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Yes, it is completely normal. The cotyledons fold back like that to expose the meristem (growing tip). Cotyledons are not really leaves in the true sense, but more of a protective "shield" over the meristem, so it doesn't get damaged when pushing through the soil. The first "true" leaves are the ones with the serrated edges. Hope this helps,.... Organoman.
As 3rd week was starting and plants looked healthy, I started trying LST (a first for me). I tried to inform myself before hand.
- Critical +2: LST applied correctly. The plant responded SUPER quickly. After one day, all leaves were already facing upwards with many new new stems coming up ! This was in less than 24hs. Still can't believe the growth rate of this particular plant. After one day I tightened the strings.
- Moby-D: LST applied correctly. The plant responded well (not SO good as the Critical, though). It also looks very promising.
- Northern Lights: LST Fail ! This was the slowest growing plant since day one. As you can see in one of the pictures, I did LST to the other two plants, but not to this one (due to it's smaller size). Since I don't have too much time during the week, finally I decided to apply LST to this one too. MISTAKE ! Looks like I forced it too much. This resulted in a wounded main stem, which after some hours fell off. Only the first node was remaining after this. I'm keeping the plant, hoping that it can recover to at least get something out of it. Hopefully it will respond to this as a very aggressive topping. Since I'm still beggining Veg, I'm not loosing my hopes on this one yet.
LST Tip for Begginers: use special strings made for tying down plants !!! I made my first try with electric wire and the process was VERY complicated. That same day I went to my local gardener shop to get the real thing and, aside from it costing close to cero (US$ 50 Cents per 5 Meters), it made everything MUCH easier. I think I wouldn't have messed up the Northern Lights with these new wires.
In short, two lessons learned here:
1. Don't rush on LST.
2. Use adecuate materials & tools, or don't even bother doing it at all.
Also, I'm noticing the plants are quickly growing and developing new leafs, however, they are not stretching much. So I will increase the lamp's height in +15cm (50cm -> 65cm) to see how they react.
Aside from this, earlier this week I started feeding the girls. Very slowly ramping up the nutrients on each watering. They seem to be super happy with this so far.
This is my first experience growing indoors and also growing autos. Do you guys think the Northern Lights will survive ? It will recover in some way (I don't care about lower shields) ? Or should I just end it and focus on the other two plants ?
BTW, this community is amazing
Hey Mate,
How many nodes did your damsel develop before the stem snapped? Can go well but not for sure. I use to top my Autos once in a while if I'm brave enough to do it. Some like it, some don't. IMHO your damsel should have minimum 3 nodes. Before, the plant hadn't developed a root System which can handle such a Stress. For example, I topped my Gorilla Glue Auto in this actual run and she liked it. The run before I had my Moby Dick XXL from Dinafem topped and she couldn't handle it and produced Buds the size of a marble. Your Chances are 50:50 that it works out.
Hope this helps a bit, good luck and happy trails for the rest of the way 🤞
Servus,
Oim.
Today I noticed these spots in one of my plants. It doesn’t seem to be any of the usual symptoms (as far as I could check), or at least it’s not clear for me... aside from having these spots in a few leaves, the plant looks healthy... do you guys think I should be worried ?
Dit is naar mijn mening het tabaksmozaïekvirus of TMV.
Het doet me er echt aan denken en ook omdat de vlekjes maar aan één kant aanwezig zijn.
Zolang je planten buiten de plekken gezond zijn en blijven groeien, is dit allemaal gemakkelijk.
Ik voeg een link toe waar alles correct wordt uitgelegd.
https://www.growweedeasy.com/cannabis-plant-problems/tobacco-mosaic-virus-tmv
Ik hoop dat ik kan helpen 🙂
Veel succes! 🌱
The girls are showing great results with LST ! New stems shooting up all over the place.
Even the Northern Lights, which I accidentally topped, looks like it will recover and start shooting stems soon.
I’m a bit worried about the Moby D, since it leaves are kind of curling upwards... not sure what that can be. Finally, those white spots I mentioned last week were not Tobacco Virus, it was just an effect of spraying the leaves. I stopped that and no new spots appeared.
Finally, the Critical +2 is responding amazing to LST ! I can’t wait to harvest this one.
The girls are looking good !
- Critical +2: Amazing growth ! Stems shooted up everywhere and it streched a lot lately. It is just starting to show her first few pistils. I think I will now stop the LST on this one and just let it flower peacefully.
- Moby D: a little bit slower, but still pretty good. I did some defoliation on it to see if I can help it focus on the bud sites. After lowering the PH for this one a bit the leaves are not wrinkled any more. Any tips on how to improve this one ?
- Northern Lights: it recovered great from the broken stem issue... two separate stems appeared on each side and new ones are shooting up from those two. Seeing this results really encourages me to try some topping on my next growth.
Looking good !
Moby Dick is looking more normal now... I think the problem of the wrinkled leaves was just plain old simple overwatering.
Critical looks totally amazing. Cant believe I raised that one.
The northern lights looks kind of like it was mainlined and it’s growing more in the form of a bush. If it manages to stretch a few inches before starting to flower it may produce good results.
I’m happy with how all the plants are turning out !
The Critical grew super quickly.
The Moby D is looking good and starting to flower.
The Northern Lights has recovered amazingly after the accidental topping ! After this experience I will probably try mainlining on my next grow.
Nice growth on all of the plants. Critical’s flowers looking amazing.
Not much care necessary from now on, just water feed and wait for harvest.
How much longer will it be for the critical ? I’ll upload closer pics of the trichomes later this week.
Any tips are welcomed !
Hey guys, I'm writing because I have one mature plant and I'm doubting if it's a good time to start flushing it. Trichomes are starting to look cloudy, but still many are transparent.
Do you think it's time to cut off nutrients ?
Thanks and happy growing !
hey there weedinho, i see almost all clear trichomes so i would say you want to wait until it's closer to 80% even 90% before you start flushing. So you probably have a good ten days maybe more before you want to start your plain water no run off flush for another 2 weeks. Hope this helps ! 🚀
Can someone tell what nutrient is causing the burn on the leaves ? The plant is light green so probably not nitrogen... how would you feed it with biobizz ?
Hi there, those yellow tips burn is Nutrient Burn.Personally I prefer slight tips burn.That means they have enough food.Also I can see your plant almost ready.Start giving plain water and wait for your desired trichome colour. Make her as comfortable as you can until harvest and focus on buds for pests, mold or rot.Happy growing... ✌️
Not much more work to do... I did some light defoliation today to avoid any popcorn buds and I think that’s it until harvest for all my girls. I’ll just keep watering them.
- The critical is the most advanced one... I’m thinking to harvest it in around 2 weeks... so I’ll be starting flushing soon.
- Northern Lights & Moby D have developed many stems and they are looking very even in height throughout the plants. They are not half the height of the Critical, but still have some additional weeks to go
Hey guys ! I’m running out of weed. that’s why I’m thinking on pulling forward harvest for my Critical (at least for a few small buds)for next week. I know they’ll have more effect after, but they’ll have some effect now, right ? Of course I’m considering drying (not curing) time
So, I’m having the same issue lol. I’m vaping some CBD to wait for a couple weeks until I can harvest and dry them. The thing is, if you harvest them now, of course they are going to have the effect, but you are taking the chances of stressing them out and ending up with a smaller yield. I wouldn’t do it, but if you really need, choose a bud from the bottom that has more amber trichomes.
I ended up harvesting the first plant probably a little earlier than I should have. However, I needed the weed... I’ll harvest the other two at the optimum time. For this one, I did the flush and it’s currently drying. I’ll update on grams and taste once it’s ready !
Time to start flush ? Based on the pistils, it looked like I should wait, however, I’m starting to see a few amber trichomes... any thoughts ? Is this two weeks from harvest ?
I experimented once with the clones from the same mother doing half with a flush and half without. I found no difference in taste and strength of the dope. The only benefit of a flush I found to be saving money by not using nutrients for the last week.
No need for flushing , there is no effect in doing that.. here is alink to astudy
https://www.rxgreentechnologies.com/rxgt_trials/flushing-trial/
just keep on feeding her , no need to let her starve
The buds will ripen from top down. But if I was you I would go to straight ph water for your 2 weeks then 48 hours of total darkness, then harvest. Good luck and enjoy the harvest
Hey good luck on your grow bro, I will keep a close watch on it since I am growing the same strains. I just finished growing Moby-D from BSF, and that was my first grow ever. I am now starting to grow Black Dom, Critical and Northern, check out my diaries and don’t hesitate to ask if you need any help. I’m a new grower too but sharing experiences helps a lot.
@Weedinho, Thanks bro! So I don’t think it’s water because I avoid spitting water on the leaves. And that plant was showing those stains since it sprouted. My guess is that it’s a genetic thing, because it’s not affecting growth and it’s not spreading either. I’ll start with the LST on Black Dom and Northern in a couple days. Let’s see how it goes, because I didn’t do it on my previous grow.
@Carrascovsky, just saw your second grow update... it’s going amazing !!! Congrats ! Just one comment on it... your black dom is showing some white spots... one of my plants was doing the same thing. It was solved when I stopped spraying water on the leafs... maybe that helps.
About LST, on your bigger plants I’d start right away ! It worked wonders for my girls.
Good luck and happy growing !
@Weedinho, Yeah, that’s the light I use, and I keep them at 40cm distance. I think 2 things affected the speed growth on my first grow. First one is the soil that I used which was poor in nutrients and I waited too long to start adding the nutrients into the water. And the second reason is that I keep my tent outdoors, which means it’s more affected by the weather, so the temperature was too low at that time. But I’m happy my new grow is growing way faster. I’m thinking about starting with the LST next week, what do you think?
@CRiSPrGrow, thanks man ! Honestly I suspected that... maybe I was just looking for someone to tell me it's time hahahahaha I want to try my plants right now !!!
@Weedinho, Some good spreads on there mate, especially the criticals. Just takes time, you get used to feeling how far you can push em, especially after you've snapped a few 😂. Just watch out as sometimes when you tie a top down it may have a growth spurt overnight and snap, happened to me one of the first times.
Hey bro, your plants are looking awesome! I think you should feed them for only another week or so, and then start to flush. Remember that it’s imperative that you flush them for 2 weeks, I did only one week in my previous growth, and I felt the taste could have been better with a better flush...
@Carrascovsky, great tip man !!! Thanks a lot ! I started flushing the Critical (most advanced one) this weekend... the other two still have 1 or 2 more weeks before starting flushing, right ? Today I'll upload some close up pictures of the trichomes to check their progress. Any other tips are welcomed !!! Can't wait for harvest hahahaha
Hi man, I noticed that you are complaining about white spots on some leaves, an answer from our friend weezy90 is anticipating mosaic virus, my experience with such spots is just a result of spraying water on the leaves which magnifies the lights on the leaves and potentially burn them. my advice that you don't worry about the virus and just stop spraying water on the leaves, the old leaves will keep such color but the new ones will look healthy.
happy growing 💪
@NoraNL, hey, you know what ? Just by coincidence this week I stopped spraying them and surprise ! No more white spots. You’re absolutely right ! Thanks for the info !!!
Hey your plants are looking awesome! Glad to see that your Moby-D is recovering, I think I’m kinda going through the same issue with my Black Dom, after I started the LST, but your advice was still very good, since the other 2 are clearly going to compensate for the smaller yield on Black Dom. But don’t give up on her, Moby-D is a great strain, it’s gonna be very rewarding if you succeed to a get a decent yield from it. Good luck parsa haha
Weedinho
