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Near the end of week two. Light fan leaf removal and beginning of LST(no ties) with leaf tucking. Cal-Mag and Kelp foliar sprays. Watermelon Zkittlez #2 sprouted and died.
They were getting really bushy and defoliated twice over the last week. Raised the light to get some vertical growth and tied the stalks down. Chemical Bride showed signs of nutrient burn performed light flush. Gave an IPM foliar.
Topping done on Chocolate Chunk #2 and Chemical Bride #2 to level out canopy. Light height increased. Flush with microbes and kelp will be changing nutrients next week.
Been having Cal Mag issues, uped the dose and seems to have helped. Final week of Veg, just flipped to flower. The girls have come a long ways in five weeks. Have had minimal issues. Roots have made there way out of the bottom of the pots.
Girls are getting thirsty. The pre-flowers are coming in now. Chocolate Chunk #2 get serious stretch. Elevated the purple kush, watermelon zkittlez and Chemical Bride #1 to get closer to the light. Light outside the tent was left on for a few hours. Will be watching for effects of light leaks.
Possible light leak or light timer malfunction; may be vegging. Chocolate Chunck #2 is super tall; light moved up, ~6-8in above. Installed additional 300w of hps over the short girls to boost ppfd where I can't get the light closer that 30in.
Deep Candy is only a couple weeks out, still loving this pheno. The rest are beginning to put on weight. The light cycle messed up timing pretty bad. And the rest of the girls are going to take a bit longer
Experience nutrient lockout. Test run-off after re calibrating pH pen, read at 5.4. Conducted flush. Deep Candy #1 was a complete waste of space. Experiencing foxtailing, began dimming the hps.
Harvested Deep Candys, they could have gone a bit longer but want to open up the tent to some of the other girls. Next time I will be doing a much heavier defoliation and lollipop. Chocolate Chunks is putting on weight, #2 is slightly airier but both have similar terp profiles. Terps on Chemical Bride #1 are banging.
Hey there friend. Would you be alright with me offering some pointers? So cannabis plants LOVE heat and humidity. It is the buds that hate it. In veg we want to take advantage of this fact to help our plants grow along much quicker and more vigorously. In veg we can look for temps of 79-84 MAX with lights on & no more than 9 degrees less with lights off. If we allow for too much temperature swing between lights on and lights off while the plant is still growing vertically up to day 20 of flower, We will cause the plant to stretch ALOT which we do not want. So in veg & early flower, Keeping our temperature gaps nice and close between lights on and off is key. Utilizing humidity in our rooms during veg will also help out a lot with more rapid growth but we must introduce it properly. In our rooms we have our temperature and humidity set-points, But when we combine those 2 it forms a third set-point which is the most important & that is called VPD, Vapor pressure deficit.
I strongly recommend every new grower or old grower who has not learned it yet, To study and understand it & implement it into your room, Logging your numbers daily.
https://cerescann.com/importance-of-measuring-vpd/
For soil, We generally want to go for a PH of 6.1.
This website does a GREAT job of illustrating it with a nice graph & very good detailed explanation for soil.
https://autoflowerseedshop.com/cannabis-ph-chart-guide/
As we briefly touched on before, During veg & early flower we want our temperature gap's nice and tight to avoid stretch. Why exactly our plants stretch in response to this is a genetic trigger being activated by the environmental stress essentially telling the plant the end of the season is closer than it really is. In veg & early flower the plant is still in its first stage of development which is to grow up wide and tall so when it produces seed, It can cast them out nicely. Remember, Whether we are growing our plants for seed or bud their genetic responses do not change as they gh sidedo not know any different. Once the plant has finished that first stage of growth by weeks 4-6 of flower with most strains, It is by day 20 of flower. Autoflowers you have to watch for it, But once the plant has finished this goal its new mission is to focus 100% on producing nice big flower clusters & to get very sticky so it can attract pollen to it successfully.
So once that vertical growth is finished, We actually now want to begin to expose our plants to larger temperature swings between lights on and lights off. This will help activate that genetic response and allow us to draw out the most potential from the strain utilizing the plants genetic triggers to environmental stresses at the right times. When we are in flower temperature will really play a big role how our buds form up, If our rooms are too cold below 75 they will form very small buds but very very dense. If we grow our buds out at temperature over 80 degrees we get bigger buds, But they can develop airy and foxtail which we do not get much weight from. Also higher temps will defuse the resin glands over time destroying them. We can also take this a step further with doing light deprivation in the last 2 weeks using less light to simulate cloud cover. Very cold feed temps on the last flush is very good too. If you do not have them already, Get yourself a good PAR meter & thermal laser temp gun to monitor your plant top temperatures & optimize how much light your plants are getting. We are currently in the middle of producing a very comprehensive tutorial series for everybody to learn from & understand how to grow the highest level craft cannabis all on their own. If this interests you please check out our youtube and subscribe. The first 2 episodes are out the next one is coming in a few days. If you should ever have any questions or need any help, Please feel free to follow my profile and shoot me a DM. I will gladly help you with the pull down & make sure you get the best quality harvest possible as it is the most important step of the entire process.
Happy growing friend!
TRU3_NORTH03
