OK, I hold my hands up..... I've been a bit busy with work and family so haven't been able to give my Dames my full undivided attention. So no leaf trimming/lollypopping.... just 5 or so litres of feed daily and a quick peek inside to make sure they're still alive.
They are all well into flower, and were on PK 13/14 last week at EC 1.0, and now they're on nutes, Roots Excel, Microzyme and Top Shooter at EC0.9.... I'm gonna start adding molasses if I can be bothered to make some up.
Here they are, Cookie front left, Blueberry front right, and the enormous Lime at the back....
The Blueberry is tall, with some massive fan leaves....
Her flowers are nice and sparkly and there's a definite blueish colour....
The Cookie is most developed in terms of flowering, smelling lovely and lots of frost but I think she's been overcooked a little, as some of her bigger leaves are turning rusty.... any suggestions? I've raised her light and might drop her feed to 0.8.
Here she is.....
Last but not least, the Lime, still not enough light, but she's going for it, her buds are filling out nicely, she is going to be a monster!
Her main cola is a mass of bud....
I think the lighting issues are part of my lack of enthusiasm, the spares still haven't arrived (things take ages to get here), so I've ordered some more LED's, 2x Skyline 400W panels..... I can't wait, and hope they come soon to give a boost to the last part of the grow. I can get used to them and be ready for the next grow.
After chatting with Autoberry, I decided to take some action with the Cookie yesterday (day 60). Those rusty leaves pointed to two things:
1. EC too high - Top Shooter is strong stuff
2. Cal Mag deficiency - as the lights are on 24/0, the plant is chowing down the Mag
Top Shooter is a flowering stimulator (NPK 0-20-9) that needs to be given in the weeks after doing PK 13-14, at much lower EC..... every grow I've done (except the last one) has had one plant where I've overdone the Top Shooter.
When I checked the Top Shooter blurb, it does say it is a very strong agent that requires a lot from your plant. It can cause burn, and they recommend a flush before using it, plus a flush each week while on it. Something I've never done, I must admit.
I flushed the Cookie or 24 hours, initial run of EC was 2.1, but dropped to 0.6 after 20L of EC 0 rainwater.
This morning I mixed up a proper nute mix for Cookie, (not a watered down version of the feed given to the others)......
EC 0 rainwater with increased Cal Mag, brought upto EC 0.4 with base nutes then the usual additives (Roots Excellurator, Bud XL, Multizyme, Kelp) and a touch of Top Shooter to make EC 0.8.
10L of that was fed to the Cookie and the run off was a consistent EC 0.3, so she's definitely taking up what she needs after a 24 hour flush, and should carry on just nicely!
Anyway, thanks for taking a look, more soon!
