Blueberry Grow Blog

[Eli_420g]

Update, 10/30/16: A little late posting AGAIN. I don't know how I keep forgetting. So, now she's measuring in at 23'' and I'm seeing more bud sites developing. I think she's out of the stretching faze now, probably focusing on flowering. She's also starting to give off scent. It seems like the smell gets stronger every day. It smells good enough to eat lol. See ya next Friday.

 

[Eli_420g]

Update, 11/5/16: so she's in full flower mode. The buds are a lot more noticeable now, making good progress. I'm starting to see trichomes on the more developed bud sites, I'll have a pic below of that. other than that, not much has changed. until next time, peace.

 

[Eli_420g]

Update, 11/11/16: More bud and trichome development, nothing more to report right now.

 

[Eli_420g]

Update, 11/17/16: It's hard to tell if there has been any bud growth. I transplanted into another container roughly 10'' in diameter and tied her to a stick to give more support, she was leaning over a lot. Look at the pics and tell me if you seen any changes since the last update.

 

[Grojak]

I originally commented on how good she looked but upon closer review I'd suggest posting pics 1 and 2 from your last post in the Help Diagnose section on here. The top of you plant is suffering from heat I believe, your light should be no more than 6" above the plant, I think it may be to close and getting too much heat. I went back to check you nutes and did a face palm, I'm almost positive your curved tips and brown tips are due to over fertilizing but I'd still post in a thread to get more opinions. You can get better than miriclegrow if you're in the USA Homedepot or Lowes sell better (thats if you don't feel safe or dont have a hydro store near buy or dont want to order online) in the UK there' B and Q and other options I'm sure. Use the best you can afford and skip a beer eat at home an extra time or two to save money if you need to man, the right products produce the best buds.

Looking good man. She starting to put on a blueberry smell yet? I grew veg - flower under a 430w T5 for around a year and continued using it as a veg light for 2-3 years after, I'd still be using it if it fit in a grow tent. Are you running 2' or 4' bulbs? I used to run 3 reds and 5 blues for flower spectrum. If you're not already apart of it there is a great section here dedicated to T5 if memory serves.

A few pieces of advice (i hope you don't mind) as I was reading through I was going to suggest next round using a bigger pot but saw that you transplanted which is not ideal during flower but in your case might improve yield. Next run anticipate needing to repot and veg in the pot you did this time and 7-10 days before you want to flower transplant to the bigger pot, I call it the "finishing pot" but that's just me. Also it would not do you harm to trim off some of that lower stuff it'll not be much worth growing, wasted plant energy. There is a great thread here on "lollipopping" with some great advice. T5 lights do not penetrate very deep (a foot or so max if memory serves) so the lower branches will never really develop. So what I used to do under the T5 was top a plant 2-3 times before going into flower so I have multiple tops around the same height and I removed anything lower than a foot and anything shaded too much by above branches. If I had been more experienced at the time I would have built a SCROG setup and filled the whole 4' x 2' space under it.

Keep up the good work, Cheers!!

 

[Eli_420g]

Thanks for your advice! I have to disagree with heat stress as it's nowhere near close enough for it to be suffering from it. its 8" from the light. I've got 4 54w high output tubes, there all 64k tubes so now that I think about it, could be the reason for slow production. She's definitely smelly at this point! The only reason I transplanted was because I got paranoid that she was root bound and didn't have enough space to grow roots. I trimmed some stuff from the bottom that I knew wasnt going anywhere a couple of days ago in an attempt to help it focus on using energy on bud production, but maybe I should trim more. I didn't top it because I wasn't sure how to do it. This whole thing is basically a practice run for me. I plan on having a much better set up soon. You could look at it as a "do and dont's" for the next round. I'll have all the right nutes, lighting, etc. next time. Thanks again for your advice!

 

[Grojak]

Thanks for your advice! I have to disagree with heat stress as it's nowhere near close enough for it to be suffering from it. its 8" from the light. I've got 4 54w high output tubes, there all 64k tubes so now that I think about it, could be the reason for slow production.!

Cool, the angle of the photo makes it look like it's directly on it so I apologize, must be fert issue

The I used to run 6 3 gallon pots under my light would get about 8-9 ounce as a beginner I'd guess you could probably pull out 4-5 if you have more plants but as it is you're probably looking at 14-28g but it'll be the best 14-28g you've ever had I guarantee

 

[Eli_420g]

Last update, 11/25/16: Okay guys, let me start out by saying that what you are about to see is stupid, dumb, or anything else you want to call it. Tonight I went ahead and harvested what I had. My reason for doing so is because my setup is just not powerful enough to see through to the end. It's more than capable of vegging, but when it comes to flowering, it just won't cut it. I'm fully aware that it is bad to harvest early. I had the choice to either harvest now, or never. eventually, the plant would just die and I would be left with lost time and nothing to show from it. If you're going to comment saying how stupid I am and how I should have done things differently, I already know, so take it easy on me. Things will be done VERY differently next time. I think there will be enough thc in this harvest for an okay high. I have a low tolerance anyway, so potency isn't a major factor for me. Thanks to anyone who has stuck through until the end. The pics below are the final product. Once it has dried and cured, I will let you guys know how good or bad it is.