Random bag seed when to pull? Spider mites problems !

[CODEE_420Grows]

Started flowering my bag seed on August 8th since then it's been through alot. Broken branches,spider mites. Was wondering when I should pull them here is some pictures I have seemed to deal with the mites but I want to pull it before I lose my crop. What you guys opinions on how much longer is left

 

[lukedaduke]

Look like their 5ish weeks in. The fastest growing crops I have at my facility are 8 week strains, some are up to 10 weeks. If the mites are gone I would just let them finish, you can tell by looking at the trichomes to see if they start to turn cloudy. I would say at least another 2 weeks.

BTW that purple-ling you are seeing on your top leaves is phosphorus deficiency, everyone always thinks it starts at the bottom of a plant, but under flowering conditions and inadequate nutrient levels a lot of species will show P def at the higher leaves, first time I saw it was when I was growing mums and after a big rain storm they showed P def at the top leaves.

But its time for you to start hammering those plants with K, not much you can do about the P def now but throwing extra at the plant wont hurt either. K is essential for trichome and terpene development and helps the bud smell good and get sticky. Ever heard of mono potassium phosphate? its cheap and has everything you need! dump that shit on and watch those buds swell!

 

[CODEE_420Grows]

Look like their 5ish weeks in. The fastest growing crops I have at my facility are 8 week strains, some are up to 10 weeks. If the mites are gone I would just let them finish, you can tell by looking at the trichomes to see if they start to turn cloudy. I would say at least another 2 weeks.

BTW that purple-ling you are seeing on your top leaves is phosphorus deficiency, everyone always thinks it starts at the bottom of a plant, but under flowering conditions and inadequate nutrient levels a lot of species will show P def at the higher leaves, first time I saw it was when I was growing mums and after a big rain storm they showed P def at the top leaves.

But its time for you to start hammering those plants with K, not much you can do about the P def now but throwing extra at the plant wont hurt either. K is essential for trichome and terpene development and helps the bud smell good and get sticky. Ever heard of mono potassium phosphate? its cheap and has everything you need! dump that shit on and watch those buds swell!

Should I hit them with a heavy dose of bloom nutes the one on the left and leave out the one on the right ? Or give them more bloom then base ?

 

[Gemtree]

Look like their 5ish weeks in. The fastest growing crops I have at my facility are 8 week strains, some are up to 10 weeks. If the mites are gone I would just let them finish, you can tell by looking at the trichomes to see if they start to turn cloudy. I would say at least another 2 weeks.

BTW that purple-ling you are seeing on your top leaves is phosphorus deficiency, everyone always thinks it starts at the bottom of a plant, but under flowering conditions and inadequate nutrient levels a lot of species will show P def at the higher leaves, first time I saw it was when I was growing mums and after a big rain storm they showed P def at the top leaves.

But its time for you to start hammering those plants with K, not much you can do about the P def now but throwing extra at the plant wont hurt either. K is essential for trichome and terpene development and helps the bud smell good and get sticky. Ever heard of mono potassium phosphate? its cheap and has everything you need! dump that shit on and watch those buds swell!

How much mpk do you recommend and what weeks? I always have trouble walking that line between too much that stresses them to throw late nanners so havent been using it

 

[lukedaduke]

Hey hey!

Sorry for the late response! was gone for the weekend and didn't have internet. Yeah I would use the bloom booster at this stage. feeding with a lot of nitrogen later in flower can encourage vegetative growth, especially if its NH4! when I am 5 weeks into any cannabis crop I use a 4-31-37, or similar product (to give you an idea of how little N I use at that stage) and I start toning down the calcium and magnesium i have in there. I found that K can and will stress the plant at higher levels, but thats why I ramp up to the highest levels towards the end, because at that point I dont care what the plant looks like I just need to see those buds swelling.

How much mpk do you recommend and what weeks? I always have trouble walking that line between too much that stresses them to throw late nanners so havent been using it

so at week 5 I start at around 250 ppm K with about 100 ppm P and then increase in the last big bulk week (depends on if its a 8,9 or 10 week crop) to almost 400 ppm K! I know thats crazy, and some strains cant handle it, but I have pulled down..... well I'm not gonna boast, it works for me thats all I can say. the plant must be healthy and the pH has to be right, if you push a sickly plant like that.... you will hermie for sure.

old corn farmer once told me, and this applies to cannabis too, the plant wants 2/3rds of its P the first 1/3rd of its life, in this case the flowering stage is what we will consider the plants life. So I make sure I get good bud set and stacking early on by pushing P then make sure those swell and get sticky and sweet by pushing K later on. thats a really simplified version of what I do but the concept works across a lot of strains I have tried so far.