Banana Purple Punch 2

stashio my little seedling wont be little for much longer :). added food to the water 11-2-23 she hasn't got roots in to the solution yet just there for when she is ready. I'll add the notes for ratios next week against the photos from the same feed period

stashio Apart from a suspected calcium deficiency that was stopped by adding 20ml of calmag she's plodding along nicely. Roots look good leaves are fat like an indica new growth is popping out of most nodes i suspect shell be bushy :)

stashio She seems OK, but the leaves do look a little curled at the tips not sure if I should worry. I cut some of the lower branches off, I'm going to aim for 8 colas so I don't have as much trimming to do.

stashio She's much happier this week, I'm an idiot and was over feeding the 1st 2 weeks. I reused the Excel spreadsheet from the last grow and forgot to reset the values that allowed for an extra 10L of solution to dilute to 50:50 top up water. Now the solution is a bit weaker she seems happier and no new leaf stress. I've topped her hoping for a few fat buds to trim rather than loads of smaller ones. Strong genetics of the last Banana Purple Punch I grew leave me confident'ish she'll be OK. Every grows a learning day :)

stashio More defoliation of bud sites, I don't think will get any light. She seems to have removed OK from the topping, quite a few pre flowers I think still too early to switch to flower nutrients, maybe mid-week. I've started LST, this is probably my favourite bit of the grow.

stashio She's growing tall on the stretch, I didn't expect that. Still some calcium deficiency on the Lower leaves, but she's steaming along. I'm removing lower bud sites as i go.

stashio So I massively underestimated the stretch she's grown 300 mm in a week and where I tied down the branches at the topping site she split herself in half trying to grow up. I think this has caused a bit of stress and the buds look small and spaced out, hopefully she'll bulk up. Smells great.

stashio Started the week not to bad then it became clear something wasn’t right with the leaves, I suspected calcium deficiency so added more Calmag. The situation didn’t improve so after some research I decided I had a K deficiency, this would also explain why she has gotten so tall. After adding another 20ml of A&B bloom she seemed to pick up, then on Friday night I noticed the veins of the leaves going brown. Saturday morning I flushed the sump with 10L of pure RO and set and feed at “flowers increase in size” week 8 of the VitaLink schedule. This week after the reset I have EC of 2.4 vs the 2.8 of Friday night. Lets hope she has a better week this week. Every days a learning day

stashio She's plodding along and doesn't seem to be getting sicker since I upped her food. Smells coming on, and she's got a few purple bits. I think despite the issues, she'll still be OK come harvest time :)

stashio So, this one has really caught me out with her speed, I think I’ve probably been a few weeks behind with my fertilisation regime the whole time. Looking at her this week the pistils are all orange 1 or 2 trichomes have gone amber with most milky. I think later in the week I’ll put her on pure RO and cut her down next weekend. This week I put her on the PK boost rather than the buddy probably a bit late and maybe I should have gone with the finale. Every plants a luring plant.

stashio Looking frosty, lots of purple coming through, pistols are all orange but the trichomes remain cloudy. From 23-4-23 she's on vitalink finale

stashio Had to hang individual branches as she was so tall. Her roots look fantastic, I was a bit worried because my peltier chillers stopped working a week or so ago. I will invest in a real chiller for my next grow, £££ 😟. The buds look well-formed and none are "popcorn" so when it comes time to trim it shouldn't be too much of a chore. I'll have a go at guessing weight but I'm normally well off, I'll say about 110g. She's probably one of the nicest looking plants I've grown. I'll have a bit more to say in a few weeks