The Lab

It's all about that fade... finishing up week 6 of flower. We flushed last week with worm casting tea as we were fighting off what was believed to be phosphorus deficiency with possible nutrient lockout. This may or may not have been a true problem but none the less we removed any residual salt build up and dialed in a nice pH with a high P nutrient rich solution. Because of the flush, the pots did not dry out until the end of this week making it 9 days between watering. While we didn't have to do much this week besides gaze at the glory and pluck a few lower leaves, the buds did a LOT of work. Those chunkers, especially the Gelato, are getting PHAT. You may notice the beautiful hues of purple appearing on the Gelato and Do Si Dos. At first, I thought this was signs of deficiencies and on second thought I believe this is genetic, although it could be both. The Sour Diesel leaves have been yellow and developing brown spots starting with the lower leaves and working its way up. I thought the lack of mobile nutrients would be cured after the feeding - I was wrong. 24 hours later and her symptoms seemed worse. My only conclusion to this is that my pH was closer to 6.0 than 7.0. During late flower, it is suggested to aim for pH values closer to 7 because P and K more readily uptake at higher pHs. Oh well, now I know what to do next week. Thanks for reading my post!