3/19:
-Lighting schedule was changed from 18hrs of light to 16hrs of light since all plants within the tent are in the flowering phase.
-Both plants watered with no nutes at around 6.2 - 6.4 pH.
-Both plants are in need of another round of defoliation, I would like to make it the final round of defoliation for these two plants and will more than likely do so tomorrow.
-After the flowers have continued to grow, I can definitely tell Plant 2 is suffering from foxtail buds. Since I have two seeds from the same distributor growing next to one another and the other plant has gorgeous fat buds with no foxtailing, it seems likely that it's genetic.
3/21:
-Used remaining water on both plants.
-Started brewing a compost tea to help both the plants get the juiciest buds possible, while attempting to avoid giving anymore nutrients to the plants afterwards.
Tea will contain:
-3.5 TBsp, Black Strap Molasses
-3 TBsp, Worm Castings
-1.5 TBsp, FoxFarm Big Bloom
-1.5 TBsp, Down to Earth 4-8-4
-1 TBsp. Down to Earth 4-4-4
-1 Tsp. Great White
3/23:
-The compost tea didn't smell amazing, almost like a weird BBQ-sauce. Probably due to lack of air-circulation during the brew. Beneficial microbial life will likely suffer as a result, but it *SHOULD* be good to use regardless.
-Watered both plants with the compost tea at around 6.2 pH.
-After about three hours of them being watered with the compost tea, I gave them an additional watering at around 6.4 - 6.5 pH.
-Compost tea was around 5.2 pH upon initial brewing, added a bunch of pH-Up to compensate for the plants growing in coco coir. Adding that much pH-Up definitely killed off a lot of the microbial life that was brewed up, sadly. In the future I will probably avoid using pH products on my compost teas, I will also brew for less time to avoid drastic pH drops or increases.
3/25:
-Watered both plants with no nutes at around 6.1 - 6.2pH.
-Plant 2 is starting to develop gorgeous autumn-like colors and doesn't seem to be developing any new buds. I'll keep an eye on it since it seems it'll be ready to pull sooner than later.
Looking strong happy and healthy. Keep up the amazing progress. If you have a moment please stop by and leave a vote on my YOU DECIDE diary. Good luck stay safe happy growing cheers!!!!