phish, thank you

Another 5.3 wk flowered Blueberry nug, backlit w/HPS and flash

the spiralling peak aflame in the crisp mountain air

a closeup of the snowy mountain top of the Blueberry main cola 5.3 weeks into flower

lavish inspiration and verdant hope

To brighten the demeanor thusfar, GE Daylight fluoros, main cola, 6 weeks flowering

fool's errand in pride and prejudice

A group shot with fluoros and HPS just coming on, Blueberry in the foreground, a pair of Northern Berry in the back, at 4.3 weeks of flowering

the verdant flush of Nature's bounty

I believe that the cannabis plant will tell you what she needs, as long as you can read the signs. One of the things I did wrong in my previous grow was to follow watering and fert regimens and schedules too closely, ignoring signs that would have led me to change the regimen. I underferted severely, slowed vegetative growth and the yields were more than disappointing off of 3 plants.

This pic is an example of reading the signs for the better. There are only 3 plants in there, and, you do not see the full canopy. The HPS makes for funny effects in lighting, making the leaves looking brown and/or yellowing. I assure you that was not the case.

Note the lush growth with very little, if any, signs of fert burn even though I ferted everyday since 2 weeks after germination. I used worm castings (WC) in soil-less mix (4:3:2 Promix B:Vermiculite:WC) for this grow. I would wait until the plant was just about to wilt from dryness, watered with pure water right before before I fert with 3/4 strength nutes with Thrive Alive (TA) or Superthrive (ST). Wait until plant is about to show signs of wilt, then the next watering was only with 1/2 strength nutes with TA or ST. Then repeat. I did not apply this regimen with every watering, though. Sometimes the growth seemed to slow considerably over a day or two, so I would apply pure water and 3/4 nutes even if I had just done it previously. If the leaves started to curl up or become too dry to the touch, I would immediatley do a pure water watering followed immediately with 1/2 nutes with ST or TA.

Seems to have worked well with these two strains in both vegetative and generative growth stages

playing with lighting - fluoros, HPS and flash, 5.3 flowering Northern Berry nugget

the gaining of perspective for introspection

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I like the Hps in the group shot- gives warmth to the picture that is absent in the others... nice shots of BB

turtle, thank you. Yes, I like the warmth HPS gives as well. I have been experimenting with different combinations. Somewhere I just read about covering the flash with tissue paper to diffuse the flash. That would be cool...

Greetings:

So, all of you have been waiting with abated breath for my update?

Anyways, my Blueberry belle has put on little weight since you last saw her.
To illustrate, here she was at 4.6 wks into flowering

waxing youth

Here she is at 6.8 wks flowering. Chunky!

ascending the steps of enlightenment