First Grow - White Widow x Big Bud

[cmay]

They look great man and nice pictures. I know how hard it is to get a decent one.

 

[rhetorrikz]

I think you have a bit of time mate there are alot of white pistals still.. looks great

 

[grino21]

thanks lads! It's day 50 flowering going to give a low nutes feed tonight as they are yellowing quite abit. After that I may feed again but was going to just go with plain water. I'm not really that fussed about the trichome colour been amber I just don't want to lose out on yield by harvesting early.

 

[grino21]

gave a feed this morning at 7am they seemed to of missed it as I checked back at 10am before lights went of and could tell they had swelled up abit more
Will most likely give an update daily now as I'm getting too excited haha!

 

[grino21]

day 53 flowering update- everything seems to be going great except everytime I put my 5 vegging wwxbb into my tent under the 600 hps, 3 of them constantly want to shade themselves. After been in there for 12hrs I put them on a windowsill for another 6 hours. They always perk back up on the windowsill sill so it can't be under watering. Any idea? Been happening fir about a week now. Think I'm going to flush the big girls tonight then go 1 or 2 more weeks before chopping. Any idea on the veggies?

 

[grino21]

day 55 flowering - trichomes are definitely getting more milky, pistils have receded but a lot still look white. Was either going to give a feed or a flush next watering. Do they look ready to begin flushing?

 

[rhetorrikz]

lookin good i think your getting close maybe 1or2 last light feeds and then just plain ph' d water untill your happy with the trics

 

[grino21]

sweet man! they feel rock hard! I think my 5 vegging could be root bound.

 

[rhetorrikz]

I dono is under or overwatered possible?

 

[grino21]

it could be possible but not sure. I've been letting the soil really dry out before giving them a water sp maybe underwaterin

 

[grino21]

any idea what that golden yellow colour on the leafs coming out of the bud could be? Really worried of mould etc. It almost looks like thc. I've searched Google buy couldn't find anything:/

 

[rhetorrikz]

Bottom photo on the right of the bud looks like light bleaching on the back left of the bud u need to peel the bud open and inspect near the stem.. hopefully you dont find this

Is this bud rot? Broken open bud

 

[grino21]

ahh I'll keep checking it see how it goes I'll move it back a bit. I don't fancy taking any buds of its only a couple leafs marked on that side of the bud so could be light bleach

 

[grino21]

Do you think I should just flush these girls now and go with plain water til the end?

 

[rhetorrikz]

Still peel the bud open and check. Make sure its not soft mush or powdery brown stuff in close th the stem..

If your after a more daytime smoke yes i think you could start flushing.. i dont think yield will increase a great deal more now just improved potency and couchlock, do you have a good plan for drying and curing .. slow dry and proper cure are huge factors ..this helped me

 

[grino21]

I have a round metal cage that I'm going to put in my grow tent and hang all the buds of. Humidity as got to 60 on lights of a few times so I think it'll be best to just flush and give a week or so.
Do you jeep oscilating fan on whilst buds are drying?

 

[rhetorrikz]

Yes indirect air movement but keep an eye on drying too fast you want slow dry till there a bit crisp to touch on the outside then jar or tub with humidistat .. for eg. i had colas drying in my diy dry box for about 14days before i got to about 65-70%rh when jared .. slow is key

 

[grino21]

good news! I've inspected both buds and they're fine on the inside. No brown or mush. Maybe it's burn marks from when I've been watering. They're going to be flushed tonight as they don't need a water yet.

 

[rhetorrikz]

I think wait for them to dry up as usual then start with the first flush

 

[grino21]

What's the best method to fast dry a bud? I'm going to take a little one for a joint.
As for the flush I was going to use my shower head and just keep water running through into my bathtub. Water won't be phd or left sitting for 24 hrs hope that's not a problem.