gr865
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Harvested the remainder of the WW yesterday. Hanging to dry now.
Have spread opened both of the CC/BBGA's under the light now all bud sites are getting nice light. In reading up on the parents of this cross, Female Cotton Candy and Male Blackberry/Grape Ape, they all say 9 to 11 weeks of flower, I am at 8 weeks and one day. I plan on monitoring the trichomes on both plants and harvest the first one to show 10 percent plus amber. I expect to see that sometimes this weekend at 9 weeks. I will then let the other go toward the 10th week and evaluate the trichomes at that time for 25 to 35% amber.
I can tell exactly when the pH went south by where the most damage occurred on each cola. I have removed and large number of pH damage leaves. They both seem to have responded well to the multiple flushing I gave them and the change of nutes. I am using Heads modified Lucas formula. But I have raised the level of the ph to 6.2 going in but the rinsate is still coming out 5.5 and below, even with straight pH'ed rainwater. Tomorrow I will flood flush them again with 6.0 pH'ed water again until I get a reading of 5.8 to 6.0 coming from the rinsate. Hell I want to shut the water off to the first one at least three days before I chop her. They are still drinking a lot, they empty the reservoir in the bottom of my Hempy buckets in a day. That is between 6 and 7 cups/day depending on how dry the coir is when I water. They are getting fatter and fatter.
The first 4 are CC/BBGA #3, this plant had the lesser of the damage cause by the out of control pH. Her pistils are still mostly white and plentiful, so much so they almost look slimy. Oh the are not slimy but very heavy in trichomes. The trichs are mostly clear.
Two pictures of CC/BBGA #5, she had the most damage from the pH problem. She has many more reddish pistils but still very large quantities of clear trichomes and no amber.
GR
Have spread opened both of the CC/BBGA's under the light now all bud sites are getting nice light. In reading up on the parents of this cross, Female Cotton Candy and Male Blackberry/Grape Ape, they all say 9 to 11 weeks of flower, I am at 8 weeks and one day. I plan on monitoring the trichomes on both plants and harvest the first one to show 10 percent plus amber. I expect to see that sometimes this weekend at 9 weeks. I will then let the other go toward the 10th week and evaluate the trichomes at that time for 25 to 35% amber.
I can tell exactly when the pH went south by where the most damage occurred on each cola. I have removed and large number of pH damage leaves. They both seem to have responded well to the multiple flushing I gave them and the change of nutes. I am using Heads modified Lucas formula. But I have raised the level of the ph to 6.2 going in but the rinsate is still coming out 5.5 and below, even with straight pH'ed rainwater. Tomorrow I will flood flush them again with 6.0 pH'ed water again until I get a reading of 5.8 to 6.0 coming from the rinsate. Hell I want to shut the water off to the first one at least three days before I chop her. They are still drinking a lot, they empty the reservoir in the bottom of my Hempy buckets in a day. That is between 6 and 7 cups/day depending on how dry the coir is when I water. They are getting fatter and fatter.
The first 4 are CC/BBGA #3, this plant had the lesser of the damage cause by the out of control pH. Her pistils are still mostly white and plentiful, so much so they almost look slimy. Oh the are not slimy but very heavy in trichomes. The trichs are mostly clear.
Two pictures of CC/BBGA #5, she had the most damage from the pH problem. She has many more reddish pistils but still very large quantities of clear trichomes and no amber.
GR
