First time sativa/soil grow...is this normal? blue dream info?!?!

[theforthdrive]

I have several years of growing under my belt. I always used the same method... highly commercial/yielding strains grown in hydro. upon moving to cali I thought i would pick up a sativa from a bank. The bank recommended Blue Dream.... very high yield sativa. It came in soil so i left it in soil. the plant is 5months old (extreamly slow veg period) and in its 7th week of bloom. I know that sativas have a longer bloom cycle but the bank said it was 60 days... the plant is healthy and developing but the buds have no size and no density what so ever. Is this normal for a sativa.....or because of soil? or just blue dream? anyone had any experience with blue dream? thanks!

theforthdrive Reviewed by theforthdrive on 07-19-2008. First time sativa/soil grow...is this normal? blue dream info?!?! I have several years of growing under my belt. I always used the same method... highly commercial/yielding strains grown in hydro. upon moving to cali I thought i would pick up a sativa from a bank. The bank recommended Blue Dream.... very high yield sativa. It came in soil so i left it in soil. the plant is 5months old (extreamly slow veg period) and in its 7th week of bloom. I know that sativas have a longer bloom cycle but the bank said it was 60 days... the plant is healthy and Rating: 5

[keeko]

whats your grow setup?

[theforthdrive]

Sorry.... Indoor/ 2 1000's/ ebb & flow. but the dream is in soil that i water twice a week/ co2 about 1000ppm. the dream is in a 5 gal bucket with a basic soil. Gets ph'd water twice a week or so.

everything else in the room is normal for 7 weeks and looks healthy. the pistils have already started to turn amber on my other plants. the blue dream is still white and under developed for 7 weeks. Ill see if i can get some pics.

[frostymcfailure]

did u give it any fertilizer at all?

[keeko]

it would be nice to know the genitic makeup of your sativa. if its a true sativa its going to take longer than 60 days like that seedbank said.

if its really sativa the 'buds' will probably be airy and fluffy.....kinda like your describing...i say give it time and see how the trichs do

[theforthdrive]

thanks keeko, thats what i was looking for. just to make my head stop turning. only couple more posts and i can post some pics! Ive smoked some pure sativa in the dam and from the cali banks.... i cant wait until i can try my own! wish i could share!!!!!

[keeko]

yea pics would be nice when you get to that post count......be sure to update us.

[theforthdrive]

for some reason i cant figure out how to get a descent close up but here is what i could get. Boths plants are at week 8! and Im happy to report that the blue dream/sativa is starting to turn! maybe a couple more weeks. In the photo where they are side by side. the left plant is silver kush and the right on is the dream! thoughts?

[greenatik]

could just be the genetics, they look good to me.

but why are the pots only half full?

[SunnyD]

could just be the genetics, they look good to me.

but why are the pots only half full?

Yea, that is odd