***Mar 8
I decided against going into flower right yet because I am too excited about the growth haha. This pheno has been bushing out really nicely, and I wanted to see what one more week will bring. Roots are almost at the same point of where I pruned them the first time, so I'll do some research into how often it's recommended to prune roots.
Starting to smell a little sweet when I'm looking in at it, can't wait to see what this week will bring!
***Mar 10
Ended up drawing a little logo last night in anticipation for future work I do with this strain. I really like the way freakshow grows, and want this to be a strain I hold close to my heart (I hope the flowers don't let me down!!!) ...speaking of flowers, it looks like pistils are coming out at the upper nodes, but I'm not holding my breath yet because I know how well sexing this strain worked out last time, so I'm not going to predict the sex at all this time. Pictures will be added later!
***Mar 11
Did another root pruning this morning, and already roots are growing down! πͺ
When I opened up the tent tonight to peek on how things were going, found the humidity at 82% (my tomatoes are to blame) so will need to be conscious about leaving the tent open a little more during the day. Freakshow seems to be happy as all heck though. Looks like it had a small growth spurt, and the leaves are praying to the light.
Added 1L plain well water to top up the reservoir after the root prune. Everything is going really well!
***Mar 12
Took top two leaves off, and it's looking like it's going to stretch really nicely when I send it into flower, the canopy is very flat and all the branches and reaching the light. Not many changes to the roots.
Beautiful plant! I came to check it out and saw you said you're nutrients arent staying stable. If you dont mind some advice, organics are really hard to successfully run in hydro. It's almost impossible to run a reservoir stable with organics in it. I use a 1 part grow and 1 part bloom chemical salts in my reservoir. It holds ph great for weeks and makes hydro enjoyable to grow in as it should be. Also 5 ph is too low. 6.0 or close to there gives you a good range to absorb all the nutrients. Best of luck with the rest of your grow
@WishiFishi, calcium absorbs better at higher ph. Ghe has a great chart that shows the best range that all nutrients absorb at. I guess this site wont let you paste links anymore though. I will definitely follow along on your grow. Love the way those freakshow leaves grow out.
@Wicked_Stix, I was actually having some calcium up take issues at the 6.3 I was sitting at, so I lowered it down a bit. I'll keep my eye out on it, I'm still learning and experimenting!
@WishiFishi, it's actually 5.5 to 6.5. At 5 you wont ever get enough cal and mag absorption. Even at 5.5 the plants will struggle to absorb. I thought you were using organics because you had fish shit listed on your nutes.
@Wyregrasser, Thank you so much π I will make a detailed review of the strain once she's finished and I've done a little smoke test! π I appreciate all the support
@WishiFishi, I'm just going to run them in solo cups and see what happens... basically testing a new fertilizer, grow dots from real growers... I added it a little heavier than recommended so maybe I can burn them a little. Thinking of flipping to 12/12 after 3 weeks to see what what they show, then re-vegging. Either way, your diary is going to help me in the long run so thank you.
@GroloCup, Good luck on your grow! When I did mine in soil, they seemed like they were always hungry, so keep that in mind! They are also relatively hard to sex, and barely need defoliation. That's about all I learned about the strain in my experience, hope it helps! I'm also going to follow along your grow :)
@WishiFishi, I've been hacking away the last day or so, looking to max out the sites before flipping... 4-7-22 is the day... hoping for ladies, or I'm going to have some pregnant Super Skunk lady with Freakshow crosses... Thats crazy that yours is so bushy, mine were going straght up with little side branching... I didn't do any training though so I should have figured...plants doing plant things... Mine looked a little bushy but it was all the crazy kale looking fan leaves...
@GroloCup,I decided against doing very much to this one, I didn't do any topping, and the only defoliation I've been doing is the top two fan leaves as they were getting too big and covering the tops. The canopy is doing it all on its own!
I still want to go in and lollipop a bit, but other than that, it's been pretty hands off. The thing I like about this strain, is it's very open to the light and airy, so it doesn't really need a lot of maintenence it seems.
@Wyregrasser, This leaf mutation is really bushy so far! Same thing happened to a few of my previous freaks, but they ended up stretching out their fingers after. Just upgraded my lights, so we will be seeing some nice changes in the near future π