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Growing fast! Amazing!
Gave first nutes - 1/4 of the recommended dosage. Total: 250ml water.
I accidently forgot to add B'Cuzz Root Stimulator, will add in next watering...
I think I made a mistake - please comment if you have some info/suggestion for next time -
To avoid shocking an autoflower - I wanted to transplant before the roots get to the side of the small pot (and risk of being root bound), didn't think the roots would grow so fast. Any way - transplanted and gave some water with Root Stimulator.
Note to self - next autoflower - STARTS in the final pot!
After transplant - watering and bumping up the nutes - to 1/2 the reccomended amount.
I installed the scrog net (any comments/tips on this?) - I hope it's not too low...
Gave a first tie to the main Cola, to expost the rest of the bud sites to the light.
4 Liter watering at Day 30.
Getting beefier and smaller COlas getting bigger and taller. Can't wait for them to get to the net :)
Still with "week 1 flowering" nutes schedule -
4 liters at day 41.
5 liters at day 46.
She is getting thirsty and drinks faster and more water than before.
Please help!
Lara's leaves are getting yellow (getting worse everyday), and now also has some brown/black spots that spread too. Check out the pictures!
I tried googling for reasons to this, but can't seem to find the cause of this:
1. Soil PH problem - I checked my run-off water - it was PH 6.2 (the water were PH 6.1) - is this a good way to "measure" PH in soil? Anyway - between 6 and 7 should be fine.
2. Light burn - when it just started yellowing - I moved the light (1000W LED) higher by 15-20cm, but still - yellowing continues fast.
3. Heat/Cold shock - my tent is pretty much 24/7 - 25-26c and 50%RH - steady, without fluctuations.
Please help! I hope this doesn't get worse for Lara :(
Trying to solve the yellowing problem... I think the problem was giving Veg nutes way into the flowering stage. I gave some flowering nutes now, hopefully to try and salvage something out of her and get some nice ripe buds...
Still giving flowering nutes, hopefully to try and salvage something out of her and get some nice ripe buds... I also cut off the yellow parts, to trim a bit and clean her up :)
Was this the right time to harvest?- I would say around 20-30% of the trichomes were amber (check close-up photos).
From what I read - it's even a bit too "ripe", and if I wanted an uplifting high - I should harvest when the trichomes are mostly milky-white with only a bit amber
Hi @AlphaWinner42! Pistils can be a clue, if you noticed that new pistils have stopped appearing and old pistils have almost all turned red/brown and curly, but the best way to ensure it's the right time is to look at the trichomes with a magnifier/microscope. Clear/Transparent/Thin trichomes mean it's too soon, Milky/Cloudy/Fat trichomes mean the harvest window is open, Amber trichomes mean the harvest window is ending, and THC is degrading (less THC, more CBD/CBN). As long as most of the trichomes have turned from clear and thin to fat and milky you know the 'harvest window' is open, even if you don't see any amber. Harvesting too soon (too many clear trichs) will result in a uplifting/energetic effect but you will lose some terpenes & oil potential. Waiting longer (too many amber trichs) will result in a heavy stone/couchlocking effect. Hand-held microscopes can be found for a few dollars on the internet or at your local growshop. Hope this will help, keep us up-to-date and happy growing 👊
It really depends on what you wanted out of the harvest. If you were looking for more psychoactive effects, maybe a more social high, then yes: it might be a little late, at least on the top-most buds. The mid and lower ones are likely to be less far along. If you were looking for sleeping medicine or something to help manage pain; the more amber trichomes exhibit those qualities, because the THC (psychoactive effects) will have begun to oxidize; leaving you with CBN (great for sleep/pain).
That’s the most wonderful part about growing
your own. You can select the strain that best suits your purposes AND you can choose when to harvest so that it best suit your purposes too.
Hi mate your question is pretty much answered by yourself
Because it is entirely up to the grower how he/she prefers their stone.
You are absolutely correct that the more amber triches the more of a physical type stone
and the opposite (less amber more clouded) results in a head rush type high that may or may not last less than the
body stone feeling of longer matured bud.
Hope this helps and remember it's about what you like not what the majority like ✊
I think the high is pretty much a nice couch-locker (maybe because I harvested late?). Has an amazing smell of Pineapple, Very dark in color! Had a very unique look from the start. Great strain, would try again for sure! This time without the mistakes I made along the way.
First harverst ever! So exited, it was so much fun!
I was expecting less from her, because I messed the flowering nutes, and she suffered, but a nice 30.5 gram dried buds is a very nice reward in the end :)
Comparing to other growers with this strain - she sure looks small in size :(
What do you thinkg may be the cause?
Can Root-bound in the smaller (initial) pot be the reason (see week 3)? Transplant shock?
Or is it too early to draw conclusions?
@CoastGrower, I added 3 more close-ups of the trichomes, there were I'd say around 20-30% amber ones (like in the pictures). Do you still think I should have waited longer?
You're watering with three types of additives right now , these are causing issues with the uptake of calcium and magnesium. With a heavy light schedule like 24/7, you're getting magnesium issues as the plant is going into overdrive and just needs that much magnesium to deal with the lights. If you add magnesium and reduce the light schedule to 18/6 the plant will get worse a bit slower and hopefully the problem will stop spreading in two weeks time.
@CRiSPrGrow, I switched lights to 18-6 and gave a watering with FLOWER nutes (no more VEG nutes). I now understand I was wayyy late with the FLOWER nutes... Rookies mistake :)
Hopefully will stop spreading and the will get fatter and ripe cola's till harvest time...
Its all up to you when you like to harvest your buds mate depending on the type of high you are wanting to achieve. (see above answer to your question for more info)😁
Yes it is the right time to harvest, Although amber thricomes will give you a more stoned high, harvesting while clear / cloudy will not turn an indica into a sativa. If you want to get an uplifting high, get a strain as close to 100% sativa as you can get your hand on, even strins that are 90% sativas pale in comparisson to a 100% sativas, unfortunately this will rule out auto strains.
@AlphaWinner42 hi there did you ever find an answer to your above question?? 👆 I beleive it's entirely up to the end user as to when they prefer to harvest.
Hi @AlphaWinner42! Pistils can be a clue, if you noticed that new pistils have stopped appearing and old pistils have almost all turned red/brown and curly, but the best way to ensure it's the right time is to look at the trichomes with a magnifier/microscope. Clear/Transparent/Thin trichomes mean it's too soon, Milky/Cloudy/Fat trichomes mean the harvest window is open, Amber trichomes mean the harvest window is ending, and THC is degrading (less THC, more CBD/CBN). As long as most of the trichomes have turned from clear and thin to fat and milky you know the 'harvest window' is open, even if you don't see any amber. Harvesting too soon (too many clear trichs) will result in a uplifting/energetic effect but you will lose some terpenes & oil potential. Waiting longer (too many amber trichs) will result in a heavy stone/couchlocking effect. Hand-held microscopes can be found for a few dollars on the internet or at your local growshop. Hope this will help, keep us up-to-date and happy growing 👊
AlphaWinner42
