5) FastBuds / Green Crack Auto - 2nd Try

Buds developing nicely. Getting frostier and stinky-er now. Finally measured her height on Day 64. 13 inches. Yikes, Only 9 inches to the lamp. Double yikes! I'd eventually raise the lamp this week. to get to 9 and a half inches. Which rounded out to 10. OK? My favorite kind of defoliation began on Day 64. That's when I clip any leaf I can find with a discernible stem - leaving behind the more-or-less stemless leaf coming out of the buds. I do this to create more fully-formed colas, as light reaches lower down below to the shady regions. The earlier you do this, the better the entire plant will develop, I believe. Also allows for less humidity/mold issues (as in my prior Lemon Pie Auto grow) and more air circulation. Also dehumidifies the tent. Leaves are little water bags. Removing them creates drier air around the plant in general. I have the sweet skunky smelll of Green Crack on my fingers now. This hobby is a multi-sensual pleasure bin. Hail to the growers!! 😎 👍👊 Temps outside finally started looking like winter around Day 67. Tent was staying perfectly cool at 76 to 78 degrees in the morning. Humidity levels were dry outside too, so no longer needing to run the room dehumidifier was awesome too. The plant defoliation was near completion. You'll notice in the pictures above that some of the buds at the top of the canopy are not pointed straight up. This is because I noticed the possible beginning of light bleaching in those - as they were only 8 to 9 inches from the lamp. So I tied them down on an angle. The branches are too woody now to bend to the light, so sideways those buds will stay. Not as picturesque, but the right thing to do. As the week came to a close, I came to notice that one of the "issues" I had worried about earlier in the flowering period was clearly resolved. The smell. It was fully there now. Hit you like a hammer as soon as you opened the tent. Skunk in your face. The way we like it!