DAY 72: STILL WET AND A BROKEN BRANCH!
- It's been three days since I last watered and the pot is still wet. Don't know what is going on.
- Attempted to bend a few branches down to allow the light to get to some of the inner buds. Good idea, poorly executed. I wasn't careful enough and branch was severely damaged, but I was able to prop it up and it seems to be maturing. On the other plant one of the branches broke off. I dried it and it smokes nice enough. It was about a gram or so dried.
DAY 74: FINALLY WATERED LATE IN THE DAY
- Five days since the last watering and the pot still feel too wet to require watering.
- One thought on why it may not be drinking as much is the lack of new microbes to keep the soil "alive." It has been TWO WEEKS since I last added any supplements.
- Watered with 1.5 L of tap water pH'd to about 6.3 augmented with:
• 0.25 ml Mammoth P
• 0.75 ml Fish Sh!t
• 1.25 ml blackstrap molasses
DAY 77: THE COUNTDOWN BEGINS
- I expect to harvest in about three days. The milky and amber trichomes are really starting to "bloom."
- I don't expect to do anything more. I'll just let it dry out and then take it down.
- I'm getting ready for my next crop. I can't wait to share it with you!
The leaves at the top of the plant seem to be curling up. My first guess is that there is too much light. I recently moved my light down to 12 inches above the canopy. The PPFD should still be under 1,000, but I don't know what else could be causing it. Please help. 🙏
it's mostly down to the temperature i suppose, actually the relationship between the temperature and the humidity regulates the stomatas on the leafs, if the VPD is not where it should be the stomatas can open or contract in a way that bends the whole leafs. Lots of new words, basically stomatas are the leaf pores, VPD is vapor pressure deficit. Hope this helps ! 🚀
hey there, hope i answered your question ! learn more about VPD here : https://pulsegrow.com/blogs/learn/vpd this will help you level up . Anything else you need , just let me know 👊
I think it’s the watering part even tho your not overwatering you’re still watering it every day so that’s overwatering let it dry it needs an oxygen break before it gets watered again let it decide when it wants water not you ..
@240sxOG, I agree. I'd rather water every other day. This time I have a very light soil mix and will water in slightly greater amounts, but try to keep it to every other day.
Also adding coco to the soil is not a bad idea. It does improve drainage, coco doesn't hold onto water very long. 👍🌱Looking like lovely buds there. And your leaves are fine for this stage of growth, it is normal for them to do this when ripening
@Fruitgrower, thanks for the reply. I harvested both plants in the garden earlier this week. I'll have a full harvest report soon, but I'm hoping for about 25 g per plant dried. That would be about 14% more fruit from these plants than my previous organic garden. Always learning.
Nice buds on this girl as well!! Should be nice and sticky in the grinder:)
11 to 12 weeks is what I had with Mephisto Skywalker and my Sweet n Sour looks like she will be in the 11 week range as well.
Enjoy the smoke Boss!!!!!
@PrairieFrostGrow, I harvested my last Double Grape about a week earlier and I think that was too early. This one I let it run until the plant was full of fall colors. It is drying right now, but should be able to measure dry weight tomorrow. I'm hoping for over 28 grams/plant. I may be a bit short of that.
@Mr_Weeds_Autos, thanks for the kind words. If you have comments or questions, feel free. I like to chat.
After a long time as a small hydro/photo grower (strickly personal use and then sometimes short 😕) I've moved to organic and autos. What a change. I used to spend all my time trying to control the growth, height in particular. Now it's all about getting them as big as I can. Maybe I should really follow Mephisto's advice and basically grow them as SOG! (From their 2018 Strain Guide: Best Method for overall high yield - 9 per 1,2m x 1,2m sq in 15 Liter pots) I probably should crowd four into my 18"x18" (~0.4 m sq)!