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medidedicated said:

Going great zero mold found, almost 14 days from chop on my 3x3 Though some dry back issues have it looking rough. Chopping regardless at 9 full weeks as Im hash only. Seems to of just needed a box fan and smaller plants with low humidity like they always say. I was so stubborn trying to prove those werent important.

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Hash only ..? Then wouldn't you want to have more ripened trichomes? Are you making bubble or are you dry sieve? To get the best grades of hash you need the swollen heads of the trichome only. The longer you wait, more trichomes will ripen giving you a better quality hash .....? Otherwise it's mostly just filler (stalks and broken smaller trichomes).
None of those plant even look near ready imo.

You also got what looks like a major pH problem. That necrosis can lead to your bud rot and mold problems especially because the plants are majorly stressed and focusing most of their energy for flowering and they are unable to uptake the nutrients they need.
Personally I think you need to really evaluate your grow practices and figure out why that's happening. That's not a dig or jab or anything at all we've all been there. Just trying to help

The 3x3 is the only one I said would chop week 9 its in bad health. The mini leafs it grew to compensate the constant defolling to PM fears, are green still though. I tried to make it as small as possible but its suddenly leaning indica last couple runs. I might have a replacement strain that grows nice and lanky.

I grew 13 clones of this pheno and just know it well. Im not a good grower I try to make that clear as I give shotty advice lol. Through those runs Ive had lanky growth that the clones under aftermarket lights didnt get bud rot. They didnt yield any less hash being very rinky dink flowers.

I never hand trimmed those so I cant say those still did 20% flower rosin because I didnt know yet my bud trimmer was stealing it. I did get 20% off 2 mini clones an oz each of those 13 clones thats what made me realize hand trimming does that. Also creates flower rosin thats better quality I cant express that enough.

I seem to got 20% hand trimmed under a full aize plant under mars hydro ts1000 with much nicer flowers. My first grow from seed, a hand trimmed sample did 20% but then was talked into using bud trimmers and that same plant did 12% suddenly. Its much rougher lacks terps its like clay but butters into butter later.

The hand trim just squirts out literally and collects like water its got that much terps. Flavor is just unlike anything its reminisant of live resin which I dabbed first for a long time. Its like colorado around me in terms of quality. Maybe Im just simple but I made dry sift with it and quality and yield wasnt the same each time but even my best was about as fine as the hand trim flower rosin.

Before I lose ya lemme get to point. I can almost guarentee 20% with any lighting, if its at least 6-8 wks flower it will yield 20% as I tried it again recently with weed that had spores. Was just trying to verify my findings asap and it was 20% at like week 7 flower. I did it 3 times and told you about all 3. Damn me for not seeing if those lanky sativa expressions where still 20% but let me say this.

If it performed 12% the whole time with the variable of machine trimming, the larfs, everything added up to 12%. Ive been close to dialing her in heres how it looked attempting to grow 5 more clones of her. I just recently literally had it all click and am trying to dial her in with basically an all new setup dtw coco.

I may never get them perfect but should be good enough to get me my little hash stash. I know chopping early can make a short lived high but not with this strain or another or yet another. I know this one specifically really well its why if it makes me happy I should run mostly that. Tell ya a little about my lady lol.

If these molding because I cant grow them healthy enough then I quit lol. I grew enough to know thats not true though but love to hear from yall I try my best to listen. It got bone dry its fabric pots low rh box fans and didnt believe it needed 8x a day feed until too late. Needs lower ec too because of that. I like dtw coco just boils down to that.

Not that it cannot get more complicated than that as it totally can and in anywhere else in growing.

It took me 3 runs to get her significantly improved so it may take a few more to get this right. Its ph is 5.8 to 6.2 if that, its always about 6. It probably drifts like it should. I literally didnt dial in the dryback till it looked basically like it does now, so a week later is improvement. I really know this pheno its taught me a lot.

Im always open for advice, Im stubborn but I try.

Like how can I do anything about ph if its always in range when I check. Its a 5 gal bucket I make new solution almost daily its as clean as can be with clorox. Idk why its just always in range with my ec dose though I made note you said it can drift so I started checking it again.

With a new ec I may need to adjust it but maybe just reducing to 1.7ec to 1.4ec with .5ec being tap. Or it will be acidic enough after maxi bloom still and yea thats my whole setup there. 2.5ml 7.5% chlorene clorox. Due to my tap high in calcium.

Forgot to say Ive had it at 100% red hairs 5 of 13 clones and the rest where so/so. They were grown wild I had people warning me about mold for that but also quality. So I started lollipopping real good and my last attempt it just grew so damn chunky with no circulation and 50rh not bad but the no circulation probably killed it.

The colas and leaves had dew spots all over them. That wasnt I think the issue why they suddenly wont finish week 10 but gnat infestation. Over watering but even when I went 4x a day rh 50 no air circulation just exaust fan 6” on max.. Rotten roots from probably gnats pythium.

Sudden cola death that on one clone was just one spot but looking like more coming. They didnt after a week or two but just thought somethings weong try again. Its just hash. Im not light weight but some strains do me good but really all dabbables get me high unless you chopped it week 3 flower lol.

But that side of garden of 3 clones that one I told you about did that but the rest where alright. Noticably brown roots but whiter like not as advanced rot. The rest of my garden of 2 clones bigger tent which the last mentioned side now mimicks but added a 3/3 now, well one plant half of it died.

The clone next to that mind you all same pheno was ok with noticably whiter roots reflecting that. The toasted plant was oof stinky mushy brown and loades with gnats. Plastic floraflex 1 gal pots so I switched to 1 fal fabric double layered with pantyhose by turning it inside out. Tied off.

Someof them work some of them need improvement but noticably better when doing from the start of planting clone. The plastic pots were always rootbound. Now fabric 8x a day or its bone dry almost, when lifting plant before and after feeding its clear. Now its wet to the touch still before watering but another hour later it will be too dry.

Same thing happening in veg and in plastic pots in veg tent with box fan on them though if not to feed 3x a day. Was gonna say thats a thinker but I wasnt flowering like that so makes sense. It was a stale stagnant enviorment.

Crap thats all over the place its just a lot to convey. In fact dont bother reading that just read my journal because it has everything in better detail. My journal just look it up its medidedicated all caps. Thatll give some context but what Im trying to sumay is this root rot is causing limp mode but lolipopping in the smaller spaces as youll see just skimming through pics…

The nugs where getting more concentrated and fruitfull but still white hairs would pop out unlike Ive started to see up till then. I didnt have gnats or root rot idk just white roots or at least good enough. The rootballs with the pinkish tint wont finish right and die. Like pythium.

So thats why I say chop at week 9 normally 10 but Im in SOS mode.

All these plants got bugs too since I didnt panty hose them from the start so another reason to chop early. It is subject to show signs of rot and pythium which Id have to through the damn shit away if it does anyway. I learned if you see no bugs in a already 30 day vegged plant in a pot dont mean there not there.

Could be cooler temps making eggs take longer to hatch and just not seeing any adults. Now im warm flower room theyre popping up crazy even got root aphids Im sure. Seen gnats for a year straight these in one plant dont look like gnats.

Im talking about if colas suddenly die thats a sign to toss the shit.