First Grow - AK-48 Feminized Seed

[Lady Cannafan]

There are some folks who defoliate during flower, but I prefer not to because the plant will use those leaves for energy as she runs out of nitrogen towards the end. My last grow yellowed and used up almost all their leaves by the time they were harvested. I was glad I left them to do their job.

I agree with Flower Child here. I'm not defoliating this grow. This is a highly debated subject. Kind of a personal preference in the end.

 

[olagan]

Ciao peeps.

For what I can tell the grow is still going alright and buds forming well. I've been feeding flowering nutrients for just about every day. Whenever I skip a day it is wilting the following morning. Then after feeding perks right back up again, I wasn't really expecting having to feed this often.
Little one seems to be doing good

 

[draxlin]

Looking good. Although it could be my eyes; are those tips yellowish a bit? If so could it be over fed? Others with way more experience then I can probably weigh in on that. I can see the need for extra water, but may want to stick to nutes at only 2x a week.

 

[olagan]

Sounds good, I'll use plain water for the next couple waterings

 

[olagan]

I read somehwere that mg defiency causes light tips and yellowing lower leaves

 

[draxlin]

Yeah man not totally sure, as I'm a newbie. Just something i would be looking into. Some more experienced grower will chime in.

 

[KingJohnC]

the yellow tips on the leaves appears to be from nutrient burn, you may want to slightly reduce the amount of nutrients you are feeding.

 

[draxlin]

the yellow tips on the leaves appears to be from nutrient burn, you may want to slightly reduce the amount of nutrients you are feeding.

Maybe my obsession of reading and studying this wonderful plant is paying off.

 

[olagan]

My newb closet set-up added the 23W CFL to bring more light to the buds and placed seedling under it

 

[olagan]

WHat do you guys think about bending the plant to the side to get light better to the buds?

 

[tokersmokeg]

the stems get harder during flowering but it is possible just bend slowly.the yellowing at the tips is nute burn.in my opinion i see far too many people in soil adding way too much nutes.I would straight water for the next two cycles then give mollases or a flower booster high in p.

 

[olagan]

thanks tokersmokeg. Do the tips that have nute burn recover back to green?

 

[tokersmokeg]

generally not but no harm done!!they look awesome check out my grow Reveg Clone SOG Grow!

Growing is a learning curve the plants tell u what they need.Generally in soil you dont have to ph the water or nutrient solution.and when you do add nutrients you are supposed to feed the soil.back off on the nutes and youll see a difference. i gotta try the led lights out!!looking great keep us updated.

 

[KingJohnC]

you can use Low Stress Training anytime in vegetative growth or flowering, the returns from this technique are diminished in flowering. once a part of a leaf yellows it is damaged and will not return to green, just keep an eye on the tips so it does not worsen.

 

[olagan]

I'm using BioBizz Bloom for this grow, should I also add this stuff called BioBizz Topmax, Bio Heaven, Alg-A-Mic?
And if i do add these things is it alright to add them all in the same water..?

 

[tokersmokeg]

i wouldnt add anything unnecessary.just a basic bloom fert or mollases!!

 

[olagan]

Alright. I'm still convinced the yellow tips were originally the cheap supermarket soil's fault because I had them before my first feed
I'll need to get some pro soil for the other seedling

 

[KingJohnC]

here is a BioBizz nutrient feed chart that lists all of the nutrients and their feed rates, I would start feeding nutrient at 1/4 recommended dosage and increase it over several watering by 1/4 strength until you are at full strength nutrients. If you notice any nutrient burn I would feed your plants the same dosage the next watering. If your nutrient burn is bad you should flush your pots with at least twice the volume of pH adjusted water as pot size.

 

[olagan]

12 days passed since I discovered pistils (that's when you start counting flowering days, right?)
No smell at all unless of course you take a sniff of the buds. I suppose it'll start hitting later.

A few photos from today

 

[olagan]

Not sure if this is of any use but I made a couple of poor man's reflectors using the inside of soda cans and tape