First grow kicks off!

[herbgrower]

Thank you SoOrbudgal

 

[herbgrower]

Thanks buddy. Yellowing is there but this was in addition to that. I will post pics tomorrow when the ladies are in daytime. I am taking it as normal for now and I also didn't defoliate much just couple of leaves particularly for things like this. I didnt know 6.5 was good! I was worried when it once went there. I'll cool off now!

 

[SoOrbudgal]

Sit back abit herbgrower your going to see some purple stems, leaf yellowing perhaps?? It's all normal not to worry you got this and watch the fall colors hopefully :smile: depends how low lights out temps get?? You got this.

 

[herbgrower]

SoOrbudgal Alright! now I'll take a breather. Lights at ~16, temp is high 28-31. Unfortunately not much I can do about it.

I also forgot to add the grow cup pics. Here they are!

 

[Jordann]

I can tell you the leaves going down and dying like that is par for the course. I have 8 plants that completely cover the ground of the 4by4 and I'm constantly clipping leaves off the top to get some light down, but it's not really something to worry about. You'll notice it happens faster if you let them dry right out between waterings. Beautiful plants and awesome buds you got growing on.

 

[herbgrower]

Jordann Thanks you! I can't wait to see them after 8 weeks. This for a first and a bagseed grow turned out to be very exciting and fruitful by the looks of it. I can finally stop going to peddlers for a wee of peace. This grow is kind of throwback to those peddlers. You gave me seeded buds, thanks much I won't need you ever!

 

[Jordann]

I'm growing bagseed as well, well bag seed I made myself from bagseed from different plants Ofer the years. Nothing like watching them bud, changes every day. Me if I stay on the watering I get less leaves dying. But on the bottom end of the plants if you see leaves that are reaching far for light. With a long stem like they're trying to get out of the plant or up to the top, just cut those off cause they're going to dye as well and they steel energy and water from the upper important side of her.
If I was light in the tent I'd find a couple and take a pic.

 

[herbgrower]

I am watering every 1.5/2 days. I let the medium dry out but not to the point that it losses moisture. On a watering day if I dig up to 1-2 knuckle there will be moist medium. If I go by GWE I should be watering after 1 day. It is very leafy canopy and I have also tucked away some leaves. So unless I see it spreading widely to canopy I will get in motion. At this point yellowing has gone up in plastic pot plant but that was in previous week. I don't see any new one getting affected. After tomorrow 8th week will start. Let's see what happens.

 

[herbgrower]

So today ends the 8th week of flowering and while it feels like home stretch, the story still goes on.! They look like couple weeks away from harvest. 9th week is ripening, will give flush in 10th. There is a heatwave coming and temps are off the charts. I am trying to mitigate it by a makeshift. Had a friend given me a table fan wrapped by copper tubes. Cold icy water will flow thru pipes to create a/c like atmo. Basically the swamp cooler but with no moist and heightened humidity. This will take some time because of lockdown, there is no supply around. Have to source everything from junk.

Here are some bud pics. Some have unusual shape. Does it mean anything?

 

[Jordann]

Taisty looking buds. I guess I'm close to what you said. Still some moisture down under but so many roots i cant dig down only feel by the weight. A bathroom scale helps. More so if it's digital. I used to go by the weight of a pot full of dry soil, then figure the weight of a plant the current size, then water the dry pot of dirt with no plant. Roughly what I would water my normal plants, a gallon or so in a 3 gallon pot. Weigh that right after it stops dripping water, then weigh daily to the point it's back dry. Gives a good idea of what you have going on in the pots. It's just a few mins a day for a week to get that all figured out. I take lots of leaves off just before the switch to budding then 2 weeks after the switch,. Cuts the watering down from 2 days to 4 or 5, they can't give so much water off of their leaves, this helps keep the humidity down as well. I use plastic flower pots but I have lots of holes drilled in the bottom as well as up the sides right to the top. Acts like a fabric pot.

 

[herbgrower]

Jordann As far as the roots go they're thick and circled around pot. If I go 2-3 inch down the roots are already there. I can't dig down without breaking few roots. I think it is drying up quick because the temps are high and humidity is low of course with other factors. I also added i think slightly more perlite. I water the plastic pot with 1 Gal and fabric one with 2 Gal. The runoff comes up at 2L in plastic and 4L in fabric.

 

[Jordann]

herbgrower a little late to transplant now and won't do much at this point just gotta keep up with watering and feeding if your not to close to chopping er down. Nothing left to eat in the soil now, just drinking the water.

 

[herbgrower]

Jordann Okay. Yeah I cant transplant. The plastic pot plant survived because it was only half the plant. I damaged it in very early weeks. If it was a full plant it would've needed transplant right before switch. I think I am two weeks away from harvest. I am not sure whether to wish it early or late because I don't have proper environment for drying. The temps are 33-36 C. I am worried about potency and hermie.

 

[Jordann]

They likely would of hermed by now. I set up a closet for drying. Something out of the direct light keeps it cooler but need air coming in and out to keep rh down so nothing starts to rot or mould. A small dehumidifier and a fan blowing out of the bottom vent of a tent with some flaps slightly open on the top don't have somewhere in the house that's cooler my closets are around 20 when the house is 30 for drying cause my tent is never empty. Just keep on keeping on they're looking good.

 

[herbgrower]

Yeah man. The temps arent at my side. I have a store room in my studio where I keep the tent. It is partially immovable at least can't move it without dismantling it. It has covered all room only half feet space at one side. While I have a/c in studio, it doesnt go to store room. I have to get portable one. Two problems with that; lockdown and budget. Still I'm hopeful. May be it won't be that bad.

 

[herbgrower]

Hey all! Week 9 ends today. I am worried about Plant 2(Half one). The Plant 1 is getting ready to mature. All pistils darkened and I can see the "Bud" shape now but that is not the case of plant 2. Due to heat stress it hasn't fully matured yet. It doesn't look like matter of days. What do you think? I have attached pics both in full light and flash. The plant one's trichomes are now cloudy and thick. Some of them at the core of pistils are also turning amber but I don't see like a cluster of amber trichomes. The plant two has cloudy trichomes, few amber and some clear. How far does harvest look?

 

[herbgrower]

Hello ladies and gents, here we come to the near end of the story. I had been hit with spider mites. Couple of buds started browning. Today was 69th day in flowering. I thought to myself what better day than this. Thus came the harvest. The buds are upside down now and the pots are left merely with skeleton. Gave the grow tent a nice disinfecting mist and now wait begins!

 

[JohnEmad]

too bad about the spidermites but congrats on the harvest. Hope its better then expected. Well done.

 

[herbgrower]

Thanks man!