Hey green fans and fellows! So it's day 83 now after germination, growing Royal Jack Auto.
This is my first grow and I'm aware that mine are not ideal conditions, but I just felt like trying it out: 2 pots, 120 W LED lighting - I did not really get it, it's promoted as comparable to a 1000W lighting, but I doubt so - (https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B07...?ie=UTF8&psc=1) on a roughly 18/6 or 16/8 schedule (yes, I know this much energy would probably suffice for only one plant under perfect circumstances). I do not measure the pH of the soil and I did not want to mess around with too much on the nutrients front. I've only used Voodoo Juice the first 2 months, and no problems. Then "Big Buds" from Advanced Nutrients. Seemingly, I've used too much of Big Buds and gave one of the plants (the right one) an overdose of potassium, blocking calcium which would explain the calcium deficiency signs (limish/yellow leaves), very flimsy new leaves and overall plant.
So once I found my plant in that miserable state - roughly 3 weeks ago, but already into the flowering stage - I flushed it and only used 'natural' mineral water to get it back on track. Since, I've only used mineral water. I'd rather get a "stable", but lesser yield than a fucked up / killed plant with no yields at all.
Q1: Nitrogen/Calcium deficiency
While most of the symptoms got better, I've still got very, very limish/yellow leaves (also on the top), some even with brown spots. And some of the leaves are curling up. Is it nitrogen deficiency or still calcium deficiency? What do you guys think? Otherwise, the plant is not too "flimsy". I still use only mineral water to not risk anything. Important: leaves that turned yellow become brown on their branch, and the brown color seems to go down the branch if I don't cut the stem of that leave before. The left plant does NOT show these symptoms, only some curling up leaves. The buds
Q2: Harvest time
What do you say about the time to harvest? Judging from just the buds, the plant does not look ready yet. I checked the trichomes and they don't look too milky neither. I guess that the bad lighting conditions will have contributed to the slow process, but: I will be on vacation for 10 days starting at the end of this week. While I have a friend who's taking care of my babies, do you think it's realistic they need ~14 more days to be ready? Because I suspect so. It's only the start of week 13 and I've read in many Royal Jack Auto diaries that Week 15/16 seems legit. would welcome your impression based on the pictures.
Thank you very much in advance, guys! Appreciate your advice.
ATTENTION: the pictures were recorded when they were a little more droopier than usual, around night time before turning the light off.
https://imgur.com/a/oVKVLKE - Picture 1, showing the "problem" plant on the bottom of the picture, with the yellow leaves clearly visible.
https://imgur.com/a/MXNT0ml - Picture 2, the "okay" plant on the left, problem plant on the right.
https://imgur.com/a/4BBpKiQ - Picture 3, the problem plant on the bottom. Visible developing buds.
This is my first grow and I'm aware that mine are not ideal conditions, but I just felt like trying it out: 2 pots, 120 W LED lighting - I did not really get it, it's promoted as comparable to a 1000W lighting, but I doubt so - (https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B07...?ie=UTF8&psc=1) on a roughly 18/6 or 16/8 schedule (yes, I know this much energy would probably suffice for only one plant under perfect circumstances). I do not measure the pH of the soil and I did not want to mess around with too much on the nutrients front. I've only used Voodoo Juice the first 2 months, and no problems. Then "Big Buds" from Advanced Nutrients. Seemingly, I've used too much of Big Buds and gave one of the plants (the right one) an overdose of potassium, blocking calcium which would explain the calcium deficiency signs (limish/yellow leaves), very flimsy new leaves and overall plant.
So once I found my plant in that miserable state - roughly 3 weeks ago, but already into the flowering stage - I flushed it and only used 'natural' mineral water to get it back on track. Since, I've only used mineral water. I'd rather get a "stable", but lesser yield than a fucked up / killed plant with no yields at all.
Q1: Nitrogen/Calcium deficiency
While most of the symptoms got better, I've still got very, very limish/yellow leaves (also on the top), some even with brown spots. And some of the leaves are curling up. Is it nitrogen deficiency or still calcium deficiency? What do you guys think? Otherwise, the plant is not too "flimsy". I still use only mineral water to not risk anything. Important: leaves that turned yellow become brown on their branch, and the brown color seems to go down the branch if I don't cut the stem of that leave before. The left plant does NOT show these symptoms, only some curling up leaves. The buds
Q2: Harvest time
What do you say about the time to harvest? Judging from just the buds, the plant does not look ready yet. I checked the trichomes and they don't look too milky neither. I guess that the bad lighting conditions will have contributed to the slow process, but: I will be on vacation for 10 days starting at the end of this week. While I have a friend who's taking care of my babies, do you think it's realistic they need ~14 more days to be ready? Because I suspect so. It's only the start of week 13 and I've read in many Royal Jack Auto diaries that Week 15/16 seems legit. would welcome your impression based on the pictures.
Thank you very much in advance, guys! Appreciate your advice.
ATTENTION: the pictures were recorded when they were a little more droopier than usual, around night time before turning the light off.
https://imgur.com/a/oVKVLKE - Picture 1, showing the "problem" plant on the bottom of the picture, with the yellow leaves clearly visible.
https://imgur.com/a/MXNT0ml - Picture 2, the "okay" plant on the left, problem plant on the right.
https://imgur.com/a/4BBpKiQ - Picture 3, the problem plant on the bottom. Visible developing buds.
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