4 weeks ago was 4/20, what a great day to kick off the flower cycle, am I right? I've got another 3-5 weeks left to go on these ladies as they range from 7-9 weeks to finish the flowering cycle. My past 3 runs with B-52 were flawless, the only thing that I was maybe somewhat disappointed about was the density of the nugs. But besides that, I didn't have any issues what so ever with the plants themselves. Unfortunately, this go around hasn't been as smooth.
About a week or so ago I noticed some yellowing of some lower fan leaves, accompanied by some very light brown spotting. At first diagnosis, I thought it might be lack of Nitrogen. Only one or two plants were really showing any signs of it, but I figured I would up one of the nutes which had about 2% N to help get back to that green lushness the plants would need to flower for the next 7 weeks.
But this didn't work. It actually made things worse. I now had ruled out a N deficiency, and my next hypothesis was that my PH was off. But how could that be? I test my water every time. Well, low and behold, my PH meter was out of whack! No wonder, duh. My plants were locked up, not able to access the nutrients they needed. Luckily, since I'm working with soil, this isn't too difficult of a problem now that I know what it is. So a good flushing with properly balanced PH water and a layoff on the nutes, and my babies are back in business.
The room is smelling so sweet and skunky right now I wish there was smell-o-vision so you all could enjoy this amazingly pungent smell filling up my nostrils.
I'll be sure to do one more update before I take the ax to these fine ladies. Would anyone care to gander at the total dry weight I'll be getting off of these? If I get at least 5 guesses, I'll reward the winner with 5 SBD. There is a total of 5 plants, but 6 main colas and judging by the pictures you can see a good amount of secondary colas around the perimeter. Barring any more unforeseen issues, this should pan out to be my best run yet.