To start adding Bloom nutrients during flowering

[Greg]

Hi everyone 

A friend gave me 2 outdoor plants. That have already been budding, i dont know how long, the trichomes have become milky all over. So still waiting for some them to turn slightly amber

He said he didnt really use nutrients religiously so they have been getting plain water for a couple of weeks. 

 

My question is should i add a bloom nutrient solution to them now, or just leave them to finish off. Cause im not sure how much longer it will take. 

 

The super lemon haze auto  is well into budding and the sativa seems like it can definetly go for much longer. 

 

 

[Bakstein420]

Doesn't look like there are any noticeable deficiencies. What nutes do you have? Can maybe give them some unsulphured molasses. 

[Greg]

So these are all for bloom. The Atami bloombastic in my opinion is great stuff but i dont have much and they dont have a license locally to sell yet so limited supply. 

 

The bio bloom my friend gave but didnt really use them. He likes " organic" and nutriplex is ok i use the grow nutrient solution and its fine no problem with it. 

 

Anyone could guess how long it could take for some trichomes to turn amber?

[PsyCLown]

From mostly milky to amber is normally within a week. Although which one has milky trichomes? I assume the auto as the sativa looks as if its not as far into flower as the auto.

 

Although you're growing outdoors and the amount of light is continuing to increase, not sure how much darkness they're actually getting and what the plants are doing. This wont affect the auto but will affect the photoperiod sativa and may lead to her revegging.

 

If the auto has milky trichomes, I wouldn't bother using bloom nutes now, I feel the growth is over and it;s just waiting for it to ripen.

For the sativa, you could use some bloom nutes and it could still be beneficial. Any of the above 3 bloom nutes should work alright. They're all more or less the same stuff.

[Greg]

Thanks psyclown & Bakstein420 For the help

Yes i think ill continue to just use water on the auto flower. However it does look like probably 70% of the sativa trichomes are milky, besides the lower branches. The buds have not filled up allot on the sativa and maybe its due to limited nutrient intake so could be a decent idea to try add some nutrients and see if we can add a little size to her buds, and i know a sativa is not going to gain size like the indica auto but should be able to add quite a bit more size than that. 

I do have a tent that i can use but just bringing the day light schedule down each month for my other plants. 

2 chemdawg feminised plants. Which have only started to flower. And need to be brought down from an 18/on 6 off to a 14 on. And then down to a 12. 

 

And once all plants are on a 12 on 12 off i will use the tent to ensure darkness from 6pm -6 Am and then outside for the day. 

 

Pics below: 

Chemdawg Feminised 

[PsyCLown]

Wow, must get super hot inside the tent with it being in direct sunlight.

 

What cable is that going into the tent? Is it power? I like the fact that it is curled and looks as if it will spring back once tension is released?

[Ill_Evan]

1 hour ago, PsyCLown said:

What cable is that going into the tent?

Aircon. 

[PsyCLown]

1 hour ago, Ill_Evan said:

Aircon. 

 

I want to try find electrical cable like that, which is coiled. 0.75mm or 1mm would be ideal.

 

Not sure where to source some from at a reasonable price though.

[Greg]

Yes cable is power supply. 

Im experimenting in controlling and testing the conditions of the tent. Before i change from an outdoor grow to indoor. 

like temp and humidity. Where im at humidity is usually very dry, generally reads 10%. 

So iv got a humidifier on that keeps it around 50-60% 

then a fan inside the tent and just keep flaps open for fresh air.  

Plants are only put into the tent for extra light at the end of the day, and if needed to protect  from severe conditions outside, till i switch to 12/12 light schedule 

So when i have the only thing left are a proper grow light.

So To answer psyclown question regarding heat, plants are outside, when i do change to indoor ill put the tent under my patio. As you are 100% right during the day temps get to 38/40 in the tent which is hot.