Final defoliations are taking place throughout this week. It's a constant battle to keep all the bud sites open to the light and air, but I think it's paying off nicely with this full canopy.
12/3 - Full reservoir exchange performed almost exactly two weeks after flipping to 12/12, using same method as before (just more roots in the way now!). Canna Vega nutrients have now been replaced with Canna Flores, and Rhizotonic replaced with Canna Boost Accelerator. I purposely went a bit higher on the EC to see if they can handle it - seems to be going great so far. I'm having to replace around 15L of water in the reservoir every two days by now, but the EC (slowly dropping ~0.1 every other day) and PH (moving from 5.9-6.1 and back again every day) always seem very stable, so I think they can take a little more at juice at this critical time.
13/3 - Last major defoliation completed a few hours before lights off. I'll only be removing the odd leaf here and there as required moving forwards and no more tucking or LST of any kind.
I am concerned about the humidity of this grow room during flowering, as it's a fairly well enclosed space and it's too cold to have direct ventilation to the outside right now. Solution: I've purchased a 12L RAM dehumidifier to hopefully bring the humidity down from 60-70-80% to 45% for the remainder of the grow. Should be here later this week.
Proper job there bud looking strong and healthy. Will follow along as looking to do that strain myself in the future and will benefit from this diary for sure. Happy growing chap 👍
@NiceGuyOllie, thanks dude. The genetics seem good. The plants seem to take everything in their stride and don't mind some tough love with LST and topping etc. Hopefully the 2nd half of the grow goes as well as first!