Start of week 4.
I WANT TO ADDRESS FEEDING.
When you mix all your nutes per the nutrient company recommendation your ppm is through the roof. If you take that mixture and keep it as a reserve and mix it down with clean pH water to the ppm you should be at, that is absolutely the correct way to feed . Period. You can adjust up or down from there if your plants want more food, but less is always more in the end. Stunting can have grave effects on your yield even if the plant isn't burnt. Ppm each week and you'll be 100%.
She tripled in size in one week and is doing great. She got pretty dark green and tried to claw a little bit so the last two waterings were water only, no nutes. I flushed today just enough to bring the run off back down to around 1200ppm (still a little high but it spiked at 2255 when I tried to feed her back to health)
Next water I'll do what's in the jug (800ppm 6.5 pH ) and I should be back on track for feeding. Although it's clawing a little, there is 0 nute burn so far and I think I brought it down enough that I'll be ok.
She's at 4 nodes now, one more node and I'll top, likely my next feeding toward the end of the week.. one full week and a couple waters after that we flip to 12 12 and grow out 10 colas. Goal is 1.5 oz dry as usual but with the early nute issues well see how well we do. She's dropping in the pictures because I just flushed her out, she'll be at attention (45* angle reaching for the sun) by this evening
Topped and fed 800ppm on 7-10 Wednesday
Had a rough start getting her to root, now all seems great and she's been in flip for 6 days. No light leaks, 1212, 81 degrees f, 50% humidity, no toxicity or deficiencies, always pH 6.3 ish and 1000-1300 ppm early flower with bloom nutes.
No white pistils ..... Should I worry?
Looking nice n lush.
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Good information about nute recommendation. I had the same problem when I followed instructions. I no longer care for manufacturers recommendations.
@Puffer_Bill,
I've been doing the concentrate cocktail for a month or so? And so far I'm really digging it. Also when or if you see the plant is lacking a specific nute, you can always cut back the concentrate and sub in some of what seems to be missing. Less mix, more cal mag but same ppm for a feeding, for example. Has been pretty good
@Puffer_Bill,
So far man I am really digging it. The verdict won't be out for about 7 -8 more weeks but I have high hopes. Would love to have a inexpensive like that's reliable and also productive.
I had my first old man
(38 go easy) dumb fuck moment and it's been going on for over a year now.
My ppm meter isn't a ppm meter. It's a us/cm meter (ec meter) meaning the 1300 ppm I've been feeding the plants is actually 650ppm (1300 us/cm / 2)
So I've been half feeding for a year
Thank you so much for choosing our genetics for this adventure on the grow diary platformπ
Best of luck with the grow my friend lets see what you can do with our Sapphire OG π
We are watching with interest from Humboldt County βοΈ
Kind regards
Team-HSO..
@GunsGrows, We launched 6 new HSO releases late last year my friend and all are tearing at 20-28% THC so worth a look π
The 6 I would suggest are
OGKZ
Sugar Breath
Gorilla Breath
Three Blue Kings
Sapphire Scout
Blue Fire π
I think one of these will be perfect mate π
Kind regards βοΈ
Team-HSO..
@That_Guy,
Thanks man ! I'm anxious to see the dry weight, but I'm more looking forward to terps, flavors and effect. I smoked my precut stuff sat and 2 bowls lasted me 11 hours. I'm a 25 years daily veteran smoker. I'm excited
Now that's one frosty and colourful looking Sapphire Scout π
Those flowers look really densely structured and dripping in trichomesπ, what's not to love π€
With love from Humboldt CountyβοΈ
Kind regards
Team-HSO..
@Humboldt_Seed_Organisation, thanks! It's your Sapphire OG though, I'm looking forward to running the Sapphire scout soon though! Thanks for the kind words, she's coming down next week after a little fading and some time to purple up. She's slowly showing a blend of purple and light green. Great buds. Love the genetics