Northern Lights Auto Seedsman

Moved these babies into the finally finished grow room. Unfortunately it has taken much longer than expected to get it finished so they have not had an ideal or even close to ideal environment most of their lives. But its done and ready to finish these and start the next round which has already begun (check the other growdiary!). #1 is continuing to improve its overall color and getting darker green. Has been more difficult to see the fading due to the period of stress early on in flower that led to a pretty severe yellowing but can still see some darker hues coming through some of the bigger leaves. Buds are lighter and fluffier than #2 but still have some good density to them. This plant seems to still be adding a little weight and thickening up. #2 has remained pretty consistent throughout these later weeks of flower. Much thicker and denser than #1. This caused some deeper investigation into the inner areas of the buds/colas to search for any mold/bud rot. A small amount was discovered in some of the thicker colas that weren't getting as much airflow as they should have been. Immediately removed these problem areas and optimistic most of the plant can be salvaged as this issue was (hopefully) confined to just a few areas. Discovering this coupled with finding that cola on #1 weeks ago with a bad spot has prompted a thorough inspection of each nug/cola on both plants. Thankfully it appears the vast majority of each plant is still looking healthy and rot free so instead of chopping now, going to keep them going and hopefully can get the desired trichome ratio before harvest. If harvest is necessary beforehand due to issues continuing then it will be done. Environment has been hard to keep consistent. They have often during flower been exposed to temps around 80F and humidity in the 50-60 and sometimes creeping into the 60% range which has attributed to this bud rot coming up. Another thing determined is airflow has been subpar especially given the excess humidity. This should have been addressed with more/larger fans blowing on the plants earlier on in the cycle which could have maybe prevented it. 2 large 16" oscillating fans have been added and there is much more airflow through the canopy and buds. Another thing that was done to help was trimming/defoliating the remaining fan leaves and any larger leaves around buds that could hold too much moisture or block airflow. Also went through each cola and kind of spread them from the stem a bit to get a little more space in there which hopefully will promote better airflow here as well. All in all, will be monitoring them daily and diligently checking for any other bud rot or mold issues anywhere else. Now that airflow is vastly improved and they are in a much easier to control environment, hopefully the last week or 2 will prove successful or at least issue free.