Run #2 - Gorilla Guh-lue

Fun week. Harvest partial commencement last night. Given pheno characteristics and the fact the shitty lights induced way too much stretch it's going to be a staggered harvest. The top buds on one girl had set ages ago and just stopped swelling, and crystals were pushing 15-20% amber. They have now all come down, and what I discovered underneath was gorgeous. All the lower buds are blowing up beautifully and have this gorgeous purple hue with bright orange hairs - just beautiful. They will ripen up nicely now with the extra light, then we'll see what happens with the popcorn down the bottom. Everything apart from big fans gets dried by me and any of those which had mass trichomes (which was many on these girls!) have all been fresh frozen anyway. I've already got about 5 oz. of ridiculously good fresh frozen trim which will go thru a hash run today to get me something between now and when my flowers are ready. So those tops have gone into drying cupboard which, with a window cracked in the room, sits beautifully at 60F and 50% RH. They will stay that way until tonight, when the huey will go in at 62% to maintain them there for a slow grow. Literally the sort of conditions that can be so hard to get right and this room just provides them. Gonna be tricky as basically all the tall flowers you see left will come down over the next four days, the lower stuff from the first plant won't be far behind that, then the other lower stuff...ultimately I want to get to the point where everything can come down and all just go in the tent to dry. I will then have my next run vegging in that drying cupboard with one of my Mars TSL2000. I wouldn't use these again for flower, they produce a lot of light but I'm not convinced on the spectrum spread and they're just not top shelf Diodes. I'm REALLY EXCITED to say that the ViparSpectra KS5000 is on its way. Punching in at 500w, and with a physical size of 40x40 inches, the coverage on this is RIDICULOUS. With the middle hitting 1000PPFD at the right height for flower you'll still be getting over 600PPFD at the corners. Top-shelf Samsung diodes with Osram reds and a good number of them. I'd have to say it's a real step up from both the TSL's as well as the Spider Farmer SE3000 I have in there currenly. The SF may become my veg light going forward just depends on if it fits. Will work all that out once the Vipar comes and I pack those down. Enjoy the pics, looking forward to the girls showing their autumn clothes a little more. I'm hoping I'll be able to take all the bottom stuff in one pass, because I'd like to ice feed them in 24 hours of darkness prior to picking. See how we go though. Cool to see the sativa side of this pheno really shining through on these flowers, long and skinny. Can see 2 of the girls there much more in touch with their indica side and makin dem bats. Reckon what in that hang now though will still net me a nice ounce of quality flower. Cheers, PEACE ALL!!