Strawberry Cough? Yes Please! LOS Grown

I found this pic of the mother of the current strawberry cough taken on day 21. I had to bring it as i would have lost it. This is what I'm trying to avoid by having good soil and watering enough. I wouldn't doubt water is the culprit. Today is day 8 and I have a good feeling. Poor thing.
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"Every day, in every way, you're getting better and better." :)

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InTheShed said:
"Every day, in every way, you're getting better and better." :)

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Kind of hit that nail on the head Shed. I thought I was ocd. My headache just went away. Thanks!
 
She's slowing stretch after only a week. Here's how a branch is shaping up.
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Have you smoke the Strawberry Cough before Otter?
 
Van Stank said:
Have you smoke the Strawberry Cough before Otter?
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I grew one 2 grows ago in Michagan mix soil and bottle organic nutes. A torturous grow for her but she yielded some delicious daytime or anytime smoke. You actually saved that plant from the trash can when I thought she was infected with a virus or something communicable when it was that she was touchy to any feeding at all. I find the balance just right for casual smoking and she has deep rich flavors. I can't wait to see the difference now she's in true LOS.
 
stoneotter said:
pic of the mother of the current strawberry cough
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It looks like mom grew pretty well,even though she looked a bit rough- her offspring really digs the LOS,and she's shaping up beautifully!
 
carcass said:
It looks like mom grew pretty well,even though she looked a bit rough- her offspring really digs the LOS,and she's shaping up beautifully!
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She yielded good. I took it personally when I couldn't figure how to get her to be happy. You know, growing without issues. I haven't been successful with her yet but i'm on track now for a good finish I believe. I'm fighting with myself wanting to feed her some AACT but I'm afraid she'll burn out again. This is a soil test too. I don't know the limit of it yet. I don't really want to find it with this one.
 
Looks healthy to me! Keep on keeping on. :slide:
 
InTheShed said:
Looks healthy to me! Keep on keeping on. :slide:
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Hey Shed. I think so too. Only 55 days to go. If I can get her to stay green I'll be a happy camper! I'm almost sure she's on track for a blizzard starting any day now.
 
carcass said:
^^This^^-Keep doing what you're doing-it's definitely working just fine !
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Haha. 3.5 gallons water every 2 days. May ramp up from here I hope.
 
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There's something happening I don't understand. I water every 2 days. Volume has been going up regularly. Last few waterings have gone like this: 3 1/2 gal, 3 1/4 gal, 3 gal before runoff. She's 14 days in flower today and showing good growth and color, and lots of buds to my eye. I did expect to level off at some point, not lower in volume. For no scholarly reasons my thoughts are first, microbes might be needing a boost as I haven't had the stomach to try an AACT fearing she'll drop her leaves again. She might be healthy enough to try looking at her. Second is gnats. I'm treating them and do not see a lot so I don't think they damaged her roots. One treatment of neem about a week before this started, I hope that didn't do it, and a bit of Safers garden dust every 15 days.
I'm going to see what happens one more time on this schedule and hope it levels out are my thought.
What are your thoughts? Keep in mind she looks like a million bucks.:thanks:
 
My thoughts about your watering is that due to gravity, more water is obviously going to collect at the bottom of the pot so when the top is bone dry, the bottom still holds water, yet also due to the roots being more plentiful up high than down low, they're not able to uptake the water from the bottom fast enough. Over on the Brix thread, I see people countering this by giving a half watering between to allow the bottom of the pot to actually dry out while you're wetting the top. This encourages root growth down bottom and when you get to your full watering, all of your soil is equally dried.

Also, the Brixxers top dress their pots with earth worm castings and water them into the soil to replenish the micro herd. It's my opinion that you can do the same and bypass making an AACT.
 
Skybound said:
My thoughts about your watering is that due to gravity, more water is obviously going to collect at the bottom of the pot so when the top is bone dry, the bottom still holds water, yet also due to the roots being more plentiful up high than down low, they're not able to uptake the water from the bottom fast enough. Over on the Brix thread, I see people countering this by giving a half watering between to allow the bottom of the pot to actually dry out while you're wetting the top. This encourages root growth down bottom and when you get to your full watering, all of your soil is equally dried.

Also, the Brixxers top dress their pots with earth worm castings and water them into the soil to replenish the micro herd. It's my opinion that you can do the same and bypass making an AACT.
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That's something I did to get the water to what I thought was in balance but I see I read the message wrong. I'm going to do that again. Now I have to make a schedule. OYE! Light watering got me in trouble not too long ago. Ok on the second day i'll give a gallon to top it off. It's 15 gal cloth. Then one or maybe two days to full water? One my belly is saying.
 
stoneotter said:
That's something I did to get the water to what I thought was in balance but I see I read the message wrong. I'm going to do that again. Now I have to make a schedule. OYE! Light watering got me in trouble not too long ago. Ok on the second day i'll give a gallon to top it off. It's 15 gal cloth. Then one or maybe two days to full water? One my belly is saying.
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I'm not yet in my soil to have any experience, but when I do get into it, I'm planning to rely heavily on my ability to feel the situation out. If I had to guess right this minute, I believe I would spread a little water over the whole top of the soil, enough to maybe penetrate 1 or 2 inches, and do that maybe every 12 hours or so as needed to keep the top moist while the bottom dries, but that is just my best guess. My rockwool dries evenly so this isn't a problem I regularly encounter.

I suggest asking for advice on any of the brix threads as they all sub to each other's page, so any one of them would likely be a fine place to seek advice on the topic.
 
Skybound said:
I'm not yet in my soil to have any experience, but when I do get into it, I'm planning to rely heavily on my ability to feel the situation out. If I had to guess right this minute, I believe I would spread a little water over the whole top of the soil, enough to maybe penetrate 1 or 2 inches, and do that maybe every 12 hours or so as needed to keep the top moist while the bottom dries, but that is just my best guess. My rockwool dries evenly so this isn't a problem I regularly encounter.

I suggest asking for advice on any of the brix threads as they all sub to each other's page, so any one of them would likely be a fine place to seek advice on the topic.
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Good idea.
 
Have you seen my thoughts on 2 stage watering @Skybound ? Here is a cut and paste from one of my answers to a question about this on my profile:
I hate that advice to start in large containers... it makes it so hard to water properly! The solution is to remember that there are actually 2 sets of roots on our weed, the top spreader roots and the bottom feeder roots. You can save yourself from this potting problem (lets say mistake and get everyone going) by partially watering, with about 1/3 what you would normally use, to just soak in to the first 3 inches or so. This lets the top spreader roots, that were designed to scoop up a quick rain's water before deep rooting cash crops could get it, grab all that water, keep the plant's metabolism high, and even get some nutes in there. Your goal is to give just enough for this to happen, but not enough that gravity will drop it to the bottom and add to the water table that you are trying hard to get used up. I would do this about every 3 days, until the bottom finally dries out and you can properly water the entire container. Hopefully before bloom gets underway, you can get these processes to sync up and be able to properly water each time.
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Emilya said:
Have you seen my thoughts on 2 stage watering @Skybound ? Here is a cut and paste from one of my answers to a question about this on my profile:
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Thanks again Em. I can use that formula! I had her going good but I think I need to do it again for a bit.
 
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