Flower Week 7:
๐ก No change
๐ฝ๏ธ Topdressed each: Kashi BLOOM (1/3 cup), Worm castings (cover)
๐ฟ Top watered 1 gallon each: Buildabloom, Big 6 micros, Saponin, Coconut Water
๐ง Earthbox reservoirs filled every 2 days, 2 gallons each
Easy week. Took so many pictures, they just started changing color so quick after last week's pictures. There was a really cold day this last week and temps got down to 59ยฐF at night a few nights.
Smell is so amazing. NBP1 is dark and getting chunky. NBP2 is more of a reacher and a bit lankier. But NBP2 looks frosty AF. Still early, the trichomes aren't as long in the stem as the wedding cake clone, but I think there is more is general, especially NBP2.
That dark corner of NBP1 has some red leaves now. Colors are stellar, NBP2 is following closely behind the fade of her sister.
No liquid ferment this week because honestly every time I add that the tips burn just a bit. At this point I want it to be way street for these ladies. So while the BuildaSoil method recommends 2 oz per gallon of water for a soil drench, I decided to let them ride with one less amendment this week.
Random notes:
Soil is still teeming with what I have accepted as beneficial insects, since they only come out when I water and, well, look at these beauties. Tucking fan leaves every once in awhile but I defoiliated pretty well, and these ladies are very stiff and sturdy. A bend more often then not turns into a snap. Just how this ran shook out due to equipment constraints.
2 more weeks. Or more. We'll see.
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!