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1st grow from last year got yield of 2oz high qual buds off one plant, same strain
re potted beginning
dark/purplish new growth, looks to be getting better
try getting ph closer to the goal of 6.5 with flush with 5-6 ph will redo once soil drys out
still unsure whether purple stalks and petioles are genetics or deficiency
sprayed with trace element chelate and high P/K
managed to find some pics of last years results from the same strain
expecting to pull between end of march and Easter weekend (26 weeks)
gave them a flush and a feed today (monday) ph is now at 6.5
in for bit of a wet week rains expected 4/7 days
topped the plants on wednesday seem to of responded well and recovered
as its starting to get warmer plants seem to be getting healthier,
plants are starting to take off day temps are finally starting to get a bit warmer
plant in grey bot had some stems snap off cos they were a bit flimsy
both plants have awesome root growth both reaching bottom of the pots
no feed last week now back to normal,
had some dark green leaves no idea what its from definitely not excess nitrogen so im thinking it was phosphorus deficiency, sprayed with a high pk and lime green ness has started to come back in the newer growth
the one in the large pot is looking rather sad but im expecting it to swing back any time soon
small pot on the other hand is going hard will be up sizing pot one im sure its almost root bound cos had some issues repotting the other into the big pot
can also say the temperatures are now in the desired range with it being so close to summer in the southern hemisphere
plant in larger pot also had 2 weird preflower things (with hairs) where the new growth would occur near the top of the plant so no idea about that, tried to get a photo but couldnt get a clear pic
*update* just found female preflowers on the plant in the smaller pot after moving it so it gets more shade in the day trying to encourage this one to flower earlier
both girls just showed their preflowers at the end of last week
fed them today more water than normal so hoping they like it
the plant in the big pot is just starting to take off and then ill just be doing slight defoliation and lst
update: plants responded awesomely to the feed this week, i will slowly up the dose toward 3 mls of solo tek grow starting next week
topped the second main branch of the plant in the bug pot today since it was strating to overtake the main branches canopy and am wanting to keep it even as possible also tied the lower branches to the bottom of the pot
so the larger plant has definitely been having a phosphorus problem bright purple stalk dark green leaves and stunted growth. so i flushed and added what i think is a lot of super phosphate and gave a normal feed this week and have also got some bat guano 1-9-1 that ill be adding to the weekly feeds. after i had done that there was a good amount of new growth the day after so im hoping there is now enough phosphorus in the soil to keep them happy.
plants are going really well apart from the phosphorus issues ive been having apart from that im quite pleased at where they are at now
next week im going to try cutting down the solotek grow to see if that helps with the purple shit and discoloration on new growth and maybe increasing the cal/mag.
also guessing since the summer solstice is around the corner ill slowly start switching to bloom nutrients
had a wet coldish past week with temps about 15 but they do love the rain and respond well to it, plants are also dong a bit better since ive started adding more phosphorus in the form of fossilized bat and seabird shit. im also pretty sure they pretty close to flowering if they arent already so that's pretty exciting
plants are finally getting huge a lot of heads to be on both theyve recently started drinking a lot more both are a little dark green so im gonna try using less cal/mag incase there is excess magnesium
plants are a bit more purple than they have been no idea why but theyre doing okay slowly putting feeds up (a and b) they do well day or two after being fed then slow back down
leaves seem a bit dark green have cut down nitrogen and theres a good amount of phosphorus and new growth is pretty purple and stems are very purple im pretty sure its something to do with feeding, are plants still missing something? or should i just leave them and see what comes
Your leaves are beautiful, they look absolutely fine to me. Since you don't give a PPM or EC amount, it's hard to say if you are possibly overfeeding, although 15 ml/L of nutrients seems potentially excessive.
The purple stems look to me like a natural, healthy type of purple. They've been purple from the very beginning it looks like. As a plant goes deeper into flower, colors can deepen or change. We also don't know from where/who this strain comes from. If it's just bag seed, or seed from a plant which you crossed, it's quite likely the purple is simply due to genetics.
If the purple stems are actually unhealthy, it's most likely due to OVERfeeding or nutrient lockout, not that there isn't enough phosphorus in the soil.
Get a device which can measure the EC/PPM values of water, and then you can check to see what the EC value was of the solution you've been giving them (by mixing up some new solution). Additionally you can measure the EC value of water runoff from the container, to get an idea of how much salts are in your soil.
found some mites and a caterpillar on one of the main heads on the plant in the smaller pot so will be spraying both top to bottom with neem oil and pyrethrums mixed together at the recommended doses, will try get under control before getting to far into bud or the caterpillars live in the buds pre much and the insecticides doesnt seem to get them to well when they're in there as i learnt last year it took abut 4 sprays to get most i managed to still find one crawling round when it was drying , isn't a worry though.
this week will be cutting down on bloom a and b to 1.2 ml per litre because they didnt respond as well this week compared to the last 2 and leaving the rest pre much the same have stopped using the root one cos roots have filled pot probably and isnt needed any longer. have one more nutrient to add after buds have appeared for 2 weeks. not sure if i should be adding cal/mag
counted 26 (good) heads on the bigger plant which ill be stoked with
removed seaweed tonic cos using bud burst now and theyre both made from kelp, only one more to add in about three weeks
all heads are now showing a few white hairs and sweet leaves
plant in smaller pot has yellow leaves climbing up plant guessing its a nitrogen deficiency but in flowering now so just going to leave it unless it continues to get worse, leaves also have pink/purple veins and black leaf tips and edges. big plant is quite happy has a tiny amount of slightly burnt tips which i guess are from the slightest potassium deficiency
Looks like you are seeing the "fall colors" that leaves start showing later on in flowering. It is normal, and sometimes leaves get very colorful when temperatures are low at night. Some strains and phenos change more than others, some don't change at all, and some change even when the temps at night aren't low.
more leafy plant is the one in the smaller pot
there are a lot of trichomes hope the camera does it justice and shows them off smell is super intense when pulling buds apart
massive increase in size this week, pk doing its job pretty well pics of before and after pk above. its smell has developed as well, hard to describe, possibly a sweeter citrus smell maybe a diesel strain smell as well. im thinking about two and a bit weeks left till harvest so i may do one more small feed yet to decide if not ill be flushing and after flush doing regular feed with crystalic, monsta bud and bud burst then after that flush again and only crystalic may add a smaller dose of pk again this week @ 1ml/l either way crystalic right till the end.
i found one caterpillar that was dealt to the bud it was on had been silked up and just wasnt looking normal
super impressed with them. cant wait till harvest can tell its going to be a good smoke
update: just found first few amber trichomes so started flushing then added bud burst and crystalic added some close up pics of the trichomes which as far as i can tell are mostly cloudy gonna aim for harvest at about less than 30% amber trichomes
flushed at the start of this week about 5 days ago and is coming along nicely. and am going to flush again today or tomorrow. there are a few buds that have caterpillars but cant seem to find them and im feeling its to close to harvest to spray with pyrethrums.
they smell absolutely amazing and are still shooting out new hairs as far as i can tell most trichomes are milky and about 5-10% have turned amber (only on the sweet leaves tho) and about 15% of the hairs have turned brown. i'm getting super impatient and cant wait to harvest there is gonna be a lot to trim atm im estimating about 13 oz from the two plants maybe even more if they keep shooting out new calyxes and hairs.
added some mid week photos, can kind of see a purple hue in some of the buds which is awesome
day before next update found a few amber trichomes on calyxes
not much happening this week more and more hairs are starting to brown but still has some new hairs coming out, id say all trichomes are milky now and are starting to turn amber id say maybe 2% of trichomes on calyxes are amber its quite hard to get a picture of the amber ones, hard enough seeing them with a loupe. theyre not going thru much water havent needed to water for last week soils even bone dry and theyre not withering either but will give them a plain water today possibly there last.
havent watered them for about a week its rain a few times and thats kept them happy not that theyve been drinking much at all though
ttheyre looking absolutely awesome and may still be fattening up a good amount of hairs are darkening quite a bit on the bigger plan and ill probably be harvesting early this week which im obviously excited about, and somethign even better is the calyxes have an awesome amount of purple in them which you can see pretty well in the photos. ive only ever seen purple weed once in my life. thinking it may have something to do with how ive fed them possibly
theyve still been fattening up nicely and developing more purple. guessing there only a few days away now.. kind of annoyed i ran out of bud burst because i feel like it did a good job next update will most likely be harvest
buds could be a lot fatter mainly the calyxes, smells beautiful hard to describe what it smells like though is not a common weed smell.
it does have A LOT of sweet leaves fulled with trichomes not sure if that was down to nutes or strain related. smoke is slightly hash but not a nutrient harsh more like an intense smoke harsh tastes good though. super sticky. super crystaly.
good yield. small plant got 194 grams larger got 358.
awesome ressults. could of been better if weather held out a bit longer just cos of risk of mold and getting powdery mildew.
amazed with results huge harvest of awesome smoke was slightly harsh but guess thats just the downfalls of using salt based nutes, definitely would use again.
@GreenBean, I think they need about another week too now. The one right next to your fence especially looks like it's close the verge of being 'ready'.
If you're real worried about it being stolen or something though, you can also always do a partial harvest, and then compare it with a final harvest when it's fully done, to see if you have a preference on the harvest date. And also provide some 'insurance' :)
hmm weird, last year i do recall its hairs turning amber rather quickly and thought i had actually missed the right day due to not checking it frequently enough and that harvest last year was on the 22nd of march same strain as well and i dont believe it is a strain that gets to much more bulkier as similar stuff i smoked looked about the same without big dense nugs. also trichomes on the calyxes are definitely mostly milky if not all. possibly could just be my not to good photography skills cos when i look most of the old hairs have turned brown and the white ones are mostly from what has just popped up. i also had a try of one of the more ripened buds and i wouldnt describe it as a racey head high as whats associated with premature weed but more of a gentle "stone" happy and quite relaxed. anyway ill definitely give it at least a whole more week and go from there.
@Eryan, i agree....its still growing fresh white pistils and not showing signs of finishing up like yellowing fan leaves. I think if you leave it another 3 weeks or so you will be very happy!
@GreenBean, I personally have to agree with @MagicMan. She doesn't look like she'll be ready in 5-10 days tbh.
Some of the hairs are curling in, but those buds look like they could fatten up a LOT more.
Amber trichomes on sugar leaves don't matter, only trichomes on actual buds are what you should be looking at. My best guess would be still 2 weeks left at least...maybe 4.
@GreenBean, reason that I comment on mg is that I had red leaves on one of my grow.
The strain had diesel genetic and was sensitive to fertilizer. At first I was sure that it was just phosphate defieciency. So I kept adding. And I got burnt stunted plant with still red leaves. This genetic can not take much fertilizer at all.
So the second suspect was magnesium. And that fixed the problem fairly quickly.
Please try a little at a time. I hope your growth is better than mine.
Excellent, she looks pretty much ready. Maybe a couple more days like you said :)
Beautiful mixture of purple in there
CAREFUL FOR WHAT LOOKS LIKE POWDERY MILDEW ON THE LEAVES IN PHOTO 6! You might need to chop ASAP and isolate any branches with signs of powdery mildew.
Oh baby is that a beautiful sight. An amazing canopy. And gorgouse buds. Fat frosty and colorful. Truly fantastic. Spectacular work. Keep doing whatever you have been doing and may the ganja garden gods bless you with good fortunes till the end.
Hi it looks like you may be watering to often and maybe a cal/mag or p/k problem. Cheers. Oh and 18 hours of light I hope that 13 was a mistake unless you are outside.
GreenBean
