D22.
Starting the fourth week of veg, and everything is just trucking along in the tent.
Today, I tightened the LST wire and added one higher on her.
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D23.
Another day, more LST, but nothing major; I only tightened the wires a bit, as it will still be a while until I can start spreading her out.
I've noticed some minor chlorosis on a couple of leaves, so I thought I'd give her a nutrition boost with some compost tea.
My old set-up had gunked up, so today, I replaced it with a much more powerful system I built. The good news is that it is plenty powerful, and the bad news is that the pump is too noisy to leave running overnight. Not a massive deal as I can start brewing in the morning and then use the tea before bedtime.
I mixed worm castings, rock dust, biochar, lime, bentonite, kelp, and neem meal, put that mixture in large tea bags, and let them steep for 10 hours in water with a bit of molasses as food for the microbes.
Finally, I added a bit of humic acid and adjusted the pH to 6.3 before giving her 1 liter of tea, which is around 5% of the container volume.
I also diluted some of the tea and used it as a foliar spray just before lights out.
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D25.
She is healthy and has grown enough to start spreading her out with additional LST.
I moved up the light to increase the spread and set it to a DLI of 36. More photons will keep her happy as she is just about to flower.
Increasing the light means a hotter tent, so I installed the old fan controller I built. More exhaust should bring the temp a bit.
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D26.
Additional LST to spread her out and a fulvic foliar spray just before lights out. Most likely, the last foliar spray as she is about to go into flower.
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D28.
We're at the end of the four and final week of veg. She is now in flower!
All is cruising along in the tent. Some additional LST, but that's it.
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Very nice ๐ I love picture 11 "D60. Gorilla left, Purplematic right"
could it be that the shape of the leaves look almost the same?
coincidentally through the same genetics?
or
could it be because of the light?
@Grow_with_Cookie, Thank you :) You're correct that the leaf shape is very similar, but they feel completely different. The Gorilla girl has soft leaves, while the Purplematic girl has very stiff leaves. I have never seen leaves this stiff, and they are even quite "scratchy" to the touch.
Nice Diary, very interesting to me seeing all your strategies and regiments. I didn't notice you had more grows up after the summer until today. Excellent! Excited to follow along and see how these ladies turn out.