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**amy24** · 08-11-2021, 03:26 PM

I posted a pic of the grow but forgot to add it to my journal. I’m still adding mulch/meal mix/diatomaceous earth/meal cake meal as a layer once a month or so. It also added a layer of compost from my compost tumbler (adding only garden waste, coffee, browns like paper bags, banana, egg shells, worm poo, etc). I thought I should add a comment about compost tea…. Never worked for me, I’d always whip up some overzealous concoction. This year I decided to it add a layer of compost as it’s ready, every 6 weeks or so. Now they are healthy and thriving with NO nute burn! Woo hoo!!

Just switched the liquid fertilizer from high nitrogen to the same brand’s “blooms” variety which is 3-10-12. Will keep doing once a week.

I’m noticing the ones in the totes are verrrry thirsty these days, if I miss a morning, they are droopy by the evening. I only water when I can lift/move the totes and it seems like every time I check, they’ve sucked up the water I’ve given them when they used to only need water every second day.

I’m going to do a bit more training as they are allllmost at fence level then hoping to leave them alone for the rest of flowering. Lower fan leaves are starting to yellow and die, just leaving them and taking them off about once a week.

Also found a plant I never trimmed up in my attic! Bonus! 😉 Think I might make it until this harvest now, was just on my last jar from last year! It will be very close.

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**amy24** · 08-11-2021, 03:29 PM

Haha “meal cake meal” is supposed to say neam cake meal

**amy24** · 08-12-2021, 01:14 AM

Aw thanks for the info!!! I got it from a local shop, 16.99 for 1.5kg. They didn’t have the oil so I thought I would get the meal! I had read about neem in the past and wanted to use it in a preventative way this year.

**Floopydoop** · 08-12-2021, 03:05 AM

There should be other stages.........Green Thumb should advance to Sticky Thumb at some point...? Think Amy's got a sticky thumb

**amy24** · 08-16-2021, 06:21 PM

Well it hasn’t been very long but did a little walk by the yard and decided I better stretch them out one more time to keep them below the fence. The massive one was getting so big I was looking up at it - it is going to have the funniest looking skeleton it has been twisted and turned in so many directions.

Thought I’d send some pics if anyone wants to see how far I’m bending them, like I said before, just gently and slowly bending them to see what they can handle. I put the soft Velcro around the plant then tie twine through the Velcro to wherever it reaches. Some of the tote branches could bend almost horizontal! That three branched horizontal one looks like it’s own plant! 😂

Hoping this is the last time because it’s a big job! Started yesterday then did more today. You can see one of the branches from yesterday had already popped right back up to the sky with all those little branches reaching up too. When I first bent it, it looked just like it’s fresh sagging counterparts from today.

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**amy24** · 08-27-2021, 11:57 AM

DEVASTATION!!!!! 😭🥵😭 My giant plant is male!!!! I swear it came from a feminized seed so I’m soooo angry. Must have gotten pollinated or something? I’m not sure. Buds started to form and now they look like little pollen sacs. I’m going to post the pic right now and do another post on the other plants later…

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**amy24** · 08-27-2021, 02:16 PM

Ok so waiting for someone to tell me to chop it down cus I’m going to need the encouragement 😭🥵

I will post pics of the other plants… have noticed some white splotches on the plants that don’t turn into mold, I’m guessing it’s some splashed on fertilizer or something? Anyone know what causes these? Also saw a big spider building a web… might sound dumb but does this cause spider mites? Or are big spiders good cus they will kill other bugs?

The other plant in the ground looks to be just starting flowering, and looks happy and healthy!

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**PLreef** · 08-27-2021, 02:47 PM

Sorry Amy. It's a male. Remove it from the others asap.

**amy24** · 09-01-2021, 01:44 AM

I’ve accepted the loss haha a friend said they’ve heard of lots of males too, maybe the heat wave? I’m trying to focus on the magic of growing such an amazing plant even if I don’t get to reap the rewards. Instead of the first picture of this grow journal that shows I literally worked on that plant’s grow spot for soooo long. Oh well! Moving on…

My two plants in the totes are looking great, lots of buds growing! I still love the stretched out branches that you can see growing buds up to the sun all along the branch. Still seeing some white splotches, took a close up so you can see them…

The one left in the ground is going into flowering now too, I need to go put some time in to stretching it out now that I have all that room.

I got a new meal mix, same brand as before but went from 4-4-4 to 2-8-4. It says apply once a month but I think I’ll just add some every 2-3 weeks since it’s all organic and the plants are so big I think they can handle it at this point, plus the season is coming to an end.

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**Rwise** · 09-01-2021, 06:22 AM

IDK if the heat was the cause of all these damn males, I killed 14 this year.

**billyboy** · 09-02-2021, 10:07 PM

Cool read. Thanks @amy24
Bummer about the Boyz. Was your soil a recipe? Or were you just pinching and dashing from your experience ?

**amy24** · 09-07-2021, 12:36 AM

Went and maneuvered the branches around one last time today since I had all that room to stretch it to. I ended up pulling some little ones inside the cage to stretch into the open middle and did some weird twisty things with the lower flexible branches. Trying to get creative after the loss of the huge male. Thought I’d post some pics for fun of all the little branches reaching up and the funny moves I pulled.

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**amy24** · 09-12-2021, 04:58 PM

Haven’t posted pics of the ones in totes in a while…they are looking good! Just added some more of the meal mixture, and doing weekly liquid. Once I rake up the leaves, I’m going to put them on top too for more of that brown mulch. I’m going to look into when to stop fertilizing, I remember reading a really good article about the end of the season I want to find but any advice is always appreciated! Also wondering if I should do a big fan leaf removal in the next little while…

Also, that annoying, moldy, injured stem is still giving me trouble. I’m doing the hydrogen peroxide when I remember but not as religiously as I should be. Lost one more small branch when I wasn’t home to water and it definitely looks like a weaker area of the plant but it’s still alive! I’ll try to hold on and just cut that out before drying so it doesn’t contaminate the rest of the plant.

We had some rain for the last couple of days, thinking of putting a pop-up tent/awning or a tarp over them…any thoughts? Do they still get the sun they need?

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**Spog** · 09-12-2021, 07:36 PM

Amy have you dealt with that stem problem before I've never seen it however i think it's starting on one of mine some leaves above yellow and die not bad yet but got plenty of other good branches I can get rid of it