Zsweet Inzanity – Day 165

I think I figured out what was stressing my cannabis plants so much. Over watering... Something simple and easily correctable for the most part. But the damage has been done and many of the stalks need to be cut. Though not all is lost. Two of the plants look like they will completely recover. And two others need heavy cutting but both have at least one stem with healthy colas. So in fact all four plants can be harvested from the looks of it when all done. But I have much work ahead as I remove leaves from salvageable colas and cutting off the colas already too far gone.

Strain:	Zsweet Inzanity
Dominance:	50/50 Balanced Hybrid
Nutrients used:	Foxfarm Grow big and Foxfarm Big Bloom
Lineage:	Durban Poison / Rainmaker / Gorilla Glue #4
Current growing stage:	Early Flower
Current plant age:	165 days old
Sex:	Feminized Photoperiod
Location:	Central Virginia USA.
More info:	https://en.seedfinder.eu/strain-info/Zsweet_Inzanity/Ethos_Genetics/

The surrounding grasses and wild flowers makes it hard to see, but there are four plants there.

I noticed the two near the back of the fence were much more affected than the two in front. And I think I figured out why.

The slope, the two plants towards the back of the fence are on flat ground down hill of all the water. The two in front are on slopes. To me this makes me think water pooled up near the two in the back causing them to go into shock.

I do not think its Fusarium or anything like that. I think simply over watering them did this.

We were watering the daily when it did not rain, and that is where the trouble started. We should have been watering them every 3-4 days.

A tropical storm named Debbie passed over us and dropped over 7 inches of rain, this is more than I have ever recorded on a rain meter. Maybe 3x the max I have seen before.

Knowing the storm was on the way we backed off on watering before hand. But that 7 inches of rain was probably what "broke the camels back" when it came to this cannabis's strains water tolerance.

I have purchased a new moisture meter, the same one Hive account@futuremind has and featured in a recent post of his.. Link below.

@futuremind/crack-mack-update-the-importance-of-ph

So even with all of this damage caused by my own mistakes, it looks like I should still have a harvest.

Some of the colas look salvageable, if I can remove some of those dead leaves on the above cola it may pull through.

Though colas like this one above cannot be saved.. Rot has formed in the buds and all is lost for this one. I will have to lob that one off at the base, no saving it.

Hopefully their new watering schedule and lack of more tropical storms will help me out in getting through this season.

I have high hopes for at least two of them.

The two of the lessor affected plants need little to no care. It has some crispy leaves on the tips but I think that will not affect it. But I will keep checking for any fungus on the buds.

Above is the best off of the bunch.

Looking back at the more affected two, we can see how it has a stem that looks mostly unaffected. Worst comes to worst I cut back everything but that stem.

The colas are forming and the look of a flowering cannabis plant is taking shape finally. They have been vegging for so long… Cool to see them transform!

Yield should still be impressive I think, even with the less than proper care I gave them.

This strain is suppose to really pack on the buds, so we shall see.

At the moment no signs of insects, no ants. I did find one single caterpillar. Pulled him off.. seemed kinda stoned.. lol

The hairs are mostly white still, so its going to be awhile before they are ready.

When I grow indoors it can take around two months to fully flower.

But outdoors is all new to me, my first grow this way and I am learning the cycles now.

As we can see half of the plant is okay and the other is not. So much trimming is needed to help out these plants.

Another example of the plant having healthy bud sites but others having major stress. If it was a fungal infection I would suspect the entire plant is affected. Maybe I am wrong, maybe when I cut it back then the healthy ones will die.. you never know.

Bud rot has been found on a few colas, but most buds are unaffected. I cut off these spots.

Best of luck to the healthy buds.

About a week ago I found some bud rot and cut it back. It appears the area is now growing back without issue at the moment which is good.

I guess this African strain really does not like too much rain, I guess that makes sense looking at the region this plant comes from. I would think Durban Africa does not get as much rain as Virginia.

Indeed that is the case, they get more than 10 inches less rain than where I live. Maybe I should be considering that more when growing outdoor strains. This would not be an issue indoors as I control the watering, and not the sky sometimes...lol

Well I do hope it was just over watering. It all makes sense, the tropical storm... the daily waterings.. the cannabis less affected on the slope than the ones at level ground down hill. I think I have an over watering problem.

Really glad all four plants appear that they can be saved, but we shall only know for sure long term by observing how the plant recovers.

I wonder will my harvest of these less than optimal plants still set a new personal record. I think so. I am readjusting my estimates to a half pound to a pound yield. So we shall see. Previously to this damage I was hoping for at least 2 pounds.

Switching to my every four day watering cycle I will see how the plants handle that. As they get bigger they may need more, I just want to be very careful not over water them again or let the elements do it.. which may be out of my control as an outdoor grower, sometimes flooding wrecks crops.

Hopefully next years grow will be handled better outside, though I hope floods do not do the same as my daily waterings did. Not sure how I can stop that.