New Grower First Grow, South Texas: WOS Pakistan Ryder/Strawberry Blue

[Alter Ego]

Yes, with those numbers your soil pH is still too high. I would suggest getting some sulfur to add to your soil and/or your feed. Powdered form can be added directly to your feeding solution, the split pea type can be mixed into the soil. The powdered type is faster acting than the others.

Hey, it's funny you say that because about 2-3 weeks ago, I did add some Espoma Soil Acidifier (sulfer) and it did nothing to change the soil pH...I even crushed it into a fine powder...

But anyway, I also have a bag of Aluminum Sulfate which is a fine powder...Should I add that to the soil and water it in? How much do I add? Lmk asap please. Plants are yellowing up again.

 

[real1982]

hi Alter,here are some low quality pics made with my cellphone .. I will make some better pics later .. my PK ryder @ day 42

 

[Muddy]

About 1 teaspoon per 3 gallons of soil would be where I would start. Since it's a fine powder, just add it to your feeding solution. Mix it well. Give it 3-4 days and check your pH again.

Hey, it's funny you say that because about 2-3 weeks ago, I did add some Espoma Soil Acidifier (sulfer) and it did nothing to change the soil pH...I even crushed it into a fine powder...

But anyway, I also have a bag of Aluminum Sulfate which is a fine powder...Should I add that to the soil and water it in? How much do I add? Lmk asap please. Plants are yellowing up again.

 

[Alter Ego]

Pakistan Ryder #1 @ day 41: All the leaves are yellowing and dying and I don't know what the deal is. I have tried flushing, feeding, leaving it alone, etc etc...she just has not been a good grow. She was my first plant so I am not freaking out too bad. Funny thing is that the buds on her (what little there is) keeps fattening and getting more and more sticky resin/tricombs by the day. She has been stunted and stressed by me to hell and back. Just the fact that she is alive is something...I am going to flush her 1 more time and see what happens with her. If the yellowing and burnt tips do not stop, I might just chop her down. Oh well, first grows are a learning experience. I learned a lot from this plant, that is for sure. She smells great though, like piney fuel, baby poo and strong skunky musk.




Pakistan Ryder #2 @ day 22: I am trying to learn how to LST with this plant. Keep in mind, the autoflowers will not get very big outside due to the length of light I get (14ish hours) so don't blame my tiny autos on my newb growing skills . LMK how my LST look, I may be doing it wrong so someone correct me if possible.



Strawberry Blue # 1 @ day 41: Now this photo-period plants is really starting to look good. Nice green foliage, good growth, lush and generally looking great. She is showing female pistils already, I hope that's normal because I do not plant on her flowering for at least another 2 months. Rub your fingers on her fan leaves and she will smell like sweet honey sausages with a very like minty skunk undertone.




Strawberry Blue # 2 @ day 22: Now this girl is really taking off. I top dressed her with lime and gave her a tea which consisted of high N bat guano, Alfalfa, kelp, molasses and a few drops of dish soap. Mixed all that with rain water and fed her. She really greened up and is growing much faster than her older sister. It's funny because she is really different looking than her sister. The bigger one has more Sativa fan leaves and this one looks to be more Indica dom.




Kilimanjaro @ day 5: Now, I have really high hopes for this this 100% landrace African Sativa. She is the baby of the family but I am sure she will take off in no time. Once she gets older, I will be either topping or fimming her and taking a few clones.



I would love to hear some feedback. Positive or negative, thank you!

-Alter

 

[gtron]

I don't think the PR #1 looks all that bad for the problems you said it had, I would not chop it for at least another 3 weeks. The trichs on it are probably all clear and the buzz from it will be better if you can wait for it to go milky. And it will definitely increase in size.
The lst looks good also.

 

[Muddy]

I wouldn't give up on that PR yet either. Get your pH in line and it should finish nicely.

 

[Alter Ego]

I don't think the PR #1 looks all that bad for the problems you said it had, I would not chop it for at least another 3 weeks. The trichs on it are probably all clear and the buzz from it will be better if you can wait for it to go milky. And it will definitely increase in size.
The lst looks good also.

I wouldn't give up on that PR yet either. Get your pH in line and it should finish nicely.

I know I am somewhat eccentric but I want it to be perfect!!!! Sorry for freaking out. I have not smoked wonderous ganja in 47 days! So yeah...I kind of lose my mind sometimes...

In other news, yes. I will let the PR#1 go all the way. I was reading Muddys thread about "watching the fan leaves" to determine the harvest sooooo I will let her go for as long as I need to, maybe 3 weeks, maybe 6 weeks, who knows.

From what you guys can see in the picture of PR#1, do you think I should do anything? Leave her alone? Flush her? The last time I flushed her (4-5 days ago), I flushed until I got a pH runoff of 6.0 then stopped. My feed water was 5.5 so I am assuming my pH should now be between 6-7. But now I am seeing burn on the tips?! So, eh, whatever. I kinda don't care anymore.

 

[waveguide]

only read the last page of the thread, so scuse me for interceding. i use citric acid for ph down, it should be easy to acquire and is effective in small quantities.

 

[gtron]

But now I am seeing burn on the tips?!

Can you get a picture of the tip burn?
One of my friends plants new & newer leaves looked like they had tip burn to me, but he insisted it wasn't.
I looked again a few days later and he was right they were nice & green with no burn.
He told me some plants look like that and it drove him crazy for a while trying to cure a problem that didn't exist.
Even if they are burnt a bit, just back off your feed a little and let it recover. If all the runts I grew in the last 9 months looked as good as it does, I wouldn't feel too bad at all.

 

[Alter Ego]

Sup Everyone.

Its been in the mid 90s all week. Plants look great for the most part (PR#1 has a lot of nute burned tips). Snapped some pics before the rain starts...big storm brewing.

PR#1 @ day 44, fattening up, might hit that 8th goal after all. :

PR#2 @ day 25, modified my LST method to get the stem up off the ground, still a tiny little fucker, hard to grow big autos without a 24/0 light cycles.:

SB#1 @ day 44, starting to get those 6 fingered fan leaves, looking good and starting to fill out. Def sativa dom.:

SB#2 @ day 25, this thing is growing faster than the other SB still, fat/wide dark fan leaves. I hope this is the famous Blueberry pheno:

Kilimanjaro @ day 7, not much going on here, getting taller and developing its 2nd set of true leaves.

Thanks for looking, comment welcome!

-Alter