Nov 12th - The girls continue to do well.
The runty lemon skunk continues to persist with even more issues while ignoring any kind of corrections I have made. I had assumed that this plant might not make it as without the proper experience, I don't think my skill level will bring it back to health from whatever it's suffering from. I diagnosed the plants with a pH issue which led to a flush which led to saprophytic soil growth from oversaturations and lack of airflow in the grow space, so it seems like I might not be taking the right actions. This all originally stemmed from using the peat pots, so next time I will only be using the Pro-Mix Seed Starter mix or the Pro-Mix Premium Soil that the plants were ultimately transplanted too (when starting from seed or clone).
Nov 17th - The runty lemon skunk issues have been stymied. I removed her damaged leaves today. The other three girls are all working towards new growth at their nodes. This update will conclude week 5! Very excited for week 6!
(Nov 11th - Nov 18th)
sorry if I am "teaching my granny to suck eggs" as the saying goes lol. just see a lot of potential great harvests go south due to drying too quickly and thinking jarring will bring taste and potency back. The flushing has always been an annoyance and seed sites who also now give "how it's " are also guilty of now perpetuating this myth further. The " industry" is also making a lot of money for flushing products !!!! Same gravy train as nute companies who add water to powdered nutes and charge crazy money for doing it when you can do better using the powdered nutes directly and need no other additional bloom/veg bullshit. It's all in the powdered nutes as the plants need it to be. Have a look into Mega crop. amazing nute and killing it all over the cannabis community . 1 part mix and so cheap. has everything from seedling to harvest and no salts to worry about building up in the medium too.
@Ganjagrandaddy,
Thanks for the comment Ganjagrandaddy! I've been looking into powdered nutrients actually and they look really appealing! I shall check out Mega Crop once I use up the bottled nutrients that I've bought!
looking good so far. have a good research into the myth of flushing . Low and slow drying all the way . Dont starve them when they still need feeding the most. her stores are for emergencies and will be better used during her slow death drying to convert sugars in the dark. 50%rh , nice cool 19°c , air exchanging but not blowing on the plants at all , pitch black to preserve those beautiful smelling terpenes, 10 days ideally before snappable stems and perfect dry. No harsh chlorophyll left in the leaves that ruin harvests, no weeks in a jar trying to rescue over dried weed , nice and clean white ash. Big commercial growers used to flush to save 2 weeks of nutes which saves a lot of money on their huge crops for a very small loss to them in yield. For the size of our grows this saving is minuscule but the loss to yield matters. Please read up on the real info and avoid " bro-science" for the win. The flushed plants displayed all over the site have me cringeing with all the leaves yellowed out and twisted up. madness being driven by bro-science. Dry it correctly and avoid a hay crop .lol