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My first attempt at growing

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firebud28

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This is my first attempt at growing so I'm looking for advice as my plants begin to flower. I live in the Pacific Northwest and have five plants in my outdoor grow; two are in the ground and three in pots.

The strains are listed on my pictures; in the ground are Skunk Shiva and Jack The Ripper. In pots I have 2 Maui Waui and one Gods Bud.

I was doing some trial an error this year so I wanted to see what strains do the best. I'm using Heavy D Veg A and B and will be switching to their BUD A and B.

Lately I've been getting quite a bit of yellowing of the lower leaves that seem to be working up the plant. Any ideas?
 
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firebud28

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StankyBeamer

StankyBeamer

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My advise to you in the pnw area is to watch out for mold. Especially in the god bud, shiva skunk might be susceptible as well. Your Mauis should be great if they can finish. In the begining of September start checkin every branch for grey or brown spots that appear fuzzy, bigger buds will go first. I grew in michigan outdoor last year and learned the hard way, indicas do not do well in humid climates
 
Nes

Nes

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as a fellow pnw grower, I second that on watching for mold. We're using actinovate and greencure preventatively. We're also using light deprivation to finish early on most of em. make sure you have good airflow through the plants, training them out and clearing out the insides can help with that.

yellowing from the bottom usually indicates P or N deficiencies. both are normal in varying degrees in flower, though full term up here, it may be a bit early. I had a hard time seeing it on your photos though. If you click the "go advanced button" while posting, it'll off an option to "insert pictures" and you can post them inline, rather than linking.

These three short videos will teach you how to ID defficiencies better than any photo comparison:
http://www.greenhousegrower.com/vid...-identifying-nutrient-deficiencies-made-easy/
http://www.greenhousegrower.com/vid...ying-nutrient-deficiencies-made-easy-part-ii/
http://www.greenhousegrower.com/vid...-identifying-nutrient-deficiencies-made-easy/

Good luck on your first grow! home you get some good smoke.
 
StankyBeamer

StankyBeamer

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Try serenade on less humid days when the plants can dry quicker. And carefully remove all flowers an inch above and below any signs of rot, I pulled pounds last season, and I credit any success I had to removing mold right away whenever it popped up, when your buds get thick start bending them to see between flower clusters as this is where it starts , unless you check inside your buds you won't notice it until it's spread decently. I'm in michigan, we have short rainy falls and humidity above eighty percent year round
 
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firebud28

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The Maui Waui's are by far the healthiest looking plants. I'm sure if they were in the ground they would be much larger. These three photos were taken today.
 
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firebud28

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This one (God's Bud) is having the yellowing problem. It wants to grow but I'm afraid the pot is holding it back. Could this be causing the yellowing?
 
Nes

Nes

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More roots more fruit for sure, but you got a bit of a catch 22 with your situation. Sure a bigger pot would produce more, but transplanting can also set you back a bit. Seeing as you're starting to flower, you're brobably a bit late on transplanting.

It does look like you have some room in that pot, you could throw a couple inches of compost on top to much and give the roots a bit more space, but that'll only do so much.

Honestly, you're plants look ok, a few yellow leaves are not the biggest deal. If you really want to pinpoint it, starting from the bottom indicates a mobile nutrient, mobile + chlorosis = P or N. I'd say P if you are setting flowers, with how dark the rest of the plant is. Check those videos though, they'll give you the tools you need.
 
StankyBeamer

StankyBeamer

Professional A$$hole
Once your flowering root development stops with most strains (which is why aphids and gnats are more damaging in flower) so transplanting will only halt growth and reduce yield. Don't fear, natural sunlight more than makes up for lack of root space, seen people pull multiple pounds off a plant in a ten gal, personally I'd plant in no less than a 45gal smart pot, got well into double digits in yield off eight plants, maybe 25-30lbs last season
 
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firebud28

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Nes said:
Honestly, you're plants look ok, a few yellow leaves are not the biggest deal. If you really want to pinpoint it, starting from the bottom indicates a mobile nutrient, mobile + chlorosis = P or N. I'd say P if you are setting flowers, with how dark the rest of the plant is. Check those videos though, they'll give you the tools you need.
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Those videos are great; I just got done with the first one and it sure makes sense that its a mobile nute problem. Thanks for the advice.
 
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firebud28

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Just a quick update on my grow, the buds are looking good.

I had a close call the other night, some dirtbags tried to climb my fence at 2:00 am and either take the plants or get into my house. No plants we damaged due to one of them falling pretty hard on my deck, they left a big chunk of skin and blood all over the place.

I'm looking to harvest in three weeks or so, the weather has been staying pretty dry for the moment. I've been doing quite a bit of research and will be going indoors with a two to three plant grow, seems to be a more controlled environment; either way its been a fun process, minus the dirtbags.

 
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firebud28

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I cut one of my small indica branches off last night to test. Looks like today I'll be doing my harvest (2 in the ground and 2 potted plants). Ill post pictures of my crop.
 
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