Happy New Year!!!
Over the past week I did some HST bending. The branches are starting to recover and straighten out after the HST now. I still have some issues with pale leaves and a few spots here and there. Iโm going to try adding some Dolomite Lime with the next watering and think that should help with the paleness. Iโm also going to up the amount of CalMag and Mammoth P to see if that helps with the spotting. Iโm not sure if I should see the spotted leaves recover or if the spots will remain. I suspect the spots will remain on the existing leaves regardless of what I do at this point, but hopefully no new spotting will develop.
The lights went off before I was done taking pics, so some pics will look a little different. The pics with the lights on I had to color correct, they still look a little more on the yellow side than in reality, but much closer to reality than the pre-color corrected versions. Once the lights went off I turned the flash on for my camera, those pics did not need any color correction. You can see the differences in the pics of all plants, the first 2 are color corrected with the lights on, the last 2 are taken with a flash and no color correction.
I read several books on cannabis over the past few days, some good, some not so much. One that I liked was โMarijuana Cultivation Reconsidered: The Science and Techniques For Huge Indoor Yieldsโ by Read Spear. This book is available on Amzonโs Kindle Unlimited service, which costs $9.99/month, but they offer a free 30 day trial (which is what Iโm using at the moment). Reedโs book is broken down into 3 sections, the first and third go fairly deep into the science behind growing, he does a pretty good job at breaking it down in easy to understand terms, but I had to read several sections 2 or 3 times to really get it (or just move on with as much understanding as I could digest). The second section is the nuts and bolts of growing. Most was a review but there were several topics he touched on I hadnโt thought of in a while. And again its well written. He also offers the section only in a separate book called โSmall Spaces, Big Yieldsโ. If you are not interested in going deeper into the science behind growing, โSmall Spaces, Big Yieldsโ is what I would recommend (if interested in reading books on cannabis).
I took some notes while reading and Iโm going to add some of these notes in my dairy updates over the next few weeks. This week Iโm going to include a note on electrical, this should be a fairly basic concept, but it is super important IMOโฆ
โElectrical Items In a sealed grow room or in a tent, you will have water pooling on the floor from time to time. There is no avoiding this. Mop it up when you see it, and never put your electrical gear directly on the floor. Never. Not even for a moment. In fact, let me stress this point in bold capital letters. ALL ELECTRICAL GEAR MUST BE MOUNTED SECURELY ON A WALL OR TENT POLE.โ
-Read Spear
Iโll add more did bits like this in my diaries over the upcoming weeks.
If anyone has any good book recommendations please let me know in the comments. Iโm looking for books that might not be as popular as the ones by Jorge Cervantes or Ed Rosenthal (Iโve read those). I did just order โTrue Living Organicsโ by The Rev which Iโm looking forward to reading. But Iโm looking for more. I really want to step it up and learn as much as possible. Your comments, feedback and recommendations are very much appreciated!
Until next time, Happy Growing! Stay Positive! And have an amazing 2019!!!
@The_La Dude knows much more than I, but you asked 5 days ago so I thought Iโd offer what I know about autos
Pros- speedy cycle from germination to harvest
Cons- almost everything else: including
- limited yield per plant
- Seeds total cost
- Caring for many plants as opposed to a few huge photoperiods
- cannot clone and re-veg
- cannot grow a male (if breeding)
That said, I have an eye on a project in which I pollinate a female auto with a most robust male photo. Will its offspring be auto or photo?
@The_La, Sorry I didn't notice your question at first. Thanks to @growdoctordc for jumping in. I'm not sure why GD measures Wet Weight. Probably just as a comparison of Wet to Dry.
@growdoctordc,
I'm not sure doc, thanks for you reply tho mate , I really appreciate you taking the time to answer me,
One thing I don't understand about GDairies. Why do people record the weight of their wet buds?
In my neck of the woods it's only the dry weight that counts. โ๏ธ
Nice looking plants bro. Good quality content on your journals and a shit load of plants ๐๐ป๐๐ป Thanks for dropping me some likes earlier man !
๐ strain๐๐ผ I have one of those girlies โCiCi โ and she grows phenomenal ๐๐ผ Havenโt seen yeild or smoked her yet but I hope ๐ค๐ป itโs decent ๐ high thc and CBD whaat
Hey Dude, I'm trying to get some advice on autos, lots of the guys on here grow them, what are the advantages/disadvantages?
Are they low yeilders?
Looking good so far bro ๐
@The_La, The advantages of Autos is obviously they grow faster and don't need a 12/12 light schedule to flip to flower. I average around 2 oz per harvest with my autos. A good buddy of mine pulled 4 oz per plant with a couple of his autos - he was using larger pots and stronger lights.
I like autos and will continue to grow autos, but I'm having fun growing photos again too.
@The_La, autoflowering strains vs photoperiods.
A photoperiod usually vegs 4 to 6 weeks and takes 8 to 10 weeks for flowering, that's 98 to 112 days from seed to harvest, instead an autoflowering will be done in 9 to 10 weeks, that's 4 to 7 weeks before the photoperiod. So in the time you grow a photo, you can almost have 2 harvests with autos.
Autos are great for growing during winter, you just set the light schedule to 20/4 or 24/0 and let the lights heat the grow space.
You can grow 1 big photo strain, which will cost only 1 seed (or clone), vs a couple or more autos, but where the autos will usually veg 3 weeks of veg (usually), the photo will need a lot more time, depending on your electricity cost, that might be more expensive than the autoflowering seeds added together.
For outdoors, autos are a good alternative, since photos can take half a year and can be a risk if you live in a non legal area, since they can grow to monstrous sizes
Yield wise, I usually grow 2 plants a a time, since I'm a micro grower, and I've gotten the same yield from photos and autos, the best example is two sativas (High level) that yielded 3 oz (1.14 gpw), the next run was an auto (Sweet Skunk) that yielded the same 3 oz (1.14 gpw), but were the first took 98 days, the later took 70 days.
If you want a pure indica, or pure sativa, then you will have to look into photo strains. I think both have their place
One day after watering in lime and Recharge and the girls are already showing signs of improvement. Everything is looking more green and less pale๐ I think Iโll repeat this one more time before feeding any additional nutrients.
Mixed up 2 gallons of water today. 2 tsp of dolomite lime and 2 tsp Recharge in each gallon. Then spread both gallons evenly across the plants. Took some pics of โbeforeโ. Looking forward to seeing what happens over the next couple of days. Iโll take additional pics and include them all in the next update. ๐ค