Info:
Strains:
Gelato - 9 weeks flowering
Jack Herer - 2 weeks flowering
Seeds: montrealcannabis-seeds.ca
Info:
Soil grow
400w HPS
Botanicare flowering feed
Alaska Fish fertilizer (veg)
Above are pics of my Gelato Plant (to be harvested tomorrow at 9weeks flower) and my Jack Herer plant, which is 14 days into flower.
She got a bit out of hand, I had to keep her in veg for 39 days since my flowering area was full. Many of the lower leaves are nice and purple as advertised, but the buds are not as dense as my usual plants. The higher leaves are just burnt from being too close to the light. As she flowered, I was able to pull the buds off to the sides to lessen the light burn, but some of the leaves were still too close.
This is my Jack Herer plant at the beginning of flower, about 15" tall
The above two pics are of my Jack Herer plant after two weeks of flowering stretch.
For some context, I still consider myself a new grower, as I finally bought a 4x4 tent instead of growing in a small 2' x 3' area I had before. I've been growing for a few years, but have recently started getting average yields of 3 to 4 ounces per plant while learning a bit about training and topping. My soil is now mostly compost and yard waste from my backyard. Its been a long process, producing some crappy weed in the past, but its my favorite hobby now that I am producing some decent quality smoke.
What I've been doing recently is topping center most branches of my plants twice, trying to create an even canopy without too much work or stress on the plants. Usually I remove the bottom 2 to 4 branches, and let the others grow, and top when I have 4 to 6 main branches. Then as they grow, I pick off all the new, small branches, leaving just the leaves, right up until flowering. This way I don't have any real small crappy buds to trim. This method has produced the most consistent and largest yields for me, but I'm hesitant to do much in the way of defoliation. I know I probably should clean things up a bit, but its not too branchy, and I'm getting some nice nugs.
I seem to have some problems with veg, since my plants don't seem to grow very well until the flowering stage. Maybe that's just how it goes with cannabis? I don't know. Should I be growing shorter plants, because I am vegging for 5-6 weeks to get 15" plants with an even canopy and about 10 colas?
I've been considering going with LEDs, but since I already have the 400w HPS, I figured I'll spend the $10 per bulb that it costs yearly until the ballast burns out. It costs about $20/month for power, so its still pretty cheap to grow with.
Edit: I forgot to add my temperature and humidity monitoring are being handled with an ESP32 and a Raspberry Pi running Node Red. It seems I'm close to having the correct VPD, but I'm a bit too humid at night and a bit dry in the day. I think I need a bigger ventilation fan...
Next seeds up are some OG Kush that have previously produced some of the best weed I've grown so far, but my perpetual grow is a bit behind schedule so I don't have anything in veg right now. I think that is it for now, any tips or suggestions are very welcome.
Strains:
Gelato - 9 weeks flowering
Jack Herer - 2 weeks flowering
Seeds: montrealcannabis-seeds.ca
Info:
Soil grow
400w HPS
Botanicare flowering feed
Alaska Fish fertilizer (veg)
Above are pics of my Gelato Plant (to be harvested tomorrow at 9weeks flower) and my Jack Herer plant, which is 14 days into flower.
She got a bit out of hand, I had to keep her in veg for 39 days since my flowering area was full. Many of the lower leaves are nice and purple as advertised, but the buds are not as dense as my usual plants. The higher leaves are just burnt from being too close to the light. As she flowered, I was able to pull the buds off to the sides to lessen the light burn, but some of the leaves were still too close.
For some context, I still consider myself a new grower, as I finally bought a 4x4 tent instead of growing in a small 2' x 3' area I had before. I've been growing for a few years, but have recently started getting average yields of 3 to 4 ounces per plant while learning a bit about training and topping. My soil is now mostly compost and yard waste from my backyard. Its been a long process, producing some crappy weed in the past, but its my favorite hobby now that I am producing some decent quality smoke.
What I've been doing recently is topping center most branches of my plants twice, trying to create an even canopy without too much work or stress on the plants. Usually I remove the bottom 2 to 4 branches, and let the others grow, and top when I have 4 to 6 main branches. Then as they grow, I pick off all the new, small branches, leaving just the leaves, right up until flowering. This way I don't have any real small crappy buds to trim. This method has produced the most consistent and largest yields for me, but I'm hesitant to do much in the way of defoliation. I know I probably should clean things up a bit, but its not too branchy, and I'm getting some nice nugs.
I seem to have some problems with veg, since my plants don't seem to grow very well until the flowering stage. Maybe that's just how it goes with cannabis? I don't know. Should I be growing shorter plants, because I am vegging for 5-6 weeks to get 15" plants with an even canopy and about 10 colas?
I've been considering going with LEDs, but since I already have the 400w HPS, I figured I'll spend the $10 per bulb that it costs yearly until the ballast burns out. It costs about $20/month for power, so its still pretty cheap to grow with.
Next seeds up are some OG Kush that have previously produced some of the best weed I've grown so far, but my perpetual grow is a bit behind schedule so I don't have anything in veg right now. I think that is it for now, any tips or suggestions are very welcome.
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