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Hello my comrades in horticulture and welcome to my latest adventures in marijuana cultivation!
I first grew cannabis over 20 years ago, throwing some seed I'd collected from shitty weed in to a small clearing in the remotest woodlands I could find armed only with my bicycle and the type of can do attitude that only ignorance can bring you. I still don't know what happened to those seeds as I never went back. I like to think there is a secret population of marijuana in the homelands I have left far behind me. Since then, I have grown many times, though I have had frequent and occassionally long breaks between. In that time I have developed a certain approach to growning; traditionally I have grown monocultures - 1 to 3 plants (either clones of a single mother or seeds from the same batch), big pots, long vegetation phase, lots of training. I've also (mostly) kept it to myself and rarely engaged with growing communities.
But I'm on GD now, and I've been browsing all these damn diaries on this site and I've seen people employing their preferred methods which I have not used before and it's begun to lubricate some of the gears in my mind, encouraged me to realise how narrow my culivation experience really is and most importantly, instilled within me the desire to... experiment.
SO! This time things are different, I will be growing twice as many plants compared to my standard maximum (3) in small pots with a short vegetation phase and minimal training. I might not even perform apical cuts on them. I guess this is a SoG-lite. My last grow took 18 weeks, 14 of those were flowering. This time I want to complete the entire cycle in 15 weeks. With this in mind I set out to pick 6 seeds, looking at the seeds I already had plus a small budget for new seeds. Sorry ACE, your crazy sativas are out for this grow - I want a fast turn around! I have some free OG Kush seeds from Phoenix Seeds, perhaps the most well known strain I'm aware of and as I looked at my other options I decided I wanted to grow a selection of "classics" but also a section of kush-related strains.
On the evening of the 21st November, I planted the following 6 seeds:
1x OG Kush (freebies)
1x White Widow (freebies)
1x Northern Lights (actually paid money!)
1x Critical Kush (freebies)
1x Peyote Critical (freebies)
1x Dos Si Dos #33 (final seed I bought ~ 12 months ago)
On the morning of 23rd November (~36 hours later), all 6 seeds have broken ground. I really have no idea why folks use other methods of germination (unless the seed stock is old/badly stored). These plants have evolved for millions of years to successfully germinate in slightly warm, damp soil - I have only every had 1 seed not germinate for me, because it was about 8 years old and had been kept in a baggie on a shelf for about that long.
STRAIN DATA
OG Kush (Phoenix Seeds)
Again, Phoenix claim their genetics are from the original. This time we can add the testimony of @sativaman who wrote a positive review of this strain from Phoenix. OG Kush is a legendary hybrid strain, so I hope this is an authentic offering.
https://en.seedfinder.eu/strain-info/OG_Kush/Phoenix_Seeds/
White Widow (Phoenix Seeds)
Yet more original genetics claimed here, with another strongly indica variety. It's also another one of those names that absoutely everyone has heard - definately had people try to sell me white widow back in the day, who knows if it ever was or not...
https://en.seedfinder.eu/strain-info/White_Widow/Phoenix_Seeds/
Northern Lights (Phoenix Seeds)
Phoenix claim their northern lights is from the original genetic line. Is it? I don't know. Will I be able to tell? Absolutely not! Northern Lights is a mostly indica plant, probably from Afghanistan originally.
https://en.seedfinder.eu/strain-info/Northern_Lights/Phoenix_Seeds/
Critical Kush (Barney's Farm)
Barney's version of OG Kush crossed with critical mass - itself a cross of Afghan indica and skunk #1.
https://en.seedfinder.eu/strain-info/Critical_Kush/Barneys_Farm/
Peyote Critical (Barney's Farm)
Critical Kush crossed with Peyote Purple, which itself traces it's parentage back to Northern Lights and OG Kush.
https://en.seedfinder.eu/strain-info/Peyote_Critical/Barneys_Farm/
Dos Si Dos #33 (Barney's Farm)
My 2nd attempt with this strain, I don't think I did a great job last time. I hope I can do better this time around, this strain has plenty of buzz words in its genetic makeup (chewdawg, og kush, gcs, gelato etc) - so it should be AMAZING right? ;)
https://en.seedfinder.eu/strain-info/Dos_Si_Dos_33/Barneys_Farm/
Welcome comrades in horticulture,
ACHTUNG! Aphids! I had a bit of a scare this week as I brought my chilli plant inside from the cold. I didn't inspect it closely enough and became aware of my aphid problem when I spotted them on my cacti some hours later... Then a few hours of maddly inspecting my plants, washing bugs off, applying soapy water etc. At no point since have any bugs been spotted on my cannabis plants so I think we got away with it - still, we must remain vigilent against the bug threat. Would you like to know more?
Other than the crawlies, there is little to report. The plants progress at pace, Northern Lights is the smallest at this point. Roots starting to show at the bottom of the pots two days ago, another few days to develop those roots before they get potted up. Outside temperatures have been very low, but I think we're just about handling it in the grow room - the heat mats seem to be doing a great job of keeping the root mass at a good temperature overnight.
I'm definately getting better at setting these lights up for seedlings - currently at around 25cm above the canopy and ~25% power - seems to be doing the job well enough, but with room for improvement!
Thanks!
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
Welcome comrades to the 3rd week of vegetation. I hope you are all happy and healthy and that your respective governments are not too corrupt/draconian/incompetant [delete as appropriate].
This week growth has really exploded, instead of a rambling paragraph, here's some thoughts on each plant:
- OG Kush; much taller than her sisters, also has recently started demonstrating drooping leaves. This started just before their last water so I thought she was thirsty, but watering did not resolve.
- White Widow; I love her chunky leaves, it's a real novelty for my garden to have such indica dominant leaves. The purple underleaf remains, but at this point I think it is natural and not an issue.
- Northern Lights; short. Really short. Which was unexpected given all the marketing around this strain says things like "an indica that grows like a sativa!".
- Critical kush; very vigourous, thick felty-feeling fan leaves. Impressive.
- Peyote critical; like critical kush, but turned up to 11.
- Dos si dos #33; the white speckling is steadily disappearing. I think the stronger compost is allowing for proper production of chlorophyll.
The plants have started to emit that mild marijuanan smell they do during veg and I am anticipating another 2-3 weeks of veg before I switch to flower. Lights are now at ~40% power and no feed has yet been given, I expect to start feeding in another week or two. We're at the time of year where I need to give my bottles of water a warm bath to stop cold-shocking my plants every time I water them which adds quite a bit of time to the entire operation.
Plant Magic bio-silicon was applied again as a foiler feed once this week at lights out. Unfortunately it seems some of those droplets did not evaporate in time and caused some burns.
These 3 weeks have also removed any vestigates of doubt I had about my lights not being as good as they could be. When I was looking to get LEDs I did a lot of research and reading and I found these Migro lights and they seemed too good to be true at the price they were sold at. I was a little bit skeptical, but was persueded by other positive reviews. My previous two grows I thought something somewhere was under-performing. Was it the lights? No, it was me. These lights are excellent.
As I consider buying some drip trays I have realized that if I do indeed get individual drip trays I probably won't be able to have each plant sitting on the heat mats, which could cause low temperature issues. I'm still considering how I want to handle this; add more heating, risk the cold or just ignore it and keep them all packed close together. The best choice is to add more heating, but that also involves the most effort...
Thanks for reading my friends,
-WLK
Nothing much to report. Lots of new growth, some lightening of lower leaves so I've started giving them a bit of feed with their water. Tonight, their lights will be reduced to 12/12 and we'll get flowering underway! I've re-arranged the plants to maximise light utility...
LEFT-FRONT: White Widow
LEFT-BACK: Critical Kush
CENTER-FRONT: Peyote Critical
CENTER-FBACK: Northern Lights
RIGHT-FRONT: OG Kush
RIGHT-BACK: Dos si Dos #33
I am thinking about topping the OG Kush and the Dos Si Dos as they are taller than the others and it might help maintain a more even canopy throughout flowering.
Greetings comrades in horticulture, I hope you are all well and had a nice time over the christmas period if you celebrate such things!
The stretch begins for some of these ladies and pre-flowers are already visible - a very quick response from these girls to the change in photoperiod. Lights are now at 60%, and will be increased ~10% each week until we reach full power. The wardrobe is very full and I am worried about the possibilities of bud rot later in flowering. I am weighing up doing some main-lining and defoliation to help with the airflow.
I did fuck up once this week - I had turn turn off the power to the wardrobe to do a bit of cleaning and as I took a phone call at the same time, I completley forgot to turn the power back on. The girls spent pretty much a full day in darkness, before I realised my mistake a few hours before lights out. I worry about photoperiod mistakes with feminized seeds - they're probably a lot more stable these days in terms of producing hermaphrodites, but the risk always remains.
Last week's feed has turned in to this week's nutrient burn, so food was reduced to .5ml/l on average. Overall I was too hasty in providing feed - I should really have started the feed this week I feel. The compost I use is described as a "medium strength", but I am once again surprised by how much nitrogen it seems to contain!
Thanks for reading, see you next week!
Welcome comrades in horticulture and happy new year!
This week I forgot to take week start photos and just right now I finished making a feeding error. For some reason I remembered their last feed was 2ml/l (it was actually 0.5ml/l) and I was surprised by the rapid progression of nitrogen deficiency given I was feeding at 2ml/l - so today I fed at 4ml/l which is likely going to be too strong so I am expecting some nutrient burn to appear this week. If only I had some kind of diary to keep track of these things... d'oh!
Other than the feed mistakes and a few leaves being dropped from nitrogen deficiency things are progressing fine:
- Lights are now at 75% power
- Dehumidifier is set to 'high'
- Lowest two sets of branches removed from all plants
- First two sets of side-branches removed from the two 'new' pairs of lowest branches (where possible, not all tips developed enough to remove easily)
Welcome comrades,
With some of the plants now starting to develop trichomes and plenty of white pistils, the switch has been made to bloom phase nutrients:
- 1st watering @ 3ml/l grow
- 2nd watering @ 2.5ml/l bloom
- Calmag has been increased from 0.25ml/l to 0.5ml/l
I'm now trying to maintain slightly less distance from the canopy to the lights (18cm) and the lights have been put all the way up to 100%. As the canopy is so dense and the difficulty I've had in getting humidity down I have also done some fairly extensive trimming of undergrowth.
- Northern Lights and Dos Si Dos have had additional branches removed
- All plants had significant removal of undergrowth and side branches below a cetain point. I might have been a bit too aggressive but we will see.
- A few Selected fan leaves removed from the top of the canopy to improve light penetration
Welcome comrades to the 4th week of flower! This week I have mostly been thinking "why did I choose to try and fit 6 plants in here?!"
Feed was reduced to 2ml/l bloom as some nutrient burn was evident. I will be increasing this for some plants as some early signs of what I think is a potassium deficiency are visible (edges of the leaves dying off). Overall things are going well, though water uptake is all over the place with some plants are drying out rapidly while other seem to be barely drinking. I think this likely caused by drier microclimates developing due to airflow.
The smell is starting to develop, the peyote critical especially is giving off a very fruity odour. Delicious.
As we're about half way through flowering, lets review the plants...
Critical Kush - Very healthy and vigourous, easy to grow. Starting to get quite resinous.
White Widow - Perhaps a little begin the critical kush, but still vigourous
Peyote Critical - The resin production on this thing is amazing, at this stage it is FAR more resinous than the other plants
Northern Lights - This is the weakest strain of the bunch, I think it's shorter stature has led to it being out-competed for light. At this stage it's only just starting to develop trichomes. Generally disappointing.
OG Kush - Still seems to be stretching, which is going to reduce the light available to my Dos so Dos. Very columnular in structure as I'd expect from a Kush. A pretty plant.
Dos si Dos #33 - A very elegant and beautiful plant in my opinion
Hello comrades in horticulture and welcome to week 5 of flower, week 9 overall.
We're about half way through this grow, so as is tradition this is where things start to go wrong; a number of plants have started displaying signs of stress and deficiency. I also can no longer be bothered to take all the plants out to take photos at this point, so the individual shots are no more!
I believe I've been too cautious with the feed recently and so a number of the plants have developed a potassium deficiency. Feed has been increased across the board, with some getting more than others (range from 2.5ml/l to 4mll/l). I believe I also have some light stress which is going tobe harder for me to deal with. It's mostly affecting the OG Kush being the tallest. I don't want to raise the lights too much though, as that would negatively affect the Dos si Dos. I'm not sure which is the best option; stress to OG to give more light to the DSD? Or give less light to the DSD while relieving stress on the OG.
The DSD has developed some brown patches on a couple of leaves - this could be K deficiency, but it looks more like pH fluctuations. However, I did some pH tests and everything seemed fine. Observations continue.
Hello my comrades in horticulture and welcome to week.. uhhh... 10 of the whole cycle and the 6th week of flower.
This week I have a couple of things to note...
1. I decided to bend (HST) the OG Kush's primary cola to create a more even canopy. I'd been putting it off for a while, because I liked how the plant looked - but practicality won out in the end.
2. I've also made a couple of mistakes with the feed concentration - specifically for the White Widow and OG Kush. I've was looking at their leaf issues and I thought the speckling on the WW looked like a calcium deficiency and the OGK's lightening upper leaves could either be light/heat stress OR magnesium deficiency so I decided to up them to 0.75ml/l calmag. Unfortunately I had a brain short-circuit while I was measuring and I ended up giving them 1.5ml/l.
3. I have no clue what is causing the purpling / yellowing of two specific leaves on the critical kush (pictured). The lower leaves are fine, so I'm rulling out N deficiency. If it was temperatures, I think the rest of the plant would be showing signs. Answers on a postcard folks!
4. I added 1ml/l of Oldtimer's Organic PK to the feed this week. This was mostly for the white widow's benefit as I think she is very hungry for K, but I gave the same to all the others.
5. I am going to be chopping these plants at 9 weeks flower, so I'll be reducing feed over the next week before switching to water for 2 weeks.
Now, lets talk about a few of these plants.
Dos si Dos 33 - I do not think this will have a particularly high yield, but HOLY FUCK, this thing smells amazing. It's sweet, but not sickly. Flowers and fruit. I love it. It's also beautiful with the flowers having the slightest hint of lilac coloration which doesn't come across in photos, but she really is a bueatiful example.
Peyote Critical - This plant is ridiculously resinous. It makes the other 5 plants look bad it's so covered in trichomes. It's smell is of hashish and wood.
Northern Lights - Very healthy and not showing the deficiencies that other plants are, but she seems to be lagging beind. I think something about my environment is holding her back.
Alright, that's all from me this week - thanks for reading, see you next time!
Hello comrades and welcome to week 11, week 7 of flower with approximately 2 weeks before harvest.
The girls have where given their final feeds at a reduced levels (2.5ml/l bloom + 0.5ml/l calmag) and are now on nothing but cool, crisp & fresh water.
The white widow leaf condition has really deteriorated this week. If she was my only plant I would be harvesting her in a matter of days (alongside the peyote critical). I think the critical kush and dos si dos 33 will be ready to harvest in about a week I should think, but the og kush still has a few weeks to go I think. The northern lights is still quite behind, but has actually picked up it's pace this last week and seems to be putting more energy in to developing her flowers.
My only other concern is that I discoverd something which looked very much like a pollen sack sitting on top of the substrate of the og kush. It did not seem mature and I could not see any pollen remaining, nor could I find any other male flowers after a bit of investigation so I'm hoping it was just some sterile boy parts that got produced before falling off. Feminized seeds are great and all, but I do worry about hermies.
More and more my thoughts turn towards the next grow - it's going to be Ace seeds, but will it be Tikal? Will it be Panama? Will it be Golden Tiger? I am also tempted to run an open flower seed run with those three strains - I always worry when I buy seed stock because of the opsec implications and having a good supply of my own seeds is really appealing...
Welcome comrades in horticulture, just a quick update today...
The plants:
1. White widow - condition is seriously deteriorating, I've removed leaves to stop crispyness getting to the flowers. Should already have harvested I think.
2. Critical kush - ready to harvest, this week leaves have been rapidly lightening
3. Peyote critical - ready to chop, purples coming through on many leaves
4. Dos si dos - could maybe go for another week, but also ready to chop
5. OG Kush - could do with around another 2 weeks I think
6. Northern Lights - just getting going, could do with another 3+ weeks
The plan:
I've decided to harvest this week so the lights are now off I really wish I could have let the NL get a bit further along, but she's just been lagging behind the whole grow. I have been pretty close to the limit of acceptable night time temperatures and this is what my gut is telling me was holding the NL back - as a spring/summer strain I think the story would have been different.
Having just harvested I cannot yet comment on the quality of the smoke.
I can comment on the growth cycle of this strain, which is very vigorous and healthy and easy to grow. It produced the most flower by weight (note, the fresh bud weights listed include some stems). The flowers are dense and resinous and I was surprised by the smell, which was fruity and sweet. I was in quite the rush to get all my plants trimmed, so I apologise for the lack of photos.
See you in 4 weeks for a smoke report!
This is a very easy to grow strain, displaying great health and vigour. It's suitable for beginners but equally rewarding for more experienced growers I should imagine. It produced quality flowers with an unexpectedly fruity smells. In my restricted space (shared with 5 other plants) it produced the most flower by weight.
Having just harvested I cannot yet comment on the quality of the smoke.
I can comment on the growth cycle of this strain, which is very vigorous and healthy and easy to grow. I was honestly amazed by how resinous this strain was. From relatively early in the flowering cycle this plant was producing thick layers of trichomes even along her fan leaves. The resin production of this plant was so high it made my other strains such as White Widow and Critical Kush look poor in comparison. The colors of this plant as it reached the end of flowering were great - leaves so purple they were almost black, with purple colors coming through in the flowers themselves. The smell was earthy and unrefined though the yield was the 2nd lowest of the 6 plants in this diary though I expect this would not be a problem should it be given more space to grow in. It also made a fantastic contribution to my trim collection.
See you in 4 weeks for a smoke report!
This strain is very easy to grow and produces some very attractive and VERY resinous buds. With more space, I the yeild would have been increased significantly I think. I would definately consider growing this again in the future specifically to make hashish.
Having just harvested I cannot yet comment on the quality of the smoke.
The first time I grew this strain (after a long break from horticulture) I was not overly impressed but happy to admit that being out of practice was the source of the problems in that grow.
This time, I found DSD to be a a very pretty plant, displaying many sativa characteristics which I find very visually appealing. I did notice that the stems were weak and brittle compared to the other plants - this could be a symptom of the overall lack of space these plants had in my tiny wardrobe.
Two things stand out to me with this strain; the smell and the colors. The smell is of sweet blackberries, blackcurrants and blueberry all mashed up together with a hint of citrus tang. It might be hyperbolic but this might be the nicest thing I have ever smelt in my entire life. Not only that, the flowers look amazing with purple and lilac hues. If you sell your weed and are concerned about "bag appeal" then this in a 10/10, A++ strain. I did not let a single lower bud, light and airy as they were, go in the trim bucket - the buds look too nice and smell too good to be processed for hash.
I would absolutely grow this again, perhaps one seed in a large pot grown in a SCroG.
See you in 4 weeks for a smoke report!
I think I did this strain justice this time around, and I will definately consider growing it again just for the smell. It was not a high yielding strain for me, but this is not a problem for me; it was a beautiful plant to grow and the flowers look and smell incredible.
Having just harvested I cannot yet comment on the quality of the smoke.
I can comment on the growth cycle of this strain, which started off a little slowly as a young plant but once it got established it demonstrated it's vigour. The smell of the fresh flowers is right on the boundary between pleasant and unpleasant. It is earthy and organic, reminding me somewhat of poppy tea. Very resinous, and the plant made a very nice contribution to my trim hoard
See you in 4 weeks for a smoke report!
Easy to grow once established, produced a good amount of good quality flower. Easy to manage & compact I think a good strain for beginners. The smell is not quite enjoyable to me, but I expect that will change after a little exposure - it's one of those smells which makes you go "eww" before huffing at it some more.
Having just harvested I cannot yet comment on the quality of the smoke.
I can comment on the growth cycle of this strain, which is easy to grow with a very managable stretch. I will probably grow this again in a SCRoG as I feel it would quite well suited to that style of grow in my small space. I was impressed by the yeild which was comparable to the critical kush, and the smell is quite mild (especially compared to some of the other strain I had going), being earthy and incesey. I hope this is that classic "kush smell" that I hear about, I wish I had some context to compare it against.
See you in 4 weeks for a smoke report!
An easy growing strain which produced an admirable yeild given my environment. The flowers are attractive but nothing special in my opinion (in purely aesthetic terms). A very pleasant smell, scents of earth, incense and hashish. I would absolutley grow this again.
Having just harvested I cannot yet comment on the quality of the smoke.
I did not do this plant justice, my instinct is that this strain is more picky about its environment. Throughout this grow I have been on the edge of acceptable night time temperatures - the other 5 plants did absolutely fine, but this strain lagged behind from the very beginning. Sadly, it really started to pick up in the last week or two before harvest. I think another 3 to 4 weeks or so to ripen further and I would be giving this strain 8/10 instead of 6/10.
That being said, it was not difficult to grow and gave me no issues with deficiencies, pests or other sicknesses - it was just slow to flower, which I believe was caused by the low-but-not-very-low night time temperatures. Given these issues, the yeild was the least of all 6 plants but the buds did increase it's trichome production greatly in the last week and a half. As such, this plant produced little flower but a respectable amount of trim.
See you in 4 weeks for a smoke report!
This strain I think is definately more picky about it's environment and I failed to give it exactly what it needed to really shine. This is a failure which I plan to correct in the future as I am annoyed I was not able to realise its full potential. I think if I had simply germinated this seed in spring rather than autumn/winter, I wouldn't have had any issues.
@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!
wrongleverkronk
