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Added nutrients too early. I put it in ocean forest which I had flushed so I thought it needed it. But.... I have it nutrient burn or some thing. Looked pretty bad for a while. So I flushed it well. New growth looking better into next week. Up potted it to 15gallon bag. Was afraid it was getting root bound in 1 gallon but it seemed to be ok. When I pulled it out of pot.
So I wanted this plant in a 30gallon but I didn’t have them until last week. I decided to figure out how to transplant this thing from a 15gal smart pot to a 30. With out destroying my smart pot or my pot pot. Haha
Found a video of some guy rolling down the pot slowly. So I filled the bottom of the 30 with a few inches of promix. And put 15 gal pot on top. Started rolling it down. For the most part this was all going well until I got to the bottom. Now the plant hadn’t root bound yet and I was attempting to move it before the roots attached to the pot. For the most part I was good. The roots were coming out the bottom slightly. I finagled my hand under the dirt and pulled the fabric out like a magician and a table cloth. But the soil crumbled a little as I did so. My whole plant went Crooked. I propped it up a little but with the soil ball cracking I didn’t want to chance ripping anymore roots. So I filled it as is and put a stake in to tie it to to get it upright once once more. I gave it a good drink, turned of the fan near by. I had put a very small about of ff grow big in water (like 1tbs for 3 gallons. I read super thrive is good for roots after a transplant. So I gave a very small watered down amount of that. Last night it looked droopy and I just hoped when I went back today it wasn’t going to be wildly shocked. But to my amazement it actually seems happy. Droopy leave perked up. Still a little tired but way happier than I expected for the stress I thought I caused. Yay!
Hopefully it will be happy in its new big huge pot and can grow to the roof of the greenhouse as expected. (7ft) We shall see.
Transplanting showed no signs of extreme stress. So glad for all the advice And experiences I read On here. It was a Debacle getting her into this pot. I won’t plant into smart pots until final pit from now one. Much easier to transplant from plastic pot to smart pot. Not smart pot to smart pot. Luckily I didn’t kill any roots.
She did stunt for a moment so not as tall as special queen. But doing good.
Looking light in color in center of new growth. May up feeding amounts next water.
My 3 white og growing good. I staggered them in planting as I needed to be sure to not have more than6 flowering plants at once. And also if I killed one I’d have other seeds to restart. But it seems I’ve gotten the hang of this and they are all doing well. 2nd week from transplant into 30gallon and she is loving that pot. Getting full and tall. Still didn’t have the guts to top her. Hopefully getting a new big of pro mix as I’m all out and I can clone a top possibly. If I have some soil to put it in.
The 8weeknold was started in in ocean forest but up potted with pro mix. 6week was potted with pro mix and uppotted with pro mix.
And the 3 week old was potted with pro mix but I just uppotted with a garden mix of miracle grow & promix and peat and perlite and vermiculite. Made it fluffy: and tried to rinse the miracle grow a bit. Doing fine. Will be interesting to see differences. So far I like the pro mix and the results with fox farms. No nute burn or issues with my care. (Overcare at times)
I will pot up the 6 week old to a 30gallon pot once I have more promix.
These are looking good. The first clone from the initial topping rooted well and started growing and my mom took it home to grow. 😁
Topped it a second time. And topped the smaller ones for the first time this week. Cloning those in progress... to give to friends who have plant envy. 🙌🏼 Maybe keep a couple selfishly.
Any words of advice on the Deficiency noted. May post to questions
So the smallest 5gal white og flipped her leaves on me. Like WHAT!!! Some research showed me cal-mag was the solution. And I know why. As I mentioned in. My other diaries - ph is off on my well water. I know this and also plants need water. So to water the hot dry plants before running Around for Work or not. I had no time for adjustments and feeding.
As guilty as I feel.... well... is what it is.
Got the greenhouse back on track today with a good ph water and cal-mag plus feeding. Will watch for improvement. They are all pretty hardy im impressed by their largeness.
The large one has exceeded my height and is also filling out. I have topped twice and once on smaller ones. Started to defoliate some of the under leaves and other leaves that had some pest damage. No major pest issues since I battled the flea Beatles but I didn’t capture grasshopper and a caterpillar 🐛 and a white looking spider with egg sack (be gone evil beings) but these girls are outdoors and that’s where bugs live sooooo... whatcha gunna do. 🤷♀️🏻
Moving on. Another 6 weeks and these girls should be heading into the flowering zone. Excite to watch that phase. Hope I have enough room out there. Once temps drop around here a little more I will remove the shade screen And spread them out a bit. But I can’t yet as the greenhouse reaches temps over 100 without it.
Well I harvested my blueberry and it came to my attention that there were some spider mites up in my greenhouse.
So I inspected the whole closely and they were weaving their webs of destruction.
I cleaned the greenhouse. And sprayed the plants down with some liquid de under leaves. Mixed with very little peppermint oil. The next day I hosted the plants down with a mist sprayer in my hose. As well as power washing the floors and walls of the green house. Next I sprayed a light coat of pyrethrum in the morning and came back in the evening and heavily hosed the plants down. Getting the under sides of the leaves as well as the stems. And main cola. I wanted to be sure to rinse. The pyrethrum off. As I order lady bugs and don’t want them to be effected by the pesticide.
I hosed down the plants daily to keep it wet in there. And the temps have dropped to 60-70s this week. So I’m hoping this helps the bugs understand it’s time to go. Today my ladybugs showed up and were released on the mites. I’m guess there were still some in there as these beetles are crawling the undersides of the leaves happily. It is quite cool to have them in there and I’m glad it’s not hot. Many probably flew away out my vents but I assume they will find happiness in my garden and help there as well.
I gave the plants a nice feed of cal mag and a heavy watering at their base too. Once all the stressful trauma was through. I went through and heavily defoliated the plants. Taking anything with eggs, yellowed or destroyed. Or out of the suns direct rays to give some life to the tops. I was hesitant to choose veg for this week as I believe all this cold, dark weather and stress has started these girls into flower. White pistols are popping. It’s just about that time. I figured in the next 3 weeks or so. Seems early but hey it is what it is. It was very slight and i only noticed tonight as I was putting them to bed 😬 more update on this next week.
Moved my entire set up around. This is my first full year with the greenhouse. I completed the build last fall (not leaves on the trees) and didn’t realize that by the end of August half my greenhouse was in the shade. Oops. So I needed to move my potting benches and equipment to the back and the plants to front.
Luckily I harvested 4 plants already. And have just one more auto harvest. So I just have 3 big white og and my super tall special queen.
Plus a couple clones I’m playing with.
The white OG are looking good and healthy. The topping I did a few weeks ago definitely filled them out. So now I’m defoliating to open up some light to the lower buds.
They started flowering last week but very slightly so I was hesitant to mark the week as first flower. But we are definitely into flower now. Feeding them once a week with tiger bloom. And ph water. The heat wave is over so they are nice and cool in the greenhouse. Temps are ranging from 75-80. Vs the high 90s we had for majority of the midsummer.
I didn’t expect these to start flowering for a couple weeks but i think the sun tucking herself behind the trees and the cool temps signaled fall to these ladies and they jumped on the fruit to harvest train.
Having some spider mites concerns but keeping them at bay.
The ladies bugs helped a little though - out of 1500 ladybugs I maybe have 2-3 left in the greenhouse. Oh well.
I need to swing by and get some been oil.
I treated last week with de , then pyrethrum and then hosted them down just about everyday with a blasting mister in my hose. And I’ve been picking the spiders off with my fingers when I see them. And rubbing the leaves. It tedious and I don’t have time for all that. Stopped at 2 places for neem oil it no luck. Should have just ordered it online. Oh well.
Bud sites look numerous. Very excited as I’ve only harvested autos. And 3 of those were cbd pink kush and they were low yielding strains.
The blueberry did quite well. But these feminized photo plants are enourmous. The yield will be great.
Just got to get them there carefully.
Ordered a levo2 for some lotion and oil creations. Very excited about this.
With my new garden I was excited to see how many advocates exist for cannabis and how many people are looking to try it for help with their ailments. Like arthritis, back pain, anxiety.
The stigma here is lifting and it’s good to see.
This plant can be a miracle for some.
This first journey through growing it myself has been fun.
Now on to the final weeks to yield the most I can before winter!!!!!
(And time to make a decision if I will carry it to an indoor grow. Still on the fence)
I began to notice some bud rot the other day. And I trimmed it away but last night it had spread. i harvested the whole
Plant early. cloudy trichomesfew amber. better than it dying. How do I clean the healthy buds I salvaged from the bud rot? Or do I just dry quickly?
Great article. Thank you. It does state you can water cure bud rotted buds. Nah. Yuck. I cut out the actual infected portions and will throw them away 😭 about 1/3 of my harvest. Luckily for me- I have far more than I’ll ever need, so I just keep reminding myself of that as my heart breaks.
I may try this water curing thing. Though I’m
Worried about the drying process. I cut a lot of the bud rot out and to do so it left behind a lot of little buds not on stems. It’s says to “hang dry” the buds after water curing. Well that’s not possible with half of what I have left over. I do use a mesh hanging rack for drying. Do you think this will be ok and not cause more of a mold issue during the drying portion?
Also I harvested and trimmed last night. Still thinks it ok to proceed with water curing a day later? This is all so new to me. TIA
Hi growmie!
First of all: i feel you sister, to bad this mold affected your growth!
but growing outdoors without mold aint gonna happen, there will always be that one season you get it, its just a reminder for you to be more progressive in prevention and becoming a better gardener😁👍 sucks though i know, my compost bin worth 1000's of bucks this year due to mold🤣
Unless you live in a desert or dry climate, you better start with autos early, so they finish in the middle of summer, also work clean, mold spores are everywere but working clean minimizes the spread.
Air flow is crucial i learned it the hard way 2, the spores fall in the leaves/budds more often without a good wind into your greenhouse, plants dry up faster too. I bought a little wireless fan that i place in my greenhouse now, hoping my photo periods wont mold big time. It seems to have a beneficial outcome.
For the budds( the question actually😜): evey budd that seems moldy, discard, this mold is toxic when digesting.
Other budds that are okay can be dried and cured like you are use too. If you have a microscope, check those budds, watch out for white fluffyness on your plant tissue, if you see that, discard it.
Water curing is also a good way, but when your plant is already affected by mold, this extra wet period can be hazardous for more budds to rot aswell, mold loves water, its there base to live on.
Water curing does have benefits aswell like @pizzaman841 told you, its smoother when smoked but less flavourfull, so great in edibles. For smokers you'd be better off the old school way imo.
Have a great day and happy growing😁👊
Look into water curing. If effectiveness of the medicine is of more concern to you than "bag appeal", it may be your salvation. You'll lose most of the flavor and aroma, but actually be left with slightly more potency per gram of finished product. Just trim away the bad areas prior to the process. I included a link to a decent article explaining the process. Hope it helps and best of luck to you!
https://wayofleaf.com/cannabis/growing/water-curing-weed
I harvested the 2 big plants but I still have the two younger plants left.
One is looking great. With her leaves changing with fall foliage. But ohhh nooo one of my girls has gone hermie- I think! Well well well. Good news- most of what I had this growing season is harvested. More good news, I’m assuming sense we have some make out here I may find some seeds in this one and maybe the one next to it?
I have enough harvested to not worry on the potency or yield of these two. And I will yield a significant amount off the female next to that one.
Must have been from stress. 🤷♀️🏻 Live, grow , learn. Cool
Well... I harvest far more than I anticipated. After losing 1/4 of the buds to bud rot. Had to trim the buds into smaller nugs to make sure I didn’t miss any mold or rot. Threw out the mold buds and all the trim. And cleaned up the clean nugs and they are drying in my net. Doing a quick dry so that additional Mold wont form Just in case. I have placed the mesh dry rack over a dehumidifier and put an oscillating fan in the room as well. I prefer a slow dry but I’m in emergency recovery mode.
I still have 2 pretty large plants that are u. Harmed in the green house. Hopefully those yields will be greater and untouched by bud rot. Or mites. Have places 2 fans in the plant in the greenhouse and keeping them moving constantly until harvest of those. I’ll be back for an update. And things were going so well. Can’t say I wasn’t warned about not East weather during harvest season. Oh well. Now I know first hand what I’m up against.
Muthaofdragonflies
