So.. She's now just over 12 weeks old with 8 weeks flower and 4 veg, I did the last feed on Friday just gone, and will now flush for a week+ up until she starts showing me Amber's,
I AM NOT CUTTING HER EARLY
I know she's a sativa dominant but, there is Indica genes in there somewhere and I would like around 10-20% Amber if possible, it is going to be a precarious balancing act between prime potency, amber and degradation of the plant as its been around for a long time she's going to go over DP timing cycle by about 5 weeks haha,
As soon as I see Amber's appearing I am going to give it about 36hrs as normal then whack it in the dark for 24hrs (everyone seems to do it so I will try with this one then do two the next time with the same strain put one in the dark and one not and see if there is any difference,
I am thinking that there is now about 1to2 weeks left before harvest (I know I said that last week aha) but what do I know, hmhm
So looking forward to seeing what she's like, I have put so much care love and attention into making her the best she could be and not stressing her, and has received very little stress, a bit of burn on the tips of leaves (bout 4 weeks ago appeared overnight, cut down food and it seemed to fix. The issue) and the heat for the last week and a half or so crept up to about 31 ish all the time at night aswell, but I was running about trying to keep her cool and moist, well it seemed to have paid off as there is very very minimal foxtailing on 2 of the bud sites the majority remain prestine,
I would really appreciate a few guesses as to harvest weight (dry) I could expect, (I won't hold anyone to there word, I know it's an educated guess, haha),
Sorry about the missed weeks and lack of quality pictures, I will endeavour to make up for that with a good final post and roundup 👍👍
Thanks for poking your head in,
Please remember to close the door when you leave 😜
Hi, do I have to use bloom nutes to avoid popcorn buds and budlets, or is my coco coir, rich topsoil and small amount of nutes enough for it to flower well and plump up?
Will bloom nutrients help fatten up your buds? -- almost always YES... regardless of genetics.
Do I "HAVE TO" add bloom nutes to fatten up by buds -- NO, not always... heavily dependent on genetics.
Check out this Think Different - No Nutrients diary.
growdiaries.com/diaries/72292-dutch-passion-think-different-grow-journal-by-rcarvalhor
Those aren't popcorn. But are they fat enough? That's all subjective. No nutes though!
Good luck and let us know what you end up doing! #diaryfollowed
Amazing grow! Really good job dude! I wish you the best results with the most delicious buds!
Nice to see your journals! I will drop by some times to check your progress!
Feel free to come by and say hello!
Happy growing 🥦🤩
They're looking healthy in their last few weeks! Looks great! Just about to harvest my Think Different in a few weeks -- which is my first grow! Good luck with her!! 😀
@Vincent_Van_Grogh, no bother, nice to have a comparison to be honest haha, and yeah I don't mind that it's taking a long time I would just rather them tell you that they are not fast strains, they say 10-11 weeks from seed to H, but I'm just past 11 weeks now and like I said think I'm going to need around another 3 weeks or so, almost as long as a photo,
There are a lot of nice looking uncommon autos in there selection though to be fair, not just cake this and glue that,
Again in a fair point to dutch passion I think if I had used a smaller pot and attempted to keep the plant smaller I imagine it would finish quicker but like I say I don't mind waiting if its worth waiting for, I just wish they said that they are slow autos so you know what to expect, I see a lot of people saying Dutch passion autos are slow,
Which is a bonus as you say for beginners as you get time to heal after blunders.
I have about 7 more DP seeds 4 TD and a few of the cinderella Jack, I'm going to bloom those and maybe buy a few DP photos before I make my final choice on Dutch passion as a whole, because for me there professionalism and obvious skill and ability and massive choice of quality strains outway the slightly longer wait time for me I think, again I just wish they said on there website that for example think different will usually be around 13-15 weeks not try to cover up the fact,
I havnt even chopped my first grow yet and have been looking at heirloom strains ect
Tempted to do a run of Dr. Grinspoon with a total run time of about 200 days haha,
Can't wait to see what your dutchesses turn out like, they look great but so much different to mine, I've had no major problems throughout or stunting had some slight damage after something dropped on a lower branch but healed quick and didn't stunt I don't think and a tiny calcium problem at the start, lasted 2 maybe 3 days and I fixed it, and I didn't feed bloom nutes straight away as I disnt have any and couldn't afford any, for about 2 weeks or so into flower before I started fox farm,
I don't have any idea what to expect yeild wise I'm imagining (dreaming) around 3 oz ish but I've no idea I'll get some good pics up before it dissapears for the diary and so you can see what I mean about the difference in shape and colour and leaf structure and bud structure and everything haha
You will have to keep me updated our kid 👍
Much luck, to us both yes!
P. S
What are you doing with trim after H?
I've bought some bubble bags so I'll update you on that too!
P. P. S
Jesus.. thats a long post
@Darkdarktime, thanks for peeking from time to time, Dark! Made so many errors! Which makes Dutch Passion useful because the long grow time allows for more healing... But to be honest... Now that I have a grow under my belt... I don't think I prefer Dutch P if I run autos again.... Takes waaaaaaaaay too long! Lol! Thoughts? Good luck again -- to both of us!
@Vincent_Van_Grogh, yeah I'm quite pleased, it's just over 11 weeks now 7 weeks flowering I'm not sure how longs left I'm guessing 2 to 3 weeks or so, yeahI keep poking my head into your tent pal lol
@blvckswords,
Yeah I couldn't afford a tent
The paint is just a vinyl matt emulsion in white yeah I thought about doing something like that but seems to be getting plenty of light atm? do you agree?
What u got burning there dark.. Those pictures look Smokey. Foggy like but i know u know that i know U KNOW what your doing.. Loving your description🏆🏆im still waiting for my cheep loupe. I have to take a picture real close in focus then zoom the picture.. Until my loupe comes😂😂. Your girl going to be super great i know👍👍
Amazing grow! Really good job dude! I wish you the best results with the most delicious buds!
Nice to see your journals! I will drop by some times to check your progress!
Feel free to come by and say hello!
Happy growing 🥦🤩