Im going to call this reset week. My plants have had a month of veg and about a month and a half in flower. Thus far I've over fertilized, have too much heat from the lights and haven't been able to control humidity. A month was wasted waiting for a small air conditioner from the manufacturer. I finally called only to find out they had NO inventory. I ordered a similar one off Amazon, which arrived within a week. Unfortunately it did only reduced the heat in the tent by a degree or two. Following that, I tried dry ice to reduce temps without raising humidity. 15# evaporated in less than 24 hours at a $30. I added another fan and keep the tent open during the day.
My day temperatures range from74 to 82 with the day RH range of 39-51%. The higher humidity occurring after watering.
My night Temps range from 72-77 and rh from 40-54%
So today Mar 8 (day 74) I decided to flush the ladies with 1 gal of water each. Hopefully reduce nutrient toxicity in the soil and plants. Also I'm reducing lights from 18 hours to 14 hours since the lights give off heat and I'm crisping my girls. I am hoping for a yield that is average considering the struggles I've put them thru.
3/9 Made my mini antennas today 1 for each plant. See week 5 cannabis links diary for more on Electro culture
3/10 flushed another gallon of filtered water thru each plant. gals got another and photo session today. The Trichomes forming are clear and opaque but no amber
keep tent open during the day
day 72 hairs turning yellow
Day 73 Feed 1 tsp per 2 gal
Day 74 reduced Light schedule to 14 hrs on 10 off
Day 74 Flushed each plant with 1 gal of filered water
Day 74 & 75 working on my antennas for energy accumulation
Day 75 placed antennas
Day 76 flushed each plant with 1 gal of water
Night 76 - since I reduced light hours, the girls lights out is 9:00pm. Put them in the garage at night
garage temps are ~ 60f so the drop in temp will induce purple or other color profiles.
garage is not light proof so they will not be in complete darkness
At 3 full weeks of veg, my plants are 3 different heights 9, 7 and 3.5 inches, should I raise the lights from 16 inches to encourage more vertical growth? Typically, how far apart should the nodes be?
I don't know about the Purple Chill but I myself am growing both a Gorilla Glue and an OGKush in the same tent and can tell you they're very different plants in terms of height and structure.... They're both almost 6 weeks old now and the OGKush is a monster I've had to keep in check while Gorilla Glue is a little tamer, a little more "ladylike"... (it's my "Next UP" diary).
What I would do is start LSTing them now - get the taller ones down to somewhere close to where the Gorilla Glue is in terms of canopy and consider Scrogging all of them when they start into flower.. That's going to be your best bet for keeping them all in sufficient light and not have OG and Purple crowding out the light on GG...
Nodes on indica dominate strains are fairly close together - certainly much closer together than on sativa strains ... raising the lights would encourage more stretch but that is their natural growth pattern ... I would still hold those two monsters-in-waiting to let GG keep up with them...
Good luck!
For higher humidity if you already have a humidifier I suggest to switch off completely fans and exhaust, that should be enough and are not really needed for now.
You could also cut a bottle and make a humidity dome.since they are still small
Good luck on your grow👊
@kashmir, Hi Kashmir, thanks the bottle is a good tip as I'm not using fans yet and run exhaust on time with lights. Glimpsed your gelato33 grow per @LegacyMarketFarm for all you did with harvest. Wow. When I get to harvest ( if I have enough) I'll try the bubble hash.
@Natrona, maybe a week or two, sugar leaves usually have more amber trichomes than the bud itself, i was thinking getting that same microscope 🔬 i currently have 90x jewelry one with the led light.
Multitasking like an 🐙
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@StarLorr, based on growers comments, I should be seeing at least 20%amber in the tricombs. I'm not seeing that. I'm not seeing any amber but lots of milky. Using Ankylin 1000x wifi microscope. I just need more hands ✋️ 👐 4 or 5 sounds about right 😅
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Regarding your grow i see it as qualities before quantity ☺️😉
Muy buena suerte con tu grow... me encanta este diario por que empecé un diario medio similar con una gorilla banana de bsf y tiene casi el mismo tiempo. Ire comparando mi diario con el tuyo. 🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷
@CULTIVATORFROG, germinating was a problem. 1) I tried planting directing substrate ( fox farm ocean soil) growers said this too hot for seeds, 2) got a seed start medium- it was all sphagnum moss which held way too much water. This time, germinated with paper towel, then got seed start mixture medium mixed into top 2 -3 inches of foxfarm soil. So here I am in week 3veg . 😊
@Natrona,que mala suerte , tenes idea que paso en el cultivo anterior? Cual fue la causa de la perdida de las semillas? Te deseo mucha suerte para este cultivo. La naturaleza te va a devolver lo que perdistes con una hermosa plantita.
@Drgreen13, hi Drgreen13, I have no expectations for nice purples on this grow due to over feeding, and other stressed conditions. With no expectations, there is no disappointment. If I manage with the garage and ice treatment, to bring out any colors beyond blue green, I will be happily surprised.