12/5 - She is 27 days old today. She got her feeding last night, and was so happy she didn't droop at all at bedtime. She was also very perky when she got up this morning. I put the ties on her last night, and this morning tightened them a bit. She has a very upright habit, her branches were growing straight up. This should help. I am not touching the top in any way on my first grow, I wanted to see how she'd do allowed to develop naturally. Today, she is 10.5 inches tall. She's been growing .5 inches + daily, and hopefully will keep that up for a bit.
12/6 - 28 days, tied back a couple more branches last night before bedtime. She is growing like crazy - she reached 12 inches this morning! This is her greatest gain in a day. She's got some stretch in there now. Lights are set at 55 DLI this morning. She seems to very much like the 20 hours of light. Got a better color picture today - shows more her actual color.
12/7 - 29 days. 8 branches tied, two more later today. She's 12.75 inches this morning, I had been concerned she would stop gaining height, but not yet. I'm hoping for at least 18 inches. She is also somewhat light, she's right on the border (4) b/t "dry" and "moist". I finally gave up on distilled water for her humidifier - I'm not making special trips to the store. I'll go with tap water unless I'm shopping. Her RH in the tent drops into the 30s at night (she has a 4 hour lights out period daily) until I turn on the humidifier, then it's sitting in the high 40s, low 50s. I had to turn the lamp down a touch since she "grew into" DLI 65 this morning! (I normally check on her within one hour of her lights on time.) Her fragrance is becoming more enticing, I'm getting a bit more than a faint whiff now. Overall, a good week so far. I suspect she may get water today - tomorrow at the latest.
12/8 day 30. Now with 10 ties on her. Still gaining height - 14 inches - maybe she'll make it to the 18 that I was hoping was the least she'd do. 1/2 gallon of pH 6.5 with Sugar Daddy. Magical, and Awesome Blossoms at 1/2 strength. Got almost no run off. Might increase water in next time. I'm happy with her progress, her branches are getting longer and don't object to the strings.
12/9 Day 31 14.5 inches, so still growing slowly. I moved her to the floor of the tent and adjusted the lights. Working to get some slightly higher temps.
12/10 Day 32 15.25 inches at 7 AM, and weight 9 lbs - quite likely she'll need water tomorrow. She's grown about 6 inches this week so far, I'm pretty happy with that. Close ups reveal the start of frost developing on the sugar leaves. For a little girl, I think she's working pretty hard. I'm still trying to get a handle on a time line for her - but that's what this grow is for, to learn and do better next time. She's starting to get rather fragrant, a tease for days to come when I'm enjoying her product.
12/11 Day 32 16.25 inches tall at 7 AM. Weight 8 lbs, we're going to have a drink of molasses water (1Tbs of molasses) this morning. She's thriving with the light at 100%, the DLI is high at the top cola, but the side ones are happy to have the light and are growing. She is getting more smelly as we go along, less like mowed grass, more like a skunk. She's happy and healthy and I'm watching her like a hawk b/c I have no idea when she's going to finish!
My plant was flushed last week and has now used all the water from that. She showed some curling tips this morning. Any ideas what's going on? Light set for 40 DLI. If she needs something, I want to add it today while she's thirsty. Thank you for your help!
Cannabis can take 60DIL and above in most test settings.
curling leaves is heat stress though. however 26c is not that hot. and humidity is proper.
It does seem to only be the upper leaves of the plant vs the bottom.
It could be that the highest tips of the plants are experiencing higher temps then the rest of the tent.
where is your sensor located to monitor temps? do you have an extra one for fault checking?
week 5 was 18" distance from lamp and this 8th week its 12" this could be the main cause of this extra stress.
at what height was the 40DIL calculated with your setup? maybe need to return it back to its older settings.
Best of luck
@KingSalomonsWeed, Thank you I will! I have to get my statistics down first, I think? She is drying low and slow in her tent.
That cola is 10 inches long, and 4-5 wide on a 20 inch tall plant. I'm thrilled at my first grow!
Hi! i dont think you should worry about the curling leave at this time as she is showing signs of immobile nutrient deficiency.
I would suggest you to give her Calcium and avoid as much as you can to leave your plant to suck up all water from the soil.. Keep it moist.
I hope it helps. ๐
@moafya, Thank you very much! She is due for her water today, I do have a Mag/Cal I can use. I plan to also use Recharge, as she had an emergency flush last week when I foolishly gave too much Nitrogen.