9/4 Day 15 of flower. I changed up the trellis net to get a more even spread on the canopy. Definitely seeing some good stretch still which is nice. Did some very minor defoliating near the bottom, mostly just cleaning up a few obvious larf sites.
9/5 Day 16 of flower. Welp. Getting into more trimming today and I found what seems to be male parts growing with female parts. She is a heshe. Great. Well at least I know now that my issues with herms is not related to the nutrients. My next best guess is excessive EC from not rinsing my coco. I have been seeing consistent yellow tips with my grows ever since I switched to Royal Gold coco, and I stopped rinsing because of all the reviews and the claim that it was good to go right out of the bag. Well setting up a new pot with that coco I decided to test runoff EC, and with nothing else added it was 2.4. Starting off with an ultra high EC when I grow autopots which do not flush really adds up as my likely issue here. I’ve learned my lesson on this one I think. As for the Mac N Jack, she’s the only occupant in the tent and I’ve come this far so I’ll attempt to remove all male parts with hopes of preventing self pollination. I’ve also trimmed off all side branches, going for an all top grow.
9/8 Day 19 of flower. Spread out the branches even more, very close to nice even spacing.
9/9 Day 20 of flower. I’ve been checking daily for balls and ripping them off when found. I thought the whole plant was clear and then today I went poking around a bit more. I came across one that was in a hard to see spot and it had popped open. Well fuck. I’ll keep letting her go for now as I’m not sure what the damage will be, but obviously this doesn’t bode well. I think this is the end of me doing Ethos for now, since upon reflection I honestly haven’t been thrilled with any of my Ethos grows thus far. It’s either back to autos with Mephisto or on to Humboldt Seed Company after this one. The bright side is this plant is trained nearly perfectly for my 3x3, so in the future I’ll know this is the way to go for a single plant grow.
I found another popped open pollen sack. It's over. She's been chopped down and thrown in the garbage. Time to move on. Also, it wasn't the Royal Gold coco that had the high EC. It was the gypsum I was adding to my mix. So it does look like Royal Gold is good to go without a rinse.
Just went back and looked at the first few weeks of life and it’s moving right along! You’ve got it down to a science on turning them into a perfect round shrub
@FrontRowAG_BrianG, yeah I'm still trying to settle on my preferred way of training a single plant to fill a 3x3. Small tweaks here and there have led me to this, but I'll probably be experimenting for awhile before I get it just right.
@Crashoverite, I appreciate the kind words but she's gone. After the 2 pollen sacks burst I decided to call it and chopped her down. On to the next grow.
