YellowHouse first grow: Blue Dream

[YellowHouse]

I appreciate it the insights, @Hellraiser. I’ll have to play it by ear–I’ve got some friends who can help out if need be, but I’d like to avoid it if possible. Even if I can get to the point of chopping before I have to take off, I should be able to figure out the drying situation without issue. I’ll keep your lighting suggestions in mind if the progress seems slow mid-flower.

@HanJolo – Initially, I also thought it was just genetic, but some folks on another forum had suggested to me that purple stems, if caused by genetics, wouldn’t appear this early. (I have no idea–just what I’ve heard.) They’ve since appeared more green after adjusting my nutrients, but the purple never extended into the leaves, which is apparently more of an indicator of a deficiency, so you may be right. In either case, I’m using CalMag according to the instructions on the bottle.

Thanks, dudes!

[HanJolo]

Thanks Hell. I know your always busy on your journals, so great you could spare some time to help. You were the only one I’ve read who discussed a change in light schedules to speed up maturity of plants. Keep it green brother

[YellowHouse]

Alright, snagged some photos while I was doing some maintenance today. I did a little defoliating to make sure those little buttons of green growth are getting some light. Overall, I’m pretty happy with how the soil plants have progressed after I fixed my water/nutrients problems. Also, love watching the roots progress in the DWC. Looking much better since I rinsed them during the last reservoir change.

Blue Dream:

Mojave Green:

Lemon Glue:

[HanJolo]

Very nice.

[YellowHouse]

Couple shots with the new camera.

[neofirebird]

Hey man I was tending the girls earlier and noted how f*cling thick the oldest roots at bottom of cup are nearly size of the trunk topside.

can’t see it I should have taken a shot of zkittlez roots on backside growing so thick sideways out in the bucket. SMH

[neofirebird]

Looking good bro!

[neofirebird]

I like to see purple in my buds! Zkittlez coming along is just beginning to change pistol colors abit.

[YellowHouse]

Awesome pics, @neofirebird!

It’s been a minute since my last update, so again, I’ll write up some words now then provide some
more updated pictures later when I make some pH adjustments.

It’s been 10 days since I switched to a 12/12 light schedule, and the plants have each had their own ups and downs.

First, the Blue Dream in the DWC. That plant has always been a bit lighter than the others, and you’ll recall in this previous post, I had thought that it was due to me misjudging the nutrients needed, and accidentally underfeeding by about 25%. I upped the nutrients accordingly, and diligently kept the pH in check. It was also a few days back that I noticed that the DWC plant started drinking a lot more of the water in the bucket. I decided to let it go an additional day before topping it off once, and didn’t notice that the PPMs had drifted incredibly high. I corrected the water levels, but there was noticeable nutrient burn on the leaves and some older leaves had started to claw downwards, which is apparently indicative of nitrogen toxicity. I kept the pH in check as usual and kept an eye on it. After not seeing noticeable improvement the next day or two, I picked up some more pH test calibration solution, and noticed my cheap pH tester had drifted significantly. So I picked up a new pH tester which should arrive today. Even after recalibrating my shitty pH tester and fixing my pH levels, the new growth doesn’t seem to be damaged, but it is still coming in pretty light. We’ll see what my pH levels look like today with the new tester. Definitely taking notes on improving how I handle this for my next grow, but this has been my hardest problem to solve so far.

Next, both of my Mojave Green were showing visible male pollen sacs. These were not feminized seeds, so I need this was the risk coming in, but I was hoping to see a Mojave Green through to the finish, since they had been growing the strongest thus far. I’ll probably stick to feminized seeds for my next grow though, just because of the size constraints of my tent and how long you need to grow them before you can determine the sex.

My Lemon Glue have been coming along nicely. My new watering and feeding schedule is working perfectly for the soil plants so far.

Finally, you may remember my post where I talked about the other feminized Blue Dream and how it had been resilient through a troublesome seedling stage. This plant is coming through beautifully, and I’m starting to see nice white pistils, of which I’ll post some pictures later.

In sum, some ups and downs. Learning a lot. I think I’ll get at least something smokable from this harvest. Remembering my quote from my first post:

@YellowHouse

This is entirely an experiment to learn and even if I completely kill my plant without producing anything worthwhile, it’ll be a success in my eyes if I’m that much more prepared to nail it on the second try.

[neofirebird]

That sucks about the DWC. In the future FWIW I’d redo the bucket nutes and fresh water… It seemed to start to get lighter green than it already was so I was thinking… Uh oh! If you start getting same readings w any pH pen it’s out of calibration also FWIW. You’ll kill it next round. Germinating another now I presuming. I’ve got another zkittlez popping soon. Looking back I recall I said that runt would probably turn into as monster. Always keep eye on water level. Adjust as needed, check often, keep bucket level up. Keep up with what you have going on

[YellowHouse]

Alright, folks. It’s been a while since I last updated, but overall things are going smoothly after correcting my pH issues in the DWC. It has been signficantly colder in my area now, so my reservoir temperatures and overall tent temperatures have dropped–might get low enough to see some purple as we move forward.

I’m now down to 3 plants, both of my feminized Blue Dream (1 in DWC and 1 in soil) and one Lemon Glue F2. All three are now showing some clear signs of flowers, with the soil Blue Dream leading the pack on flower development. My DWC Blue Dream has gotten super bushy lately, and the node spacing is probably about an inch or so on the branches. May need another hair cut soon.

@neofirebird @peachfuzz – What level of PPM are you typically targeting throughout flower?

Here are some shitty pictures:

Blue Dream (Soil)

Before and after correcting the pH on the Blue Dream in the DWC. You can see the new growth is getting some darker green coloring. Seems to be recovering, but I definitely fucked this plant up a bit at a pretty crucial stage in growth. Lessons learned!
BEFORE:

AFTER:

[peachfuzz]

Around 800 to 1000 ppm…
But main thing will be ph and how much of what nutrients make up those ppm’s…

[YellowHouse]

Thanks!

[neofirebird]

Hey glad to see you around @YellowHouse So you did save the DWC Blue Dream! Nice. She looks better in the after pic but once she gets greener up top - remove the lowest etc. yellow leaves, as she’s wasting resources on leaves that can’t do proper photosysthesis. Your soil gal of Blue Dream looks nice… watch your pH and ppm’s but I don’t know the specifics - others here can help though. However in DWC I can tell you keep pH above 5.80 under 6.20 - I check mine at least three times a day as they drop pH on me as they feed. On the ppm question: 1000 - 1400. As @peachfuzz said…
I’ve usually seen ppms in my DWC (which you have to / want to replace the solution after adding 50% or more water to top off. Every time through the whole cycle except end - I flush buckets in shower until about week six or seven I find they each get too big to be easy to pull out of tent and root ball too big for a gallon bucket while scrubbing the main buckets.
Hopefully your DWC Blue Dream comes fully back strong… autos are limited on time but you could see some action with her if you treat her right

[YellowHouse]

Hey, folks. It has been a while since my last update, so here’s what’s been going on.

It has been almost 4 weeks since I flipped to a 12/12 schedule. You’ll recall from my last posts that I was struggling with my DWC plant, and while it was recovering after I fixed my pH issues, it hadn’t shown practically any signs of sexual maturity since the shock of the nutrient lock out. If I didn’t have a hard stop at the end of the year, I probably could have kept it going, but I decided to chop it and focus on my last two females in soil. (One Blue Dream and one Lemon Glue F2)

I grabbed the blurple that originally came with the tent and strapped it up as a side light since our temperatures have been dropping significantly in my area and the extra heat from the light isn’t a problem.

Here’s a video tour of what I’ve got going on:
https://streamable.com/nzfley

You’ll notice that I’ve got some nitrogen toxicity going on with the Lemon Glue. That plant has been getting clean, pH’ed water until runoff for the last few waterings, and I’m going to try to be careful with nutrient levels through the next few weeks.

Looks like I may end up with something from these plants after all!

Cheers!

[YellowHouse]

Hey folks,

Just wanted to post a few pics since I haven’t been updating as religiously. Still working towards the finish line with the 2 ladies: one Blue Dream and one Lemon Glue F2.

Getting some real skunky, sugary type aromas from the tent! Excited to see how these develop over the next few weeks.

Blue Dream:

Lemon Glue F2:

[neofirebird]

Looking great! Keep it up.

[YellowHouse]

Hey folks,

Been a long time since my last update, so here are some pics as we close in on the finish line. I will need to chop these down around the 11th or the 12th, so hopefully they finish maturing up by then.

Starting to get tinges of purple because my tent has been getting super cold at night. Also, both plants are starting to shed some fan leaves. The Lemon Glue has a very pungent citrus-skunk smell, and the Blue Dream smells like straight up sugar.

Picked up some jars, Boveda packets, and micro RH meters. Getting close!

Blue Dream:

Lemon Glue

Both Plants

[neofirebird]

Outstandingly well done