New Grower White Widow auto indoor/outdoor

[jingo]

@jingo @archie gemmill

Hi fams! Didn't find any molasse or black treackle today, but i bought some water testers, and just found out that my tap water (that i use all the time) contains a lots of MgCO3 and CaCO3. The initial pH is about 8 and i always make it drop to 6-6,5 and as an assiduous geology student (lol) i know that carbonates disslove faster while pH is dropping which means more Ca2+ and Mg2+. As the tap water is supposed to countain enough minerals for humans to live, i believe it is enough for that little plant, what do you think ?
Just in case, i grinded very thin an eggshell, apparently they are also an amazing source of Ca/Mg but i do not know how to dose it so i'll wait maybe the 3rd of 4th bloom week to try if everything goes well

I've seen guys in the UK get away with the calcium in their water, but they have to use some kind of enzymes to fully utilize them I think? At least I think there's an enzymatic product that actually helps utilize the calcium.

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[bad dragon bzzz]

some areas of the uk drinking water has a ton of calcium,something to do with limestone rock.it makes a mess of the element in your kettle,glad i moved away.good that you have mg aswell so may not run into the same issue as you not blasting the plants with led.
could try a health food shop for the mollasses,says they guy that gets everything from tinternet.

 

[MickJ]

You can boil egg shells and use the water for calcium and use epsom salt for magnesium. I did a teaspoon of epsom in a litre of water
, Worked a treat but then got lazy and bought a calmag nutrient lol

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[Crocubot]

@jingo I think enzyme is mainly to boost the absorption of Ca2+ and Mg2+ ions by the roots as you said, never heard about enzymes that disvolve carbonates, water does it well, even more when it gets acid.

@archie gemmill I might actually live on the most calcareous region of Europe (south west France, the region of wine ), so sad i didnt think about that earlier, feel ashamed . What's wrong with led ? (i dont use it)
Haha i would really like to use internet as well to buy the nutes but i try to spend the less money possible for the moment, i plan to do it bigger in 2 years maximum, at the end of my studies

@Rollin_along Thank's man, good to know! Was affraid the particles were too big to get through the soil, this should be the right thing to do
I sympathize about the calmag nutrient, it's my first grow and she's alone but still takes me a lots of time/energy so i believe after xx harvests and plants you get bored of those experiments

 

[Crocubot]

End of the week update!

Definitly, she started flowering (she should be on her 45 +-1 days now)
Not a lot to say this time, she tanned under the lamp 16 hours a day this week and is now 1 meter tall.
There is about 30 flower spots but 15 (those on the bottom) are smaller because the light isnt penetrating so much i guess but damn, it's much more than i expected!! Also, the 4 lowest leaves started to fall, for the same reason ?

Hope she can get some sunlight this weekend and stop growing vertically (she's still growing 2cm a day), i expected it to be 80cm at it's maximum so i'll have to rework a bit on my installation but she will thank me later for sure
Still have not given her Ca/Mg, but will do it soon (damn procrastination)

that's all for today, she'll be back soon!
Thank's for reading friends :smoking:

 

[Crocubot]

Hi folks!
So, sadly, no sunlight possible this weekend but still, flowers are growing very fast

Here is a medium sized one from the middle of the plant. I would like to see the one on the top but she's under the reflector and was too lazy to moove it tonight

The seedbank i bought her in told me that she takes 3-4 weeks to grow then 50-60 days to flower, i start thinking that they count the first day of flowering since the first first pistil appears because it did at this time but the "real" bloom started at the sixth week, so maybe ill have to wait just one more month instead of two as i expected to :smoking:

Also, i had to moove her yesterday, otherwise the top bud would have been roasted before the right hour. Now she's under the eyes of Jimi Hendrix (and there is a big mirror in its left which can only be good i guess )

Bye!

 

[bad dragon bzzz]

led users seem to have more problems with cal/mag than cfl/hps/sun growers strange.
but as you are half light/half sun,and have some cal/mag allready in drinking water you may not run into any cal/mag problems.
you could try super cropping/lst give the top 1/4 a lil squeeze,wiggle and bend to get it away some from the light.
comming along nicely

 

[Crocubot]

Thank's friend! Finally i didnt plane to feed her and you reasure me that way, but still keeping an eggshell in reserve just in case

This handling seems a bit hard for a newbie (and a awkward) like me, i would be too afraid to hurt her

 

[Crocubot]

Hey fam!

End of the first bloom week update

One of the middle buds, i'm very satisfied of their size, didn't expect that

Some top buds

2 middle buds, some days ago. Snow storm incoming

Again a middle bud i guess (they are easier to photograph lool)

A thought for those little ones which sacrified themselves for those at the top ... RIP

Flowering is less fun to follow than growth, there are fewer surprises when you come back at home (less bad surprises too ) so the only thing i do is watering and waiting. Maybe i'll change my mind when she'll look like a christmas tree :smoking:

Thanks for reading, bye friends

 

[Crocubot]

Got a moment of panic this morning, just saw this on the top top bud, it looks like things i saw on hermaphrodite photos. It's the first time in one week i see this bud so i don't know if it is just developing like this or if this is some kind of penis

Also this

Can you help me ?