Dear diary,
Week 10 marks week 2 of flower completed, and sadly GC #2 went hermaphrodite. Being the one that had been showing leaf mutations since veg it is not completely out of the blue, but still an absolute punch to the gut as otherwise everything was looking as awesome as it could have been.
Not much to be done aside from removing the affected plant to avoid it messing up the rest and try and recover some yield by keeping more smaller offshoots or something on the day 21 defoliation.
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⏰ Day 74:
In the evening, the plants were fed with a solution of 1.66ms at a pH of 6.0.
⏰ Day 75:
Feeding was done with a solution strength of 1.64ms and a pH of 5.8.
At this stage, I am allowing the plants to stretch, only applying minor LST techniques to ensure all the tops receive adequate light.
⏰ Day 76:
During the evening feeding, I provided a solution with a strength of 1.64ms and a pH of 5.8.
The temperature ranges from 20-19.5°C at night and 24-25°C during the day. The relative humidity (RH) levels fall within the range of 58-64%.
⏰ Day 77:
I fed the plants with a solution of 1.67ms at a pH of 5.6.
I can see pistils on all plants, confirming their transition into the flowering stage. They are overall displaying healthy growth and have nearly doubled in size since the flip 12 days ago.
⏰ Day 78:
Feeding was conducted in the evening as normal using a solution strength of 1.67ms and a pH of 5.8.
Unfortunately, GC #2 experienced hermaphroditism, with both sacks and nanners appearing…
Considering the odd mutations on her leaves, I was worried this might happen due to genetic factors as otherwise nothing has happened that would explain it going hermie.
To compensate for the loss of GC #2, I performed a series of LST on the remaining three plants, spreading out the remaining tops and allowing more secondary growth to receive light.
Notably, the mutations only became apparent after the selection process, so in the next run, I will consider transplanting all six seedlings initially and making a decision before the final transplant into the 20l pots instead.
⏰ Day 79:
Evening feeding was administered with a solution strength of 1.68ms and a pH of 5.6.
I continued to perform LST to ensure optimal spreading of the trained tops. Most of the available space has been filled, and I anticipate that only minor training will be required for another day before allowing the plants to grow undisturbed in the final week before the strip.
After removing GC #2, the lights-off temperatures range from 19-20°C, and the RH levels are between 53-60%. During the lights-on period, temperatures range from 23-24°C, with RH levels at 58-62%.
⏰ Day 80:
Feeding was done with a solution of 1.68ms and a pH of 5.7.
I performed minimal LST, allowing the plants to grow for a few days as the budsites start to develop.
@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