a fresh bud in there and within a few days they were as good as new!
You know what I found interesting most of all, is the lack of spider mites/evidence of spider mites in the buds.
In fact, if you ever have a spidermite problem during flowering, fend them off the best you can and when you harvest 95-99.9% of them will leave the buds.
Day 1: I found a LOT of webbing on the paperclips which I hung the buds from. I pulled each bud off and wiped everything down, including the bud's stems, with water and a rag.
Day 2: I found a few more webs and a few more mites crawling up the stems. I then noticed that they were crawling not only up the stems and the paperclips, but all the way up the clotheshanger as well!
Another wipedown was done.
Day 3: It was like a barren wasteland. Nothing. Not even with my microscope.
:stoned:
**If you hang the buds upside down, the mites will be more likely to climb up the stem and away from the bud opposed to leaving the stems intact with the trunk than NOT hanging it upside down.
** About to smoke 3 bowls of Droopy approx 10 days after cure - Will post results
*so excited*
~Droopy
Strain: Unknown. Bagseed.
Indica/Sativa %: Uknown. However, a glance at the leaves tells me it's an indica dominant mix. However! When I smoke it, it feels like there's more sativa.
Feels like: I feel like I'm on cocaine and nyquil. My heart and thoughts are racing but I have a sort of numbness, I can't stop thinking!
Found: A seed of mids I got awhile ago. A seed of crappy mids. In fact, this right here goes to show you that shwag can be grown to be some potent stuff under the right conditions. Hell, I screwed up quite a few times and still managed to get a half ounce of what feels like about double the potency of the original bud!
Consistancy: Very, very fluffy buds. You know what fresh snowfall looks like? Since the buds aren't as dense but still decent sized, it looks like fresh green snowfall. Breaks up and cash's like a dream, though I do wish they were a bit more dense. When you touch and squeeze them, you'd almost rather hug them and sleep on them than of smoke them.
Sticky Factor: The buds are so sticky, that if you try to break it up with just one finger it's incredibly easy for the buds to get stuck together.
Odor: I can't smell a thing until I break the nuggest open.
Odor Factor: When growing: Med+ / When bagged: Low-
Efficiency of Combustion: Burns pretty well, unfortunately I wasn't able to flush it properly so once in awhile there will be a bowl that will have a crackle.
Taste: This is one for the citrus pile. It smells VERY sour though, not sure where it came from unfortunately.
Smoothness: Getting very smooth, sometimes a hit or two will be harsh but it's a LOT better than it was just a few days ago.
Conclusion: For my first plant, I guess it's not too bad. The smoke is about 50% more incredible than the plant it came from.
2 medium to large bowls set me straight.
Don't underestimate the power of bag seed.
WOW
Great buzz report, Grim...I don't think I've ever read one like that before. When's the next grow start?
yeah man sounds good, to me idk about nayone else but NL have a bit of a sour smell in the bag to me, but it's good shit, You goign to let some cure longer?
GG23
karm i think its funny you live on high st.... actually i think it is fucking hilarious
i really apriciate this post i got alot of info from your grow. :hippy:
can i ask you a question though grim, will my peters all purpose plant fool, and doomlight lime will be enough for nutes?
Nice breakdown of the smoke. It almost feels like I smoked some with such an all around description of about everything someone would wanna know. Rep to you Grim Reefer!!!