Still plenty of white pistils but looking closer than I expected in Wk 8. Waited to start Winter Frost until this week- they just needed "2 more wks!" But it was the right call. Surprisingly they're already looking more mature in the 3rd day of wk 8, more orange pistils and tons of frost so maybe we'll finish in Wk 9? I'm willing to wait- also willing to start checking trichomes.
Learned a lot with this run, light was turned down to 75% at the end of Wk 7 - it was just too intense 11" away (plants are happier, there's less cupping, leaf death, etc) and I need to run CalMag through the whole run in Coco Loco not just until I start adding MagSulfate in Wk3 of flower (those 2 mistakes - the light distance and stopping CalMag when I shouldn't, combined to trash some fan leaves, esp closer to the light and prob slowed growth a little). But the buds are just covered in snow and super dense so I'm antsy!
I've only ever grown autos, so these last weeks are freaking torture. Thanks for visiting! π»
I'm following this because of the Grow dots. I see they're becoming a little problematic. I hear they work best on autoflowers in coco/perlite because of the way they time release. I'm going to do a side by side on a couple of autos my next round and see what's up.
Good luck, your flowers are looking pretty good βοΈππ±
@Wanda, Thanks! I think some of it's the strain- wants to touch the light and eats a ton, and now it looks like could take at least 9 weeks flowering to finish.
I think the bigger issues were mostly my fault. The other 2 Growdots plants were well-fed but I should've seen how pale the monster was getting in wk 2-3 of flower and just used a PK booster- the bigger mistake was turning off the Calmag in coco loco and then letting her get 10" from the light.
I've run some Growdots in everything including just peat moss with some perlite and they work in everything but you're prob right that they work best with autos- 1 pot, no transplanting, 11 weeks. Happy experimenting! ππ