First Grow

BlueRidgeGrower said:

Exciting huh! I'm excited for the chop. Not so confident on my cure but we will see

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the trick with drying/curing is easy.

do this.. spend 10-12 bucks on a 6 pack of boveda 62% humidity packs on amazon then you can easily cure 6 oz in 6 different jars. You'll def. have enough packs if u buy the 6 pack.

The trick to drying and curing is this easy...... Dry as slow as possible.. 10 days is amazing but It never takes me that long.. I like to dry atleast 4 days but my usual is 7 days... 7 days then into jars and burp and burp and wait... 21 days later youll have great smoke.

Strocat said:

right around the same.. when i get 20% amber I'll give myself 2-3 days darkness then cut.. I'm not saying 2 days in dark gives more trichomes but it is a thing some growers do and I personally think it has worked in the past so I always do it.

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If using fox farm trio nutes a little grow big with flower nutes so let's say 3 ml or is that too much ? I'm in week 4 of flower

Lachrymology said:

Looks like we're gonna be chopping nearly exact same time.

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Im catching up... just give me a few weeks

Lachrymology said:

It shouldn't take that long for the run off to collect. Water till run off give it like fifteen minutes then pull the excess water out the tent. Should help lower it a bit.

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Vouch for this, been doing it for years... all that knowledge just from research, anyone would think you have been growing for donky's years, putting me to shame

Tx-Peanutt said:

I found some roots in pot on top of soil is that normal . I transplanted a month ago I'm flowering right now 4 th weekView attachment 3967153View attachment 3967154

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Sometimes when you do not water you plant with enough liquid the roots stay near the surface to collect the water and have a thick rootball just under the surface of the soil... look at the bottom of your pot, is there roots sticking out ? .. push your finger into the soil until your finger joint in 3 different areas can you feel roots ?...... when you water try to water slowly, water a area, wait a while water another and once saturated add another 10% to ensure run off. If you are already doing this then it should be ok until signs of problems start

Tx-Peanutt said:

Usually when I water I let it run off a little bit but I try to do the least I possibly can

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Run off is good ! It gets old salts and built up nutes out of your soil

BlueRidgeGrower said:

I water till 20% runoff. Read that somewhere I think. Not sure the validity of that. But it's workin for me. But during veg I was only watering 1 a week. Towards the end of veg she drank a little more often. Maybe twice a week on a really thirsty week? I watered my girl Friday and had to rewater today. She's reaaaally thirsty now

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Finding the same thing with mine, nl auto guzzles water but is great for lst, i am kicking myself now for not starting when she was shorter.. great work on your lst by the way, shat on mine

Strocat said:

she is done stretching .. trust me.. youll get like a good week-10 days of stretch then youll see vertical growth 100% stop and then it will focus all its energy on making buds.. note to you.. the lowest leaves hidden under canopy will start to yellow and fall off.. this is normal and you need not worry.. To keep your upper growth from early yellowing I always use a little veg nutrient along with bloom nutrients till about 1/2 through flower. the use only bloom nutrients.

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Always use this method, i go: 4(parts)grow.. 3/4grow-1/4bloom.. 2/4grow-2/4bloom.. 1/4grow-3/4bloom.. 4/4 parts bloom.. obviously have waters inbetween but this schedule has served me well and had some good results.

Strocat said:

the trick with drying/curing is easy.

do this.. spend 10-12 bucks on a 6 pack of boveda 62% humidity packs on amazon then you can easily cure 6 oz in 6 different jars. You'll def. have enough packs if u buy the 6 pack.

The trick to drying and curing is this easy...... Dry as slow as possible.. 10 days is amazing but It never takes me that long.. I like to dry atleast 4 days but my usual is 7 days... 7 days then into jars and burp and burp and wait... 21 days later youll have great smoke.

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I agree.. its best to let things dry slowly. When i first started growing i always choped buds up small and would dry them in a day or so and would end up with horrid crispy buds.. but now ? I trim the leaves then chop the whole plant.. use string to make sure no buds would be able to touch each other, hang upside down and leave for a couple of weeks, wait until the stalks can snap then cut/placebuds in GLASS mason jars and burp once a day, i like to leave the lid open for roughly 5 mins a time for safety, once a week i tip the buds out to mix things up, try a test nug to see how things are goin then seal again, i cure for 6 weeks on average

Tx-Peanutt said:

If using fox farm trio nutes a little grow big with flower nutes so let's say 3 ml or is that too much ? I'm in week 4 of flower

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No idear on this one, i use biobizz range. Whats your n-p-k and how many ml are you currently using ?

furious248 said:

Sometimes when you do not water you plant with enough liquid the roots stay near the surface to collect the water and have a thick rootball just under the surface of the soil... look at the bottom of your pot, is there roots sticking out ? .. push your finger into the soil until your finger joint in 3 different areas can you feel roots ?...... when you water try to water slowly, water a area, wait a while water another and once saturated add another 10% to ensure run off. If you are already doing this then it should be ok until signs of problems start

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I had gave her nutes no run off than came back with tap water until I got a run off ... I water the same way u said above .I have a small watering container no roots sticking out ...

furious248 said:

No idear on this one, i use biobizz range. Whats your n-p-k and how many ml are you currently using ?

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6-4-4 .I stopped putting it in my plant cuz I'm in flower.. Last time I put it in I started having issues

Tx-Peanutt said:

6-4-4 .I stopped putting it in my plant cuz I'm in flower.. Last time I put it in I started having issues

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Do you give them the full dose the company says or at a reduced amount, and 3ml should be ok in 2l of water but would ask for a second opinion

furious248 said:

Do you give them the full dose the company says or at a reduced amount, and 3ml should be ok in 2l of water but would ask for a second opinion

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I usually make a gallon cuz I have her ina big pot close to 5gallon pot I'll give her 3/4 of it than wait 15 minutes usually there ain't a run off and than I grab tap water till I c at least a20 percent run off.. I do give her full dose now at first no ... and this is to reduce yellow leaves up top "new growth " right?I am having this problem now !! But I also have a little bit of spider mites up top I think... larvae who knows how much they could be killing her slowly

Strocat said:

she is done stretching .. trust me.. youll get like a good week-10 days of stretch then youll see vertical growth 100% stop and then it will focus all its energy on making buds.. note to you.. the lowest leaves hidden under canopy will start to yellow and fall off.. this is normal and you need not worry.. To keep your upper growth from early yellowing I always use a little veg nutrient along with bloom nutrients till about 1/2 through flower. the use only bloom nutrients.

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Sweet! She's hit the highest I can raise my light! I was worried she would keep going. Well she's definitely slowly kicking smell up. Still not bad outside my room. Sometimes I walk in just to smell haha. I'm excited to see her nugs start to fatten!

I'd post pictures but she's really isn't altogether that different from yesterdayesterday. Will post pics here in a couple more days

Tx-Peanutt said:

I usually make a gallon cuz I have her ina big pot close to 5gallon pot I'll give her 3/4 of it than wait 15 minutes usually there ain't a run off and than I grab tap water till I c at least a20 percent run off.. I do give her full dose now at first no ... and this is to reduce yellow leaves up top "new growth " right?I am having this problem now !! But I also have a little bit of spider mites up top I think... larvae who knows how much they could be killing her slowly

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I'd make a post over on the Plant Problems thread. Those guys know their shit. And there's swarms of them.

I just wanna try it so bad

Tx-Peanutt said:

I just wanna try it so badView attachment 3967729View attachment 3967730

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To be fair man, dont mean to sound like a dick but you have jumped on someone's grow journal asking for help and posting pictures when there is specific sections for stuff like that, this journal is for blueridgegrower to share his grow with others and for them to comment and maybe compare. I have been kind and tried to help you out when you are semi hijacking their journal and gave you the best advice i could, blueridge is right, you should make a thread and ask for help from a big audience rather than try to squeeze blood out of a stone on a small journal with new- semi knowledged growers. It will help you out in the end, try ladybirds for your mites and im sure you will always be welcome on the thread to keep a eye on it ... but this is blueridges show so please respect that

My bad I thought it was a forum don't cry