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Bought this plant from a stall at the side of the road B200/£4
I have had it around 1 week now and repotted it from a plastic pint pot. I am estimating its age as a point of reference, I don't really know.
I think I have been over watering so I have knocked that back. I'll see how that goes over the next week.
Just received delivery of nutrients from Siam Sativa, so I will begin that regime and see how that goes over the next week.
A plant app that I was trying out suggested an area with more light so I have relocated all the plants and see how that goes over the next week.
Soil metre on the way so hopefully that will remove some of the guesswork.
The app mentioned above further identified a leaf mite problem and suggested neem oil I have given it a squirt and see how that goes over the next week.
Can't help but get the feeling I'm making a lot of mistakes
The plant seems to be okay.
This is my first grow so everything I am picking up is coming from the internet, but this plant looks like it is starting to flower.
From next week I will switch the nutrients schedule to the flowering stage schedule.
Hi buddy this is a very long topic so I will try and keep it short you can ask every grower this question and get a different answer so here's mine. Harvesting bud is the most important part of growing and if not done correctly it can waste all the hard work you have done so knowing when to harvest correctly is king in cannabis cultivation. So Many growers will say go out and get a jewlers loop or some kind of microscope and zoom into them shiny trichomes when you have a good view of them first of all you want too look at the size of the trichomes are they large and have large fat heads or are they small and have small heads next you need to look at the concentration of trichomes how many are there are there more in this part of the bud than the next could you wait longer and develop more trichomes ? the next thing to look at is the color of the trikes ? are then clear amber or cloudy personally i like to see a bit of amber before i crop so i know my bud has reached peak maturity. With the trikes out the ways lets move on to the more visual signs of harvesting a plant. keep in mind the longer you flower a plant the larger it will become and denser this is because the plant is trying so hard to become big and strong in order to attract male pollen and carry on its breed. This is also the same for trichomes. okay so the hairs or pistils are a huge give away I will never even think about harvesting unless the pistils have gone brown and retracted into the bud like your plant here but the final thing to consider when harvesting is kinda comment sense. Does the plant smell ready to be harvested ? you have smoked weed before you know the scent of a nice stinky bud does your plant smell like this if so then shes probably ready if you tick all these boxes i can guarantee you will get some really nice bud at the end :) best of luck buddy but the longer you leave it the more you will get but just not too long as she will mate herself eventually :)
Following the answers to the harvesting question I purchased a pocket microscope to view the trichomes - They appear to still be clear so I will wait.
I did remove 1 node from the plant to experiment with drying
This is my 1st grow so I cut a node off a plant to experience the drying process before harvesting the whole plant. How will I know that it has dried sufficiently to cure? What should I be looking for? This has hung for 5 days in a shed already but it is 40°C and very humid here.
You can test it by bending the small branches in a 90 degrees angle, when they bend they are still to moist but when they break they are ready.
I like to use boveda 62% humidity control packs to prevent mold during curing. Then you will get away with putting the buds a bit to wet inside the jar and you do not need to burp the jars because the humidity packs will suck up the moist and slowly release it back when necessary to keep humidity exactly on 62%
NobbyClarke
