Dear diary,
Week 5 completed and after a scare last week with magnesium deficiency, we were able to get it sorted and continue the mainlining.
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⏰ Day 32:
Gave a foliar of calmag water at 3.0ms 6.1ph during light off so it’s more gentle on the leaves followed by a regular feeding at 1.46ms 6.1ph.
Still seeing some deteriorating continuing on lower leaves, so will get epsom salt tomorrow to really target magnesium and increase the calmag with 0.7ml/l in feeds going forward.
⏰ Day 33:
Gave a foliar of epsom salt at 6.6g/liter(3.2EC 6.3ph)as lights went off but as I read more my ratios were off and I diluted the solution with 50% regular water.
Regular feeding at 1.45ms 6.2ph was given at lights on.
When inspecting the girls a few hours later they look a lot healthier already, so clearly magnesium was the issue.
Will give them today to recover and if everything keeps looking good by tomorrow, I will do the next topping.
If so I will have lost 5 days of progress due to the deficiency, but that’s the upside with photos I guess vs autos.
⏰ Day 34:
Another foliar of epsom salt applied and feeding of 1.5l each at 1.56ms 5.8ph.
A few hours later topping nr 2 done making it 4 tops each now and stripped the remaining growth.
⏰ Day 35:
Did a quick check before lights off and they are praying and looking good considering the topping.
Then I did a regular feeding at 1.56ms 5.5ph when lights went on. Still looking good and no continued signs of the magnesium issue.
⏰ Day 36:
Regular feeding at 1.56ms 5.6ph.
Girls are looking healthy and enough has grown out that I can start tying down the 4 new mains.
Will probably top them again in 1-2 days if everything progresses nicely.
⏰ Day 37:
Foilar of epsom given just as lights turned off followed by regular feeding at 1.61ms 5.8ph when lights turned back on.
⏰ Day 38:
Regular feeding at 1.61ms 5.9ph.
Topping nr 3 was also done bringing it to 8 tops each and I will do the 4th and final topping as soon as the nodes have developed a bit more.
In terms of height it’s worth mentioning that one of the branches of G.C #2 escaped her binds so one of the sides is 18cm while the other matches the others in the tent more at 14cm.
@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