Drazel
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The plants are looking great Ms. Frizz. I'm curious as to whether or not queen sativa's high will be more "racy". Also I wish I could take a whiff of your tent lol
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The plants are looking great Ms. Frizz. I'm curious as to whether or not queen sativa's high will be more "racy". Also I wish I could take a whiff of your tent lol
Yeah its a 400 watt mh/hps with 2 old style mars 300s. Little over 700 watts in a 4 x 2 x 6. Its bright, thats for sure. And hell yes, that transfer pump is one of the best purchases i have ever made. More folks should use em.Thanks for the pics and stats about your WW grow Lazarus! What kind of lighting do you have setup? Looks like a HPS with supplemental LED's, similar to what I am using. Also, that fuel transfer pump makes DWC soooo much easier with regards to nute maintenance. It appears that we have similar taste!
That is a very beautiful first grow you have there! You're doing an amazing job, keep it up! I'm excited to see how they'll look like towards the end of the harvest, I hope you'll be posting until the end because I abandoned my first grow journal haha. I'm on my second grow and second journal now and I'm planning to finish it! I'll be updating it tomorrow, it'll be the 5th week of flowering. Check it out in my signature, it'd be nice to have comments! We have a similar setup, we could both learn from each other
Hello friends, this is Day 32 of flowering. Our district gave us today off to get caught up on grading but the power might go out soon (huge storm headed for the PNW region) so I figured I would take some time this morning and check on the girls.
I hadn't had time this week to adjust pH, and it was down to ~5.2 in most of the buckets . So I made a batch of nutes and pH'd it to 6.5 and topped off all the buckets, and now they are back to that nice 5.8-6.0 range.
Also, I decided to try out backbuilding (snipping off the tip of top buds) on Queen Sativa's 5 tallest colas. If you haven't read Light Addict's thread on backbuilding I highly recommend it. The TLR version is: by snipping the tip of the cola you encourage the plant to send more growth to lower buds and this results in denser, more aesthetically pleasing buds and a larger yield. I will see how these colas respond to it and then try it out on the other plants if all goes well. You are supposed to do it when the plant is more than halfway through flowering but I feel like those colas need to STAHP getting any taller (they are 2 feet long now).
As always, questions, comments, feedback are appreciated, especially if anyone has tried backbuilding before and would like to share their experience!
Hello man, what can I say to not repeat myself? You got it all covered they look happy you are happy, super! I did the backbuilding and you could have taken smaller part, but it's done, you did it right. I think it works great and everybody who did it was happy and confirms it. So feel free to backbuild all your girls I think it's worth it. Also when you see some tiny ass sucker this late to the flower feel free to snip it off too it won't do your big colas any good. That's my comment. I hope I will be able to pull off something like you in the future! Keep it up!
Hi Tomula, thanks for the "tip"(pun intended) about removing slightly less per snip, I ended up doing the rest of the buds today. It was a total of about 90 snips (60 ish main colas and 30 lateral buds that made it to the top). I just kept looking at pictures from you and other growers who backbuilt and finally was like "I just want to do the whole tent!". Pics to come in a few days after they have responded.
Also, thank you for the comment "I hope I will be able to pull off something like you in the future! Keep it up!". Those are the words that really make a person feel special . The funny part is, I was thinking the same thing about you when I was reading your journal, especially the last pic in your post today (absolutely gorgeous close-up of the bud). I guess the bud is always greener on the other side, eh?
My goodness ms.frizz , the plants look great and that harvest looks like it's gonna be a heavy one! Keep up the good work.
Ahahahaha, you got me with the last one. Thank you for the good laugh! We are all very special. Some of us just do not realize it.
Good morning Frizz, your bud forest is blowing my mind! The size of those colas and your harvest goals are very respectable. 3lbs every 4 months, are you a heavy smoker then? I would be soo down for 3lbs every 4 months but funds and space are tight for now. You have a similar sized tent to mine but your lights are way more powerful. But if I could manage 3lbs every four months I'd be set for life. You've helped me re-evaluate my grow goals after seeing your set up haha.
I just have one comment on backbuilding. I have yet to do this technique but I sure as heck intend to try it out. I think I agree with Tomula on amount needed to take. From Light Addicts thread: "He advised me to take 3 white hairs and a couple of the tiny green points off end of buds". I'm sure with all your light power it wont make a huge difference but may be good to know for the future. All in all you seem to have this hobby mastered before your first grow is even over so major props to you. Have a great weekend man!