LOUD&GASSY
Blueberry Muffin
Spring 2024
Four plants going into living soil. Just top dresssed with Build a Soil Craft Blend, Rootwise products too and Big 6. Later during flower I’ll use Build a Soil BuildaFlower compost and BuildaBloom nutrients.
Blueberry Muffin
Day 206 (Week 30)
Done
25 updates
82 photos
Day: 206
Done
These girls went through tremendous stress. The color and terpene profiles varied dramatically between plants. Two plants (right side of tent) were purple and had only a faint scent of sweet while trimming. The untrained plant (back left) turned out terrible. Small larfy buds that smelled distinctly like some God’s Gift terpenes I bought for carts one time. The front left plant offered the largest buds and the strongest terpenes; berries. Not blueberries but grape-like berries. Yields: back right-> 52.25g, front right-> 74g, front left-> 57.37, & back left-> 60.32g It is obvious that the harvest was stunted from all the stress they endured.
a month ago
PopsGarden420 Still looks like it would taste amazing. Congrats on the harvest
LOUD&GASSY Thank you
Day: 180
Harvest
Chopped the girls today. Their trichomes were mainly amber and purple with lots of white too. The amber arrived much earlier than other strains I’ve grown. Nevertheless, if it’s time it’s time so they were harvested today. Set the fans to exchange air at 61% and have a humidifier at the ready if the RH drops too low. Currently the RH is at 65% and temps at 20°C
2 months ago
Day: 174
Flowering
Gave the girls their tea last Thursday. We are on the home stretch now. I hope they develop stronger terps. I’m just not getting blueberries at all
2 months ago
Day: 168
Flowering
I watered early the other day thinking they’d be ready two days later but they are still moist. So I decided to brew a tea for my girls since they’ve had a rough cycle. I’m going to let it cook for 48 hours. I put the air stone into the water so it will mix everything up. I pH’ed the water to 6.7. Here is the recipe: Ingredients: 1-2 tablespoons of Craft Blend per gallon of water. 1 teaspoon of Rootwise Bio-Phos per gallon of water. 1-2 tablespoons of Build-A-Bloom per gallon of water. 1-2 tablespoons of Build-A-Flower per gallon of water. 5 mL of Cal-Mag per gallon of water. 5 mL of Rootwise Enzyme Elixir per gallon of water. ***Update*** 24hrs and the tea has created major foam. I had to scoop it out to keep it from overflowing. Idk if I should turn down the air pump or what 🤷🏻♂️
3 months ago
Day: 162
Flowering
Gave the girls: Cal-Mag, Build a Bloom, Bio-Phos, Enzyme Elixir. No pH down. Kept pH at 7.3 to see if that helps them from being locked out again. I checked soil pH a week ago and it was low around 5.8. Leaves were getting spotty, brown and yellow. Some of the top fan leaves have scars from the original lockout. After they recovered and regained their color more leaves got spotty and discolored during flower. This is what led me to check the soil pH. After this cycle I’m going to test my soil because I’m having major trouble recently. This is highly unusual for me. I doubt it’s the genetics as I’m running Humboldt Seed Company. Terps are still developing; some days they are stronger than others. Fruity and pleasant but not quite distinguishable as blueberry yet. I cranked the lights up from 60% to 70%. The heat increased slightly but so far so good.
3 months ago
Day: 148
Flowering
I went to water the plants today and found several branches leaning downward. So I put up the trellis. I wasn’t careful and snapped a few branches growing flowers. It was a little frustrating. While moving the branches around, the terpenes really started to become noticeable. It smelled like something sweet and baked. The trichomes are developing rather well. RH is somewhat high; averaging around 60-65%. Fans stay on for anything over 55% RH. So far so good,…. About a month to go.
3 months ago
combatmedic81 Bending that late in flower can be hard. Next time just make sure you water the night before the bend and get the trellis in early.
LOUD&GASSY @combatmedic81 good advice thanks
Day: 140
Flowering
These girls are moving fast and starting to create their terpenes.
4 months ago
Day: 123
Flowering
Before and after shots: Major defoliation today for 3 out of 4 plants. Lollipopped and cut off branches below the canopy. I normally don’t defoliate/lollipop my plants this aggressively. I left one plant alone to use it as a base. My guess is that the bushy plant will produce smaller buds. Hopefully I haven’t reduced my yield.
4 months ago
combatmedic81 You didn’t. I strip all the way to the top and the colas come out huge
LOUD&GASSY Combatmedic81 that’s good to know.
combatmedic81 Just remember that there is less foliage now to consumer the nutes - just take it easy for a week and go more straight water maybe w/ cal mag
View 1 additional comment
Day: 119
Flowering
Flipped to flower today. Plants are nearly shoulder height. They have rebound enough for me to feel comfortable flipping them. I cranked the lights from 50% to 60%. Light schedule is 9am to 9pm. This way I can keep the tent partially open until I go to bed.(then I’ll close the tent until I wake up the next day)
4 months ago
Day: 117
Vegetating
I’ve been battling deficiencies since June 30th. I believe I’ve finally turned things around. New growth is without spots. Older leaves have their color restored. I’ll be pruning the discolored leaves each day until all the leaves are dark green. Once this has happened, I’m going to flip to flower. The plants are big so this should be fun. Another challenge I’m facing, is knowing how many of the sucker branches(secondary branches that grow off of the main branch). I want some to grow but not too much and definitely not below the canopy.
4 months ago
combatmedic81 Try some Epsom salt. Rust spots and yellowness can be caused by magnesium deficiency
Day: 111
Vegetating
I realized one day while asking chatGPT questions about my deficiencies that I needed to check the pH of the soil directly. After checking, I found that the soil was ranging from 5.8-6.0pH. I’m going to test the soil again in a few days. In the meantime, I’ve noticed a darker shade of green over the canopy since I gave them an alkaline water feeding. No nutrients; just pH to 7.5. Each plant took nearly 1.5 gallons of water. They all had run off water that tested at 1050-1070 ppm. Each tray filled with water that I disposed. The plants are getting tall. If adjusting the soil’s pH works, I’ll be flipping to flower soon.
4 months ago
Day: 99
Vegetating
After top dressing Build a Flower & worm castings as well as feeding Build A Veg, Pure Protein Dry, and Cal-Mag,….. I’m still getting yellowing and brown spots on old and new leaves. I’m so frustrated. I don’t know what more to do. I’m running Blueberry Muffins by Humboldt Seed Company. They are normally good genetics. It’s been two weeks since I applied all the nutrients mentioned above. St this point I’m ready to just flip to flower and say F it.
5 months ago
combatmedic81 Try Epsom salt, rust spots and yellowness can be due to magnesium deficiency
combatmedic81 1tbsp / 2 gallons or so
Day: 93
Vegetating
It’s taken a few/several weeks to stabilize my plants. After contacting Build A Soil, they said to top dress Build a Flower compost and feed the plants aminos. I bought their new Build A Veg which contains several aminos. I got some worm castings too for safe measure.(both arrived today) I defoliated all of the spotty and discolored leaves. (There were ALOT). Today they were given a double dose of Cal-Mag, Rootwise Mycrobe Complete, Rootwise Enzyme Elixir, Build a Veg, Pure Protein Dry, & Big 6. I top dressed the worm castings before watering. pH was at 6.2. I want to fully recover the plants before I flip to flower. Plus I’d like more growth out of them.(height and fullness)
5 months ago
wyattwelding101 Try adding potassium powder. I had same deficiency and it instantly changed the colors to dark green(also was in veg stage at around same stage as you). I also used build a soil #3. Check my bio to see what I used
LOUD&GASSY Thanks wyattwelding101 I’ll look into it
wyattwelding101 Just looked back at mine and had the same coloring on the tips and light green good luck will be following!
Day: 73
Vegetating
Today,….. this happened. I’m feeding Cal-Mag so I don’t understand why I’m still getting these brown spots. I’m starting to suspect that I may be locked out. I’m going to let them dry out then I’m going to thoroughly flush them. This strain/genetic has so many issues. I’ve never had so many issues at once
6 months ago
combatmedic81 Or try Epsom salt, lighter green color might need magnesium
Day: 71
Vegetating
A few days ago, I watered 1 gallon of water and nutrients. There’s was barely any run off water and the soil was dry at the surface. I’m uncertain as to why the leaves are pointed down like this. The top leaves are still recuperating from the increased light intensity. (It was originally at 50% degrees then I increased it to 65%. The leaves got burned so I dropped it back to 50%). I’ve been feeding Cal-Mag with my other nutes as well as a nitrogen/fish fertilizer source. Hopefully the new leaves won’t show signs of light burn, calcium deficiency or nitrogen burn. I think it’s going to take a few weeks. I JUST defoliated a few days ago so it has to rebound from that too.
6 months ago
Day: 69
Vegetating
Defoliated and lollipopped the plants. Top dressed and fed them. I noticed one plant has hypoaspis miles. They are these tiny bugs that decompose organic matter on the soil. They are beneficial.
6 months ago
Day: 64
Vegetating
Shortly after I raised the light intensity, I noticed this yellowing on the top fan leaves. I think it’s light burn. I checked the soil pH and it was 6.2. If this doesn’t work, I’ll need to start troubleshooting. My guess is potassium deficiency. Hopefully it’s just the lights. Besides that the plants continue to grow large. I’ll need to defoliate again soon. There a lot of small branches growing in the lower parts of each plant.
6 months ago
BobbyGrowMoBack Light exposure issues & that’s what happened in this case… looks like your in soil. How long was it since your last transplant?
RoMag You definitely have some nutrients issue. The safe bet is to try a feeding of CalMag 3-5 ml per one (1) gallon of water.
LOUD&GASSY BobbyGrow I grew them for a few weeks in Solo cups then put them these 5gallon pots
View 2 additional comments
Day: 61
Vegetating
The plants seemed to react positively when I raised the light intensity to 65%. Doing so caused a slight increase in temperature but as long as I have the humidifier going, it stays around 25°C
6 months ago
Day: 50
Vegetating
The girls are bouncing back well from being defoliated last week. They’ve been given their second dose of Cal-Mag today. They were also given Mycrobe Complete, Enzyme Elixir, Seedling/Clone Solution (I did this to try to pH my water. But it didn’t work..it lowered it and the ph was already low). Since it got low, I poured out water and refilled it with fresh water. Then I added the nutrients again but at small amounts. So I might have over did it with nutrients. Only time will tell. I think I’m ok.
6 months ago
Day: 45
Vegetating
These girls have what I think is a calcium deficiency so I got some Cal-Mag. I gave them a slurpee of Rootwise Mycrobe Colplete, Rootwise Enzyme Elixir, Clonex Seedling Solution (just for kicks), and Cal-Mag. Before watering, I too dressed with Craft Blend and Bokashi Kashi Blend. After watering, I defoliated to allow new branches to grow strong. Basically allowing more light to penetrate the entire plant. Humidity remains at 60% even with the humidifier off. Temps range from 25°-27°C.
7 months ago
Day: 40
Vegetating
These girls took off in size; rebounding well from being topped. Yet, I noticed some leaves showing signs of a deficiency. After researching, I’m pretty sure it’s a calcium deficiency. Time to buy some nutes,…. Sigh lol
7 months ago
Day: 33
Vegetating
Slightly defoliated the top fan leaves as well as topped each one. Now they need to recover and grow. I’ve started a new pattern; every morning I give them just a little bit of distilled water. I go through half a gallon between the four of them. The rest of the water goes into the humidifier.
7 months ago
Day: 29
Vegetating
After being in their new home for a week, they’ve finally gotten comfortable. They are green and the top leaves are pointed up. I’m watering with distilled water each morning and feeding them once every Thursday.(Thirsty Thursdays) I feed them Clonex seedling solution along with Rootwise Mycrobe Complete, Rootwise Enzyme Elixir, and Big 6. When I transplanted, I top dressed with Craft Blend and Kashi Blend. I also sprinkled Rootwise Mycrobe Complete inside the hole for the rootball.
7 months ago
Day: 5
Vegetating
The girls sprouted and are looking good so far. I’m keeping my humidity around 80-90% temperature is around 28°C
7 months ago
Day: 0
Vegetating
Just placed the germinated seeds into Build a Soil Heady Start soil and into the humidity dome.
8 months ago