Alaskan Purple In DWC & Super Soil

[Van Stank]

Running out is what I'm doing. Certain factors have me unable to grow until later this year.
It appears if all goes well I'll have a good(?) 4 weeks of tolerance reset before I harvest another crop.

"Tolerance Reset" I don't like the sound of that!

That just sounds tragic....with a slightly sunny side on the other side. No thanks!

 

[Grand Daddy Black]

What's up growers!

Time to flush and feed the DWCs again. (Last feed was on 9/2

Used Water
#1 PH 4.8 PPM 391
#2 PH 4.8 PPM 240
#3 PH 4.9 PPM 477

New Water

CalMag 4ml
Macro 12
Grow 12
Bloom 12
Terpinator 12
Hydroguard 6

#1 PH 5.8 PPM 430
#2 PH 5.8 PPM 680
#3 PH 5.8 PPM 408

So why is the PPM solution for #2 so much higher than the other solutions? I have no idea. I'm pretty sure that I screwed up during the mix. I've got to stop tokin' while trying to do stuff. Anyway, my plant #2 needs more nutes because she's a beast, so I'm going to give her the heavy dose no matter what I put in it!

I must say that this grow has been full of surprises. From 4 Alaskan Purple seeds I have gotten 4 different results. One plant (Rusty Leaf for those who have been following) is way tall with light colored leaves and tall, but new, pistil production. The soil plant has actually turned purple, but its buds are smaller than the DWC plants and it has lots of deep yellowing leaves. My plant #2 that got the heavy solution (the one I thought was a Zombie) has turned to a deep orange and looks to be nearing completion. She's full of cloudy trichomes but her buds are still kind of fluffy. The last plant is just plugging along nicely, but still only producing white pistils.

I'm posting some pics, but I've found that the flash in a dark tent distorts the color of what's really going on.

The Bunch (That's Rusty Leaf back left, Soil back right, #2 front left and Plugging Away from right.)

Rusty Leaf out of the tent (She looks kinda' scrawny. LOL)

Plugging Along out of the tent:

That's all I've got for now.

Later!

 

[InTheShed]

That old water pH was really low! It's got to be hard for the plants to be taking up nutes at those numbers. Good idea to mix up a new batch .

Crazy that you got four different phenos from four seeds!

 

[Grand Daddy Black]

@InTheShed I know! I don't know why the PH keeps dropping. I'm starting to think it has something to do with the nutrients. Is there a shelf date on nutes?

 

[Grand Daddy Black]

Hello, growers!

It's day 69 for these Alaskan Purples and I am pumped!

My former Zombie, plant #2 is nearly done. I'm starting to see a sprinkling of amber trichomes amongst the ample milky ones. I think I'm going to take her down 3 days from now. The soil plant won't be far behind, but I haven't spotted any amber on her yet. The Plugging Along plant will be next (no amber on her yet either). That will leave Rusty Leaf all alone in the tent where she can continue her crazy ways in solitude.

Here's #2. I'll post some better pics Tuesday, when I get her out of the tent.












Later!

 

[Grand Daddy Black]

Hello (again) growers.

I just posted yesterday, and I hope I'm not posting too much. But I'm just so pumped about this grow I can't help myself.

I came into this grow with a lot of new stuff. New nutrients, new light and, in one container, soil. So I had concerns from the outset and some of these damn plants did all that they could to increase those concerns. But it seems that its going to turn out well for at least 3 of the 4, and maybe even the fourth.

Anyway, I've been trying to do better with keeping the PH in range. And today I had to take two of the girls out of the tent for some PH adjustments. Since I had them out and since (surprise) I think they are lovely, I took some pics.

This is "Plugging Along" and she is doing just that.

This is the former Zombie. She will be taken down soon, though not as soon as I said in my last post. I'm going to let her go through next week.

Okay. No more posts from me until the next time. LOL

Later!

 

[Grand Daddy Black]

Hello, growers. Yes, I am posting for the third day in a row. I would apologize, but like Reeses, I'm not sorry.

I haven't really provided any decent pics of my soil plant, mostly because it's been so ugly lately. A lot of its leaves turned a deep yellow and, even though it has some nice buds, it just hasn't been very photogenic. I grew this is Super Soil mixed with perlite and Fox Farms Happy Frog soil. Being new to soil, I didn't know what to do about the yellowing leaves. I used a CalMag foliar spray on it, but that's all I did.

Anyway, I took her out of the tent today and trimmed most of the ugly leaves, so now she's ready for her solo debut. These flash pics don't show it, but believe me, she is purple!

Later (Not Sorry)!

 

[InTheShed]

Your plants look that good you get to post three days running! Beauties all...I even scrolled through the tent pics three times.

 

[Grand Daddy Black]

Your plants look that good you get to post three days running! Beauties all...I even scrolled through the tent pics three times.

Thanks, InTheShed! I've calmed down now. No more daily posts.

 

[Van Stank]

Great looking lady there GDB!!

 

[Nkwow]

Those are some sexy ladies for sure!. It was cool to see how the soil did right next to the DWC. Looks like you are in for a bountiful harvest.

 

[Grand Daddy Black]

Great looking lady there GDB!!

Thanks, Van Stank!

 

[Grand Daddy Black]

Those are some sexy ladies for sure!. It was cool to see how the soil did right next to the DWC. Looks like you are in for a bountiful harvest.

Thanks, Nkwow. I can't wait to do a smoke comparison.

 

[Grand Daddy Black]

Hello, growers.

It's day 73 and I took down the former zombie today. I should say I took down most of her. I tried something different this time. I took off the nice ripe buds but those low growing flowers that never made it to the light were left on the plant and the plant was placed back in the tent. Can't wait to see what happens with those remaining flowers with more light exposure.

Anyway, I took off 15.3 wet ounces.

They've been put up to dry and I'm licking my chops!

Later!

 

[Van Stank]

Congrats on the harvest GDB! Some stellar looking product there brother!

 

[Grand Daddy Black]

Congrats on the harvest GDB! Some stellar looking product there brother!

Thanks, Van Stank!

 

[InTheShed]

Great haul and more to come...excellent!

 

[Grand Daddy Black]

Great haul and more to come...excellent!

Thanks, InTheShed! And, yes, more to come!

 

[Grand Daddy Black]

Day 76 and I took down another plant, my Plugging Away. I didn't expect to have to do this so soon, but I had no choice. I've been watching her trichomes closely for the last week or so. Over the last two nights the trichs have gone to almost 50% amber. I might be overstating that just a bit, but amber is everywhere! A few days ago it was just barely there.

I pulled down 292 grams of very sticky, fat buds. (As with the first plant, I left the popcorn stuff on and left it in the tent.)

So that leaves Rusty Leaf and the soil plant left in the tent along with two stubs. I'm excited about the soil plant and Rusty Leaf because they are both purple while neither of the first two were.

Pics of second takedown:

Here's what left in the tent. By the way, has anyone ever tried this thing I'm trying with putting the low-hanging fruit back in the tent? I don't think those popcorn buds are going to get any bigger but I think they may firm up a bit and become smoke-worthy. Some already show signs that that's what they're trying to do.

Later!

 

[Rifleman]

I love seeing a successful harvest. Well done so far. I'm watching with interest what happens to the fluff that you left to cut again later.