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johny sunset

johny sunset

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HerbalRelief said:
Hey Johny, I grew some of the WW and Purple from THC Biomed for a person I DG for. Both strains showed signs of cal/mag deficiency around week 2+ in flower (the Opium strain from them was fine)....but the buds still got big and resinous and finished well. But the leaves all rusted and fell off. Did you notice that with these two strains? It happened in HP promix BX with Advanced nutes Iguana organic forumula as well as in my RDWC hydro system with mineral nutes. I use RO so I add calmagic+ suppliment from GH to both soil and hydro systems, but this issue still cropped up. My other Indica's seemed fine too but the Sativas all started showing signs of this, including my Great White Shark which has WW genetics.
I'm a bit stumped. Maybe you noticed if the WW was a cal/mag hog or maybe it is something else. I know for sure it is not mites.
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I found the WW to be a pig on nutrients compared to the others. The sensi start on the other hand was a much lighter feeder and way more sensitive to the cal-mag issues and stated rusting ahead of the others ( about week 5 in veg ) So she took the most damage before I could get a hold of it but no leafs fell off. Even the clone I took from her was showing some rusting while it was in the Dixie cup, but has sense cleared up after re potting. I took a clone of the WW and it's looking great the strain just wants to be a bush.....so much side branching going on.

I really haven't had any more cal-mag issues after switching to bloom and stop using cal mag. (AN rep advise ) I'm about two weeks out now and all 3 are looking very frosty and smelling amazing.

How did the WW smoke ?
 
HerbalRelief

HerbalRelief

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johny sunset said:
I found the WW to be a pig on nutrients compared to the others. The sensi start on the other hand was a much lighter feeder and way more sensitive to the cal-mag issues and stated rusting ahead of the others ( about week 5 in veg ) So she took the most damage before I could get a hold of it but no leafs fell off. Even the clone I took from her was showing some rusting while it was in the Dixie cup, but has sense cleared up after re potting. I took a clone of the WW and it's looking great the strain just wants to be a bush.....so much side branching going on.

I really haven't had any more cal-mag issues after switching to bloom and stop using cal mag. (AN rep advise ) I'm about two weeks out now and all 3 are looking very frosty and smelling amazing.

How did the WW smoke ?
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Dude all my shit smokes amazing, mostly because I run pure PH'd RO for 10 days after I stopped nutes (in hydro and 14 days for soil).

The white widow, actually if you watch the GreenHouse video (although this is Paradise Seeds THC BioMed) produces better in soil than in hydro.

So you had no issues since you STOPPED using calmag? I hope you have done a whole run? The issue didn't come up for me until maybe week 4 when it was like fuck, this is kinda not reversible. My friend was hypothesizing that the strain was prone to lockout of calmag. I did a side by side test with just AN Iguana Bloom from day 1 in my Bloom room (ie. no salts buildup or lockout - using Promix BX). Same shit rusting on the leaves. Man I am stumped..
 
johny sunset

johny sunset

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HerbalRelief said:
Dude all my shit smokes amazing, mostly because I run pure PH'd RO for 10 days after I stopped nutes (in hydro and 14 days for soil).

The white widow, actually if you watch the GreenHouse video (although this is Paradise Seeds THC BioMed) produces better in soil than in hydro.

So you had no issues since you STOPPED using calmag? I hope you have done a whole run? The issue didn't come up for me until maybe week 4 when it was like fuck, this is kinda not reversible. My friend was hypothesizing that the strain was prone to lockout of calmag. I did a side by side test with just AN Iguana Bloom from day 1 in my Bloom room (ie. no salts buildup or lockout - using Promix BX). Same shit rusting on the leaves. Man I am stumped..
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I just starting a flush now. Last week I gave them all half strength feed and the widow is already starting to fade I'm going to give them just phd water until there done ( another 2 weeks)

But my cal mag issues started week 4-5 in veg. I introduced cal -mag and the problem cleared up for about another week or so and I just continued with the cal -mag.,Then they all just locked out (I think ) so I freaked out and flushed them with RO water and once they started to recover a bit I just switched to bloom with out cal-mag( after a panicked phone call to the advanced hot line ) and they seem to be doing fine other then all the rusting damage they took from earlier.

From last night starting left to right Sensi star, Cheese and widow. And you can notice the fan leafs yellowing on the widow already.:blsmoke:
 
dienowk

dienowk

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I am trying to decide what to grow next, has anyone grown Cali Connections Purple Chem ? or crapkings NL Auto ?
A buddy gave me a pack of each along with a bunch of random crosses of other shit and I am at a loss which to go with.
 
Pulpit_

Pulpit_

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HerbalRelief said:
Dude all my shit smokes amazing, mostly because I run pure PH'd RO for 10 days after I stopped nutes (in hydro and 14 days for soil).

The white widow, actually if you watch the GreenHouse video (although this is Paradise Seeds THC BioMed) produces better in soil than in hydro.

So you had no issues since you STOPPED using calmag? I hope you have done a whole run? The issue didn't come up for me until maybe week 4 when it was like fuck, this is kinda not reversible. My friend was hypothesizing that the strain was prone to lockout of calmag. I did a side by side test with just AN Iguana Bloom from day 1 in my Bloom room (ie. no salts buildup or lockout - using Promix BX). Same shit rusting on the leaves. Man I am stumped..
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Could be K deficiency, I stopped using cal/mag. I use 1/2 teaspoon of epsom salts for every gallon of water every feeding.
 
dienowk

dienowk

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zoic said:
Before it drives you crazy or frustrated just apply the standard of decision making.

eenie meenie miney mo :mrgreen:
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I was past crazy awhile ago :) I was cursed with being super indecisive, you should see me trying to pick out a bag of chips at the store.
 
zoic

zoic

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This is torturous for me, looking at all these frosty pics. I have about the same thing going on here now but I cannot seem to take a decent pic. I think I need to borrow my daughter iPad or something. Very nice plants peeps!

I guess I have to go stare at my plants for a while now, LOL. :oops:
 
johny sunset

johny sunset

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zoic said:
Looking damn good johny! How many days do you think you will run them for.
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Thanks Zoic. I'm thinking the widow might come down tonight or tomorrow night......starting to see a lot of amber under the microscope.
The cheese and sensi star I'm gonna let go another 5 -7 days. Still seeing lots of clear trichomes.

Sensi star


Cheese ( I just noticed the dog hare after posting haha)
 
cannadan

cannadan

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Hi GroErr are those 3 gallon cloth /fabric pots?
I have been eyeballing some of the the bigger ones...and was wondering how you like them???
the results speak for themselves..lol nice job GroErr
 
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