Volksball's First Grow: White Widow Feminized Grow Journal 2018

[Emilya Green]

Got the shot it didn’t cover that strain they didn’t know it was in the area , went to town once four days earlier.

Yes, CDC says there is an outbreak of it coming... you are probably part of that. I was just in a meeting yesterday about that very thing. Nothing worse than getting on a plane and seeing 4 or 5 people with medical masks on... I refuse to fly coach this time of year. So far I have avoided getting coughed on.

 

[West Hippie]

Yes, CDC says there is an outbreak of it coming... you are probably part of that. I was just in a meeting yesterday about that very thing. Nothing worse than getting on a plane and seeing 4 or 5 people with medical masks on... I refuse to fly coach this time of year. So far I have avoided getting coughed on.

I went to Walmart at 4:30 in the morning the check out was all I contacted with!

 

[Emilya Green]

yep, if you are in an outbreak zone it is just a matter of time before you come in contact with someone. If you see someone sick who handles something you need to touch, be sure to wash your hands asap, and will yourself not to touch your eyes, lips etc until you do. Sometimes, there is nothing you can do... someone sneezes or coughs in your direction, and you are toast. I dislike flu season like the plague.

 

[volksball]

Good morning,

Looking at the girls this morning, it's difficult to see if any positive changes have happened. In fact, it may be harder to say that it hasn't gotten worse. I'm trying to be patient, as I'm not sure what the turnaround time is with adding CalMag, but the affected leaves are showing some yellow spotting, which will likely match the brown spots in time. Unaffected leaves are still fine and thriving, so I imagine the problem isnt spreading too quickly, or they will be affected in time.

They're showing no ill effects of the overwatering; they're growing steadily as seen by the branches that were trained horizontally have turned upward and have grown a length.

I will continue to monitor their progression, but fear that maybe my soil is still too acidic. It very well might be the residual effects of the calcium deficiency and regardless of the added supplements/flush, it was going to happen to those leaves once the symptoms started showing in the first place. I'm fairly certain that this is a Cal deficiency, as all that I've read and been told matches the symptoms I'm seeing: yellow to brown spotting. Why the deficiency? That is the question. Please forgive the coloring of the photos - the MH does that. The yellowing is clear, but any shiny spots, are actually brown.

Who knows?

Thx.

 

[volksball]

Good afternoon,

It looks as if the spreading of the spots has slowed or at least limited itself to the affected leaves. The plants are growing at a steady pace and new growth tips are showing up everywhere! I won't be so quick to say that they're out of the woods, because itll take time before we know for sure, but signs seem to be pointing in the right direction. Fingers crossed.

At what point should I crank up the light from 50% (or 500w) to 75% or even 100%? They seem to be growing well at the time being, but I'd hate to have them not get sufficient light at this stage of life.

Thx.

 

[volksball]

Happy new year!

The girls seem to moving at different paces now. As you'll see, from left to right, far left is growing quickly and multiplying rapidly. Center, who has experienced the most trauma in what I still believe to be a Cal deficiency, has slowed down, but has grown new shoots. She is still showing yellow/brown spotting and some bleaching. It seems to have stunted her development quite a bit. And far right seems to be in between the other two. Growing new tips fairly steadily, but not at the rate as the one on the far left.

Oddly, they are not all showing the same level of symptoms of what should be the same deficiency. The symptoms are the same, but vary in their severity. A note that seems significant and possibly a cause of their differing symptoms: the best growing pot seems to dry quickest, while the most affected plant dries the slowest and the one which falls in between seems to be drying at a rate somewhere in between the other two. The severity of their symptoms correlates with the rate in which they dry. Fastest drying = most healthy. I've been watering them all at the same time, but as I'm learning, they may not need to be watered at the same time. They do not, however, show drooping or what I would see as overwatering.

If anyone has any thoughts, I'd love to know how to get the other two up to speed, or at least the sickest girl to come around. And, should I be trimming some of the fan leaves off of the new branches to allow light to penetrate?

Thanks and all the best this year!

 

[Pennywise]

Every plant is a law unto itself, you could have a number of siblings needed different things at different times. If one is really different maybe water/feed it desperately so you can give it what it needs.

 

[volksball]

Every plant is a law unto itself, you could have a number of siblings needed different things at different times. If one is really different maybe water/feed it desperately so you can give it what it needs.

Thank you. I think I'm slowly coming to understand that. I'll try that and see if I can figure her out.

 

[Pennywise]

Do you have a closeup of the plant with spotty leaves?

 

[volksball]

Do you have a closeup of the plant with spotty leaves?

I just stepped out, but as soon as I'm in I'll take one better than the ones posted. I find the MH in the tent really kills the contrast of the photos.

 

[Pennywise]

Lights are hard to take pics under.

 

[volksball]

Lights are hard to take pics under.

Ha...Another thing that I'm learning.

 

[Emilya Green]

Happy new year!

The girls seem to moving at different paces now. As you'll see, from left to right, far left is growing quickly and multiplying rapidly. Center, who has experienced the most trauma in what I still believe to be a Cal deficiency, has slowed down, but has grown new shoots. She is still showing yellow/brown spotting and some bleaching. It seems to have stunted her development quite a bit. And far right seems to be in between the other two. Growing new tips fairly steadily, but not at the rate as the one on the far left.

Oddly, they are not all showing the same level of symptoms of what should be the same deficiency. The symptoms are the same, but vary in their severity. A note that seems significant and possibly a cause of their differing symptoms: the best growing pot seems to dry quickest, while the most affected plant dries the slowest and the one which falls in between seems to be drying at a rate somewhere in between the other two. The severity of their symptoms correlates with the rate in which they dry. Fastest drying = most healthy. I've been watering them all at the same time, but as I'm learning, they may not need to be watered at the same time. They do not, however, show drooping or what I would see as overwatering.

If anyone has any thoughts, I'd love to know how to get the other two up to speed, or at least the sickest girl to come around. And, should I be trimming some of the fan leaves off of the new branches to allow light to penetrate?

Thanks and all the best this year!

There is not much you can do to get all of the girls on the same schedule except wait extra long for one, and water another one early... trying to match up the watering times, but this only works if you have them all on about the same wet/dry schedule. Its much easier to do this when you start them all off with a good watering method from the very beginning, but even then, they each do their own thing.
The leaves that have been damaged with the magnesium deficiency will never repair themselves fully. The leaves will get green again around the rust spots, but the spots will never go away. Some plants will never get a deficiency of this kind and yet others will, even being in the same garden and getting the same treatment. Some plants are just more magnesium hungry than others, but I would estimate that without supplement, at least half of all the plants I have ever grown have needed extra magnesium and calcium. Calmag is almost a necessary thing to have in a cannabis grow room.
I trim away leaves (not the big fan leaves) that either get turned upside down and under the canopy after LST and I trim any leaves that are sitting above and blocking the light to a node that I want to rise up to the canopy. I would estimate that I trim about 8-10 leaves from most of my plants during this heavy training period, just for that reason. A week before flower I will again go in and will strip off most of the lower growth that will never make it to the top, this time for added air flow under the canopy.

 

[volksball]

There is not much you can do to get all of the girls on the same schedule except wait extra long for one, and water another one early... trying to match up the watering times, but this only works if you have them all on about the same wet/dry schedule. Its much easier to do this when you start them all off with a good watering method from the very beginning, but even then, they each do their own thing.
The leaves that have been damaged with the magnesium deficiency will never repair themselves fully. The leaves will get green again around the rust spots, but the spots will never go away. Some plants will never get a deficiency of this kind and yet others will, even being in the same garden and getting the same treatment. Some plants are just more magnesium hungry than others, but I would estimate that without supplement, at least half of all the plants I have ever grown have needed extra magnesium and calcium. Calmag is almost a necessary thing to have in a cannabis grow room.
I trim away leaves (not the big fan leaves) that either get turned upside down and under the canopy after LST and I trim any leaves that are sitting above and blocking the light to a node that I want to rise up to the canopy. I would estimate that I trim about 8-10 leaves from most of my plants during this heavy training period, just for that reason. A week before flower I will again go in and will strip off most of the lower growth that will never make it to the top, this time for added air flow under the canopy.

Ok thanks. Yeah, I'm learning that they are going to all go on their very own wet/dry schedules, which is fine. I'lk continue to feed them witgxCal-Mag in the hopes of correcting the problem. Looking at them, they seem to be doing precisely what you mentioned and getting very green around the damaged spots. Good sign, I guess.

Thanks for weighing in. Thought I lost you there!

 

[volksball]

Do you have a closeup of the plant with spotty leaves?

Sorry for the focus issues on a couple. Thanks for weighing in.

 

[Emilya Green]

Thanks for weighing in. Thought I lost you there!

No one is chasing me off, and I have not heard from management that I am doing anything wrong. You got me for the long term if you will have me

 

[volksball]

I should mention, I increased the output of my light to 75% or 750w. The heat at the canopy increased so I had to raise up to 25". I'm cooling with a 6" fan and the temps seem to have settled around 26c at canopy level. Fans are being used to move air around the tent.

 

[volksball]

No one is chasing me off, and I have not heard from management that I am doing anything wrong. You got me for the long term if you will have me

I'd be honored to have you and your experience as long as you'll stay. Thank you.

 

[Emilya Green]

I'd be honored to have you and your experience as long as you'll stay. Thank you.

If I could be chased off by those who are offended that I counter their advice with tried and true gardening techniques and methods, it would have happened long ago. This is not the first time this nonsense has erupted around me, nor do I believe it will be the last. That is the risk you take when you have no qualms against calling out bad advice, no matter how diplomatically and respectfully you try to do it. As in real life, I don't play PC.

 

[West Hippie]

If I could be chased off by those who are offended that I counter their advice with tried and true gardening techniques and methods, it would have happened long ago. This is not the first time this nonsense has erupted around me, nor do I believe it will be the last. That is the risk you take when you have no qualms against calling out bad advice, no matter how diplomatically and respectfully you try to do it. As in real life, I don't play PC.

No holds barred, this is why we will learn from you !