What’s up the ALL MIGHTY DGC !?
I just want to start off by saying on behalf of any grower lucky enough to have found such an inspiring community, rich in knowledge and respect for one another. thank you all who make it possible! I’m not what you would call new to the block as a grower nor would I say I’m top dog (good enough that my weed’s dank enough to give you an allergic reaction by sneezing) but I’ve always wondered is fluffy nug just something that would be strain/phenotype dependent or would that be environmental factors/ grower style? I just think it may be something new growers can understand as well as myself!
Y’all are the shit and keep prohibition down by being uplifted by the herb, much love and thanks in advance!
Often both. Heat can stress them out so they grow airy and even nutrient ratios which might be heavy in nitrogen so you get more vegetative material. In late flower too much phosphorus (if I remember right) will produce the foxtailing which can be airy. But to get a hard nug you’ll have to start with a strain that can produce one, after that you can screw it up. 😉
I’m getting nothing but hardnug since I’ve upped my game and switched to l.Ed’s and do know when I was newer and using hps the plants we’re going through all kinds of stress
Many things can contribute to this, individually or cumulatively, but the top reasons for airy buds would be –
Not enough light intensity (PAR, PPFD, Umol;s),
Too much nitrogen late in the flower cycle (promotes growth instead of girth),
A room or canopy that is too hot, more common with HPS lights very close to the canopy
and finally genetics. Some strains grow that way. But I have not grown your strain so I do not have a point of reference.
But for rock hard buds and a failing test for rec weed (and horrible long term health results) you can always add PGR’s, I believe Cyco nutrients got busted for that the past few years as well as the classic Dutchman nutrients of old. But don’t use these PGR’s.
So basically what you’re saying is if I don’t use any pgr’s and grow in a super soil mix
Peat
Sheep manure
Cow manure
Shrimp compost
Coco
Perlite
Fish bone meal
Glacial rock dust
Azomite
Fossilized carbon complex
Bat guano
Worm castings
Hardwood ash
And of course RECHARGE watered in once a week with the rooms temps are between 75-80f @ 40 -45% humidity day
65-70f @ 45-50% humidity night
Are good ?
The reason for my original post wast because the DUDE was bitching kinda hating on hardnug , got me wondering !?
Your list of ingredients looks great. There are quite a few sources of nitrogen in the guanos and worm castings and manures.
One hard thing about an organic approach like this is getting the nutrients bioavailable at the right time, when you want them too be. Of course practice mitigates this, but these ingredients are unlike bottle nutrients which are immediately available and are added in small doses, as needed.
Some people who like to make concentrates are not in to the hard nugs because there is less surface area on the bud, which means less places fro trichomes to grow. An open, airy bud will have more surface area = more trichome coverage = better yield on washing.
I completely get what you mean , it all depends on what you’re looking for as a grower !
As for bioavailability ,what I usually do is take the previous mix from my fabric pots (so old root ball and soil ) break it apart and re-amend it with fresh compost and amendments once mixed I’ll water in RECHARGE and molasses about 3 weeks to 1month prior to me using it for transplanting the teens before flower
Once and a while tho I just start with fresh everything and pre-mix for same reasons but save the old root masses and soil for adding into my outdoor vegetable garden/ flower beds
Some times it can be the most used devices that some growers forget or refuse to do but I have noticed bigger better harder nugs developing on my grows when I apply the scissors to the culprits which could be some of those water leaves (the great big colorful nutrient grabbing water leaves which in the latter stages of flower like week 4 on sometimes hide parts that need the full spectrum of light to develop those nugs all the way up not only do they rob other potential nugs but for the top dwellers they can be slowing the size and quality of some nugs. I’ve had great success with trimming those monsters back on several grows . Try this on a few of your girls and see what results you get.
Chad dropping knowledge bombs strategically for best absorption. Main culprit with airy nugs is weak ass lights. And just because a light can handle 4 plants in a 5×5 doesn’t mean it can handle 12. Genotype is what your after bud. That is the blueprint for each individual plant. How they will grow from leaves to flowers (this includes flower size, gurth and fullness). Phenotype is all the other goodies we open each jar/bag and love. Its the taste, smell and % of all you canabanoids. Get someone on spell check please, you know what I mean. Beef up your light game but be careful! There is such thing as too much
I’m cranking out nothing but hardnug but I remember that big chunky fluffier bud when I started off growing and well with DUDE semi hating on hardnug I was wondering what would produce that difference but I seem to be getting the hint now with the answers ✌️
Also: kelp, calcium, silica, and alfalpha provide key building blocks for dense bud structure.
Got azomite , glacial rock dust , fossilized carbon complex, hardwood ash , fish bone meal
Hey jazz cabbage, I’m planting a bunch of not very jazzy cabbages LOL Yet still a very very important cabbage. I like fluffy nugs for some reasons. And I like more dense nugs for other reasons. Don’t make me choose. This is 2021 there’s room for all of us LOL
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