LeastExpectedGrower
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If you've always had problems growing in it for years...why have you always grown in it?I'm on the east coast too and have used ffhf for years and always had problems!
If you've always had problems growing in it for years...why have you always grown in it?I'm on the east coast too and have used ffhf for years and always had problems!
Your not even close. If u pick a bud off u will be disappointed. U got weeks to go. Hairs need to recede in the bud. U will have a hair joint which taste bad BTW.This plant is going to be 11 weeks from popping soil on dec.26th. I watered a half gallon plain water tonight and no more. She has a couple white hairs but just a couple. Alot of amber on the sugar leaves but mostly cloudy trichs on the buds. Smell has doubled in the last week. I guess even ILGM fks up and sells a good bean occasionally.lol. Im gonna trim a few lower buds and dry em for Christmas. Probably be harsh but my supply is low and it looks/smells great. Merry Christmas growmies! BTW.. I dont know why the pistils look so white in these pics. They are like 90% orange and gaining each day. They always look white on my pics.
Agree. Just pulled up that picture full-sized and that plant doesn't look close to harvest.Your not even close. If u pick a bud off u will be disappointed. U got weeks to go. Hairs need to recede in the bud. U will have a hair joint which taste bad BTW.
I'm on the east coast too and have used ffhf for years and always had problems!
Its a fun hobby for sure, I'm in a similar situation as I'm hiding my grow and my wife has no idea a plant is hiding in my laundry room. It's great to talk to fellow growers ! You sound like you are on the right track with your soil and plans to make your own homeade soil, I'm also moving in a similar direction.I order it off Amazon so im not sure where they ship it from. But I have only had problems with the autoflowers. ALL the photos i grew were fine in FFOF. Also, I now "pre"amend my amended soil. It used to run out of nutes before the stretch ended. I add epsom salts, composted cow manure, dolomite lime and mychorrizae. I start in solo cups of used soil and transplant when ready. My first auto runs i was still chasing Ph also. The Mychorrizae fixed that. That one plant was doing bad from the start. I had it in a tiny 8oz cup. I started it in the same used soil as the others and it developed spots from the 1st set of leaves on. I thought septoria but I believe the guys that said Ca deficency were right on that issue. Transplanting into my mix fixed that. Ive a nice compost pile i started last year and before long i hope to be using my own homemade super soil. I like the FFOF fine for what it is but id rather save money and become self sustainable. Hey thanks for joining the discussion! Its nice talkng with other growers. My wife cringes everytime I start talking about the plants. If i want to be left alone all i need to do is start talking about PPFD , DLI, or runoff Ph and she ghosts me. Thanks RIU! My growmies got me!
Sounds crazy! How she not know? Lol my wife does all the laundry plus she got a k9 nose. Would've found it 1st day. Lights fans smell. Gd luck with that during bloom. Also not a gd idea to hide things from yo wife. Set up for disaster.my wife has no idea a plant is hiding in my laundry room.
Sounds crazy! How she not know? Lol my wife does all the laundry plus she got a k9 nose. Would've found it 1st day. Lights fans smell. Gd luck with that during bloom. Also not a gd idea to hide things from yo wife. Set up for disaster.
If you've always had problems growing in it for years...why have you always grown in it?T
I know right pretty stupid of me but the first three years it was mostly just fungus gnats then last year all kind of bugs so ya I'm fucking done with that shit lol!If you've always had problems growing in it for years...why have you always grown in it?
I was just high and hopeful. I was saying last week i figured 3 weeks or so after looking at the trichs, 2/3 of em are cloudy on the buds. The sugar leaves have alot of amber. Either way i never said i was harvesting her yet. Of course ill wait to harvest the plant till shes done. Now the bud im gonna cut off for Christmas i guarantee will not be disappointing for the reason that im almost outta smoke. I can sacrifice a christmas joint rather than do without. I had to harvest 1 of these weeks early last summer because of PM starting to attack a couple branches and i couldnt risk losing the room to it. It was still decent tasting and a good , if a little speedy high. I have 2 more plants flowering. I know it aint done but no weed for Christmas be a worse tragedy than cutting a small bit early . I have wax thatll get ME by till shes done, but i aint smoking up all my wax with wifes bumming family i see once a year.lol. Fkrs are lucky i dont roll em some leaves. Yall have a great Christmas! I'll post when the chop happens.Your not even close. If u pick a bud off u will be disappointed. U got weeks to go. Hairs need to recede in the bud. U will have a hair joint which taste bad BTW.
Focus less on trichome color and more on overall plant and how the pistils look. That plant still has a ton of white pistils. Might not be just 3 weeks...I was just high and hopeful. I was saying last week i figured 3 weeks or so after looking at the trichs, 2/3 of em are cloudy on the buds. The sugar leaves have alot of amber. Either way i never said i was harvesting her yet. Of course ill wait to harvest the plant till shes done. Now the bud im gonna cut off for Christmas i guarantee will not be disappointing for the reason that im almost outta smoke. I can sacrifice a christmas joint rather than do without. I had to harvest 1 of these weeks early last summer because of PM starting to attack a couple branches and i couldnt risk losing the room to it. It was still decent tasting and a good , if a little speedy high. I have 2 more plants flowering. I know it aint done but no weed for Christmas be a worse tragedy than cutting a small bit early . I have wax thatll get ME by till shes done, but i aint smoking up all my wax with wifes bumming family i see once a year.lol. Fkrs are lucky i dont roll em some leaves. Yall have a great Christmas! I'll post when the chop happens.
Does your wife not wonder where the weed comes from? I couldnt stand having to hide my grow. Hell i hang in the growspace so much its become my mancave. I got soil bags, nute bottles and alot of drop cords etc. I talked my wife into the growing with a promise of great, cheap to grow weed. Must you lie to your wife? Mine woulda destroyed it all if she caught me lying. Lying is a buzzkill. I have heard of fungus gnat issues with FFOF but a layer of sand on top will fix that. I really havent had any issues with it myself. Ive even started some plants directly in straight FFOF and never burned one yet. I just dont like paying the $$ when i still have to add stuff anyways. Lettuce isnt really the greatest comparison to weed. But use what works for you. Im ready to try coco as well as super soil. I want to learn as many styles as i can. Good luck!Its a fun hobby for sure, I'm in a similar situation as I'm hiding my grow and my wife has no idea a plant is hiding in my laundry room. It's great to talk to fellow growers ! You sound like you are on the right track with your soil and plans to make your own homeade soil, I'm also moving in a similar direction.
I'll send a link to a grower that tested 5 different soils with lettuce. The lettuce that was grown in FFOF did not grow well. His comment was " I dont know that Fox Farm is putting in their soil." The lettuce in other soils looked fine.....
The plants in his homeade soil look amazing !
Whatever it is, it is. It'll be done when its done. I have been basing things off how well its been progressing and guesstimating. These gg autos seem to finish fast once they decide to. So its a wait and see, week by week thing. I have been adding just enough water to keep her going. As fast as things are changing i am hopeful about 3 weeks. Had one last time that looked less ready than this 1 and she roared to finish in 2 weeks. Crazy ass phenos all different . But im not sitting here fondling my fiskars or anything. LOL.Focus less on trichome color and more on overall plant and how the pistils look. That plant still has a ton of white pistils. Might not be just 3 weeks...
Screen it - then you will see. Apparently regional differences in batches.I had the same problem with three plants and nothing cured it until I gave up on FFOF soil. Are you on the east coast by chance? The FFOF on the east coast is very "iffy" these days. In fact, my local nurseries all recommended against using it.
I know, I know. There will be a bunch of people coming in to say how well it works for them (probably on the west coast) but I'm standing firm. I've been through two different bags of FFOF and it was poison to my plants... I moved to happy frog and all my problems dissapeared... Something aint right with FFOF on the east coast..
i hadn't thought of screening but makes alot of sense. I bust it all up with my hands but im sure a ton of stuff gets by. Mcnuggets? Really? lol bet that was crazy. Ocean,forest, and fast food apparantly.Screen it - then you will see. Apparently regional differences in batches.
Found nails / burnt twigs / McNugget - assorted surprises.