By continuing to use the website or clicking Accept you consent to our cookies and personal data policy and confirm that you are at least 18 year old. For details please see Privacy Policy and Terms
Day 32:
They had now a couple of Days 18/6 lights on after those suboptimal 24/0 cycles. I moved the LED light to 60cm lamp to plant distance at the same time & increased RH to 50-60%.
Moved them today in big tent(since I harvested today the old plants from other diary) & added 4 smaller plants I was growing in the bathroom under 15w plant led 18/6. Yesterday I defoliated the old fan leaves that had deficiency & stress marks on them. Now Sanlights are running on lowest dimm level at 80cm above canopy. RH is 55%. All of them lock way healthier now & growing well.
Day 40:
Spotted tiny flies buzzing around plants. I thought I could complete one grow without any trouble but I guess this is common for many growers so I should get used to it. After research I am sure those are fungus gnats. I am growing organic plus promoting fungal & bacterial growths by also keeping soil toplayer dark & moist through use of expanded clay pebbles even if I water not very often. This way I am attracting fungus gnats. So I decided setting up yellow stickers in the tent(to keep track of fungus gnats population) & adding fungus gnats larvae killing bacteria(B.t.i. = Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis) to the irrigation water after a long period of not watering plants until topsoil is as dry as possible. Items are ordered & expected to arrive next week. Not many fungus gnats spotted so far I guess I acted fast enough to address this issue & maybe it's good to build up an organic toolbox to fight various pests. Otherwise the plants look all healthy & are stretching. I keep looking for information regarding this fungus gnats infestation.
Day 45:
Altough the number of fungus gnats has dramatically decreased just by letting the soil dry out. I fed them today with plain water + nematodes(Steinernema feltiae) to properly solve this infestation by using organic additives only. I set up a yellow sticker as well to keep track of them.
Plants still stretching & look healthy. First pistils appearing on top nodes.
Day 63:
Removed 4 of the smaller plants because they remained weak & kept the light from passing down to lower branches. Plants are very slow to flower this time. They have still a long way to go.
Again, Trimmed them while in the pot and cutted the branches to hang them in the small 40x40cm tent with 2 fans aimed at the buds. Final dry weight & smoke/taste report will be added when buds are dry & can be smoked or vaped.
Hi Mate,
Looking good ladies you have there.😎
I see this is your second Tatanka. I got one also but she became hermie in the last week of flowering.
Wanna ask if you do also suffered with this problem?
Greets
@Qutro, I reached out to them via grow diaries chat. Just open the Chat bottom right corner & type in "James" in the "Search Users ..." field. James with the RQS Logo is the one. This is also necessary if you want your diary approved by rqs seedbank.
@@MedicalCannabisCultivation,
Thnx for the fast answer. Really appriciate.
I have got the same full organic bio setup like you mantioned and totally agree what you said about CBD content and flowering. She is really nice plant overall.
I should inform RQS about this. Are they going to take in to considerstion that kind of reactions do you think?
@Qutro,
Thanks!
Yes I did have this problem. Its the only downside of this strain. This is my third time growing it & all 3 times they had slight hermie problems in early flowering but if you signal her to keep developing fem flowers by removing male pollen sacks & provide lots of light then she transitions back to normal. I guess Tatanka is very vulnerable to stress & reacts with hermaphroditism to those stressor levels. So it might be a good advice to be very gentle with her & keep conditions perfect. I reported this to RQS. You should get in touch with them as well so they know its a more widespread problem & they can try to fix it somehow because otherwise this strain has very good stats. High CBD, very quick flowering & develops strong when grown all organic. I will switch to Purplematic CBD next grow because I like the advantages of auto flowers but still have enough Tatanka seeds in the fridge.
MedicalCannabisCultivation
