LUI Day 20

LUI Day 20

our normal routine would be to top-clone these babes and as soon as we’re sure that the new cuttings/clones are rooted. . . then the originals (from the seed) move to bloom. . . so looking at a calendar we’ll be doing some top-cloning in the next few days. . . .then it’s probably a couple weeks wait to be sure our new “back-ups” are all good. . . then the originals move to bloom. . . if for instance we top-cloned this upcoming weekend. . . .hen these babes would move to bloom sometime in the last week of January. . . . hese babes are growing fast. . . .if we were in a hurry they’d be ready to clone tonight. . . since were not in a rush we’ll likely transplant them first. . . .then a couple days later we’ll top clone. . . and then we’ll bush them up pretty well before moving them to bloom one of our “secrets” is patience in veg. . . healthy and lush vegetation going into bloom leads to more (and better) final herb.

If you see a predominant dark green/black/purple coloration in the fan leaves in Vegatative/Early Flowering. . . we don’t think it’s a nute deficiency. . . as the plants are exhibiting perfect refertilization signs (ever so slightly burnt tips) . . . the sign of perfect fertilizer regimen

039 LUI-Day-20

we affectionately call them LUI’s and they do already show (at only 20 days) some of the coloration mentioned. . . . we wrote it off to the “daylight fluorescent” effect that sometimes happens under strong fluoro lights of either sunlight or daylight spectrum. . . . it’s something we’ve noticed with plants grown under lights that are predominantly above 5000K in terms of their color temp. . . we’ve seen Milly Blunt comment of this effect too. . . how fan leaves can exhibit a blueish / black / purple / indigo coloration under daylight fluoros. . . and certainly it’s not something we see with every strain. . .and you’d be absolutely correct. . . .it does not appear to be a deficiency in any manner shape or form. . . anymore we simply associate that coloration with extreme health and vigor. . . we’d guess that the plants who show the darkest coloration like this are generally also the ones who will show more of these hues when maturing under the correct environmental conditions. . . .

as for the slightly burnt tips being the sign of a perfect fert regimen. . . .in general we tend to agree. . . . it’s actually the sign that we’ve pushed our plants ever so slightly beyond the edge but that regimen tends to also push out the biggest buds. . . . in our Herijuana grow we recently have found an especially hungry couple of plant’s that have yet to really exhibit that slight leaf tip burn in bloom. . . . even after repeated double strength feedings with EarthJuice. . . . some strains and some particular plants will always be an exception to the “normal” rules. . . . the Heris are the exception. . .

Day 20 Care and Feeding . . .
At the beginning of day 20 we felt the soil of our babes and it was still slightly damp. . . by the end of the day the soil was dry to the touch and the 4 1/2″ planters were light in weight. so it was time for a watering/feeding. today’s main ingredient will be . . .

Alaska® FishFertilizer 5-1-1
All purpose deodorized fish emulsion.Made from 100% sea-going fish.
Contains over 19 different trace elements, plus 11 different vitamins (5-1-1).
OMRI Listed-approved for use in production of organic food.
040 alaska-fish-fert

Stimulates soil’s micro-organisms to help build soil content. . . this feeding will be a fairly heavy one. . . the first truly full strength feeding we’ve given these babes. . . we mixed 1 Tablespoon of the fish ferts and 1 teaspoon of the liquid Maxicrop kelp concentrate per gallon of water. . . .and soaked the soil of each plant until there was some runoff from the drain holes on each plant. . . .a few minutes later we went back and dribbled just a lil more into each planter. . . .n all we used 5 quarts of the mixture to water/feed the 13 “LUI’s”. . . .we’d like to point out again that it’s not necessary to purchase every individual product we use in this thread to recreate our results. . . .the mexi bat guano tea we applied recently provides a similar nutrient benefit to this fish fert feeding. . . we are trying to show a wide variety of products and explain the thinking behind each feeding so our results can be recreated with whatever product is available locally. . . . wonderful grows can thrive with as small a selection as 2 or 3 different ferts

to recap what we’ve done so far in terms of watering . . . the very first light feeding was actually a bloom fert mix very diluted - in what was basically a 1-2-1 ratio of N-P-K. . . .if memory serves correctly we then watered with a very diluted balanced fert mix with a 2-1-1 N-P-K ratio. . . . and we followed that with a high nitrogen tea similar to a dilute 5-1-1 fert. . . . then our plants got a light drink of pure water. . . .now we’ve hit them with a full strength 5-1-1 fert again enhanced with kelp on day 20. . . . a folair feeding with diluted kelp extract finishes off the listing of what these girls have gotten so far. . . .that’s everything through their first three weeks.

after discussion it has been decided that tonight will be the night we work some cloning magic. . . .we’ll be documenting our cloning techniques later on and the next time you see the babes they’ll be getting “topped”.

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Table of contents for Growing LUI /the3LB

  1. Growing LUI W/ the 3LB - Intro
  2. Growing LUI W/ the 3LB - Soil & Seed
  3. LUI Day 2
  4. Growing LUI W/ the 3LB - Day 1
  5. Growing LUI W/ the 3lb - Planting/germination
  6. LUI Day 3
  7. LUI Day 4
  8. LUI Day 5
  9. LUI Day 6, Day 7
  10. LUI-Day-8
  11. LUI-Day-9
  12. LUI Day 10
  13. LUI Day 11
  14. LUI Day 12
  15. LUI Day 13
  16. LUI Day 14
  17. LUI Day 15
  18. LUI Day 16
  19. LUI Day 17
  20. LUI Day 18
  21. LUI Day 19
  22. LUI Day 20
  23. LUI Day 21
  24. LUI Day 22 And A Lesson in Cloning
  25. LUI Day 23
  26. LUI Day 24
  27. LUI Day 25
  28. LUI Day 26
  29. LUI DAY 27 And Day 28
  30. LUI Day 29
  31. LUI Day 30
  32. LUI Day 31
  33. LUI Day 32
  34. LUI Day 33
  35. LUI Day 34
  36. LUI Day 35
  37. LUI Day 36 And Friends
  38. LUI Day 37
  39. LUI Day 39 - the Backup Clones
  40. LUI Day 40 - Day 1 Flowering
  41. LUI Day 41
  42. LUI Day 42
  43. LUI Day 43
  44. LUI Day 44
  45. LUI Day 45
  46. LUI Day 46
  47. LUI Day 47
  48. LUI Day 48
  49. LUI Day 50
  50. LUI Day 51
  51. LUI - Day 52
  52. LUI Day 53
  53. LUI Day 54
  54. LUI Day 55
  55. LUI Day 56
  56. LUI Day 57
  57. LUI Day 58
  58. LUI Day 59
  59. LUI Day 60
  60. LUI Day 61,62
  61. Legend’s Ultimate Indica
  62. LUI Day 63
  63. LUI Day 64
  64. LUI Day 65
  65. LUI Day 66
  66. LUI Day 67 And Clones
  67. LUI Day 68
  68. LUI Day 69
  69. LUI Day 70
  70. LUI Day 72 - Day 33 of Bloom
  71. LUI Day 73
  72. LUI Day 74
  73. LUI Day 71
  74. LUI Day 75
  75. LUI Day 76
  76. LUI-Day-77
  77. LUI Day 80
  78. LUI Day 78
  79. LUI Day 79
  80. LUI Day 81
  81. LUI Day 82
  82. LUI Day 83
  83. LUI Day 84
  84. LUI Day 85
  85. LUI Day 86
  86. LUI Day 87
  87. LUI Day 88
  88. LUI Day 89
  89. LUI Day 90
  90. From the 3LB Archives - Canopy of LUI
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