She’s starting to grow more now. Almost 3 inches per day. Hopefully she’ll slow down a little. I guess we’ll see how big she can get in a 3 gallon pot.
Her leaf tips are telling me that she’ll be getting water only for the next couple of waterings.
Hey, there friend. Congratulations on some healthy-looking young ladies there! Would you be okay with me offering you some pointers just based on the information in your diary? I hope it is okay with you I would love to help out any way I can. So cannabis plants LOVE heat and humidity, The buds HATE it. When our plants are young this applies even more so, Our plants are tiny = our roots are tiny. We can really speed up their development through this slow stage of growth with a nice warm humid climate, We want around 79-84 MAX with lights on and no more than 9 degrees less with lights off.
We can supplement our small root structures with humidity in the environment for the leafs to have some foliar intake. 60-70% works great for the first couple weeks. If you do not have a humidifier, Get one. If you want to help your tent in the meantime you can add a 5 gallon bucket of water in there with no lid on to passively raise the humidity up a bit it works fairly well in a warmer tent.
The reason in veg & early flower we want our temperature gaps tight between lights on and lights off, Is if we allow for too large of swings beyond more than 10 degrees at this stage our plants will stretch a lot and we do not want that. Once our plants finish their vertical growth by weeks 4-6 of flower with photoperiods, Autoflowers we watch for it by eye. Once this happens we can now begin widening those temp gaps between lights on and off to more than 10 degrees less with lights off & a bit more each week until harvest. This will help us get a real nice finish on our product helping simulate the ending of the season & signaling our plants to respond genetically as such. Sending extra energy into the budding process and resin production as the plant is now focused on ensuring a successful reproduction. Bigger flower clusters = more seeds & stickier the plant the more pollen it is going to attract successfully. All the responses we want from the plant to draw out the desired aspects are genetic triggers within the plant that we must activate. Colder feed temps in the last week & light deprivation in the last 2 weeks to simulate cloud cover help as well.
If you have yet to do so, Grab yourself a PAR meter & a thermal laser temp gun like the fluke 62 MAX to better read your plants and grow to their needs. These pieces of equipment will also help us dial in our optimal light to plant distance and get the most PAR onto our ladies to photosynthesize & turn into vigorous growth. Also, I would recommend looking into VPD, Vapor pressure deficit & how it relates to growing cannabis. All growers should familiarize themselves with this & learn to read a VPD chart and log their rooms numbers daily.
If you got a minute check out my 200 light 7,000 plant diary and my flashback greenhouse diary to see how these actions impact your plant's quality in the end. If you should have any questions please do not hesitate to ask me I am always willing to help people out. I am currently producing a youtube tutorial series for all levels of growers to utilize if that interests you please take the time to hop over and subscribe. It is linked off my grow diaries profile. Good luck & I know you will do a great job with this one!
@LegacyMarketFarm,
Thanks so much for the info. All knowledge is welcomed as I definitely have more to learn. I do have a humidifier and heating mats in the tent and a dehumidifier for the summer to control conditions as much as possible. I know I have a long way to go to get to my dream setup but at the moment I’m just grateful to have a crappy tent and light to grow with at all. Due to a degenerative bone disease I live on a very small fixed income and am working with no budget for grow supplies. I grow for myself and my husband and don’t sell anything so I try to do the best I can with what I have. I really appreciate the support, advice and knowledge so definitely keep it coming. Eventually I’ll be able to put the knowledge into practice!
Happy growing! ☮️💜😮💨😮💨