Day 71:
Bloom has begun! Flipped the switch at 10". She's already filled in a lot of greenery since the trim I gave her last week. I hope theres enough room for the branches to stretch up and bud out without too much crowding. I will use the second trellis net to make sure things don't get out of hand on the upper level. Gave 8 litres of nutrients. Ppm - 1200, pH - 6.2.
Day 72:
Day 4 of bloom today. She's stretched a couple of inches since starting flower. 12" tall now. I see a few hairs popping out, but nothing too wild yet. Most branch tips have good light access. I won't do another trim as I want to see how she'll stretch over the next couple of weeks. I'm also curious to see how the light performs at developing buds lower on the plant.
Day 73:
Found powdery mildew. Fack. Nuked the plant with a sulphur fungicide, but I'll have to find something else to use throughout flower while spot checking leaves. We'll see how this goes... Choked because I thought I had the environment on point. I'm keeping humidity low now that flower has begun. Gave a litre of tap water to coax her and extra day before feeding.
Day 74:
Gave 8 litres of food again, but this dose I have dropped the Pro-Cal. I had been doubling up with the same nutrients as are in the Micro. Raising ppm unnecessarily. No bueno. So far the Bud Ignitor hasn't done anything crazy... Day 6 of flower.
Day 75:
Not too much to report. A few hairs popping out, but nothing too exciting. Letting her roll without too much interference from here on out. Let's see some bud soon!
Day 78:
Yesterday was the first fresh water Friday, start of a new tradition. Cheeba seems to like it. I was able to bring the ppm under 400 with 8 litres of tap water. She will enjoy the next boost of nutrients. I'm trying to water every thrid day, but she looks pretty sad by the third morning without a litre on the second 'dry' day. She's revived from a mild wilt and has reached the second trellis. I hope the majority of tips reach up through the second trellis, and have raised the light a couple of inches to encourage some stretch throught the next week. Budding has started to show it's signs around the plant. Little white hairs are abundant at all the tips. Airflow is at maximum and humidity is around 40%-45% R.H. Temperature is steady at 74°F for now.
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.