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FULL FLOWER OGPK 9/2009

Thursday, September 24th, 2009 | Author: admin

She has been in full flower a little over one month now; usually the flowering period lasts anywhere from 55 days to 1 1/2-2 months, sometimes more, sometimes less. The last grow was no where close to the girth and overall weight this grow is accumulating. There is an obvious reason for that, the last grow was sown a bit to early for an outdoor grow. The photoperiod in the bay area early may threw late july was not suitable for a cannabis plant to reach max potential, therefore stunting the plants growth. Remember this fact, SUMMER IS FOR SEXING, and you will have a rough estimate of the time period for your grow.

When the leaves begin to yellow it means there is a nitrogen deficiency; this is perfect. You see nitrogen produces chlorophyll, and chlorophyll creates that green, grassy type taste. Properly flushed cannabis, when smoked, is supposed to burn with consistency; and not supposed to crackle and/or hiss when sparked. If the bud your smoking crackles and has a ‘spark’ affect when lit, it means one of two things. One, the bud is laced with something for whatever reason. Two, the cannabis wasn’t grown, flushed and dried properly and has an abundance of chlorophyll. In the third and fourth and sometimes fifth week of flowering, flush the soil with clean water so steady stream of water drains through the bottom. This washes out all the toxic salt build up and any other harmful stuff that builds up in the soil. The last two weeks water only 2-3 times a week to start the drying process pre-maturely. This OGPK grow has maybe two more weeks left and it will  be ready to harvest.

Flowering-5/18

Monday, May 18th, 2009 | Author: admin

The white pistils are now rapidly protruding from every node on the plant. The calyxes are relatively small but that will change by next week. I gave her a super bloom fertilizer which means a solution containing a decrease in nitrogen and an increase in potassium and phosphate (phosphorus). You will see results in roughly one week or so. There are multiple ways too determine maturity. One way is to watch the pistils; when healthy, and in the early stages of flowering, pistils will almost always be white. As the flowering stage progresses, the pistils will start to dry out and turn color (the color of pistils ranges from a deep orange to a vibrant red). Watch for this drying out process and the pistil coloration.

Flowering-5/15

Friday, May 15th, 2009 | Author: admin

Usually the flowering stage would be late july to early august- maybe even september, however, the OG Purple Kush is flowering in early may. This is because the photoperiod this season in northern California has a dark period in may that lasts 9-11 hours.

may 11, bending continued

Wednesday, May 13th, 2009 | Author: admin

I’ve been out of town for the past week but a friend has kindly been watering her every other day, and she remains to be healthy and strong like the day I left. The plant has now reached the 17th node and is starting to flower; pistils are starting to protrude from the “armpits” of the plant. This is naturally occuring due to the photoperiod. Usually cannabis plants flower in northern california around July or august, however the OG PURPLE KUSH seems to be  flowering unusually early. When magnetized you can see the trichomes starting to build up; eventually they will sprout up and form a have cylinder shape at the top similar to that of a mushroom. These trichomes will be the tool to read the maturity of the plant; the not only determines the maturity, but also the effect of the strain.