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DrunkInHatchy
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They look amazing. Hopefully i can achieve something similar
starramus
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I have 2 Aurora Indicas, 1 Super Silver Haze, 1 Maui Wowie, 1 Jack Herer, 1 Blueberry, and 1 White Rhino. No training whatsoever. All Au Naturale. Yes I could get more yield, but the plants would be wider, and decrease the number of plants, and thusly the number of strains. I like to stay within the light perimeter. My grow room is in the basement of one of my wife's rental properties which has a partial dirt basement. I have dug what I call a Flowering Pit so have no constraints on vertical growth. It works out well with only a 600 watt HPS for flowering. We happy!
DrunkInHatchy
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Thanks i do hope so. The plant that was worse off (baby A) is doing great starting to take off. She doubled in size over night which is amazing. The second plant (baby B) is just now starting to come around. She grew alittle bit not much but i see improvement. I have to work all day today so i wont be able to keep as close of an eye as i would like to but im sure they will be fine. The soil was dry up to about an inch and a half for i gave them ph 6.5 water. Humidity is good at 45%. Ill take pics when i get home and post them. Im sure both plants will show improvement and growth when i get back.
DrunkInHatchy
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So heres a pic of the babies. Baby A is making a great come back and is growing fast. Baby B is taking a little longer to get back. She has slower growth but she is growing just slowly. I do believe both will be fine and survive. They are both getting thier color back slowly.
So heres a pic of the babies. Baby A is making a great come back and is growing fast. Baby B is taking a little longer to get back. She has slower growth but she is growing just slowly. I do believe both will be fine and survive. They are both getting thier color back slowly.
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DrunkInHatchy
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Thanks i was scared at first but now im actually more hopeful. I took your advice and ive been sitting in the tent with them and talking to them. They seem to love the adjustments I've made with the ph and humility. Now the waiting game again and hopefully no more problems but if there is ill be sure to tackle them asap.
alltatup
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Like Nebula says on GWE, ALL growers are going to encounter problems; it's just part of the art of growing weed. There's no such thing as the problem-free grow. But newbies like you and me--we are learning so much!! I keep a written journal and a photo journal for each grow, and it's interesting to look back and compare the first with the second grow. I am proud to say I got through a bout of root rot on this grow!!! Got that under my belt now. What I'm hoping I never have to learn about is mold and bud rot, but I'm sure I will encounter it sooner or later...
Write this stuff down in your weed journal: it will help you remember faster next time.
Write this stuff down in your weed journal: it will help you remember faster next time.
DrunkInHatchy
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Actually i have been writing everything down. Ive learned from reading gwe, that a journal can help alot. Every step ive taken so far had been writen down.
Im glad you pushed through the problems. Was it hard? How did you fix it?
Im glad you pushed through the problems. Was it hard? How did you fix it?
alltatup
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At first I didn't realize it was root rot cuz I couldn't smell any funk, but Nebula posted on my thread that that's what it looked like. Then I touched it and it was slimey and decayed. So I realized that my old bottle of Hydroguard was expired, I opened the new one and threw out the old one. Changed the reservoir and thoroughly cleaned it with paper towels--wiped it down real good, put in new water nutes and Hydroguard, pH balanced the water, and when I had it all in the reservoir, I squirted all over the roots. I also gently pulled off as much of the dead stuff as I could. I never would have guessed root rot in the winter, cuz my first grow was during the hottest time of year, and no problems. But I had used the Hydroguard religiously and the bottle was good over the summer.
And that was why my girls were growing so slowly. They looked good up top, but I had the root problem. They are picking up some speed now, but I have realized that this is going to be a long, slow grow. I'm just taking it as the girls dictate, and I keep reading stuff over and over from GWE. It's SOOO much to learn and absorb and juggle, and I'm really trying to do the LSTing right, but I'm pretty sure that I started a little too soon, and during the root rot. But the girls are good for now, and I'm willing to keep on learning thru failure as well as success. I made dry ice hash this morning with a friend's trim from his OG Kush harvest; I'ma post a pic below. Messy, but fun!!!!
And that was why my girls were growing so slowly. They looked good up top, but I had the root problem. They are picking up some speed now, but I have realized that this is going to be a long, slow grow. I'm just taking it as the girls dictate, and I keep reading stuff over and over from GWE. It's SOOO much to learn and absorb and juggle, and I'm really trying to do the LSTing right, but I'm pretty sure that I started a little too soon, and during the root rot. But the girls are good for now, and I'm willing to keep on learning thru failure as well as success. I made dry ice hash this morning with a friend's trim from his OG Kush harvest; I'ma post a pic below. Messy, but fun!!!!
alltatup
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The two bigger jars are the OG Kush trim that I worked with today. The little bottle is what's left of my Chemdawg dry ice hash that I made with the trim from my first harvest. See the difference in color? The Chemdawg is a nice yellow, and the OGK is much greener because the guy who trimmed treated it like shit. Then I think it may have been exposed to too much heat and light as well. I tried to tell my friend to tell his friend to treat trim nicely if you want the hash to treat you nicely, but they didn't care. I vaped a bowl of it, tho: it's good, but has green stuff in it. I looked at it under my microscope: that's the second picture. I'm not sure, but I think the brown color indicates degradation of the THC from heat, etc. Not sure, tho. Maybe someone else will comment...
The two bigger jars are the OG Kush trim that I worked with today. The little bottle is what's left of my Chemdawg dry ice hash that I made with the trim from my first harvest. See the difference in color? The Chemdawg is a nice yellow, and the OGK is much greener because the guy who trimmed treated it like shit. Then I think it may have been exposed to too much heat and light as well. I tried to tell my friend to tell his friend to treat trim nicely if you want the hash to treat you nicely, but they didn't care. I vaped a bowl of it, tho: it's good, but has green stuff in it. I looked at it under my microscope: that's the second picture. I'm not sure, but I think the brown color indicates degradation of the THC from heat, etc. Not sure, tho. Maybe someone else will comment...
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DrunkInHatchy
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Wow just wow. Those look tasty. And looks like alot. Ive heard of the dry ice method and wanted to try it in the future i just dont know how to go about it. Did you cure the trims? How did you store them? And where can you get dry ice?
DrunkInHatchy
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Im glad you got it sorted out. The gwe is a great tool to have. Ive been reading more and more. I was thinking about lst but im not sure yet because i dont want to mess anything up. I want to get a little more info and maybe watch a few videos to get a look at how its really done.
alltatup
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Nebula has a great video on it: that's how I learned. It's super easy!!! http://www.growweedeasy.com/dry-ice-hash
Yeah, it was a lot!! I got it all over the kitchen, all over me!! I tried some and it was ok, but I don't think they really know what they doin--as I said, especially not with the trimming of buds. I also learned how to do that the right way on GWE. I learned everything I know there. The way she explains it, it's a total labor of love. The day I harvested my monster Chemdawg plant, I spent from 9 to 5 trimming sugar leaves, separating the fan leaves, placing the buds carefully on their tray. Then I did stick the sugar leaves in brown bags and let it sit for a while. I thought it should cure the same way buds need to cure. Someone on here said there's no need to cure it: that's only to get rid of the chlorophyll, but I think the cure is more than that, so I will continue to cure the trim before making hash.
Pretty soon you can start gently bending the stems on your girls: Nebula says it makes for better nutrient uptake and stronger buds. Check this out:http://www.growweedeasy.com/basics#vegetative-stage
Really good fundamental info about veg stage. That entire page is fantastic. Don't know how many times I've read it. Now go read the girls a bedtime story! ;-}
Yeah, it was a lot!! I got it all over the kitchen, all over me!! I tried some and it was ok, but I don't think they really know what they doin--as I said, especially not with the trimming of buds. I also learned how to do that the right way on GWE. I learned everything I know there. The way she explains it, it's a total labor of love. The day I harvested my monster Chemdawg plant, I spent from 9 to 5 trimming sugar leaves, separating the fan leaves, placing the buds carefully on their tray. Then I did stick the sugar leaves in brown bags and let it sit for a while. I thought it should cure the same way buds need to cure. Someone on here said there's no need to cure it: that's only to get rid of the chlorophyll, but I think the cure is more than that, so I will continue to cure the trim before making hash.
Pretty soon you can start gently bending the stems on your girls: Nebula says it makes for better nutrient uptake and stronger buds. Check this out:http://www.growweedeasy.com/basics#vegetative-stage
Really good fundamental info about veg stage. That entire page is fantastic. Don't know how many times I've read it. Now go read the girls a bedtime story! ;-}
DrunkInHatchy
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Thanks for all the info ill look into both links. Im glad to have you around to help and im grateful for the gwe
DrunkInHatchy
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So heres another update. Baby A is doing great and is continuing to recover. Everyday i see new growth and color returning. Baby B started to bounce back but she took a turn for the worse again. I dont know whats wrong. From what i read it might be a nitrogen problem because of the claw leaves. They are both in the same soil, the same ph water, the same humidity, the same everything so im not sure why she wont make a come back like baby A. But she is still growing little by little.
So heres another update. Baby A is doing great and is continuing to recover. Everyday i see new growth and color returning. Baby B started to bounce back but she took a turn for the worse again. I dont know whats wrong. From what i read it might be a nitrogen problem because of the claw leaves. They are both in the same soil, the same ph water, the same humidity, the same everything so im not sure why she wont make a come back like baby A. But she is still growing little by little.
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DrunkInHatchy
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Thanks for the info. Ill try to avoid wating again like before and see what happens