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Germinated easily in paper towel and popped up out of jiffy pellet in two days. I know this is Blue Dream, but I don't have the original packaging and so breeder is unknown. Also unsure if Auto or Photo. 90% sure it's auto because that's all I purchase seeds for but still I have photo seeds that come as freebies sometimes. Easy way to know if it doesn't start preflowering by week five or so. I've only done one photo and similar situation, but it came in a pack of auto seeds and didn't flower with the rest. So I let her sit until I harvested the other three and flipped to 12/12 and she took off.
Had to leave alone for almost a week for traveling. Watered good and put under a clear plastic drinking cup and came home to this. So I'm relieved she did well.
This showed up pretty much over night. Not widespread just this leaf and one other. Can't find in any of the leaf problem charts I see online. Anyone recognize?
Magnesium Deficiency displays as a yellowing of the leaf tissue between the veins while the veins remain green. That plant kind of resembles it, but geez, thats not typically the classic look of magnesium deficiency. I mean it is, but it isn't. Magnesium if i recall is mobile, which means if the soil doesn't have it, it's going to pull it from the bottom of the plant to use it at the top. Thats why it shows up first in the lower half of the plant and not the top.
What throws me off a little is the droopy down curled edges, but that could be from a little over watering, and unrelated to the stripe issue. Man, i have to keep referencing that pic. If it was more yellow between the veins then it would be more evident that it's magnesium, But the damaged tissue isn't yellow, it's more of a flat light green.
Are you keeping your pH consistent, or are you being casual with it? You know, like 6.4 pH one nutrient/water mix, then the next water you mix a 5.8 pH and call it good? Not likely but have to ask anyway. pH fluctuation can cause a problem for plants and can even cause something that kinda resembles that, but again, not really.
Where it is on the plant means something as much as what is on the plant does.
I'm gonna say, reluctantly, that you can either buy a bottle of calmag, which will have Mg and start watering that in at the recommended dose with each watering and see if that halts the problem and perhaps reverses it. Calmag also has some N and some Ca, and FE. All of which are important in keeping your plants green. Or if you want to just try straight Magnesium you can Mix some epsom salts into your water and pH to 6.2 and water that in on your next watering. It won't take long for that to reverse if it's magnesium, but i don't feel confident that thats what it is. It just doesn't look like the classic magnesium deficiency look. Try the calmag or epsom salt watering at 6.2 pH. If it resolves, we were right! If it doesn't, then you know it's not likely Magnesium. Watering in either product won't harm anything anyways so there's no risk in trying those things.
Just remember to water when your pots feel light. Don't just go by a set schedule until you know how your plants are drinking. It's easy to over water a plant of that size. And if this is in happy frog or ocean forest like you mentioned in the DM, then those soils are very thick and dense and have high water holding capacity and low oxygen retention because they don't come with perlite. Last year i grew a big fuckin raspberry boogie in the back yard with ocean forest and i had to add perlite. I see your soil has perlite so you must have added some?
Well, thats my best guess, but i'm not confident that it's the correct one, but it's all i can figure. I'm gonna watch this question to see what other's conclude. It's very interesting.
Isn't it a bitch when deficiencies don't display in classic ways? Calcium is often like that. Shows up in lots of different ways.
Settling and looking better. No crazy growth spurt yet but growing. Finally showing female today. 12/28.Was getting worried because usually at this stage sex is usually obvious esp if females. Had to find them on magnifier. But they're there.
Still not sure if Auto or Photo. I knew this when I planted her. Had some seeds only marked Blue Dream. A lot of times I get freebies when I order auto seeds, and I usually put them aside. So we'll see soon. But she looks great either way. Growing her beside three other autos, each of different strains. And they are a a couple weeks older so will harvest sooner.
Well, still no flower and I'm guessing she is a photo. Looks really healthy and good sized. I was hoping not but that's ok , she should do really well. I'll have to wait for my other two autos to finish. The Banana Purple Punch is a week or so away. And the pineapple Express still has weeks to go.
Still waiting to switch to flower. Harvested the Banana Purple Punch yesterday with success. Pulled 8.0 wet ounces fully manicured. Still have one more auto, Pineapple Express that's flowering and has two or three more weeks.
So my blue dream is going to be a monster by the time I flip her. Thinking of trellising to take up the whole tent. Have never before but with one big one in the tent by then it might profit some. Will see, I do love me some blue dream!
Looking healthy. No leaf discoloration at all. Did some super cropping and light defoliation. A couple more weeks before I put on a flowering light schedule. Still considering scrogging. Since it will have entire 4x4 after I harvest the last auto flower.
Looks about the same. Harvesting the Pineapple Express Auto in a day or so so I can finally switch lights to 12/12 for this one. Then we can finally see her stretch and flower. She's already quite large. Going to try netting her down.
Finally switched lights to 12/12. Put net down. This is my first attempt at scrog method. Never really thought it would benefit before as I usually grow 4 autos per run and keep a fairly even canopy through LST. But since this plant has the whole tent and is quite large and surely will stretch now that long "nights" are here, I figured I'd try it out. Top dressed with Dr Earth 2-2-2 and Dr Earth flower girl 3-9-4. Still using light cal mag every other water.
Lights have been 12/12 for around a week now. Starting to preflower. When she starts actual flower I will go through and eliminate all the minor bud sites and foliage underneath. Have already slowly done some of it.have heater timer opposite the lights because it's getting colder without the 20 hours light. Trying to keep the night no lower than 65 and days around 74.its not easy in my basement during winter.
Starting to show flowers! Can't wait for the sativa goodness. Stretched slightly since last week. Gave her a little silica with her watering and another watering with plain dechlorinated ph'd water. Been having to water twice weekly. I wait until I see a little droop in the fan leaf stem then give about 4/5 gallon. I want to give a little Recharge to help soil biology but have never used. Maybe on next water because it will be plain water, won't top dress with Gaia until mid next week. Any thoughts? Still struggling with temps because of this damn Virginia up and down weather, but maintaining it ok. Those autos I grew with it are curing out nicely, and have to say the Pineapple Express is favorite of them. I'm usually a high sativa lover but it has a balanced high that's so smooth. Just saying, dudes.
Growing has slowed and flowers are forming. Sugar leaves are super frosty already.Added a little Recharge with one watering and top dressed with Gaia Green AP and PB before next water. There was a little yellowing on a few leaf tips and some went third way up the leaf. Looked to me like zinc maybe since it was not on bottom leaves but newer ones. Seemed to stop after giving a little and the Recharge. She seems happy. Lots of tops. I could have done better with the scrog but I didn't really train her for it thinking she might be an auto at the time. But good enough for me , I am just growing for me and my smoke and I'm not a super smoker just like a few puffs of an evening. So this will do fine may make some golden dragon with some of it because if you never made it with Blue Dream you are missing out. The berry terps go right into the tincture and the sativa high as well. Try a ml or 1.25 in two fingers of 12 YO single malt Scotch. You'll thank me dudes. Alright let's come back next week and see what's up. Imma go pour me a Scotch yo.
Some yellowing occuring and can't seem to figure out. But otherwise making flowers , they are stacking. Made a diy CO2 producer with some sugar and yeast , we'll see what that does. Just water and a little Gaia Green Power bloom given this week.
Flower hairs are turning golden and just a rusty colored one here and there. Still gotta be a couple of weeks away at least. Probably will harvest on the early side of a lot of people because I like that head high that sativa doms bring. Personal choice. I have some indica dom buds for when I feel like that kind of high. My first grow ever three years ago I harvested way early out of not knowing and it was really awesome outcome actually. Very much was on the head trippy energetic rush side and I've never been afraid to harvest on the early side since. I probably won't do this as early but still probably as soon as I see a couple amber it's time. For me anyway , and I think it's awesome how these plants can have something for every type of smoker depending on its specific genetics and the time you choose to harvest, etc. ok peace friends ☮️
Ok well this is the last few days. I will turn off the lights for 48 hours and harvest this weekend. She is so sticky and smells like straight up Blueberry. Buds seem fairly dense , not rock hard but def not airy. Probably some of the minor flower will be a little airy but not bad. Not given anything but pH water for week and a half now. Trichs are nice and milky now.
Finally finished this lady. She smelled so good and was so sticky. Wet trimmed and it took forever, lucky to have a volunteer to help. Got 451 grams wet and tons of really nice trim. Will put in my dry room at 55% humidity. I bag it in paper lunch bags and put in expandable drying rack thingy. Shake them up every day or two. So in ten or so days will come back with a dry weight report. And a smoke report hopefully. Should dry at around 3.5 oz. Thanks for checking out my grow and come back and see the final. Thanks for everyone's help and support. 💚☮️💚☮️
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