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Adding more Cal-Mag to deal with Purple stems, and lowered Ph to 6 by adding some of my home brew Kombucha. Added more overall nutrients. Raised the light about 6" last week and added a second 300W equivalent Viparspectra LED today. I had one day of power outage last week from 8-5 daytime so I moved the plants close to a window for the day. Installed PVC frame and netting. FIMing , pruning training and supercropping is keeping plants low. Watering about once a week with no issues. I like the air pots a lot.
Plants are loving being under the second added 300 W equivalent Viparspectra LED. Raised light a few inches. Pulled back on nutrients. Watered thoroughly with garden sprayer. Only 1 watering per week needed so far. I'm being very careful not to over water or over feed. Lowering ph with homebrew kombucha which is mildly acidic and full of nutrients. Sun-Tuesday I went from 24 hrs light to 20, 17, 14 and 12 Wednesday.
As my strains need 8 - 10 weeks to flower, I needed to start flowering now to be around to dry, trim & start curing before Burning Man (first week of September) so I can enjoy going home without worry. (Will have minions assist with the cure).
Covered power strip lights with electrical tape. Space is open in daytime during lights-on time and closed at night/lights off. Keeping light centered on daytime to allow a cooler environment at night and optimize a day/night temperature differential given that I live in a very mild temperate zone and hear a little differential makes for good buds.
Lots of little buds! Saw first pistils around day 8 of flowering on Lemon OG, then Platinum Purple exploded.
I pulled out some of the low fan leaves (maybe too many) am found what looks like caterpillar shit on the underside along with some chewed holes. I sprayed with 1/3 tsp DR Bronners soap/1 tsp cold pressed organic neem oil in 1 L water and turned up the fan.
Not too stinky so far. I haven't done anything yet to abate odor as I'm legal but I also don't want to nuisance the neighbors.
Just sugar water today as we're seen some nute burn. Lots more buds coming in. Plant overall seems super happy and is loving the swamp cooler that was added midweek. First bits of pistil floof showing on big meaty multi bud clusters.
Sprayed with neem oil & dr Bronners soap 3 days apart to control pest issue.
Any strands in photos are cat fur. While cats don't go in the grow room I have one whose fur is like ANgora rabbit fur and gets everwhere. Personal use, not a clean room!
Tried taking photos with flash,but I plan to add a clip light for photos. Platinum purple has heralded her bloom with a lovely musky sweet grape stank. Buds are fattening and stacking up nicely with a little nute burn. Plants overall have been needing water every 1-3 days instead of every 5, so I have been giving nutrients on one day a week. I have an 18lb fuzzball cat so cat fur is an issue I accept, but note this is not spider mite webbing. Sprayed 2 more times this week 3 days apart with soap only and once with water but still seeing minor pest issues. Still running swamp cooler on and off as ambient RH has been high and the temperatures have been pretty mild this week. My boyfriend sent me unicorns to add more magic!
OVERALL OBSERVATIONS: Currently pretty hot in So Cal. Still running swamp cooler and fans at full blast.
Lights at 27" from top buds. Turning one light off and alternating to help mitigate heat.
Nice sticky buds fattening up on Platinum Purple. The pistils on this seem to emerge curled up, pop out and become glued down. Lotsa frosty dank goodness.
Some continued mild leaf burn issues so no nutrients except unsulfured molasses. I did some mild defoliation after photos to not hide anything.
PEST CONTROL: Sprayed soil only with neem/soap to discourage any continued pest issues.
Finally got a clip light so photos are all taken under incandescent lights.
WATERING: I finally got a PPM meter and found out my tap water is horrible (450-700 ppm) so I'm using bottled water from here on out until I get an RO filter or some other type of filter. Platinum Purple was wilting but recovered after some bottled water yesterday.
SMELL: Smells like weed in here! It smelled a bit like chicken shit for a couple days but now it smells like cannabutter. The Platinum Purple smells like musky grapes and hops.
OVERALL OBSERVATIONS: A bit less hot this week so I was able to keep temperatures below 80 in the grow space. It was hot today and this girl is not keen on heat! Pistils are not as brown as showing in images. This plant is the most prolific and the buds are really fat and dense. It's really difficult to photograph because it's in the back and has some big fan leaves covering big buds. It smells wonderful. This is supposedly a heavy indica like LA Confidential, narcotic and good for pain and sleep.
SMELLS: Platinum Purple still smells like a grape Jolly Rancher.
WATERING: Switched to bottled water which the plants are loving I've needed to water almost every other day because of both the increased size of the plants and the heat. I'm actually posting an image here of what an underwatered plant looks like. It is so sad! This girl needs a lot of water.
NUTRIENTS: Added back a little bit of bloom nutrients and cal mag but I'm not sure what my reasoning on that was. Mostly just water on each watering for the other plants but this one seems to like a little extra.
PESTS: Noticed some fungal gnats but I got them quickly with diatomaceous earth over the soil. I've been so careful not to keep moist soil but with it drying out every other day this has been difficult. Added a tiny bit of SM90 to water (1 tsp/quart). No noticeable eggsacks or leaf nibbling otherwise.
IMAGES: All non purple images now taken under a 100w incandescent clip light with an iPhone 6s Plus.
OVERALL OBSERVATIONS: Hot this week! Buds fattening up nicely. Platinum Purple are getting super frosty and stacking up. Did some light defoliation throughout the week of lower leaves and any bigger fan leaves that were shading popcorn buds.
SMELLS: Platinum Purple smells like a musky grape rancher.
WATERING: Now using bottled water which the plants are loving and added a touch of coconut water. I soaked them well on Friday because I went to a big music festival this weekend and came home today to some thirsty plants. I've needed to water almost every other day because of both the increased size of the plants and the heat.
NUTRIENTS: Just a little coconut water which I read in High Times is a good potassium supplement. No nutrients from here out.
PESTS: Still some fungal gnats but I'm persistent with diatomaceous earth over the soil. I've been so careful not to keep moist soil but with it drying out every other day this has been difficult. No noticeable eggsacks or leaf nibbling otherwise.
IMAGES: All non purple images now taken under a 100w incandescent clip light with an iPhone 6s Plus.
OVERALL OBSERVATIONS: Some heat this week but mostly I was able to keep temperatures below 80 in the grow space. We are almost done with some top buds having trichomes going from clear to milky but no appreciable amber. I like my frosting on the gold side. I may harvest only the top ripe buds and hold off on the rest until they look ready, unless someone tells me why it might be better to do otherwise. Lots of popcorn fattening up. THe buds are all dense and sparkling. Lower remaining leaves are starting to yellow.
SMELLS: Musky grape candy. This shit seriously reeks and it's delicious.
WATERING: Switched to bottled water which the plants are loving. Plants are thirsty. I've been watering about .5 -1 L every other day. Ran off about 10% a couple times.
NUTRIENTS: They get nothing and like it.
PESTS: I think they're getting the message and relocated, perhaps back to Jah.
IMAGES: All images now taken under a 100w incandescent clip light with an iPhone 6s Plus.
Growing cannabis has been a physical, mental and spiritual journey for me. This entire grow has been an experiment, one where I have discovered a new hobby and which has rekindled my interest in gardening.
I got a Carson MicroBrite handheld microscope but I haven't figured out how to stick it to my iphone lens so you'll have to take my word on the trichomes. Some are clear, some milky with a few amber. I harvested a Platinum Purple bud on 8/4, and the rest of it got chopped today because it was a nice mix of cloudy & amber.
The leaves are yellowing, some have died off. I did another mild flush on Friday, running off about 10%. It's been hot AF and I've raised the humidity a bit with the swamp cooler.
Some rose and purple colors have graced the buds on Platinum Purple. I have the smell so far up my nose right now, I feel stoned.
If you like music, here's my eclectic playlist of tunes to play in the spirit of cultivation.
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2XqSd18xQQlyxDI6ekZGmaCUqVidxQhd
I'm just excited to get my harvest on here! I believe this will be my biggest of the 3 plants. I have it all mostly trimmed. I will dry trim a bit later and weigh. I will try it once it's dry, though it is tempting to smoke a bowl of the hash fur I pulled off everything with tweezers.
More photos and a review of Platinum Purple to come.
Thanks everyone @GrowDiaries for making this site and to the grow community for the support, encouragement and the wisdom of your experience.
Grown from veganic clone from Buds & Roses.
Dry in peace, my little buds!
Dried in brown paper bags after a half assed wet trim. Dry trimmed after stems snapped and put into a canning jar to cure. Vaped trimmings with popcorn nug.
Biggest mistakes of this grow:
Not vegging longer
Not using a PPM meter and
using extremely hard tap water
Not starting from seed
Not keeping the space cleaner (fur & bugs)
Not using individual trellises
Not using ventilation besides fans
Not using enough fans
Best lessons learned: I loved growing weed. Being on this site in a supportive community made it especially fun.
Small yeild but when you consider I pay 30-60/8th at the pot store and that this was my first grow and I feel lucky to have made it to harvest , getting a half oz out of one plant is more than fine by me.
TheFairyBudMother
