Week 10
Day 64 (16/10/2020):
Not that many updates for the start of the week, just that we lifted the lamp a little bit higher so the distance is now 60cm from the top of the plants.
Day 65 (17/10/2020) 💧:
I am going to keep the nutrients the same as last water since I want to decrease them when I get the pH+. So I have given them 5ml of Grow and 4ml of CalMag today. Also noticed about 3 flies as well which is not a good sign so I will make sure to spray the neem oil super thoroughly on Tuesday.
Day 66 (18/10/2020):
The girls are looking better after the lights are back on but there were loads of leaves that were "weak" and pretty much fell off of the girls so I ended up giving them a bit of a defoliation. But they regrow these leaves so quickly that there is literally no difference even when I take quite a few leaves off haha.
Day 67 (19/10/2020):
The green leaves on the girl are still looking good and perky today but there are still quite a few that are getting both yellow and brown spotted, this will hopefully be fixed after increasing the pH.
Day 68 (20/10/2020) 💧:
Today I watered the girl with the same nutrients as last time because I want to start decreasing them when I get the pH+. So today I gave her 5ml of BioGrow and 4ml of CalMag same as last time but there are still definitely more yellowing leaves and browning spots. I also sprayed all the girls with neem oil because I am still seeing a few flies every now and then, and I made sure to spray really properly on the leaves, stems, on the top bit of the soil and into the holes of the pot. If the flies still continue I will add the neem oil into the soil as well next week.
Day 69 (21/10/2020):
Finally received the pH+ today so will be using it at the next watering and hopefully it should fix some of the nutrient issues. I will need to measure the pH again to determine how many points to raise it by so will do that on the day of the next watering
Day 70 (22/10/2020):
Really good progress in terms of growth and height this week, and they will finally be going to flowering stage from tomorrow! Super excited to see how they develop in flower and hopefully the deficiencies will reduce once I correct their pH and they will be able to grow the flower sites beautifully.
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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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! 😀