✋Wk10: Playing the guessing game and learning is doing.
👉I started the week knowing I needed to do more of a full low EC rinse. I have been noticing purple stems around both plants spreading. As the week started the stems also started spreading on to some of the veins. The upper leaves started looking lighter green colored and by mid-week some yellowing spots and some very small brown spots on some of the upper leaves of the 3 gallon. The one gallon was getting more burned leaf tips. Until the yellowing splotches and small brown specks I was suspecting low Magnesium. I was compensating by adding a little extra cali-magic to the low ec solution I use to adjust the ec of the solution I fertigate with. But as the yellowing spread I knew I was wrong about something, so a little more searching and I may have nitrogen toxicity AND Phosphorus deficiency. The upper leaves on the 3 gallon plant were also showing a bit of ‘clawing’ which was pointing at the Phosphorus shortfall. So I may be wrong, but Ill only know by doing. So I did a large low EC rinse that was pH’d with the regular dosage of liquid Koolbloom, on both plants at the end of the week. I’ll continue to fertigate with a lower EC solution that will have the Koolbloom mixed at full strength. I may discard the current solution batches and remix fresh with less of the Flora Micro, more of the Flora Bloom and Liquid Koolbloom. It may all stem from not doing low EC fertigations as a matter of routine. Perhaps the Nitrogen was building up because there wasn’t a regular higher volume rinse. The Low EC rinse dropped the EC of the run-off right away. I know the common practice is to have routine low EC rinses, but I wasn’t having high EC run-off and it was stable, so I was trying to keep the nutrient level in the media at optimum levels. Doing one plant at a time is a very slow way to learn. I do read lots of science related gardening articles as well as scientifically inclined cannabis articles. I don’t look at too many forums because most of these people must be high ;)
👉I finally got around to clearing out some of the lower leaves from the 3 gallon plant and removing some of the leaves and shaded buds sites under the dome. Its still a thick tangled jungle. But more manageable. Doing tucking to give cola sights light. The buds are bulking up. The first signs of frost have appeared as well. Hopefully I can level out the nutritional needs and the buds will be fine. The trunk of the 3 gallon has gotten very thick. Its a work of natural engineering to support the plant. The branches are also very stout and strong.
👉The 1 gallon is making some potentially nice colas. Each branch is a long cola covered with buds. Ive added a little support to some of the branches, even though the branches dont need the support yet. The aroma is creamy caramel. Its almost bizarre to me. The plant has the light skunkyness that is typical of cannabis in flower, but that aroma is the undertone of the dominant smell, which is creamy caramel. Such a strange and wonderful combination of smells is almost as intoxication as the gorilla glue I grew last spring. The trichomes are mostly clear with cloudy ones making a showing.
Really nice job! Your attention to detail and description of your experience provides great information for others. Great harvest and great looking plants. Now you can enjoy the fruits of your labor!!
Amen brother. You're doing an awesome job!! Your buds look great and yes, this is a healthy distraction from the more distressing things going on in the world. We're all entitled to happiness and this brings healing to so many of us. Better days ahead. Peace.😀
Great Work! Thanks for such a detailed diary...I know it takes time and effort to upload all those pictures and maintain a diary. Just starting germination my Growers Choice Cream, I'll be sure and refer back through out my grow. Cheers!
@Psilocubensis, Thanks! Both plants here have large base stems, and their branches are the sturdiest of the few plants Ive grown since starting this great hobby. Im sure it has more to do with mother nature than my handy work.
I found you because of comments you made towards DoctorPhilGood and yes there are actually a "group" of us who don't believe in flushing and I/we don't do a lot of Defoliation. Your totally right about people taking it too far and hurting their numbers. Anyway gonna follow along now and see how she turns out for you.
@@ATOWN, Thanks! I like to pretend that I know what I'm doing, but I am always learning and hope that one day my plant will grow good big buds that can win the blue ribbon at the county fair.
Some massive colas on that lady. Beautiful ones too. Spectacular work growmie. Keep doing what it is you've been doing and may the ganja garden gods give you good fortunes until the end