Stella’s Duo - DarkStar

7/24/22 Yesterday was the start of week 7, but as usual I had a hard time getting to them before it got too late. 🤷‍♂️ Lucky for me, they’re healthy and didn’t really notice. They moved up to the mid-bloom step 5 on the feed chart. I mixed a gallon of water with the following nutrients for them to share. CALiMAGic - 2 ml FloraMicro - 4.7 ml FloraGro - 3.8 ml FloraBloom - 8.5 ml Floralicious Plus - 2 ml Liquid KoolBloom - 2 ml The initial pH was 6.0, to which I added 2 ml of pH UP which adjusted it to 6.3. Each plant gave back enough runoff to be measured. They both had a runoff pH of 5.6. I measured their height today to see if they had grown any since I had to do the HST on the longer branches, and the answer is, not really. It’s funny because before I bent the long branches over they were 38 and 39.5 inches tall. After bending them they were 31.5, and 31 inches tall. Well, now they are only 28 and 35 inches tall. So one of them appears shorter, but that’s because of how she grew back after being bent, and the other actually grew a few more inches and is now 35 inches tall. Like I said, weird, but they are both doing great. I really like their smaller size! If 35 inches isn’t small to you, then you need to realize that right now I’m growing 5 more DarkStar plants; their mother, and four older sisters whom were my first clones from her. The Duo here are the second generation of clones from the mother. All 5 of them have been bent over multiple times each, and they are ALL over 51 inches tall still. So, I really love their smaller size! Their tent was 86F, and the humidity was 44%. It was 104F outside earlier today, so 86 in the tent is acceptable. I readjusted their fan a little to try and improve airflow over their buds. All looks well here. Happy growing everyone! 7/26/22 Today was a big day for my Duo. First, it’s a feeding day, so my lovely ladies received some fresh water mixed with some scrumptious nutrients. Second, they both received a thorough haircut, or more properly stated, defoliation. Both of these ladies are looking quite lovely, and I felt that they were far enough along in the flowering period to do one last good defoliation. I took off all of the leaves not directly attached to a bud that had longer stems, as well as many smaller stemmed leaves closer around the nodes that were covering the buds. Overall, I think they look wonderful afterwards, but we won’t really know how they’re going to react for a day or two. My girls received half a gallon of fresh water mixed with the same level of nutrients from 7/24/22. The initial pH of the mixed solution was 5.9. I added 2.5 ml’s of pH UP which adjusted the pH to 6.2. Both gave back a sufficient amount of runoff to check their pH. #1 measured 5.4, and #2 measured 5.3. Both are much lower than I’d like, but they aren’t showing any deficiencies, so I’m not that worried about it. Their tent was 81F, with a humidity level of 58%. They are the easiest of my DarkStar plants to handle because they’re almost 20 inches shorter than their mother and older sisters. They have taught me an important lesson in when to flip plants that tend to grow large. I’m grateful for the lesson. I hope all of your gardens are doing as well as mine. Happy growing everyone! 7/28/22 Feeding time again for the DarkStar Duo. Today is going to be a short note because there isn’t much to chat on about. They are still using the mid-bloom nutrients mixed into a gallon of fresh water to share. The initial pH if the solution was 5.8. I added 3.5 ml’s of pH UP to adjust it up to 6.3. Both gave back sufficient amount of runoff with a pH of: #1 - 5.4 #2 - 5.3 Both are still lower than I’d like, but the plants are still doing well regardless. They both responded well to the massive defoliation from their last feeding day, so there is a positive to report. The tent was 84F, and humidity was 55%. Grow well everyone!