Day 91; First Day of week 8 of flowering:
The finishline is in sight! I really love everything about this stage: the colours, the smell, there is so much beauty and i'm really looking forward when they're done. I'm not in a hurry, but i guess from now on its two weeks max until chopping. Trichomes are about 50% cloudy, 45% clear and 5% amber. They had their last feeding two days ago and from now it is just waterfasting for the ladies.
So i'm trying to plan out the harvesting process while the girls are finishing up. i got all the stuff i need for it (except some coat hangers, memo for myself). I plan to wet trim them and leave as much of the stems intact to slow down drying. Because of summer the temps will be not optimal for the dryingprocess, so i need everything to slow it down. I'll dry in the tent because of the smell and hope that goes well.
While the ladies dry, i'll germinate the seeds for my second run. Because i'll be away for two weeks in september i decided i'll run autoflowers. They should be easily finished by then and i'll just need someone to burp the jars while i am away. And because it is summer i'm gonna run two strains and grow a plant of each strain indoors and outdoors at the same time to experience the differences. I'm hyped about that!
Day 92: Watering each plant with 1.5l plain water (PH 6.4). Autumn is really kicking in now, i found and removed a couple of dead leaves today.
Day 95: Watering day! 1.5l plain water (PH 6.5) for each lady. They are throwing more and more leaves, trichs are about 30% clear, 60% cloudy and 10% amber. They are making progress!
@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!