Week 4:
12 hrs daylight @ 900-1000 PPFD at canopy
Watering every other day (reservoir filled)
I was worried about the amount of leaf material removed last week (first time taking that much from the main crop) but all is looking well.
Still not too strong of a smell.
Pulled the lights up a bit to reduce the fan leaf temp from 79F down to 77F at the highest leaf.
They really started to pack on the weight the last two days.
NBP2 is still a week behind I think.
Saw a huge earth worm burrowing in NBP1. Lots of worm compost under the top soil. I am certain now I will need to remix all my soil after this run. Trying to decide on how I would water If I buy a 4x4 or 3x3 bed.
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!