my ACE journey begins

[dubi]

Hi Samuel,

The curling and yellowing in your plants are most probably due to a PH unbalance.
Are you watering and feeding them in the correct PH range for soil ?

You can increase a lot your yield if you keep the temps in flowering constantly in the correct warm range. With temps around 10ºC the final yield will be less than half than it should be.
Any improvement you can do in your room settings to improve these variables will produce a very significant improvement in the health, yield and final quality of your indoor flowers.

Hope it helps.

 

[Samuel Caldwell]

Thanks, dubi. Every time I've checked our local water it's been great but I'll check the various taps in the house to see if there's anything weird going on. It's an old house so you never know.

My basement temps are around 10ºC, where I'm building my new garden room. The girls are currently in a tent in my upstairs bedroom closet, temps around 21ºC/70ºF. They've been up there the entire flowering period, which began just after Christmas.

I attribute the poor growth this round to my soil. It's good organic soil but it's been sitting in totes unused for a few years and I should have taken some time to rejuvenate it before using it again. Lesson learned. On the plus side, I finally took the time to brew up a proper ACT. Between that and the fresh compost topdressing the girls are all responding positively. Leaves are perking up, soaking up the light and colors are coming around.

Life is settling down a bit, we're getting unpacked. I've got more time to set things up right the first time. I'll make the best of this round and I'm sure we'll be back on track for the next ones.

I pulled the Kali China gal out of the tent to get some pictures in the sunlight. Nice colors and she's starting to glisten! Main and lower but shots.

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[zachrockbadenof]

Samuel.... how many weeks in flower is the kali???... nice looking plant

 

[Samuel Caldwell]

Flipped to 12/12 on 12/27 so approx 6.5 weeks flowering.

 

[dubi]

Hi Samuel,

Proper soil and good water is the base for any organic grow.

Thanks for taking the time to take some photos out of the tent of your lovely new Kali China Lovely resins and colors!

 

[Samuel Caldwell]

Update with some pictures. I'm around 8.5 weeks flowering. The girls are starting to develop nicely, despite their rough treatment. We've got some family coming to visit this weekend, staying for a few days, so I won't be able to do anything with the garden or the new room until later next week.

Kali China's up first. Sweet, creamy, maybe this is the mango from the Ace description. I've never had any luck revegging a plant but I'm tempted to try once again with this gal. She'll probably come down as soon as our guests leave. Full plant and main top.

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[Samuel Caldwell]

Congos are up next. Ace says 9-10 weeks and they both look like they'll go the distance plus maybe a bit more. Aromas are floral sweet on both, although the taller one has a sharper strawberry (?) bite.

Congo 1, more floral, full plant, top and some lowers. She's showing some foxtailing.

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[Samuel Caldwell]

Congo 2, sharper sweet strawberry, full plant, top and some lowers. A bit of foxtail here, too.

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[Samuel Caldwell]

And the Zamaldelicas. Aromas are similar, sweet fruity flowers, a bit of sharp orange (?) on #2, both are quite pungent overall. Ace says 11-14 weeks and it looks like they've got a ways to go.

Zam 1, sweeter, a tad bit shorter, full plant, top and side bud.

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[Samuel Caldwell]

And Zam 2, a bit taller, sharp orange hint, full plant, top and then some side buds.

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[Kaskadian]

Lovely work Sam! The plants are looking great.

 

[Samuel Caldwell]

Our houseguests are gone so my Kali China gal got pulled. The whole garden got a good thorough watering a few days ago so I'm giving her a day or two in the dark basement to dry out before she gets chopped. I'm at 9.5 weeks flowering so the Congos are getting close, too. I'll see how they look in a few days, at the full 10 week mark. I always try to go fully ripe before I harvest. Zamaldelicas have a little ways to go yet.

Zamaldelicas on the left, Congos on the right

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[rlsmooth]

Nice fat looking buds ! Yummy..^^

 

[Samuel Caldwell]

Congos came down around 10+ weeks. They're hanging/drying in the basement with the Kali China. I'll grab some pictures in a few days when I trim them down.

Zamaldelicas are a couple days short of 11 weeks. I'll keep watching them but assume they'll go the full 14 weeks. I pulled them out of the tent to get some pics in the natural sunlight coming through my bedroom window.

Zam 1, very sweet, floral, fruity. Full plant, top and side bud.

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[Samuel Caldwell]

And Zam 2, sharper orange plus some other pungent non-citrus sour that I haven't identified yet. Full plant, top and side bud.

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[Guest]

Lookin' delicious Sam

 

[Tangwena]

Let them go as long as you can stand to it will be worth it. I love the look of the buds already but in 2 or 3 weeks they will get really potent.

 

[SkunkFunk49]

thanks for sharing. I bought some ace seeds and was worried about height control in a small area. But it looks like you have them well under control.

 

[Samuel Caldwell]

Thanks, folks!

Tangwena - I agree completely! We've been gardeners for years and cannabis is, frankly, just another plant. And like other flowers and fruit, the aromas and flavors get stronger and fuller as it ripens in my experience. So yeah, I'm not one that chops early. Also, I was planning on picking up a vacuum sealer sometime but I'm thinking it should be soon so I can try cobbing the Zams when I bring them down. I'm sure you'll agree.

SkunkFunk49 - This was an unintended small run but I made the best of it and the plants all turned out great. Look around this forum, there are other members here who have smaller gardens dialed in to perfection.

 

[porn]

Nice grow they look beautiful, I want to try both of them, waiting for the smoke report, respect.