Newb’s first indoor grow bubba cheesecake

[Newbgrower1]

Week 7 day 5 of flower. Daytime temp is 78-83 degrees humidity is 45-49% night temps drop 10 degrees. I’ve came to the conclusion I had an N deficiency. So I bumped up feeding to 2 days and then a water only day.the yellowing got worse on leaves that were already yellowing. But no new leaves turned yellow. Growth seems to have started back again im noticing the buds getting fatter every day again.I fed this morning 1/4 tsp 6-4-4 and 1 1/4 tsp of 0-7-5 with a half a tsp of epsome salts. Still have a lot of white hairs. I might have to go 3 more weeks. We’ll see. Thanks for checking it out.

 

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Fed 1/2 tsp of 6-4-4 this morning. Won’t be feeding with N for the remainder of the grow. everything else is the same. I’ll post some more pics with Wednesdays update.

 

[Newbgrower1]

Fed 1/2 tsp of 6-4-4 this morning. Won’t be feeding with N for the remainder of the grow. everything else is the same. I’ll post some more pics with Wednesdays update.

Update: Fed this afternoon not in the morning

 

[Newbgrower1]

Week 8 day 2 from flip. I was under the impression I had an N deficiency. So I bumped up the N a little bit and everything seemed to be on the right track. I had some yellow leaves that started getting yellow pretty quick. Maybe 15 leaves. I noticed them fading slightly one day and they were yellow within 4 days. So that’s when I bumped up the N. Probably around week 6-7. Growth started to pic back up a little and although the original 15 leaves were still getting yellower no new leaves were turning. I did a slurry test a cpl weeks ago and everything seamed fine. Ph was 6.4 and I had 600 ppms I could be wrong on ppms but it’s somewhere in this post. I wanted to do a run off test today so I slowly poured 2 ga. Of water and tested the run off over 3000 ppms and 5.6 ph. I’m very new to this ph/ppms thing so any insight is appreciated. I dont know if I should do another slurry test and see if that changed or what. I feel like the hairs aren’t getting any more red. And nothings really getting bigger. Could I have had an N deficiency and within a week turned it to lockout? If so should I just flush her and let it roll. Or is there anything that could be done to help out still? I’m still going through some old posts to see if I can figure it out. But figured I would add to my update. Thanks in advance.

After looking at the pics they do seem to be fattening up a little. It just seems to have slowed down a lot compared to the rest of the grow. Ps if you look at the second pic in the foil you can see her mullet. Lol I can’t get to the back really without disrupting the rest of her. That’s my only issue with nets that I’ve found.

 

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Flushed yesterday with filtered water. I’ll flush again tomorrow evening. I have a feeling it’s gonna go 10+ weeks. The hairs just aren’t getting red. I havnt looked under the loupe yet. I’ll post an update with pics on Sunday. I’m really thinking about feeding for another week gotta see how it looks on Tuesday.

 

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So I looked under the loupe and it seams to be around 10% amber 60% cloudy and 30% clear. Hopefully I’ll be harvesting in two weekends. Tomorrow is the start of week 9 since flip. It called for a 9 week flower and seams to be right on point. I have a microscope that connects to my phone but I need an extra hand to snap the shot. I’ll try to get some cool trichome pics. Flushed again yesterday. Leaves are fading a little bit more now since the flush. Hopefully I’ll have a good fade going by the chop. It smells so good right now hopefully I can get the dry and cure right. I have grove bags I just bought I’ll be using this grow. Temp is 80 day and 65 night. Humidity got lowered to 45% today.

 

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Week 9 day 2. I fed like 1/3 feeding this morning. Everything is looking good heat is 77-80 day 60-65 night humidity is around 45% all the trichomes on the sugar leaves are amber but still not many on the buds yet. I wanted to harvest this weekend but I’m thinking about going an extra week. I’ll post more pics later in the week. It’s getting yellow now but I’m so close to the end I hope it doesn’t matter.

 

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Tomorrow is day 7 of week 9. Been feeding half doses of the 0-7-5. And have been using my filtered water now. The sugar leaves are basically all amber and there’s a few buds with some amber and a few more that are mostly cloudy without much amber. I’m wondering if I should take branches as they ripen. But my grow rm will be my dry room so I can’t really do that without finding somewhere else to dry.

 

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Day 1 wk 10. So according to seedsman these should be done. I can harvest tomorrow or Sunday. I got a few close up pics. Is there anything I should do or know before the chop. I’ve heard things about complete darkness for two days before or only water or no water. Just looking for ideas to try here and in future grows. I can’t wait to try it. The buds smell very sweat like fresh baked cake and a little skunk. But when I was holding the buds to take pics my hands smelt citrusy and gas like orange gas lol either way I like them both smell amazing just different which seems strange to me.

 

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Just a couple more. Top pic was a small branch I cut last week and it smells and looks amazing can’t wait to try it. My next update will be for the harvest. Thanks for all the help along the way.

 

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So I took one small branch off last week and dried it. I tested it out today. The taste is decent definitely a cheesecake taste. It burned nice and clean no popping but the first hit hurt lol then it felt much smoother. I think it was a tad bit on the wet side. 2 of the smaller buds were dry but the fatter bud was a little damp in the middle. It is super strong. Makes my eyes sweat lol but doesn’t have the sedative feel I want. I have some Durban left so I want a bedtime indica. My only issue with it is it gave me a slight headache for about 5 minutes after smoking. Then it’s a really nice happy giggly high. Maybe because it wasn’t fully ready. Or maybe because it was a little damp. Idk but I hope the rest of it doesn’t give me a headache every time.

 

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So I picked another branch last Wednesday and dried it. I tried it today and the smoke is much smoother and it seams really strong. I like it so much better than the dispensary stuff I’ve been getting. Today is the beginning of week 11 for the rest of the plant. I’m going to harvest tomorrow morning before lights up. I removed the net last night. And gave her one last little feeding with cold water. I’m going to chop her then clean the room a little with a peroxide mix. Then I’ll trim fan leaves and hang it at 55% 60 degrees for two days then bump it up to 60%.

 

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So today is harvest day. Got a few branches trimmed and hanging. Took a quick smoke break. Lol I want to do another update on all I’ve learned from this grow. I’ll probably get to that later today. I just wanted to thank anyone who took time to help me along the way.I have two critical 2.0 autos germinating at the moment. Hopefully have them in soil by tomorrow. I’ll start a new diary for them later today or tomorrow as well. I have a few pics of the previous cutting after it’s been dried.

 

[Newbgrower1]

So here’s what I’ve learned.
1. Water slowly, water enough each time to completely saturate the soil. Let pot dry completely before next watering.
2. I used my well water which I’m pretty sure is high in calcium. I think it started lockout towards the end. Might be ok for autos but the prolonged exposure wasn’t good.
3. Feed veg nutes well into flower im gonna try week 5-6 next run.
4. Let the plant heal a week or two before adding more stress.
5.feed till the end just slowly ween it down.
6.raise lights at first sign of stress then go from there. And only try one thing at a time and be patient.
I’m sure there’s more I’m missing. I’ll update if anything comes to mind.
I’ll be drying at 57% 60 degrees for 4 days then bump up to 60% for the rest. I have grove bags to use.

 

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So it’s been hanging for 8 full days so far with a temp of 60-64 degrees and rh of 54-60%. I have it hanging from a rack that I can spin. So I spin it once a day just to try to even it out a little. I chopped 1 branch 2 weeks prior to harvest and two branches 1 week before. I hung them in my room which I kept dark. And they took 4-6 days to dry to a crisp. The rest of the plant is slightly crispy on the outside but still I feel more moisture than I would like. I’m hoping by day 10-11 they will be ready for the bags.