The smell was great right before harvest. It's starting to come back, so with a good cure, I'm hoping it really pops. It's like a three-part smell. It starts out smelling very citrusy. Then you get a bit of almost like spice, followed by a good earthy smell. Very nice.
The taste so far is really good. Can't wait for the cure. It has a very flower citrus-like taste, backed by an earthy flavor. It's a very pleasant taste, and despite all the nutrient problems, it's not harsh at all. I hope it stays that way.
I have 9 clones going from this and will keep them in veg for a while and definitely train them. They've been topped and LST already. Plan on more topping and maybe fimming also before the flip to flower. Eager to see if they will give me a higher yield after the extra work and time left in veg.
I liked the Fox Farm line-up. I think it works well. The problems with nutrients and pH were all my fault, not the nutrient's fault. Fox Farms works really well, but you will spend some coin getting the whole line-up. For someone doing just a couple of plants, I would highly suggest getting the Dirty Dozen kit. For the $100 it really comes with everything you need for a really good grow.
This works well. Can't go wrong with General Hydroponics stuff. And for the money, you really do get a lot. I'll be using much more General Hydroponic nutrients in the future.
The plants started out great. The big problem was the nutrient issues I had with them. I know now that I overfed them while in veg and it caught up to them while mid-way through flower. Finding out my pH meter was off was also a big set back and didn't help the plants at all. Doing things much differently now, making sure not to repeat those same issues. The yield wasn't too bad, but I was really hoping to get about 2lbs off of them with this setup. Considering the setbacks, I feel lucky to have about 1.5lbs that I did get.
plant 1: 93.1 grams, 3.28 oz
plant 2: 82.2 grams, 2.9 oz
plant 3: 77.5 grams, 2.72 oz
plant 4: 81 grams, 2.86 oz
plant 5: 81.8 grams, 2.89 oz
plant 6: 98.8 grams, 3.49 oz
plant 7: 78 grams, 2.75 oz
plant 8: 111.5 grams, 3.93 oz
Total: 703.9 grams, 24.83 oz
I think these have nitrogen toxicity, wondering what others think? Yellowing of some leaves, I noticed the clawing in some upper leaves. Buds don't seem to be growing much. Any thoughts?
It's hard to say when the pictures are under that light, try to take pictures under normal lighting for better diagnosis.
From what I can tell in these pictures there's actually a Nitrogen (N) abundance and some Phosphorous(P)/Potassium (K) deficiencies which may also be the cause of your buds' poor development (a picture showing where the leaves yellowing is the worst would really help!)
Hope this helps! Good luck and happy growing :)
Nitrogen Toxicity/Abundance, I believe is my problem. As suggested by BluntZilla in my other question it could be lacking P and K as well. Here are pictures under normal lighting in hopes that someone can help out.
Theyre not showing any signs of other deficiencies/toxicities at the moment just the Nitrogen abundance mentioned.
Yes lower the "Grow" or the Nitrogen source in your fertilizer by about 50% but never stop it completely since it may cause a shock and unnecessary stress!
Keep a close eye at your plants and adjust the fertilizing accordingly! if the color goes back to normal then stay at that diet with a slow increase, and if they start showing deficiencies then increase the nutrients accordingly!
Hope this helps! Good luck and happy growing :)
Great job bro the only thing id change is I would definitely look into getting your self an LEP lamp it would replace all those leds be cheaper to run not as hot as HID but gives you super lumens with the spectrum of led it would have doubled your yield easy and you'd only need one from GAVITA 1930lep
@EasyRaider, definitely man PH and sanitation and pest control are the things that are usually overlooked but stillgreatly important to the plants health almost as much as the light lmao happy growing man keep it
@GACiNATI, That would be great, and probably a great upgrade in the future. I would need two for the coverage space that I would need. Actually, four of them for how I plan to set the room up. As things progress, lights will definitely be upgraded.
Learned a lot from this grow. The nutrient problem was probably more of a pH problem. I just found that my pH meter was a full point off. The buds have been stalled since halfway through flower, and I'm pretty sure pH and nutrient issues were a big problem. Need to make sure to fix those problems for the next grow. Also trying autos for the next run, and a different nutrient line. But yes, lights are a must upgrade.