Week 8
Day 50 (02/10/2020) 💧:
I watered all of the girls today and increased their nutrients a little bit again. I now gave the girl 3.5ml of BioGrow and increased the CalMag to 2.5ml to see if that helps slow down the deficiency.
Day 51 (03/10/2020):
Definitely looking happier again after the watering, although there are loads of leaves are still falling off which really concerns me. And it seems there are definitely two deficiencies happening at the same time because there are yellow leaves and green leaves that are browning and crisping. But I am hoping that if I keep slowly increasing the nutrients I will be able to find a good balance that will keep them happy.
Day 52 (04/10/2020):
The problems and browning on the leaves is still not stopping so I will definitely still need to increase the nitrogen and CalMag when I water them tomorrow because that is definitely not normal. I also still tracking the progess of specific leaves and that's how I compare to previous days to be able to assess whether they require more CalMag and Nitrogen.
Day 53 (05/10/2020) 💧:
I watered the girls today because they looked quite thirsty. Again some more yellow and dry leaves came off and it looks like the leaves are turning yellow quite quickly so I have increased the BioGrow to 4ml now (for 1.5L of water) which is almost triple the recommended but I think they really need it! And I have also increased the CalMag to 3ml and I will keep it at this level for the next watering as well. It seems that the leaves are not turning brown anymore so this increase should do the trick from preventing more leaves from turning crispy and brown.
Day 54 (06/10/2020):
Girls still looking quite sad this morning but I am still seeing one or two flies in the tent when I start moving the girls or watering them so I am still going to keep spraying the neem oil for a few more weeks. So today I sprayed the normal amount just before lights off and let it absorb without the lights on. After the lights came back on the girls looked good and perky again :D
Day 55 (07/10/2020):
So I have noticed when comparing the brown spots on leaves from a few days ago that they are definitely slowing down but the leaves that have brown spots are yellowing quite rapidly. I still don't understand why because they are getting almost triple the recommended BioGrow and it shouldn't be happening. I read online that it could be because of pH. I have an electronic pH meter but I have ran out of distilled water since I checked last so I have ordered some as pH needs to be checked anyway so will be waiting for that to come sometime soon, hopefully next week.
Day 56 (08/10/2020) 💧:
I watered the girls today and I still decided to increase the nutrients until I figure out if it is a pH issue. So I have increased the BioGrow again and it is now at triple the recommended at 4.5ml/1.5L, and keeping the CalMag the same at 3ml and will see if they need more later on or if this is enough for now. They are all growing massively though and becoming proper bushes so I can see how they might be needing loads of nutrients but after reading about it more, it could definitely be that they are not absorbing enough nutrients because there is an issue with the pH. There were also loads of leaves that were brown and crisp (and maybe even a bit mouldy) so I did quite a big defoliation which also helps me track the issues on leaves easier in the next week.
Wow beautiful monster flowers. Makes me think I let too many smaller branches develop when I see such a concentrated and controlled grow like yours. Enjoy the results!
@Superjd, Thanks! I actually think I should have lollipopped and removed more of the smallest ones at the bottom to let the main buds grow even bigger. But they have just finished drying so will post a Harvest diary soon!
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Great grow so far!! Sweet Zkittlez is definitely a great strain, can’t wait to see your results!
Also, I don’t think that the damage is from gnats or any environmental factor. It appears to be a calmag deficiency on the brown splotchy damaged leaves. Lower leaves shouldn’t be yellowing this early, this typically tends to be a sign of a nitrogen deficiency. Sometimes PK deficiencies can look similar but its a little early for that.
A white widow I was growing showed almost identical signs and as soon as I gave her organic Calmag + more vegetative/grow phase nutrients she stopped showing signs of deficiency. I only grow organic as well so I use Root’s Organic CalMag since it is certified and OMRI listed.
FreshCoastBudz, Hey, thanks, that's really helpful! I had no idea what it was but CalMag deficiency actually makes a lot of sense because yesterday some of the fan leaves on her have been going yellow on the outside but still staying dark green in the centre I really wasn't sure what it was. Thanks for the help! I have some BioBizz CalMag which I got in case this happened so will use it at next watering with some more nitrogen as well and hopefully it helps! 😀