This plant is a trooper. I've been running at much lower PH than my meter has been indicating but this girl has not really shown any ill effects - unlike the other plant in my tent that suffered a bit of a calcium deficiency. Her stretch has slowed down considerably compared to the previous week but she's still put on a couple of more inches. Bud sites are really starting to become more prominent now and I'm starting to get excited to see how she'll finish up.
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Day 72: PPM 626; PH 6.9. Added some PH down and brought her down 6.0. No trouble for this zen plant - she seems quite content.
Day 73: PPM 689; PH 5.9. Drinking but not feeding. Added 3/4 gallon PH balanced, filtered water: now at PPM 595; PH 6.1. Hopefully, this weaker drink is more to her liking. She's starting to get a bit sticky and her fragrance is getting more pronounced.
Day 74: PPM 553; PH 5.8. Left her alone.
Day 75: PPM 595; PH 6.0. Gave her 3/4 filtered water/nutes. Now at PPM 585; PH 6.0. She's happy.
Day 76: PPM 616; PH 5.8. I gave her a about 1/3 gallon of plain filtered water just to level things out a bit: Now PPM 584; PH 6.1.
Day 77: PPM 605; PH 5.9. We'll let her ride. Rez change tomorrow. She's quite the flower factory.
@StunFlower, I’m a first timer btw in week 5 of veg.. everything’s looking smooth just getting her to stretch more the next 2 or 3 weeks.. do you run full spectrum the whole way through? Or just wait till you flower? I see some people do in veg & some don’t
hello fellow sonoma seeds grower! :) Just wait a couple months till the cure really brings out the taste. I'm still smoking my last little bit from my Sept/19 harvest and let me tell ya, truly a unique creamy / caramel sweet flavor. After about 5 days post harvest, they were ready to be jarred and "snapped" off the stems perfectly with no strings. If you think it's strong now, just wait man...I was pleasantly surprised the longer she ages like a fine wine :)
@stunflower, Just wait :) I remember my first crown I delved into and was some of the most interesting sort of smoke in a long time, mind you this plant was directly under the light and when they got too big, I couldn't rotate them anymore as I had a ScroG setup. The nug shot that is dark purple literally had a spicy smell and taste to it...so a sweet smooth hit, followed by spice...incredibly different and interesting to say the least. I plan to grow this on the norm as the consistency on potency is spot on...very resilient as well from being under fluorescent bulbs for 4 weeks in a makeshift tote grow box, stressed them out quite a bit too and almost lost them, to a tent/LED setup.. and STILL turned out quite the potency. You definitely notice a difference using straight LED from seed all the way through...my sweet tooth is already showing the maturity of a veg plant at 6-7 weeks and we're only on week 5 of veg :)
@CannaScuzzyB, Hello to you fellow Sonoma farmer! You're getting me more excited! Yes, really looking forward to tasting/feeling all that this strain can be after she's cured. My first little sample taste was a quick dried bud but tried another subsequently and after only a few days in the jar the difference in taste is already like night and day - no sign of the woody notes I tasted initially, and that sweet/creamy flavour is starting to reveal itself. Tasty.
@stunflower, it's a hard thing to judge but also seems strain related, my girl looked a little pale going into flower, dropped the N when I moved to flower but still the leaves darkened up!
@MrGreenFingers, Ya, I though she seemed a little dark - I appreciate you looking in and confirming. And it's not like I've been drilling her full of nutes, but I suppose the earlier issues I had with my PH meter and faulty readings could have contributed to the imbalance. I've still got some learning to do. 🤓
Nice haul brother! Didnt realise you were just using just the very basic nutes, maybe try throwing in a PK booster next time, that could of caused some of your deficiencies?
@MrGreenFingers, Thanks buddy! Yes, I kept my nutes very basic and didn't add any kind of boosters. I'm definitely going to add something to the next run. I was also surprised to see after reading the manual for the Mars Hydro light for the first time today (read the manual??) that it mentioned having to maybe run higher calcium and magnesium than normally needed. 🤔
@Wicked_Stix, Thank you sir. It dried much quicker than I would have liked due to the low humidity around here (30-35%), but hoping for a decent cure 🤞
Ihr Mädchen sieht fantastisch aus 😀 ,
gesund, kräftig und fröhlich. Ich bin immer
wieder positiv erstaunt, was für ein enormes Wurzelwerk
mit Hydroponik geschaffen werden kann.
Beste Grüße
😀
Myrcella