Hey man,
Just read through the whole thread.......MMmmm Enjoyed that...
Great looking grow... Brillant exsample of a diffrent method of SCROG..
Love the sound of the strain..
Your gonna have once nice carpet of bud there...
Pulled up a chair to watch this one out..
Cheers..
Jay
Cheers man, appreciate it! You should like todays update then! The strain description had me sold straight away, big fan of anything with blueberry genetics. Carpet is coming along real nice, tryin to get everything even as possible for that flat look.
I'm driving, and lazy... What week are you in now? I'm mid week 4. Buds fully formed a I'm still shucking them from the understory. I've got one plant of the bunch that is really sticky and triched up already. Going to clone her.
I suffered some stretch while out of town all week. Forgot to tell wife to exhaust the dehu into the room during lights off and into the Hvac when lights are on. Daytime 83 at canopy. Nighttime 69! FUCK. I can't stress enough how much temperature makes a difference in how the plant grows. Oh well, buds won't be massive dense clusters but at least the wont mold.
It's a freakinf jungle in there for sure. I've got about 8" of light moving space left.
Sorry for the late reply man, had a long ting week, lookin to have a slightly better one this time round. End of week 4, start of week 5 come tomorrow. Anyway ur post got my attention, 69F is what... 20C... my cab has been sitting at bang on 20C today during lights off but all week she's been sitting in 17C.... I've never grown this time of year before, normally seasonal i guess, so i've never grown in cold conditions, don't know what effects it will have on the roots, nute uptake, growth ect. If you can shed some light on these issues i'd appreciate it!
She really hasn't stretched that much at all man, if anything, i'd say she's stretched quite a comfortable amount so far, she's still growing but i can't say the low temps are showing to make a huge difference. Either way i'm gona invest in a 80W heater for when it gets real cold outside.
Ur buds aint gona grow another 8" if they're in week 4-5 surely.... anyway more stretch means a more open airy canopy, more light pen, cud be a blessing in disguise no?
Yep, my nite time temps hit 67-69 for a few nights... shocked them for sure and they never bulked up right. It looked like a million different deficiencies but it was really just cold roots not being able to uptake the nute's properly. Surprising how sensitive they are in a container considering outside they can withstand nearly freezing temps. Although I suppose it makes sense, at 3' under the surface of the earth it is suppose to be a pretty constant 55F, still seems cold tho.
I put my hand under the run-off last time i fed her and the water coming out the bottom of the pot from last watering was pretty damn cold! Much colder than the stuff i was feeding her with. My temps are dropping to 17C lights off but new growth is looking super sweet, old growth i had problems with but its sorted now, the leaves will never recover though so sad times! I fed her coldish water ONCE and straight after that i started getting severe yellowing. Was cold cos it was bottled water as appose to from my shower.
Pound, you can still take cuttings, it will just take longer for them to root and revert back to a fully vegetative stage. I've used both powder and gel root stuff, I prefer the powder. I take my cuttings and just stick them all in a glass of water as soon as I cut them. After taking my cuttings I get all my stuff ready. Clean razor blade, cutting board, powder sprinkled onto a piece of paper and the cuttings. I cut off any branches leaving the top two nodes of leaves. I lightly scrape the stem that will go into the soil and then take the cutting, make my final slanted cut and then dip it in the water again and roll the scraped stem and the bottom cut into the powder. I use a pencil to make a hole in the soil and in goes the cutting. I use party cups. After that's complete I water the cuttings in and put a humidity dome over them. I spray them twice a day, if needed, once in the morning and once in the evening. Otherwise I spray the inside of my humidity dome. Too much spray on the cuttings will give them leaf rot before they root.
Legally, I again agree with you about temps. I try to keep my room as constant a temp as possible. It generally stays around seventy eight. I have the luxury of having a spare bedroom to grow in that is dedicated to growing only, so it's basically isolated from the rest of my house. Next to genetics, environment in my humble opinion is the key to growing nice specimens.
Completely agree with you about environment, so many first time growers struggle due to poor environments, what they dont realise is if only they improved this one factor, it would make life for them SO much easier and drastically improve the end result. Then comes genetics... This is the reason i try not to cut any corners when buying equipment or working on my set-up.
Rep for that. I was just typing the other day that it seems strange that environmental parameters are one of the most important factors, easiest to control and yet, you see soo many growers saying things like "yeah it's 90 degrees in the tent and I don't know why, I have three computer fans in there".
It's easy but then again, it does take money.
It does take money i agree but i reckon its only worth really doing if u do it properly. I'm not saying everyone should have a full on air cooled system with separate ventilation so you can use a co2 system, i'm talking about covering the basics properly. If you live in an country with a relatively harsh environment (stupidly high/low temps) ..well...where there's a will there's a way, right?
rep spread around thread well deserved...
It wont let me! Gotta spread some around before i can hit u up, all in good time kev
Comin to a screen near you, sit tight
I see the air pots working wonders for you!!!
Thats one of the biggest ones ive seen used in a grow. besides the ones they have on there websites
i usually do a SOG with the 3 liter ones. and bump up to 2 gallons about 3-5 days before they go into flowering.
pretty good combo because i can fit so many in such a small place because the lack of root circling/rot
i had some problems with the yellowing of leaves too. its most likely your PH
i had 2 plants in the same box (sharksbreath and sour cream) LSTd both and my sour cream started getting that.
its not the light because my other one was nice and green
so i tested my ph and out of the drain it was 8
i could only imagine what the ppm could be.
so after a RO investment and some ph up/down everything with the clones of them
stayed bright green and were all around better.
also ive never foliarly (probably not a real word) fed my plants so it might be the ph of that too. ive always heard not to in flower because it increases the chances of burning the plants leaves/pistols and greatly increases the humidity/chance of mold.
especially in your case where youve got bud on top of bud molds gonna be a real enemy. whats your RH???
but besides that everything youve got goin looks perfect!
Yes indeed it is, was a special order, don't think shops stock em. Roots have settled in nicely and have reached the air holes around the side of the pot, they are now self pruning themselves i hope....my next grow no matter what the set up i'll def use these from the start and stick with them!
Ur spot on, wasn't the lights at all, although the top pistils on buds in the middle of the canopy have been scorched slightly, they have retreated back towards the bud and the buds have white tips, minor minor bleaching/burning. The leaves were all fine but yellowed due to PH problems, first lockout then deficiency! Had it all this week. New growth is the darkest healthiest i've ever seen, so i'm not touching her now until she really needs a good watering, and when she does she's getting exactly the same as last time!
I've stopped foilar feeding this week due to the thickness of the canopy and size of the buds. I'll be very surprised and extremely disappointed if my three 6" fans and insane air exchange don't combat all potential mould issues. Have no idea what my RH is, i'll find out today and get back to u on that one. My hygrometer currently sits outside my cab and gives just a temp reading of the inside. I'll stick in there today when the lights come on.
I've said it before and i'll say it again, fucking beautiful man, all about the shape of ur lady
Two chocolopes chopped yesterday and what's left under my screen. One super skunk, one critical+kali mist.
The chocolopes went nine weeks of 12/12.
Damn man i want! I'm so very very nearly sold on chocolope, u've done well. All i need now is a weigh in and smoke report and i'll make my decision! Ur other 2 look super super tastey man, looks insanely frosty! U only running HPS's? Or you got a dual spec going on somehow
Can't wait to see some buds swell and get even stickier.
