tobh said:

Depends how you're watering. If you're just doing a single flood, then yes you're underwatering. You want to do an initial watering then do a second watering around 15 minutes later. This way ensures you're fully saturating the medium which is vital to root health. Soil is nonabsorbant when excessively dry. Doing an initial watering enable the medium to reabsorb water again more effectively. Dry spots in soil result in dead root spots and this can make your plants sick.

What you witnessed was the soil wicking up the runoff and saturating itself. Some use this method as it is called bottom feeding and highly effective in soil-less mediums where you don't have concern of overwatering. In soil you have to be extremely careful doing it this way. When it comes to the runoff typically you want to dump that as soon as the pot stops draining. It contains salts and excess nutrients that you don't want reabsorbed into the medium in most cases.

They're coming along nicely, should start bulking up here soon for ya.

One Love,
tobh

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tobh said:

No problem man, I've been doing this since I was a snot nose punk teenager and the shit I grew back then wasn't anywhere near what you've got going on. Just stay patient, pay attention to what the plant is doing. If you haven't yet, read Seamaiden's thread about how to tell when a plant is ready without checking trichomes. There's loads of indicators that the plant will give you when she's ready to be pulled.

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tobh said:

Your lighting looks solid, though I would add some more further down so those lower buds will bulk up for you too. In the future, I highly recommend some serious training for the CFL's . There's just no way to get a decent yield with trees in the traditional sense. Low and spread out is the way to go with CFL's. An even canopy will provide much better results ime.

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tobh said:

You've got time, I would add the extra lights if funds can accommodate it.

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tobh said:

@Newtogrowing from those pics you still have a few weeks left. Sorry on not getting back to you sooner, my life has become a whirlwind of excitement (apprenticing tattooist, interesting schedule demands to say the least.) Keep doing what you're doing, they start really swelling for you and the hair will start turning pretty colors as new ones slow or stop popping up. My guess from those pics (you posted on June 30, today is July 7) you'll be looking at mid to late July harvest, so another week at least.

One Love,
tobh

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tobh said:

@Newtogrowing from those pics you still have a few weeks left. Sorry on not getting back to you sooner, my life has become a whirlwind of excitement (apprenticing tattooist, interesting schedule demands to say the least.) Keep doing what you're doing, they start really swelling for you and the hair will start turning pretty colors as new ones slow or stop popping up. My guess from those pics (you posted on June 30, today is July 7) you'll be looking at mid to late July harvest, so another week at least.

One Love,
tobh

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tobh said:

Any time brotha, just trying to give back what I can. I've had a lot of help along the way and it would be unkind to not share my knowledge with others. Just don't get carried away taking samples lol the fruits of your labor are so much sweeter when given time to mature all the way.

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tobh said:

She looks overwatered or like you're having a pH issue but you're nearing the finish line! Getting a little foxtailing going on too, what is your temp and humidity? For both lights on and lights off. Drastic swings can influence foxtailing.

I had foxtailing this last run, so it may be a result of the CFL's as well, will know if this is a factor after this next run I'm starting. But I also had a hell of a lot of instability so I'm pretty sure that's what triggered my issues.

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