Week Nine for Mattie, and looking like she is pretty much ready for the Chop! ๐ I started the flush the day after the eight week update. For the past 6 Days she has been in plain pH'd R/O water mixed with a tiny bit of my well water: 75% R/O 25% well ( the well water comes outta the tap at ~100ppm and 0.1-0.2 E.C on Average) Then yesterday I did a 65% water change with only putting Plain pH'd R/O water back into the reservoir, So I'd say Its pretty much just R/O water in there now๐ It helps a Lot using the R/O or distilled water for the final final flush, reason I say this is there WILL be some nutrient residues/ salt build ups, ect.. Not only in the system itself, but In the Root Zone of the plants where a lot will cling to. You will tend to notice this If you use a nutrient that has a darker color will usually make the roots darker or somewhat the color of said nutrient. So when you use The R/O or Distilled, you know that it's going into the system with an E.C of 0 and PPM of 0 as well. Once added let circulate for a few hours, Then go back and take you E.C,PPM,TDS readings and see how much is really left in the system. If it tends to be higher than say like 100 PPM I like pull some more water out and then add more R/O water back in or I will just do a complete water change If I feel there is a need or still getting a higher reading than I want after doing that partial water change .๐ It seems to work very well and I have not been able to tell the difference between the taste of My soil grown vs Hydro grown Plants! That's saying something coming from me since I have always preferred the taste of soil grown over any other medium๐ฒ๐ Well like I said in the beginning of the update Mattie is almost ready for the chop I am certain it could be cut right now. I just want it to get the most cloudy/milky trichs as I possibly can but leaning to the amber side. Where most times I will shoot for as cloudy/milky as I can get but with as close to the same ratios of clear and amber since its almost impossible to get 100% cloudy/milky. So for this one I am seeing That most of the Trichomes are cloudy/milky ~80-85% and about 10-12% clear, and about 8-10% Amber. I am looking for it to be more like a ~85-90% cloudy/milky, 2-5% clear and 8-10% amber. I doubt I will hit those numbers exactly but it gives you an idea of what I am shooting for๐๐ She Stinks so soo Good, Its a really lemony-lime citrus fruit with this strong almost chemical like smell at the end of the nose. I guess I am going have to smell some chemicals so I can better describe it for all of you๐ต Sooo If my grammar gets worse that's probably why๐ I did cut one branch off at day 60 so that For future grows of this strain I can compare what time of harvest I like better because that can have a big difference on the effects of the finished product. It looks like it will go another 3-6 days before I chop. I will be diligently watching her under a microscope because who knows those Trichs could mature almost over night at this point lol This Matanuska Thunder Has grown very well all the way through since the beginning. I haven't Even got to Try any of Flowers yet but would still Highly recommend this to any level grower and especially to anyone who just loves the way cannabis plants grow because this is truly a very very unique fun to grow strain!!!๐๐ And Big Thanks To @MSNL for providing these Wicked Genetics to the People๐๐ Thank you for stopping in to check out whats going on with Mattie Thee Matanuska Thunder Fuck!! Check back in next week, where the start of Harvest Shall began!!๐๐๐๐ Thanks Everyone Happy Growing An Plentiful Harvests To Everyone!!๐๐
@CRiSPrGrow,Thanks Brotha!!๐ Glad to be back in the swing of things getting shit going ๐ Wait till you see the system i will flower her in๐ Goin to 8 gall sites and 13 gal control res with 2" sends and 1" return I cant wait๐
@Bigrobbud, Heyy Bigrobbud!! Sorry for such a late reply it's been hectic lately๐ On That Set up ( The Small System) I have 5 buckets total, 4 sites for the plants an on for the Res. I used 1 inch black tubing connected to bulkheads from the res, one on each side of res at the bottom. the buckets have flat spots to drill the holes for said bulkheads. then I have a 90* elbow on each line off of the Res. then it 1 inch tubing all the way to the back buckets. At the REAR of the back buckets I went down to 3/4 inch tubing that comes a few inches off the back on each side connected to 90*s on both sides that go to a T and then the T runs to the Inline pump that shoots the water back up into the res๐ I hope this makes sense and if you have any other questions just let me know! As for the Groblocks I'm pretty sure those were 4"x 4" rockwool cubes in an 8 inch net pot. Since then though I have found that 3" wide X 4" Tall blocks fit very nice into 6 inch net pots. As for keeping them from getting soaked I keep the water level a little lower than most that do the 1 inch under net pot I go more like 3 to 4 inches below an it works very well! I know this response is a a little late lol but I hope it helps! Happy Growing an Plentiful Harvests๐
High,
nice work, growmie ๐.
Hope you enjoyend your hard earned buds๐.
Your diarie will go in the top ten for "Diary of the Month May 2020" for sure๐ค๐.
Good competition๐๐.
Keep it gr3en๐ช๐๐
@@MrGr3en, Thanks Growmie!!!๐๐ Ohhh yess I have been enjoying those buds a ton๐ Very uplifting Its nice haha Thanks for the kind words and I hope it'll make it ๐ Happy Growing an Plentiful Harvests๐