Photoperiod Cannaficionado Grow Thread. (Organic)

[Cannaficionado]

So I took the pictures this afternoon

The Forbidden Jelly is now the good-looking plant in the tent.

The slurricane on the other hand is the plant giving me problems now. Looks like calcium or magnesium deficiency or lock out on top as well as phosphorus issues on the bottom so Im wondering if its become a ph issue. Idk how since I dont do anything different and I dont think Im feeding that heavy. But I did stop ph'ing my water. Its working fine for one plant but not the other. Im thinking about watering then separately from not on an dropping the ph of the water for the Slurricane down to 6.1-6.4 till harvest time, whatever is going on with her has stunted flowering too. Because it started budding up and then just stopped where the Forbidden Jelly is still pumping more and more out and swelling at the same time, well mainly just slowly swelling now. Nothing is swelling on the Slurricane, you will be able to tell that from the last few posts it hasnt changed much at all.

Got a pic of the whole plant, some close ups of a couple colas and the progressing leaf situation

 

[Cannaficionado]

Just an update, Slurricane is not looking good and I definitely think its a soil ph issue. She needed water so I made sure to ph it this time. Got it to 6.5 though since I haven't used it in so long I think I should have gotten new calibration solutions, and recalibrated. It is what it is.

Its not super horrible but is on track to becoming that way well before flowering is over. I still have at least 4+ weeks left and the plant went from fine to this in a little under 10 days.

 

[Cannaficionado]

Bought this surfactant and few days ago and man was it worth every penny. Says .5tsp/gallon and I bet you could half or even quarter that and it would still be effective.

Used the reccomended amount today and it turned a gallon of water into basically foam. Pots took more water than Ive ever seen before.

 

[Cannaficionado]

Just thought Id make a minor update. I didn't take pictures but it appears the heavy watering helped the slurricane bulk up a bit. Pots are still very heavy today. With that said even though I don't see any noticeable difference in size, there must be a difference in weight because its definitely bending some branches. Chose not to take pics because its probably not noticeable to you guys but I haven't really moved the plant and all some branches are hanging very different from yesterday amd on branch is clearly bending from the added water weight because its bending basically right at the bottom of the cola formation. Though there isn't much mass to these buds, I put a glove on and they are like stones on this plant, theres basically no give at all.

 

[Cannaficionado]

Just wanted to update quick before I forget. Seems like everyone in stoner chat was right. Im letting my pots dry back too much. These girls like to drink so I will begin watering daily from now on and keeping the pots about as heavy as I can. The leaves that were dying off halted after keeping the soil wet and the buds seem to be gaining size now, slowly but something is better than nothing.

Edit:

Took a couple pictures today. Like I said earlier it seems like the leaves dying off has slowed down dramatically. Still not pretty but most leaves are still 50% or more green so Im keeping em till they are ready to fall off on their own. Following pics are the whole tent, some different angles on the slurricane and a full pic of the forbidden jelly as well as a few pics of how the forbidden jelly colas are stacking up.

 

[Cannaficionado]

Its getting closer amd closer to the reccomended breeder time. Got about 3 week left, both strains are 60-75 days. Last time I grew Forbidden Jelly it was about spot on and I think it will be with the Slurricane too.

So the Slurricane #7 smells great. Subtle grape notes with a bit of gas on the back end. I did do some digging and a lot of sources say its a slow flowering plant, but those same sources say its a short indica dominant hybrid. Usually staying compact with some the get a little stretchy. This plant grew 2ft in 14 days. Its also structured like a sativa in my opinion, long internode distance and small super dense buds. They do retain a lot of density pretty far down though which is a saving grace. The leaves dying off hasnt seemed to have stopped either just slowed down. Now it seems to be slowly coming back. Took the girls out of the tent to get a good look at them and she had a lot of completely shriveled leaves and ones that fell off with just a touch, but they were way at the bottom and I think its leaves that the plant cannibalized to keep everything up top ok.

Heres some pics of the plant and colas with a trimming shears for a size reference

Let's move on to the Forbidden Jelly now. She is beginning to show signs of a ph or nutrient imbalance too, brown margins, I mean just completely fried just along the edged, basically the serrations. If Im not mistaken thats potassium toxicity. Im not gonna worry about it though, she's got some nice buds growing. The colas are stacking up very nicely. Large dense buds and if they keep swelling the way they are 3 of the colas in the pics could be solid bud almost all the way down to the main canopy which would be nice. Forgot to mention it up above but both plants have been slowly purpling up. I dont think much is gonna come through but parts of the Forbidden Jelly are getting darker. Smells from this plant are just as good you really get that soft gummy candy smell with some citrus/ lemon and grape notes. Though I gotta say not very strong. Im not even running my exhaust 24/7 and it dont smell when I come in the house or even when I walk up to the tent, but I might be nose blind because its strong on a pair of gloves.

Same scenario as slurricane. Size references and so on

Thats all I got for today. Also if anyone feels like answering. If Im suppose to top dress my plants once a month would it be worth it to at the end of the week, that will be about 4 weeks since my last top dress? If they really only got a couple weeks left I dont know if its worth it, though I suppose I could sprinkle tablespoons instead of the normal 7-10

 

[Cannaficionado]

Well its official the Slurricane #7 S1 nearly collapsed today after her second round of watering. I let the pots almost dry back too far. Pots had some weight still but the tops were hydrophobic. Watered a gallon in this morning till it started running out let that fully sink in and work its way through the pot then came in 3 or 4 hours later amd they easily took the rest of that gallon and maybe ⅔ more. Didn't run out but I didn't wanna shock with too much water at once. The leaves are still slowly shriveling up but goddamn is this plant packing on weight. Buds are slowly getting bigger, but 0 give at all. Just DENSE.

Had to put a net up today and ordered some bamboo stakes because as you will see they need to be propped up completely any branch not tied to a stake from the stalk to the tips of the colas will flop over. It does have very thin stems, the stretch really elongated her out but she's filling in that space beautifully. While manhandling this droopy beauty into a net I got very strong whiff of RIPE berry almost over ripe, that super sweet juicy smell. Then you get hit with gas at the very end. Let's just say I hope I cure this girls really well because she will be a treat.

Forbidden Jelly time. This girl dont need a damn net and her colas are super fat. I mean just as wide as a the pair of fiskers trimming shears handle and damn near as dense as the slurricane as well. The definitely have some give to em but not much. The smells that came off her were very subtle today. But same as before jelly candy, berry notes with a little sour kick. She's gonna be a pain in the ass to trim up but it'll be worth it. Its kind of a trade off with the slurricane, it has very little sugar leaf to bud ratio so she shouldnt take too long to trim up but Im gonna lose that time for sure trimming this one.

Changed some things environmentally. Switched the exhaust back to always on at 50% power and I kicked up the speed of my clip on to 70%. After watering the humidity likes to climb up into the 60% range but this is keeping it around 55-57%

One more note. Any pistils that have turned brown have been from being touched. None have turned orange and started to receded on their own but it looks like on the forbidden jelly they will soon.

 

[Cannaficionado]

Just a little update. Watering twice a day now in 5 gals so I think from now on I may bump up to 7 gal bags. Or if Im only doing 2 plants I may just use my 10s. Gonna start using straw to cover my pots too, they are just drying out too quick and its impossible for me to keep up. Watering about 1/4-1/2 a gallon as soon as the lights come on and then the same amount before leaving for work about 4-5 hours later. No runoff and every day the first 2-3 inches of soil has become hydrophobic. Plants are handling it well and still bulking up, got about 2-4 weeks left depending on how the trichs mature, mostly clear still some sugar leaves have a lot of amber though.

 

[Cobstopper]

Switching from 7 to 10 gal plastic pots and using straw was a game changer for me. I suggest getting the straw from BuildASoil.

 

[Cannaficionado]

Switching from 7 to 10 gal plastic pots and using straw was a game changer for me. I suggest getting the straw from BuildASoil.

That was the plan, I wanted to buy their no till soil recipe but I ain't got 600 bucks to blow on it.