Oct 5: Bruce is doing great. I was getting worried she wouldn’t finish in time but she’s picked up the pace and the weather is still good. Sort of. Hitting zero tonight and high of +3 C tomorrow. After that it’s sunny for two weeks with highs near 20 C.
She’s turned purple the last few days and is putting on weight. 👍👍
She also broke a limb when blown over (again). Removing big fan leaves that are shading bud sites.
Oct 6: she’s beautiful. Removed some large fan leaves that were shading bud. Feels weirdly warm tonight.
Still using the 730 nm far red light for a few seconds at dusk as a bloom booster. Now down to just over 11 h of daylight.
Oct 10: looking good this morning.
Oct 11: been removing fan leaves to get as much light on the buds as possible. Sunlight is weak and low to the horizon but this month continues being unseasonably warm. We’re usually getting quite hard frosts by now but the forecast is warm for another two weeks.
Some nice purple showing from the lowish overnight temps though.
I just checked, and yes, it has been “extremely hot” again for the last 30 days.