Should have started week one but here’s the lowdown. Started seeds in a cup of water. All cracked by next day. Placed them in coco cups (love these things) with fox farm frog soil for some nutrients while seeding and a shot of root blast 2 cm below seed. Week 2 healthy roots burst through the cups and fems were transferred to 3lbs fabric pots and Washington coco medium.
Topped week 3 when 6-8 laterals were showing and used LST training throughout vegetation. Broke a couple branches and more lateral branches shot out. Week 5, 7, and 8 defoliated heavily and they just keep springing back healthier than ever. So far only adjustment I had to make is White widow is sensitive to watering so had to split feedings to two times a day by week 5 to not overwater.
I built a regulated room so temperatures range between 72-75 F and a dehumidifier runs constantly blowing dry air into the oscillating fans keeping humidity at 45-50% in the veg stage and 35-37% in flowering. The lights are overlapping for the best coverage and wattage per square foot. The floor is laid with porcelain to not give mold a home to grow in. Only thing missing is a trellis net but it’s too difficult to reach the center plant. Feeling good. No issues to report and girls are large and filled with tops and strong lateral branches.
Doing the same phenos as you right now in the same week. Very similar however ive scrogged and filled out a 5x5. Definitely helped with the good leaf stretch. So far i like the gold leaf more than the others. Getting more frost, nug development and stem thickness. Yours look awesome though 💪🏼
Well can’t see the floor anymore and it’s time to give them a mass overhaul before it’s too late. Took off probably a good 50-60% of their foliage and clipped any low hanging branches that weren’t getting any light or were just plain week. I know heavy defoliation in flowering is a hot debate and I don’t know if this makes a difference or not or if it’s damaging to the harvest. I use this technique 1. Because it stunts the stretch on large fems and sativas 2. I don’t like chancing microclimates for mold to grow. It’s worked in the past and the buds come out nice and dense. So far lots of bud sites and surprisingly one of the blue dreams has a smell.
Howdy. Nice grow man.. sucks about gold leaf, I ran about a dozen ILGM strains and herms were a consistent trait.. as well as crazy pheno variation.. for $15-20 a seed it’s unacceptable to me. Anyways.. I loved the blue dream smoke. Looking to grow it again soon but from another breeder