Day 25 of flowering and the buds are already starting to fall over... especially the smaller stemmed ones, but also some of the bigger stems.. Never had to deal with this before. Any advice?
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What he said. The only surprise I had when moving through this first grow in a while was the price of soil! I dropped about 3 bills on dirt in my move to the flowering room!!
Soil is very forgiving. It just kind of depends what kind of commitment your schedule allows. With any growing substrate however (dirt, coco, what have you) there are some things you need to absolutely keep track of. It appears from my limited experience that hydroponics in any form is more...
This is the veg room... 9 individuals with potential mums at the top right and left. Pheno right is heavy indica dominant, and pheno left is vigorous indica. Supposing the one on the right takes after her mom and pheno left is more of a true mix. Don't know how they smoke yet...
Ya the pots are 15 gallon, and I'm not young (they get a wee bit weighty when they are wet) so I adapt to their needs instead of make them adapt to mine. Runoff is key ... Gotta leech those salts, but at the same time you gotta take that moisture out of the environment.
Obviously, I'm still working out the kinks of this first grow in a while. The Relative Humidity now is settling into the mid to high forty percent range during lights on, and 51% at lights out. I just recently have been upgrading my watering methods by installing a water sphigot in the basement...
I'm seeing two distinct phenos with possibly another two outside of the norm on both sides. The heavy leaning fat leaf indica (1 of 20), the right down the middle 50/50 split with typical squat growth habit but narrower leaves than the first type (15/20). Then there's the super vigorous larger...
Idk, they are looking pretty good, smelling pretty good. Don't know how it tastes or smokes, but I can't imagine foundational genetics such as these are unworthy of maintenance. 3 weeks in
Lightweight then I guess... Fabric instead of something else like styrofoam which can mess with your insulation/heat... Look at garden trelace at Home Depot or other gardening store ... They come in 6 and 8' sections. You could fasten them together and there you go. If you don't need privacy of...
Blue Lab: calibrate it stays calibrated and let's you know when it isn't. I had the cheapo single stem red one from a difft manufacturer and had to calibrate it between readings!! You get what you pay for. :-)