Light power consumption: 260 watt
Hi there fellow growers!
Finally, with this update I’m no longer lagging behind on updating this diary. After the LST, defoliating and pruning on day 56, I was out of town for a few days. When I came back on day 60, the plants were doing great. It is the second week of 12/12 and the plants are currently at their peak growth rate. They’ll still have some considerable flower stretch left in them, but I don’t expect the pace at which they’re growing to increase anymore and the growth rate will probably start decreasing by the end of next week.
Hence, just 5 days after the previous training and defoliation session, another session was necessary to spread out the branches. On day 61 I did another LST session, defoliated a lot and pruned a lot of underdeveloped shoots under the canopy, because they won’t get enough light to produce good quality buds. I also raised the light a bit, but at the same time increased its power.
This week, the plants were still fertigated with the vegetation mix, but today I refilled the reservoir with the pre-flowering mix, as more and more pistils are popping up. I also increased EC again, as run off EC is still 0,4 mS/cm below inflow.
I think at the end of the upcoming week, another LST and defo session is necessary, but it’s probably going to be the last one. From there on, bud setting will take off (hopefully).
Thanks for stopping by and happy growing!