week two of flower - 49 days since seed
Woohoo the girls made it to week two of flowering! Congrats ladies! So far it is looking quite good i think. They are growing noticable from day to day, but i feel a lot more confident that they won't outgrow the small tent (fingers crossed)
They are veeery low, about 18cm in height with the mainstems at around 28-30cm in length from soil to top. So we have another 35 - 40cm in height to work with (while respecting the ideal light distance of 40cm).
For the upcoming week i'll continue to tuck and lst them to increase the coverage while trying to maintain an even canopy. I won't defoliate, just picking the big leaves which don't get light anymore. I don't feel comfortable to defoliate, as i don't fully understand the strategy when applying the technique, so i just let it be and just remove what i think is obvious.
The lights are still dimmed to 80% because with this setting they have a nice temperature of 25°. The vpd chart i consulted showed that it is much more ideal than with 100%, which seems to give a 3-4° in temperature increase, which is not ideal according to the vpd chart.
The lights should be strong enough. The app measured between 800-900 ppfd, that should be sufficient from what i've read. So i just continue like this and maybe increase the light later down the line.
With watering, i just continue to water 25% of the pot volume when the soil is dry enough. At the moment its still every 3 days.
Because of the light nute burn (burnt tips) they had last week, i'll continue to feed 25% less of the growfertilizer and follow the chart with the others.
I'm happy how my first grow goes and i'm excited to see how it plays out. Happy growing!
Day 50: Feeding time. Feeding in three steps. First misting the soil, then give them 0.5l plain water. 10 Minutes later 1l of nutrient water and 15 minutes later again 0.5l of nutrient water.
Day 54: Feeding time
@Herbie101, je comprends totalement c'est stressant on ne veut pas faire de bêtises 🤗
J'ai lu que faire une défoliation le jour 21 de floraison était une bonne idée. Apparemment c'est le moment idéal car la plante n'est pas impacté dans sa croissance de début de floraison et la défoliation permet d'éviter la perte d'énergie inutile pour des feuilles en dessous. Et ensuite il suffit d'attendre quelques jours le temps que la plante ne soit plus stressé. (Ceci n'est pas un conseil je suis débutant. Simplement une piste pour aller se renseigner pour les prochaine fois 😉).
Tu as bien fais de couper des feuilles de temps en temps. Ça se stresse pas trop la plante et ça permet de ne pas perdre d'énergie 😄
@Togoutouseg, Yeah, i think thats a good strategy! Just to get enough room to get through this grow. I did some defoliation on the bottom, but just the things that did not get full sunlight at all. And for the first 3 Weeks of Flower i picked 1-2 leafs on every plant per day. But i'm hesitant to go full on defoliation, but next run i try to be braver :P But flowering phase just feels like i'm waiting until i fuck up and ruin it😂
@Herbie101, je comprends totalement j'ai le même problème 😅🤣
Mais comme tu dis c'est une bonne leçon. Personnellement je ferai une défoliation du bas de mes plantes 1 semaines avant de lancer la floraison la prochaine fois. Ça sera moins dur de passer avec mon arrosoir 😅
Aujourd'hui j'ai coupé le bas pour que ça soit plus évident et j'ai enlever le filet 😅
En tout cas tes têtes ont bien grossis ça annonce que du bon 😄
@Browncoatgrows, Thank you! I got very lucky because i had no idea what i was doing or what the plants were trying to tell me. 😂 RQS just provided unkillable genetics. Can't wait to grow GCP again with more experience under my belt. I love the taste profile of this strain (maybe because the first homegrown strain always has a special place).
Very nice job for your first grow, she looks green, happy and healthy! I would recommend waiting a week or two to top her until she has a stronger root system, but very nice job and good luck the rest of the way brother!
@Herbie101, it is totally up to you, I typically top just below the 5th node, but I wait for her to be pushing her 7th node before topping to allow the roots a little more time to develop before topping. Good luck!
@Tweezer, Thank you so much for the kind words and the good tip! They are working on their fifth node, i planned to top when they are at 6-7 nodes. How do you know when it is the time to top? I only read about counting nodes and answers ranged from third to sixth. That is my approach at the moment.
Excellent notes. I like the detail. When you performed the maintenance flush, did you feed with regular strength nutrients afterwards? With the exception of the final harvest flush, the plants need to be fed again since that flush washes away all available minerals.
The rust colored spots might be a Calcium deficiency. Gnat damage typically makes the plant look staved and droopy, which I am not seeing in your photos.
I prevent gnats by adding a solution that has Bti cakes (Bacillus Thuringiensis subspecies Israelensis - brand name is Mosquito Dunks) floating in it. Bti is a bacteria that kills gnat larvae, which eat the tips of the roots.
@NegotiatedBubble, Thank you so much! I really like to note my thought process so that i remember where i fucked up. 😋
I flushed them yesterday, during that my ph pen broke (water came in, wtf bluelab?) and now i need to get some ph strips tomorrow to feed them again with a safe ph. But at the moment they don't have any nutes.
It totally sucks, but i better let them be without food than eyeballing the feeding.
Thank you for the good tip with the Bti Cakes. I'll check if that is available! 🌱
Would you refeed with the full amount as provided in the biobizzchart or go slow and reintroduce slowly?
@Melacola, Thank you! Yeah i had some pretty bad mistakes, but thebamazing genetics carried it over. 😂 But still my favourite smoke so far. Thanks for checking out!
@ChronicNerve, Thanks alot buddy! I was very lucky for my first two grows and i was provided with genetics that were very hard to kill😂 But i appreciate it! happy growing buddy!