Hi all.
Well a great week for the girls again this week with plenty of new pistils flushing and the smells and frosting starting to really begin. This next two weeks should be all about swelling out and bursting new pistil sets as they mature the building frost to a perfect milky white , ready for harvest. They are all at least 9-10 week flowering strains according to the breeders information but the Candy Rain is looking very close to finishing with nearly all of her hairs going orange now. I will be warching her closely this coming week and will use my microscope to really get a better look into her ripening.
The Bruce Banner #3 is also looking very mature and starting to frost up nicely close to the buds , I do think she will easily go for at least 9 weeks possibly 10 based on her size comparison to the other plants bud sets. She is smelling so sweet now too with some real tackiness when handled.
Both of the jealousy girls are really packing the weight on to their already chunky colas. They are only just showing some older pistil die off while putting out plenty of fresh ones to add to the flowering buds sizes. They really mean to catch any available pollen passing !!! Their mains are all very impressive and by far the leading producers in this grow. I think a 10 week finish is on the cards for these ladies so can only imagine their size at that point in 3 weeks Time at harvest.
I have stopped feeding their usual feed and now moved them all on to the Dragon Force. I have used this wrongly in the past couple of grows , thankfully without causing and issue and only by overfeeding. I have reduced the Megacrop to 6g amd will stop that the next feed tomorrow. I have been using the Dragon force for 3 days so far and plan to use it for a total of 10 days. I will then feed a low strength megacrop until the last few days of the grow .
I have always had good results when using the Dragon force and feel that it does help boost them well alongside their other products too. Let's see how using it as intended goes with just the megacrop initially.
We have aromas from the sweet skittles bag of the candy rain , the diesel , fruit punch of the Bruce, right up to the citrus sweet fruit bowl of the jealousy ladies. Time to consider the filters now !!
Be well Growmies
@love_2_grow,welcome aboard and thank you. hopefully have some interesting entries when they get their feet. I hope you will join the fun and input whenever you feel the vibe. No comment/advice is ever unwelcome and learning to grow the best bud we can comes from lots of shared experiences and experimenting. have a great day Growmie
@Zammi_official,Thanks you.
These strains have all been great to grow and harvest. With very little effort, they have proven themselves to be fruitful and really vigorous too. Nice and hardy to work with and no issues with bugs or deficiency. would happily recommend them all. π
@Eauderay,Thank you. They have been performing really well since Germination. hoping they continue to impress me noawnrhey have been put in 12/12 light. Thanks for the comment and welcome.
@Hermes88,I am not experienced with outdoor growing as our weather never really allows a decent summer to grow one. it will begin to flower as the days shorten to 12 hours and approx 8-11 weeks after , the flowers should be mature and ready to harvest. Dependant on the strains recorded flowering times by rje breeders.
@Hermes88,I think another week to ensure the branches reach the pots edges before I flip them to flowering. This should create bud spikes that have a nice spacing for air flow and light penetration to give the maximum availability of light to all the buds.
@Ganjagrandaddy, thank you again. I think I'll go for HST with topping and FIM. But I read that this strain takes 'til September to harvest because it's a photoperiod.
Am I wrong? Thank you for you kindness.