My smallest plant is starting to turn purple!
It's always exciting when you don't know what you're growing to see changes like that. Past crops of my mystery seed have been potent indicas when they turn purple. I'm hoping for that this time around too.
No nutrient feed this week, here's the stats on each plant individually.
P1 (looks like indica) Around 3200 PPM, 5.2 pH
P2 (starting to turn purple) Around 5100 PPM, 5.1 pH
P3 (Probably sativa or hybrid) Around 3800 PPM, 5.3 pH
P2 has always had a higher PPM, no signs of burn though. I just don't feel the need to add anything with the PPM for each plant being so high. I still think I'm about a month or less from harvest so I'll leave them as they are until I do a flush water change. Starve them for the last week or so.
I took lots of pics this week and a video that I think turned out pretty good. Very photogenic plants right now. Buds look great, they're bulking up really well and trichome density is fantastic.
They all smell really nice right now, each has a different scent. Outdoors the smell isn't overwhelming, especially with the small plants, but when I walk up to them I can smell them from a few feet away.
A small nugget tore off of P1 when I was trying to remove a leaf that was curling up, I'm going to dry it for a few days and use it as a test smoke. Lots of trichomes even on the leaf that was curling.
@KratkyGrow, good observation. I'll keep this in mind next time that I'll pop seeds. Was actually thinking about starting the new lot in one set and pick survivors for individual nursing.
Again, good to know. Thanks for sharing.
@Med_in_Tropic,
I know! That was pretty disappointing.
In that batch I don't think I had any stressor conditions that would have made them more likely to be males. (I've read that red light, high heat, fluxing heat, or nutrient overload can all lead to higher rates of males)
I did plant them all out of one tote bin, so the roots got all tangled, not sure if that would do anything or not. But that did help me learn when 7 of the 8 get pulled, and the roots are too tangled to seperate, they just rotted in the bin and created extra worry on my end for the one female. I also think the female developed slowest, and was the smallest plant, maybe because her roots were getting choked out by the males. I wouldn't try planting more than one in a single tote again unless I knew they were all females.
Low vpd - humid low temp - There will be less transpiration. I agree with you that more leaves are better for the plants . Then the can pump more water and nutrients to grow.