2025 fall/winter grow

[Zen_seeker]

Irrigation day, ten minutes before water, limp as hell.

The last four or five pictures are 15 minutes after irrigation. Already getting perky.

End of week six today. Aroma isn’t overwhelming, not really strong but it’s pleasant. I’m also not seeing much trichome coverage.

After irrigation, I Added the last top dressing of bloom nutes until harvest. I watered the new nutrients in with a gallon of water with humic acid, molasses, great white and potassium sulfate (1/2 tsp).

She’s looking great, I’m hoping she bulks up a bunch now. Don’t we all?View attachment 127843View attachment 127844View attachment 127845View attachment 127846View attachment 127847View attachment 127848View attachment 127849View attachment 127850View attachment 127851

Why did you bump it from 1/4tsp to 1/2tsp? (Potassium)

 

[TomH]

Tomorrow is irrigation day, I’m strongly considering adding a gallon of water with Potassium Sulfide powder mixed in at 1/4 tsp/gal.

I feel like the trichomes and aroma aren’t keeping up with the bulk of the plant.

I don’t think this step did anything positive, won’t do it again. I’m wondering if it’s why it’s now burning through the occasional yellow leaf near the bottom. It’s a few, not just one.

Probably pushed too much K, not sure why it’s affecting green lower leaves unless this is just the latter stage of the plant naturally?

 

[TomH]

The yellowing continues and appears to be spreading.

End of week seven is Friday evening.

I collected about eight lower and midplant yellows, some with brown.

I can’t tell if it’s an early start to senescence or if it’s the potassium sulfate from a couple weeks ago.

I hope she has enough nitrogen to finish.

 

[ninjadip]

The yellowing continues and appears to be spreading.

End of week seven is Friday evening.

I collected about eight lower and midplant yellows, some with brown.

I can’t tell if it’s an early start to senescence or if it’s the potassium sulfate from a couple weeks ago.

I hope she has enough nitrogen to finish. View attachment 128045View attachment 128046View attachment 128047View attachment 128048View attachment 128049

Still gorgeous regardless

 

[TomH]

Today marks the end of week 7 for this lady.
The yellow leaves are popping up occasionally. No longer relegated to the lower part of the plant, there is light color showing higher up on some fans.

There is an equal mix of white hairs and red ones. The earlier stigmas turned quickly after the far red lights were introduced. There’s still new stigmas being produced as she grows.

I’m hoping for more mass in the coming weeks. She’s big but I’m hoping for bigger

Heavy storms with ping pong ball sized hail last night and predicted again today.

I don’t think we’re in Kansas anymore

 

[Zen_seeker]

Today marks the end of week 7 for this lady.
The yellow leaves are popping up occasionally. No longer relegated to the lower part of the plant, there is light color showing higher up on some fans.

There is an equal mix of white hairs and red ones. The earlier stigmas turned quickly after the far red lights were introduced. There’s still new stigmas being produced as she grows.

I’m hoping for more mass in the coming weeks. She’s big but I’m hoping for bigger

Heavy storms with ping pong ball sized hail last night and predicted again today.

I don’t think we’re in Kansas anymore


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I’d be happy to get plants like that.

 

[TomH]

I’d be happy to get plants like that.

I have very few complaints with this grow.
I’m feeling very good about organic soil and nutrients, but it really seems like sourdough bread, the soil keeps getting better year after year if you work at keeping the microbes alive.

 

[TomH]

I fully understand, it’s not fall or winter anymore but the best goes on!

Bruce Banner, finished week 8 (projected to go 8 to 10).

Not ready yet. Trichomes still clear, most stigmas are red, but there are still a few white ones coming through.

She’s always limp just before watering time. She also perks up rapidly with water. Took about 30 minutes to go from limp and lifeless to perky.

At least one and probably two more weeks, but I doubt she goes much beyond that.

 

[TomH]

Happy 4/20 friends and fellow builders.

Bruce banner is getting bronze, and a little tired looking.

Imma try pushing her until early may, but she’s looking tired now.

Trichomes are still clear and I’m hoping for a knockout indica, so lighting is low, temps are low, airflow is high but not directly onto her.

She’s not particularly sugary, nor overly smelly, she is slightly sweet, very pleasant but not overpowering.

 

[ninjadip]

Happy 4/20 friends and fellow builders.

Bruce banner is getting bronze, and a little tired looking.

Imma try pushing her until early may, but she’s looking tired now.

Trichomes are still clear and I’m hoping for a knockout indica, so lighting is low, temps are low, airflow is high but not directly onto her.

She’s not particularly sugary, nor overly smelly, she is slightly sweet, very pleasant but not overpowering. View attachment 128582View attachment 128583View attachment 128584View attachment 128585View attachment 128586View attachment 128587View attachment 128588View attachment 128589View attachment 128590View attachment 128591View attachment 128592View attachment 128593View attachment 128594View attachment 128595View attachment 128596View attachment 128597

Love it all man!! Looks beautiful, indoor and outside.

One question, what do you feed your cacti for bloom??

 

[TomH]

Love it all man!! Looks beautiful, indoor and outside.

One question, what do you feed your cacti for bloom??

In years passed, I used something called cactus juice (1-7-6), but I recently found a dry nutrient from Down To Earth that just dig into the top soil and water through.

Top watering some cactus is problematic, but seems to work well for most.
If I had some peyote, I’d not top water it, but all my stuff deals with it pretty well

 

[ninjadip]

In years passed, I used something called cactus juice (1-7-6), but I recently found a dry nutrient from Down To Earth that just dig into the top soil and water through.

Top watering some cactus is problematic, but seems to work well for most.
If I had some peyote, I’d not top water it, but all my stuff deals with it pretty well

What is the alternative to top watering?

 

[TomH]

What is the alternative to top watering?

Setting the pot into a tub of water, water wicks up from the bottom.
Takes a lot of time and can get heavy, I don’t do it much for those reasons, but it is better for the plants.

 

[steamroller]

What is the alternative to top watering?

To me alternative is bottom watering.
I use large enough trays that I can pour water in the tray and let it get sucked up.
I often do both when watering from the top slowly.
I try not to get run off with soil as it is just washing nutes away.
If I water from top too fast it will go to the tray but often within 10 minutes it has been absorbed. That is where I got the bottom watering idea from. When I don't see a little come out I feel like the pot is not as wet as it could be.

 

[Shaded]

Awesome job @TomH getting close to the finish line! And yeah agree with you guys on the bottom watering. I used to have a real good feel for how much water to give a plant top watering, and then I would always fill up the tray with about half an inch of water. It was usually soaked right up when I checked on them 30 mins later.

 

[ninjadip]

Setting the pot into a tub of water, water wicks up from the bottom.
Takes a lot of time and can get heavy, I don’t do it much for those reasons, but it is better for the plants.

Not sure if i can do this in a clay pot, was curious for my san Pedro

 

[TomH]

Bruce banner crosses nine weeks tomorrow, she’s tired, the color is (I believe) a result of the red/far red lights that I used 12:12 from week 4 until the end of week 8.

When I turned off the red, I saw every exposed leaf surface was bronze/yellow.

I don’t know if I let her run out of magnesium or just end of life coloring.

Buds are solid, smell sweet and pleasant but not a white or red trichome to be found.

I’ve removed the red/far red and reduced main light to 50%.

Illumination changed to 11:13 (light:dark). I’m hoping more dark will speed up the ripening process.

Plan is to harvest on May 1. Let’s see if she agrees at that time.

 

[TomH]

Not sure if i can do this in a clay pot, was curious for my san Pedro

if you can safely lift your san pedro when it’s fully hydrated, that would be a good one to bottom water.
San Pedro is magically special

 

[Shaded]

Getting close for sure! Lookin' like another week or two of some fattening up is still on the horizon