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First grow and got off to a bit of a slow start. Didn't get grow tent and proper lighting until Week 2, so she has started a bit thin. Starting nutrients this week and hoping to get her caught up soon.
She's really starting to spread her wings now! Tiny bit of nutrient burn (I think) on bottom leaves, but otherwise she looks healthy. Planning to start some LST later in the week.
Did a bit of LST this week and she's starting to grow a bunch of new shoots! All-in-all looking good, but as this is my first grow, I'm open to any comments or suggestions.
Couple questions:
Should I be topping off? I've read varying thoughts on this. If so, when is the best time to do this and best technique?
I got a bit of a late start getting her into a proper grow environment, but when would I start flowering? I think I'm still at least 3-4 weeks away, but would like other opinions.
I transplanted into a 3-gal pot a couple weeks back and noticed she holds on to water a lot. Last week she only took about 3L total. Is this normal, or should I be watering more despite the moisture level in the soil?
She's starting to fill and get bushy now! I've been doing a lot of LST and readjusting to get the bottom nodes as much light as possible. I'm hoping this new growth will fill out this week and switch over to flowering next week. She's green, lush and healthy looking!
It's a girl! Started flowering a little earlier than I wanted, due to the fact that we may be moving and I need to get this grow complete. Hopefully it won't affect yields too much.
Switched over to 12/12 and she has quickly responded with some stretch over the past week.
Full bloom in effect! She's got 10-12 strong flowers at the moment and continues to be green and lush. I picked a lucky seed for this first grow - she's doing quite well! I'm very pleased with the progress.
I'm in 3rd week of flowering and 10th week overall. My humidity had been steady around 50-60% during veg, but noticed the first weeks of flowering humidity has DROPPED, usually about 40% - sometimes as low as 35%. Is this normal? I have read humidity normally RISES during flower.
No, it's not normal, but hardly harmful, if anything it's good to have low humidity in flower, less chance of mildew or budrot.
Plant transpires almost 100% the water they drink, that means that as they explode with growth during the pre-flower stretch and they drink more and more water, they will release it into the environment making RH rise.
That been said, humidity which is actually relative humidity changes a lot with temperature, 60% humidity at a certain temperature can drop drastically if the temperatures increases just a little. Perhaps your weather has changed and the air is drier than a few days / weeks ago?
Still plugging away like a dream. She's in full flower now and healthy as can be. She's really stretching - nearly touching all four walls of my grow room!
She continues to plug away nicely! Strong pistols throughout and nice crystals forming on leaves. Starting to get a nice aroma as well :) These final weeks will be the toughest to wait!
I've been a bit tardy on updates of late, but there hasn't been a ton of activity. She's plugging along nicely but we're still several weeks away. Photos aren't the best, but she is still lush and green - and starting to put off a lovely aroma :)
Haven't been doing many updates, only because there hasn't been much! She's very steady - and slooowly - coming into full bloom. I thought we were close to harvest a few weeks ago, but she still has mostly clear tricomes. The main stem is getting cloudy, so I'm hoping just another week or two to go!
I started a flush a couple weeks back, because I thought it was close to harvest. Should I restart nutrients?
I started a flush about 2-3 weeks back, because I thought it was close to harvest. Turns out she's taking longer than I anticipated. Should I restart nutrients, or keep it clean until harvest?
Hi mate,
I've done similar thing before, but theres no harm done in using water through to the finish. No point wasting nutrients now as she is very close and not far off. I'd rather a clean product than a nutrient filled one. At least now when she is ready by trichomes or which ever way you prefer to asses her, she will be ready without having to re flush. You're on track and don't worry. A big flush is better than no flush, plus some growers go from start to finish without any nutrients and still get a nice clean product. Hope this helps.
Lovely aroma, I bet she does start to smell really good, Barney’s Farm got almost all the tastiest strains with multiple awards winning in Cannabis cups.
You should try the Vanilla Kush if you have the occasion to grow it one day.
Agreed on strain choice, you should be very happy! Looks like you got everything set up! What kind of light, watts from wall etc? Also interested in the nutrients you intend to use.
Once it has true leaves instead of just the round pair you can prolly drop the light to the veg height, on the far side of that height range at least.
Don't burn it but you're going to want vigor for the next couple weeks to catch up; seedling->early veg is very impactful time on whole grow. She's gonna need to get a few nodes for power AND drop some serious roots.
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@maryjane80, sorry i missed this but i say check your manufacturers recc on light distance and ride it as close as you can until they start stressing
thing is it can be hard to diagnose light stress esp with LED it can look like natural purpling or deficiencies
first sign is often that the leaves at the top are pointed vertical instead of just perky
@Jaindoh,
Thanks for the feedback. Am using 300W LED and just started 6 tsp/gal FoxFarm Grow Big and plan to add Big Bloom & Tiger Bloom later. Adjusted lighting distance to 16". Do you recommend adjusting that further?
It will enjoy the transplant immensely and the extra room. would reccomend 30-50% perlite in your final potting mix. Also, aeration pots such as fabric pots or airpots make a big difference.
You got this!
@sxial80, excellent work my friend! if i'd be so bold i'd reccomend starting gentle lst to strengthen her circulation as soon as she's come back after transplant.
feel free to ask any questions, i may not be an expert but will try and there's plenty of others around =)
@Jaindoh, Thanks for the tips! Yes, I did transplant into a fabric pot (I need to add more photos) and my soil mix does have perlite in it - though I'm not sure how much. I'll try to find out and add more if needed.
I would continue flushing as they've been flowering a while and aren't showing deficiencies.
They look like they're past the main phase of flowering, and well into the finishing stages.
I can see the similarities of our cookies. I got a couple more week before harvest. Barely showing signs of amber trichomes. Good job on you grow! keep it up 👌
maryjane80
