Gonna use X / Y dates from now on, to differentiate between the Jon Snow / Cinderella Jack + Northern Lights ages - more for my benefit than yours!
Day 19 / 12 - the topped Jon Snow auto seems to be recovering, what a champ. The Cinderella Jack is chugging along nicely while the Northern Lights is a bit on the smaller side - as expected. I gave them all a spray down with Plant Magic Evolution spray yesterday - fulvic/humic acid foliar feed.
so it looks like I may have FIM'd instead of topped the Jon Snow auto - a genuine case of Fuck, I missed.. oh well, let's see what happens! There are additional nodes growing from the "topped" point, so it looks like I'll have 4 - 8 main colas depending on how the side shoots perform. Growing like crazy, really impressed with this strain. The Northern Lights is looking a bit worse for wear, not sure how well rooted it is yet.
Cinderella Jack starting to take off now too - she will likely get snipped as well to maintain an even canopy, but not for another few days yet.
The NL will remain untouched, but I might bend her a bit when she stretches depending on how the canopy is developing. If she does turn out to be very small I can always raise the pot closer to the light.
Day 23 / 16 - first teeny tiny pistils appear on JS auto. it's a girl! the side branches really exploded in the last few days.
Day 24 / 17 - calling this the end of the week. All looking good today. I adjusted my light cycle from 20/4 to 24/0 as the humidity at lights out was climbing above 80% - the plants seem to love it at the minute but with flowers beginning to develop I don't want to risk the high humidity. DLI stayed the same at around ~ 37.5 for the canopy of the bigger plant and about ~25 for the smaller ones. DLI is the Daily Light Integral - search Bruce Bugbee on Youtube for more information on this.
I was gonna give the little ones some water today but the pots still feel a bit wet, so I will wait until later or tomorrow. Gonna get in there with the clippers this week and do some defoliating on the big girl, and top the little Cinderella Jack.
Pretty fun grow so far. I'm pleased with the cabinet even though it ain't perfect. I had a house inspection yesterday and no one noticed, so that's a win in my book. The secret garden is a success!
Thanks for reading, see you next week!
Buen crecimiento!
Me gusta tu armario. Yo estoy jugando con uno de 32x32. Seguiré de cerca. En un par de semanas voy a montar un cultivo Mini lollipop.
Buenos humos
Nice 'drobe, raising the floor and putting the intake in the bottom is... much better than what I did. Enjoy your 4 wee ones friend, may they grow fast and fat!
@wrongleverkronk, thanks for stopping by - gonna take a look at your methods now. Always interesting to see how others approach the same problems. Happy growing!
@Sweet_Seeds, thanks Jaypp, I've had great success with your genetics in the past. I love this strain, Black Cream Auto. Some of the most beautiful buds I've ever seen.
@wrongleverkronk, thanks Kronk... me too!! Some pretty amazing smells coming from the dry area. The Northern Lights smells like lemon cleaner, the Jon Snow is very cheesy and the Cinderella Jack oddly, to both me and my missus, smells like a spicy beef dinner! I kept telling her to "smell my fingers" while doing minor pre-dry trimming...
Hope you had a nice Christmas / New Year period. Time to look ahead for the year and get the grows planned out. Good luck, thanks for stopping by!
They're looking fantastic my friend, I've not smoked Jack Herer, but C99 used to be one of my regular strains. If she's anything like her mother, it will be a great smoke. The 4th pic looks like magnesium deficiency to me, but you're using calmag, so phosphorous is the best bet!
@wrongleverkronk, thanks for checking in! The CJ is really bulking up now, gonna be some beautiful buds in a few weeks time. Agree with your diagnosis, something between mag and P deficiency. I might have been going a bit too light on the calmag, especially considering the light is pummeling them 24/7. Gonna try an increased calmag feeding on my next run. Not too worried about these ladies now, they have a few gnarly spots but overall looking good, but I'm always aiming for maximum quality and efficiency.
Good luck with your grows and thanks again for the comments!
@BioBuds, thanks bud! It's been a fun experiment. Gonna be an interesting couple of weeks as they begin to stretch - could get a bit jungley in there. We can only hope! Thanks again for stopping by, gonna check your diaries out now. Happy growing!