I have a very interesting problem. I have two different strains growing in my room. I have Girl Scout cookie extreme and I have AK-47. The AK-47 seems fine, on schedule for harvest, and healthy. The Girl Scout cookie extreme is a different story. I planted these seeds about a week apart. I flipped them at the same time. I believe I flipped them the first week of July. The AK-47 looks like it has a better week to go. The Girl Scout cookie has the longest white hairs I have ever seen on a plante. I’m probably about my 7th or 8th grow. Here’s a recent pic of My Girl Scout cookie extreme.
The Girl Scout cookie extreme leaves look like they’re done. The plant is starting to list to one side. I have a net set up so it doesn’t fall over. But the hairs look very premature. Anybody else experience this issue? I know different strains have different flowering times. But the AK-47 and the Girl Scout cookie extreme should be about a week or so apart. These look like they’re about a month apart. What would cause this? And how can I prevent this from happening in the future? Thanks fam! Looking forward to somebody’s response.
To expand. They’re both growing in foxfarm Ocean forest soil. And the only nutrients that I use on it was Fox Farm Big Bloom. They’ve both been flowering for 8 weeks.
Fox Farms Big Bloom is meant to be used with the rest of the liquid trio, Grow Big and Tiger Bloom. These other solutions contain the rest of the nutrients that are necessary for buds to stay healthy and thrive.
Second, when using the nutrients, in Fox Farms soil, it is important to do a Sledgehammer flush. Sledgehammer is a flushing agent by Fox Farms meant to breakdown the buildup of salts over time and “flush” them out. It is part of the feeding schedule via Fox Farms and I believe it calls for it twice.
Appreciate the tip. I’m going to look at this grow as a failure. At least for the Girl Scout cookie extreme. The AK-47 looks like it has a fighting chance of finishing. Then I’ll drop two more seeds and try again. It’s different every time. Peace, Cheers, and happy growing.
@Smokebloke Looks like to me they still filling out looks hungry to me if it was me let them finish up reason there falling over there getting weight on them i wouldn’t say its failure my friend happy growing
No way man. A learning experience. Your buds look thick and frosty! You got some awesome flowers. Leaves will die off. Shoot, some growers clip so much there is only buds left and no leaves at all.
You don’t have to buy the sledgehammer. But do you know your runoff ppms and pH?? If they are off, like high ppms, or real low pH, then you can pH a bunch of tap water, or get a bunch of distilled and water heavily with that. Check your numbers, then follow with a feeding. You’ve gotten this far, your plants are alive, your buds look darn tasty. Grab a doob, blow out the negative, and push on. You’re almost there.
I started with the FF liquid trio. It was a lot of work using them. Lots of adjusting, flushing. Good end result, but for the work to get the nutes right, darn well better have good results. I switched to Jacks 321. It’s way cheaper and easier to use. It is also way gentler on the plants and easy to make fine adjustments to the plants more specific needs. I also have started using Mega Crop, which is just a 1 part powdered solution.
Don’t get me wrong, FF is good. But there are ways to get more bang for your buck.
