For whatever reason, the plants seem to have wilted/drooped a bit since the feeding. That may be because the day turned cold and windy very suddenly. (My plants tend to droop a bit at night, and right now, the day temp is sort of mimicking a "night" scenario). Will keep a close eye on this. Seems unlikely that my feeding today did something horribly wrong...
New Grower Mystery problems with my Day-20 plants -- any idea what this is?
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my girls tend to droop a little everytime after feeding as well, but they will perk back up after awhile. nothing to worry about.
Yeah, they'd perked back up today, thankfully. Hey - just checked out your grow thread. Nice job! Not gonna lie; I'm jealous of your girls.
Maybe mine'll get there, but we'll see.My little chicas are not bushing out the way yours are. I'll probably chalk that up to phenotypes.
Yeah, they'd perked back up today, thankfully. Hey - just checked out your grow thread. Nice job! Not gonna lie; I'm jealous of your girls.
My little chicas are not bushing out the way yours are. I'll probably chalk that up to phenotypes.
Lol thanks mate. Give your chicas some time, they looked fine to me. When u least expect them bush out, they will prove u wrong. Lol
Day 45 Update
The plants are getting a bit bushier, which I like to see. A few of them are putting out buds like crazy. Lots and lots of buds. I'm actually concerned about that; I'd rather have a few highly potent buds per plant than dozens of popcorn nugs. But we'll see. This is my first grow, after all, and if I'm being honest with myself, I have no idea what I'm looking at here.
Interesting observation: three of my four plants smell terrific. Deep, skunky, and dank. One of the plants -- incidentally, the big, fast-growing one -- has developed a strange smell to its buds. Sort of a wet, grassy, almost moldy smell. I checked the buds thoroughly, including under a 30x loupe, but could not find any signs of mold or mildew.
I did some homework and learned that this "off" smell is sometimes the result of over-nuting. I've used mostly organic fertilizers to date (Fish Emulsion), but perhaps there's an accumulation in one pot that would explain both the plant's rapid growth and its unusual smell.
Yesterday afternoon I decided to do a light flush of the smelly plant. As of this morning, the smell seems to have faded a bit. Now it's more of a mild, vegetal smell, like freshly cut grass. So that's an improvement, I guess.
Here are some pics. The sun is only just starting to come up here, so the lighting isn't great. The color of these pics reflects a weird lighting situation, and not the true color of the leaves.
The plants are getting a bit bushier, which I like to see. A few of them are putting out buds like crazy. Lots and lots of buds. I'm actually concerned about that; I'd rather have a few highly potent buds per plant than dozens of popcorn nugs. But we'll see. This is my first grow, after all, and if I'm being honest with myself, I have no idea what I'm looking at here.
Interesting observation: three of my four plants smell terrific. Deep, skunky, and dank. One of the plants -- incidentally, the big, fast-growing one -- has developed a strange smell to its buds. Sort of a wet, grassy, almost moldy smell. I checked the buds thoroughly, including under a 30x loupe, but could not find any signs of mold or mildew.
I did some homework and learned that this "off" smell is sometimes the result of over-nuting. I've used mostly organic fertilizers to date (Fish Emulsion), but perhaps there's an accumulation in one pot that would explain both the plant's rapid growth and its unusual smell.
Yesterday afternoon I decided to do a light flush of the smelly plant. As of this morning, the smell seems to have faded a bit. Now it's more of a mild, vegetal smell, like freshly cut grass. So that's an improvement, I guess.
Here are some pics. The sun is only just starting to come up here, so the lighting isn't great. The color of these pics reflects a weird lighting situation, and not the true color of the leaves.
It's been awhile since I updated this thread. Writing a quick update to provide some closure, in case anyone still cares about this grow.
Unfortunately, it's not a good update. I had to leave town for a week, on business. I put a drip irrigation and reservoir system in place, to water the plants in my absence. Unfortunately, something seems to have gone wrong with this system. Got back into town yesterday, and the plants displayed a weird combination of nute deficiency, underwatering, and mold growth. It was like night and day. When I'd left, the plants were in pretty healthy shape. When I returned, it was as if they'd been given a bath in toxic sludge.
I decided to cut and toss the plants. A real shame, since at least two of them were starting to put out tons and tons of frosty buds.
If I got nothing else out of this first grow, it was a valuable lesson learned about choosing the right potting mix. I hope to start Grow #2 at some point after the holidays, and I'll share a journal here when I do so.
Unfortunately, it's not a good update. I had to leave town for a week, on business. I put a drip irrigation and reservoir system in place, to water the plants in my absence. Unfortunately, something seems to have gone wrong with this system. Got back into town yesterday, and the plants displayed a weird combination of nute deficiency, underwatering, and mold growth. It was like night and day. When I'd left, the plants were in pretty healthy shape. When I returned, it was as if they'd been given a bath in toxic sludge.
I decided to cut and toss the plants. A real shame, since at least two of them were starting to put out tons and tons of frosty buds.
If I got nothing else out of this first grow, it was a valuable lesson learned about choosing the right potting mix. I hope to start Grow #2 at some point after the holidays, and I'll share a journal here when I do so.
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