Day 29.
Same again with the lamp, it was adjusted to maintain 28" above the nearest top on the TPFV.
Temps 20-26C, roots 19-22, RH 39-53%.
Day 30.
They'd only grown half inch in height so it looked like stretch was under control.
I find if a plant is left to dry out a bit much and then watered with a full drench, it shocks them into looking over watered so I gave them a feed in 2 parts. 1st was 500ml of 2ml/L Foundation root stim a couple of hours after lights on and then a further feed, 600ml of the same about 4 hours later. The girls didn't really look shocked, just sagging slightly.
I put some plant bendz on their top 2 branches to lower them a bit and allow the lower limbs to catch up faster, and then adjusted the lamp height to 26" to see how they'd respond. It was 27.5" before the bending.
Day 31.
As you'll see in the pics, the girls weren't quite as perky as usual (barring the slightly shorter GG) so I raised the lamp back to the sweet spot of 28".
I also didn't think the previous night's watering of 1.1L total was enough to fully drench the pots so I gave them another litre each, plain water this time.
Temps 20-25C, roots 20-23, RH 41-66%, the 66% being a spike after watering the previous night I think. Just to clarify, I check my stats for the 24 hours as soon as I open the tent, mostly a couple of hours after lights on and before I do any maintenance.
Day 32.
I moved my CMH to the back of the tent over my other plants and hung my LED up at the front, set at 28" above the highest top (TP) and at a wattage of 124w on the blue. The far red turned fully down.
Did a spot of leaf tucking on the girls to allow the lower branch tops to receive more light and also sorted my tent drip tray to tighten up the sides in preparation for installing the Blumat drippers, as it's rubber lined fabric and not rigid.
Pot level temps 20-25C, roots 20-22, RH 46-81, the 81 spike being after a watering.
Day 33.
I turned the blue dimmer up on the LED to 135w and raised both lamps to maintain 28" above the plants.
The branches from the 3rd nodes on all 3 plants had overtaken the tops so I decided to remove the plant bends to allow the tops to grow back up level. All went well with the TP and SAH but I had a mishap with the GG. When taking the first one off, the stem was quite thick and awkward to get out and I managed to snap it. It was only hanging on by a thread but I thought I'd try and save it with some micropore tape. Then proceeded to free the other one with a lot more care. Anyway the other top bounced back up into the middle of the plant overnight and filled the space so I decided to cut the damaged top a bit lower down and settle for 6 main tops overall. It would have been a lot thinner than it's opposite anyway by the time it healed, if it did at all.
With the plants getting taller and the lamps being raised I turned my Inkbird thermo for the leccy blanket up from 21C to 24C to compensate and keep the roots warm.
Did a bit more leaf tucking and fed them 1L each of plain water.
Pot level temps 21-27C, roots 20-22, RH 48-64%.
Day 34.
Both the CMH and the LED were raised to maintain 28" above the back and front plants respectively, and I turned the LED up to 145w on the blue.
The TP's 3rd node branches were still racing away from the tops so I topped them as well to slow them down. So there were 10 main tops altogether.
Raised the LED again later on to 30" as the girls didn't look too happy with the raise in wattage. I could have just turned it back down but I wanted it up high and on higher power ready for switching to 12/12 anyway.
Fed them 700ml each of plain water.
Temps 21-27C, roots 21-24, RH 44-78%.
Day 35.
Raised the LED another 2" to maintain 30" above the nearest TPFV top.
The 3rd node branches of the TP were still going for it so I topped them yet again, but at the next node down to maintain 10 tops overall.
Temps 21-26C, roots 21=23, RH 44-76%.
Hey Jadenugs! Thank you very much for sharing your diary on growdiaries.
And congratulations for the result in the competition! ๐
Sweet smokes,
- Apolo
Que maravilha โ๏ธ
Boa sorte no cultivo e aproveita o desenvolvimento ๐
E no final que tenhas uma grande colheita ๐ฑ๐ฑ
Se quiseres passa pelo meu diรกrio e deixa o teu apoio
Que maravilha โ๏ธ
Boa sorte no cultivo e aproveita o desenvolvimento ๐
E no final que tenhas uma grande colheita ๐ฑ๐ฑ
Se quiseres passa pelo meu diรกrio e deixa o teu apoio
Hi! Nice choice of strain, im currently growing the Gorilla Girl strain in organic living soil to get maximum taste out of my flower. What do you think of growing this strain so far? Has it been without problems or have you encountered some issues with the strain in particular?
Anyway, have a great day and happy growing. ๐ ๐ฑ