I have a little bad news to report this week...
While waiting for my irrigation system timer to arrive I did not manage to sufficiently water the plants. This resulted in a raised runoff EC and the plants sustained some minor nutrient burns to the leaf tips.
However, the most disconcerting news is that I have been using too low of a dose of GHE CALiMAGic the past few weeks. So I have run into a slight calcium deficiency meaning I have to bump the calcium back up until the end of flowering. I should have waited until the final few weeks before lowering the levels to such an extent. Unfortunately, GHE CALiMAGic will now be taking up a more considerable quota on the EC than preferable. Overall yield will likely be hurt βΉοΈ Very disappointing. I'll definitely not skim on the calcium next grow until much later into the flowering. I should have known better. Got a bit too confident. You live and you learn.
One observation to note is that the larger phenotype appears to have been impacted to a greater extent by the low calcium.
You can see the buds have swelled a bit since last week. Also, quite a few pistils have begun to turn orange. There's only a little over 3 - 4 weeks left until harvest! π Can't wait! π€€ I need a good smoke so bad! π€
At what height would you recommend initiating 12/12 to prevent this strain from over-stretching after topping each plant twice to produce four tops? I hope to finish them at 3-4ft. Would I get away starting 12/12 at 9-11 inches?
sativas are known for being able to stretch high, so 9 to 11 inches sounds about right to me..
eventually it always depends on the genetics and the environment, so it's a bit difficult to say, but what you said sounds quite plausible..
if you're vertically limited in space, then i'd rather err on the lower side..
she's looking great by the way!
happy growing
Hi Buttlover i have the same shit with 1from 4 Plants . I have Black Lights Automatic from Sensi Seeds (NL #5 Γ Black Harlequin). I have 2 Colas with Budrott on 1 Plant . Maybe NL# 5 is a sensitive Strain for this mold.
@Bud_Spencer, As a result of a recent leak the home the humidity levels have been overing in the 80s at times while the rooms dry out. And before the leak the humidity levels were still a bit high for the flowering phase. So, I should have ideally had a dehumidifier to begin with. But it is interesting to hear that you're having similar issues with Black Lights. What have your humidity levels been like?
@ButtLover, nothing stopping her now mate propper bbw is right hahaha ππ happy days mate im sure you cant wait they will be big beefy plants by then!! Ill update mine towards the end of the week mate done abit of lst on one of them yesterday seems to have taken it well
@Budmarley2221, Thanks! The biggest one grew over an inch and a half since I posted those pictures yesterday π She's getting me a bit nervous about height control π She's a real BBW π€£ I'll be starting the 12/12 cycle tonight so the harvest time should be somewhere around July 31st to the beginning of August. I'll be keeping an eye out for your journal update, bud! π
@MisterSix, Thanks! π€ I will have an update week on this journal tomorrow evening. Be sure to come back and check out the update pictures! They're growing like wildfire π I did kind of sever one of the tops on one of the girls a few days ago π’ Other than that it's all going good. Almost ready to flower! Should be ready for harvest in August I reckon. I haven't grown a thing since 2015 so I'm really looking forward to this π