Dear diary,
Week 12 in total and week 3 of flower is behind us.
Still mourning the loss of the hermie but we move on!
Did a heavy defoliation on day 21 of flower, but otherwise its been fairly steady with just smaller adjustments to the environment and feeding rations.
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⏰ Day 81:
Feeding in the evening with a solution strength of 1.67ms and a pH of 6.0.
Adjusted the height of the light to ensure it falls within the appropriate intensity range (750-850ppfd/30-38dli) to prevent light tips on the top leaves.
⏰ Day 82:
Evening feeding with a solution strength of 1.67ms and a pH of 6.1.
⏰ Day 83:
Feeding in the evening using a solution strength of 1.66ms and a pH of 6.3.
The plants are healthy and displaying steady growth. The stretch phase appears to be slowing down.
Notably, GC #3 seems to be slightly ahead of the WCs in terms of bud development.
⏰ Day 84:
Feeding during the evening with a solution strength of 1.66ms and a pH of 6.4.
Due to a drop in relative humidity (RH) outside, the RH inside the tent is now at 45-50% during lights-off and 50-55% during lights-on. Temperature ranges around 20°C during the lights-off period and 24°C during the lights-on period.
⏰ Day 85:
Evening feeding with a solution strength of 1.67ms and a pH of 6.1.
As vertical space becomes limited, I am planning to perform the day 21 strip to remove unwanted offshoots and fan leaves. This will help prevent the WCs from outgrowing GC too much.
⏰ Day 86 (Day 21 Flower):
Feeding in the evening with a solution strength of 1.67ms and a pH of 6.2.
As planned, conducted heavy defoliation to open up the canopy and remove low-growing foliage.
⏰ Day 87:
Feeding during the evening with a solution strength of 1.66ms and a pH of 5.9.
Adjustments to the nutrient regimen were made, reducing A+B nutes to 3ml/l, adding Green Sensation at 1ml/l, and discontinuing the use of Power Roots and Pure Zym. Bud Candy continues to be used at 1ml/l.
The plants are healthy, showing no signs of stress, and there are no apparent signs of nanners.
Temperature ranges between 23-24.5°C with lights on and 20-21°C with lights off. RH levels are fluctuating but remaining within the range of 50-60%.
@DBQush, I guessed so, I'm using the same.
It's a good base for planning your own schedule.
Doing a bit of experiment and was wondering maybe adding my other ir/fr to the veg tent to see if I can get some stretching action going on..
Will be monitoring your diary closely, keep up the good work!
@Yebis42, I am basing it on the DLI per week that DeBacco University recommends in his video about DLI in relation to yields.
But it seems to match up with the same numbers that for example “Photone” recommends, as I also use their iOS app for the readings.
But ofc I just use these as a guideline and try and look at how the girls respond to each gradual increase as those numbers are if everything else is perfect.
I actually just backed down the lights again to 290ppfd as I was seeing some other issues and by lowering the light it should give them a easier time recovering.
Hey man, congrats for the harvest! I'm growing this strain too, week 4 flowering done. In my opinion is slower than I though, and I saw also your flowering stage was 9+ weeks (breeder says: 7 weeks flowering)
@DeepWaterGrower, thanks man! Yeah when they say 7 weeks, I don’t think they take the first “transition” week into account, and then call it done as soon as the harvest window opens.
But at least for me it make sense to push them for another week or two too get as much good shit as possible!
Either way I’m super happy the end result as this badboy really kicks your ass when smoking haha
@gaby_kicks, haha a 7/10 on my 2nd grow I will consider a compliment, so thanks man!
I do personally think the Wedding cheesecakes in the same grow turned out a bit bitter, but even with the Gorilla Cookies, super frosty and consistently dense buds in both the top and bottom off the canopy, leaves me quite happy.
Also helps that she netted just shy of 160g dry and smokes like a beauty!
Maybe one day you will start a diary here and show “how it’s done”, but until then, keep on keeping on haha