Blue Ox

30 Jul 2021 The flush is going well with my Blue Ox, but she still looks less than stellar. For some reason NONE of her branches have ever hardened! They are all so easily pliable that they tend to snap very, very easy. It’s so frustrating because I harvested her tent mate on the 28th, and when I moved her and readjusted the support net one branch broke off, and 2 more snapped. I even had help and was hardly manipulating the branches and was deliberately trying to be gentle. I taped the two that snapped, but one has definitely been cut off from the plant and was drying up so I cut it off and hung it up with the others to dry. The 3rd one seems to be adjusting and still alive. She still smells lovely, and her buds look wonderful! Week 16 started on the 28th, so this begins a new week in the diary. I was chilling all of my water before feeding for the past few months because I “heard” that it would increase trichome production. However, I read an article about this method yesterday that changed my mind, so I won’t be worrying about that anymore. Seems that it’s not a proven or even recommended technique, and regardless, I was doing it ALL wrong! So, no more chilled water for my girls! Today she got water right out of the tap with an initial pH of 8.3. I added a total of 18 drops (1.8ml) of pH DOWN in two increments to adjust the pH to 6.6. The TDS going in was 99 ppm. Runoff pH was 6.6, and TDS runoff was 861 ppm for a reduction of 273 ppm. So, in 4 flushes the TDS runoff has gone from 1920 ppm to 861 ppm. That’s a nice steady drop, and if it keeps dropping I should be able to harvest her in about a week. We’re still super hot here, so the temperature in the tent today was 88F, with a humidity of 50%. 02 Aug 2021 My poor Blue Ox looks, well, …. It looks terrible! At least when I compare it to my other grows. But looks aren’t everything I guess, because she still smells lovely, and her buds are huge! The flush is still the task at hand, and today she received another gallon of properly pH’ed water to bring her down a few more notches. I started with a gallon of water from the tap that had an initial pH of 8.5. I added 18 gtts (.8ml) of pH DOWN which adjusted the pH to 6.6. TDS going in was 88 ppm. Runoff pH was really low at 5.6. TDS runoff today was 655 ppm. That’s a reduction of 206 ppm from the last flush. Maybe one or two more and she’ll be ready to harvest. I can’t lie; I’ll be glad to be done with this plant! She’s difficult, and doesn’t act like other plants that I’ve grown. None of my clone attempts with her rooted, so when she’s gone, my Blue Ox will be a, “One of” strain for me. I’m really looking forward to smoking her. From all the information that I’ve read about it, and reviews, I think I’m going to like it. Oh, the temperature in the tent was 82F, and humidity was 39%. I almost forgot to add that.🙄