Nov 17th
- start of week 3. looking solid as the 4th node is being completed ✔️
- Molasses in tonights meal; 1.5L. Menu above
- arghhh, just found half the Blue lights in my LED are not working...
Nov 19th
- committed to some HST for bWillie later this week. Keeping up with the Kush's of the world...
- gonna shuffle the lite/plants a bit in the tent, see if I cannot get a bit more on the kids. my kinda tweak
Nov 20th
- fed 1.75L H2o / Nutes
- added 3 tbsp of Kelp Meal, scratched into the surface ahead of watering 💦
- Foliar Misting at Lites-out
- last day of this week will see B.Willie gently folded-over between 3rd & 4th node (just like pine tar kush ) then treated as LST. Has left me with a predictable 45 degree 📐 on the main stem. Once the lower branches are pulled back out in front of the plant, they do make a full circle.
- plant shaping is “needed” as Two plants are going to be sharing a 2’ tent
Nov 22nd
- alright ! Decisions are made, arriving tomorrow will be a new Mars Hydro TS1000 led light for the 2’ Tent, Baby. So many good articles and positive reviews on this newer technology, I’m in! Easy decision to make with my current scenario; cmh too hot, big led has 50% burned-out veg diodes, etc etc. i can breath easier and the plants will see the big benefits. Funny how things happen in real concentrated events. 3 weeks ago I had zero lite issues
- seeing as I had committed to it… and the Light was just seconds from going out… this morning I gently folded Black Willie over @ just above the 3rd node; bent @ 90 degrees.
(Not tied down)
- Rezin to be added to tomorrow’s dinner. Menu posted above
Nov 23rd
-last day week 3
- fed 2L for breakfast h20 / nutes
- applied some LST and the plant looks great. Added what seems to be an Inch of growth overnite along the main stem
- installed a new Light into the small tent and Man o Man is it making a difference. My impaired 1200w blurple lite has had the biscuit; good riddance.
Mars Hydro ts1000 absolutely fills this space with Lite; currently running nicely @75%. Plants are eating it up
Can anybody help me ID what is happening to these Fan leaves, at the top of my Black Willie.
Leaf temp is 1c cooler than the room. Leaf 22c, room 23c, rh%55, lite distance 45cm.
The leaf is showing that its folding like a canoe. Always thought that was signs of “ “too hot”.
@sailormoonflowers, Thanks for looking I really appreciate your words.
Cool Place thats for sure and I still get help from all directions as well.
Heres to our Success
When leafs curl inwards like that it is to shut down photosynthesis. We refer to it as tacoing, Too much PAR on the plants is the exact cause of that. Using a thermal laser temp gun like the fluke 62 max and a PAR meter will help you achieve the most optimal position for your lights in relation to the plants.
@Green_Knight, Thanks for that information. Greatly appreciated. There was no obvious Stoppage of any growing or degradation of conditions, but I was nervous. Baby steps and research, people like yourself help keep my Plants together.
Thanks for stepping in
@LegacyMarketFarm,
My Kwazulu (s) are very pronounced in orienting their fan leaves in a "v" configuration when offered copious light.
Given that they collectively orient themselves toward the light source, my experience is that the plant is maximizing it's light exposure.
This is what I suspect most people including myself would call "praying".
On the flip side I have other plants that will curl leaves down and inwards along both the lateral & longitudinal axis simultaneously, under the same exact lighting conditions as the Kwazulu.
Needless to say, if the plant is otherwise healthy and thriving, I would not start making any dramatic change.
Dialling back the light intensity seems to be a safe first step, toward narrowing the possibilities.
@LegacyMarketFarm, that is the exact problem I was facing. BUT, I was monitoring the leaf temp vs the room, and the leaf temp was 2 degrees C cooler. I was also running a pretty cool room. Lights had been dimmed. Certainly a unique scenario with this Strain. Which was also a tad further away from the light, than the pine tar… lets call her sensitive, for the future.
Cheers bro