First Grow - Watermelon Zkittles (Indoor)

Week 17: Things are getting serious! Day 2 of this week we started our first major flower defoliation. Never did I ever imagine it would take this long to trim up these plants! This is what happens when you... stuff the tent and don't stay on top of early LST. Word to all other growers... Get a tent that opens all the way around if you are going to stuff it over capacity. Another thing I never would've expected, how much I would learn as I went through this process. When this all started I heard " Really all you have to do if you go organic is topdress your fertilizer once a month and PH your water... and boy was that a bit misleading.. We definitely could've vegged a much shorter time, in smaller pots, and wouldn't have had as much of a learning curve.... but what I will say is doing this for a larger number of plants really helps make the science make sense. For example, everyone talks about using Cal Mag.. and I always wondered.. if my base fertilizer has everything it needs for the month.. then why do I need boosters and additional nutrients... But it's starting to occur to me that 1. Gaia Green is a base fertilizer for all plants... Cannabis has it's own nutrient needs.. furthermore each strain has it's own nutrient needs.. 2. Cannabis needs a LOT of water and a lot of energy to produce the quality of buds I like to smoke... investing in a water set-up and nutrient line up that's meant to go through flower for cannabis is crucial.... More lessons to come I'm sure.. but we got the netting looking better, and the plants are looking heathy.. So I hope they start putting on some height and buds soon!! Until later this week. - Big Ole Buds