Cinderella 99

👉Its that time of the grow when the plants aroma can creep oustide the tent and fill the room with the magic smell. Nice heady fragrance that always brings a bit of happiness with it. The flowers are slowly plumping up, and are super frosty! Not many white or newly emerging pistols. The leaves have began showing signs of possible calcium deficiency. Small brown spots that have slowly been apearing on the top leaves. I have been trying to ad 1/3 more calmag/gallon. I feed the nutrient solution at 5.9 pH. I did some research and calcium is metablolized a little higher than that and in hydroponics it can have a hard time metabolizing under certain scenarios. While this isnt hydro...its hydro-esc. Ive monitored the pH of the runnof and for the 3weeks I didnt rinse the outside of the pot and the algea got thick around the base, it was as low as 5.1pH. When doing a full saturation rinse the pH would not be higher than 5.6. In range but I hypothesize that the lower overall pH of the medium may have made it harder for the plant to absorb as much calcium as it would might need. Usually pH isnt a concern for doing frequent fertigation because the solution going in is in range. To address the obvious Calcium deficiency, regardless of its origin, I have given a a little extra in the nutrient solution. Im not as worried about the large fan leaves that have displayed the signs of calcium deficiency, as I am about making sure the flowers stay happy. Ive also increased my fertigation solution to 6.1pH. For the coming week I am changing tomorrow to the Ripen mixture on the GH drain to waste chart. My ec target will be 1.4ec. 👉The pix are very frustrating for me. My phone sux for close ups of plants. My old phone finally crapped out and was great for macro shots. The season for trichome hunting is here and the phone is marginal at best for facilitating this pursuit without taking steps like turning off every fan and trying to keep the plant totally still. The 40x jewelers loop is ok, but its very cheap and not optically perfect. Also the feild of focus when doing any close up observation or photography is very narrow making it even harder to get any real good trichome shots. I have a usb microscope that helps if you can get the plant not to move, but its ap stopped working after its own update a couple weeks ago. Maybe theyll figure it out before harvest. Currently the trichomes are mostly milky, some clears, and zero ambers as far as I can tell. 👉Before I started this grow I found out my research on marigolds was not as complete as it should have been. Marigolds are great at repelling lots of garden pests, like whiteflys and gnats and nematodes (when planted in the same pot). What I discovered is they can actually attract spider mites. I haven't seen any trace of ANY bugs in my tent. No spiders in the corners or ants or random wandering bug....all of wich are plentiful in and around my old country house. I have been treating the perimeter with typical household pesticides, and spray the exterior of the tent with neem oil every 3 months. I did find that Dill and other plants are good repellents for spider-mites. I might ad a second smaller tent to my grow at the end of this plants time and ad a couple herbs to the space. 👉I trimmed a bud off the main stalk that was deep in the shade and a branch that was also totally shaded and hanging down form its own weight. Its very fuzzy so Im also drying so I can get an early taste. Early larf usually isnt that strong and Im sure this will be no different but its fun to sample. I took them not to sample, but to slowly take off some of the lowest shaded larf. This plant will have a ton of popcorn. The way its looking, it will also have a decent amount of good big buds.