RQS Easy Bud - First Grow

Week 7! As we head into the final stretch having some slight issues with nutes, the girls going yellow from the bottom up which has me worried, she should have another 2 weeks left to go at least! I was expecting this to happen maybe next week but not now, I'm picking up some nutes with CalMag to balance this, they're not dedicated canna nutes but they're better than what I vegged on. The buds are starting to look sugary and I'm so desperate to snip a little bud to dry and smoke, but I have to be patient. I'm hopeful maybe I'll be able to sample some next week for Christmas. a large number of the pistils are turning orange already! The main cola is really fattening up now and the other colas are coming into their own as well, next week should be even bigger! I'm mindful of not defoliating at the moment because she's obviously running a def and pulling lots of nutes out of her bigger fan leaves, but soon I'll start trimming them back. I cut some fingers of a fan leaf that feeds the main cola today to expose another bud site ;) Almost every day the buds are getting thicker and taller. The Pistils are going brown all over and I'm seeing more and more trics every single day Can't wait Day 50: Today I fed to try and balance out the N def that's ongoing, I also pulled of about 4 mini leaves that were dead and 1 of the big fan leaves the plant had finally cannibalised, just a gentle tug was all that was needed to take these leaves off so they had certainly died. I'm still leaving the other leaves on until I see that the plant isn't running a def any more then I'll start defoliating the dying leaves. My PH at run off today was a little high at 7, hoping this doesn't cause too much of an issue I understand it's at the top of what is tolerable, next water I'll flush with distilled water to bring that back down but my focus the past few days has been balancing out the N levels ready to start the 2 week flush probably next week? Day 50 (Update): So I was a little bit confused, pretty much all the pistils on the main cola were going orange, but there was no way she was ready for harvest so early. Feeding her today with a mixture of balanced veg nutes and a smaller amount of flower nutes + humic and fulvic acids has caused her to throw out a lot more white hairs and now I'm less confused, I really don't think there's too long to wait now :D Day 51: The yellowing has slowed and the colour is coming back, there's been some leaves that I've lost, another 3 what were big and good leaves have been almost cannibalised by the plant, even some of them have taken a slightly greener tinge to them which must be a good sign. I'm going to give her another day just to finish them off, then tomorrow I'll flush, or maybe Tuesday if it's not dry Monday, PH at run off was higher than needed, so Distilled water will help bring it down from 7 to nearer 6.5/6.8 in a couple of days I'll know for sure that she's out of the deficiency then I'll trim the lower leaves that aren't getting much light, as well as trimming off the lower buds that aren't going to become anything, there's a lot of bud sites lower down the plant not getting any light with very little I can do. Im curious about an answer to a question I received saying to tie her down to expose more to the light, I think this is a good idea but I will defoliate first to make the task easier Think we're looking about 4 weeks left! Day 51 (update): Over the course of today I've monitored her quite closely, there was no further yellowing seen at all, and the soil has dried out nicely, tomorrow I will flush with a litre of water and Humic acids, just to promote cell division a little more as we head into this last month. I've defoliated all the dead leaves on the plant and pulled the flowers out slightly to help the light penetrate deeper into the plant to stimulate bud growth lower down the stems, tomorrows water with Humic Acid should boost photosynthesis as well as more leaves getting light! Day 52: Watered this morning before work so no pictures today unfortunatly, I watered with a 1ml in 1ltr solution of the Veg nute listed here, and 1 ml of Humic and Fulvic acids, the runoff was a lot healthier and it was a good amount, the plant seems to have responded well over today, I think tonight will be a fairly substantial growth spurt, the lights have just gone out this second. I guess we'll see what tomorrow brings Day 53: Looks like there's a potassium deficiency building. This has come on quickly over the course of the day, I decided to feed before lights out to try and balance the def out. This makes sense because I cut right back on flower nutes to fix the N def the other day, today I'll water with Bio Bizz - Bloom, I've also begun preparing a banana tea just to give a real kick of K to balance her out a little bit as we head into the final stretch Day 54: K def isn't getting any worse, but it isn't getting any better either, I think there's a need for another water, very possibly tomorrow depending on how she looks, If she can go another day I feel this would be better for the roots. But if I need to feed to balance out the def that's fine too. I think I could possibly do a small water tomorrow with Banana tea just to give a decent dose of K to get through to the morning feed if there's any signs of the K def getting worse Day 55: Soil had completely dried this morning, I decided to give another feed of 1ml Bloom nutes and I also used 4ml of Banana tea into 1litre of water to give a slightly higher k to try and balance the def. without overloading the leaves and burning her at this very crucial stage, PH at run off was just under 7, hopefully today she will balance herself and have another growth spurt, the buds are thickening day by day still, I think once she's balanced she's ready to be defoliated and the smaller flowers underneath can be trimmed away. I also gave 1ml of Humic acid solution to increase the uptake of nutes and step up cell division one last time before the flush, I might flush with Humic Solution to really push the girl to her limits in the last week As can be seen from todays closeups, lots of brown hairs are going orange, but each day new white hairs are sprouting. This is what makes me think there's still some waiting to do, in 2/3 weeks the main cola looks like it's going to swell significantly and put on a good amount of weight