Im sure the PH slowed the maturing down a bit, but since that was fixed they've just boomed. I mean the colas are still not super tall and huge, but that should change in a week or two? I am definitely going to have to Veg for less time on the next grow. I vegged until 17,18, and 12 inches. But the amusing thing is that the runt, the 12 inch at flowering, is the tallest of the girls. Measured her this morning and she is 3.5 feet on the dot. The others are at 3 foot 4 inches. I thought space would be better, but since i vegged longer plus the flowering stretch I only have 5-6 inches left to raise the light. Should be good for the last weeks of their lives though. I have a scope. It has a light, and is 60x-100x with focus as well. Is it possible to cure 100% in jars? After dry, snip off, loosely put into jars, burp every day for weeks along with keeping in the dark? Do you only burp the buds/jars only once a day, or just once every say 8-12 hours?
I love growing in Coco, and its a first time for me. Though it has its advantages, a lot can go wrong too. Hell, everything can go wrong in any medium and any circumstance. Now that ive grown in dirt and coco, I would really like to look into how organic growing is. Rather than having to mess with the PH and all, all natutal would be different. Any recommendations?
Thanks Crazy ^_*
-Ocho2
for sure, theyll amaze you how much there gonna fatten up really. i could show you pics of an old big bud cross i had, i think i have more pics of its later stages but im pretty sure i have a few when it just started, it was dominantly pre 98 bubba and trainwreck but big bud was in its lineage. either way, she double in size in as little as like 2 and a half weeks. and nice, looks like the 1 foot one was a good pheno, some will stretch better than others.
you should be fine on raising the light though, i think by now theyre done stretchin and ready to pack on some weight. and yes but id say do the brown paper bag if you want it to go by faster, jars are great for preserving the THC and letting the chlorophyll die out but the paper bag method gets out a good amount of moisture without over drying your bud. id highly suggest it, sometimes mason jars just dont work out so well when it comes to wicking out excess moisture.
i actually have been growin organic for 3 years now, mostly that is(the 3 weeks is when they really eat so some synthetics help to get them all the food they can eat). id suggest brewing microbe teas every 3-4 waters, add some roots from your yard(any fast growing weeds are recommended, they grow fast because they have all those microbes) and a bit of blackstrap molasses(unsulphured!) or honey, theres other things you can use like bud candy but that shit is way too expensive for my taste. i have some old liquid carbo load from AN, i watered it down and use it occasionally for my teas, but i usually just feed it to my compost.
compost is the best thing for plants, i add fruit, old food, and worm castings and high nitrogen bat guano to a 3x3 tray of black kow original, and some really composted organic choice from MG(i usually stay away from MG, but if theyve been composted enough its good soil). i also add some earth worms to my mix, this helps speed up the decomposing process. keep your compost nice and moist, and watering with sugary liquids is recommended to feed your microbes(i even use old coca cola, orange juice, anything expired really except milk or meat products). eggshells are also great for your compost, it packs lots of calcium and buffer soil pH well.
but if you just wanna feed them organic feed, get something like worm castings, high N guano and bone/blood meal if you can get your hands on some. add a small amount to your water(i suggest rainwater, perfect pH and tons of minerals), shake it up, then feed. simple as that. or you can just put it on your top soil.
as for flower, i use high P and K guano and blood/bone meal as well, composted banana peels are also great feed for them(just about any composted fruit is high in potash and phosphorus). i used to have veg and flower compost, but i stopped making my flower compost recently since im trying out technaflora's line for this run. hope all these suggestions helped, id suggest looking up how to brew teas on here, its pretty simple and cheap, all you need is an airstone, some rich feed, and something to feed your microbes. adding the roots like i suggested helps a bunch to raise the density of these microbe colonies, brewing can take up to 3 days and the tea should be kept in the fridge for storage, it will stay good for a while, if it goes bad, just add it to your compost and let the worms take care of it.
glad to help ocho2
