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No nutes fed this week. I've noticed these girls are very sensitive to over - watering...almost to the point they'll droop even when only small amounts of soil are saturated on a bi-daily watering cycle. I moved the light up and cranked the intensity from about 50% to 60% and have dialed back the watering. This has caused me to lose a schedule so I'm currently only watering when the plants show signs of being thirsty. No nutrients added this week to the FFOF soil used.
Plants still seemingly droopy though growth does not seem affected. This caused me to not top them, as I didn't want to stress them further and hurt the yeild. Overall they are still growing fast.
First signs of preflower spotted this week. Girls have certainly shown female sex signs. Middle plant is extremely sensitive to waterings and has slightly stunted. I'm going to dial back the light intensity and will let the pots darn near dry out, watching them almost hourly for signs of distress. Hopefully I can mend this without too much growth lost.
Headed into flower now. Left plant and middle plant are showing early signs of making bud sites, plant on the right is cranking them out.
Scroll through the photos and check out the size of these puppies by day 35!!! What the heck!
Well. I got these genetics because they were fast and supposedly stay short. The fast part is certainly true but my goodness are they tall. I'm nearly out of room! On day 38 I super cropped the main cola and the outermost branches on the right plant.
The plant on the right is stealing the show. She's drinking about 4-6l per day just by herself. Her bud sites are stacking, and if all goes well I should pull some forearm sized nugs off her.
Plant in the middle is well into flowering. She has slightly closer bud sites and is maintaining the most deep green leaves. She's the lightest feeder in the tent for sure. The plant on the left has caught up in size, and almost surpassed the middle plant. However, her bud sites are the least developed. She likes to droop about an hour before the other plants when lights off is nearing. She's just picky. 😂. The tent is smelling incredible during the day. I'm getting diesels, fruits, and a sickly sweetness. Its incredible. At night when the plants are farting away and releasing excess gasses the entire house smells. This is not a plant for apartments.
This grow is teaching me a ton. I've just recently moved from an area with really good tap water, to an area with poor quality tap water. On top of that, this is my first grow with the mars hydro ts2000. I added Epsom salts on day 56. I used a slightly heaping tablespoon in 5l of water. I'm seeing tip burn on the plants accompanied by loss of color. I was hoping that might have been Mg deficiency but I'm second guessing my feeding schedule. To counteract this, after letting the pots dry out from their Epsom salt feed, I'm going to feed only filtered water for two waterings. Then I will resume feeding with a 1/2 dose of some N heavy nutes, a 1/2 dose of bloom nutes, and one more epsom feed. We will go from there. I'm having temperature fluctuations badly this week as well. Its over 90 outside and the house can easily climb into the 80s. I'm counteracting that by propping the tent open during the day and running an osculating stand fan on it. In the future I would like to add a second vent fan blowing into the tent. I've never wanted a grow to be over so badly. I've made plenty of mistakes, and I'm excited to optimize the set-up for the next run.
By Day 59 I had turned the intensity on the light down, flushed, fed Epsom salts, and a half dose bloom with some added N and I'm noticing significant improvements. The smell is coming back to the tent/room and the girls are fattening up.
This grow has not been a simple water and go. These girls have been fighting issues since day one but are staying strong and pumping out buds like candy. This week all three plants really started to trichome and fatten up. The smell dissipated a bit (though I also might just be adjusting!). I pretty much just have to nurse them through this week, flush em out and put this grow behind me. Its certainly taught me a bunch, like I said last week but the stress has made it less than enjoyable.
The plant on the left is showing some real signs of heat stress although temps don't fluccuate much above or below 76 degrees. The middle plant is fattening up the slowest, though she's the least heavy feeder, and has the most colors coming through. The plant on the right is nearly done by day 77. All her trichomes are milky white, and 95% of pistils are orange. Because her siblings aren't done yet I'm going to let her keep fattening up. A bit of a couch lock effect is never a bad thing. I plan to cut all these plants down as soon as I see some amber on the left most plant.
I'm getting crazy smells off the ladies this week. During the day time its a slightly green cannabis smell, but at night when they fart its a stink show!!!! I searched my whole house for any signs of mold or mildew because the smell was so....pungent!! nope. just farty ladies. I really can't wait to get them down and have a smoke. They look and smell incredible. Again this grow has been chalk full of issues, mostly my fault, but these plants are pushing through to give me what might be my biggest three plant harvest.
Oh man the heat has gotten to me badly. The outside temp is 105+ so the house is beyond hot. The tent is getting up into the 90s damn near every day. I may have to harvest these girls just a smidge early to save them from the grow conditions but we will see. I was expecting them to be done much much sooner than this.
Just shy of 9oz smokeable nug when dried, or about 250 grams total. Under a 200w light with some major heat issues, I'm happy. One of the plants definitely produced more larf than the others. She never fully densed even at the top colas, but that's a risk you take when running autos. The smell is sweet, skunky, and just the slightest hint of maple syrup! No joke its a really unique smell. I smoked a taster bud and can confirm she has an extremely uplifting effect. The in-laws were visiting and I couldn't have cared less 😉😁. The stone lasts a good long while as well. I'm overall very happy, and would love the opportunity to grow her again in a cooler environment.
I'd say she's very mold resistant, as the buds don't totally dense up until the very end. She's happy to be grown in soil, and is a pretty light feeder who needs lots of cal and mag. I'd recommend this plant as a good mid tier grow. Not the best for absolute novices, but she doesn't need a masters hand. Her smoke is smooth even without a cure. I will happily update more once a few weeks have passed!
Thanks Sweet Seeds!