First, this is an ultra stealth grow that I'm helping with since I've been out of work with health issues with lots of extra time. Avoiding online orders, we made due with what was available at the big box stores, meaning the only thing we could find with a good balance of micronutrients was a 24-8-16 Sta-Green fertilizer which was diluted to half the recommended strength and supplemented with bone meal for phosphorous for the first 5 weeks of flower, and Dr. Earth's organic Succulent fertilizer 1-1-2 (the only thing available locally that is high in potassium), bone meal, and cal-mag with lime was used from week 6 until week 8, and started flushing about 5 gallons of tap water 2 to 3 times per week near the end of week 8. At the beginning of week 9 we thought we saw a nanner, so we cut one shoot to do a test harvest, and after drying for a full week, then curing in jar after stem snaps, we got rid of the strong hay smell, but it still has a lingering chemical/fertilizer smell and taste.
The plant is now on week 10, with very few amber trichomes except on the leaves. From my understanding the hay smell, chemical smell and taste, and fact that none of the lower leaves will turn yellow, all tells me there is still too much nitrogen in the plant. I've lowered the lights to be closer to the plants to try and boost photosynthesis to use up the nitrogen, but after over a week of this, it only caused lower fan leaves to turn from very dark green to a healthier shade of green. Has anyone every experienced this and have suggestions?
My thoughts are to add a very diluted bone meal and dr earth tea, because it is more acidic and will lower ph to cut off some nitrogen while also adding some phosphorous and potassium which seem to be limiting reagents (leaves closest to lights are showing symptoms that at least look like potassium and phosphorous deficiency). My other thought, which I have already tried on a small scale is to trim more of the large fan leaves that aren't getting much light bc I heard cutting them releases an enzyme that causes more leaves to grow (not ideal, but should use up the excess nitrogen, but hasn't produced any results so far.
These are some of the sweetest (as in sugary sweet) smelling plants I've ever encountered. Covered with jungles of trichomes, and all of the stalks are so top heavy they are all laying on the scrog net and causing the net to sag.
Anyway, what can I do to save this plant so it will smell like it does in the grow room?
The plant is now on week 10, with very few amber trichomes except on the leaves. From my understanding the hay smell, chemical smell and taste, and fact that none of the lower leaves will turn yellow, all tells me there is still too much nitrogen in the plant. I've lowered the lights to be closer to the plants to try and boost photosynthesis to use up the nitrogen, but after over a week of this, it only caused lower fan leaves to turn from very dark green to a healthier shade of green. Has anyone every experienced this and have suggestions?
My thoughts are to add a very diluted bone meal and dr earth tea, because it is more acidic and will lower ph to cut off some nitrogen while also adding some phosphorous and potassium which seem to be limiting reagents (leaves closest to lights are showing symptoms that at least look like potassium and phosphorous deficiency). My other thought, which I have already tried on a small scale is to trim more of the large fan leaves that aren't getting much light bc I heard cutting them releases an enzyme that causes more leaves to grow (not ideal, but should use up the excess nitrogen, but hasn't produced any results so far.
These are some of the sweetest (as in sugary sweet) smelling plants I've ever encountered. Covered with jungles of trichomes, and all of the stalks are so top heavy they are all laying on the scrog net and causing the net to sag.
Anyway, what can I do to save this plant so it will smell like it does in the grow room?
