Week 4 Flower
This girl is soon outgrowing her space! The height isn't the issue, it's her side branching that's caused her to spread out a bit too much and at least double the amount of tops she had before going into flower. This would have been encouraged a bit more from the super cropping and trying to stunt her height. It can help encourage it, but this girl has took it to the extreme! She looks to be finally slowing down to concentrate on her flowers, so hopefully she doesn't spread out more as there's other plants in the tent that need direct light. I've increased florabloom a bit more now she's flowering well and to see how she's takes to it. Her clone that'll replace her will be kept smaller and be given a higher lollipop in flower, probably slightly later on than I did with this girl too. If this girl gets too big and floppy I'll tie a string around her and pull her back. That should keep her from covering her tent mates.
She's growing a thick coat of trichomes and starting to smell very sweet. I can already tell she's gonna be a dank one ๐ฅ
Thanks for following and happy growing! ๐บ
I was looking at another GG diary and she stretched from 8.6 to 23.9. Iโm with you I was going to let her go to 18โ veg expecting 2x for a 36โ Plant. Iโll eagerly be awaiting your update!
I guess living across the big pond is an advantage because it takes me longer to get the drops I can reference @growdiaries !!!!!
@Tazard, 100% mate. I expected her to get a little bigger than average, which she has but the side branching is too much. Next time I'll be giving her a higher lollipop. That's very true mate lol definitely gives you a lil advantage ๐ cheers man ๐โ๏ธ๐บ
Odd to not get a temperature drop. Unless you were already efficient at removing excess heat. Was it running close to ambient temperature during the day?
@Tazard, beautiful mate ๐๐ I've not got an a.c. myself, so it'll be a challenge once I've got a bigger light, but I still expected a drop in temps in their day period at least. Regardless of the light. Cheers mate ๐โ๏ธ๐บ
@TheFoxFarmer, great consideration. Hadnโt even thought about that. I donโt know about 315โs but 1000hps is about 6700 btuโs. I use a 14k btu portable ac. And have 5 135w old blurple LEDโs and 2 3000K LEDโs for added spectrum and to fill in for the hps in the 4x6โ grow area. About 1900w. It runs 82-92 (92 sealed) 82F vented. I use 1500ppm CO2. I should also mention the cold air from the ac enters into an insulated tunnel on the floor and cools 3 5 gal hydroponic tanks before cooling the tent.
@Tazard, my thoughts are when they were on in the Day and off at night, the colder night temps kept it lower from the start of the day/lights on, and it took much longer to warm up throughout the day. Whereas now, the heat of the day is warming up their night cycle, so before the light comes on they're already hotter to start with. So once the light comes on it gradually heats up and becomes hotter than it would previously. My initial thought was that it would be easier to keep cooler when running lights at night, but I may have to actually upgrade a couple things just to get it down a bit! I'm still well within tolerance, but once I double the light power that can change. Cheers for dropping in by the way mate โ๏ธ๐๐บ
@biggreens420, thanks man. Yeah I always make sure I put the same effort into each week and get them completed. Can't be having no half hearted, unfinished diaries lol ๐๐ฆ
@TheFoxFarmer,no need to apologise man I understand things are more important than a diary lol I go through them patches when I'm super busy at least it's there in the end that's what counts ๐๐
@biggreens420, I know bro I apologise to everyone who's been waiting on my updates. I'll be uploading more often now. And cheers Big G ๐ I appreciate your support bro โ๏ธ๐ฆ
@Tazard, hahaha I was recommended for an interview with GD by a previous grower that's had one but not heard anything since ๐ I think I need to catch up on my current diaries first! Haha cheers mate ๐โ๏ธ๐ฆ
@Magnetous, I wouldn't say she's a huge stretcher as she was a pretty big girl when she was thrown in there. She at least doubled her height but it was her crazy sidebranching that was more the problem. Had I known this before I would have gave her a later lollipop and a bit higher up too โ๏ธ๐บ
Great diary! Congrats on dotm. โ๏ธ Do you like using that mammoth microbes? I recently picked up some myco product (endo, ecto, trichoderma) from my garden store ladies...think those sort of things are important to use every time? Microbes and what not.
@Experimentgreen, cheers! All microbial products/brands are different, using different species and concentrations too, so simply follow what the bottle/pack says and you should be just fine ๐๐๐ฆ
Nice job there!!! Those nuggets look ๐ beautiful. Very excited to see your results as I have these genetics waiting in my on deck circle for my garden.