Purple Quest Candidate #7

Week 8, finally! This mean the end of veg, time to trigger flowering :) ⚠️ POTENTIAL ISSUE: PH/UNDERWATERING/FEEDING ⚠️ ---------------------------------------------------------------- I'm happy to say that this problem is now solved. My PH was correct, and I was using a used soil: I had to provide more nutrients to the plants. So I decided to increase Fish-mix dosage. 2ML instead of 1ML. I'm basically applying the doses recommandations for Light-mix. This make sense, since it's a reused soil. It worked well! Leaves stopped to turn yellow, and started to get darker. 💡 MOVING PLANTS TO REDUCE DIRECT LIGHT EXPOSURE 💡 ------------------------------------------------------------------- I noticed that the 2 plants that suffered from deficiencies get tired faster than the two other plants. Their leaves start to drop before the light turn off. This mean they get too much light. So to help them, I have off-centered my ViparSpectra XS2000 to a side of the tent, and reorganized plants in the tent. I didn't changed light output, because the 2 others plants are in perfect condition and they need as much light as possible :) The 2 weaker but recovering plants are not right under the light anymore. They still receive light since they are in the tent, but... less direct exposition ^^ They aren't dropping before the end of the day, PERFECT! ⌚ SWITCHING TO 12/12 LIGHT SCHEDULE ⌚ --------------------------------------------------- My main goal, with this diary, is to end my #PurpleQuest. That's why I decided to have a shorter veg period, and to grow 4 smaller plants instead of 2 bigger ones. I'll know if I found THE one quicker, and with more confidence since I'm growing 4 plants. Growing 2 plants, I could miss one pheno... With 4 plants, I'm almost sure to not miss it if she's the one :) So I switched lights schedule. From 18 hours of light / day, to 12 hours now. I used to make the switch over multiple days, removing hours of lights days after days. I have NO arguments for this. It's just that I liked to reproduce as much possible natural process. I have no informations about effectiveness of this method. But since it may delay flowering, I'm not doing this anymore. 🔎 PLANTS INSPECTION 🔎 ------------------------------- Some leaves (4-5) been damaged by a caterpillar. A verry small one, that was not eating quick, and making only littles holes luckily. She been found and killed during the manipulation... She was so small! Also found ONE thrip! FINALLY my good old friends!!! I was expecting you earlier! The fact that I had some underwatering issues (week 4 I think) probably explain why I have less thrips than previously. This isn't a source of stress for me at all. Thrips always been super easy to deal with. Caterpillar can just damage your leaves, but it can't be out of control, like an infestation that can occur with Thrips. Just find them quick before they eat too much salad! Thrips are slow damaging. BUT, they can quickly become a problem, because they reproduce verry quickly. And then...... Better not think about it. So how I deal with thrips : 1) Increase airflow 2) let soil drying 3) Spray your plant with water time to time. If I find too much of them: 1) water-spraying leave to make sure they are saturated with water. 2) Water+black soap spraying. 3) water praying to rinse leaves. 4) Biobizz - Leaf coat, that add a layer of protection on the leaves. Some observation about the Ugly (the weird growing plant) : She seems to grow less pistils compared to the 3 others plants. I have the feeling she's going to be verry bushy, with not that much bud sites. Whatever, I'll let her do her life. Worst scenario: She'll be converted to hash, and I'll be verry happy with it :) 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜 Thanks for reading 😊 See you next week for the first week of flowering! 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜