SOIL A Slightly Seedy Summer Sativa Grow

[UndergroundFarmer]

It was a big weekend for the grow room. I defoliated again and sprayed again after much veg growth and just a few mites found with the scope. Coconut Grove is likely to go to flower within two weeks and the flower tent isn't that far behind.

Here's the 4x4s:

Coconut Grove

Flower Tent after much tying down.

Two of the four Tangies are now mulch because:

It was free seed, can't complain.

Here's the 3x3 before the purge:

I moved two of the MFs to pots. The other two aren't far behind.

All survivors are doing fine. This grow should finish like a champ considering the way everything is shooting up. Every plant looks better in person today than they did in these pictures from yesterday.

 

[UndergroundFarmer]

I had to unload another tray from the worm bin this weekend, so everybody got reamended with good stuff! You can even see the mycelia that busted out the day after in one of the pics. I took all plant pics before defoliation.

Coconut Grove:

Flower Tent:

3x3 Tangies:

Here's a bud shot with trichs already growing in.

Here's the Mother's Finest seedlings. (Wow)

Here's a closeup of the mycelia growing in the middle pot:

And the whiteboard I finally updated.

I've continued to spray for the few mites I can still find every few days and I've hit the MFs too just to be safe. Only a TXBB hasn't started popping healthy leaves yet.

 

[UndergroundFarmer]

The canopy in Coconut Grove is filling out! The flower tent isn't far behind but needs at least another two weeks before flip. I've already changed CG from 18/6 to 16/8 and they are already stretching a bit after two days. Tangie is starting to smell and Mother's Finest is about ready for some topping.

Coconut Grove:

Flower tent:

It's nice to see Super Lemon Haze at top left popping out some big healthy fans. Durban Poison at top right is also coming along fast.

The 3x3:

The Nursery:

I'm still spraying for mites just to be safe. I'd really like to keep them off the MF if possible.

 

[SoOrbudgal]

They have recovered well since you stripped leaf. Grow on my friend they look great. I just am overly cautious when taking so many leaves off an stressing them but you know your grow techniques an they work for you

 

[UndergroundFarmer]

Thanks. Mite fighting requires spraying down the undersides of all the leaves. Leaving a bunch of foliage close to the stem makes it hard to hit all of them with the sprayer, so I was forced to clean up more than usual. Worse, bitten plants have very short internodes so the foliage is denser than normal. Removing the bitten leaves also removes mites and eggs so they can go die in the trash can.

 

[UndergroundFarmer]

Coconut Grove is finally in flower mode! The flower tent now has its scrog net! Tangie is getiing frosty and MF got a haircut.

Coconut Grove:

Flower Tent:

3x3:

Tangie bud:

Mother's Finest after a trim:

I left a few big fans on the smallest one so it wouldn't be too naked. I added cannabenders to the larger ones' top branches to keep that bend I put in them.

 

[3Berries]

I like the clover. Have you gone full cycle with some as a soil cover?

 

[UndergroundFarmer]

All of these pots in the nursery have had their soil used, reamended and put back in action. The clover was the only part of the 12 seed cover crop I cared for! The clover on the edges survived in a few of these pots. It's supposed to be a good nitrogen fixer so it isn't much competition for the weed. The other three pots don't have any cover crop grown up yet (just mulched fan leaves for the worms to eat) but I've noticed a few seedlings coming up that resemble lettuce and pepper plants!

 

[UndergroundFarmer]

FULL FLOWER MODE!

All tents are on 12/12 now. The Mother's Finest was getting too tall so I moved them to flower at the same time as the flower tent. I've had to start watering twice a day in the 4x4s. I reamended on Sunday and noticed that the top of the soil had dried out too much. Those mulch covers are porous and don't help much keeping moisture in. I won't be using them next time - clover did a better job! Tangie is getting frosty fast and stinky too. I'm seeing two different phenos - one with compact buds like Orange Cookies x Nicole and another with chunkier buds and longer internodes. I also dialed up the humidity in the 4x4s after noticing signs of underwatering at the growth tips. Here's the pix:

Coconut Grove:

Flower Tent:

Tangie:

Mother's Finest:

These guys look a lot more like the stuff in the Build-A-Soil videos. The system works when the bugs stay away.

Happy extended weekend to those in the states!

 

[UndergroundFarmer]

Flowers are forming! Some are the wrong kind! No biggie, I've dealt with that enough by now. I've use the long weekend to give attention to rewetting the dried-out places in the pickers. I exhausted the mite spray then refilled with plain water and gave them a good top watering. Here's the pix:

Coconut Grove:

I'm still trying to keep the foliage thinned. It is a chore in here.

Flower tent:

This was take 1. You can see the gnarley barley added to the TXBB at right.

This is the TXBB on the left:

At least it wasn't both of them.

Here's take 2 of the Flower tent:

The whole plant was cut up and worked into the soil for worm food. I added clover seed and top-watered to help with germination. These mulch covers are only good for keeping weeds from growing, not for keeping moisture in and that is a problem.

Tangie:

Here's the differences in the two phenos:

Tangie on the left - compact stacked buds and the extra petiole leaf/bud mutation only seems to be on this plant.

On the right the Tangie buds are chunky.

Mother's Finest:

Flowers are just forming in here. Back left is likely a male. Back right is probably a female. If it is, I will remove it to the 3x3 to finish up along the Tangies for some seedless bud. The front two might both be female but it's way too soon to guess. The orange bits on the bigger MFs are Cannabenders. I should probably use them more often and with a bit more thought beforehand.

 

[Mr.furley]

Nice looking plants UndergroundFarmer both male and female. People are so quick to kill males that we hardly ever see them grow beyond a fuzzy picture so... hats off friend.

Sorry to see that you've been battling Russet mites the last couple grows, Iv been following and if I could have I would have drop this on you earlier.

https://organishield.com/

First one and done organic Iv seen work.

 

[UndergroundFarmer]

Thanks for the tip. I will check it out. I've been using up a bottle of Lost Coast Plant Therapy in the battle and still have about half of it left. It seems that very frequent sprayings with a solution of it and isopropyl alcohol finished them off after the neem oil ran out. LCPT isn't cheap and neither are any of the other effective mite sprays! Funny thing, I seem to be getting males everywhere in this grow except where I want one.

 

[UndergroundFarmer]

MIDWEEK UPDATE: Heavy watering has fixed most of the issues in the 4x4 tents. I'm still seeing some dried new growth so I changed the settings on the Niwas to allow higher humidity and a lower VPD while the lights are on. I'm seeing no signs of any for-sure male plants anywhere in the grow room right now. I may not have one in the Mother's Finest after having to mulch three males from the other tents. But - stretching continues unabated in Coconut Grove. There will be so much Acapulco Gold in another month or so! The Tangies are continuing to build bud at an incredible rate and stink up their space with a funk that punches you in the gut and screams "ORANGE!" in your face.

 

[UndergroundFarmer]

Everything is blooming! Some are still a little slow because of bug trauma but I should still see a decent harvest. I finally have confirmed a male in the Mother's Finest and I also sequestered a female in the Tangie tent (the biggest MF) for some sinsemilla. I've started top watering through the mulch covers, just letting it soak through to the surface to try and fight drying out.

Coconut Grove:

Acapulco Gold and Sweet Amnesia Haze are taking over up front. Lavender and Liberty Haze in the back are doing their best.

Flower Tent:

I've got sprouts in the empty picker. Super Lemon Haze seems like it is still trying to bust out of a funk. Durban and TXBB are cruising.

3x3:

Last pic of the Tangies before company arrived.

Tangie porn:

Two definitely different phenos. Both stink up the place.

Mother's Finest:

It was getting crowded with five pots and four plants.

Next chance I get with the lights on I will try to get a shot of the male flowers. This one turned out female:

I ordered some goodies from BaS during their Black Friday sale. It's the first time I've spent money for supplies in about six months. If you've got a worm bin, this way of growing is stupidly cheap.

 

[UndergroundFarmer]

Yes indeed, one boy and three girls! Mother's Finest delivered. Photo was taken under green light. I like the atmospheric look. Trichomes show out big time under that light but I've never been able to capture that effect on digital film.

 

[Mr.furley]

Sweet flower picture, so misunderstood.

 

[Blowdout2269]

Agreed.

 

[Franklin]

Looks so great. I did a hard shift to all organics in my current grit and it did not go well but I'm committed to living soil now. Probably shouldn't have shifted two weeks into flower! Have a couple of worm buckets, made my first aerated worm tea the other day, been sprouting barley and corn for enzyme tea, the whole deal. To build a soil videos are so helpful. I hope that my next grow looks more like yours.

 

[Going2fast]

Do you have problems with humidity or fungus gnats with the earth boxes?

 

[UndergroundFarmer]

Thanks. More budshots to come very soon.