Day 32 - Noticing Nitrogen toxicity (not surprisingly 😏) now that the PH is hopefully a bit better. They are not ready for more water yet. They will need a flush soon.
Day 33 - I can water them tomorrow morning. Going to flush and get new PH and PPM readings.
Day 34 - Watered this morning. (6 Gal. PH'd to 6.5, nothing else added) I was suspicious of my PH/TDS meter readings, so I got a Blue Lab soil PH pen. After calibrating it I noticed the cheaper one was a bit off. It is not off by much. The runoff showed a PH of about 5.5 for all 3 and slightly different PPM readings. The Gold Leaf was just over 2150 PPM 😕. GDP #1 1850 PPM and GDP #2 at 1350 PPM. After work I tested the soil PH and it was between 5.3 and 5.5. My last watering was a PH of 7.4, but it did not seem to change anything. I will need to do the same again. The GDPs are also now showing signs of what I think is Nitrogen toxicity.
Day 35 - They are showing their sex now. I added pictures. I am guessing 2 more weeks before I flip them to flower, but this is my first time and I can't even use the scrog net yet, so we'll see.
Day 36 - 3 plants might be a bit too much 😆 The Gold Leaf is 18" tall now and both of the GDPs are right around 14". I plan on flipping them when they reach 25". The Gold leaf will get there first and so I may try super cropping. Either way I plan to start scrogging around 20".
Day 37 - The Gold Leaf just hit 20". Trellis net goes up tomorrow night.
Day 38 - Decided not to put up the trellis net so that I can do one more dunk feeding before they get locked down. The Gold Leaf will be ready for water in the morning, but the GDPs are still a bit heavy. I did say feeding, but this will just be PH'd water with nothing else. The PH is 8.4 This time because 7.5 did not change anything.
Brown spots with light yellowing. Possibly calcium deficiency? This is only happening on the Gold Leaf. Neither of the GDPs are showing these signs. This has happened over the last 2-3 days.
Wow, for your first grow you're doing it like a pro already! Great work. I'm growing out 4 of the GDP's from ILGM myself right now - probably going to chop in the next week or two. I'm looking forward to seeing how these turn out for you!
@Comtelko, Thank you! I won't be throwing in the towel yet. There is lots of room for improvement, but I've decided to go RDWC and have a setup ready to go in as soon as I finish my second run.