isn’t this neat #destroyer/caribe/cannalope haze s1/dinachem s1/dinachem x peyote cookies

[crimsonecho]

ok seems like i am on the right path with this destroyer. not saying i’m there yet but without a doubt its night and day when you look at these two photos a week apart.

you can see on the far left side that its leaves stopped drooping and even gotten a little greener compared to this sick pale yellow color in the first pic. its an incredible change for 4 days.

now i took some close ups too so i can compare in a week because memory alone is not trustworthy enough. this sickly period will cost me some important yield in the end i am sure but if it can outgrow this i am still optimistic about the end results here.

now for future reference for myself and for anyone who may suffer from pale yellow droopy leaves in big pots, no-till or organic. this may help.

first day i flushed with a good amount of water and turned the lights down to 40%. second day i watered with h202 (40mls of 50% in 4.5l of water) i waited another day. next day i inoculated the medium with a rich aact (ewc, spirulina, bat guano, kelp, malted rye). also from day one i did something which i am especially proud of lmao (see the pics)

yes i used an aquarium pump to pump air through the bottom of the pot. now when i set this pots i layered the bottom with hydroton fairly high and separated the medium from this aeration layer with coco mats but since the drainage holes on the bottom were surely clogged now this aeration level was useless. so i poked a hole from the side for drainage as i mentioned and when the pot stopped draining i started actively pushing air through the hydroton. there are no other drainage holes on the bottom so this air i’m pumping should be moving up in the soil hopefully. i mean at least the most of it lol.

well anyway excuse the long long winded post. i am just at the beginning of maybe hopefully fixing up this gal and i want to record it bc i forget more often than not down the line what worked and how i did it exactly haha

 

[crimsonecho]

fingers crossed she will only get better from here. color got significantly greener than that sickly yellow. leaves are always standing straight even after watering. all red stems are now all green or mostly green. so overall seems like we made it haha

i stopped pushing air with a pump 2-3 days ago. i water with a small amount of h202 everytime to just provide extra oxygen to the soil. topdressed with ewc and gave some kelp extract, liquid worm castings and liquid bat guano to replace what i leached during flushing. now i am gonna back off for 2 waterings. then an aact is probable

 

[crimsonecho]

now i can confidently say that destroyer is looking good. all the stems are vibrant green and so are the leaves. they are not droopy and soft as silk.

so it turns out it really was compacted soil. i have been watering with 0.1-0.2% h2o2 since i started correcting it and i think it helped a lot.


i topdressed them with ewc manure and a pinch of guano yesterday and now they are pretty much set for a happy flowering period from now on hopefully.

and the tent

 

[crimsonecho]

destroyer is going strong so i cleaned her up a little by taking down the shading leaves and openin up the canopy.

the others are also doing ok. did a topdress today. everything is frosting up perfectly. i’m a happy grower haha.

 

[Alitolla]

textbook... and that bit of overfert that we really like... really nice hemp!

 

[crimsonecho]

textbook... and that bit of overfert that we really like... really nice hemp!

haha yeah i could have skipped one topdress maybe or postpone it a week but it was just the tips.

so far i’m happy with it but today we had a short blackout again which is my cryptonite. causes mad humidity spikes. fingers crossed no damage has been done.

 

[crimsonecho]

gave the girls a little cleaning under the net. there was some dead and dried out leaves plus a little bit of fluff. i also have been noticing some bronze coloring on the NL. gave some kelp extract but tbh i really have no idea what it is and seeing its already progressing into ripening phase of growth not gonna chase major corrections this time. but if you have an idea what this is i can be more vigilant next run with its clone bc this one smells so much like grape soda i’m thinking of keeping it if the potency and high is there as well.

anyway i keep noticing more brown pistils everytime i open the tent so we are getting there with the NL and Dinachem. Destroyer has 2 months+ left probably

and the problem plants.
destroyer i noticed the redness in stems coming back seeing its at the height of flowering i’m unwillingly trying a PK boost with epsom salts to see if that helps bc it doesnt look like it really needs more N.

and bronzing on NL

 

[crimsonecho]

progressing well and looking healthy. seeing more and more brown pistils everyday. especially the nl is getting close. it should be done in a couple of weeks hopefully. i also topdressed them yesterday for the last time for all except the destroyer. that one has a long way to go still so it will get more. but as also it gets closer i’m shifting gradually from ewc-manure-bat guano to just manure-bat guano mix.

 

[crimsonecho]

and some malawi x nl, malawi x dinachem and malawi x destroyer crosses happening here. its been 5-6 days since i hit them with pollen i’ll probably do another round in a week on the same lower branches. just looking to get 30-40 seeds of each cross.

 

[crimsonecho]

sadly one dinachem on the far right got taken down today. i noticed some buds drying on the plant. this is a problem i encountered before but never was able to pinpoint the reason. this time i’m 99% sure its root rot bc after i noticed these dried flowers i realized this pots drainage holes also got clogged by microbial colonies. no water was draining so i opened a hole on the side of the pot and about 25L of water gushed out from the pot. for reference i give them 6L every 2 days. thats about 3 waterings worth of water just drowning the plants. well live and learn.

i was gonna let the tops go another 2 weeks but under these conditions i harvested that one completely. it had probably 10-12 dried out flowers here and there but i couldnt risk missing one and having it get moldy and contaminate the whole tent. the other one in the same pot just had 2-3 dry flowers so i’m keeping it going under close watch.

also checked the biggest colas of other gals for mold and havent found anything. so i’m 99% sure this is not mold at all but root rot. this used to happen to me with my cannalope haze too just random flowers here and there would completely dry out and i never was sure about why it happened. it would never spread to other plants either. i think finally the mystery solved. cost me probably half of my yield on this one plant and definitely some quality regarding ripeness but now hopefully i can avoid this in the future just by checking my pots for if they have proper drainage or not.


other than that i cant complain.

NL is coming up just so beautiful and frosty with very dense beautiful nugs with artifical grape flavor. rubbing the trics is like opening a can of grape soda. never had this grape notes so pronounced on my NLs this one is a keeper.

the other dinachem pot is as frosty as it can get and all pistils are turning brown if everything goes well in 2 weeks i can harvest the tops on them hopefully. maybe 3 we’ll see.

destroyer also progressing real well the mains on that one are really just extremely fat and they havent even began ripening yet. i am doing something very right with her this round wish i knew what it was lmao.

this is the stage the problem dinachem got harvested at and its a damn shame too so powerful gas and chemical smell its very overpowering and sticky as hell. i wish i saw it ripen properly. well at least her malawi babies are still growing on one branch i left so hopefully i’ll have a malawi cross from her.

 

[Creeperpark]

sadly one dinachem on the far right got taken down today. i noticed some buds drying on the plant. this is a problem i encountered before but never was able to pinpoint the reason. this time i’m 99% sure its root rot bc after i noticed these dried flowers i realized this pots drainage holes also got clogged by microbial colonies. no water was draining so i opened a hole on the side of the pot and about 25L of water gushed out from the pot. for reference i give them 6L every 2 days. thats about 3 waterings worth of water just drowning the plants. well live and learn.

i was gonna let the tops go another 2 weeks but under these conditions i harvested that one completely. it had probably 10-12 dried out flowers here and there but i couldnt risk missing one and having it get moldy and contaminate the whole tent. the other one in the same pot just had 2-3 dry flowers so i’m keeping it going under close watch.

also checked the biggest colas of other gals for mold and havent found anything. so i’m 99% sure this is not mold at all but root rot. this used to happen to me with my cannalope haze too just random flowers here and there would completely dry out and i never was sure about why it happened. it would never spread to other plants either. i think finally the mystery solved. cost me probably half of my yield on this one plant and definitely some quality regarding ripeness but now hopefully i can avoid this in the future just by checking my pots for if they have proper drainage or not.


other than that i cant complain.

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NL is coming up just so beautiful and frosty with very dense beautiful nugs with artifical grape flavor. rubbing the trics is like opening a can of grape soda. never had this grape notes so pronounced on my NLs this one is a keeper.

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the other dinachem pot is as frosty as it can get and all pistils are turning brown if everything goes well in 2 weeks i can harvest the tops on them hopefully. maybe 3 we’ll see.

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destroyer also progressing real well the mains on that one are really just extremely fat and they havent even began ripening yet. i am doing something very right with her this round wish i knew what it was lmao.

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this is the stage the problem dinachem got harvested at and its a damn shame too so powerful gas and chemical smell its very overpowering and sticky as hell. i wish i saw it ripen properly. well at least her malawi babies are still growing on one branch i left so hopefully i’ll have a malawi cross from her.

Damn, those are fricking super looking buds. You have a super garden friend.

 

[crimsonecho]

Damn, those are fricking super looking buds. You have a super garden friend.

my thanks and appreciation (doffs his hat lol)

 

[crimsonecho]

yeah all is well atm. couldnt find any mold or more dead flowers. so i’m happy about that. although there was a small blackout recently which happened while i was sleeping so it caused the humidity to spike to 75%. this late in flower big no no. well it was just for a couple of minutes as the blackout couldnt have been longer than 15-20mins. still keeping a close watch.

also noticed destroyer is yellowing at the fan leaves on the top at an alarming rate. last tuesday was its topdress day but i skipped eventhough i said i will not haha i see some pistils are already browning and i always topdress with very generous amount of manure ewc and guano mixture when i do topdress so there should be ample amount of nutrients in that soil. still after i see the yellowing i gave it some liquid ewc, liquid guano and kelp extract with 1/2 tsp of fulvic acid lol.

i’m not very concerned about it overall because its pretty healthy and frosty and gaining weight.

i also took some tester tops from the NL because they just look so delicious i wanna try. they are drying atm and very soon i’ll harvest all the tops probably. definiton of nuggets, frosty as f, dense and heavy. perfect pheno for bag appeal i’ve yet to try the high though

remaining dinas are also doing pretty well i’m just waiting for them to swell up more and add bulk which shouldnt take more than a couple of weeks.

lights are now at 10hrs on 14hrs off. undercanopy temps 24°C and humidity 35-38%.

when i flipped i started off with 14hrs light 10hrs dark and they all transitioned pretty well under that schedule though the stretch phase was longer under this schedule growth was also better. and after bud set i switched to 12hrs on and now for the last weeks i’m gonna go with 10hrs on.

anyway stay crunchy see you on the flip side and all that jazz lol

 

[Creeperpark]

yeah all is well atm. couldnt find any mold or more dead flowers. so i’m happy about that. although there was a small blackout recently which happened while i was sleeping so it caused the humidity to spike to 75%. this late in flower big no no. well it was just for a couple of minutes as the blackout couldnt have been longer than 15-20mins. still keeping a close watch.

also noticed destroyer is yellowing at the fan leaves on the top at an alarming rate. last tuesday was its topdress day but i skipped eventhough i said i will not haha i see some pistils are already browning and i always topdress with very generous amount of manure ewc and guano mixture when i do topdress so there should be ample amount of nutrients in that soil. still after i see the yellowing i gave it some liquid ewc, liquid guano and kelp extract with 1/2 tsp of fulvic acid lol.

i’m not very concerned about it overall because its pretty healthy and frosty and gaining weight.

i also took some tester tops from the NL because they just look so delicious i wanna try. they are drying atm and very soon i’ll harvest all the tops probably. definiton of nuggets, frosty as f, dense and heavy. perfect pheno for bag appeal i’ve yet to try the high though

remaining dinas are also doing pretty well i’m just waiting for them to swell up more and add bulk which shouldnt take more than a couple of weeks.

lights are now at 10hrs on 14hrs off. undercanopy temps 24°C and humidity 35-38%.

when i flipped i started off with 14hrs light 10hrs dark and they all transitioned pretty well under that schedule though the stretch phase was longer under this schedule growth was also better. and after bud set i switched to 12hrs on and now for the last weeks i’m gonna go with 10hrs on.

anyway stay crunchy see you on the flip side and all that jazz lol
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Those look awesome friend. Damn.

 

[crimsonecho]

Those look awesome friend. Damn.

thanks brother not perfectly perfect ofc there is always room for improvement but as it is, i cant say i’m unhappy except only about that one dinachem i had to pull early and only got about 60gr of dried near-premiums and 30gr mids. fluff is gonna go into edibles.

 

[crimsonecho]

just harvesting tops little by little at this point as i’m gonna have to wait for the destroyer to finish anyway. so no rush. i even harvest only the upper 1-2 nodes on the nl because its just ripening somewhat strangely.

on dinas i’m going deeper like very decent sized nugs and i leave the rest for a little while longer. well anyway it really helps with the pain in the ass that is trimming hundreds of grams of buds in one night lol.

smells are terrific on the dinas. extremely pronounced very gassy with some earthy fungal smell and even some lower notes of citrus. just terrific. its still one of the best weed i ever grew and smoked. in the top 3.

as i suspected nl only lets out its smell when you grind it and the high is a little different than i expected. much more in the head rather than a body stone. overall starts as a very feel good weed happy and giggly and then ofc eyelids start dropping after an hour. not bad but i think i can even do better so i popped a couple more seeds. 2 already poked their heads out of the soil. hopefully more will follow for the next run.

i cant even start with the destroyer. its a very special very finicky very refined gal. i’m defoliating it daily as i now understand that its just what it does it just drops her leaves at the end of its cycle. always thought maybe i‘m fucking up somewhere along the way but this grow was as uneventful as it gets and it still dropping leaves so i guess its just destroyer. so i pick those leaves off daily which makes post dry trimming a breeze haha.

so overall all is fine and thanks for dropping by.

 

[crimsonecho]

we are at that phase where everything turns yellow on the destroyer. buds are very nice and frosty just took some testers from the tops. also been harvesting the other gals every week till destroyer finishes. so business as usual.