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**Cocho** · 11-15-2018, 12:06 PM

Hey all!

Quick little update after last feeding.

It has been a couple of days now since I gave her the last flushing to correct the pH issue, and I believe she reacted fine to it.
She has been growing a little, starting to spread out a little, not just growing in a tiny ball like she's been doing for a little while now.
And that is good!

I did remove some of the larger leaves today. Needed to clear out some air, was getting a little to "air tight" down there for my liking.
So I went ahead and cleared it out a little, and removed some of that growth that will never get any light (what would have turned in to some underdeveloped popcorn buds).

I still left some of the larger leaves, figured I will take them later on. Didn't want to stress her to much, just enough to clear out a little and make room for some nice airflow.

I also got that old digital camera working. So from now on I'll be taking pictures with that instead of my phone.

Here you can see how I've removed some leaves, making room for some air. You can also see the two large leaves I left behind (far left and far right).
I'll take them next week.

Here's a picture of the little lady under the light. She's looking happy and fine. Still a few light spots here and there, but I believe that to be "old" marks since it's on the larger leaves.

Here's just a picture to show you how she's placed under the light. The reason I did this is because I believe some of the leaves have "edges" like she has been heat stressed.
But I can't figure out how. Nothing major though. It's just strange with a CFL and all.

And here's just a picture to end this weeks updates.

What do you guys think? Am I right to assume I'm out of the "pH issue nightmare"?
She's looking better over all, and she's growing every day. She is getting a little lighter in color, so I'll try and give her a light dose of nutrients next feeding.
When do you guys start with the Molasses? I've used it during vegetative state before, but someone recently told me it was a waste and that I should wait for flowering.
What's your verdict?

Hope you're all having a good week.

Peace and love!

- C

**starramus** · 11-16-2018, 06:00 AM

Looks like a perfect plant in a perfect environment. Great job. Too bad she is an only child, but I know the Norwegian legal situation. Suckolas!

**GreenhouseEffect** · 11-16-2018, 05:54 PM

For your viewing pleasure.
Don't no body feel bad, I ain't never grown anything quite like these myself, but cool as heck to see!!

**Cocho** · 11-24-2018, 06:28 AM

Hey all!

Been a hectic last week, so I didn't have the time to pop on here and post pictures and so forth.

But I took pictures during last week, and during this week. So I'll keep you up to speed nonetheless

I'll start with last weekend

I moved her to a larger pot (3 gallon) on Saturday (November 17th). Since her new space was bigger I had to add more soil, which turned out to cause some issues with the pH again.
But this time I was prepared for it, so I kept an close eye on the whole thing.

I also watered her with some carefully measured feeding water (due to my expectations of the pH turning bad again) to counter the effects of the low pH.
So I mixed 3 liters (0,8 gallon) of water, pH'ed to 7.0 and mixed with 50ml BioWorm, 3ml CalMag, 1.5ml BioThrive Grow and 1.5 teaspoons of Molasses.
The runoff still came out just shy of pH 6.0. So I figured I've done all I could, and left here to fend for her self for a little while.

Here's the quite happy looking gal in her new home (24 hours after the transplant) and after I gave her a shaving and trimmed away some of the bushy growth covering up much needed space.

But only 24 hours after moving here she started to look a little worse. The same symptoms as last time, with the lighter colors between the veins etc.
(the black spots are soil which got spilled when moving here, and I didn't manage to get it all cleaned up).

And that brings us to today (November 24th).

After a week with peace and quiet, she's grown a bit and don't look to bad for a girl living in a "sour" environment.

I watered her with regulated feeding water again today, only a little less then last time.
I mixed 2 liters (0.53 gallon) of water with 50ml BioWorm, 2ml CalMag, 1ml Biothrive Grow and 1 teaspoon of Molasses.
The feeding water was pH'ed to 7.0 and came out at 6.5 - 7.0, which is perfect.

Here's the little fighter

I let her dry up really good, to prevent root rot, since I gave her so much water last feeding. So she looks a little dry, but still happy.

And here you can see the discoloring of her veins, but I can't say that it has spread anywhere else, and only the "older" lower growth looks affected.

I don't take this to hard, and I'm looking forward for her progress the coming weeks.

BUT THERE'S MORE!

Today when I poked my head in I could see a few hairs showing! So she's showing her gender for sure now, and almost everything is ready for me to switch the light.
I'm only waiting for the pH issue to get a little more stable before I do so. Don't want to start of the flowering with bad pH.

So all in all this has been a good week. She's looking good, all things considered, and there's plenty of space for her to stretch and grown from now until Christmas.

So here's a couple of pictures to end this weeks update.

Hope you're all having a good day, and that you didn't blow all your money on the Black Friday sales yesterday. I did a killing buying Christmas presents though, and feel quite happy with this years Christmas preparations.

I'll be back later today, so feel free to come with some feedback on this weeks events.

Peace and love!

- B

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**Farmall** · 11-24-2018, 08:59 AM

Cocho, your photos are always so crisp and clear and the details you provide on the plant history have been enlightening. Much appreciated, a real learning experience for me

**Cocho** · 11-26-2018, 02:14 PM

Hey again folks!

Just a quick update from me.

I trimmed the little girl some today. Maybe too much? And tied her down a little to spread out the "crown", and maybe force through some growth and even more tops.

But I have a question; how low do you think I should trim away the lower growth? Should I take more, or is it enough as it is? I need to figure it out before I switch her over to flower, because after that one should not do any heavy trimming.

So here's some pictures for you.

The finished product after the trimming.

And here you can see the lower parts of the plant and how high I've gone this time, and this is were I'm curious to how much more I should take, or if it is enough?
I don't want to "waste" too much energy on popcorn buds when the end result is due. She might stretch 300% after all.

Here's the lower growth a little closer up. Looks promising, but I'm afraid it will get shadowed and never develop enough until harvest, and I can't split it up. I need to take it all in one harvest, two tops (divided over 48 hours tops).

Here you can see all the tiny sprouts which hopefully will grow a lot the next few days and maybe reach the others, so that I can spread the "roof" out in a nice "bed" with my SCROG-net after I put her into flower.

Other than that her color looks good and healthy. I believe she has overcome the last "hiccup" with the sour soil and really turning the tide here.
I can only imagine the buds I'll grow, really going strong with the correct nutrients and all the love I can muster.

Hope you're all having a good day and enjoying this time before the holidays.

Much love

Peace!

- C

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**Farmall** · 11-27-2018, 09:42 PM

For all the reading and video I have gone through, they are talking 1 teaspoon per gallon or 4 liters. It’s easy to use a heaping teaspoon, the molasses is pretty thick. I also use it in a small amount of warm water first to dissolve it and then add the colder water to temperature. The first time I’d mixed some up and used it after stirring it up really well, there was a small circle of molasses in the middle of the 5 gallon pail the was not mixed it.

**Cocho** · 12-07-2018, 06:22 AM

Hello everybody!

I hope you're all having a great December and that you're all deeply invested in the holiday preparations.

It has been a busy week for me, so I've not been able to come on here and post updates as frequently as I would've liked to.
But I did take pictures, again, so you'll all be properly caught up by the end of this post.

Last time I updated this thread I'd just trimmed away some growth to make room for newer growth and to increase airflow around the stem etc.

Since then I've switched her over to flower (12/12), fed her and trimmed her some more (last time I believe).
I guess I don't want to do any more trimming after this point, so I'll just be training her with some light LST and the SCROG-net.

I can't say there has been a lot of changes in the tent since last time, but there's stuff happening.
Not much stretching yet, and I kind of find that a little curious since she's in week one of flowering, but maybe she'll start stretching next week.

Here's some pictures from November 30, a few days after I switched her to flower.

As you can see, she has filled out a little more and is starting to look normal again (she was kind of scrawny looking after that trimming).
The color looks a little light in the pictures, but that is because of the CFL.

You can't really tell from the pictures here, but some of the tips are lightly green/yellow, so I think I'll give her less nutrients next feeding.
Because I believe I might have given too much, ergo the light tips.

I also took a few pictures today after I fed her.

It's kind of a struggle with this SCROG-net. I've forgotten how much of a hassle it was to feed while using this net.
Because I like to move the plant about when I'm feeding. Making sure every spot gets a little moist.
And I also feel it's easier to drain the runoff if you can lift the pot up and pour the water into a bucket.
So later on when she's stretched more into the net and flowers are shaping up, I'll have to get my ladle later on to get rid of the excess runoff.

So today I fed her, measured runoff (came out at 6.5 - 7-0 pH, which is good), and trimmed her for the last time to make room for some of the lower growth.
I'm trying to not have her develop too much "popcorn buds", so I'm trying to tie the larger tops down so that the smaller ones can develop and get larger.

Here's the little lady today. Looks a little droopy, but that is just because I just fed her. She always perks up during the first day, and looks happy again the next morning.

As you can see she is still getting used to the net, and I'm hoping she'll fill it out nicely over the holidays.

Here you can see how she looks from below. There's still some growth, but I think I'll just leave it since most of it has stretched quite a lot the last week, and hopefully most of it will reach the light now after I trimmed away some and tied the tops down.

And here's some closeups of the soon to be buds section of the plant. I'm hoping for a lot more of these until harvest, and my guess is that I'll see a 50-100% increase in tops like this until then.
If my training (LST) and use of the net works as well as last time.

That's all from me this week. I'll be on here during the weekend to chat we you guys.
Hope you liked this latest update, and that the content is to your satisfaction.

Have a nice day and take care!

Peace

- C

**starramus** · 12-07-2018, 09:41 AM

Excellent lecture Professor Cocho. We look forward to this weekend.

**starramus** · 12-13-2018, 02:57 PM

Are you still planning on taking some clones?

**Cocho** · 12-22-2018, 12:39 PM

Hello everyone! Sorry again for not being as active as I've promised several times, but there's just so much stuff to do for this years Christmas holiday.
So I've been busy every single day, and when I've had some time of I haven't spent it on here.

But I'm here with another update, and I have some bad news. Recent development have made me a little worried for my little girl here.
She's been developing some lighter colors, and some of the leaves have turned yellow, and some have developed a darker red color between the veins.
And a few days ago when I fed her, I saw these tiny white bugs in the run off. So I'm kind of worried the has been affected with some kind of nasty pest or something.

I'll walk you through it with pictures.

Here are some pictures from the 14th of December.

She's looking fine. Good color and doing well. A little droopy because I waited a little long before feeding her, so she started to droop a little.

And here are some pictures from the 19th of December. She's showing a few symptoms here, but I wasn't worried until I saw the bugs in the run off.

As you can see she's turning yellow here and there, but I figured she needed more nutrients. This far I had only been feeding her 1 ml pr liter of water (1 ml pr 0.26 gallon) which isn't a lot. So with this feeding I gave her 1,5 ml pr liter (1,5 ml pr 0.26 gallon).

I also noticed these tiny white bugs in the run off, but I didn't manage to get a good picture of them. What I did was to add some Neem oil to the feeding water hoping that the oil would kill them if they were chewing on my girls roots.

I don't know what they are, but I sure don't want them since I've never seen these before and my guess is that I don't really need them to grow my weed.

And here are some pictures from today. I decided to feed her again today since I'm spending Christmas back home with the rest of my family, so I'll be away for 2-3 days, and I didn't want her to starve while I were gone. Plus she's been looking worse and worse, and I wanted to make sure she had all the nutrients she needs. The feeding chart (which I don't use, I only look at it for reference) says 10 ml pr gallon of water, which is far more than I've been giving this one (1 US gallon = 3.8 liters). So I figured why not. Plus I wanted to see if the bugs were still there.

This next picture here don't really show the red color, but the middle fan leaf has some red/orange color developing between the veins on the middle of the leaf.

So here's the last week or so in pictures. I don't really have any more, and I'm not sure what is going on. My thought was to give her the 2-3 days I'm away, and if she still looks kind of bad when I get back I'll wait a few more days to let her dry up again and maybe feed her pure pH'ed water just to see if there nutrient lockout, but I find it hard to believe this is caused by nutrient lock out. I'm giving her organic nutrients. It's really hard to feed to much organic nutrients, and really hard since I've been kind of cheap on the nutes because I wante her to show signs before I started pouring.

So what do you guys think? What's causing my girl to turn yellow, and what are these bugs? She has been doing so great this whole time, and in just a few days everything is going to shit.

Anyways. Take care everyone! Hope some of you have some good advice for me. Happy holidays!

Peace!

- C