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Light is at 67.5W at 21" above top. Very light watering with 6.5 PH'd distilled water. Plenty of nutes in Happy Frog for now. I will switch to 6.5 PH'd tap water next time I water. Looking healthy so far!
Gave plant 50ml (0.132 gal) of water Saturday and big fan leaves wilted a bit by Sunday. Last watering was 4 days ago and I gave them 25 ml (.066 gal) of water. So it been very light watering. Why would they wilt? Over water? I figured it could take alot more water than that..
I use 5 gallon fabric pots as well. The pots loose 250ml - 500ml a day in just evaporation. You can give her way more water. She definitely looks underwatered. Water around the edge of her with about 1 litre of water and she'll bounce back.
Just started flowering. Feeding Mega Crop every other watering at 800ppm. On just water days, started adding 1 tbsp of black strap to gallon of water. Soil runoff is steady at 6.0 pH. Things are looking good.
Still feeding Mega Crop every other watering at 800ppm. On just water days, still adding 1 tbsp of black strap to gallon of water. Soil runoff steady at 6.0 pH. Trimmed her up last night and removed about 15 leaves and 4 clones. It didn't effect her at all. She grew more by the next morning. She is getting full!
I'm in my 2nd week of flowering and I still have alot of leaves that can be cut for better air flow and light exposure. I defoliated my last week of veg growth and first week of flowering. Can I keep defoliating during flowering? Or will it hurt my flowering process?
Wait untill end of week 3 and remove 50%of the leaves and anything in the shadow, this will roughly be at the end of the flowering stretch so you'll know which ones to remove and which to keep 👍🌱
The thickest branch on my plant is taller than all the rest. Just started week 3 of flowering. Should I top it down to the same height as the rest of the plant?
No I wouldn't at this stage. I would move the plants around a bit so the shorter branches get the most light and if it keeps over taking them bend it slightly and tie it down (super crop) 👌🌱👍
Trimmed up underneath a few days ago. She seems to be healthy so far. Started adding some cal mag (5ml / gal). Feeding 800ppm of MC every other feeding. Water days I am adding 1 Tbsp of Blackstrap Mollases.
There are a lot of bug sites underneath my canopy that will probably never see light. Should I just let them be or should I look to trim them down? I will be going into week five of flower here in a few days.
I pick a horizontal line where i prune anything below that on plant, because it is destined for trash buds and want more focus up top.
i err on the side of leaving some, as it improves hash yield immensely. bend it down and out of way so it doesn't restrict airflow in canopy. fluffy trichome coated buds are great for hash.
Axillary growth i'll lopp off if i don't think it has time to grow out enough to form anything but a piece of popcorn.
If i end up with an overpopulated area and feel it's too late to cut it, or it is too large to lop off without stressing plant, I bend it down and under entire canopy to create ore airflow, and just some more buds destined from hash bin.
in many cases this can reduce overall yield, but only if you count buds that you would never smoke. It will prevent such growth from using resources, and if you provide the same resources and light, otherwise, then it will spend it more on the better buds. all good.
Leaves in canopy -- some penetration is good. Don't remove all leaves from any one node and you'll probably do okay. light hitting leaves is the goal and limiting stretch on any terminal buds growing vertically that you care about.
Hi there!
This kind of purple in the leaves is molybdenum deficiency BUT this is also totally normal for some plants during the end of their growing cycle and nothing to be afraid of.
The plant also troubles to use molybdenum in colder temps so that's why for example cold nights brings out the purple color better. Also too much Sulfur will lock out Molybdenum
But I would not worry about that 'cos it looks pretty normal to me.
Runoff PH was getting a bit low. Flushed last night with 5 gallons on PH'd water and will feed next watering.
The plant is really full and I have buds on top of buds. I am going to let it be for now, if I notice any moisture building up I will start chopping.
I'm a little concerned about the amount of trichromes on the plant. They just started showing up a little bit a few days ago. Hopefully it will produce more trichromes than what is on there now.
Why are my buds not covered in frosty trichromes? I have about 3 weeks of flowering left and it is making me kinda nervous. The plant is under white LED, so the color you see is the color of the plant.
White hairs are the initial kind of, when budding is just starting, they need to get brown/black or entirely dissapear in some strains, the buds fatten up, trichomes fatten up and cover everything in sugar, and then depending on the strain maybe have some white hairs at the end before chopping time (like exploding from full calixes).
Probably 3-4 weeks more is a good estimation, and it's sure to get more trichomes, not less, so I would just keep on the same track, have some patience, and the result will be magnificent.
Good smokes!
Can I do a big defoliation with 2 weeks left before harvest? My plant has a crap ton of leaves and I wanted to fatten up my buds and get light to some places it is lacking.
Hey Growmie,
I'm a big fan of defoliation but since your so far into flower I wouldn't advise it, I would just let her finish up and let the leaves die off during the flush. Really Not suppose to defoliate after week 3 of flower. Hopefully, I answered your question and remember ..."Happy Growing" and "Free your mind one puff at a time".
Septooth
