Welcome comrades in horticulture to the second week of veg!
All the plants were potted up on the 3rd December in to 8l fabric pots. Normally I would use at least 1 intermediate pot between these two sizes but I'm feeling lazy. I think these will be their final pots. No food has been given, but I have foiler fed twice at lights out with Plant Magic's Bio-silicon.
The lights have been turned up slighly, now around 30% power.
Temperatures continue to drop here requiring some fiddling with the thermostat as substrate temperatures were dropping to 19.9C - right on the edge of where I like to keep my temperatures. I am considering inverting my light schedule so the lights are on at night but for now I'll just keep an eye on it.
A single flying insect was spotted in the room while I was checking the plants and it's death was swift and painless. An abundance of caution caused me to add some fly paper, just to make sure there are no more lurking around - nothing so far!
I am very impressed by the rapid development of the peyote critical and critical kush. In fact, all three strains from Barney's farm are displaying noticably more vigour than the strains from Phoenix Seeds - I suppose that's to be expected as the Barney's seeds have been selectivly bred and developed for an additional 40+ years while Phoenix's offerings claim to be the original genetics. I am also surprised (not in the good way) by the OG Kush, which is looking the weakest of my 6 so far. Previously, the white widow appeared the weakest of the 6, but she has overtaken the OG kush at this point.
I have noticed some purple coloration to the underside of the White Widow - pH is fine. My gut is it's either nothing or just because it's been a bit cold at night the last week. Additionally, the Dos Si Dos #33 has tiny white speckling all over her leaves - this has been the case since she produced her first set of serated leaves.
You may also notice the lack of individual drip trays - this is a symptom of my complete lack of foresight :D
@sativaman, Congo is all jared up and curing - I normally say 4-week cure minimum.... Unfortunately I over-dried a bit because on my new dehumidifer, so it will take a bit longer to cure. I did try to sample a bit of it, but damn the taste was awful (chlorophyl) and it gave me a headache and felt a bit sick. It needs some time :)
@wrongleverkronk, lol what do you mean run out where is all your Congo gone!!!????
when I crave to sample my new harvest, I choose a few airy buds that I fully crumble and let it dry on a sheet of paper in a drawer
@sativaman, I ran out of weed 4 days ago so right now anything with a THC content is to my taste - but I am genuinely excited about growing these 'classic' or well-known strains
@deFharo, thanks! It's been a lot of fun growing these strains and they smell fantastic.. Still, I'm looking forward to planting some of Ace's Tikal soon...
Great work. Low the light down to 12-15cm from the OG kush or try to bend him a little so you can lower light even more. I am now at 100% 18cm from canopy more/less even and next week when they are going to be at 4 week of flower I am going for max yield and that is 8-10cm from top canopy with some co2 tabs included
@SaKeZC, heh, every time I check the plants I think "I should bend that OG cola right over", but I just keep putting it off because it looks so pretty as it is.. Today I actually did it though and set the lights at 15cm from the top of the tallest colas. Hopefully the HST won't impact the OG's development too much..
Nice diary, mate.
Just wondering what substrate are you using?
It shows 60 Coco 40 soil and you use Intense Nutrients ORGANIX range it's quite interesting as I thought substrates with more than 50 of Coco should be treated as a hydroponic mediums (in your case Coco based nutes) but you proved opposite.
By all means I am only beginner and gathering info.
@wrongleverkronk,
Thanks for time to answer, mate.
Yeap, I know tropic mix and it's a good medium to grow. Pretty strong though as you've said but it's good as no need to feed much
@@CDF20, hello mate - thanks! The substrate I use is called "Tropic mix" - I've used it for the last two grows. I don't think it's a big or well-known brand. It's actually 60/40 peat:coco - I had no idea I had entered it wrong on this diary, I'll see if I can fix that! It has added calcium/magnesium and is pH balanced to 6.5. They say is a "medium" strength compost but it's stronger than I expected.
I've not read about using hydro/coco specific feeds for mixes with >50% coco but I wouldn't be surprised if this is the accepted wisdom. I would still give it a go with my current nutrients though because 1) I'm cheap and it's what I've got and 2) As long as there is a decent amount of peat & loam in the mix I think it should be okay. I have no reason to think this beyond my gut instinct (which is often wrong!)
Looks like you are gonna have an other jungle! Maybe remove a few bottom branches (quality over quantity?), and little haircut could do the job for mold...But if you can bring your RH on the 30's in a few weeks I think you'll be fine!!
@sativaman, yes I think you are right! A few less branches now and some defoliation in a couple of weeks is my plan right now. I think 6 plants might have been a bit too ambitious, in the future i think 4 should be my max!