First grow on my own

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MadButcher

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cindysid said:
It never hurts to turn the led off for a few moments during the light period, just don't turn it on during the dark period, just so you know.
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Oh! Well, I'll keep that in mind next time. Those pics gonna look green as fuck cos that's the only other light in that room. But I'll see.
Never mind! I still got the cfl assembly hanging here somewhere.
 
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Alright, some shots without the blurples on.
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Now I do ask for opinions.

The close-up was taken with a lense from a gutted zoom I had laying around, strapped to the phone. Cos I'm cheap
 
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I will say that quartering the roots of certain plants, namely rhododendrons, is very helpful, with pot being a herbaceous plant, it tends to be enough just roughing them up a bit. I tend to not bother unless it's a mom. I have yet to have anything get root bound including a tree I have growing outside in a tiny pot for the last 7 years. However, when I plant that in the ground I will be sure to chop at those roots so that it will have a long life.

Fabric pots are great for this reason as well. You will never have them get rootbound. However, they are a pain to flush!!!! When growing in soil, I never did flush but then again I grew organic so there was no need too.

I do find feeding the plant more fun then feeding the soil ;-)
 
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Love the pictures by the way, that is the most exciting stage when the buds start to look like puff balls and you can't wait for them to grow together into nice bigs colas. GREAT JOB BTW.

That is the correct shade of green!! A tid bit lighter than I would allow but so close I wouldn't touch them!! I like coming on here once an awhile to help people out and always see that toxic green look where you could swear the leaves look black!! It's really nice to see a healthy happy plant that is not suffering from high nutrient content. And the end results will taste amazing.
I would give it another week and hit them with some PK. I grow in CoCo so things change faster for me so you may be able to add a little now since super phosphates tend to get locked in soils at times and may take a few days to free up and get absorbed.

They truly look healthy again... GREAT WORK!!!
 
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moondance said:
I use Promix HP with microrizea in it for my soil, the plants really like it, lots of drainage and benifitials. I used to use maxi grow an bloom but didnt feel the plants were getting enough, so I now am using Jack's Classic 20-20-20 in veg. Maxsea seaweed based Bloom food is a 3-20-20, with molassas 2Tbl per gallon, and 10 ml cal mag in flower. Dont forget the first leaves near the soil are water leaves they will yellow up and fall off as the plant grows, I usually wait until I am re potting to 3 gallons to clean all that up. Cheer man your looking good, lots of info here - but do tartgeted searches cause there is a ton of information on this site it's great! Thanks for Growing! Peace, be safe MD.
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I have never had good results from adding seaweed during flower. Something about the hormones in seaweed, it tends to make the buds more airy which causes them to look bigger until you dry them and the shrink like crazy. I stopped using it and the problem went away and flowering times shortened a bit as well.

And carefull with molasses, get blackstrap and stay away from sulfur types, they act like an anti fungal which can defeat the purpose of adding michonorizae. You are making me want to do a plant or two organic again. Try super soil, from subcool. Look him up, he has a good formula for a all in one soil that has everything needed from start to finish. I use to tinker with that formula and perfect a few things here and there.
 
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Got4m2e0 said:
I have never had good results from adding seaweed during flower. Something about the hormones in seaweed, it tends to make the buds more airy which causes them to look bigger until you dry them and the shrink like crazy. I stopped using it and the problem went away and flowering times shortened a bit as well.

And carefull with molasses, get blackstrap and stay away from sulfur types, they act like an anti fungal which can defeat the purpose of adding michonorizae. You are making me want to do a plant or two organic again. Try super soil, from subcool. Look him up, he has a good formula for a all in one soil that has everything needed from start to finish. I use to tinker with that formula and perfect a few things here and there.
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Thank you, I have been looking into some new organic soils like subcools mix, now that I am able to dedicate more time into my growing again instead of just going with what worked on a few runs due to hectic schedules. I have to find a new bloom food for the next run some of the plants did not agree with it in the flower phase and I am going to reveg a couple of cuts to try over in a few runs. I have been using the blackstrap but I did a few without this run and the difference was very minimal for me so it may be going away soon back into the pantry. I am picking up a new sealed barrel for the basement so I can make my compost tea right there and use a hose and pump to water. My knees are gone basically and my back is always an issue so easier was best, but I always learn new things everyday. MD
 
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Got4m2e0 said:
Love the pictures by the way, that is the most exciting stage when the buds start to look like puff balls and you can't wait for them to grow together into nice bigs colas. GREAT JOB BTW.

That is the correct shade of green!! A tid bit lighter than I would allow but so close I wouldn't touch them!! I like coming on here once an awhile to help people out and always see that toxic green look where you could swear the leaves look black!! It's really nice to see a healthy happy plant that is not suffering from high nutrient content. And the end results will taste amazing.
I would give it another week and hit them with some PK. I grow in CoCo so things change faster for me so you may be able to add a little now since super phosphates tend to get locked in soils at times and may take a few days to free up and get absorbed.

They truly look healthy again... GREAT WORK!!!
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Thank you :)
I think it's a little lighter due to cal/mag def. there was some lower leafs getting yellow and shriveling back from the tip on. I removed them and upped cal/mag.

You're right! This is exciting. Specially since the buggers are already filling out.
I'm just in awe after all the bitching I keep reading here about blurples. But who knows, maybe some do work better than others.
 
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I went in there today and removed the yellow leafs. Nowmy hands are all sticky!
Itsgonna be one hell of a goo fest if this keeps up
 
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And it's still going....60some days since flip.
Excitement is building just as the impatience is.
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And one with the light on..

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Not too bad for a blurples and first grow, I think.
Already got different medium for next round (promix hp) and different strains. Mainly royal queen seeds.

But first things first. Harvest these girls, dry and cure and then I'll know where I'm at.
 
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