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Hey all!
This is my 4th grow and this time I'll be testing a few different things:
1) Only two plants: in my first three rounds I grew 3 plants, but now I'm curious to see how yield will be impacted by having bigger and more mature plants
2) Seedlings will start in my new mini grow box: to save time, plants will start and stay 2~3 weeks in my mini box with 46 W 6500K CFL
Slow growth and yellow leaves. First time this happens with my seedlings. Probably something related with the new setup I'm using now: I have 2 CFL 6500K (23w each), about 5 inches away from the plants. Temperatures around 28~30 C and RH around 50~55. Medium is PROMIX seedlings.
The girls had a very tough start.
I messed up with the initial medium (didn't have perlite at the time) + poor environment (31 C, 40 RH), leading to overwatering and yellowing leaves. Although some growers suggested it was a lack of N, it def wasn't because I used the exactly same medium with 100% success in my first 3 grows.
On day 21 they were transplanted to 1gal por with proper medium (25% perlite + 75 % promix herbs and vegetables)
On day 25 they were moved to the grow tent with LED lights and proper environment control ( 25 C, 55-60 RH)
They've received 3 light feedings (corresponding to 2nd week) and seemed to start overcoming the initial struggle.
Some leaves in the Gelato canopy are curling up, drying, and getting purpleish stains. Never had this problem with other strains under the same set up. Temps are around 26 C / 80 F. LEDS are 12 inches away. SSH is perfectly fine with LED at 9"
you have to ask if you over watered it? gave her too much fertilizer? did she go through heat stress? possible wind burn? one of these is the answer. my guess is she is a picky eater as the others look fine, and your are like what f ? is going on. your leaves are canoeing up. the plant is good minus the signs of what happened. it happens from time to time. i pick these off. they just make me think what happen.
what your seeing is how the plant deals with stress by trying to suck out what ever energy from that leaf.
i say pick off the ugly and keep your eyes open , she does look really nice so far for you.
Gelato canopy leaves continue to dry and canoeing up. I've backed off the lights, changed the air circulation, and gave only water in the last week, but the situation is just getting worse. Canopy buds are not growing and trichomes production is much higher in the lower branches
I still think it is light based on what you are saying, unless your RH is like 10-30%? The lower buds/leaves doing better is a clear sign usually that it is related to light. Another way to lessen the light stress on your plants is to lessen the amount of light they receive per day if you do not have anymore room to move the light up, shaving off an hour of light per day is very similar in effect to raising the light. Seeing as these are photos and you are most likely on 12/12... going to 11hours of light and 13 hours of dark will lessen the light stress on your plants. Plants can only use so much light, more is not always better, and usually to make the most use out of your light, you need to be supplementing heavy with CO2.
End of week 8
The girls are getting ready, yay! I'll probably harvest them at end of week 10, but I'll take 1 branch out of each one next week because I'm running out of my weed lol
I really enjoyed growing this plant. It had a hard start due to my errors and poor environmental conditions, but it bounced back quite good and finished with a very good yield!
It reached number 2 in all my harvests, loosing to Moby Dick. However, I'm pretty sure that his SSH is reaching at least 21%, while Moby Dick was on the ballpark of 16%. The buds look much more crystalized as well.
It's my favorite sativa so far, and I'm gonna to grow it again pretty soon!
I'll be back with more comments after 1 month of curing and smoking
72 after 1 week drying and trimming
As expected, the yield was not the greatest. This was a picky plant since the beginning and showed so many weird problems never heard before.
Buds did not get too dense, but are super crystallized. It's the #1 in this matter so far, beating Gorilla Glue #4.
The high is strong and good, makes everything funny and it's def not a couch lock. I'd say it's about 23% thc.
I'll come update the post and stats after 1 month of curing and smoking.
Peace
@Filippo, thanks man! r u talking about the super zoom pictures of the thricomes? I used a cheap usb microscope you plug in your smartphon. U can get at amazon for 20 bucks
nice set up, i heard tinfoil is pretty terrible for reflecting something like 50% might be better to even paint your tote with some white glossy paint? guess it doesn't matter much since you don't need to maximize your PAR, im a newbie so don't take my comments to seriously. Glhf
@blasterw32, lol yeah, it seems you're probably right seems it maybe a myth I was just passing off bad info that I had learned, its not entirely clear to me how it stacks up, or how people have come to that conclusion. The more credible places I stumbled across, seemed to suggest it maybe more reflective and reflects UV which some others might not, but perhaps didn't diffuse the light as well?
Thanks for the reply and adding that doubt in there, 50% does seem low. I didn't find any actual comparisons of PAR or something I was hoping to find. Anyway take care, trying to help you and you helped me :P
@@nicks, heey thanks for passing by and commenting! That 50% doesn't make too much sense tbh.. The best proof is the fact that no light leaks out of the box (only thorough the holes). I know tinfoil is not the best because it creates hotspots rather than reflecting the light to all directions. Cheers
blasterw32
