🔆 Day 15 - They’re both chugging along. 3BOG is still pale but no worse really.
I watered to runoff, pH in was 7 and runoff was 6.6, so the soil is buffering down at bit. But I’ll start pHing my water down and see if that helps 3BOG. I top dressed both with a little Stonington dry food and added CalMag in the watering.
🔆 Day 18 - I’m pretty sure Magnesium deficiency is affecting them both, worse with 3BOG. But their growth seems fine. I was planning to do some LST, but I’ll probably leave them alone and not risk stressing them. I don’t want to slow them down (or worse). My goal is just to get a harvest (as soon as possible), I’m not concerned with big yields.
I’ve been pHing the water down, suspecting that lockout might be the cause of the deficiencies. I’m also going to try a foliar spray of Epsom salts and add a bit to the next watering.
🔆 Day 20 - I haven’t done anything with them since the last update. I posted in the sick plant forum at Autoflower.net and got lots of advice. One of the old-timer gurus said don’t do anything right now, just water. So that’s what I’m gonna do despite wanting to do something, lol.
They are growing well and look very healthy if I stand back and squint 😜. So tonight after lights-out I’ll just water. And I really want to LST or top but I’m not gonna do it. Just going to let them do their thing.
I never comment on other people’s grows unless they ask a question....but I have to chime in and say your buds look phenomenal...you hafta be sharpening the scissors to chop soon. I don’t think I’ve seen any buds more aesthetically pleasing than these. Is there a big difference in the smell of the two strains??
Well done and I’m guessing 3.5 to 4 oz dried.....but I hope you get even more.
@Bullmark, Thanks! That means a lot. I’m really happy with how they’ve turned out. I’m itching to chop them but I’m going to hold out. I’d rather wait a bit too long than chop a bit too early.
They smell very pungent together, that’s for sure! The Sour is the stinkier of the two. It smells awesome but don’t ask me to describe it. Lol.
Looks good growmie! Almost done, you made it! Can't wait to see the finished product! Great pics too, trich's look great! Are you harvesting when you get amber or before? Will you shut the tent down and dry in there or do you have a separate area? I'll be harvesting any day, just wondering how you'll be drying.
@Growaholic, I’d like to see just a little amber before chopping, but we’ll see how patient I can be. Lol. Anytime after they’ve gone mostly cloudy will be good. The 3BOG is pretty close already. I want to shut down and dry in the tent. Hopefully I can chop them both at the same time. I’m going to dry in brown paper bags though, so I might be able to have one drying in the tent while the other finishes.
@Whilhelmthegrower, I liked the paper bag dry and will use it again. It was easy and clean and worked well I think. I didn’t keep the humidity up enough though and they dried quicker than I intended. And yes, wet trimmed completely down to buds and into the bags, a single layer.
Next time I may leave more on the stem to slow the drying a bit.
nice looking grow, Grackle! i've got some Mephisto and Night Owl stuff I might run next grow. Skywalker and 3BOG. looking forward to watching this develop.
@Growaholic, I know, the stretch has been crazy! I managed to rig my light way up to the top of the tent, hopefully it’ll be enough. But I’m definitely going to top my plants on the next grow.
@Growaholic, Thanks! Yours are looking really good too. I was worried back when you topped a 2nd time, but it worked out! You got some nice buds going 👍🔥
Hope this one works out. Did you have trouble with the skywalkers? I planted 3 and only got 1 that was normal. I've had multiple people tell me that Meph genetics are finiky. And ya, I've been following the usps thing on Reddit too. Sucks that a man in a suit says you can't grow in some states. Good luck on this round 🤜💥🤛
@Growaholic, The Skywalker was looking good at first but seemed to stop growing. I probably jumped the gun on it, but I didn’t want to burn another week or two on a questionable start. The Cream Caramel was a just bad seed I think.
I have a couple more Skywalker seeds and will definitely give them a go next. Yours are looking good, even the weirdo! 😆
Wow, all i here is amazing things about mephisto genetics, very hard to get their seeds in Australia! Hope they are all they’re “cracked” up to be! :) round 3 fight 🥊✊
@SufalloBoldier, Yeah, Mephisto’s gear has a great reputation and fanatic followers. I’m hoping that in 10 weeks or so I’ll find out if the hype is justified… round 3 knockout!