Week 3, Day 14:
She looks a tad droopy this morning. Thought she would've perked back up after watering last night? I'm nervous to let the pot dry out too much. The house I'm gardening/living in is very dry due to being heated by a woodstove. Got to let her get a bit thirsty though.
Day 15:
Transplanted to final pot (5 Gallons) with mycorrhizae sprinkled on the root ball. I naively over-watered when she was in the small pot in an effort to get information from the runoff. Then after watering her into her new pot she seems to be continuing with the droopy behaviour. The topsoil looks quite dry but when I dip my finger in the peat a couple of inches there is definitely moisture. Not wet, just damp. No water in the last 24 hours and I will give another 24 before hopefully giving the big pot a good soak. Im curious what the ppm will read out of the worm casting mix?
Day 17:
Fed 1 litre of nutrients. Solution - ppm 225, pH 6.6. Runoff - ppm at 548, pH at 6.1. I think this will take a few days to dry up. Grow roots! Grow! As her root system gets more established I think she will start to put some more energy into going upwards. Although, my homework on this strain leads me to believe it is not going to be a very tall plant. Hopefully she'll go no higher than 30" in flower or I may have to get creative to get my light higher. Good training with the trellis should stop things from getting too wild. I'll cross that bridge when I get there.
Day 18:
Looks stoked this morning! Soil has lots of moisture but seems to be drying up slowly on the surface.
Day 19:
Plant is looking fired up! Soil surface is dry but there is still lots of moisture in the pot. I will water tomorrow morning with the first full dose of vegetative nutrients (3mL/1.5 Litres).
Day 20:
Gave nutrients this morning. Took the whole 1.5L. Solution had a ppm of 290 with a pH of 6.7. Runoff had ppm of 500 with pH at 6.0. I want to try and raise the pH of the soil a few points at least. I will continue to water with a pH closer to neutral (7.0) until I see it bounce back. Happy to have 'er in a big pot so I don't have to worry about it drying out if I want to take off for a weekend.
Is it okay for seedlings medium to dry up a bit at the surface or is it better to keep moist? She hasn't truly wilted. Just taking her time standing up after the last watering.
The stage that she's at and the size of that cup you don't wanna soak her it's fine for the top soil to become dry ,don't want to drown the roots . They can be droopy after watering and low night time temps . She looks healthy nutes are good nice job brother and goodluck ...she would be good for a transplant by now ..
The pH of the runoff continues to drop below 6.0 with each feed, resulting with me trying to bounce it back every other watering. I would like for the pH to be more stable. Any ideas why this might be happening? I am using Advanced Nutrients pH perfect - Grow, Micro, Bloom.
That probably means you have a very acidic soil. You can add some lime stone to the soil and water with higher pH like 6.5-7 and keep checking it but to be totally honest I hardly ever measure my pH levels anymore 😂 but I only grow 2 plants at a time. I haven't noticed much difference but my ph come out 6.5 from the tap lol
Orang tips on calyxes? Seems a bit soon. Not all over the plant. Only some bud tips at this point. A few chewed leaves but no signs of bugs that I can find. Some signs of the claw suggest too much nitrogen? Dialing the nutrients to half power. Any ideas or suggestions welcomed!
Hey Growmie ...
After seeing the pics and you stating the leaves ar clawing, I would say that this is definitely heat stress, so you did right by raising the lights to prevent any further damage to the buds. If no more damage happens everything with be fine and you won't even notice it was there once she starts kicking off those great purple colored buds. Good Luck with the rest of your journey and remember ..."Happy Growing" and "Free your mind one puff at a time".
Drying ganja for the first time. Buds are in the dark with temp steady at 70F. Humidity steady at 55%. Trimmed fan leaves, but left all sugar leaves. Plant is stinking like wet grass on the 3rd day of drying. Will this smell break down or am I needing to make some adjustments?
Completely normal the smell is, the first few days the smell is generally pungent. Just make sure there is fresh air coming in and air is circulating. A oscillating fan will do. Smell will only get better as she slowly dries out.
@MountainMatt, I have had hay smell before. It usually happens when you dry too fast in a low humidity environment. On my current grow, I'm going to use my tent and put in a humidifier to keep it at 60% RH at about 65degF (18degC). Also I'm not going to use a circulation fan, and I'm going to keep it pitch black in there.
@MovingOn, do you have any experience dealing with the hay smell? going into the 5th day of drying and she's not giving off very much of her grape flavour...
@MovingOn, like real fruity grapes. Reminds me of blueberry pancakes. She's not super stinky, but covered in a good layer of trichomes top to bottom. I'll put some more details in the harvest report in a week. Thanks for following along eh!
@MountainMatt,
No,not yet but it is very enjoyable smoke great for evenings. I do want to pick up some seed,or a good clone but got lots of other seed I need to grow out first lol! Oh what a problem to have. I need a greenhouse to get caught up lol👍
@stunflower, Cheers eh! Im stoked to see how purple yours goes. I feel like I could have let the flush run to 9 weeks, but the top buds were prime for the chop.
Best of luck! Are you sure this is your first grow?! Haha. Looking healthy and it seems you've done your research. I'll follow along, I like it when people actually record their grows with their weekly experiences.