Vawton's First Grow

plant looks great!

Nice and perky

Looking good there!

61 days since soak, 32 since flip.
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Colas really starting to stack up now.
I am getting a few more yellowing leaves; wondering if maybe the PotforPot mix is running out of steam? Or maybe I’m not watering enough (6 pints every three days)?

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i had yellowing of leaves for the first 4 and a half grows and it got worse as the flowering went on. check your run off for ph and ppm. i was using well water for all the grows and our well water has 550 ppms, mostly lime. i fixed it by using RO water. but didn’t find out what was going on until i started checking ph and ppm of run off. leaves are supposed to yellow and turn other colors towards the end of flowering and will do so during but not too much. get a handle on this. the plants in my QB flower tent had 7.2 and 6.9 ph on run off and that is what caused the nute lockout. i have had this same thing happen in all my grows. do not delay in this. you have plenty of time to fix this if this is what is happening to your plant, but you have to start now.

64 days since soak. 35 since flip. Along with my usual 6 pints of bottled purified water, I did a little trim and only found one yellow fan leaf this time. I think the yellowing might have some the inner parts of the plant getting a little too hot (Inside my tent can hit 85*F during the day when the light is on). With the trimming I’ve done, the improved circulation seems to have made things better.
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Buds starting to fatten up and be getting juicy. I’ve actually smoked some of the little buttons off the branches I’ve trimmed, and though it’s a little harsh and doesn’t last that long, it’s actually a pretty decent high. Once the buds are ripe and fully cured, they should be awesome :crazy_face:

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plant look great!

Day 70 since soak; Day 41 since flip. Still giving her 6 pints of water every three days. Bud development looking good.
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I am getting a little concerned with the browning of quite a few of the leaves.

I’m thinking that the nutes in the PotforPot soil have run out of gas and it’s some kind of deficiency now. Is there something I could hit her with to get her across the finish line? Cal-Mag? Black strap molasses? Milk? What do y’all think?

Hope y’all don’t mind, I’ve tagged a few of the learned folks I’ve been following here, and feel free to tag others in that might can help. Thanks.
@monkman @Low @aPotforPot @Hellraiser @yoshi

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i’ll tag a couple more @Arrow @CoyoteCody @Covertgrower

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Yep, exactly whats happening, best to start feeding a complete bloom fertilizer at this point.

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What would you recommend?

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Hellraiser got you …:sunglasses::v:

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Jacks 321, can get a 4 lb kit from ebay for cheap.

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Hey @Mags51 how’s your grow going? Your tent must be about to bust open by now :slight_smile::

Thanks @Hellraiser . Only $30, should be here Saturday and likely be enough to last through another grow.

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That 4 lb kit lasts a lot longer than you’d think. I’m on my 4th grow with that kit and still have plenty left.

Buds are looking so good! :drooling_face: :evergreen_tree: :gem:

The variable/un-uniform presentation of the brown spots, suggests a respiration or overwatering issue. 6 pints of water is quite a lot at this stage and can be upsetting for her roots/ water transport system. Try watering less.

Our kits are designed to work with autoflowers and we suggest topping off with extra Superb Soil for those growing long term photoperiods in our kits.

If nutrients interest you, try to find something (in your price range and accessibility) that is compatible with soil like Nectar of the Gods. Many nutrient lines are designed for hydroponic growing and are salt-based and can damage soil. (So, no CalMag) Potassium is one of the most important nutrients in late flower. And to be clear, your plant won’t be able to uptake any nutrients if she is getting drowned.

It’s can be nice to give flowering plants a dose of honey or molasses (whatever you have on hand) because this simulates the soil microbes and the sugars are read by the plant as pure energy-- which she puts right into her bud building! Not a necessary thing at all, but it’s 1 tsp per gallon of water and you feed this once or twice. :honey_pot:

Great looking plant either way!

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It’s going well, and very stinky! LOL

One plant is about a week or two from harvest. Second plant, about a week after that.


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don’t chop early! by the looks that i see (white pistils) you’ve got at least two weeks if not more on both those plants that are pictured. i suggest getting a microscope to look at the trichomes. remember, the buds really expand the last two weeks of flowering, you can almost double the weight of the buds.

Don’t worry… I do. I just can’t get pics with mine as my hands just aren’t steady enough. The two plants are actually two different strands, with about a weeks variance on their flower time. The top bud is MK Ultra, which will be first to harvest. The second bud is Blue dream… which definitely needs probably a good three weeks. It’s pistols JUST started turning amber this past week.

As to nutrients for photos, mine are in the superb soil, but have been supplementing with the bergmans plant food… simply following the feeding schedule that’s posted around here. My plants seemed to LOVE the combo. They’ve been getting about a half gallon every 3 days since hitting the flower stage, though mine are only in 2 gallon pots. I’m definitely sold on this combo as I’ve had very little issues during this whole grow.

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