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Weird_Jimmy Weird_Jimmy
4 years ago
✋Wk13:Lessons 👉The week has be a week of learning... learning that I have a lot to learn. Oh, I study, have a definite game plan and have been getting decent results, but the whole picture hasn’t come into focus for me…yet. The last couple weeks the plants have been showing signs of different nutrient issues. The 1 gallon pot medium is packed hard as a rock and I was aware that this could cause issues as it got to the flower stage. I just wasn’t sure how those issues would manifest themselves. The 3 gallon pot was looking like it was having nitrogen excess. It was suggested to me that perhaps the lights were causing or contributing to the issues. At first I didn’t think it was possible that the lights, even at full power (150weach) would be stressing out the plants. I have kept the lights at 17” minimum distance and they didn’t seem to radiate much heat onto the plants themselves. I’ve only had two different days in different weeks where I have let the temperature in the tent itself get to 81F. Average canopy temperature has been 77. I also had good circulation in the tent and both plants got direct light breeze from non-oscillating fans but it didn’t seem to be causing wind burn. I was addressing a nitrogen excess by slight adjustment to my mix, but unfortunately the issues seemed to start looking like magnesium deficiency, among other things, this week. 👉Well it all came together for me by the end of the week and I may have figured it out (or Im just high). The leaves on both plants kept looking worse and the EC run-off of the 3gallon plant was spiking really fast. I assumed the issues with the one gallon plant were mostly due to the undersized pot. It would take over 5 minutes to apply 1.5ml of solution the media was packed so dense. The 3 gallon seemed to soak up all the solution very quickly, the sides of the pot did feel tight, but I didn’t even try to see how tight. After a lot of searching for the issues I saw on the leaves I started adding in the small pot issue in my queries on the net. I avoid forum type advice and look for articles from both cannabis resources and hobby gardening of any type of plant. I believe my 3 gallon plant is suffering from an undersized pot just as the 1 gallon was. But its not that the size of the pot was the cause of all the issues, it was just part of it and was magnifying it all more than it would have been otherwise. So the light was stressing it out, making it look like nitrogen toxicity, then later cal/mag deficiency after I started making adjustments to lower overall nitrogen supplied, all of that was induced by the roots being too packed into the pot. The density of the media was probably also leaving areas that weren’t getting enough solution to them causing pockets of buildup. I didn’t have a scheduled routine of low EC fertigation’s and only gave low EC when I was seeing a increased runoff EC. 👉The solution may be that I should have had scheduled high volume/low EC fertigation events. I also should have been applying the solution to the 3 gallon plant in a slower more deliberate fashion. By not slowing down the solution was able to channel thru quickly and probably not rinsing the media properly at each fertigation. I have given both plants a couple low EC fertigations and will work on what is the most efficient schedule for them going forward. 👉 I have turned the power on the lights down, I didn’t measure the wattage to do this, I measured the Lux. The lux at 20” was 385kLux at full power (both lights very close to same). I then turned the power down to 300k lux at 20” for both lights. The lights were noticeably dimmer and cooler. The canpoy temp average had dropped about 6 degrees. I had to turn off the intake fan for the ten because it was 70 degrees with it on. It is 74 degrees at the canopy now. I know LUX doesn’t mean shit to the plant. However Lux is a method for measuring the lights output and the meter only cost 30$. I use the Lux meter routinely to get an idea of the footprint of the light and monitor the light performance (possibly know when a driver is failing before it fails). I also removed the mirror from the 3 gallon side since I was trying to lower overall light. I also didn’t want it to get a complex when it sees itself in the mirror and noticed how much I fucked up her good looks. 👉The one gallon is getting close but I don’t think it has even 50% cloudy trichomes yet. The calix’s are large super frosty and all the buds are fox tail-y. The picture on the growers choice site of the plant shows a fox tailed top, but I’m sure the small pot stress has added to it. The main cola is 17” long and very fat, but not very dense. The side colas are almost all about 12” long. There will be minimal ‘larf’ on due to the way I pruned it. The aroma is still amazing and getting stronger by the day. The Ive started a little trichome hunting on the 3 gallon, they are all clear. The calyx’s are small but the buds are all looking chunky and are very dense. I hope I have figured out the issues and haven’t screwed it up enough to cause the buds to become airy. 👉Both plants leaves look horrific right now to me. But the buds are looking great. I’m not gunna stress out about the leaves. They are what they are. At this point I can’t fix the leaves, I just have to make sure I don’t screw up the buds. The cell phone camera I use isn’t great. I have a dslr but it’s more of a hassle, I will be taking more pix with it next week. 👉My trichome pix are with a USB scope that connects to my camera. Its only 2meg resolution and it’s a bitch to get halfway decent pix. I have the scope hacked onto a tripod. Its not the best but it will suffice for now. I turn off all the fans so the plants don’t move. The slightest motion and its nothing but a blurr. Touching the scope to focus also make it blur so it takes a while to focus. It’s an exercise in patience. I am searching all over the buds for the trichome status, but mostly look in shadowed areas, the light makes them all look milky when most are clear. They still all look mostly clear and scant few amber.
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AGB1978
AGB1978week 15
Nice
Weird_Jimmy
Weird_Jimmy
@AGB1978, It turned out great for me...I enjoy it's unique flavor and fun buzz immensely!
AGB1978
AGB1978
@Weird_Jimmy, I am growing a couple growers choice cream seeds right now.
Weird_Jimmy
Weird_Jimmy
@AGB1978, Thanks!
tunalou
tunalouweek 15
Impressive yield !!! Did you Low Stress Train them ?
tunalou
tunalou
@Weird_Jimmy, thanks , I'll try mine that way !
Weird_Jimmy
Weird_Jimmy
@tunalou, Thanks! I just let the plant grow, no training and didn't top.
horrifiedonlooker
horrifiedonlookerweek 15
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!!
Weird_Jimmy
Weird_Jimmy
@horrifiedonlooker, Thanks! The fruits are fantastic!
Buddha2
Buddha2week 15
Wow, what a crazy harvest! Well done. Congratulations! 👍
Weird_Jimmy
Weird_Jimmy
@Buddha2, Thanks!
horrifiedonlooker
horrifiedonlookerweek 15
Those buds look insane! I'd be real happy. Great job!!! Good luck with your harvest.
Weird_Jimmy
Weird_Jimmy
horrifiedonlooker
horrifiedonlookerweek 14
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.😀
Weird_Jimmy
Weird_Jimmy
@horrifiedonlooker, Thanks! Best hobby ever!
Crawlndog
Crawlndogweek 13
Wicked!😍
Weird_Jimmy
Weird_Jimmy
@Crawlndog, Thanks!
zenithcorp
zenithcorpweek 12
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!
Weird_Jimmy
Weird_Jimmy
@zenithcorp, Thanks for checking it out. Good luck on your grow, hope you grow some good big buds!
Buddha2
Buddha2week 12
Looking great! I would be happy to get such photos of the trichomes...
Weird_Jimmy
Weird_Jimmy
@Buddha2, Thanks!
Buddha2
Buddha2week 11
Wow, massive colas! Looking impressive 😃
Weird_Jimmy
Weird_Jimmy
@Buddha2, Thanks!
Psilocubensis
Psilocubensisweek 10
How do you describe this "natural engineering" work? That's a size of stem that I only see on outdoor plants, that take months on veg. Gratz!!!
Weird_Jimmy
Weird_Jimmy
@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.
Darkwarsongs
Darkwarsongsweek 10
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.
Weird_Jimmy
Weird_Jimmy
@@Darkwarsongs, I appreciate your feedback. This is the best hobby ever!
Buddha2
Buddha2week 6
Looking great! Absolutely healthy and happy! 👍
Weird_Jimmy
Weird_Jimmy
@Buddha2, Thanks! Best hobby ever! They make me happy and healthy too!
ATOWN
ATOWNweek 4
Awesome looking planets for the week your at love the setup!! You look like you know what your doing following along to watch these get huge!
Weird_Jimmy
Weird_Jimmy
@@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.
Neo09
Neo09week 13
⚠️Respect⚠️
Denzul
Denzulweek 12
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