12/12 Nirvana AK48 flowering help please

chrisopher

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Hello, here's a pic of my very small AK48 and I'm wondering if it looks like it's flowering properly and also how far into flowering it is? I grew it 12/12 from seed under a 250w hps and I stupidly tried to lower it's soil ph a few days after it had showed it's sex because it was looking slight yellow and the ph was around 7.5 I also made the mistake of using baking powder when I should have used baking soda. As a result of my meddling it went into complete shock and lost nearly all it's fan leaves and hasn't grown at in height at all since. It's about 1 foot high and seems to be flowering ok with a nice smell but I'm wondering what you all think and more to the point how much dried bud could I get from it?
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Thank you.
 

allen bud

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keep her going for 3 or 4 more weeks a bit of nutes and getthe ph right first and ya never know,as it is now its not gonna have much punch to it maybe a bit heady but young to tell...at least 3 weeks for sure
 

chrisopher

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Thanks allen bud, I also think it needs about 3-4 weeks, which would make it 7 weeks from after it went into shock (it had only just started flowering before that). Bang on time for Christmas I think. When you say get the ph right first, do you mean the water because I'm using tap water with a ph of about 7.5 (I've got some ph down coming but am not sure it's necessary when using soil)? Here's a better picture of my plant.
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allen bud

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WOW thats high 6.5 max on the ph,next watering or if its dry flush it with ph 6.5 (fill pot few times till it runs through alot)and if yer useing nutes skip a week if no nute . Is that an auto flower ? i think so if so most only get to like 60 to 90 cm tall so your in the zone for that(if its auto)and it realy doesnt look to bad ,the fan leaves are horizonal ,could be worse...but ya have to get the ph to 6.5..
P.S. ph is very important in any grow medium ...very.high like 7 or higther could nute lock,and no growing at all
 

kpac

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Get something to clean with (the soil). I use clearex you can do it once every week or 2. I do mine quarterly unless it looks like it needs it. It keeps it from locking out it would also clean out the baking powder too.
 

kpac

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It doesnt look bad though keep it growing and I also veg at 6.3 and flower at 5.7. And definatly rinse the soil. You can check your runoff to see what its coming out of you pot at. To see what your ph of soil is sitting at.
 

chrisopher

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It's not an auto, but I did grow it 12/12 from seed. I'm still waiting on the ph down but as soon as I get it I'll flush it with ph balanced water and see how it goes from there.
 

chrisopher

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Another slightly blurry picture. A few days ago I flushed it with tap water and a little bit of ph down (I think the ph was between 6.5 and 7 but I was using a dodgy soil ph meter with a probe and now I've ordered a liquid ph test kit) so I think the soil should at least be a bit cleaner now. When I get the new test kit I'll make sure I test the soil and any new water I give it.
 

allen bud

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looks good a little pale green(low N ) but good,looks like you could end up with around 30+gram's ?!
 

RandyR

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damn when i did my first grow it was with ak48 ( NOT AUTOFLOWER ) and i messed up alot and the bud still turned out good! i remember the last few weeks my ph droped to like 4 something and they didnt even change any strong ass plant pictures 005.jpg
 

chrisopher

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Thank you. I'll only feed it water from now on then. I've got a standard 30x jewellers loupe from ebay (the really cheap ones) but I'm having a lot of trouble seeing the colour of the trichs so I think I might need a new magnifier.
 

chrisopher

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DSCN1444.jpgDSCN1446.jpgDSCN1450.jpg DSCN1449.jpg DSCN1445.jpg DSCN1451.jpgDSCN1447.jpg DSCN1453.jpgMerry Xmas everyone! I thought my plant was nearly ready but I sampled a joint from it last night and it doesn't seem very strong to me so I don't know if it's ready yet. It could be because I quick-dried it too much, because of it's previous history, or simply because it's not been flowering enough. The hairs are browning up nicely and I've looked at the trichomes through a 30x (supposedly) loupe and it's quite difficult to see whether they're clear or cloudy but I don't think there's any amber yet.Should I give it more time do you think? I've heard ak48s can take sometimes take 60 days to finish (my guess is it's had about 45 days now). Also, if I give it maybe one or two more weeks, can I give it a little bit more flowering nutes (I'm using Tomorite tomato feed)? I stopped giving nutes about a week ago and have only fed it water so I'm worried that it might not have enough nutrients to finish flowering. I took all the pictures last night.
 
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