Bout ta Flip

[joeking]

Hey all, just thought I would try and get some feedback. This is my first organic run, I have followed the organics for beginners thread damn near to the letter. I went with LC's #1 mix for my medium, growing in 2 gallon containers and feeding the veg tea as directed. Plants look stellar, I am growing GH Cheese and am about to induce flowering. BurnOne I have read that I should continue the Veg feeding formula for two weeks to support new growth, am I correct on that, should it be tweaked any, and should I keep feeding every 3rd watering or should I start feeding every watering? As it stands they need watered every 3rd day, getting closer and closer to every other day (love that chunky perlite for drainage!) I'd be very grateful if anyone wants ta hop in tha car for this one, this my first grow in about 5 years and I'm a little antsy
Respect
JK

 

[BurnOne]

Give them all the nitrogen they can stand for the next two weeks to help with the stretching. Be careful though, Sativas like Cheese don't like a lot of food. When you see the tips getting just a little burn on them, you've got it right. So work your way up easy. I'd try the veg tea every other watering for a week. If you don't see any tip burn, go to every watering the second week. Cheese may stretch three or four weeks. Get ready for growth!!!
Good luck,
Burn1

 

[joeking]

Thanks my kind friend. Got me water bubblin now, prepairin to brew tea!!!

Do you trim off the bottom branches after the 2nd week of flowering? They are about 12" tall at the moment and I figure after they stretch I may want to remove the lower 6 inches or so of branches. I'm going to take a few pics and try and post them when the light comes back on. Thanks

 

[joeking]

bump

 

[BurnOne]

No. Don't trim anything.

 

[tito]

LOL^

 

[NUG-JUG]

I trim a lot in veg but not in flower. Sativas in general use less nutrients than indica?

 

[joeking]

Thanks for the input everyone. The plants are looking great. Like BurnOne said, I increased the N a little with a bit of extra Guano in my tea, and the very tips have shown a little burn. What is ideal humidity for a strain like this, or in general? In my last grow I had a dehumidifier, but that's been almost 5 years ago. Having only 1 1000 watt and plenty of air circulation, will I need one>

 

[OPT]

I've read that humidity should be at least 50 percent, up to 80 percent. For flowering plants i'd suggest keeping the humidity lower at around 50-65 percent. A very easy way to raise your humidity is simply put a uncovered bucket of water in the grow cab. By doing this my humidity rose from 23 percent to 55 percent. Good luck!

OPT

 

[joeking]

Also, with the tremendously cold winter temps, my night time temps are holdin steady at 56 F while lights on temps are around 76, I haven't ever really had a problem with the low overnight temps, is this too low?

 

[NUG-JUG]

50% humidity is ideal in my opinion. clones need 80 or so but too humid and plants start to get "lazy." It's good to let night temps drop and 56 isn't too bad considering it's winter.
I know a grower who has a greenhouse that's part of their home. They use it in winter and night temps get to 40 sometimes. That's too low for sure and it effects the plants..

Also OPT's bucket method, that's a simple and good way to raise humidity.

 

[joeking]

This was my mama before I flipped em. Almost two weeks into flower, plants are looking great. About to switch to the flowering tea mix.

 

[joeking]

WARNING Tea could cause your plants to look like this

WARNING Tea could cause your plants to look like this

Here's a couple shots FD20-21. The aroma is very fruity, almost grape like. Lovin the tea, just fed them the first dose of the flower brew.

NUG-JUG, to answer your question from a couple of posts back, from my limited experience, sativas do tend to require less feeding than indica strains.

 

[big ballin 88]

I agree with sativas eating less. I would make a nute tea that wasn't very strong in the first place and my sativa would start showing bad signs so i'd flush. On the other hands my indicas would eat it up all day.

In general i rather gives light feedings every week other than one heavy feeding for a while. Nice pics can't wait to see the harvest, this is my first indoor sativa and it turne out real fun, just keep stretching till the end haha.

 

[joeking]

can anyone tell me if colder nite time temps will cause a plant to ripen faster?

 

[joeking]

and if changing the light cycle to different time of day 3 days into flowering is gnna affect the plant back a few days?

 

[Dreamscape]

Give them all the nitrogen they can stand for the next two weeks to help with the stretching. Be careful though, Sativas like Cheese don't like a lot of food

Do you mean more nitrogen to LESSEN the stretching or to increase it ??

 

[joeking]

Do you mean more nitrogen to LESSEN the stretching or to increase it ??

I believe the goal here is to incourage the stretching for the sativa dominance, the more new growth, the more bud sites, IMHO.

I am gonna be scrog'in these girls next time around, puttin a coupe of really bushy ladies in bug square storage bins 14 gal, and training them, the yield that I am gonna get off the big girl and her overall vigour and health is far superior to that of the ones in 2 gal containers. Bigger root mass=more/bigger buds!

 

[Dreamscape]

ahh I see

Best of luck!

 

[joeking]

don't quote me on that, but it seems like, if a plant is gonna continue to produce new green growth for 2 to 4 weeks in flowering, it's still gonna need plenty of Nitrogen, otherwise, it might run outta gas so to speak. I'm sure there is someone around here that could give a more solid answer though