FRIDAY 11/9:
I rotated them and increased blue spectra for their 6-hour "nighttime." Added another 25w 15.0 UVB with reflector over them. Lowered all the lights about 2 inches.
SATURDAY:
Today was their last feeding. I went heavy with the cha ching, terpinator, bembe, and bud candy, and just a little big bloom and tiger bloom, plus calimagic. I'll let them dry out for a couple days and start flushing.
SUNDAY:
Rotated them and plucked some necrotic stuff. Need a close look at her trichromes, but all three of them are about ready to be flushed. Super stinky!😋
MONDAY:
I took some photos and zoomed in on them with my PC..they are definitely ready for flushing. They'll be ready for a big clear drink of water tomorrow.👍
TUESDAY:
Today, I douched all three remaining bloomers with a few gallons of ph'd water each and plucked some dead shit.
I'm so glad this crop is almost finished! Can't wait to clean out the big tent and get it ready for the new crop. They'll start flowering any day now..
WEDNESDAY:
I did nothing really except for taking a few photos and re-positioning the UVB lights a little.
The aromas are definitely more pungent, but honestly, if your humidity isn't right when you dry it, there's nothing much that will help the final "texture" of your buds. You gotta try and keep the temps at 75f and some wind moving, but at the same time, keep the humidity at at least 50% to keep them from drying too quickly...that's the real trick I think.
I'm finding that if I hang them to dry in a much smaller enclosure, I can control the humidity better.
@Silverback_Guerilla, thx you sir for the information very helpful. Yeah I’m super worried about cutting them to soon or late 😆. The trichomes are still clear and I’ve got maybe 20-30 red hairs so far. Tomorrow I’ll update my grow if you’d look them over that would be awesome sir. Thx
@Okie420_1986, I love the stuff...grew that exact strain twice last year, and just tried Seedsman's White Widow Autos...and have 5 more WWA beans from Spliff Seeds that I'll be trying this Fall...
From the looks of it, yours might go a few more weeks. Don't kill her too early and she'll swell up and really glisten with trichromes. Wait until you see at least 10% amber trichromes in any given patch and she'll rock your world!👈
Also..it may just be the photos, but your foliage is looking very dark green..at this stage of her life, you want to start seeing senescence (overall paling of leaves).
You should start backing off of the nutes containing Nitrogen and pump up the phosphorus and potassium.. and heavy up on any sweeteners you might possess(e.g. molasses, etc..)
In my "1st grow in 25 years" diary, you can see the best 2 CKS WWA's that I've finished thus far-
@Silverback_Guerilla, thanks appreciate the hollaback I just checked out a video on YouTube cuz this guy said some Growers consider this the secret the terpinator I mean I grow nice plants very very frosty high THC content but still I don't get that incredible smell and the oils that allow it to not dry out so much I grow well dry well and cure well this is got to be the missing link so I just bought some I'll be able to tell from this green crack I've got growing I'm also going to add it to my sugar black rose thanks for the tip
@ChefGreenThumbGardenofWeedin,
Definitely. I didn't use any on my first batch of White Widows, and they had a great aroma, but it wasn't nearly as pungent as this crop! I used Terpinator during the entire grow cycle...increasing the dose as the plants progressed.
yea, temps are a bit high, and i'm not an expert but those buds look a bit light-burned or ph stressed... But i think i doesn't matter in the end because everything is coming along nicely!
@NewbieMJ00,
Ya, actually I double-whammied them last week and the week before..first I had PH pen issues and that got things waaay out of whack...then I had temperature issues the next week (over 100f for a whole day!)...crispy critters.
The situation has improved and I should still be able to pull a decent harvest.
Thanks!
gotta try to drop the temp down to around 77 during the day if u can I'm having a hard time in my closet grow soo adding a co2 bag soo they can thrive in the high temps