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Just picked the plants up on May 12th. Normally get my plants in the clone stage, however, these plants were 10-14 days old by the time I got them they are planted in 1 gallon Rockwool cubes. For this grow I will be manually adding 1litre of nutrient mixture every day. For the next grow I intend on automating this process. This is my first grow with this method, have normally grown in DWC.
The Big Cat Kush has some very thick, small growth near the base (lots of small leaves). Never had this happen before. Is this normal for BC Kush? Should I thin it out?
Salut le jardinier ! c'est pas normal si tu plante une graine et que la plante pousse comme ça . par contre toi tu a des boutures et si elles ont été prises sur une plante compacte et touffue avant de passer sous une lampe et de stretch et peut être même que c'est une super cropping . bonne chance bella ciao
May 27 - Heading into my third and final week of veg. Plants are looking very healthy. Net is set at 13.5” from the bottom of the tub. Canopy is now approximately 27” x 27”.
Not sure if I’ll even make it till the end of the week before I flip.
May 28 - back left plant severely wilted. Watered 1L of nutrient mix yesterday morning and did not check the medium before it’s night cycle. Was dry this morning.
UPDATE: Looks like I caught it just in time! Within 2 hrs of watering the plant was almost back to normal!
May 29 - in light of what happened yesterday, I will be switching to feeding twice a day. Once first thing in the morning when the lights come on and a second time in the evening.
May 30 - since switching to feeding twice a day, I have already noticed a difference in the plants colour. The leaves have all started to turn a much darker green.
May 31 - switched to the 600w HPS bulb last night. As you ca see from the pics it gives off a much more yellow hue.
June 1 - plants looking really healthy. Canopy is now approximately 29” x 29”. Flipping to 12-12 tonight
Let the Rockwool medium go dry over night. Plant is severely wilted. I watered with nutrient mix right away. Any other suggestions to get this thing back to full health quickly?
Rock wool is tricky if it drys out. Won't hold a lot of water even if poured a lot on it. Best to do small amounts like a cup every few min till its soaked again. Won't over water as rock wool holds 50% water and 50% oxygen. Don't nuit her. Just fresh water. Nuit later or tomorrow
First week of flower! Transition Week. Would normally defoliate before the flip and then again at 21 days into flower but I have been reading a lot of forums that are against defoliation all together. Can’t seem to find a side by side comparison though...
June 7 - added an additional T5 Full Spectrum LED on the left hand side of the room.
To defoliate or not? On my previous grows I have defoliate the day before flipping and again at 22 days into flower. This time around I defoliate 2 weeks before flipping. Should I defoliate again at 21 days or leave it? Is 21 days the optimal time?
I was told you can do it up until the end of the third week of flower, but another also suggested he saw better results if he did it all before flipping and then just letting them go till his final defoliation before harvest.. the choice is really up to you if you feel they are blocking bud sites or the canopy is just too think for good air movement. It's your call but i'd say do it now.. It's only going to get bushier!! Happy growing!
Beginning of week 2. Plants stretched significantly in week 1, in particular the Wedding Cake. Gave them a quick pruning yesterday to help with air flow and light penetration.
June 10 - rearranged the plants a little as the left side of the tent is staring to fall behind the right side.
Plants are looking very good. The Wedding Cake has really stretched.
June 16 - Cracked a stem on one of the plants last night. Tried taping it back to see if I can salvage.
June 17 - The cracked stem has already recovered!
June 19 (Day 18) - due to the difference in height between the BC/Damaged WC and the two other WC i have had to try and compromise with the height of the light. Left side is over 20 inches from the light, right side is about 16” from the light. Did the hand test and there is no real heat near the top of the plants. Bid site pics are of the BC.
Day 20 - gave the girls their final haircut.
You did a great job. Its got a gorgeous full canopy. It really filled in after the day 20 removal. The only small thing i noticed was on the stems there's still small leaves and maybe minuscule bud sites, I would try to remove all that if possible. I had a habit of not cleaning the bottoms entirely and would get little larfy buds down there and even their small size still steals energy from the rest of the plant.
The plants turned out great though. Keep up the good grows. ✌️
Hey growmie ...
Looks exactly how I would do it. Removing everything that's not receiving light so you don't end up with popcorn nugs at harvest. I would advise maybe next time to do it in stages because some plants get stressed out from it and we don't won't that. Lol.
Hopefully this was helpful and remember Happy Growing and Free your mind one puff at a time.
Mr_Weeds_Autos
Hello
Any chance you've recalibrated your ph pen lately just to make sure its running accurately?
Otherwise those high powered lights will cause curling(especially the curl upwards) and discoloration if they're putting a lot of heat out and getting a tad close to the plants.
Looks like it could be afew things. Heat stress could be causing the curling. The brow spots look like a calcium deficiency to me. Happened to me when my ph was off. I second making sure your calibrated. And also make sure your ph is on point when feeding. Also is your hand feeling uncomfortable under the light? It could be to close to the plant but hard to tell in the pictures.
Your issue I most likely calcium deficiency /Ph issue.
High there!
Small tips :
Close your light when you take picture, the coloration make troubleshooting very hard.
Look like heat stress but can't be sure of anythin because everythin is orange :D
Little disappointed with my setup. Had a bit of a heat wave last week that drove temps up past 32 degree and you can see the stress in the plants. Next grow I will need an air conditioner.
Day 35 - due to the heat wave I have seen major stress in my plants.
DixonCider
