Day 92 (05/11/2021): 14 th week started and 51th day of 12/12. I couldn't upload yesterday video. A shorter one from today is -for now- uploading.... and went wrong again ! :)
Day 93: Nothing, more and bigger trichomes on all plants. Buds are all rock solid. I leave my place tomorrow afternoon to have my heart investigated
and should be back monday or tuesday with a very little chance that it lasts longer => No pics for a while and I will certainly give them some more water tomorrow... in case.
Same than 1st time, JH is great (and yes, one of them had hard times and smells a bit like cat piss). . Both Kannabis strains are impressive . BB3 develops a shorter plant with big dense buds and a sweet/chemical smeel. All the strains would benefit more space and longer veg period.
The global smell is very strong, carbon filter required or the whole buiding would be perfumed :)
They should be ready in +/- 10days( 62 days of 12/12) : Everything is milky with very little amber excepted for AK who might unfortunately ( 2 crops, 2 places for drying) take a little longer.
Day 94: Additionnal 15L watering, pH 6,4, Elycitor 0,3mg/L and Bosst + 1ml/l and it's time to go. Next pics and news when I'm back.
Day 95: Back home. Everything went fine for the plants and me :)
Still more big trichomes !! TΒ° comes down to 15/16Β°C at night and the Amnesi k lemon has some leaves turning dark purple.
54th day of 12/12. I'm going to start to check the trichomes daily, the end isn't that far.
Day 96: BB3 excepted, all plants became very frosty and the trichomes are big. Kannabia seeds are doing really great !! Can't wait to taste the AKL and the cookies haze.
Some sign of senescence starting here and there. I think I'll water them again once before harvest with water, elycitor and power clean.
Day 97: 4,2 L pH 6,3 with Elycitor 0,3 mg/L and Power clean 5ml/L for JH 1 only.
The Amnesi k lemon took the best of its parents . It has now the biggest buds from all plants and it looks like they're still fattening a little, it smells a lot !!! Lemon mainly, and also sweet with citrus notes.
The Cookies haze smells sweet and citrus, very strong smell too and very nice plants too
J.Herer smells like itself, strong and however "discrete" the sick one more like sour cat piss but still promising. Bruce banner 3's smeel is still different, turning more sweet than chemical but a special sweet that I can't describe with words that I know..
Day 98: 4,2 to 4,8 L (AKL) pH 6,3 with Elycitor 0,3 mg/L and Power clean 5ml/L for All plants but JH 1 watered yesterday.
AKL has some leaves / leaves borders turning dark purple. The microscope says " not ready yet !". I was thinking ot harveting them sunday (60 days of 12/12.... it might be later.
End of week 14.
Your detailed pictures are incredibly helpful and illustrative. I'm about to try a scrog net for the first time in about a week or so, would you recommend any reading or videos to help? I saw you mention about a 20cm distance between the net and the top of the pot. Is there a specific reason for that distance?
@happykat,One more thing, because you can't decide how long will last growth, because they don't like stress and because they're dedicated to outside grow, I wouldn't start an autoflower scrog indoor. Fems or clones.
@happykat,
Among lots of googled resources I bookmarked this one: www.youtube.com/watch
For the +/- 20cm distance from top of the pot to the net, several reasons:
- You want to keep enough height to place an humidifier / dehumidifier and fan(s) under the net.
- 6 plants in a 4x4 needs 6 18/6 weeks + 2 1st weeks of 12/12 to fill the 4x4 surface if you top twice.
I wait until both main "colas" have 3 nodes to top again above their 2nd node and place the net a. At this point plants 's height is 20/25 cm and lowers to 20/22cm because of the net starting to train them.
Following this schedule results in the 20/25cm height
- Keeping the distance around 20/25 cm helps a lot to control height's plants with the scrog technique. A little bit more and I might not be able to keep at least 50 cm between the lamp and the canopy,
... A little bit less, plants won't grow enough to fill the whole grow surface.
- Not less than 20 cm also because you'll have to do some cleaning under the net before switching to 12/12 and until first pistils clearly appeared => You'll need as much access as possible from front and sides 's tent openings ( I have a tent opening on four sides for this reason).
Also, once the net is filled, watering becomes harder (especially with a tent with only 3 openings), you'll have to water from under the net, 20cm + potsheight isn't too much π
Think well of your plants placement/orientation before installing the net: After your started to move branches above below the net, the pots won't move until the cut.
Make sure that you ventilate properly under the net once your cleaning is done.
You'll have "lots" of work from the moment you place the net to the end of the stretch moving branches and leaves above under the net to fill the grow surface and expose as well as possible as much bud sites as you can.
That said, it's rather easy and intuitive. Once you're decided.. It happens ! And it's really worth: Yeld increased by a good 25%..
Happy scroging π
So good job man. How do you feel with CO2 bag? Do you notice it helps? I'm interested in but I didn't try it. Maybe in future but still researching. What's your experience? Wish you the best of lucks with your grow
@HappyWeeds,Hi, CO2 bags helped when TΒ° went above 28 Β°C and plants grow a little stronger and quicker during veg. I noticed the effects on growth comparing this grow to the n-2 grow ( 2 bags for this one, 1 bag for the n-2), same genetics (J Herer same seeds pack),same light, same soil, same nutrients etc..: Plants are about a week more advanced after 10 weeks of life. That said, those bags are way too expensive and I don't get full potential CO2 advantages only because my air extractor is on 24/24 and I have no idea of he realCO2 level /PPM. I use them mainly for summer with Elycitor for summer heats.
@happykat,Yes it is, more or less depending on the strain grown.
Have a look at these quick explanations: https://www.growweedeasy.com/flowering-stretch