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!
@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!