Hey guys.. Quick-ish update..
Plants are OK.. The LSD is doing alright; still a bit pale, and the flowers small-ish, but 4-5 weeks to go (halfway), and they should start putting on some weight any day now.. They look nice. Won't be a huge haul, but she smells good, and there are a lot of flowers. Nice amount of frost on her; waiting for more.. Might chuck in a bit of molasses next feed..
The TNTK is not doing so well.. In the pics you'll see some leaf pics that look like (to me, based on a bit of research), leaf Septoria, which is from moisture sitting on the leaves and/or excessive high RH. I've removed o LOT of necrotic leaves..blotchy, rapidly yellowing with dried out-crispy dead end. Fast dyers..
But I don't have high RH, and I never water the leaves, so no moisture sits around on anything... I have noticed once or twice on all my grows where there WAS water sitting where two leaves were touching...so who knows how these things start...
I'm more inclined to think, though, that the "Septoria" probably an indication of root/Pythium issues due to the cold weather here. Min temps getting down to 8-11C. Turned extraction down to almost nothing, but...
There's no bad smell or anything coming from the roots (yet), so I guess we'll see if that's what's happening. Don't wanna risk making it worse by pulling her out to check. Gave them a mini flush, then emptied most of the res and let them sit for a few days; fed 2 days ago with a couple drops of H202, then emptied most of the res again but the girls just are not drinking.
The LSD, in that case, is clearly a nice, hardy strain. The TNT is obviously a bit more sensitive. She stopped growing about 10 days ago, and appears to be almost finished!!
I reckon I could harvest her and get away with it; the good news is that she is one of the best-smelling plants I have grown.. Just a really delicious, sweet almost-candy smell. The sugar leaves are purple-ing at the edges..And she is STICKY!
But 4 weeks is not enough.. Supposed to get warm again this week up here; in the sun it's nice during the day...
But in the shade or if a breeze picks up, it's quite cool (middle of winter, right?). But even here in sunny QLD, or at least where I am, the nights and mornings are getting down there. 4-5C last couple days, and there was ice on a puddle under my deck this morning.
ICE.
I honestly cannot say that I've ever seen ice like that here... Very mild frost, occasionally, but I'm too close to the coast for ice!
ANYWAY. TNT Kush will either recover or not.. Academic now. Defo gonna have to come up with a heating solution for next year....
Reptile pad in the intake is an idea I floated once.. Pity I forgot! I always wanna have a break from growing over the summer due to the heat... Might need to think about having the winter off instead..
Pics, Dammit!
Leaf pics... These look good compared to some I pulled off.. Worse when there's ten just like it!
Decided to vac-bag my First Lady after about 6-7 weeks in the jar. It was around 62-3%RH.
Most of the stuff to the left will be smoked first; to the right, most of it (around 30g), will go into storage. Some nice buddage, if I say so myself, and it smokes up nice.. Final smell is like citrus/watermelon, if that makes sense... Smells great! Nice clean high, not too much body-stone. A bit of a creeper, which I like...
These are from yesterday and this morning..
Halfway mark. LSD should be good. Despite the colour, and the cold, she is still growing slowly. Her leaves are still pointed up and the flowers coming along nicely. I would have liked more flower size by now, but there is a lot of sites and a lot of time left. Maybe that means I'm still not quite at half way... Should get a bit warmer soon, so fingers crossed for a growth spurt.
Otherwise, it's all good. I'll pop new seeds in the next few weeks no matter what; maybe give em 20/4 light until it warms up more.. If I am forced to harvest the TNT early, then so be it. She'll smoke up okay.
Cheers!!