Doc Bud's High Brix Q&A With Pictures

Doc Bud said:
What kind of light are they under and how far away is the light, etc?

First of all, it ain't no big deal. It looks to me like one of two things:

The lower leaves aren't getting much light

or

Your roots aren't completely happy.

You just topped them, so do give a DeStress Foliar, 1/2 oz per quart.

I'd let them get good and dry, prune off anything less than perfect on the lower half of the plant, and then do a rescue drench....let the pot soak in the drench for a good 5 minutes or so.

Your new growth is all good, but if you do what I suggested I think you'll be super stoked on what happens.
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Will do, Doc! I don't think it's a lighting problem, since 9 out of 11 plants look perfect. I'm using a Advanced XML350 with four supplemental small 130 watt Hydro-Grow LED fixtures surrounding the XML. That's about 850 watts total in the 4x4 tent. The lights are mounted about 20 inches above the uppermost growth to the plants.

I'm leaning toward the unhappy soil theory, and will proceed as suggested with a destress foliar right away and a rescue drench for the next watering.

Thanks, Doc!
 
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Graytail said:
I don't trust Brix when the leaves are stressed. I don't see it as a remedy. For leaf stress, I think soil and/or ambient temp/humidity. The leaves aren't doing their customary transpiration thing, so something's in the way. Spraying with Brix would only put more strain on the deficiency. DeStress is more of a food and exudate supplement, so that's more appropriate, but if the issue is leaf fatigue, we still have to figure out why. Kinda like a coolant leak in the car. Sure, fine, add some coolant but ... where did it go? There has to be a leak - gotta find it and fix it eventually.

Bad leaves mean impaired nutrient movement in the plant, or cockeyed soil.

WA10X is a nutrient feed, right Doc?
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Yep. I think it could very likely be the roots. Ditto the Brix application. DeStress is good in this app...totally agree. It's good when the experienced folks start to see similarities in how to use the products.

WayAhead is a micronute foliar with N and P as well. It's a bloom stimulator and supplies manganese, which can be lacking in containers. It's really helping. If you haven't got it, please remind me next time you order anything.
 
Hey Doc...

I wanted to thank you for stopping by my journal and answering a question I posted there. It blew me away. I had made the comment that maybe I should take the picture and my question the the Hi-Brix thread for you to see, and you had already answered before I had a chance. I work awful 10 hour days and a 3 hour commute, so it was like coming home to a big surprise. :partyboy:

I never would have guessed you had time to browse the newb's journals. Especially since we like to take pictures of each new leaf... lol

Thanks again... that was too cool!!!
 
masonman said:
Hey Doc...

I wanted to thank you for stopping by my journal and answering a question I posted there. It blew me away. I had made the comment that maybe I should take the picture and my question the the Hi-Brix thread for you to see, and you had already answered before I had a chance. I work awful 10 hour days and a 3 hour commute, so it was like coming home to a big surprise. :partyboy:

I never would have guessed you had time to browse the newb's journals. Especially since we like to take pictures of each new leaf... lol

Thanks again... that was too cool!!!
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I try to take a look at every High Brix journal, usually daily. As long as the new guy has crew support going strong, I often don't say much.

But I definitely look and see how things are going. I take great pleasure watching first time growers produce elite quality buds.
 
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Doc Bud said:
I try to take a look at every High Brix journal, usually daily. As long as the new guy has crew support going strong, I often don't say much.

But I definitely look and see how things are going. I take great pleasure watching first time growers produce elite quality buds.
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Easy success for newbies was the whole idea in the first place. Nicely done! :thumb:
 
Staked some heavy branches tonight. The DBHBB versions had heavier buds and needed only a couple stakes. Those weren't needed to hold branches up, they were just to separate and place some branches and open the middle of the Agent Orange. The chem plants needed many more stakes, and for structural reasons. DBHBB grows some strong stems. And I was using silica in the chem grow this run so guess that Calcium in the DBHBB soil is kicking major butt!
 
ShiggityFlip said:
Staked some heavy branches tonight. The DBHBB versions had heavier buds and needed only a couple stakes. Those weren't needed to hold branches up, they were just to separate and place some branches and open the middle of the Agent Orange. The chem plants needed many more stakes, and for structural reasons. DBHBB grows some strong stems. And I was using silica in the chem grow this run so guess that Calcium in the DBHBB soil is kicking major butt!
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Calcium and little to no K, I think. Doc? The OG (for salt lovers, has K)drench made some of my branches bend. anyone else?
 
ShiggityFlip said:
Staked some heavy branches tonight. The DBHBB versions had heavier buds and needed only a couple stakes. Those weren't needed to hold branches up, they were just to separate and place some branches and open the middle of the Agent Orange. The chem plants needed many more stakes, and for structural reasons. DBHBB grows some strong stems. And I was using silica in the chem grow this run so guess that Calcium in the DBHBB soil is kicking major butt!
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Good to hear, but not at all surprising. The strong stem thing was noticed immediately on cracking 12 Brix. It's a definite marker for good quality.

The only way to get those super strong stems and heavy yield is properly mineralized, living soil. That's how we get high brix.

As for the silica, those products are sky high in potassium, which is needed in the chem plants because calcium isn't available as it should be. Puffy but often dense buds that dry and break up fast and don't do well in a long cure, and weak floppy stems are the norm....the cell walls are much weaker when potassium is substituted for calcium.

Sugar content is also down, along with terpene variety.

You'll see a huge different come harvest. The chem plants will likely have a strong, one dimensional flavor while the High Brix plants will be smooth and subtle with a much more complex terpene profile. The effect will be the most stark difference.....you'll see.

I'm really looking forward to your progress.
 
DrZiggy said:
Calcium and little to no K, I think. Doc? The OG (for salt lovers, has K)drench made some of my branches bend. anyone else?
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Oh, absolutely. The OG drench softens the stems up right quick! It's exactly what those Chem Dog/OG/Diesel type strains need. That and the new foliar and some blood meal. They come out falling over, about 12 brix and a floppy, sticky, stinky mess of a plant. But it produces such excellent smoke.....
 
Doc Bud said:
Oh, absolutely. The OG drench softens the stems up right quick! It's exactly what those Chem Dog/OG/Diesel type strains need. That and the new foliar and some blood meal. They come out falling over, about 12 brix and a floppy, sticky, stinky mess of a plant. But it produces such excellent smoke.....
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I have a lone Ghost Train Haze #1 hanging on in the back of my tray. Abused, neglected and basically left to thrive in a 3 gal pot. It's at about the 6-week (flower) mark and is lanky with bendy branches. I had no intention of running it out, but had the space. Yes, it's gotten the OG drench twice now and started flopping around 2 days after it's first. It is definitely an ugly mess of a plant...but the smell...oh my. I WILL definitely run this out properly in the near future.

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the stems on my WW are WAY stronger this grow.

normally I can almost tie the WW's in a knot if I wanted to they are so flexible.

this time I was doing a normal LST and one snapped it was so stiff.

a little duct tape and still going strong.
 
There are organic sources of silica you can find, and yes it'll make your stems like steel together with calcium. I use hyperaccumulators in my grows all the time, and they work very well. I'm also running GTH this season. 2 on 3 beans lack vigor and they are dwarfy. The last one grows normally, but is lanky and very delicate. Not impressed so far, looks like a very unstable cross.
 
conradino23 said:
There are organic sources of silica you can find, and yes it'll make your stems like steel together with calcium. I use hyperaccumulators in my grows all the time, and they work very well. I'm also running GTH this season. 2 on 3 beans lack vigor and they are dwarfy. The last one grows normally, but is lanky and very delicate. Not impressed so far, looks like a very unstable cross.
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Conradino what is a hyperaccumulator?


Also here is Agent Orange with 20 days to go!! And this is the bulk up and trichome bulking phase for this strain. More pics in my high Brix thread. As I said there the chem plant has the characteristic orange mandarin bright type aroma. I was surprised to smell the HB version and find it almost Unrecognizable. It is a dark musky citrus with blood orange and grapefruit that would have been the perfect fruit to entice Eve in the garden of Eden. It is deeply captivating and I sat there smelling it until I was noseblind! An amazing complex cocktail of terpenes that left me begging for more. I seriously can't wait to vape this dark musky bouquet.
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Sorry folks, I've been searching but I'm rushing and not having any luck. Will someone pass on the directions for the way ahead and brix spraying, what's the recipe again i promise to write it down this time. .....

Doc, thanks again for the quick response, look forward to my delivery ;)
 
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