I can’t tell if these trichomes are cloudy?

Thundercat

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Day is going great :) thanks. Hope yours is too. There are lots of good nutes out there, its really more about how you use them then what brand most of the time.
 
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Getting some leaves dieing of is very normal as the plant uses the nutrients. It can be accelerated by envionmental factors. As they get into the middle of flower they are using the most nutrients in their life span. Many people ramp the nutes up during that period to make sure the plants have as much food as they want.

I run very similar nutes from start to finish of flower and let the plants eat what they want. I will usually get a few leaves that die off but the plants grow nice frosty nugs so I'm not worried about it.
 
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Thundercat said:
Getting some leaves dieing of is very normal as the plant uses the nutrients. It can be accelerated by envionmental factors. As they get into the middle of flower they are using the most nutrients in their life span. Many people ramp the nutes up during that period to make sure the plants have as much food as they want.

I run very similar nutes from start to finish of flower and let the plants eat what they want. I will usually get a few leaves that die off but the plants grow nice frosty nugs so I'm not worried about it.
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@Thundercat awesome, then my first grow is going well. I do have one question. As I’m sure it’s magnesium or iron deficiency , is this okay at this stage? Seee pic
 

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I mean the goal in the end is healthy plants wih no deficiancy. I learned a long time ago not to freak out about them, but I always do try to fix the conditions that are causing the issue. That looks kinda like a mag issue.
 
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@Hugo Phurst @Thundercat , the pistols on my plants seem to to be more orange than white and soooo many thc crystals! But I still can’t tell with the micro scopes s..See pictures (no microscop) also one plant has all white pistols but barely no white crystals and seems to be sick (mg deficient for some reason) what’s are your thoughts on these questions above?
 

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Maybe a mag deficiancy like I mentioned before, it could be phosphorus though honestly. When plants are trying to flower hard they eat a good bit of P. It helps drive bud growth which could be why that plant has smaller buds. It also could just be a different phenotype. You can plant 10 seeds from the same pack and many times get 3-6 different plant phenotypes.


Don't even worry about scoping the buds for a few more weeks at least. Those plants have weeks to go still.
 
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@Thundercat Awesome . What do you know about ppm for nutrients. How do you mix yours up (size container , ppms) etc?

If I take a sample of water in fish what ppm amount would you concider too high and time to flush? And what do you use to flush?

Also can you top side branches? Is the good to do to get more harvest?

Sorry lots of questions as I continue to read and master the craft. I’ll have to send you some for all the answered !? Lol thanks
 
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@Thundercat Awesome . What do you know about ppm for nutrients. How do you mix yours up (size container , ppms) etc?

Ppm is variable depending on what scale your tester is. I honestly dot remember what mine is right now it's been years since I bought it. I usually run between 700-1000 ppm but I've had plants that went up to 1200ish.

If I take a sample of water in fish what ppm amount would you concider too high and time to flush? And what do you use to flush?

I don't flush at harvest. Sometimes during the grow I will give a little flush to rinse my hydroton out with fresh water, but otherwise I've never seen any benefit from flushing. I've tried both and found that actually letting your plants grow to maturity and drying slowly create the best taste and smell. I feed till harvest.

I tell everyone to try their own side by side tests to decide. Based on real science flushing does absolutely nothing for the plant. Flushing is nothing more then broscience.

Also can you top side branches? Is the good to do to get more harvest?

You can top any branches you want. It will make the plant bushier. Whether being bushy gets you more yield depends on your grow environment. Personally I've new growing smaller single cola plants for years. That means I don't spend weeks or months vegging a plant and training it. My plants go into flower small but I usually have between 35-45 plants flowering and another 15-20 clones getting 2ish weeks of veg time.

Sorry lots of questions as I continue to read and master the craft. I’ll have to send you some for all the answered !? Lol thanks
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I put my answers right next to the questions in the quote :). No payment needed, I'm always lad to help. That's why I still hang around here. So I can help new growers learn like others did when I was new. Learning about the plant and it's biology will also help you determine between good info and bad info because there is a lot of nonsense broscience associated with cannabis growing.
 
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I put my answers right next to the questions in the quote :). No payment needed, I'm always lad to help. That's why I still hang around here. So I can help new growers learn like others did when I was new. Learning about the plant and it's biology will also help you determine between good info and bad info because there is a lot of nonsense broscience associated with cannabis growing.
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Absolutely . And thanks, I’ll pay it forward as well. I’m well versed in basic sciences so I grasp onto things fast and have the wits to question when something seems redundant
 
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Thundercat said:
I put my answers right next to the questions in the quote :). No payment needed, I'm always lad to help. That's why I still hang around here. So I can help new growers learn like others did when I was new. Learning about the plant and it's biology will also help you determine between good info and bad info because there is a lot of nonsense broscience associated with cannabis growing.
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@Thundercat hey man or woman hope your week is starting well . So I just got a basic truncheon blue lab ppm meter. It has a 500 and 700 tds scale.

I checked my flowering solution and it’s hitting 200 on the 500 scale, does this mean it’s 200 or 1000 ppm?

Which scale should I use? And do I keep adding bloom nutes until it’s at 1000 ppm?
 
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And do I keep adding bloom nutes until it’s at 1000 ppm?
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use your meter to tell how much to feed them.

let's say you are at 200 ppm and it goes up the next day to 210, overfeeding
at 200 and goes down to 180, underfeeding (slightly)
at 200 and goes down to 100, way underfeeding
at 200 and goes down to 198, just about perfect
 
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@rkymtnman can you give it to me a bit more straight maybe?

At what PPM solution should I want this light to blink on the truncheon 500 tds?
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my point is don't try to hit a random target of 1000ppm, work your way up to it IF the plant can handle it. and you use your meter to do that. you want a slightly dropping ppm every day.

your numbers of 1200ppm would kill my plants in a day. i rarely go above 600ppm during full on flowering.

every strain you grow will be different so learning how to use you ppm meter to see how the plants are eating is a great skill to learn as a beginner.

I use an EC meter to avoid confusion of the 0.5 vs 0.7 scale with ppm. i would guess that the 500 ppm light on yours would be 500 ppm. so start there and see if it drops the next day.
 
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