Week 7: Well they sure shot up in six days. Way too close to the lights, so I lifted those up and plucked a few damaged fan leaves in the process.
Fully amended for pre-flower with kashi and craft blend, topped with a ~1/2" layer of Buildaflower, and lightly wetted in with big6 and saponin infused water. Did you see Figure 4, those feeder roots were gorgeous. I had so many issues with the first grow that I never saw any feeder roots pop up before I did my final topdress. This was exciting to see, especially on these which didn't have the best beginnings.
The reservoirs were also finally dry and ready to be topped off again. The first time I fill the reservoirs in the EBs during a new grow they have always taken 7-12 days before fully drinking it completely. They usually take around 1.75-2.25 gallons depending on the root mass and soil moisture, they both took 2 gallons this time around.
Water that goes into the reservoir is straight tap and no I have never done a pH test. Bought a cheap set recently but the calibration procedure seems tedious so I haven't done it.
Now that these have mass and size I expect to be filling the reservoirs daily soon. I am going to try and push these 2 to make up for the reduced plant number.
Next week's photos really start to showcase the differences between these two plants. I think one will lean heavy towards the Nutter Budder lineage and the other towards the Pistachio lineage. I am just not experienced enough to hazard a guess as to which is which right now.
Whole bunch of these guys living on my soil (BuildaSoil 3.0, second run - re-amended).
They aren't messing with the stalk or plants, can't see the roots obviously though.
I hope and assume some kind of predator mite but there are a metric buttload of these little bastards.
OH those are hypoaspis miles :) AKA Stratiolaelaps scimitus. These are predator mites! They feed on the bad bugs like spider mites, root aphids, and fungus gnats. Its a strong indication that you have a healthy echo system going. Some people even pay to have these bugs placed in their gardens.
One plant's fan leaves are building trichomes, but it has more fan leaves than the other plant & they are needing to be tucked daily.
Both plants never had issues with the previous defoliating. 3-4 wks left before chop day.
So, would you defoliate one last time?
If you wanna know for sure, pluck one off and split it open- male pollen sac will have 5 or so banana shape anthers inside there. Female bracts will just be empty basically with sometimes a tiny little ball which is the ovule
@Ezzjaybruh, Thanks for the follow-up, I appreciate it. I think I just panicked a bit since It took me 5 minutes before I found another one like it. But I appreciate the info for the future.
Though I may check it this weekend anyways, impulsive tendencies over here.
Try Grove bags for curing my man, they're fool proof. I used them for the first time and curing was so easy. No need to burp, just stays at 58-62%. Your plants look great brother, nice work on them!