Ak 49 v. s. Critical Impact

Craftman I've had these clones in veg for about 4 weeks now and I'll give them about another week. This is what the girls look like at the beginning of their 6th week; I ripped off the top shoots and cropped them so they can spread out. Yesterday, I threw out my 300-watt LEDs (3 of them) from my veg tent and put in a 2000-watt LED from the bloom tent that I wasn't using since it's only 2/3 full.

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Craftman I'm going to transplant them today into 5.7L aeropots and put them in my flowering tent. All 6 of them have developed wonderfully and are doing well... As you can see, all my plants are growing very quickly and healthily. Since I don't have much space left until my LED, I've decided to crop them and have bent all my plants to about the same height.

Craftman A bud from the AK 49 suddenly turned brown and dry, so I removed it and examined it. No moisture, no mold, and no bad smell. It might have been pinched off; it was between the net and an aluminum rail. I had a little accident in the flowering tent 2 days ago while replacing my exhaust system; the AK filter (40×25cm) came loose and fell onto the sea of buds, bounced off there, and fell onto the 40cm fan, and from there onto the youngest plants that I had just placed there a few days earlier. One Critikal that has been in bloom since March 15 lost a main cola, and one of the smallest AK-49s was almost completely destroyed, broken in at least 4 places. I supported the worst ones with duct tape, but one probably won't make it; we'll see. Now another bud has turned brown, but it could be that the AK filter fell on it. I grow 100% organically and have all my nutrients in the soil, and otherwise, all my plants are very healthy. What could this be?

Craftman I'm leaving the other 5 plants until the Super Full Moon on the 27th, so there's still 8 days to get everything out. The high is pleasantly calming and can easily be consumed during the day. Today is Super Full Moon, and I've harvested the last 3 Critical plants; they've been standing for 10 days longer than the others, and I'm hoping for a little boost...

Craftman I harvested 4 out of 7 plants between days 60 and 65. It was just under 200g wet and 46 grams of buds when dry. I hope they get an extra kick from the super full moon.

Craftman After my little accident where the activated carbon filter fell and some branches broke, they have recovered from the initial shock and are entering pre-flowering. I got a new LED 3 days ago and hung it in the flowering tent, Z-Net 8 from WYMZ.

Craftman Finally, the time has come and I can harvest again. I've managed to get into a 4-week rhythm - which means I can harvest a few plants every 4 weeks...

Craftman Just a little under a week until the Super Full Moon, which I definitely want to take advantage of. The last Super Full Moon in April really produced some potent, super tasty weed. I've been doing this for over 40 years and have had many full moon harvests since then, so I know what I'm talking about. I usually set my girls to flower so I can harvest on the full moon, and that for every full moon...

Craftman So far, I've only harvested 6 out of 19 and already have almost 170g, of which one hasn't been weighed yet... Today is about 10 days later, and I've harvested and trimmed the remaining 5 Aks, and I'm very satisfied with it; it's another 396g wet weight, and in a few days, I'll update the dry weight. After I've smoked it, I'll definitely write a few words about the effect. From the first 5 plants, I expected more indica dominance; it tastes deliciously spicy, and the smoke is pleasantly mild in the throat. I should mention that I work without liquid fertilizers; I have a biomix from the company Hubey that I highly recommend. It consists of horse manure, chicken manure, Vegiegold, guano, and worm humus, and once a week, I add Veggieboost, a vinasse made from algae. Otherwise, I also bought molasses that I mix into the watering water...

Craftman Ak 49 in the 12th and 8th flowering week. In the 12-week ones, more trichomes are forming day by day, and I'm waiting for the full moon to get extra potent buds for my wife, who has sleep problems...

Craftman Very nice, because it's that time again on the Super Full Moon, 5 AK-49 that have been in bloom since February 18th and 3 Critical Impact are finally ready. I left half of the plants for 14 days longer to get everything out that is possible. 6 more AKs and 5 Critical will be ready for the next full moon, their development is also looking good for organic cultivation without liquid fertilizers...

Craftman The Aks are now about in the 10th week and the Critical in the 5th, everything is going well so far and they should both be ready in about 3 weeks.

Craftman For the past few days, yellow and orange spots have been appearing on the large leaves of all my Critical Impact plants. At first, it looks like water spots, but after a few days, they dry out in those areas. Otherwise, I'm quite satisfied and think that the nutrients in the soil are just slowly used up. I haven't used any fertilizers so far except for the stuff I mixed into the soil: guano, horse manure, chicken manure, and Veggiegold based on algae. I just think I was a bit too stingy and mixed in too much soil. I've ordered some fertilizers to improve root development and to compensate for the deficiency symptoms...

Craftman Looks really nice, the AK-49 have all developed amazing buds and are pretty much ready, but I still have to wait a few more days for the Critical... Overall, I'm very satisfied with the growth. In the previous run with the same plants (from the same mother plant), the AK-49 struggled a bit at first and by the end, almost all the leaves turned yellow and dried up, and this time the Critical struggled, but they recovered as well...

Craftman So, these are the last 6 AK-49 and they held up for the first time without getting any yellow leaves until the end. I also think the buds are bigger than the last ones and have more trichomes. When I look under the microscope, I can see that all are white and maybe 30% are slightly amber. So far, I haven't cut them yet, so I don't know the weight, but I'll update it... Without all the leaves and hung upside down, it's 313g on the scale... After thorough drying, there are 63g of very tasty weed...

Craftman I gave a bit of cal-mag+ last week and removed the yellow leaves. They've recovered a bit, but the trichomes aren't quite there yet - most are clear, and I think I might need to add another 10 days to ensure they reach maturity...

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