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Grow Journal. Second Grow. Planted Feb 1
- Thread starter Bootsy
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NickyChicks
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Looking real nice 👌
thanks folks. John - you are correct. Amber-brown I took as the same thing, but now looking at the tutorial, i see the difference. I will try to remember for next time. Pistil method (which is apparently the method used by the old time growers here) sure wouldn't work with the Pineapple Chunk.
Those colas that are white at the top really had me curious as i hadn't seen any photos like it yet. So, I tried the closeup mode of our normal camera and voila, I can see the individual petals! And then i spot it in the lighting tutorial - light bleaching. odd that the other buds around arent getting it too, but i did bend the affected ones back, and have moved the lights too, so maybe it cant be corrected. One shown (orangish) is under hps and other the led. Says might affect the potency, so i will be sure to keep them separate. Since there are only a couple of the small colas on each plant i will get direct experience and not lose much. All the bleached ones were too close to the HPS light
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So - I now see why there are so many suggestions for patience in flowering. To me it looks like there is nothing going on and it is so tempting to chop. I believe all is going ok. Mint chocolate chip is still chugging away and all that's been happening is that i have had to support the largest colas. I now have a real good idea of how the colas fall over (they twist and slid sideways - if you havent seen it). Hardly any leaves yellowing at all and pistils still almost all whitish. Pineapple chunk, however, is now showing some yellowing (lighter colour of green) of the remaining fan leaves but seems to be concentrated low. She also has many pistils turned brown (almost from day 1 this existed), and it seems as if it's been producing pistils in waves. I will check trichomes on PC tonight, but since it's only been 7 weeks since switching to 12 12 I do not expect harvest ready yet. I added blackstrap molasses a couple of times, but right after that the water that sits in the trays from runoff (I was using it toadd to humidity) got pretty grungy. cleaned the trays and will hold off on that. Was having a little trouble keeping temperature down, but we have snow again and cold weather (shit - end of April!) so that's gone away. A friend of mine had to put his heating back in place. Hoping now that likely third week of May, and it is apparent that PC will be quite a bit earlier. DO the Buds still get bigger? or just add weight?
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SoOrbudgal
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Your plant looks great Bootsy, I totally get how you feel with the wait we all do as we reach the final weeks till harvest. I keep pumping my old two flowering gals i'm in 9wk of first showing pistils so I feel for you. My strains say 9-10 wks of flower but im clear as a bell nearly and cont. to fill out. Colas are 11" long full bud so damn i'm waiting LOL
Pineapple chunk has now got the pistils pretty much brown and curled in. however, trichomes are still pretty clear so i assume it will be awhile. this is the third time this has happened so it seems as it this one grows its flowers in waves. the MCC keeps chugging vut keeps new pistils coming whole time. I will try to add a photo of pineapple chunk later today. I also think i am getting some foxtailing of a couple of colas, but it doesnt seems to come out in photos. Attached is a PC trichome photo, which isnt the best but does to me confirm that they are quite clear at this time.
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All going fine, so now i am feeling insecure about harvesting time. March 10 switchover to 12 12 (8 weeks) and they started flowering soon after . Now. Mint Chocolate Chip is just chugging away and actually does look thicker in the buds. I see a couple of foxtails, but not worrying about it, and at the top of most colas there are constantly new light coloured pistils. Lower down, most all pitils still look light green and stick out. . The light bleaching on both plants really went away when the light got moved up, for future reference - it did respond. Pineapple Chunk - Looking at pistils, most are brown and turned in. however, it is at least the second time this has happened. This seems in contradiction with the trichome status. These photos are from a lower bud on PC. the trichomes, in my opinion, don't look cloudy much at all. if anyone looks and thinks otherwise, please pass it on. my opinion is only at this time based on photos on-line. I am ready with the clippers! Info on Mint Chocolate Chip says 60 days+-, and pineapple chunk is indicated as 58 days. Just sampling from some purchased Pineapple Chunk. It to me is a nice strain for awake, stupid enjoyment. Hence the wordiness again.
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SoOrbudgal
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This is so typical with breeders Bootsy I for one go through it with new strains I try and not sure how long the flowering period truly will be. Like most more experienced growers will tell you those times are given under the most perfect of environments lots more controls or so they say.
If they are foxtailing mine is not yet but is 7 days past stated harvest time now. But I would raise the light or just give that plant extra week or so and keep checking it if it's more amber or cloudy you want. And yes I do harvest ripe top colas and allow lower branches to keep going. Yours do look cloudy to me, Good Luck
If they are foxtailing mine is not yet but is 7 days past stated harvest time now. But I would raise the light or just give that plant extra week or so and keep checking it if it's more amber or cloudy you want. And yes I do harvest ripe top colas and allow lower branches to keep going. Yours do look cloudy to me, Good Luck
More photos from yesterday. I still am not seeing real cloudiness, but Paul and SoOrbudgal I appreciate your seeing cloudiness. I am watching PC daily now and do see some cloudiness in certain areas. MCC still has many pistils sticking out and pretty green so i haven't even looked at her trichomes yet. Maybe later today. Maybe a couple of weeks left? by then the bloom portion of the nutrient package will be gone, so I am looking for a short term substitute for the Bloom product in aniticipation of running out. . If you look at the photos, the first one is taken with a higher light setting on the microscope. time for breakfast beer and calm appreciation of summer coming.
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SoOrbudgal
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Yes I see some cloudy mostly clear like my sluggo girl scout cookie LOL
thanks SoOrbudgal for the backup of what my bud Paul was saying about the cloudiness. I've been watching Pineapple Chunk more closely. There was an amazing change from even yesterday. Photos are of two different buds, and the microscope shot was from a bud about halfway down. Most all pistils are brown and curled, and the trichomes sure seem almost all cloudy to me. I was hoping for a little turning amber too, but am thinking it is maybe time to harvest in the next day or so. Maybe leave a few buds for later harvest. This is another new thing for me as I didnt get to take part in harvesting the first time. Switch to 12 12 was 10 March (8 weeks) and what I read says 8 to 9 weeks so I was expecting another week or so. Hmmmm!. Mint Chocolate Chip still has green pistils so she's chugging away.
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Full 9 weeks from switch to 12 12. I am now just a little worried about Pineapple Chunk with significant dying of leaves happening. I think it's part of the process. It is pretty much over the whole plant, but a little more on top colas. In case it's light burn, i moved the HPS and the LED up an inch or so, even though it is spread around away from the lights too. I am still not seeing any amber in the trichomes, but a lot of milky ones. The MCC is still sprouting new growth and fresh pistils on the buds. More at the top ones, but pretty consistent over the whole plant. Looks somewhat like foxtails to me (based on photos in articles). However, since it is pretty consistant over the whole plant I am thinking/hoping it is the "good" type and this is just the way they get bigger? Didnt think of this before, but the timing for harvest also leads to the question of when to flush. I see 3-4 days likely enough for a coco grow. I think i will start flushing PC today. For curiosity - I did take a little bud from low down, and it definitely had a decent taste and effect, even uncured - So I believe all will be okay. On an aside - I am running out of bloom nutrients from the kit, so if the 4 plants had been kept, I would have run out. This is still fun. Trying to get clones ready for the summer outdoors (my first try at outdoor growing). Expecting layoff notice today so might have a lot of free time. Photo one shows MCC overall. Photo 2 is of what looks like the most affected bud, which can be seen in photo 1 (top left, second from left, with blue wire) you can see it's not the closest to the light. the photo of two buds are right under the LED with only minor coverage from the HPS. photo doesnt seem to show the difference, with MCC still lots green and PC looking tight and brown. No question there is a big difference in duration for these two. Onward.
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So. Almost 10 weeks since switchover to 12 12 and we are close . i changed light setting to 11.5:12.5 in the hopes of finishing them up. Started flushing with water and only blackstrap molasses on thursday for PC and gonna start MCC today. The trichomes on each are still somewhat clear, but getting there. High and low on plants now seem pretty much the same if only a little more advanced up high. I am somewhat concerned about the leaves dying into the buds, but again all my knowledge at this point is from reading. from what I read, I don't want the leaves going into the buds to turn? trichome photos are from suppertime yesterday. Opinions would be valued if I should harvest before the leaves on the buds die any more. Cheers.
