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Rooted clones have fresh light green growth don't think they can grow with out rooots

 

[Dr. Mantis Toboggan]

Hello! By light problems do you mean excessive intensity? Quite possible. I think additional food for the growing season can solve this problem; you can also raise the lamp a little.

Yes, I mean excessive light intensity. If that's the case, it's kind of crazy: I've got my light about 2 feet above my plants and it's at 50% power (65 watts). I fed the plant with dry nutrients on 9/30... You think I should use the liquid as well?

Nice if this is ace Panama it's fire. .i've flipped some .are your lights at 18 or 24 7?

It IS Ace's. Both lights are 18 on right now.

 

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Honestly Doc I'd be as pleased as punch to have a Blueberry stud to hit your plants with at some time.

 

[Dr. Mantis Toboggan]

Honestly Doc I'd be as pleased as punch to have a Blueberry stud to hit your plants with at some time.

Don't know if I'm looking to create seeds with my first grow, but let's see what the future holds.

 

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I've always wanted to cross an old bb cut back to blue dream .idk
Good show. Looking forward to see how it goes, and the sex the f5

 

[Dr. Mantis Toboggan]

I've always wanted to cross an old bb cut back to blue dream .idk
Good show. Looking forward to see how it goes, and the sex the f5

What attracts you to BB x Blue Dream? More of a sedative Blue Dream? I'm waiting on the sex with bated breath, too!

 

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I like blue dream. I've wanted to cross it to bb , and on the other hand I've wanted to hit it with a ssh as well.
Too little time.

 

[Dr. Mantis Toboggan]

I like blue dream. I've wanted to cross it to bb , and on the other hand I've wanted to hit it with a ssh as well.
Too little time.

I haven't seen Blue Dream in over a decade. Is it still making its way around?

 

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I like blue dream. I've wanted to cross it to bb , and on the other hand I've wanted to hit it with a ssh as well.
Too little time.

Queen of dragons out of Shasta lake had $10 grams I could smoke all day. Makes a nice uplifting kief , a little edjey too

 

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I haven't seen Blue Dream in over a decade. Is it still making its way around?

Yes it produces. It has a reputation as low potency, but I've never found it to be the case

 

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I'd love some Blue Dream x (dj) Blueberry !!!

Nioce!

 

[rindindoo]

Your lamp is not powerful enough to burn off the chlorophyll, so you most likely have a nutrient deficiency. If you have worm tea that should help, or mineral fertilizer for the growing season, as long as it doesn't conflict with your organic approach to growing.

 

[Dr. Mantis Toboggan]

Taking the advice of @rindindoo, I've given the GG #4 clone it's first liquid nutrient feeding with a 1/8 of a cap (1/2 tsp.) dose. I trained the MN Tangie mother a bit. Later today, I'll also give everyone molasses water, save for the clones in the party cups.

 

[Dr. Mantis Toboggan]

Continuing to see lighter colors in the new growth on the GG #4:

Called 2 grow stores and they brought up potential issues:

• The light isn't strong enough.

Out of concern of roasting young plants, my light is about 2 ft away and at 50% power. After talking with one of the grow store employees, I'm convinced it's safe to increase the strength, so it's now at 70%.

• It could be nutrient-starved.

For those keeping up with my journal, I'm running what I was told was a nutrient-rich medium (Buildasoil's 3.0) and have given the plant its first dry and liquid feedings. They could still be becoming bioavailable at this point.

• It could be rootbound.

I have no idea. What do you think?

• I could be watering too much.

Definitely could be the case. I've been watering pretty much daily, based on the first knuckle finger test.

 

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The light isn't strong enough.

I have young plants that can pull this on me periodically. Low light causes them to yellow. Good luck!

 

[rindindoo]

I looked closely at the photo of your clone, and it seems to me that it doesn't look like its roots are flooded. the turgor of the leaves looks normal, if the plant were flooded then the turgor of the leaves would be weak, the leaves would be drooping, and yes, with chronic overwatering, anaerobic bacteria begin to develop in the substrate, the pH goes into an acidic reaction (due to rotting) and blocking (absorption) of nutrients therefore yellowing of the leaves occurs. But again, I don't think you have an overwatering problem. To eliminate the possibility of overwatering, skip one watering and test the pot by weight before and after watering, then you won’t have to poke your fingers into the ground
Lower the lamp 1-1.5 feet, and feed with half the recommended dose of your fertilizer. It is also important to remember that on peat substrates the plant’s response to fertilizer application is much slower than on coco. Therefore, I recommend gradually increasing the concentration of fertilizers to avoid overdose.
Can you give me a link to your fertilizers, I’m interested in reading about them.

 

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I know it's been less than a week, but still interested in knowing what sex the bb f5 is.

 

[Dr. Mantis Toboggan]

I know it's been less than a week, but still interested in knowing what sex the bb f5 is.

Here are 2 pics from today:

Thoughts?

 

[Dr. Mantis Toboggan]

I looked closely at the photo of your clone, and it seems to me that it doesn't look like its roots are flooded. the turgor of the leaves looks normal, if the plant were flooded then the turgor of the leaves would be weak, the leaves would be drooping, and yes, with chronic overwatering, anaerobic bacteria begin to develop in the substrate, the pH goes into an acidic reaction (due to rotting) and blocking (absorption) of nutrients therefore yellowing of the leaves occurs. But again, I don't think you have an overwatering problem. To eliminate the possibility of overwatering, skip one watering and test the pot by weight before and after watering, then you won’t have to poke your fingers into the ground
Lower the lamp 1-1.5 feet, and feed with half the recommended dose of your fertilizer. It is also important to remember that on peat substrates the plant’s response to fertilizer application is much slower than on coco. Therefore, I recommend gradually increasing the concentration of fertilizers to avoid overdose.
Can you give me a link to your fertilizers, I’m interested in reading about them.

I've skipped watering today! I JUST increased the light intensity to 70% yesterday. Am I in danger of killing my little Panama clone (and maybe MN Tangie and Blueberry F5s soon) if I expose them to that much light?

Here are my fertilizers:

And here's info on BuildASoil 3.0:

Thank you all for your feedback - It's greatly appreciated!

 

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Not sure by the pic but that looks like a hair. Maybe zoom in on that spot and snap another pic.