Hi guys,
here's a quick update on the Orange Sherbet from FastBuds. It feels so good to be back in my tent again with all the craziness around in the last few months. Hopefully everything is back on track and soon I'll upgrade the whole setup to another level when the time is right.
I've separated aka transplanted 3 of the plants into the second reservoir with some minor casualties (2 ripped off parts of roots) but other than that the rest went pretty well. The res with Orange Sherbet had a slight deficiency in nutrients and I had to make sure what was going on before I do something with the water, but after reading my plants for a few days I changed the water, adjusted the feeding and voila, the plants is back on track. I believe it's a small setback of a few days maybe. Soon I'll be able to add some Mycorrhizae so I should see the plants explode :D
I'm also running all 3 lights from ViparSpectra (3x P2000) right now but the setup will change a bit in the coming weeks so stay tuned. Right now I try to adjust the light intensity using special light meter apps and the knobs on the P2000 are super helpful! The plants seem to love the lights too :D
See ya!
XOXO
Cremo
Hey there!
Thanks so much for running a diary for our genetics. Let me know if you need any assistance, we would more than happy to help
Happy Growing 🙌
@fast_buds_jessie, thank you Jessie. I'll run 5 of your strains this season, 4 testers + Orange Sherbet, so you'd make me really happy if you could DM me the list of released and tester strain names, so I'd be able to know what I'm actually growing :D It would mean a world to me :)
Love having artists like you on the site. Not only are you a talented grower, but your photographic abilities truly capture the tremendous beauty of this plant species. Mesmerizing shots -- Thanks for sharing w/ the GD community! 🙏 😁
@TCH0808, that's great that I could help you with taking shots. I know it all sounds more simple than actually shooting the photographs but if you give yourself enough time you should be able to produce some cool pics. Unfortunately shooting is just one part of the equation and you usually have to develop them after the shoot with your phone app or something more sophisticated like lightroom or camera raw from Adobe :)
@Cremo, Perfect! Thank you for such a thorough run-down -- Really, big help 😁 Chopping and photographing soon! We'll see what I come up w/. Thanks, Cremo 🙏
@TCH0808, hi there buddy. It doesn't matter what kind of equipment you use to photograph your plants or anything for that matter. The most important thing is lighting and composition in my opinion. I'm super limited with my photography because most of my plants are in 70L hydro tanks which makes it unable to take them out of the flowering room to take shots on a black background. But if you work with pots then just place a black sheet in the background or any other color for that matter (maybe besides the color of you plant), place your plant half a meter to a meter in front of the background and place a light source on top and a bit to the front of the plant so that all the leaves and buds are exposed. Remember not to put your plants to close to the background because your light will also expose that colored sheet and it will be a lot more visible. If you don't have any lights than take your old cellphone with a flashlight and put your phone that you'll take pics with on a tripod to make it steady and take shots with longer exposure so the plant will be well lit with that little light from a cellphone LED. Remember also not to touch your plants for at least 30 seconds to a minute before you start shooting so the plants' branches are all standing still ;) Hope this helps a bit.
XOXO
Cremo
@LegacyMarketFarm, thank you. I really appreciate it. I shoot mainly with a Sony a7RIII with a Sigma art lens 24-70mm and for macro shots I use an old Tamron 90mm. Love to take trichome shots. :D It was so heavily covered in trichomes, the whole plant smelled super tasty :D