Please Help, Beginning of 3rd Weed Veg

JASON79

JASON79

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Elliesdaddy said:
Jason mate they look dank as f**k,
How tall are they/ looks like you have a good oz or two on each cola there hard for me to tell when i don't know the size of that PH meter
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the ph meter is 7" long x width is 1.5"
this plant is in a 15ltrs pot, think there is 8 buds on this plant all about 2.5" thick x 6" long and some smaller buds,
wish it was 1-2oz per cola, buds are all dank, but will only get 1/2-1 oz max per cola, should get 5oz + off this plant
the plant height is 28" and was topped
 
Elliesdaddy

Elliesdaddy

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Just fed the girls, i believe one of them has a slight zinc deficiency what can i do about it? i don't want to flush out 18l's off each plant these nutes are doing well
 
Elliesdaddy

Elliesdaddy

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Only 3 small leaves out of about 100-150 were affected so i've removed them to reduce the risk of the disorder spreading any advice if more get affected?
 
Elliesdaddy

Elliesdaddy

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Should i prune or not? 22 day's into flower, a good few premature buds at least on each branch.
I'd like to leave it this grow, what does everyone think?
 
Matchbox

Matchbox

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prune for what lol, in general it's a good idea to prune the lowest points of the plant as they are the least productive and it really improves airflow to the upper buds, helping to prevent bud rot, mold and the likes, if you look up jorge cervantes pruning on youtube he'll explain more :)

Personally though if it's just regarding the zinc deficiency or whatever I'd just leave them on, plants are very clever and will drop the leaves on they're own when the leaves are dead and/or not needed anymore... contrary to what a load of people (I've read anyway) say, they DO NOT waste energy, I don't know how this kind of bad info spread around lol, the longer you leave a leaf with green on it the longer it can produce energy for the plant. But then again it can be beneficial with the airflow business :)
 
Elliesdaddy

Elliesdaddy

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That's what i was thinking, there's not one branch without bud on so what's the need for pruning, it wasn't for the zinc deficiency that's gone :)
Big bud says use through week 2 to 4 "through" this is confusing me, am i to stop now i'm in week 4 or do i stop at the end of week 4?

Impressed with the buds my plant has grown, a tiny smell if i smell the buds up close, is it week 5 or 6 they really start to grow like crazy?
I should remember to get some pics up tomorrow, 8mp camera again so i'll get some good quality pictures.
 
JASON79

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Elliesdaddy said:
That's what i was thinking, there's not one branch without bud on so what's the need for pruning, it wasn't for the zinc deficiency that's gone :)
Big bud says use through week 2 to 4 "through" this is confusing me, am i to stop now i'm in week 4 or do i stop at the end of week 4?

Impressed with the buds my plant has grown, a tiny smell if i smell the buds up close, is it week 5 or 6 they really start to grow like crazy?
I should remember to get some pics up tomorrow, 8mp camera again so i'll get some good quality pictures.
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week 2-4 before harvest is when you see the most bud grow in size and then it looks like it slows down, then it will start filling out.
so this will have a big impacted on your yield if you chop early
i chopped one plant down 2 week early and it was just over half the weight of the rest (lost 40% yield on that plant )
i know you loss some of the yield but i had no ideal it could be that much
 
Matchbox

Matchbox

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True yeah sometimes they can go anything up to 2+ weeks over the breeders estimate, though it is generally a good guide, they can't compensate it for everyone's growing conditions and all their pheno's etc.

As for the big bud I'd use it up until the end of week 4, honestly it wont do any harm, it will just stop being any more beneficial if your not supposed to. And if you start to see any nute burn just take it back a notch or stop using it.
 
JASON79

JASON79

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when you see some of the hairs turning brown on the buds and check the trichomes with pocket scope, if half the trichomes has turned cloudy its good to start flushing that plant

you should flush the plants 7-14 days before harvest
so after 5 days start checking before you water your plants and if one of your plants have 50% amber trichomes, its time to harvest that plant
 
The,,Roach,,ERA

The,,Roach,,ERA

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if im using fox farm nutes, can i use them till twelve weeks and flush three or for times
JASON79 said:
when you see some of the hairs turning brown on the buds and check the trichomes with pocket scope, if half the trichomes has turned cloudy its good to start flushing that plant

you should flush the plants 7-14 days before harvest
so after 5 days start checking before you water your plants and if one of your plants have 50% amber trichomes, its time to harvest that plant
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JASON79

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The said:
if im using fox farm nutes, can i use them till twelve weeks and flush three or for times
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i have not used fox farm nutes
but the ideal of the flush is to make the plant run out of food, the plants have no nutes left in the soil, so it draws what it needs out of the fan leaves (yellow leaves) to stay alive and produces bud, if you do not remove all the nutes before havest you will be burning it, so the smoke will not be good and smooth
if flush three or for times over 7-14 days you should be ok
 
Elliesdaddy

Elliesdaddy

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What do you mean by flushing 3 or 4 times, i thought to flush you water the amount of soil you have, so i'm using 18l's of coco so i will feed through 18l's of clean water?
 
JASON79

JASON79

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i would flush 18ltrs of coco with 18ltrs of water
but it will take longer for the coco to dry out
so if you have a good root mass, you may be watering every 2-3 days but after flushing the coco it might take 4 days before you need water again
you may flush once and water once in 7 days but if lots of yellow leaves you should be ok
The,,Roach,,ERA ask if it would be ok to flush 3 or 4 time, you could flush 3-4 time in 2 weeks
 
montanachadly

montanachadly

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You should always flush with 2x or 3x the amt of water your pot can hold so if your using a 3 gallon pot you want to use anywere from 6-9 gallons of water to flush your plants atleast 10 days before you harvest
 
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