White Rhino #2

Grow413 Just hit six weeks since going 12/12. Not sure if myy buds are smaller than they should be or if im just being impatient otherwise they look and smell great. Not a single yellow leaf.

Grow413 7 Weeks since going 12/12. Bumped up my HPS light to full 400w helping the lights on temps to stay steady in the low to mid 80's with humidity staying in the low 40's. Trichs coming in nice and sticky, smells amazing. Should be fattening up real soon.

Grow413 Ok been busy so big update here. now on day 57 since the flip. The short girl is starting to fatten up a bit more than the tall one, smell is amazing and the trichs are looking great. Still a little underdeveloped for their age but they are slightly more Sativa so maybe not as much as I think. Nirvana said this strain will flower for 8-10 weeks, I'm hoping to cut them down by thanksgiving. I've recently run into a few problems though that may be contributing to the slow growth. First thing, a few weeks ago I began adding a bloom booster along with a tsp of molassass per gallon mixture. I also started noticing the very tips of some of my top leaves (mainly on the taller plant) were just barley turning yellow but it didnt progress to the rest of the leaves (i noticed this before adding the bloom booster and molassass). Thinking it could be heat or light burn I bent the branches down as far as I could and have my light at its max height. Using a laser thermometer I found that the temperature on the surface of my canopy is 76-82 degrees, the temp on my fabric pots is around 65, the air temp at the canopy hovers around 84 and mid way down its around 77. The humidity stays in the 40’s. With the lights off the temp drops to about 62 and the humidity goes up to the mid 50’s. With that info I wasnt convinced it was heat since there was no tacoing or any more damage than just the tips. This week I began noticing again on the top leaves, the tips and around the edges about halfway down the blade started turning a very dark green almost black color and the other leaves seemed to be a dark shiny green. I only noticed this on the taller plant, the shorter one only has the dark shiny green leaves. This lead me to think its nutrient burn. I stopped adding the bloom booster and molassass for two feedings then last night decided to start a flush. I gave them each a litre of water with a ph around 5.7 and let them run off. I have a TDS meter and the EC value of my tap water was 0.3. I tested the runoff this morning and that had an EC value of 2.3!! My plan as of now is to continue the flush until my EC runoff number matches the EC number prior to feeding, then get back on the normal nutrients and slowly add in the molassass for the last few weeks. And on top of that I also saw a few leaves getting yellow specks on them and with a loupe I found some spider mites on the underside of some leaves. I removed those leaves and have a neem oil spray that works very well and is all natural so I should have those under control but obviously they wont help them grow faster. This is my first time growing in coco so Im not sure if Im over watering or not. I give each plant about .75 to 1 litre everyday a few hours before lights off. I get about 15-20% runoff and theyre in 2 gallon pots. I also have well water so Im thinking that could also be a factor. The pics arent the best and dont show the black tips but you can see how shiny and dark green the leaves look in natural light

Grow413 The taller plant still has leaves getting darker and the pots have built up a white substance on the outside. I've reduced the nutrients, changed to watering them ever other day and switched to using distilled water instead of my hard well water. I did notice a decrease in the PPM in my runoff but it is still high. Still looking good but small. Trichs are starting to get cloudy, maybe another week of nutrients then a week or two of flush? we'll see!

Grow413 Just saw my first few amber trichs on the taller girl. The smaller one looks a lot better but still no amber trichs yet. Based on the stress the taller one has gone through Im going to flush for about another week then cut it down. The shorter one still has some dark shiny leaves so I continue to go very low on the nutes every other watering while watering ever other day. I dimmed my light down to 250W which has helped bring the heat down to the upper 70's. Hopefully the short girl will be ready for flush within a week.

Grow413 Being only my third grow this has been my most successful. Tried lots of new things and am still tweaking my process. After hang drying for a few days they were pretty crunchy given our wood stove heat. I cut them off and weighed 2.15 oz off the taller plant and 22 grams off the smaller plant. Both now sitting in mason jars with humid packs. Opened the jars and can already tell they are much less dry than they were when they went it. Already smokes great, very strong earthy citrus smell, tastes great and the high is a nice relaxing euphoric feeling. Cant wait to see what its like after curing.