Strawberry Cough is Really Dry and Doesn't Seem to be Moving

Hey guys I have a strawberry cough plant that is around weeks into flower and most of the pistols are reddish. The problem is I see no tricomes and the plant doesn't smell at all. I was under the impression that this plant has a 9 week flowering period...does most of the growth in flower take place towards the end or what?

I just got finished with another fine batch (white widow) and these don't seem to even come close to them. The buds are large, but like I said they have no smell or tricomes even though most of the hairs on all of them are reddish...

I also seem to have a problem that I can't fgure out...the leaves are slightly brownish towards the tips...so any help with that too would be great.

I've never grown this strain before and I am currently doing it in a DWC system. The plants I have look nothing like similar plants posted by other people on the forum.

Anyone with experience growing SC, please let me know what you think. I'm also attaching some pics.

the browning tips are due to nute burn. thats not normally to big of a problem atleast for me.
i wish i could be more helpfull im sure someone will jump in an help.

i was growing strawberry cough 2 seasons ago and tey were coveren in trichomes within a month sweet tasting bud.

what kinda light/nutes are you using. is the area well vented? what are your temps? cause i never let mine get over 75 degrees well my experience with strawberry cough was very pleasant easy growing plant.

dont let this get you down bro we all have to start somewhere dude and you have succesfully flowered them.my first grow was white widow and i did NO justice to the strain.

well im sure you will get some helpfull posts your at the best growing community i learned ALOT from here.

wow that thing looks sickly, i have never grown this strain but havent grown to many that didnt show tric production in the first 3-4 weeks. i had a friend who had some of the same issues and we came to find out it was light leaks to the flower room that where causing slow growth and no tric production and his where about 7 weeks in flower lol so just a thought, if thats not it i would be thinking along the lines of a hermie or just a bad seed you got (not sure if you grew her from seed or clone).

Sorry I forgot to add, I think I do have a problem with heat as it sits around 88 degrees all the time. I have no way of cooling the area below that but my other plants did just fine and I came up with nice bud.

The nutes I use are beginnger style as I just started growing about 6 mnths ago...I use the premix Bloom right now from stealth hydroponics.

I'm using 2 CFL's (one for each spectrum) and then a 400w MH. The plants get plenty of water and tons of ventilation but like I said the heat is a problem because they are in a garage (only area I could do it).

The buds also feel a little bit dry....should I buy a air conditioner just for the garage? would heat do that much damage around 88 degrees Fahrenheit?

I do see -some- crystals on the stalks, but the plant just seems to be doing nothing...kinda depressing. My last batch grew awesome....I'm going to attach a pic of the two royal hash plants in the same area...they look pretty healthy and have started to smell a little. Maybe the two plants can offer some insight? I also attached one of the strawberry cough...

Hash Plants:


The cough:

just my opinoin but dont use anything from stalth hydro or any powder nutes.i use GH liquid nutes(u can get them on ebay) they get the job done my first system ever was the bubbleponics i spent one round in that and made my own look up "stinkbuds" setup thats what i made its dirt cheap twice the size and WAY better quality.

i have never been cool with cfls but i cant say to much or i will start a war.just there is nothing like HID.

SEARS sales room ac for 100$ thats what i have an love both me an my gurls.

*edit just read that you do have HID light good for you buddy! i would say its the heat.i would invest on a room ac trust me your gurls will appreciate it.

not sure but i know wit a HPS lamp you can buy a converted MH bulb. I THINK you can buy a HPS converted bulb for your MH lamp.someone please correct me if im wrong

I've grown out two different phenos and many many clones, they have ALL come out with little trichs, and not very much of them. One smelt great, but they other sucked. I hate this strain so much, in fact I gave away pretty much all the bud I had, stuff sucks.

Those two are also the only two herms I've ever had, shitty shitty genetics.

its the warmth... I done 2 runs of the cough. the first was the best lol. I ran a solid wall of double window fans. My temps lights on, stayed in the mid 70's nicely. On the second go round I changed my room up a little bit and my temps jumped to the mid 80's. (Same mother plant just a few months later). Plants were stunted, had less than half the trich production and were a much darker green.

These strains are straight from seed, not clone. Also my light is switchable MH/HPS. I guess I will need to get the AC for the room and drop the temp down to 78ish. My PH has been steady the whole growth of the plant so I don't think that is it. Also, as far as liquid nutes go- do they sell pre-forumlated mixes? My big reason for buying stealth hydros powder was just because it was already balanced and I didn't want to fuck anything up. I killed my very first round of plants that way so I didn't want to make that mistake this far into a grow. My next batch is 4 different auto-fem's ...auto-widow, auto-berry, lowrider and ez-rider...those grow with no problem in my setup and don't require any work

So, no idea whats going on with the strawberry cough plant? If it is nute burn what do you guys suggest to clear it out? I just fed them the other day.

Digz said:

These strains are straight from seed, not clone. Also my light is switchable MH/HPS. I guess I will need to get the AC for the room and drop the temp down to 78ish. My PH has been steady the whole growth of the plant so I don't think that is it. Also, as far as liquid nutes go- do they sell pre-forumlated mixes? My big reason for buying stealth hydros powder was just because it was already balanced and I didn't want to fuck anything up. I killed my very first round of plants that way so I didn't want to make that mistake this far into a grow. My next batch is 4 different auto-fem's ...auto-widow, auto-berry, lowrider and ez-rider...those grow with no problem in my setup and don't require any work

So, no idea whats going on with the strawberry cough plant? If it is nute burn what do you guys suggest to clear it out? I just fed them the other day.

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yes they sale pre formulated mixes GH (general hydroponics) check them out on ebay. and i always keep my room at a cooool 65 i kno it might be to cold but both me and the plants love it.

Digz said:

These strains are straight from seed, not clone. Also my light is switchable MH/HPS. I guess I will need to get the AC for the room and drop the temp down to 78ish. My PH has been steady the whole growth of the plant so I don't think that is it. Also, as far as liquid nutes go- do they sell pre-forumlated mixes? My big reason for buying stealth hydros powder was just because it was already balanced and I didn't want to fuck anything up. I killed my very first round of plants that way so I didn't want to make that mistake this far into a grow. My next batch is 4 different auto-fem's ...auto-widow, auto-berry, lowrider and ez-rider...those grow with no problem in my setup and don't require any work

So, no idea whats going on with the strawberry cough plant? If it is nute burn what do you guys suggest to clear it out? I just fed them the other day.

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gh's single part is called flora nova grow/bloom shit works great for a single part solution as well as it is moderately priced .

its prolly bad genetics or seed 88 shouldnt be to hot ive seen rooms at 100 producing nice nugs and tricomes unless the cough just likes cool temps..But like above flora nova is the shit...get it if u can itll last forever and super easy to use..i have planty of crystals and stuff and my temps hit 90 sometimes becuz i dont have ventilation just open door and box fan outside..Sometimes just bad seeds my friend..Just sell it lol..

I wanna chime in and say Temps but it appears I've been beaten to the punch. Screw it..........Temps to high, Finicky strain. I'm growing Raspberry Cough (I'm told similiar to Strawberry cough) and It takes the high temps (as hot as 90) and is a monster of trichome production. Just a suggestion if your strawberry doesn't meet expectations

here was my strawberry cough the first 2 pics are frrom around your time the last pic was right around crop

So could someone hook me up with a link to both the vg liquid nutes and the flowering/bloom stage liquid nutes? I'm looking to get the preformulated mixes...

Also, I think I am going to grow this next batch in dirt- is the process the same for feed? Just mix the nutes with water and pour it in the soil?

you can offset your heat damage with co2 and prosilicate

lol i needa read before i comment

um but i dont know of any reason to go from hydro to soil

hydro grrows faster more efficient and a easy argument starter it taste better in hydro IMO

ive neer grown soil but have buddys that do and never seen a reason to switch over

http://cgi.ebay.com/Flora-Series-3-Quarts-Qt-32oz-Fertilizer-GH-Nutrients-/200608154977?pt=Fertilizer_Soil_Amendments&hash=item2eb52d8561

happyface said:

lol i needa read before i comment

um but i dont know of any reason to go from hydro to soil

hydro grrows faster more efficient and a easy argument starter it taste better in hydro IMO

ive neer grown soil but have buddys that do and never seen a reason to switch over

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here is a link to the GH flora nova grow/bloom quart sized they last a long time.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Floranova-Grow-Bloom-1-Quart-Each-Nutrients-/280668575064?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4159269558
i agree no need for switching, yes hydro can be a bit more complicated but if you can work out the kinks (which is not going to happen overnight) you will be pleasantly surprised with the results in comparison. the above link is for the flora series nutes (3 part grow-micro-bloom) which is what i am using now aside from one plant (very left in pic) the single part flora nova is a awesome product highly concentrated coupled with half organics which makes it great for beginners in hydro for the fact that it is very hard to over furt with this stuff. in my pic is a 8 week vegged white widow that i just switched to flower (gh floranova bloom nutes) and she is happy as hell was using the flora nova grow in veg now the bloom good shit.

i do both, sell my hydro keep my soil, the same strains taste better in dirt

ok, here is my latest update on here. I am currently flushing them to see if they are just messed up from nute burn, but I am attaching some pics for you guys to look at. They have been in flower since April 7, so it's been about 8 weeks. Although, I do see a lot of white hairs too now that I pull them out...here are some close ups and pics of leaves and stuff....any help is appreciated.


Two other things:
1.) 1 day my timer broke and they got light all the way until I noticed it (about 30-35 hours straight)

2.)The nutrient mix I use is for 6 small plants in a 6 gal tank- Right now there is only 1 medium to large sized plant in that tank...maybe this is causing the lockout?

yeeesh hang in there buddy, did you flush?