Keffka's Stonington Soil, Bag Seed, 2022 Setup Indoor Grow

[Keffka]

Still weed right?
More bud building over the next weeks Keffka!

Exactly, she won’t hear any complaints from me, don’t bite the hand that “weeds” you

 

[Keffka]

Day 51.. Temps dropped last night to 54.. someone left a window open upstairs. She’ll just take a little longer to warm up, should’ve actually helped push some extra production, and has deepened the colors on the plant. I took a bunch of pics this morning

 

[Keffka]

Pt 2

 

[Gee64]

Nice shoot! Such long hairs

 

[Gee64]

Keffka have you checked the trichomes lately? They look as beautiful and long as her hair does

 

[Keffka]

Keffka have you checked the trichomes lately? They look as beautiful and long as her hair does

I checked about 2 or 3 days ago.. a few of them have begun clouding up.. there’s still quite a few clear ones but the process has definitely begun.

The temps dropped to 54 F again last night.. this time it was because it dropped below 20 F outside and the attic being uninsulated can only keep up so much with the radiator heating. While at first I thought this would be a problem, I’m starting to think, at this point in flower it’s actually really kicking up her final production push. She is really starting to push off a deep scent that I can now smell downstairs, her colors are coming in quite deep and beautiful, and the buds are beginning to feel dense and sticky.

I can see why temps going that low during veg, pre flower and stretch wouldn’t be very beneficial, it’s all about vertical, lateral, and root growth, which low temps slow down. However, in flower, I think the lower temp is sending an enzymatic signal to the plant to do everything in its power to propagate before winter comes, which means extra trichome and resin production to catch wayward pollen, possibly even additional budding to expand flower size.

 

[Keffka]

Here’s a cross section of both a Monocot and dicot root tip. Cannabis is a dicot. Im also trying to figure out how to utilize the gallery to be able to edit my picture titles and tags

Root Tip Cross Section

• Keffka
• Nov 20, 2022
• #crosssection #roots

An image of a cross section of a monocot and dicot

 

[Gee64]

That cold air will tell her winters coming. Time to change the colors of your leaves and finish up. I love seeing fall colors on a strain for the 1st time. You never know what color she will turn. Unfortunately the Durban that I mostly grow just yellows out. I had a strain of Rose Kush that went orange, pink, and light brown like well milked coffee and it would change colors throughout the days in the end. I crossed her outdoors with a stinky C-99 male a year ago and havent grown them out yet. Scratch and Wins lol. Its tough when you are limited to 4 plants. 1st world problems I guess. I cant wait to see the finish. You put alot of work into this one!

 

[Gee64]

As soon as you notice a color change you can lay off any added nitrogen, shes using up whats already stored in the lower leaves. Dont pluck any lower leaves until they are fully spent and dry or she will start to eat the next one up too soon. Sinsemilla is close, close enough to smell!

 

[Keffka]

Practiced my trichome photography today.. I’m thinking I’ll use my wife’s IPhone 13 pro max blah blah blah with the macro lense next time and see if that can give me higher resolution.. It’s looking like we’ve got even more cloudy trichs out and I even saw one or two amber here and there.. all in all she looks like she’s right on schedule

 

[Keffka]

Trichs pt 2

 

[Keffka]

Pt 3

 

[Keffka]

Deficiencies simplified and in one place

Deficiencies

• Keffka
• Nov 21, 2022
• #deficiencies #deficiency #deficient

Deficiencies simplified and in one spot

 

[Keffka]

We have foxtailing! It’s hard to see but where she’s swelling most is foxtailing and it looks so quality! Based on what I can see this is extremely desirable.. The areas she’s foxtailing are where she looks dense already and it’s absolutely coated in trichomes around the fox tails.

Following Revs logic and notes, this is exactly what a quality sativa should be doing as she finishes up.. I’d be concerned if it occurred during the first half of flower but she’s already bulked up so I’ll take the extra trichome and terpene concentrations.

 

[Keffka]

I think I am going to back her away from the light on Thursday, Day 56 to signal to her the end is nigh. Not much, but enough so that she recognizes it’s almost over. Hopefully that should really kick resin production into banshee mode. All of her buds feel fat, stiff, and sticky already, these last 2 weeks should be interesting.

 

[Gee64]

Man I hope you get some nice foxtailing. Its really cool to see close up. Before you back the light away do an honest assessment on your plant of where the larf-line is. Then measure down from the light to the larf-line. Everything above the line is your lights gro-zone. Next grow you will have a reference point so you can delarf earlier to help out the small pot situation earlier and also end up with beefier buds above the line. Shes a beauty Keff

 

[Keffka]

Man I hope you get some nice foxtailing. Its really cool to see close up. Before you back the light away do an honest assessment on your plant of where the larf-line is. Then measure down from the light to the larf-line. Everything above the line is your lights gro-zone. Next grow you will have a reference point so you can delarf earlier to help out the small pot situation earlier and also end up with beefier buds above the line. Shes a beauty Keff

You and I must be on the same brain wavelength or something.. I took this picture and edited 2 days ago Every branch below that Line needs to go next time and that will remove everything except the mains

 

[Gee64]

Haha beauty! If we are on the same wavelength then all I can say is this..."My god your poor wife!

 

[StoneOtter]

Making that line will improve your buds even more if you can believe it!

 

[Keffka]

“Banding, on the other hand, is a way to apply fertilizer (and compost and humus) to the soil before planting so plants will get off to a quick start. It involves putting a band of fertilizers in the root zone. This band should be about 2 inches (5 cm) away from where the plants or seeds will go in and be about 2 inches (5 cm) deeper than where seeds are planted. For transplants, place the band 3 to 4 inches (7.5 to 10 cm) below where transplants will go into the garden.

Banding is used especially when applying nutrients that are immobile in soil, particularly phosphorus and potassium, which need to be near the roots for efficient uptake. Studies have shown a 50 percent increase in phosphorus and potassium uptake when fertilizer is placed in a band, rather than broadcast.

You can spot band by putting a bit of fertilizer in a hole and planting around it. This is a great way to apply immobile phosphates and potassium in autumn, as well as some of fertilizers that take a
bit of time before they are mineralized, such as colloidal phosphate and feather meal. It is also a great system for starting plants.” - Jeff Lowenfels Teaming with Nutrients

Holy cats.. That right there is reason enough to always layer/spike