Botched Grow

~~~~~4/22/18 - Watered and fed. Nute blend: -Big Bloom: 3/4 tsp/L -Grow Big: 1/4 tsp/L -Tiger Bloom: 1/4 tsp/L -Oily Cann: 1/4 tsp/L All in 1L of pH-adjusted water. Aside from leaves starting to turn yellow, they look good. Not sure if the leaves turning yellow is from nute burn or hunger. They only started turning yellow last week when I hadn't fed them in two waterings, making me think it was hunger. I guess we'll see. The way these two suck up nutes, I dont think it'll be an issue. Worst case, I just go 2-3 waterings without feeding them again. Cleaned up some of the lower fan leaves on Mauve. Goal was to focus growth into new buds and also get more light to the buds lower on the stem. Also snipped away two large leaves covering buds on Fae--they gained noticeable size within 24 hours. Re: Mauve & Fae's genetics: A buddy of mine who I consider a cannabis connoisseur said yesterday that Mauve's sativa genetics are blatantly obvious (her "tower of flower" structure,) and he was willing to bet that Fae is an indica. Considering both came from a sativa strain mixpack, I'm doubtful that Fae is primarily indica, although she may be a hybrid. I think her bushiness is undoubtedly due to her stunted growth and her FIMing right before she bloomed. ~~~~~4/25/18 - Watered (both.) Fed (Fae.) Fae still looked yellow, and given her insatiable appetite, I guessed that she was still hungry...especially now that she's pumping out trichomes! Fed her a half liter (500 mL) of the following: -Tiger Bloom: 1/8 tsp/500mL (1/4 tsp/L) -Grow Big: 1/16 tsp/500mL (1/8 tsp/L) -Floralicious Plus: 1 drop Even if Fae gets burned, she sucks up nutes so voraciously, she'd sort herself out in a couple weeks. I can no longer say both my plants are under a foot--Mauve hit the 13" mark. If she keeps getting taller, I'll have to move the light up, or her top will get cooked. I finally got to test some soil for the first time this grow! Gave Mauve a ton (ie just over a liter) of water, and lo and behold, some runoff came out the bottom. Ran it through my soil test kit and got a long awaited glimpse at Mauve's soil conditions: N = very high. Granted I just fed her last watering, but this might explain why she burns easily. P = very high. Just where it should be during blooming. Must keep it up! K = very high. Where my crappy soil sucks in N and P, it rules in K. I've never had an issue with K in any grow to date. pH = 6.0-6.5. Just what all the literature says soil should be. The takeaway: Given Mauve's nutrient sensitivity, I'll probably lay off feeding her for a while, and continue monitoring the soil. She looks as green as ever and is shooting up like a rocket. Next watering, I'll drench Fae and test her soil too. Her nute levels will either be high enough to burn a hole through the test tubes, or 0 because she's a fatass that eats everything. ~~~~~4/27/18 - Watered + Micorbes: -Supre Myco Tea: 1/4 tsp/L The girls looked thirsty (starting to droop.) Stuck my finger in the soil, and sure enough, it was dry 1/4" down. I drenched the soil two days ago, don't know how it dried up already. Might be the extra heat from the bigger light. Whatever, all too easy to water! I also threw in some micorbes because I havent used any since I first innoculated the soil. I dont use micorbe supps regularly. I'm fairly sure that once a soil has micorbes in it, it will always have microbes in it. They reproduce on their own, and I really dont see a point in constantly putting more in. I just use molasses throughout the plant cycle to keep them happy and multiplying. Drenched Fae and collected her runoff. Was dumbfounded with the results: N: medium. This explains her yellowing leaves. P: medium. No surprise there--she's pumping out resin. K: medium. First time a plant of mine has ever made the K below high. I'm frightened. pH: 7.0-7.5. This both really concerned and baffled me. Fae gets exactly the same water as Mauve--how in the hell was Mauve's pH 6.5 but Fae's slightly alkaline?? The only difference in treatment I can think of is I give Fae more nutes than Mauve, which I'm thinking has to be the cause. Otherwise, they both get exactly the same water & nutes at the exact same times. This is why marijuana is the devil's plant...it defies all science and logic! I'm also completely bewildered at Fae's nute levels. I fed her twice in a row and her nutes are still medium-level. This plant is a black hole. There's absolutely nothing I can throw at her that will burn her. Too much isn't enough with Fae. Whatever strain she is, one of her parents is Ayahuasca, I sure of it. I'm scared to harvest her. I could probably get high just smelling her. I gave Mauve just as much water as last time, but got no runoff. I dont understand how the soil got dry enough for a 3 gallon pot to suck up 1.5L water after just 2 days. This has been a really weird week. If anyone reads these, please please PLEASE leave a comment with some insight/wisdom. Going forward: I'm going to lay off feeding Mauve until her nute levels go back down. Fae is going to get fed full doses of nutes from now on. If she doesn't burn, she'll be the first strain I've ever seen that could handle full doses.