SOIL Disabled, senior female noob > LEDs. Have many questions, made mistakes, need advice

[Puglover1]

We're alive and growing still. I need to order a loupe. My yoyo helpers are freaking yoyos, they're so slow I don't need molasses. I have the heavy and space-invading colas twisty-tied to plant zip ties around stems and/or against doors until tmrw. Two are tied to shelf braces. I found some of their baby pictures. I'll probably reveg plant(s) to get clones. I plan to vacuum the carpeting (under the heavy plastic) on the closet floor and sprinkle some D.E. in the carpeting. Can't hurt anything - right?? Going to remove the fluorescent fixture and put my other tower fan in the corner so I can use both white fans on top. I can't bend the fingers on my previously-dominant R hand, a hospital-acquired wound infection. Those spring-loaded trim scissors are what I've needed for 20 years, left-handed scissors suck. Y'all give me deeply-appreciated advice and I probably seem like a slacker but I'm doing my best alone keeping myself, two pugs, a Siamese cat, and the three plants alive and thriving. I've had a month with dr appts being cancelled, switched to virtual, my ride dropped the ball to the only one I could've gone to in Chicago on Tuesday. My youngest pug has a rare disease, before he turned 4 yrs old in May he had already incurred $20K in vet bills. He vomited 9 times in 12 hours two weekends ago. I thought I had him back to normal, he vomited 5x in the bed/room when I woke up Tuesday morning. This month has been like Friday the 13th, Murphy's Law and the Full Moon Effect all rolled into one. I expected to be harvesting in November, hoping the Halloween Harvest Moon changes my luck. And I know things can always be worse, I met a blind grower on Twitter. She starts training her plants after the second set of leaves, does all her trimming by hand, and presses her own rosin. She had some big, beautiful colas drying.

 

[Mr.furley]

Good morning Puglover1
We all do the best we can with what we have and I'm sorry to hear about you pup, keep your chin up though all the rough stuff and in time with practice you will find what work for you and your grow to make it easier each time. You have done a wonderful job of saving this grow and I'd bet if you look back to your first question you can see how the hands on experience of bring cannabis to full term seems a little easier now then two months ago! A lot of us on here struggle with physical difficulties myself included and over time I've learned what my body can do and what my body refuses to do so I've adapted my grow to simplify things. You're rounding the home stretch here and it's been a pleasure watching you do this you may make the blood moon but I would think a little bit longer.

Till the next time.

 

[Puglover1]

Thank you Mr.furley, sir. Your grow room looks like a clean room at the CDC or NIH, and I've taken note of many of your great ideas (adaptations?). What I was hoping for with the Blood Moon was a change in juju, it's been a challenging month. I was expecting to be busy around Thanksgiving. I sure will do some things differently on my next grow. Peace.

 

[JohnEmad]

Hey Puglover1 life can be so up and down but you have risen to the challenge. I feel for you and send only good thoughts. We took in a pug named Abbey for
almost 2 years from my wife's younger sister and she was very hard to give back when the time came. Such a wonderful little dog. Hope it goes well there.
Great growing. Can't think of a better grower to follow here then Mr furley.

 

[Puglover1]

Hi, happy end of October. I'm waiting on more yoyos and I need to put up another string by the back wall. I used twisties to bracket for supports until more yoyos arrive. Qs: 1. What do I do with all the larfy buds, growing on the bottoms of the plant(s), that are getting heavy-ended but have thin/weaker stems? 2. I see white strings? threads? something in one of the buds in the photos, is it a bad thing? 3. When would you guess I might start flushing with pH'd water and molasses? Thank you so much.

 

[SoOrbudgal]

Is it hair? I flush when i see all cloudy. By the looks in the last 2 pics getting really close to looking cloudy. Folks just pluck off those fluffy buds and freeze them or decarb for butter and oil for cooking that's what i use it for or i give it away to those folks who squeeze it for smoking? I cook with it.

 

[Poppa]

It could simply be a piece of dust, growing in an a room built in basement of a 100 year old house I seen it a lot till I did things to mitigate it. I still see some though, just gives me something to work on to improve my setup. I have found if it can be seen with the naked eye it is one of my gray or grey for our Britts hairs otherwise if not moving it's generally dust.

 

[Puglover1]

The grow closet got vacuumed and cleaned three days ago. I did find some carpet fibers in a small ball. I don't let the pugs in the guest bedroom - baby gate - but the Siamese cat loves to go into the closet when I'm working in there. They look like different diameters but since it's near the closet doors I'll guess cat hair, he likes weed stems better than homegrown catnip. Thanks. House was built in 1978, I changed the HVAC filter last month, I finally dyed my quarantine greys 1-2 weeks ago. When I clicked to enlarge the bud photo on here I saw a round, colored drip/drop.

 

[Puglover1]

It could be Siamese cat hair, Sam loves the closet, sometimes I have to pull him out before the lights go off. I know the tiny little popcorns are useful but do I support them together until they mature or break off from the weight and then freeze or decarb, or is it better to get them off now? I prefer vaping, a deceased friend's son has a friend with a press. I've been converting dispo concentrates to vape oil to save money while waiting on my grow. And smoking up old dispo flower that I bought on deals before IL went legal rec Jan 1st. It's been hard to get what I want since then, the cultivators weren't prepared for the demand and they raised med prices. I love hash, can't believe the trim bins cost what they do but I watched a vid of a dude with a gallon baggie of trim and popcorn bud, he got a massive pile of kief out of it, the bottom tray was full edge to edge and thick. I have a lb of unopened organic store-bought ghee in the fridge, unopened organic coconut oil and Irish butter but I kind of like gummies more than baked edibles, they work faster for me. A friend gave me homegrown from her dad's farm potatoes, last time they were TDF. Some canna butter would be great with those. Flushing - I watered yesterday afternoon with just pH'd water, some cal-mag and Flower Fuel. I bought one of those USB microscopes on sale, I need to read and get it set up this weekend. Thanks so much!

 

[D.A.A.S.69]

That sure is pretty bud pictures, I grow in living soil so I don't flush, flushing is controversial to many anyways.
I'd smoke them buds right now, but another week want hurt nothin, all I'd be using is water an molasses til chop, which looks like pretty soon. Alot of folks let their soil dry out before chopping.
Nice job, congratulations.

 

[Puglover1]

Thanks, but I just followed the advise of all you wonderful members here. My first real grow. I started an illegal in the same closet over 20 yrs ago, 13 assorted saved bag seeds, 12 girls. I had to abandon it so I've never watched the flowering process to fruition before. I'd see those white budlets and wonder 'how do they turn into the weed I've been smoking for over 45 years', heh. If not for Mr.furley my colas would be in the attic by now. These plants have been in those pots for just over 4 months, I think some water & molasses won't hurt. The beans were dropped several days apart, the middle plant could probably get chopped first, it really took off after germinating first. That bedroom has an attached bathroom, I could put clothes hangers on the shower curtain rod and close the door, the room already has blackout curtains. I need another hygrometer. Maybe a 21st century model. LoL

 

[Puglover1]

Me again. The girls are waiting for watering, I've been reading. I think they're ready to start flushing ? Today is week 9 since flipping 12/12. In 2016 the dispo said it was a 60 day strain. Will the trichs continue to get cloudier or some amber and the % of pistils continue to darken during the 1-2 week flush? These pics are from 2 days ago, when I go back to water I'll take new ones. When I enlarge the photos on my phone the sugar leaf trichs are cloudy, the buds not so much. The lower larfs are more ready-looking, it's hard to get close to the big buds in back for photos. I used my USB endoscope two days ago but w/phone so no photos to show. I knew I had molasses here I just didn't know how old it is: it has a UPC but no ingredient list. It's Brer Rabbit All Natural Light Molasses. Should I just use pH'd water until I get the right molasses? I have no idea if this is sulphered. There's a photo. Oh, should I be defoliating more at this point? TY. Edit: Every time the furnace runs my house smells delicious.

 

[growell]

Ye they keep darkening and trichs keep geþing cloudy then amber if your bud trics arent cloudy wait a little before start to flush it doesnt matter about sugar leaves check all the bud sites when 90 %cloudy then flush your molasses is good to use

 

[Puglover1]

I was tending the Maggies, played them some Spotify stoner tunes, and smoked a joint of their kin. I couldn't open the molasses bottle, and the lights went out early, (must be the time change from Sunday) but I got some quick photos. I stood on my tip toes to get pics of the tops of bigger buds. The middle plant is a week or more older than the other two. It looks like more pistils have darkened and curled in from two days ago and many buds look pretty cloudy but some have more clear trichs. I used the USB endoscope but I haven't loaded it onto my laptop yet. Took snaps but they didn't save anywhere on my phone. I've enlarged these on my phone and via Windows 10 Photos app to view. Is it too early to flush?? And/or should I start flushing the middle plant first since it was started earlier? I like this strain for sleep and its usually high THC%. The dispo pre-roll I smoked was 29.578% THC-A, total THC 30.875; no CBD or CBD-A, if that matters. I could really use advice/opinions about if I should start flushing. TYVM.

 

[Mr.furley]

@puglover1

I'm have a hard time viewing your pictures, it's a problem with my phone of the website but they do not center on my screen. It's not just you, it happens with a couple other posters but not the majority of other posters, I think it maybe the platform you load from.

I could get one picture to side up to the screen and was able to click on the picture to view it, that is the only way I can see yours and the couple others that do it and from the first picture you look to have around two week so I wouldn't flush just yet.

 

[Puglover1]

Hi Mr.furley. That 1st photo does look like a lot of clear trichs. I use Chrome browser and I have to edit many of my photos for size to post on here, I use Wins10 photos app. I should reset my phone's photo size to make life easier. I need to get the USB endoscope loaded on my laptop and find a place so that I can photograph or video what I see this weekend. I had problems with some other folks' photos on here a little while back. I'll wait to flush, thanks!

 

[Poppa]

I had no problem viewing them I did have problems with someones pics 2 times in last month but backed all the way out of the post read a different post then went back and was able to view those.

 

[growell]

Pics with the most brown pistrils arent far off but the ones with more white ones are further what i would is wait till u see 90% cloudy on buds check allover plant then flush for 2 weeks mate

 

[Puglover1]

It's 9 full weeks since the 12/12 flip. Still not seeing any amber trichs, top/older leaves are looking rough as are some others. Last week I used Recharge with lower-strength GH Trio nutes, CalMag, Flower Fuel and the pH has been between 6-7, staying more around 6.5/6. The next watering was mostly CalMag, Flower Fuel and pH'd water, trying to determine if nutes, heat or lights. Unless my gauge is off the temp hangs around or just under 70F, similar to the rest of my house. I made 3 rows of twine to hang yoyos to separate the plants, support the colas, give light & support to some newly-discovered treasures and more light to the middles of the plants. The tallest colas aren't directly under the panels, the closest distance is 15". The middle plant is older and ahead of the other two. Photos are yesterday before watering, they don't look any worse today. I felt a couple colas, they feel firm just hoping they get fatter. Wide open for advice here. Thanks.

 

[Mr.furley]

Congratulations Puglover1 you have reached the harvest window! At this point I would not sweet anymore nutes only pHed water and if you want molasses, you can start thinking about harvesting your plants at this point but as we like to say here on the Forum another week's not going to hurt. My suggestion would be to harvest the top half of the plants next week and let the bottoms go for another two weeks after that to ripen up for lower parts..you could even drop the lights down to that 16" spacing.

Great job on getting those monster plant to harvest, it was a pleasure watching you bring these plants to a successful end.