Barney's Farm 3 vs 3 - EXD420

EXD420 2 days later, here are the six girls 🌱 🌱 🌱 🌱 🌱 🌱 🙌 In the first photo, the three on top are Mimosa x Orange Punch, and the three on the bottom are Biscotti Mintz. They all sprouted and look pretty healthy, nothing seems off or bad. How many days do you think I can leave them in those pots? They're smaller than they look in the photo, about 1L at most, or less, then they'll go into the 5L pots.

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EXD420 23 days, no watering today. I measured with the lux meter, in the center of the cabinet it reads about 15/17 Klux and at the edges between 9 and 10 Klux. The lights are at 25% and about 40 cm away. The temperature in the cabinet during the day is between 22 and 24 degrees and at night between 16 and 18 degrees, on the other hand, the humidity is between 40 and 60%. I don't have the humidifier running since it's pretty humid outside these days, which helps. I don't know if it's obsession or what the hell, but I don't see the lateral branches of the nodes growing, it's starting to worry me. XD In the previous one, by this time I had already pruned and applied LST. Is my growth going to stretch out a lot?? 26 days - we pruned, applied LST, and watered, let's see if with the new year we can force those branches to grow! 🙌 I'll show you how they look after the first night of pruning. 😜 Happy New Year and good smokes!

EXD420 Hey, after a few days I'm back here, at 32 days of growth, this is how the girls are doing. I'm watering as they ask for it and with a little amount, about 150 ml per pot. I'm thinking about doing a defoliation like I saw @cpumaster do in his last update after applying LST to promote light penetration in all the nodes. Would it be advisable or would it delay the growth of the branches too much? I'll leave some pics to see what you all think. · At 33 days we did a small defoliation. I removed the fan leaves from the first two nodes, which were providing the most shade, so that light can penetrate better between the nodes, and from the last one since they were a bit discolored and weren't going to provide much anyway. I didn't remove all the fan leaves since the growth of the lateral branches is still a bit delayed and I'm afraid something might happen to them from losing so much leaf mass. Right after the small defoliation, we watered with Supervit from Hesi, calmag, activera, biogrow, and enzymes. This is how they turned out in the end.

EXD420 40 days of growth. Today we watered with calmag and activera only. They're growing little by little. One of the MxOPs, it seems I messed up the pruning and it turned into a FIM, 4 or 5 tips have come out, so that's great. Let's see if they take a good stretch these days and I can put up the net. Here are some photos.

EXD420 43 days - Today we watered and temporarily placed the net a little lower than it will be, just with the intention of holding back those tips that want to take off and equalize them as much as possible, while also letting more light in to all the branches. We're starting to see quite a few tips, now it's time to spread out and get new shoots to fill it to 70% before moving to flowering 🙌 45 days, we're still shaping it up using the net, I've lowered the height of the panels a bit without touching the power, let's see if it gives a bit more temperature to the tips, it doesn't seem to have affected them negatively. I'll leave you individual photos of each plant as much as possible so you can see all the tips that are coming to light.

EXD420 55 days of growth, I just reshaped them and put them through the net... and I’m even surprised, it seems like it’s been less cold these days, and they’ve really appreciated it xDD there are quite a few gaps filled already, and after 55 days... I think the moment we all wanted is coming :D We’ll make the cycle change tomorrow or the day after at the latest. What’s left to fill in with the stretching of the pre-flower I hope to cover well, there are quite a few buds out there eager to peek above the net, so we’ll have to take advantage of it. Let’s see what you all think! :D I’m leaving photos from now, in some you can see the resin they’re already generating :D the lights just turned on about half an hour ago, the time it took to settle them.

EXD420 The day of the change has arrived! :D Day 3 of flowering - Yesterday we watered just like always, I still haven't seen any pistils out, so we're continuing with the growth fertilizer. It's filled out quite a bit in these days of flowering, so I'm feeling good about that... now let's see if they start showing signs of flowering, and I hope not to see any bananas or stories like that xDDD Fingers crossed. 6th day of flowering - today we watered with flowering fertilizers for the first time, minimum dose and pH 6.5. A jungle is starting to form, I'll keep training them under the net for a few more days and then I'll let them grow upwards, let's see what they can do :) I'm still keeping the lights at 25%, I'll wait another week before cranking it up. Here are some photos 🌱 🌱 o_O __ 💪💪 Day 7, this is what they look like when they hit a week after the cycle change. I see a pretty nice color and a lot of resin on the leaves 💦💦 Here’s a leaf from the Biscotti Mintz, and the first pistils coming out from the Mimosa x Orange Punch. I've been a bit obsessed these days watching those specific areas just in case the bananas show up xD For those who are a bit lost, the 3 on the left are Biscotti Mintz and the 3 on the right are Mimosa x Orange Punch. Good smokes!!

EXD420 Day 12 of flowering, today was the day for lower pruning, and we took the opportunity to water. pH 6.5 and EC 1.5 ms/cm. This is how bare they’ve become, :) I haven’t cut any whole branches, just removed leaves and tiny buds where no light was getting in. I only cut 2 branches from a biscotti mintz that weren’t getting light and stayed small. The rest all reach the net or get plenty of light. Here’s how they’re doing :F 14 days - We finished the second week of flowering, increased the power of the LEDs from 35% to 45%. Let’s see if tomorrow I check the potentiometer when they turn off and let you know how many watts that is. Today we’re watering again, slightly increasing the dose to make sure they come in strong for week 3 :)

EXD420 We're entering the 3rd week of flowering, 15 days in 12/12, and they're looking this happy today 😍. They keep growing and gaining height, the beauties are 😂. There are a ton of tips like those with those new growths that I don't know if they're pistils or what they are, just like in the macro photo, they have cherry-colored tips. Is that genetic? Or a sign that they'll change color?? Any excess?? 😅 Let's see what the experts say 😜. It's mainly in the Mimosa x Orange Punch, although some Biscotti Mintz have it too. In the Biscotti Mintz (the ones on the left), you can clearly see that different phenotypes have emerged. One of them has wider leaves, it's clear in the last photo. Cheers and good smokes!!! 19 days, we're starting to see some colors in some of the plants!!! Especially on the underside of the leaves, some are also starting to get colored on top, it's a pretty nice color between red/purple/black :) And they smell amazing!!!! Today I watered following the Biobizz chart, although I use quite a bit more calmag than they recommend. This is starting to look really good 😜😂. Here are the photos. 20 days, we're still coloring 🤪😍😍. I've raised the panel from 45% to 50%, and what I have left, I'm going to increase gradually every day or every 2 days. Right now it's about 130 watts, approximately, I checked and forgot to mention it haha. Today is not a watering day, but they're still progressing and resinous like goddesses, so it was macro session time haha. P.S. I got molasses (Sugar Royal from Plagron) to use as a supplement with what I have left of Biobizz and the Bloombastic from Atami. I'll start using it tomorrow at a dosage of 1ml/l (they recommend 2ml/l until a week before harvest). I've already asked in the grow for them to find the Bionova ones for the next one :) Here go the photos. 21 days in flowering with Samantha and the girls from Barney's Farm 😂. Today, as I said yesterday, I added the Sugar Royal (molasses, sugars) to the watering at a rate of 1ml/l. The EC of the watering water with its fertilizers is at 2.1ms/cm, and I've adjusted the pH to 6.5. I've meticulously raised the power of the panels again, and a bit the height to see where the light is better distributed with the help of the lux meter. For now, it looks like this. Panels at 53/54%, about 150 watts according to my calculations, and it reads in the center at the height of the tips 38.5KLux (38,500 lux). This way, we reach 24/25 degrees, which is perfect for them. If I keep seeing them happy like now, I'll keep raising it very, very slowly, maybe up to 70/75%, and I think I'm pushing it a bit xDD). Here are the photos to finish the third week of flowering :)

EXD420 We started the fourth week of flowering - 22 days in bloom and the smell that comes out when opening the cabinet is the most pleasant and satisfying. One specimen of Biscotti Mintz (the one in the top left corner) looks like it’s going to be the champion of the grow alongside another of Mimosa x Orange Punch (the specimen in the center right), it has always shown signs of vigor from the very beginning. Let’s see what you all think and we’ll see how they continue to progress this week :) Day 23 of flowering - Today is watering day, increasing the EC to 2.2 and no molasses, I’ve read that it’s recommended to use it once a week 😕. We raised the power of the panels to almost 60%... which means temperatures are rising to 26 degrees, and they still look good :) The coloration seems to have slowed down a bit with the temperature increase, but let’s see if they keep bringing out nice tones as they mature. 28 days, we finish the fourth week and we’re getting to the good part :D They are slowly coloring, they look beautiful :)

EXD420 good evening, we are entering the fifth week of flowering, at 29 days I went back to check the little ones that were coming out from below, it wasn't much, but I removed a few, and I also took off some of the bigger leaves from the top that were bothering, in total I must have removed about 10/15 leaves, which by the way I kept because they look really nice. I felt sad even cutting them xDD but well, it looks like it's a bit clearer now even if the change isn't that big. The photo taken from below shows how the light comes in better overall, although there are still areas that hardly get any light... it wasn't the plan to cut more than necessary. Today I also watered, I increased the EC in today's watering to 2.3 ms/cm to see how they respond and I took the opportunity to make a final 5% increase in W, leaving it at 70% power and I won't touch them again until I lower them at the end of flowering :) day 31 of flowering, as expected... everything wasn't going to be so pretty xD I found what seemed to be a couple of male flowers, or little balls, in one of the Biscotti Mintz and in two of the Mimosa x Orange Punch... just a couple on a single branch, and on the lower buds that receive little or no light, I got pretty stressed out and spent a good while on my knees looking at the plants, I didn't even give them time to take a photo, I just cut the whole bud, just in case. I hope I don't find any more and that I haven't missed any around.... Today I'm watering again according to the biobizz chart and I added 1ml/l of Sugar Royal from Plagron. This is how I find them :) 33 days of flowering, today surprisingly I don't find anything weird, but as I said, I can't reach the ones at the back to take a proper look.... so all I can do is pray xDD it's not the plan to remove the net and move them, because then it won't look the same at all... Today it's watering day, I'm continuing like these past days, an EC of 2.8... some waterings with the same amounts come out to 2.5/3 I suppose the initial amount of water varies a few ml, and that's why there's variation in the results since the amounts of nutrients are well controlled... We're counting down the days until this turns into what everyone, but no one more than me, wishes for, which is to reach the point where everything is mortar balls and it's time to cut hahahahaha 😂 😂 although this crop more than ever I know will make me very sad, since they are looking really really nice, at least from my point of view xDDD. Apart from the colors, they generally look quite healthy, with no apparent problems, I really feel that with this crop I will have a certain weakness when it comes to calling it finished :) I’m leaving some photos.

EXD420 37 days since the change, we're still counting down the days :) . Today we watered according to the biobizz chart, reducing the Biogrow a bit and giving half the dose of Topmax, while adding Bloombastic from Atami at 0.5ml/L. This is how the girls are looking this morning :) 40 days into flowering. We watered yesterday with EC 2.5 and pH 6.4 without overdoing it with the PK. We can see some of them are a bit more affected by the fertilizers, but overall they're doing quite well. The buds are starting to get good size 🚀 and density. 41 days at 12 hours. Watering EC 2.6 with Bloombastic and no Top Max (I'm alternating them). We're seeing more colors appear, there's one that's practically black in color, some purples and reddish tones. Visually, I love them xD You can appreciate the amount of resin in the macro photos, what more can I say. XD There are quite a few milky and clear trichomes. Let's see how they evolve in the final stage 💪 💪 🙌

EXD420 44 days :) Today I'm not watering. The Biscotti Mintz I mentioned in previous posts, as we said, is a bit stunted; it's the only one showing clearer signs. If I remember tomorrow, I'll give it a watering with enzymes to see if it improves a bit. The rest are still fattening up, the Biscotti Mintz in general seems to be starting to throw out new pistils now, while the Mimosa are fattening and resinous like crazy :) Here are some photos! 45 days - Here we are another day, doing the first watering of the seventh week with enzymes :) I removed some of the bigger leaves and those that were bothering the lower buds, not all of them obviously, and with a lot of sadness too, since I took out some colored ones, but well, they’re going into the book so I can preserve them :) After the trimming, my hands smelled like a caramelized lemon concentrate, a bit exaggerated xDDDD and I tried not to touch them too much, but wow, they stick like crazy!! XD I also lowered the panels about 3/4 cm because I felt they were a bit high XD, and this way it lets more light into the shadows :D Here are some photos!! 49 days in flowering and we finished the 7th week with what is the last watering with fertilizers; for the next ones, I'll alternate water-only waterings and water with ripen until I give a 2nd or 3rd watering at most with ripen and then just water until harvest... :) The one at the very top left seems like it won't fatten up much more, I hope I'm wrong hahahahaha I took some more individual photos, although no matter how much I want to, it's impossible to get one of each specific plant 😅 🤪

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EXD420 57 days, we’re entering week 9 and I’d say it’s practically the last one. I’ve given a pretty strong watering, about 3 times what I usually water. They’ve drained well, it’s not completely clear yet, but it’s quite light. Not much time left, guys! 🙌🙌😍😍