SSH 15 weeks and I find out shes prego!!!

[Farmer Rich]

I'd try something light for a week and see how they react. If you test your nutes with a meter, I'd go for 500-600 ppm. If you're guessing, try 1/4 to 1/3 of manufacturers recommendation. Give them pH'd water after a couple of feedings with the lighter solution. How about pH? I like it around 5.9 - 6.1 for a primarily sativa strain. Did you start these girls from seed?

BTW - when I always start counting from the day they go to 12/12, not when flowers begin to appear. The SLH bud above was in week 8, somewhere around 54 days or so, the VK was at 61 days. I also have a bit more light than you do, probably a factor for you as well. Not sure how large your space is, but if you could manage a single 600 watt HPS down the road you'd have much better results in terms of the density of your flowers.

I've never done a pure sativa, and you're right, they are said to be challenging. I understand the major issue to watch for is salt buildup resulting from the long flowering periods. Since you've been flushing, you should be good. Check out Washougal Wonders thread on the Thai he's growing, you might pick up a pointer or two there as well.

Farmer Rich

[lefthanded]

Yea they are from seed, they are 24 weeks old. I guess I will feed them once or twice more before starting flushing again. Hopefully with some more food and taking the dark period down a bit they will bulk up. I will try to post some more pictures along the way and would def like some input on how you think they are coming along. One more question when the calax swell right before ripeness is this over a period of time or over a shot period? thanks alot.

[Farmer Rich]

Hey Lefthanded,

I'll definitely be interested in seeing how you do.

I find the calyx swelling occurs during the last couple of weeks.. That SLH pictured above is starting week 10 and I'll try and grab a couple of pics to show you.

Peace, Farmer Rich