Fo' Twenny Back with another update on our Grandaddy Purple from Blimburn Seeds!
9/9 - Day 32 of 12/12: I waited a day too long to water. So, she started to lightly wilt/ droop a bit. Other than that, she is stacking up and getting frosty!
9/10: She is no longer dropping and looks much happier. Defoliated some leaves that were showing deficiencies.
Now, on with the deets!
LIGHTING:
I had increased lighting at dimmer last week and I think this is causing some stress. It was also getting pretty hot in the tent, which could be part of reason the girls in bloom tent looked a little stressed. It got up to 86°F for 2 days and dimmed the lights to compensate. I will be upgrading the AC soon and maybe then I can experiment more with pushing the lighting intensity.
Backing the light off to about 75k lux max at the canopy.
RHIZOSPHERE:
All Water/Fertilizer is shared by 3 plants
6 gallon tap H20 through 2 KDF filters
START PH: 7.2 (taken from reservoir that contains impurities/residue from previous feeds)
START PPM: 635 (also taken from reservoir)
TEMP: 76°F
WEEK 5 FEED SCHEDULE:
.25 tsp/gal Gringo Rasta Cal-Mag
1.5 tsp/gal BIG Bloom
.5 tsp/gal Grow Big
1 tsp/gal Tiger Bloom
.125 tsp/gal Kelp Me Kelp You
1.5 tsp/gal BEMBE
.125 tsp/gal Beastie Blooms
pH Reading: 5.8
Adjusted pH of solution to 6.3
PPM: 1440
1 tsp/gal RECHARGE
.6 ml/gal MAMMOTH P
PH: 6.5
PPM: 1480
Added 2 gal h2O to lower PPM
pH: 6.5
PPM: 1370
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Peace ☮️,
Love 💚,
And Frosty Nugs ❄️🌲!
-Fo'Twenny
@amazongrow, She's still in veg, but she will still grow a lot before she goes into the flower room. I pack them in there pretty tight. I am no expert here, so idk what she will yield. Just being honest. Next run I want to try more of a SOG type grow in half of the tent. The other half I will continue the way I have been growin to see difference in yield. I am still finding my style
By bigger, do you mean taller or what? I thought I should keep my canopy from getting too deep to ensure light penetrates through the bottom. Any suggestions or feedback is always appreciated! Thanks for stopping by the garden!
One of my favs strains 🦄 awesome for my anxiety ! Trying to buy the one from grand daddy purps ,, but they only sell a 10 pack =( Attitude seed bank
Your girl is a survivor ! Damm .. lets see how fat she gets! 😋
Im following this one 😉
@NatureBoyNeo, Yeah, this pheno (it's a cutting from a previous run) isn't anything worthy of the name Grandaddy Purple. Not fruity and not purple, but who knows... Maybe she will show some different traits under the quantum boards. Last run she was under an AGLEX 3000 w/cobs. All that being said, she IS super potent and still really enjoyable.
I'd like to get my hands on some of the GDP beans from Grand Daddy Purp. The original bred by Ken Estes. I used to get some black market GDP that is really just untouchable. Supposedly the producers lost the mom and I have never had anything of that calibre of bud since. It was dense with chunky nugs. It was super potent and incredibly frosty. And it was a beautiful color purple with a shiney white/silver frost and really no green to speak of... Just solid purple buds with bright contrasting orange hairs. It smelled and tasted like Fruity Pebbles cereal. Really just something special. I miss that stuff.
@MrJones, Yeah, my helper took a cutting from a plant in mid flower. She struggled a bit at first and then I put her through all kinds of hell. She has been through a lot and has come a long way. She was lanky last run, but hoping the new lighting might reduce some stretching in early flower.
@FoTwenny, nice. The cutting is from blimburns seed? Do you make seeds? I always regret not making special S1s but theres so many other things to grow!
@GYOweed, This lady was from a cutting and I kept her because she was very potent the first time I ran her. That was prior to upgrading the lighting and she came out so much nicer this run!
@NatureBoyNeo, Thanks for stopping by with some positivity!!! I agree, she's fading beautifully. This cutting is much more colorful than the mother I took her from. I think it's the new lighting helping her reach her potential! Happy growing!