D99.
The start of the final week for the first girl. I peeked at her trichomes, and they were just about ready: mostly cloudy with some amber and a few clear.
She is loud. Really, really loud. The carbon filter is struggling, and you can smell her down on the street when the tent is open. Several floors down.
So yeah, she is just about ready, and I will chop her later this week.
I don't know what is going on with the other girl or how long she still has, but looking at the bud development, there's still a while to go. As the saying goes - two more weeks! (at least...)
She is fading fast, though. It's also quite possible that the lack of bud development is due to a lack of light. She outgrew this tent, and I couldn't give her the space and light she needed to shine. Her size compared to the pot size is another potential issue. She is, by far, the largest auto I've grown to date. (This girl in a soil bed, with ample headroom and proper light, would've been glorious.)
I haven't looked at her trichomes yet, but I will later this week.
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D102.
The first girl is fading beautifully, and we are now on the homestretch as chop day is only a few days off.
The second girl continues to fade and lose leaves, but her buds have bulked up enough so that the branches start leaning over. I suspect that most buds will end up thinner and airier due to the lack of proper light, but it is good to see that they are starting to put on some weight at least.
I had a peek at her trichomes and they are mostly cloudy with a fair number of clear. I couldn't find any amber, so she still has a while to go.
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D105.
Chop day! Well, at least for the first girl. I took her out of her tent, and all her branches fell over due to the weight of the buds. Turns out that her tiny tent was holding her up. I converted the tent into a drying tent, with an Inkbird controller to keep the humidity at 60% (+/- 2%) during the dry, and hung her upside down to dry for a good two weeks.
The second girl is slowly bulking up as well, but she lacks the support from the tent so her branches are starting to lean all over the place.
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@MrGrowthSpurt, Thank you! The plants might look healthy now, but there were struggles in the first few weeks due to the top dressing I applied. Lessons learned!
@StarLorr, I hope so. I don't have much experience in dealing with nutrient issues, so I'm feeling a bit lost, to be honest. Oh well, it will be a learning experience ;)
Plants are simply too happy in your tents, they don't want to stop growing.
I never knew it's enough to put the mites in a sachet and hang them on the plant π³ how do they get out?
@kohlrabi, They are so happy that I'm considering playing death metal to them. That should mellow them out.
There's a small hole in each sachet, and the mites will venture out over a period of time.