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Potential over watering early on has stunted the growth considerably. Pictures are 14 days after previous diary entry. I waited to keep it true to 2 weeks. Each diary will be weekly now.
Will keep watering and feeding to a minimum and try to 'read' the plant
Plant maybe running a little colder than I want at times, not sure if the fan blowing on it can cool to the point of slowing growth?
Going much better after the slow growing PH issues which I (wrongfully but successfully) fixed with an overdose of nitric acid.
I now have access to Reverse Osmosis water which should make a difference.
Few new shoots starting to take off! Glad I will have a couple of bud sites (as long as it's not all larf/popcorn..)
Tight internodal structure, but a bit more spaced out compared to the girl scout cookies growing next to it.
Growth still slower than expected. These nutrients were tailored for my local tap water so will try them with that again or buy some new ones to use with RO water
Flowering has just about begun. A bit of stretch but not as much as I had hoped.
Not predicting much of a yield still, but might aswell see it through.
Has a very faint smell of freshly cut apples at the moment. It's lovely.
Really stressed her out Overwatering at the very start of this week. New growths still coming through will curled down over watered leaves, so I hope the roots are okay...
The medium seems bone dry and light to pick up. I put small clay pebbles in the bottom of this fabric pot. I thought it might improve drainage, but it seems to have done the opposite.
??g - Sugar leaf
16g - popcorn/airy buds
104g - Quality Buds
I haven't included the sugar leaf In my final total, but I will update this comment once I have processed it into wax extract.
So happy with this harvest. Huge fluffy buds covered in trichromes. Really looks the part and will last me a while for sure! Dried this a little too quickly so have a bit of a funky smell to it, hopefully just a little more curing will fix it.
Certainly will have to grow another dinafem autoflower! Couldn't be any happier with the help I received by them on this grow.
With a lot of thanks to @Ga4rd2en0er I have got this grow back on track!
After a big flush I have upper the nutes and the overall watering. 2 dead leaves were removed from the bottom with no noticeable shock.
Flowering has really kicked in and she has finally stretched out perfectly.
Really shot up. Some sugar leaf starting to come through at the bud-sites.
Pistils stretching but I don't think think these are going to be very big buds..
Perfect node spacing at this point. Enough for light penetration and a decent airflow.
Plant looks fairly healthy in my opinion.
Unfortunately the mainstem has grown quite close to the LED and my setup could do with adjusting. Surprised how close the plant seems to be able to deal with, but wouldn't want to leave this much longer.
Really nice week of watching the buds start to fatten up. Fair bit of sugar leaf coming in across the plant now.
Probably would have got a far better yield if I was a little more consistent with my feeding ppm. Noticed early nute burn on leaf tips but have now reverted to early deficiency as I'm being too cautious. I have since added B-52 to my feeding regime hoping this will help somewhat. I also added a silica to the mix for no reason other than it worked out cheap, so might not keep this one for long.
Can't believe it was still stretching this week! Few spots appearing on the leaves. I'm not sure if this is magnesium or potassium deficiency but I have upped the feeding of both a little.
The amount of bud on the mainstem is really blowing my mind! Hopefully there will be plenty to get through once she is done.
Buds are feeling really dense and leave a wonderful smell on my fingers.
I believe I'm having quite a bit of a potassium deficiency, spotting appearing on the old leaves and newer growth coming through a little wilted and dark. I've used a small amount of PK booster but I'm probably a bit late to reverse the damage.
Finally got myself a jewellers loupe, only to find more thrich heads are clear than I had hoped. Couple of weeks til haven't hopefully.
Final week before harvest! Only feeding with pH'd RO water.
She has put on some serious weight, cannot wait to see what the scales say!
Starting to push out a few foxtails, not sure if I continued feeding a little too long or if it's some form of stress? Stress will probably be in the roots as she's all stuffed into a 5 liter fabric pot.
Lovely fade on the leaves. Buds are giant. I have never seen anything like it, I'm sure they are quite airy, but plenty of trichromes.
Im going to have to do this strain again. So pleased with the results. Will be harvested as soon as my other plant is done in my DIY dry chamber.
Hi Gandalf, are you growing in coco? If so, do not let it dry out. It will cause your root zone ppms to go crazy which will turn into lockout/deficiency/or even burn. From my experience with coco, I never let more than a few grains on the top go dry. Coco is to be treated as a hydro system. Feed lower ppms at a more frequent intervals. Feed to runoff as well. I would recommend flushing your plants with half nutes. Check the initial ppm runoff to see whats going on. Ideally that ppm should be close to what your putting in plus or minus 100. If its significantly higher, keep flushing until you bring it down to range. Also, take a coco sample from deep in the root zone and do a slurry test. Take 1 part coco and mix with 1.5 part 0 ppm RO water and mix thoroughly. Set aside for 2 hours and mix it up again and check the ph. Make sure your in the 5.8 to 6.1 range better 5.9 to 6.0 to be perfect for coco.
This was my biggest "A-HA" in improving my grows. Lastly, your feeding ppms seem awfully low as well, most autos in flowering if fed once a day should get 500-800 ppm. I see signs of N, P, CA, MG deficiencies which will really hurt bud development especially resin and could lead to hermie as well. If it were me, I would flush the hell out of the coco until the rootz one ph reads 5.9 to 6.0 and ppms running off at 700ish ppm. Just trying to pass along some experience, not trying to step on toes. Best of luck finishing her out. Cheers!
@GandalfTheGreen, I use Troph Blumats. Depending on where you live, they can be found on Amazon. Make sure its the TROPH line. I place a 3 gal reservoir on a shelf about 5 feet above my plants to ensure good back pressure as its all gravity feed. It uses water filled ceramic plugs that sense the moisture content of your media and automatically opens and closes the valve at your desired wetness for the media. They can be scary to run as the valves can "runaway" if it wasnt set up properly and dump your res out within a few hours. If you use one, make sure you check it a couple times a day for the first week to make sure its dripping properly. I'm installing mine shortly. I'll put up a little video on the diary.
@Ga4rd2en0er, this grow really has proved to me how forgiving coco really can be! Do you reccomend your drip feed system? I love watering and inspecting the plants daily but I know after a few months I will value a slightly more automated system.
@GandalfTheGreen, from my experience, removing a few dead leaves shouldn't really stress her. Pruning dead leaves for all plants help them redirect their energy to the good parts of the plant. Once leaves are damaged that badly, they will never recover. Look at your new growth for signs of recovery. The fact that she perked up after a good watering is a plus that she wants to live.
@Ga4rd2en0er, definitely looks like she is getting her strength back. a more uniform green spreading back across the plant. Will trim those bottom yellow leaves off shortly! Are the dead leaves much less likely to shock the plant when removed? or is it just because i'm only trimming a couple of them that it isn't shocked?
@GandalfTheGreen, next step I would do is remove the few very yellow leaves at the bottom. They wont recover and could be pulling energy from other parts of the plant. Especially the ones that maybe laying down touching the coco. Just dont do any thing else other than a couple dead leaves otherwise it could lead to shock and she is very vulnerable until she gets her full strength back. Looking forward to seeing your next entry to see how your babies are recovering.
You can do a little lst by gently bending over the main stem. You can use twine or similar to gently pull over the stalk and it can be attached to something sturdy such as tent pole, a heavy weight placed on the floor, etc. Also. Watch the ppms feeding and making sure you get good runoff feeding. Looks like you may have the start of nutrient burn.
https://www.royalqueenseeds.com/blog-nutrient-burn-in-cannabis-plants-n680
Other than that, her comeback looks incredible!!
@GandalfTheGreen, i have a bottle of canna pk and only have used it once. My last grow was having nute issues in flower so my focus was stabilizing her root zone so I didn't want to throw another cog in the machine. Haven't decided on what I'll do with my current one. I haven't used it enough and with enough consistency to really make a recommendation on it at this time.
@Ga4rd2en0er, i've lowered the feeding ppm quite a bit as of last feed. I'm not LST'ing this one as the stems pretty thick. I've just adapted my grow space and gained another 25cm. If it stretches to that then I will have to no choice but LST!
Thanks for all you help. Do you reccomend flowering/pk boosters? Probably a bit late for me now anyway but I'm curious.
Amazing looking plant and a great journal. I have a Moby Dick heading into week 5 and she’s a little bushy as I did lst.
Thanks for sharing and I hope mine climbs like yours!
Alright alright alright, she's turned the corner and looks back on track. Now, since she's gone through some pretty stressful couple weeks at the start of flowering, keep a good eye on her flowering sites. Its not a guarantee, but plants that have undergone high ppm stress can be prone to becoming a hermie. Keep a watchful eye for nanners or balls on her. If any nanners pop up, they can be carefully removed with wet tweezers (water neutralizes pollen), balls or actual pollen sacs are much more problematic.
Looking awesome, airy or dense it all goes to the dome 😂. Congrats on a job well done adapting and overcoming along the way. The key to success!! I can't wait to grow her again either. I hope to grow her outdoors next spring/summer and see how many pounds she can make. I have no doubt with these genetics and proper care will be huge outside basking in the So. Cal sun.
Now that's one impressive looking Moby Dick Auto 👌
I would start reducing feed mate in preparation for harvest in 10-14 day's time 👊
Looking fantastic my friend 👍
All the best ✌️
Mark..
GandalfTheGreen
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