20+60 ebb/drip plant operation...second go...white berry + outdoor sativa strain

[growinman]

...........wow...............Nicest spread of pics I 've seen in a very long time, if ever! That is most beautiful, dindy! Totally impressed, I am.......... dont even want to go in my room now......haha

 

[dindy]

he he he...i appreciate that...its an honor coming from you....i will take some more soon....i feel like a crazy photographer when im taking them...trying to get crazy close ups of the thc.....so there looking good than....i still think they have a long time to go but theres so many red hairs...i thought when its like 80 percent its time to harvest and they look really red...what do you think

 

[growinman]

dindy, go check this out by fdd(https://www.rollitup.org/harvesting-curing/28072-harvest-time-tutorial.html). You want to be looking at the trichomes and not necessarily the hairs...... And dont be so modest about your pics as they really are excellent.....

pics by permission of smoothdemon(thanks Bud!)

 

[dindy]

well thanks...unfortunately i took em off for now...deleted lal the pics...off the photo sharing site cause i dont like to leave em floating around for too long online...but will be putting more pics up....im going to re pot my white berry mothers into 8 inch pots cause thats the biggest i have on hand right now....ill update as soon as i get a chance...take some more picassos he he he.....and thats a really good link that explains it awesome...i figures the hairs had nothing to do with it...a buddy was telling me to harvest now...i was like...no fuckin way

 

[growinman]

Knock knock..........bump Well..........? Hope all is going good for you dindy! How's it lookin' in there??

 

[dindy]

ive been so busy growin man its nuts...so my white berries were always a very dark green color and have recently changed to a yellowish green now....i thought it might have been root bound so i re-potted them yesterday...i have nuted them a couple times with an organic grow fert...what might be the problem..theres a few weird spots here and there too...on one of them there is still some darker leaves by the bottom theres a pic of a darker spot as well...id appreciate all the help i can get..just wasnt able to pin point the problem...read alot of threads on yellowing tho..thanks...also the stems are very purply reddish.....heres some pics of my buds in budding....i noticed one of the nicest buds is a bit nute burnt...i recently changed the resevoir and put half dose nutses back in...it was way more concentrated before with no bute burn...m going to dilute it some more....they look like there blowing up...but im worried that some might be ready and i cant check cause my magnifying glass isnt here in the mail yet...what should i do???...i dont want to ruin the buds waiting too long to harvest...is a week or so going to really ruin them if some are ready now???...i cant be sure tho and dont want to pull them off till there really ready...what should i do???...some of the hairs are falling off on the one that i think is ready...but am puzzled why some look so far ahead of others on the same system...should i pull the one off that i thinks ready or should i wait a week or so till the magnifying glass comes??? i also dont have a radio shack where i am so i cant find a magnifying glass with the right x anywhere...any suggestions???...heres some pics of both!!!

 

[doogleef]

They look hungry to me. The light color is likely N def. Spots could be Micro nute def. My WB are younger than yours and are heavy eaters. Compared to the Durban I got going they eat like a fat cop with a box of doughnuts.

 

[dindy]

They look hungry to me. The light color is likely N def. Spots could be Micro nute def. My WB are younger than yours and are heavy eaters. Compared to the Durban I got going they eat like a fat cop with a box of doughnuts.

whats micro nute def and what should i do to fix em...just keep adding the nutes i have....or should i add something else maybe?..and when you say eat your refering to the plants indulging in nutes right?

 

[doogleef]

Right. Remind me again what nutes you have? How strong is your feed (in PPM)? Most commercial ferts have enough micro nutrients in them. Have you checked the PPM of your runoff lately?

 

[dindy]

Right. Remind me again what nutes you have? How strong is your feed (in PPM)? Most commercial ferts have enough micro nutrients in them. Have you checked the PPM of your runoff lately?

im using earth juice grow 2-1-1 not often tho...going to start...never really had to with last grows...and i havent been checking ppms at all...only with my hydro...i measure accurately as the guide on the back of the bottle says to....if i start nuting them regularly this can clear up?...is it not a good idea to clone in this condition?thanks doog

 

[doogleef]

That is good stuff but it is pretty mild. I would collect a little runoff and check it. I bet it surprises you how low it is. I would double the current dosage. I am giving my berries the "heavy feed" recommendation from FoxFarm at about 1200PPM every 3rd water or so.
Clones are best from healthy growth. That said your plant is not that sick. Just hungry. Bump up the nutes and clone in a few days.

 

[growinman]

Those are sure packing on some nice weight, dindy! Looking SWEET!

I would side with doogleef on N def on your moms and wanting them healthy before taking clones.....and you might research the purpleing in the stems-----I 've had mothers in dirt that did the same thing(purple) and the stems were a bit woody and not 'fresh' green.....finally figured out they were very rootbound and were in an area that cooled off quite a bit at night.........

 

[dindy]

Those are sure packing on some nice weight, dindy! Looking SWEET!

I would side with doogleef on N def on your moms and wanting them healthy before taking clones.....and you might research the purpleing in the stems-----I 've had mothers in dirt that did the same thing(purple) and the stems were a bit woody and not 'fresh' green.....finally figured out they were very rootbound and were in an area that cooled off quite a bit at night.........

he he he they are indeed....so i super nuted them at like 1300 ppm before ph up....the run off was basically the same as gong in.....i guess the stems were always purple tho....so growin man...one of the plants in bud looks done....i cant be sure but honestly the red hairs are brown and fall off very easily....should i wait for the magnifying glass might be another week..por should i just pick that one???...i re potted these and i had had them on 24 hours of light just switched to 18...dont know why i had them under 24 for so long...if they do have nute lock up how can i unlock...with epsum salt?

 

[doogleef]

Purple stems are just the strain. Both mine have them and they are never chilly.

 

[growinman]

......I 'd hate to say to chop without seeing a good pic up close. They're sounding done, but it's next to impossible to say from hearing about the hairs. Are the buds putting out any new growth at all?...do all the trics together look more cloudy than the shiny clear?-->they kind of go a dull instead of shiney as they cloud. Can you get a pic before your light go on, close up?

If there is nute lockout-----well, just read this https://www.rollitup.org/general-marijuana-growing/8596-nutrient-lockout-explained.html as it will help you to decide 'if' it's nute lockout and to what degree, and remedy......

And I realize that purpleing is usually strain related and normally a good/great trait to have...... I was just saying 'if' it's not normal in your strain it may be from.................... I was using an example I had with the SS I am growing that has always stayed green until very late in 12/12 and now I have a purple stemmed mother that went purple on me for no reason---and after transplanting to a 1 gal bag; now all new growth is fresh green ready for cuts.....

 

[dindy]

alright well white berries look a bit better....and i got a 60x-100x microscope today...i picked one plant...the one i thought was ready...well it wasnt...lol....the other ones look mostly cloudy and clear still i seen a little bit of amber but only maybe one or 2...so im going to wait till theres lots of amber to get a real good high.....the buds are really filling out tho unfortunately i dont think there going to be very dense...the one i picked look sreal nice...not the greatest high.,..doesnt last long...but is spicy from the nutes.....not completely dry....but hopefuly everything works out with the others to my advantage!!!

 

[dindy]

SO IVE BEEN CRAZY BUSY LATELY BUT THOUGHT ID UPDATE...I HAVE STARTED TO FLUSH THEM TODAY...THEY ARE IN THE BEGINNING OF THEIR 11TH WEEK....AND MOST OF THEM HAVE DOUBLED IN SIZE AND THEY ARE STILL GROWING...HERES A WHOLE WACK OF PICS.....ID SAY ANOTHER WEEK OR 2....AS LONG AS I HAVE TO LEAVE THEM...THE TRICHS ARE STARTING TO BEN AT THE TOPS AND FILL WITH MILKY COLOR...VERY SHINY IN THE LENS.....LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK....I HOPE THIS YIELDS DECENTLY...ANY NEW GUESSES SEEING THAT THEY ARE STILL GROWING...I NOTICED THAT THE EBB AND FLOW IS NOT FORING AS WELL AND NOT AS BIG OF BUDS AS THE DRIP...I HAVE IT FILL EVERY 3 HOURS FOR 3 MINUTES....IS THIS TOO MUCH? DOES ANYONE ELSE USE FLOOD AND DRAIN..AND IF SO HOW MANY TIMES A DAY DO YOU FLOOD YOUR TABLE???....HAPPY TOKI'N...ENJOY!!!

 

[growinman]

.......now that's some serious buddage! Unless those are 'fluffy' and not hard, I cant imagine how you could get a better yeild......that looks KICK ASS! Excellent pics again, dindy !.....and your ladies are getting close!

As for the flood and drain, why do you do it for 3 mins??<----does it take that long to fill? My experience with flood/drain is with hydroton and I flood/drain it every hour for a minute---about how long it takes to fill to the level I want. Everything has gone very well. And what you are doing sounds good too...... are you using the same nutes(ppm) in both set-ups??
Can you get a pic of inside of one of your tubes?

 

[dindy]

.......now that's some serious buddage! Unless those are 'fluffy' and not hard, I cant imagine how you could get a better yeild......that looks KICK ASS! Excellent pics again, dindy !.....and your ladies are getting close!

As for the flood and drain, why do you do it for 3 mins??<----does it take that long to fill? My experience with flood/drain is with hydroton and I flood/drain it every hour for a minute---about how long it takes to fill to the level I want. Everything has gone very well. And what you are doing sounds good too...... are you using the same nutes(ppm) in both set-ups??
Can you get a pic of inside of one of your tubes?

honestly they are fluffy but some are getting harder....they are still growing nice the......i fill the table about 4 inches or so and it takes about 3 minutes to fill to there...i just didnt know when to flood it..how often and seen that it took about 3 hours to dry out a bit.....you wanna see the roots...he he he...and the flood and drain was fox farm collection and the tubes was the flora group....the flora ones are way bigger and have budded more and the fox farm ones look way more cristaly........and ill try and get some pics tonight for sure of both root systems...the flood and drain roots are like a brownish tinge from the fox farm nutes being brown and some hydrotin run off...damn forgetting to rinse it first lol...i hope they continue to fatten up....happy toki'n

 

[doogleef]

Nice PICS! Those leggy bitches finally put on some bulk. Congrats! IMO If you are still feeding them I would start flushing. I think I read that your running a pretty hot feed on them. Keep up the good work, Dindy!