Day 42 from seed for the ladies. A whole bunch of growing going on and appetites are increasing. Flipped the light schedule to 12/12 in the Kush tent today - the Livers in the auto tent will stay at 18/6. Time to make some flowers.
Livers BX1
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The Livers had a great week - she's officially gone into flower and responded to last week's increase in feed very well. She's been drinking about 2 litres/day and I've been maintaining her EC at around 1.2 (600 PPM). I trimmed away a few new bud sites from the bottom branches and did a little clean up earlier in the week. I'll let her stretch out a bit more before wrestling her into the ScrOG net - perhaps later this week. She's about 14" tall currently.
Critical Kush
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The Critter is the runt of the litter at 11" tall. She did not take kindly to last week's increase in feed with her PH plummeting and PPMs spiking within 24 hours of the nute boost. I diluted her mix and took her down to a more comfortable level at an EC of .8-.9 (400-450 PPM). I gave her a little bump today to 500 PPM - I think she'll be ok with it, but she'll let me know if not. π‘
Pink Kush
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Pinky has been of the feed-me-more mentality of late, drinking on average about 3 litres/day. Her EC has been sitting around 1.2 and has been her sweet spot. I'll be bumping that up slightly as we transition to flower. She's 17" tall now and rounding out nicely.
The ScrOG net will be making its appearance in the tent soon and it looks like I'll have to get a booster seat for the Critical Kush to even out the top of the canopy.
Looking forward to flower season. Let the stretch begin!
Thanks for tuning in βοΈ
Good luck figuring out your issue. Don't take this as fact lol, but here is what I think is happening and how I would fix it. It almost looks like a Calcium and Phosphorus issue
P messes up a lot of micros absorption (Calcium, mag, FE) and sometimes show deficiencies together. I would do a res change and bump up the P/K and cal-mag slightly, but I would prob feed EC 1.2 and see how she does from there.
Let me know how if you figure it out or how you fix it. π
@Oozle, Wise words. We don't learn how to deal the curve balls unless they're thrown our way. As, you say, at the end of the day it's about the smoke and I think the Livers will be a nice oneπ¨ I appreciate all of your support βοΈ
@StunFlower, bro, she might not be picture perfect, but if she smells good, tastes good, and smokes good, then cheers! I think she still looks fine.. a little messed up, but the buds look great.
I did a reservoir change on the bakers to try and figure it out. All these plants are like a puzzle we are trying to figure out what they want and when they want.. DWC has very little buffer for error.
@Oozle, I very much appreciate your adviceπ After reading your recent post re: your Bakers Delight I'm wondering if light stress isn't a contributing factor to the Liver's woes as well - the light was about 15" above the canopy. I've just raised it to 20". Sadly, the poor plant is looking so stressed now that I don't know that I'll see any significant improvement at this point. If only she looked as good as she smells! Guess I'll have to take my lumps with this run and hope to do better the next time I grow this strain.
@MrGreenFingers, Yes, for now my smaller tent seems to be designated for autos. I had originally intended to use it for vegging but so far that hasn't been the case. I feel fortunate to have scored a few strains from Mephisto - I just happened to catch one of their store openings at the right time. I'm excited to see what develops!
@StunFlower, ah gotcha! I did a sour orange livers a few years back, so have you got a tent for autos and a tent for photos now? Mephisto is great but always out of stock!
I've got a cheap humidifier hooked up to a inkbird controller. It's set up outside of the tents. Keeps the humidity decent. Just have to make sure your room has good airflow, otherwise mildew is imminent.
@MountainMatt, It's an ultrasonic humidifier - I found out the hard way if you use plain tap water the minerals in the water are expelled from the humidifier as fine white dust. It completely clogged my carbon filter within about a week. Hence, the distilled water.
@MountainMatt, I have a small humidifier running (periodically) inside my bigger tent but I really need to find a more sustainable source of distilled water to keep it running. Despite the dry conditions, all plants seem to be doing o.k. at the moment.
Wow, I didn't think the Crit Kush looked that small until I saw that side by side comparison with the Pink Kush. Your roots are super white as always! π
@Oozle, The growth of the Critical Kush really stunted when she was having her issues but the Pink Kush is growing like a beast. Must be those strong @ Barneys genetics πͺ My plants' roots seem to have started getting super white once I started using Diamond Nectar.
Stinks how low your humidity is.
Look on the bright side, at least you figured out 1.6 was too much for your plants at this stage lol. I am always trying to find the limits haha.
Good luck next week.