Shamus
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Back in the earlier 2000s I took a trip to jamaica and found seeds in some really nice herb. I saved a grip of them and brought them back to the states. Not sure on the exact strain name as it was sold to me just as herb. Got it in the mountain central area of the islands down the way from where we visited bob marleys birth home and village. The village had a massive grow that you coukd take a tour of. We did so and bought around a lb. Think we paid around 200 bucks or so. Im guessing it was around a lb but to be more specific it filled most of my backpack after we took the flowers off the long branches and stock. When we bought the flowers the stems had red stripping almost to the point that they were sold red....id say they were more like red stock with dark greenish stripping.Agreed. Name calling is never appreciated. It's one thing to respectfully disprove someone's thoughts on a subject.
Not agreed.... I've never had a plant with reddish/purplish striping on the stalk I wasn't able to turn back to green by feeding properly. What strains have you grown out that do this? When you say you've grown out plants with reddish stems, what do mean by that? Was the general hue reddish or were there red stripes on a green stem? I get how some plants have darker pigmentation, but red or purple striping is almost always a lack of phosphate. If one uses the same nutrients on many different plants, one is bound to find a plant that has red stems, not because of variation in pigments, but variation in how much P the plant is using, IMO. Clones tend to do this because they use internally stored P to build roots. Once the clone gets a little older, this purpling goes away because the roots are now absorbing extraneous nutrients from the grow medium. That's my view on this.
This is the worst post ever!!!! You can not tell if a plant is by the leaves fingers, that really tells you absolutely. nothing. my blueberry is 5 ft tall and is about 3 wide, she is starting her 3rd level of branches are coming in, (her branches branches branchs) and she only has 5 fingers on all her leaves. If the Plant is green and growing at a steady rate it is healthy. if unhealthy it will have noticablethinngsout of the norm like stunded growth, nutrtrient deficiencies which is the prob 90% of the time caused by to little or to much nutes, a few examples : yellowing of the leaves, purple stripe on stock, and browning of the leafes. a white powery substance covering leaves.and branches this is what we likerto call mildew, holes in leaves from bug, and droopy leaves which is caused by too much or not enough water you want to the leaves to be nice and perky, like they're stetching to the light. yes, the leaves are a big factor in telling the plants healthyness but nnot the amount of fingers
We just counted 13 finger blades on fan. Is this normal? I see from what I read it could be very healthy. It's a blueberry.Six signs of a healthy Young marijuana plant:
I remember the first time I planted marijuana, my best indicator of a healthy plant was its vertical growth .
Even I was boasting to my friend that my Sensi Star is growing more than 2 inches a day .
Now, I do not pay too much attention to vertical growth, actually vertical growth is not even in my list of observations.
I think there are some signs that their presence could show that everything is OK.
I want to share them with you guys,Its just my observation and experience and I have no intention to say they are %100 correct.I will be more than happy to know your Idea about it.
Here are the signs:
A-When every new fan leaf has more finger(Blade) than previous one.Normally , in a healthy marijuana plant,the number of fingers is as follow:
1st fan leaf has 3 fingers(photo 1)
2nd fan leaf 5 fingers,photo 2 and 3
3rd fan leaf 7 fingers(6 is acceptable) photo 4
4th fan leaf 9 fingers(8 is acceptable)photo 5
5th fan leaf 11 fingers(9 and ten is acceptable)
After the fifth internodes all fan leaves should have 9 to 11 fingers but 12 blade is a possibility(photo 6)
Ps: some strains genetically, never show more than 7 fingers , even in the best grow situations. I
B-When every fan leaf has its side branch even the first fan leaf and the side branches don’t stop growing at anytime during veg cycle(photo 7, part B)
c-The stem of a healthy plant has normally some scaling on it due to fast growth of the body compare to limited ability of skin stretch(photo 7 ,part D)
D-When the first small pseudo leaf (photo 1 part 1) keeps its green color and does not turn yellow
E- when the plant shows its preflower on time( some strains have natural tendency not to show their preflower on time) . In every strain the presence of the preflower is a good sign but its absence does not mean any problem.
F- When side branches fan leaves has 7 finger leaf(photo 5).
AGAIN I SHOULD SAY ABSENCE OF ANY OR SOME OREVEN ALLOF THESE SIGNS DOES NOT MEAN ANY SERIOUS PROBLEM BUT THEIR PRESENCE IS A GOOD INDICATION OF A SUPER HEALTHY PLANT.
What do you think?
Please leave your comment.It will be most appreciated.
Peace and Hope all your plants are SUPER HEALTHY.
Satica
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