So many thoughts, so many people stating so many different ways of how to grow it right and in the end you stop and do something in between and then wait for the harvest to find out that you shouldn't have done it. Well one thing for sure, nobody can tell you better than the plant it self, it just takes time to learn how to listen...
Anyway, today I was trying to check if the soil is any humid so I could water it and I noticed it being really tough, my finger was hardly getting through.. I bought soil mix from grow shop with cocos and perlite and such. Maybe it is because I am using it second time for the grow or because the plant is big and its roots tied that soil. Anyway that probably can be not too handy for roots, due to lack of oxygen. But can anything be done regarding this? I saw one video where the guy lifted mj by it's sten with all the soil, added some more soil beneath and put that back to medium, claiming that its good for loosening and thus letting the air get in. But im not sure if those kind of things can be done when plant are already 4 weeks into flower.
Streching. It seems like it finally stopped streching, at least this was a second day I did notice main branches going up. it was 5th day after watering, so maybe that cause it to slow on growing, but my guess it's because its 4 weeks alr into flowering.
Stems. I have no clue how my plants are going to form the buds with those thin stems. well actually c99 is looking like it cannot get any more weight on those branches, thin and soooo long.. but its mostly sativa, and sativas are stretchy devils.. And SLH... that lemon haze is incredible, main stem is so tough, if not for the screw-hook it would be really difficult to keep her trained. Next time I would definitely top her or supercrop. as you can see from the pics side branches are way smaller than main shot.
Leaves. C99 on bottom leaves are showing some yellowing gradually from tips to stem, looks very much like magnesium deficiency, will try to find that epsom salt today. After watering last time SLH shoed some bright green color on the tops, but in three days it went dark, we'll see how it will do after todays watering.
nutes. now Im going very low on nutes, I guess I was overfeeding them, will check if that will help.
so here are some pics of C99, her buds, SLH and her newly formed little bud which does not look very healthy.. or maybe I am being impatient and making wrong assumptions, thats why I'm relying on you guys who read that and can comment on my situation, mistakes etc.
oh and also about my previous harvest. That C99 is a true winner. I don't remember any strain that could get me to laughing for 2-3 hours while having it with friends or my wife. And after 2 months it seems like its waaaayyyyy more tasty and potent. Last weekend I made DIY water pipe, omg that soft tasty smoke, goes in like from hookah and all it takes is one liter bottle, some duck tape and little tube made of pretty much anything, in my case it's broken tube spanner...
here's the pic of it
so in case you have some critics about my ladies or suggestions how I could get better on them, Please don't hesitate to comment
thanks!