jmystro
Forum Replies Created
-
Early trichomes are clear (CBGa), mature trichomes are milky white (THCa/CBDa) and degraded trichomes are amber (CBNa).
-
What type of media are you using? Amended and living soils have carbon based nutrients that require life/microbes to make the nutrients available to your plants and just require water. Soilless mediums have little to no carbon based nutrients in the media so soluble liquid or powered mineralized nutrients that are immediately plant available when watered in.
-
There are deep red (680nm photosystem !) and far red (700 nm photosystem II) and infrared (700-3000nm pure heat). IR is pure heat doesn’t activate any photosynthetic activity.
-
Looks like more of a watering issue. Back off the watering and light a bit and see if they perk up after a few days of not watering.
-
The plants are supposed to consume themselves during ripening and drop their fan leaves. This is normal. Calcium and magnesium are two different elements with completely different deficiency symptoms. The leaves are not showing an issue with either but are showing necrotic damage that’s random possibly from over-watering. they will not drink as much near the end of their life. I would just give them water the last few weeks. They’re not supposed to be completely green at harvest.
-
-
Lighting is ok but be very careful with watering. Do not give the seedling any nutrition for the first two weeks or so. They have everything they need nutritionally from their embryonic sac for the first few weeks.
-
Pot size should always determine the life span of a mother plant. Never let a mother plant get rootbound. Rootbound plants quickly lose their structure and new growth becomes thin and scraggly. Plan for about a month per gallon of media. I keep mothers in 3 gallon pots for 3 months max before they’re replaced. Do not wait until the mother is close to rootbound before taking their replacement. If I’m keeping a mother for 3 months I’ll take the clone to replace her when she’s at peak health at about 2 months. By the the the original mother plant is 3 months old and ready to be killed, her replacement is a month old. Never make a clone and kill the mother at the same time. Always keep the original until the backup is rooted, transplanted and healthy.
-
How long it takes a plant to do something is 100% plant dependent. Long flowering plants have a slower metabolism that will take longer.
-
NEVER post pictures of just leaves. There is no context. We need to see the plant and where the issue is on the plant. Random damaged leaves say nothing.
-
Amber trichomes are not CBDa. CBDa and THCa come from mature trichomes. Degraded THCa converts to CBNa. The C in THCa is cannabinol (CBNa).
-
Careful with that thing. 730nm will cause a similar reaction within the plant as being in the shade and cause cells to elongate. This is how branches can bend toward the light. The side of the branch facing light will have normal cells while the shaded side’s cells elongate causing a bend.
-
You can cut out Recharge about halfway through flower.
-
Unless your pH is ridiculously alkaline or acidic, the microbes will be fine. They’re soil microbes, not water microbes. Don’t leave them in water. Mix and use right away. The small volume used of Recharge solution is not going to change the pH of your media.
-
The high nitrogen ratio in veg is less acidic than the high phosphate ratio in flower. Plant available phosphate (H2PO4) is only a little less acidic than the pH down phosphoric acid (H3PO4) you’re using.
