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first time growing my own medicine. being from the uk there was only one strain i could start with...cheese, started with 4 seeds 2 of each but one didn't make it. other 3 going strong though
started lst possibly a bit late as my main stem is thick and not to bendy, but are responding well and starting to look bushy
also bought a 10 litre dehumidifier as was getting way to humid at night. upto 80% .needed to correct this before flowering. best investment yet now i have control over the humidity
responding well to lst filling out nice plenty of potential bud sites. did break the main stem on one the royal cheese plants by bending a bit to far... so taped up and hoping for the best
flowering has begun. looking good to me not that im even a novice yet lol
1 the cheese plants didn't take to defoliation (the one in back corner) and stopped growing for a bit so isn't in flower yet which throws off using my dent to dry
they are thirsty girls though. feeding around 23ml of a &b per 10 litres everyday almost. each taking around 3 litres before producing around 15% run off
ec is 1.5 going in and the same in the run off. awaiting my bud booster in the mail opted for atami bloombastic after a friend recommended it.
The cheese plant i broke (front right) is still going strong. it seemed to think it had been topped n threw out some extra bud sites but the main one is still going strong. its the biggest with the most bud sites
The royal cheese is stretching and bud are developing nicely. the stunted royal cheese plant has grown the most this week. Stretching to the same height as the others but is only just starting to flower so is almost 2 weeks behind the others. still awaiting my bloombastic. covid has royal mail flat out so to be expected. added photo of the break has healed at a strange angle lol but is still thriving. last 2 pic are of the runt of the litter is literally 3 times bigger than last week. taking around 3 litres feed 25 ml per 10 litre each of a&b. feeding ec 1.5. run off exactly the same as whats going in
still growing well buds forming nicely. they wanted more nutes this week though. run off was becoming low ec. gradually brought them up to 1.8 ec. run off for the 2 royal cheese is the same as going in however the blue cheese run off ec is 1.5 atm so a bit lower. my bloombastic finally arrived so will be starting to use that in the next day or 2. will; be interested myself to see the difference in a week. Hopefully be worth it. pulled a few more leaves off that were blocking sites and the lower growth that wont be missed. the runt cheese plant is still stretching. is flowering nicely jus a week or 2 behind the others. for my first grow i think im doing alright and excited to see the results
After upping the nutrients last week and starting to use bloombastic i noticed my ec in the run off starting to rise. Was feeding at 1.8 but getting 2.0 out of two plants and 2.2 from another. Some of the tips have burnt but is very minor. also the slower growing cheese plant had some tips clawing down. so for the next feed i dropped the nutrients completely and just gave 5ml of bloombastic per 10 litres in phd water it had ec of 0.5. plants seem fine and back on feeding intake being 1.5 and run off around the same. i think the sweet spot for these is around 1.5/1.6 ec. Buds are fattening up nicely but the blue cheese is no where near as frosty as the cheese and the cheese has so many buds growing on it its amazing me especially after snapping the top half around week 4 defiantly my favourite baby
feeding well all taking around 2.5 litres each day to get 20% run off. ec in run off is back to normal sitting around 1.6. using 15ml each of a&b and 10 ml of bloombastic per 10 litres of water ph at 6. the blue cheese is fattening up nicely the cheese not as much and the slower cheese is starting to stack and fill in gaps. the slower cheese is nearly twice the height of the other 2 and has stretched to the light at its highest position. some light leaf curling from being so close but doesn't seem to have burnt it so just leaving now. will do a heavy defoliation next week as will be getting close to flush and be ready for the buds to swell.
Edit day 66 my microscopic camera arrived so done my best at getting some pics of the trichomes. any advice on when to start flushing for 2 weeks. 2 pictures of each plant in question added
Hello - I would consider immediately harvesting based on those amber trichomes and some trichome degradation going on.
Have you been applying full strength feeds up to this point?
Did you feed plain water at all recently?
If you flush now and wait another week to harvest you are going to have a lot more amber going on. I’m ok with that, not sure it’s what you prefer.
Good job, congrats, enjoy your hard work. Good luck
So my microscopic camera came on the weekend after checking the trichomes to my surprise i was advised to harvest asap due to have some amber already. they were receiving full nutes up until 4 days ago. since then I've been flushing. i was still receiving high runoff ec readings after 2 days of flush so have since put around 30 litres of water through each plant all now have ec of around 0.3/0.4. thinking of doing the same tomorrow to wash last of the nutes out then will put them into 48hrs of darkness before chopping unless anyone can advise me different?
easy strain to grow defiantly recommended to a beginner like myself. overall happy with the whole process little to no problems and a nice pile of meds at the end
would recommend this strain also grew without any issues and developed really nicely had amber trichomes on week 9 from seed. not smoked any yet so will report back
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