I can't believe it's been 69 days since I started the seeds, time has really flown!

Today, the girls have started their fifth week. Madness is definitely going to finish first and I'm excited about that. It actually gives me less work to deal with when I have to harvest.

A couple of days ago I think the girls experienced some minor heat stress, due to the fact that the some of the pistils are browning, and its not that kind of browning that happens when they mature. But what do I know, it could be the natural progression as well.

I also noticed a lot of yellowing leaves, especially the Madness plant. I did some research and I came to the conclusion that it's a combination of the natural progression of the flowering process and a Magnesium deficiency that is very common during middle of the flowering cycle. I bought some Epsom salt and fed the plants today actually, a full dose of nutrients and a teaspoon of Epsom salt/gallon

A couple of weeks ago, I watered the plants with 1 table spoon of Grandmas Unsulphered Blackstrap Molasses, which contains Iron, Calcium and Magnesium but I don't think it was enough for the plants so I really hope the Epsom salt helps. I should add that most the yellowing leaves occurred on the lower part of the plants and that the top leaves are very healthy as you can probably see.

I also want to add another observation; most of the stems on the Madness plant has turned into a purple/red color, which I hope/assume is common. The White Widow plant is slowly developing into the same pattern.

OK, enough of my thought. Here are the girls:

Madness:








White Widow: