“Stella” DarkStar #2

5/7/22 “Stella”, as I’ve decided to call my DarkStar beauty. “Estrella” is the word for “star” in Spanish. Stella seemed appropriate for me. Anyway, that’s not incredibly important, but I felt like sharing. Also, telling others makes it real. She bounced back nicely after the defoliation the other day, so no more worries there. Today she starts week 4, and I ended up giving her the last 5 cups of the solution that was prepared earlier this week. She received: CALiMAGic - 2 ml FloraMicro - 3.8 ml FloraGro - 5.7 ml FloraBloom - 2.8 ml Floralicious Plus - 1 ml The initial pH was 6.5 and perfect! The TDS going in was 670 ppm. The runoff was appropriate for the amount given. pH was - 6.3, and TDS was - 4632 ppm. The temperature was 79.7F, and humidity was 44%. My little Stella is doing wonderful. I’m hoping to get some good clones to root from her in the next week or so. I’m going to let her grow a little bit more first. Happy growing everyone! 5/10/22 Half way through week 4, and I switched to the “Late Stage Growth”, step 4 on my feeding chart. The last step till flowering begins. At least in the nutrient schedule. Stella is already mature enough to flip, but her tent mate is a couple of weeks behind, so she’s going to get a little bigger till that happens. Today I gave her 6 cups (or 0.375 gallon) of solution today prepared with the following: CALiMAGic - 2 ml FloraMicro - 7.6 ml FloraGro - 8.5 ml FloraBloom - 4.7 ml Floralicious Plus - 2 ml The initial pH of the gallon solution was 6.4 and perfect!! The TDS going in was 1019 ppm. Runoff was measured with the following: pH - 6.2, and TDS of 2941 ppm. The TDS is significantly lower than before, and I suspect it’s because I got the first bit of runoff produced and separated it from all the rest that continued to drain out. The temperature was 81F, with a humidity of 44%. My Stella (DarkStar) is growing lovely! I am so very happy with her growth and maturity. Now I have to get ready and try to collect some trimmings for clones in the days to come. Wish me luck! Happy growing everyone! 5/13/22 Stella is looking absolutely lovely! She is sooooo ready to flip, but can’t just yet. Today I decided to do some work on her to see if I can slow her down a bit. I topped her, and cut it with enough of the stalk present that I decided to try and clone it. I also took all of her smaller lower branches for clones as well. A total of 5 potential clones set up, so I’ll let you all know if they root or not later on. I also defoliated her lightly. Today, Stella received 6 cups, or 0.375 gallon of her solution I made earlier this week. She received: CALiMAGic - 2 ml FloraMicro - 7.6 ml FloraGro - 8.5 ml FloraBloom - 4.7 ml Floralicious Plus - 2 ml pH going in was 6.4, and TDS was 1019 ppm. Runoff: pH - 6.4 (which is awesome!), and TDS was - 2495 ppm. Tent temperature was 78F, and humidity was 65%. She’s growing extremely well, and at this time I can’t ask for much more from her. I have a lot of hope for her and her potential offspring, and only time will tell the outcome. Happy growing everyone!