First LST grow

orbo

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If u don't mind me asking how come u don't like Botanicare plus? Also I was looking into buying advanced nutrients Sensi Cal-Mag Xtra have u ever used it or is it any good?Later on I wanna switch over to advanced nutrients just to try them out on my next grow.
I put the Botanicare Plus in at about 200 PPMs each feeding AND each watering and I still find myself fighting off Magnesium deficiencies. So for that, I'm not fond. I suppose since its my only beef with it I could just add some Mag to the formula.

I used to use FoxFarm but have since switched to DynaGrow. Lot less hassles and cheaper too. Never used any of the AN line of products, many here do...seems you either love it or hate it. Give it a go!!

Plants are looking really good Olie24. Yeah, those hairs are normal. I'm not sure if the hair length is some indication of anything other than health plants.
 

olie24

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So I got the cal/mag supplement today and hopefully the bottom leaves stop turning yellow form cal/mag deficiency. Some pics of today
Can't wait for them to be ready.
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olie24

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So running into a little trouble leaves are starting to turn yellow faster then before. I am feeding fox farm nutrients 590ppm 2 times a week and regular water with cal/mag supplement at 200ppm 2 times a week. Here some pics of the leafs and of the plants. I'm on week 5 and still have some time left I'm worried their gonna die before their ready any advice? If u look last two pics end of the leafs are like drying up. Idk if that nutrient burn or I need to feed more nutrients?
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olie24

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Any advice @orbo i have been feeding them week later and still turning yellow I'm gonna try to up the nutrients but if u look at the pics leaves are turning yellow and tips are like burned. From the pics does it look like nutrient burn or should I up the nutrients?
 

orbo

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590 PPMs 2 x weekly sounds pretty good at this stage. And your Cal/Mag additions sounds about right. Can you break down the 590 PPMs for me? IOW, what ratios of what are you giving them. Also, I can't remember...what brand of Cal/Mag did you end up with? I'm not sure upping the nutes is going to help. I think you might need to tweak your ratios.

Also, How's your pH?
 

olie24

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Off the top of my head i don't know I have everything written down at the house I'm at work. I pretty sure I'm feeding big bloom at 6ml, grow big 4ml and tiger bloom 4ml all added up around 590 ppm. Then I'm using advanced nutrients sensi cal/mag for got how many ml but it 150ppm as for ph I keep it at 6.5
 

orbo

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It kinda looks light on N and/or heavy on P. Maybe look at your labels and NPK values and see if altering your ratios to reduce P and add a little more N. (more grow big/little less tiger bloom?) I would imagine at this point your soil is getting pretty depleted. I don't have much history with Fox soil so I'm not sure what you should be expecting around this time.
 

olie24

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some updates on my plants week6
Heavy weight Dream machine biggest one out of all of them
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Royal Queen Sour Diese
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Strain hunter money maker
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White label Purple bud not in the best shape but a lot of bud on it like 30+ colas buds are not that big tho hopefully fatten up.
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Samsara green love potion fat buds but crazy leafy.
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olie24

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I think my green love potion is ready what do I guys think? Or should I wait another week or couple days to flush it a little bit. U can see in the pic orange and cloudy trichomes.
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zbo

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In my opinion your leaves were turning yellow due to nitrogen def. Though... losing lower leaves is expected during flower if your plants were bushy... they give their good ju ju back to the plant to power bud growth, unless it's excessive it's nothing to worry about. I feel like cal/mag looks more like freckles.

Your plants look great man, frosty as hell. Your Love Potion is sativa dominant ... if it was me I would use a microscope (60x-100x) to evaluate the trichomes. If you want the heady, energetic high you want to harvest when the majority are cloudy (not translucent!) before they start turning amber. Amber trichomes produce more of the couch lock, sleepy high... thought strain is the biggest determinant. Did you look up strain information and see the recommended harvest date? How big is your room, what is the watts per sq foot... or total overall? What is your growing medium? I'm a mix of perlite and vermiculite so I only flush 7 days from harvest. I've heard soil you want to flush for for longer... if you don't they say your buds wont taste or smoke as good. From the looks of it your killing it. I'm still fairly inexperienced but I've learned that I will constantly be tweaking things to see what works best. Right now I'm experimenting with independent UVB bulbs. I only care about quality... not in it for quantity. Depending on your reason for growing your decisions and technique may be different.
 

olie24

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@zbo this is only my second grow and I still learning hopefully next grow I get bigger buds and healthier plants. I did use a microscope and half of the trichomes are cloudy and half are Amber color. Recommended harvest date is 55 to 65 days. I'm on day 50 of bloom. My grow tent is 48x48x78 and I have 3 led Reflector 144 Mars Hydro Led. Grow medium I'm using fox farm ocean forest.
 

olie24

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Some pics of the buds and trichomes u guys think their ready to harvest?
Dream machine
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Samsara green love potion
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Money maker starting to turn purple
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Purple bud
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luv2grow

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very nice, and your deficiency was likely a trace nutrient zinc deficiency. Just bump up the trace mix next go. Great looking plants for fox farm gear man
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olie24

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Some updated loving my heavyweight Dream Machine I'm gonna chop down tomorrow and start the drying and curing. How much do u guys think I'm gonna get from this one?
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olie24

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Some pics of my royal queen Sour Diesel some nutrient deficiency hopefully I get it under control.
Week 9 flower
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olie24

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So my sour disesel is Into week 10 and some of the trichomes are cloudy and amber color. Shoud I harvest it or wait the 12 weeks they royal queens seed says it takes to flower? Here are some pics with the LEDs.
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