I should have been more specific, I have a liquid fish emulsion called “Morbloom” which contains contains no nitrogen (0-10-10). So with that said, would you go with the top dressing knowing that it takes several weeks to break down or would you recommend going with the Morbloom for one last feed?
This could be genetics, its not uncommon for plants to yellow out at the end, this does seem a bit early, but I wouldnt say its a deficiency just yet, if you had just top dressed 4 weeks ago. What are your watering habits like? Are you getting a lot of run off? Everything else seems okay, and Im of the camp that is more hands off... If it were me, I would hit it with a general compost tea.. Im sure the dr earth would be fine for a tea, if you needed it, the ingredients seem okay, But I would probably just let it ride, and see if things get real bad you can hit it with a soluble tea, otherwise, I believe the top dress you did 4 weeks ago, should be enough in there to take to right to the end, That is as long as your not watering a bunch of run off and leeching out all the nutrients in your pots.
It seems to depend on how long the smell lasts based on strain and how wet when pulled probably. Some do happen to dry more quickly than others. I will keep things in my basement just because I don't have an attic and I can keep the climate controlled down there. The next step is to trim and jar it. I have found that not putting a lid on the jar for a day or two, then starting the burping cycle, sometimes just leaving it off overnight on some jars if I find they weren't quite ready. After a few weeks of that they usually smell very nice and taste nice too.
I would. Mine aren't yellow because I trimmed the lowest but also because I'm still feeding the hell out of the ladies. It can't hurt this far out at all, especially since your looking at organic solutions. EDIT: PVOG is on point saying don't need nitrogen at this point, but looks like your stuff will be good!
Monsters! hopefully your spray works and you can keep the rest of those colas. Gotta be hard to check way up there!
Damn, bad hit, Sorry to hear.
These plants are all in 5 and 7 gallon fabric pots so they tend to dry out faster. During heat waves, I would water them everyday. I still water them everyday after work just to make sure the soil doesn’t dry out.
I find this interesting, we shall have to discuss this further as I am interested, always interested in organic nutes, as I always have a plan when it comes to having to or by choice, living 'off the grid' so to speak. Am very interested, perhaps you'll have to start a MA organic compost thread. Especially interested in local plants that may be used for composting/nutrients.
Looks like a coin toss with the top dressing, Yeti. If you feel you've weeks to go and are able to flush effectively in time, then do so. However , perhaps the answer is to use the mother Earth, and not worry about overdoing it, that could be the answer. Remember, we have a stage coming up where the flowers are going to swell like crazy and maybe even double reaching out for that male pollen in one last desperate attempt. So that should give you something to look forward to, hope you got a plan to keep your branches from breaking and to support them..
. Havent found anymore seeds in the last week which im very thankful for. I did notice a little spider mite infestation showing up on a few of them. Pretty weird timing for that, but ill go ahead and squish what I can and let the predators take care of the rest.
Hmm Yeah I thought those were bigger than 5 to 7 gal. pots, and if you are getting any run off, your basically leeching out nutrients from the soil, Those plants are big for those pots it looks like (from what I remember, theyre on a different page in this thread now.. but iirc) so they very well could be hungry for something.
Correct.
The reason you see me and others post this picture along with others is to show you how much actual size which equals weight and surface area for more trichomes. Any time you leave those white hairs... every 2 of them is giving up another bit of weight, multiply that over tens of thousands and its very significant. Also, your sacrificing everything from potency, to smell and taste when those calyces are not developed fully.
The key to harvesting is taking the buds that have had almost all the calyx swell up... That way you know your maximizing weight/active compounds/terpenes, flavonoids(smell/taste), etc. .... Now theres a point when they will deteriorate and very rarely some strains will throw out new hairs but you dont want to sacrifice 99% of your plant waiting for a couple (literally... like a couple/2... on a whole cola) of white hairs/calyces to swell up, and let the rest of the cola get ruined... Then its finding a balance over the whole plant if you're chopping all at once if you're not harvesting only whats ripe.
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This size difference really adds up... Ive had these go from the size of a sesame seed then swell up to be bigger than an m&m... and thats just for 2 hairs... Imagine the size, density and weight that adds up to when you figure you have tens of thousands of trichome covered m&m's everywhere...
and again the smells tastes and psychoactive compounds will not have been developed, at least no where near their potential.
Also, take a look at the comparison between these...
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Check out the overall size difference between these... you can tell once cut and dry, one would be nice normal dense nuggets, and one would fall apart in your hands and be airy grass smelling shit that doesnt get you high...
Learn to find that balance and you'll know when to harvest, the only way I describe it is just an overall swollen, "plump" look to her.
Good luck my friend.
hey thanks again for taking the time out to explain it better. i think i get it better now. lol one of my biggest fears is messing all this hard work up in the very end.
Short answer is yes, they are not ready.
Ya, I remember fighting those borers last year on one of my consultant grows. We had to take a piece of copper wire, thick, and go in the holes to kill them, then injected with a syringe, type fat, By into the holes, and we battled them 3 days straight until we got every one. The sawdust at the entry point was the giveaway, and they would have decimated the crop if we weren't right on top of it .glad you were able to get it under control. Just when we were sure we had them all, a few more popped up. Turned out the eggs were in the soil. Sprayed the top of the soil and problem solved.Everything looks to be coming in OK in the garden. A few plants really yellowing early which happened really fast over the course of a week or 2. I'm almost sure that my soil mix was a little too light for the long season but it could also be due to the widespread stalk damage. Been feeding nute tea every other watering which slowed it down a bit.
Strawberry Cough on the right yellowing top down but she was always doing weird things from the jump, and the plant on the left bottom up, so generally I'm assuming being underfed is the issue. I should have fed more aggressively towards and through transition, all a learning experience!
Its funny, the OG in the middle got absolutely ravaged by borers early in the season and is probably the healthiest in the garden.
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Besides the yellowing I've seen very little PM which was removed and havent seen anymore since. I've only seen one budworm in the leaves of a plant that didnt get hit with the BT like the rest of the girls. Those every 3 day BT sprays, dynatrap, and parasitic wasps must be doing their job
White Widows the most behind in the garden. Its going to be a fight trying to get her to finish if its even possible.
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Ahh, I'll answer my own question, too late and unnecasary for all that I got better questions.
Damn good post man!Correct.
The reason you see me and others post this picture along with others is to show you how much actual size which equals weight and surface area for more trichomes. Any time you leave those white hairs... every 2 of them is giving up another bit of weight, multiply that over tens of thousands and its very significant. Also, your sacrificing everything from potency, to smell and taste when those calyces are not developed fully.
The key to harvesting is taking the buds that have had almost all the calyx swell up... That way you know your maximizing weight/active compounds/terpenes, flavonoids(smell/taste), etc. .... Now theres a point when they will deteriorate and very rarely some strains will throw out new hairs but you dont want to sacrifice 99% of your plant waiting for a couple (literally... like a couple/2... on a whole cola) of white hairs/calyces to swell up, and let the rest of the cola get ruined... Then its finding a balance over the whole plant if you're chopping all at once if you're not harvesting only whats ripe.
View attachment 4685624
This size difference really adds up... Ive had these go from the size of a sesame seed then swell up to be bigger than an m&m... and thats just for 2 hairs... Imagine the size, density and weight that adds up to when you figure you have tens of thousands of trichome covered m&m's everywhere...
and again the smells tastes and psychoactive compounds will not have been developed, at least no where near their potential.
Also, take a look at the comparison between these...
View attachment 4685629
Check out the overall size difference between these... you can tell once cut and dry, one would be nice normal dense nuggets, and one would fall apart in your hands and be airy grass smelling shit that doesnt get you high...
Learn to find that balance and you'll know when to harvest, the only way I describe it is just an overall swollen, "plump" look to her.
Good luck my friend.
