HI guys.
Welcome to a general update on my plants in hydro. I'll start describing them individually in the following weeks when they get a bit older so I can start training them.
There are a few awesome news anyway. The preflowering started on most of the plants in hydro which was a bit unexpected to me because I thought It would take them to preflower at least one more week because they're still super small.
So I had to act super fast and decide to top'em or not. a few days earlier I was like: fuck it, I'll grow this season without any topping, but 2 days later I was like: Damn, I need to train the shit out of them just like I do every single time. I love to train plants in many different ways and most of the time I succeed spectacularly (imo :P). So I quickly decided to top all of them because the side branches were popping out fast enough to do the job.
So here they are. All plants are topped. To make their life easier (or to reduce the topping shock) I've exchanged both reservoirs with fresh and adjusted water with nutrients before the topping. I also started giving them Orca mycorrhizae and I've also installed a humidifier for this stage and I'll add a CO2 pad so I can turn the lights up a bit if they can handle it (if the excess of CO2 allows it).
I'm so happy about the P2000 lights from ViparSpectra, They're a dream to work with. The growth is getting insanely fast with every day and the adjustment knobs are crucial to this success (and make my live a lot easier because I don't have to constantly adjust the height of all 3 light)!
[EDIT]: A day after the chop, all I can say is that the plants look like the topping never happened. They are growing like crazy and it looks like the top didn't stunt them at all. I love it when the hydro setup + the whole environment in the tent is on point :D Happy plants, happy me :D
XOXO
Cremo
Hey there!
Thanks so much for running a diary for our genetics. Let me know if you need any assistance, we would more than happy to help
Happy Growing 🙌
@fast_buds_jessie, thank you Jessie. I'll run 5 of your strains this season, 4 testers + Orange Sherbet, so you'd make me really happy if you could DM me the list of released and tester strain names, so I'd be able to know what I'm actually growing :D It would mean a world to me :)
Love having artists like you on the site. Not only are you a talented grower, but your photographic abilities truly capture the tremendous beauty of this plant species. Mesmerizing shots -- Thanks for sharing w/ the GD community! 🙏 😁
@TCH0808, that's great that I could help you with taking shots. I know it all sounds more simple than actually shooting the photographs but if you give yourself enough time you should be able to produce some cool pics. Unfortunately shooting is just one part of the equation and you usually have to develop them after the shoot with your phone app or something more sophisticated like lightroom or camera raw from Adobe :)
@Cremo, Perfect! Thank you for such a thorough run-down -- Really, big help 😁 Chopping and photographing soon! We'll see what I come up w/. Thanks, Cremo 🙏
@TCH0808, hi there buddy. It doesn't matter what kind of equipment you use to photograph your plants or anything for that matter. The most important thing is lighting and composition in my opinion. I'm super limited with my photography because most of my plants are in 70L hydro tanks which makes it unable to take them out of the flowering room to take shots on a black background. But if you work with pots then just place a black sheet in the background or any other color for that matter (maybe besides the color of you plant), place your plant half a meter to a meter in front of the background and place a light source on top and a bit to the front of the plant so that all the leaves and buds are exposed. Remember not to put your plants to close to the background because your light will also expose that colored sheet and it will be a lot more visible. If you don't have any lights than take your old cellphone with a flashlight and put your phone that you'll take pics with on a tripod to make it steady and take shots with longer exposure so the plant will be well lit with that little light from a cellphone LED. Remember also not to touch your plants for at least 30 seconds to a minute before you start shooting so the plants' branches are all standing still ;) Hope this helps a bit.
XOXO
Cremo
@LegacyMarketFarm, thank you. I really appreciate it. I shoot mainly with a Sony a7RIII with a Sigma art lens 24-70mm and for macro shots I use an old Tamron 90mm. Love to take trichome shots. :D It was so heavily covered in trichomes, the whole plant smelled super tasty :D