Hey Big Roses thanks for stoppin in!
First off, I appreciate the compliments man. This grow has definitely been a challenge for me, but I like it that way.
1. The bud development on the lowest nodes ranges from the typical popcorn stuff to mini-bud-stacks that are a couple of inches tall each. I think they will fill in fairly well as they develop.
2. I'm using
Earth Juice at the moment. Once I run out of it though, I'm gonna switch to making my own teas. There is an incredible thread here on making teas. I don't know if you've seen it but here it is
3. All of these plants were started on 12/12 as seedlings on 8-1-08 (give or take a day or two). My record keeping needs to improve..lol. So I guess that makes my girls 6 weeks into flower right now. The Wonder Haze has about 4 more weeks. The PP's have 8 more weeks and the O.Haze x Sk1's have between 9 and 10 weeks left.
4. My medium is
Botanicare's Ready-Gro Moisture Formula coco. It has all kinds of stuff in it besides the coco base. I think it's probably the closest thing to a true cross-over medium between coco and soil.
As for feeding.... I have on;y been feeding these about once a week. They get Cal-Max and tap water in between feedings pH adjusted to 6.0-6.2--nutes or not. Their last feeding was all half strength (according to strengths listed on the labels).
Grotek Cal-Max 2 tsp per gallon
EJ Bloom...1/2 TBSP per gallon
EJ Meta-K..1/2 tsp per gallon
EJ Microblast 1/2 tsp per gallon
EJ Catalyst 1 TBSP per gallon
As for the tiny bit of Nitrogen that they still need....I top-dressed early on with Blood Meal and have not added a bit since then. They seem to be getting all the Nitrogen they need as their is not a hint of yellow in there anywhere.
Here soon I will begin to wean them off of the Phosphorus just a bit and begin to ramp up the Meta-K to provide enough Potassium for some killer resin at the end.