Casamance Landrace Project grow journal by DomForester -...

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DuschkabinenGrow commentedweek 1115d ago

I can’t be sure from the pictures, but she might be male. As long as you keep an eye on her, you should be able to remove her early enough if that turns out to be the case. How often do you water, and do you feed that much every time?

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DuschkabinenGrow commented10d ago

@DomForester Plants need calcium and magnesium during the whole grow. Plants need more of it under artificial light. Calcium and magnesium can block other nutrients or minerals. I do not care or know exactly which of them but since your plant does not show any signs of deficiency in CalMag, adding it can contribute to your problem. You can Google your local water supplier and get an analysis of how much calcium and magnesium it has. Your soil could also be prepared with calcium or magnesium by the manufacturer. That's why I am uncertain. Those are "small" plants. They do not need the full dosage. The ratio is more important. During my coco grow I've actually seen the difference. As seedling they got to much calmag from my hard water and the ratio between calcium and magnesium was off. I have exact data of how much minerals or nutrients the plants need during each stage on my computer. Calculating with those seemed to be correct during that run. Feeding them on the lower end or with slight deficit resulted in the best result in that case. Indoors and outdoors I had the best results with less feeding. Side note: I have used Kelp and overdosed grow fertilizer during bloom and both resulted in the buds being leafy, therefore I personally would never use the "light mix" dosage from the nutrient chart. That's why I recommend less Grow fertilizer. You can easily spot If she needs more of it, and if you are on the lower edge of nutrient amount, you can react fast and with confidence (another side note: biobizz contains "directly" or fast available nutrients alongside the slower organic meal)

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DomForester commented10d ago

@DuschkabinenGrow, this is super valuable stuff for me :) one question: i know roughly how to spot when more grow nutrients during veg are needed - how do i know when more bloom is needed during flower?

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DuschkabinenGrow commented9d ago

@DomForester, I don't know. If you've been using relatively low amounts of fertilizer so far, then it's pretty straightforward to increase it slightly when something seems off. If the only symptom is pale leaves, increase the Grow fertilizer a bit. For most other deficiency signs, increase Bloom. There is a reason people often recommend using around 50% of the manufacturer's feeding schedule: in many cases, you simply won't notice any benefit from using more. Giving more nutrients than the plant actually needs will not increase yield or potency. Being slightly underfed isn't a big problem either, because it's easy to correct. Trying to push the absolute maximum nutrient level often just makes things harder. In my experience, plants tend to perform best when they are either slightly hungry or getting just enough. Some strains can even stay smaller or grow worse when overfed, while the same genetics may grow very well with a lighter feeding schedule. For products like Root Juice, Top Max and Bio Heaven, I do think you can notice a difference, but in my opinion they are too expensive for what they are. Root Juice can be replaced with pretty much any root stimulator that doesn't add much NPK, for example a kelp-based product. A lot of products simply get marketed specifically for cannabis and sold at a premium. Top Max can be replaced by adding one tablespoon of leonardite, potassium humate or humic acid powder and lightly working it into the top layer of soil around week 2 after switching to 12/12. The same goes for Bio Heaven. Add one or two tablespoons of alfalfa/lucerne meal or pellets and lightly work it into the top layer of soil around week 2 after the flip. Alg-A-Mic and Acti-Vera are, in my opinion, not really necessary when growing in soil. Side Note: Your plants had problems from the very beginning. I would use a different soil. you can also reuse soil multiple times if you add some fresh soil aswell.

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MyBigFatSummerofGrow commentedweek 13mo ago

Great story! West Africa - I visited Senegal actually quite a few years ago, didn't think of weed. So which ones are the seedlings from there? Rocky or Prince?

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DomForester commented3mo ago

@MyBigFatSummerofGrow, my thoughts exactly… also, next to not pollinating them and drying and curing properly, i am very curious to figure out if a “normal” veg and flower period does them well. these will have developed to make do with an almost constant 12/12 cycle given their native proximity to the equator, but that cant be ideal for how buds turn out. plan is to veg them outdoors with heavy training until august-ish, then flip and flower indoors.

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MyBigFatSummerofGrow commented3mo ago

@DomForester, great idea! As a newbee to growing I don't do LST, cropping or anything, especially since I currently run autos. Really, all that twisting for 60 instead of 50 gramm? I don't think it is worth the risk. Anyways, I assume you flip and flower indoors because it is already late in the season?

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DomForester commented3mo ago

@MyBigFatSummerofGrow, that and my neighbours aren’t too crazy about getting their backyard and living room all smelled up unfortunately. before i started indoor, i had to harvest my first (and only) outdoor grow a few weeks early when they came knocking. on lst - for me the difference in previous auto grows was more like 20 vs 50g per plant. absolutely recommend lst on autos (def no topping though). good idea though to stay away from it until you figure out all the other things that can and will go wrong :D

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miasmatic commentedweek 1211d ago

me like ^^ absoloutly lovely

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MyBigFatSummerofGrow commentedweek 52mo ago

This grow is starting to take up quite some space! Nice!

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DomForester commented2mo ago

@MyBigFatSummerofGrow, and I still have at least a months to go before flipping them in the tent (!) So somehow I'll have to keep them under, say, 80cm to keep headroom for flower stretch. Gonna become a bushy bunch...

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miasmatic commentedweek 71mo ago

much love :)

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miasmatic commentedweek 13mo ago

this will be very interesting :D

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damod87 commentedweek 13mo ago

Wild! Curious how this one turns out

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DuschkabinenGrow commentedweek 1210d ago

@DomForester i wrote another detailed answer about the CalMag topic. Can you see it? I think it dissappeared. Your latest comment also isn't showing for me, although i can see it in my notifications. You have used CalMag in high dosage for like 7 weeks. You might already have thrown of the balance and the soil is loaded with calmag for months. This can make your soil pH rise. CalMag can block other nutrients or minerals if it's to much. I hope you can see the detailed answer, i probably not write it again :( They need CalMag during the whole cycle. Your water might have enough already or the manufacturer of your soil added it. those are "small" plants. they probably dont need the full dosage EDIT: See if you use acidic soil which is needed for some flowers or berries and have hard water, your soil needs to be replaced year by year because it loads with the calmag and pH rises

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