Till Valhalla
Well-Known Member
Hello all,
boy and i are growing some barney's farm acapulco gold. a special sentimental strain for us. my brother in law passed from cancer 2yrs ago. last time we were able to visit with him (before he passed) was at the lake, in the boat. beautiful sunset, marley tunes on the speakers and a big fat spliff of acapulco gold he had a hand in growing. a memorable moment for us. trying to recreate the experience, and honor the memory. any practical advice for us is most welcome. first grow with this particular cultivar... so not entirely sure what the deal is with it. combed thru jorge cervante's, ed rosenthal's and ryan riley's books respectively trying to figure out what nutrient deficiency was causing this WEIRD discoloration on the leaves... and despite the weird discoloration, the plant is growing fast/hardy like nothing is wrong with it, and we are doing everything properly.
temps in normal range, humidity in normal range, soil ph, water ph, all in normal range. upped the nutrients that we thought were deficient. no changes in discoloration just more rapid/vigorous growth.
has anyone seen this before in their acapulco gold grows? is this normal or are we f*cking something up?
after trying everything to correct a nutrient deficiency, we just looked at each other and said "maybe this is the 'gold' of the acapulco gold name?" maybe it's supposed to look like this? you'll notice new growth and some old growth fan leaves down low are not discolored (yet?). weird.
i'm baffled. anyone have any insights with this?
pics with lights and without lights (for the haters)
ps: the sand on the pot surface was a last resort measure to destroy the fungus gnats that hitched a ride in on the bare root strawberries i got from home depot back in early spring. their invasion was brutal and absolute. they got into any and all inside plants that had been recently transplanted or started from seed.
sand + diatomaceous earth ended up being the winning combo. (the only good bug is a dead bug!)
the AG plants seemed to like the sand, so we left it be.
boy and i are growing some barney's farm acapulco gold. a special sentimental strain for us. my brother in law passed from cancer 2yrs ago. last time we were able to visit with him (before he passed) was at the lake, in the boat. beautiful sunset, marley tunes on the speakers and a big fat spliff of acapulco gold he had a hand in growing. a memorable moment for us. trying to recreate the experience, and honor the memory. any practical advice for us is most welcome. first grow with this particular cultivar... so not entirely sure what the deal is with it. combed thru jorge cervante's, ed rosenthal's and ryan riley's books respectively trying to figure out what nutrient deficiency was causing this WEIRD discoloration on the leaves... and despite the weird discoloration, the plant is growing fast/hardy like nothing is wrong with it, and we are doing everything properly.
temps in normal range, humidity in normal range, soil ph, water ph, all in normal range. upped the nutrients that we thought were deficient. no changes in discoloration just more rapid/vigorous growth.
has anyone seen this before in their acapulco gold grows? is this normal or are we f*cking something up?
after trying everything to correct a nutrient deficiency, we just looked at each other and said "maybe this is the 'gold' of the acapulco gold name?" maybe it's supposed to look like this? you'll notice new growth and some old growth fan leaves down low are not discolored (yet?). weird.
i'm baffled. anyone have any insights with this?
pics with lights and without lights (for the haters)
ps: the sand on the pot surface was a last resort measure to destroy the fungus gnats that hitched a ride in on the bare root strawberries i got from home depot back in early spring. their invasion was brutal and absolute. they got into any and all inside plants that had been recently transplanted or started from seed.
sand + diatomaceous earth ended up being the winning combo. (the only good bug is a dead bug!)
the AG plants seemed to like the sand, so we left it be.