And the prices in the rec stores are insane. $10 to $15 a gram? Who the hell can afford that?
Right? Not me, plus the stuff they sell for the price at the stores isn't even that decent quality.
It's 20 here.... 100 for a gram of wax ....
Wow man, 100 a gram for wax is nuts man. That suuuucks.
I'm still scratching my head over what's up with the plants. It looks like some kind of magnesium issue, but I don't think it's a lack of it. My soil test showed substantial amounts of both calcium and magnesium, but I'm not sure the ratio is right, though I remember bob taking a looking at it and thinking it looked good. The soil in the 5 gallon buckets is a little bit different as I'd run out and had to start mixing in Sunshine #4 with my hot-mix, but I don't know how dissimilar it should really be and the ones in the tested soil are showing slight signs of this as well. Reading up, I found that sometimes excesses can cause a slowed uptake of magnesium, especially in larger plants. So it might make since why the problem is more pronounced in the large plants, and especially ones with more light ( doing more photosynthesis ). Still I'm not really sure what the actual problem may be, because the pH is right about 7 so the only thing I can think of is excess nutrients instead of a deficit. There's not really much I can do for that either since unlike synthetic nutrients, I can't just flush the pot to equalize things. I may have to just flower these like this...
Does anybody know if the fact that they're monster cropped could have anything to do with this? It's such a shame, I was really stoked at the branching on these.
Ones in 5 gallon buckets under a 315 W CMH
The ones in the 3 gallon pots under the T5 are much healthier looking, but still showing some issues...
I'm gonna try making giving them some tea on their next water. I fed with a really light EarthJuice nutrient solution last time, mostly to try to feed the soil microbes more than the plant, but it looks like they've improved, so I do think there's some issues with my herd and I'm not gonna be able to go water-only from here on out.
I really can't help the feeling that this has something to do with the frequent spinosad spraying, so I've tried to lessen the frequency from every 2 days to every 3 because I think some of the runoff is keeping the soil too moist and that is part of the problem. I don't feel like the possibility of it being a problem of excess is as great as it being a problem with the soil being too wet, because ever since these were transplanted, the soil has not had much time to dry out. Then logic follows, that the 3 gallon pots dried faster, and wouldn't you know it, those are healthier. According to Jorge, excessively moist soil can block magnesium as well.