Hi everyone. I tried really hard to get to the end of my grow without any help but I think I need you guys now.
I am 9+ weeks into my 12/12 cycle and my girls have nearly stopped drinking. It started a few days ago. I have googled my brains out and can't find anything useful. I have added as much info and pics as I can, hopefully it will be useful.
I have some experience at growing in my garden years ago but 1st time in a grow tent, i have been a long term user. I am currently growing for myself. I have some medical issues and believe cannabis may help my condition. I have a tent outside and am growing in soil using organic nutes, BioBiz Grow, Bloom and Top Max. Quality not quantity.
My Set Up...
4 Cheese plants under 600w HPS and a 120w red CFL for the lower buds. Carbon filter exhaust and inline fan, 2 small clip on fans and an oscillating fan. I am using a dehumidifier because my grow is in a concrete garage outside, the tent is in a partitioned off area in the garage. The garage walls and roof have been lined with polystyrene the intake comes from a wood shed. I have a silencer on the intake and it is amazing! The humidity is sometimes 100% on my phone using Accuview, the dehumidifier brings it down to about 70%, not good i know but its the best i can get.
I was told the plants were called BLB Cheese. I cant find anything on this strain and would be grateful if anyone can shed some light on this. All the way through they have had a lovely lemon smell and a small bud i dried 2 weeks ago at 7 weeks had an amazing lemon sage taste. 3 of my plants did a big stretch and one is short. I sit this one on a small stool. I had to raise the light up to the highest point for the others!!
Story so far....
I was given 3.5 week old clones in July and carried on the veg another 4 weeks, 7 weeks veg in total. Then i switched them to 12/12 lights. I pinched out the tops in veg a few times. The 1st pic is when they changed light cycle, 9-10 August.
1 week 12/12 (8 weeks)
2 weeks 12/12, (9weeks) showing flower and hairs
3 weeks 12/12 (10 weeks)
Added CFL (10 weeks) 31 Aug
4 weeks (11 weeks total) 5 Sept. Some yellowing and drooping as stretch started. Also hot temps outside.
7 weeks (14 weeks) 27 Sept clear trichs, odd cloudy ones.
8 weeks (15 weeks) 3 0ct
Up until this point i haven't had any issues, just the odd blip. I was giving nearly 2 litres for 4 plants when lights go on in evening and about 1 litre in morning when lights went off. I had to water twice a day as i didnt want too much wet in the tent because of the humidity. I have been using a heater in tent lately as temps have been very low but i have managed to keep the temps between 65-85 all the time, lights on and off, just high humidity but as i seem to have good ventilation i have avoided mold. I have not had ONE bug but i put that down the the fact i am using a pair of my knickers over the inlet ducting.
No flies on me!
9 weeks (16 weeks total) 15 Oct.
The colas have grown more lumpy in the last week, sort of extra bud bulges, not so uniform looking. BUT they have almost stopped taking water. The pots have been heavy to lift when usually they are very light and dry. The leaves all look normal, or the same as they have been for a while. They are still shooting out a lot of white hairs with hardly any going brown . The trichs are still mostly clear with a few cloudy blobs on the end. I have followed the feed schedule to the letter. The fan leaves went a lime colour a while ago so i upped the Grow from 1ml to 2ml for a couple of days, it greened them up again nicely. I assumed so much energy was going into the bud it needed a bit extra, seemed to do the trick.
What do i do? I know they are not ready as they dont look ready. They smell ready and feel ready but the scope says different. I have started to flush as i dont want the nutes locked in the plants if they are not drinking. Is this what will happen? The leaves are all pretty green still and healthy but one plant has some leaves with yellow edges for aboug 2.5 weeks though the plant hasnt been affected. They have had the odd yellow leaf here and there. My CFL stayed on one day when the HPS was off. It could have been on 10 hours. My girls did not seem to be affected.... They have always been very healthy. They have only drooped a couple of times early on when they didnt get enough water.
I have done a lot of research and know i can flush them for up to 2 weeks with a soil grow. I assume they will carry on growing as they will use the stored nutes from the fan leaves. If they stop drinking will they die?
Worth a mention, i am using the CFL light and am so glad i did. It has bulked the lower buds right up. I would have taken them off but i wanted to see if it worked. I noticed the difference in days. The leaf canopy prevents the light getting down low and the CFL is right in the center. I can have the plants 1" from the bulb, its great. It also allows me to do the odd job in the tent without the hot HPS burning my hair. I thought it would also be good as a back up if the main light went.
I have seen some fantastic CFL grows and they are really good if done properly. Next time I will use some smaller ones in the corners under the plants as well. When its too hot in the tent, rather than burning the plants you could turn off the main light and use the CFL'S as they don't give off much heat.
So, 9 weeks 12/12 cycle on organic nutes but 2 days ago they have seriously slowed the water intake. I do not think they are stressed as nothing has happened and they seem very happy.
Do my plants look sativa dominant? I couldn't face going on for another month, I need a break, and a decent smoke.
Thanks in advance for any advise. I am off in a bit but hope to be back a bit later on.
I am 9+ weeks into my 12/12 cycle and my girls have nearly stopped drinking. It started a few days ago. I have googled my brains out and can't find anything useful. I have added as much info and pics as I can, hopefully it will be useful.
I have some experience at growing in my garden years ago but 1st time in a grow tent, i have been a long term user. I am currently growing for myself. I have some medical issues and believe cannabis may help my condition. I have a tent outside and am growing in soil using organic nutes, BioBiz Grow, Bloom and Top Max. Quality not quantity.
My Set Up...
4 Cheese plants under 600w HPS and a 120w red CFL for the lower buds. Carbon filter exhaust and inline fan, 2 small clip on fans and an oscillating fan. I am using a dehumidifier because my grow is in a concrete garage outside, the tent is in a partitioned off area in the garage. The garage walls and roof have been lined with polystyrene the intake comes from a wood shed. I have a silencer on the intake and it is amazing! The humidity is sometimes 100% on my phone using Accuview, the dehumidifier brings it down to about 70%, not good i know but its the best i can get.
I was told the plants were called BLB Cheese. I cant find anything on this strain and would be grateful if anyone can shed some light on this. All the way through they have had a lovely lemon smell and a small bud i dried 2 weeks ago at 7 weeks had an amazing lemon sage taste. 3 of my plants did a big stretch and one is short. I sit this one on a small stool. I had to raise the light up to the highest point for the others!!
Story so far....
I was given 3.5 week old clones in July and carried on the veg another 4 weeks, 7 weeks veg in total. Then i switched them to 12/12 lights. I pinched out the tops in veg a few times. The 1st pic is when they changed light cycle, 9-10 August.
1 week 12/12 (8 weeks)
2 weeks 12/12, (9weeks) showing flower and hairs
3 weeks 12/12 (10 weeks)
Added CFL (10 weeks) 31 Aug
4 weeks (11 weeks total) 5 Sept. Some yellowing and drooping as stretch started. Also hot temps outside.
7 weeks (14 weeks) 27 Sept clear trichs, odd cloudy ones.
8 weeks (15 weeks) 3 0ct
Up until this point i haven't had any issues, just the odd blip. I was giving nearly 2 litres for 4 plants when lights go on in evening and about 1 litre in morning when lights went off. I had to water twice a day as i didnt want too much wet in the tent because of the humidity. I have been using a heater in tent lately as temps have been very low but i have managed to keep the temps between 65-85 all the time, lights on and off, just high humidity but as i seem to have good ventilation i have avoided mold. I have not had ONE bug but i put that down the the fact i am using a pair of my knickers over the inlet ducting.
No flies on me!9 weeks (16 weeks total) 15 Oct.
The colas have grown more lumpy in the last week, sort of extra bud bulges, not so uniform looking. BUT they have almost stopped taking water. The pots have been heavy to lift when usually they are very light and dry. The leaves all look normal, or the same as they have been for a while. They are still shooting out a lot of white hairs with hardly any going brown . The trichs are still mostly clear with a few cloudy blobs on the end. I have followed the feed schedule to the letter. The fan leaves went a lime colour a while ago so i upped the Grow from 1ml to 2ml for a couple of days, it greened them up again nicely. I assumed so much energy was going into the bud it needed a bit extra, seemed to do the trick.
What do i do? I know they are not ready as they dont look ready. They smell ready and feel ready but the scope says different. I have started to flush as i dont want the nutes locked in the plants if they are not drinking. Is this what will happen? The leaves are all pretty green still and healthy but one plant has some leaves with yellow edges for aboug 2.5 weeks though the plant hasnt been affected. They have had the odd yellow leaf here and there. My CFL stayed on one day when the HPS was off. It could have been on 10 hours. My girls did not seem to be affected.... They have always been very healthy. They have only drooped a couple of times early on when they didnt get enough water.
I have done a lot of research and know i can flush them for up to 2 weeks with a soil grow. I assume they will carry on growing as they will use the stored nutes from the fan leaves. If they stop drinking will they die?
Worth a mention, i am using the CFL light and am so glad i did. It has bulked the lower buds right up. I would have taken them off but i wanted to see if it worked. I noticed the difference in days. The leaf canopy prevents the light getting down low and the CFL is right in the center. I can have the plants 1" from the bulb, its great. It also allows me to do the odd job in the tent without the hot HPS burning my hair. I thought it would also be good as a back up if the main light went.
I have seen some fantastic CFL grows and they are really good if done properly. Next time I will use some smaller ones in the corners under the plants as well. When its too hot in the tent, rather than burning the plants you could turn off the main light and use the CFL'S as they don't give off much heat.
So, 9 weeks 12/12 cycle on organic nutes but 2 days ago they have seriously slowed the water intake. I do not think they are stressed as nothing has happened and they seem very happy.
Do my plants look sativa dominant? I couldn't face going on for another month, I need a break, and a decent smoke.
Thanks in advance for any advise. I am off in a bit but hope to be back a bit later on.
