Well, It was a sad week for the Nevilles. Two days before I was about to cut her down I noticed one of the smaller buds had bud rot. Which prompted me to peek into the fat colas to which my misfortune of finding more. It was cloudy and rainy with very high humidity for almost 3 weeks straight and my nighttime humidity got into the high 70's in the tent for a few days. I think i also was over watering toward the end, trying to get her to finish. I cut off the damaged buds and chopped her down to dry out in my studio by herself. After a couple days of hanging i was able to find a little more and picked off anything that could potentially ruin the rest of the batch. The next time i start getting buds with fat colas like this I am going to think about harvesting early to save the crop, because In reality i could have picked her a 2 weeks sooner and i don't think i would have had any rot and still would have had some great smoke. Also think that If i had had her more healthy along the way she would have been a little more resistant. Man that is such a bummer, but with colas that big i should have know i could have had issues. I think everything was on autopilot and had other stuff going on, i obviously let her get away. But luckily it looks like only 5-10 percent loss at most. Shes smelling and looking amazing aside from her issues.
My Neville's haze is starting to be hard to look at. Cant tell if Is watering issue, nute burn or excess. I thinking maybe K deficiency. Shes been drinking close to 4 gallons of water a day or more and soil dries very quick. After watering I notice the new growth looks good
Given that she's been guzzling down water like there's no tomorrow and the soil's drying out super quick, it could be a watering issue. Maybe she's not getting enough water, or perhaps you're overwatering her.
But considering you're noticing good new growth after watering, it might not be a water problem after all. It's possible it could be a nutrient deficiency, like you mentioned with potassium.
Since she's been drinking so much, she might be using up nutrients faster than usual. I'd consider giving her a good flush with some pH-balanced water to clear out any excess salts or buildup in the soil, then maybe hit her with a balanced nutrient solution to see if that helps. (Check the EC/PPM of the runoff to monitor for any salt buildup)
Keep an eye on her and see how she responds. Plants can be tricky sometimes, but with a little TLC, she'll hopefully bounce back.
Good luck, and happy growing! 🌿🔥
@MindFlowers68, You're welcome! I'm glad you found the response helpful.
It's great to hear that you seen some improvement after the top dressing and pH-ed water flush. Keeping a close eye on soil moisture and adjusting your watering schedule accordingly sounds like a good plan.
And hey, even if she's not looking her absolute best, it's clear you're doing your best to support her through to harvest. Those big buds sound promising, and I'm sure she'll still deliver some potent effects, even if she's not picture-perfect.
One of good improvement I've made is adding a fan at pot level. This helps to facilitate water evaporation from the pot, which in turn prevents issues such as overwatering and root rot.
Keep up the good work, and here's to a successful harvest! If you ever have more questions or need advice, don't hesitate to reach out. Happy growing! 🌿👨🌾
@iLoveGoodWeed, Thank you. Thanks for your response to my question. I got some good answers. I basically did what you described by top dressing after a nice ph-ed water flush and that's when I started to notice the greener new growth but I steered her back off track again somehow. I think skipping watering in between days the soil moisture was "adequate" I used the ecowitt soil moisture meters that constantly monitor the moisture content but only measure on the top. my other plants have been getting similar feedings and waterings and haven't shown the same issues. I'm going to try to water her every day and slowly introduce some food. She is almost done anyway and shes still making some nice big buds. i heard a story about some subpar grown/cured nevilles haze that got nickname "the party wrecker" because it got everyone so stoned they couldn't even talk. I think she's still gonna be amazing, but never nice to see your girls struggle and not look their most beautiful
I have the same grow light.What do you keep your light density at in the different stages and the lights height?I keep burning my plants!!!Please help me!
Looks great, nice diary and pictures. Be sure to follow my IG (if you have one). I would greatly appreciate it will follow back of course. Just trying to grow a bit.
She got so big it made your 4x8 look like a 2x4 holy cow. Beautiful grow, sorry to read about the bud rot, but awesome job none the less. I hope i can pull that kinda bud one day ✌️
@LadyKiller, haha, Right man. Thanks, dude. You will get there. Finished trimming last night and I lost 100g due to rot. The good news I still have over a pound of buds without any bud rot, so it's hard to be too sad. I threw the bad stuff in my campfire with the trim from my blackjack and the stems and got a contact high off the fire. the whole neighborhood must have smelled like weed for hours. although the Nevilles is very interesting smell, almost doesn't smell like cannabis when burning. I was very relaxed the rest of the day
@cheech87, For drying yes.haha Becuase I dont dry in the same tent. I have the Neville's out in my studio shed dialed into 55-58 humidity and 60-64 degress F. I got some budrot 😕 but luckily not to bad i caught it in to to salvage most bud i lost a few chunky cola tops
wow sick plants!
Also very interesting report, because especially one of my plants does show the exact same signs in flower week 2-3 too!
thin hanging leaves at the top buds looking kinda overwatered while she is thirsty AF. Plant also is next to intake too but she does recover after watering and looking healthy next day and then drooping starts again even though soil is still moist.
What do you think was your main change that helped her get in track?
@taprootArmy, Thank you! It's really hard to say, I think we have compounding issues going on. This is not an easy strain to grow to begin with. So i think once she started declining it was hard to set her back on the path and she never grew to her full potential. I think it is mostly environmental factors, and watering too much. I don't think the air inlet is making that much a difference for me. Pretty sure my lights were just too intense. I noticed the Nevilles declining when I moved her to my newly step-up flower tent. I had the temps around 84 during the day when I needed them to be around 78 for this strain. That's caused her to want to drink and more but I think my soil down low was too rich for her and she didn't want to put her roots down into for a while and the bottom was still wet. I also directly sowed the seed in the 30-gallon pot which was not the best idea to begin with. Nevilles Haze has been quite the learning experience. I am smoking a joint of it now as I type. It's been drying for 9 days. I trimmed up a few ounces to jar up and see how the humidity is stilling to see if I want to finish trimming the rest. I did get a decent amount of bud rot. Only in the huge colas. I already picked out a few big colas before I started drying. I've heard it called the curse of a good grower when the big colas get it, but I think if I got my humidity down at the expense of higher temps, I could have avoided the bud rot. I got a chance to dig up the stum and down low it was pretty wet and slightly anaerobic smelling. they did sit outside for a week so I'm not sure if that was because of the rain or from what I had watered but botrytis affects the roots too, and it didn't seem like it was root rot in the pot. But the bud rot could have started from me watering too much.It rained for 3 weeks straight the last 3 weeks of a 16 week flower and 90 percent humidity outside and didn't make things easy. When I grow this strain again it will be during the dead of winter. I'll have to take a look at your diary but If it's just a slight droop it's overwatered. When thirsty they should droop nearly vertly downward. If i get the same thing going on I may try to let them dry out 5-7 days then dunk them in regular water then wait to water for another 4-5 days with some kelp or something low dose of nutrients.
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