I have 3 of the original 4 seeds dropped into pots. 1 didn't make it through germination, it popped, but then stopped growing, and was going to rot. The three seedlings are in my new closet veg. I have a 250wMH shining on them. Since I have them in coco, I've been feeding them just water so far(my coco mix does have some base nutes built in), and I'll start them on some light nutes this week. I was really upset that my purple haze was growing almost sideways. I was trying to take it in stride, but I can't help how much it was bugging me. I wanted to tie it to a support, but it's so small and weak that I was nervous of damaging it. I threw a stick in there, placed under the "lean", and in a day it actually grew straighter by itself. I want a better (not necesarrily bigger) fan in the Flower room, and move that 6" to the veg. Any opinions on benefits of air circulation for the plants themselves, aside from heat removal? I've heard that wind on the small plants strengthens the stalk for when they get bigger - feedback please?
I've been trying to take some trich pics, I think I'm still 3 weeks out from harvest, as I'm still seeing all clear/milky caps with no amber. Some of the hairs are starting to go orange and curly. I've noticed that I can tell the difference between the White Widow and Wappa strains. WW seems to have more, longer hairs, and the Wappa has more noticeable pods(maybe due to less hairs hiding them) and more crystals. As far as quality; I have been worried about how well my turnout will be, so I clipped a little bud to play with. I clipped a baby WW bud(there's much more WW than W) which was very solid when pinched. I was expecting it to smash down to nothing easily, but I was met with solid resistance, and left with some damn sticky fingers. The smell up close is really beautiful, and aside from the strong cut-grass smell(which I imagine will lessen once the buds are dead and dry), it was the best smelling bud I've even held. Even though the smell isn't very strong, once in my nose, it was all I could smell for a while. I used the nuke-box to get a quick dry(40% power in blasts of 45-60 sec, until dry enough to smoke). The bud was sill amazingly pretty, and if my bud looks anything like this after cure, I will be a VERY happy grower!! As far as smoke; I got a nice bowl of bud about as moist as the freshest herbs I've bought, so I guess the dry was adequate (not sure as I've never done it before). I didn't like the taste(but I was still pumping nutes into this sample until day of clipping), and any effect was short-lived and left me with a bit of a headache. I did, however, get a very promising rush as I smoked, it just went away quickly. Any advice on how to interpret these results?
I feel like I've lost some power over my grow. During veg I can see what's happening easily, and my actions result in clear results. Right now I'm not seeing much externally, and that's why I'm not sure what to do. Buds definitely do not develop as fast as limbs, so after months of anticipation, this calm before the storm of clipping has got me worse than a kid on Christmas Eve. What am I gonna get??!!?? I'm really hoping I didn't do all this to grow some mexican-press bud.
Ok, so here is the progression of the seeds; it went pretty normal, but the Auto AK decide to go sideways for some reason, so I performed surgery. I left a plant start to grow like this before, and it ended up dying when the stem got too thin and dry to keep the leaves connected to the roots:
In order to stop this problem before it got too bad, I decided to cut the rockwool cube in half. I laid the root "ribbon" along the open face, like making a sandwich. The point is for that weak spot that could never support the plant, to become roots, while the stem above gets a second chance to grow thick and strong:
I left just a tip above the surface to keep it from having to push back out:
Then a twist-tie to keep it from flopping open unexpectedly:
Now it looks like all the rest, so her friends at school don't make fun
She quickly recovered much straighter. In this pic, you can also see how I leave a drop of water on the seed husk to help it fall off faster by staying moist:
Once the roots started popping out, I developed an issue with the Purple Haze leaning:
I thought it would be more of an issue, since she was like this for a few days, but I guess she just needed a hand. I gave her a leaning post(not attached to the plant, just put in the way to keep her from falling over), and she stood up on her own within a few hours, and is now not even touching the stick:
By the way, I took the twist tie off before dropping the cube into it's home. I doubt the tiny amount of plastic-coated metal would cause much of an issue, but when in doubt I like to play it safe.
Here I show what I believe to be the two different strains in my grow right now. Wappa, with more crystals and more discernible pod shaped growths:
And White Widow, with more long, white hairs and more robust growth:
My plants with a 1pt(16.9oz) bottle of water for size reference:
Out of dozens of trichome pics, here are the best I had(are these things are amazingly frustrating to take or is it just me?):
On a last note, I have some lightening on some of the fan leaves of the bigger plants, not yellow, but lighter all-over than before. My issue is with this weird yellowing on some of the medium plants. It started on one plant, just one little lefaf section at a time, and I didn't think much of it. now I'm seeing the same thing on a couple new plants in different places in the tent. Are they reacting to the strong nutes? Is this even a cause for concern?
Here are week old pics of the 1st affected:
Then the newly affected:
This is a slow-moving condition, that's why it didn't spark my concern until other plants started looking similar. There are no visible signs of bugs, as you can see from today's pics of patient zero from the front, and behind the leaves in a couple spots:
I really appreciate ANY comments, or even views, but do any of the veterans out there have any advice? I'm trying to figure out when to start flushing and preparing to harvest. I'm thinking of doing a 2-3 day chemical flush, a 4-5 day water flush, then a week to suck the roots dry before chopping. Not sure if this makes any sense- would love some feedback!!
