Well, here we go again, 5 Black Widow regulars, all popped on 12/27 and doing ok.
After soaking for 20 hrs in H2O I planted directly into two gallon 65/35 Perlite/Coco Coir Hempy buckets and they emerged in 4 days.
Had some issues with my mix and water. I charged the coco but did it with rainwater which was just to pure so the Cal/Mag did not take. Spoke with the folks at GH and they helped me discover the problem. I am now using 3/5ths rainwater and 2/5ths tap water. I had not been using my tap due to the high pH and ppm, pH of almost 8 and ppm of of almost 800. Mixing the two waters and adding 5ml/gal each of Cal/Mag and Silica worked on the coir. Now when I nute it is 6 ml FloraMicro and 9 ml FloraBloom per gallon, plus 3 to 5 ml each Cal/Mag and Silica. Feeding twice then will use just fresh mixed and adjusted water (heavy watering), then back to the feedings.
I waited till I had 6 nodes and made my first cut at the third node. That was yesterday and I kept the 5 tops and are trying to clone them, they were thick so I hope they take.
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The following were all taken on 1/19
Hope to get three females out of the 5 beans, will clone no matter. Can't wait for this, friend of my just got back from Amsterdam an had this in a coffee shop, said it was the best she has ever had. Hell she is my age and we have a lot of herb under our belts. LOL
Peace out,
GR