The Pineapple Skunk is doing alright for the most part. PS #1 is still showing signs of a calcium deficiency or something. She's been consuming the nutes pretty hard so maybe she just needs more. EC was at 1.4 (700 PPM) at the beginning of the week and has been down as low as 1.0 (520 PPM). PH has ranged from 6-6.3. PS #2 is a few inches smaller and is looking a bit better as far as he leaves go. Her EC has been pretty steady all week, between 1.2-1.3 (600-620 PPM) with PH running 6-6.2.
Flowers are happening and the two plants have filled up the tent pretty nicely. So far no crazy stretching which suits me just fine. PS #1 is about 24" tall at this point and PS #2 is around 21".
I did a bit of pruning and cut some of the lower branches away on both plants. I'll do more maintenance once the stretch is over.
More news next week. Thanks for tuning in ✌️
@StunFlower, Oh it's not so bad. The buds look great still. The app is called PPFD meter. Migro on youtube tests lights with an expensive PAR meter (I think it's called) and said this app is within a few %. It also depends on your phone of course, but I found it to be good to identify hot spots in the tent and stuff. It's recommended to have ur PPFD no more than 1k for flower with no CO2.
@Oozle, I'm really not sure what's going on. I added an extra light in this tent (2 x 150) and I'm wondering if it's not all too much - light and heat - thus spawning the deficiencies. I should really take a light measurement and see what's going on in there. What app is it you use to measure PAR in your tents? I've since dialled both lights down to about 60% but too late I'm afraid. I've really made a mess of this one. 🙈
@StunFlower, 😂finding random plants. Awesome you are going to try and grow them out rather then just culling them. Fill the land up with cannabis plants, I'm all for it haha.
@Oozle, Thanks buddy. I've got another plant in the wings almost ready for transplant and my daughter apparently has some mystery plants she found growing in her yard that she is going to pass on to me - some cannabis version of Johnny Appleseed must have been sowing seeds in her area 😂 I have low expectations on this front but we'll see what comes of it.
Do LST instead of topping. It's much less stress and you can achieve way more colas .
Bend main cola to open bud sites then bend them and keep plant low. 2-3 weeks in veg and flip to flower. 2.3gramm per watt easy peasy
@LegacyMarketFarm, 😂 I'll keep the batteries stocked up. I don't have a dedicated PAR meter but recently started using an app on my phone - not sure how accurate it is.
@LegacyMarketFarm, There was some funkiness on the lower leaves starting to appear during week 3 of veg and then you can start to see spotting on the upper leaves beginning around the week 2 of flower.
@StunFlower, Also, Rule of thumb I got burned into my brain running the big 200 lighter facility I have the diary of, Was if you arent going through at least 1 set of batteries in your PAR meter & your therm laser temp gun per crop, You arent using them enough.