This plant continues to be gorgeous! I did a little trimming this week as one of my other plants (in a separate tent) developed bud rot and now I am a little hyper sensitive. It was a little over 3 weeks when I defoliated it, but I thought the risk of stunting the growth a bit outweighed the risk of bud rot.
@Kid_Cannabis, I looked at your diary and there are many factors that can affect a grow, but it looks like you are using natural light so I would guess it might not be as intense as the grow lights. I grew some regular vegetables under lesser grow lights and they took a long time to grow.
@Kid_Cannabis,use the platform growmie, ask some grow questions, some people on here actually know what they are talking about. You can also feel free to shoot me a DM and I shall try to help. Until then lots of success!
Picture #3 - ZOOM in on the top fan leaf - I observed to be a infection and could lead to a outbreak if not addressed. That is a fungal/pest infection thus the powdery white substance and the necrosis of that part of the fan leaf due to a pest/fungal infection.
Otherwise nice looking plant great structure and genetics - but the environmental needs some emergency deep cleaning - my suggestion before you go full on flower mode is Einstein Neem Oil Cold Pressed - use it over the next week and half - 3 to 5 applications and no worries.
UVB- 285nm (solacure) & UVB (migrow) - 310nm UVA - 395 - adding these to your spectrum will cease your fungal/pest issues, it destroys their DNA/RNA thus the environment will not allow them to survive.
Lastly, outstanding job otherwise - all plants have bugs - good or bad, from the root to the shoot to the flower and the fruit - its part of the microbiome - although when it gets sick like us HUMANS do we have to address it. ;-)~
Take this as good criticism as it is for the betterment of the plant.
Stay Lifted fellow plant steward!
@Sparkle_Party, your VERY welcome if it were my plants I would want someone to point that out to myself as well! It's all LOVE for the plant and the cultivator ;-)~
If you look at solacure or migrow UV lights - these will give the plants a natural defense mechanism by putting on sunscreen from the UV thus increasing the leaf thickness and secondary metabolite production of more cannabinoids, terpenoids, and flavonoids - plus other alkaloids, glucosinolates, etc.
To use UV sugars must be used - such as : Terpinator, Sugaree, & Purpinator along with beneficial bacteria and fungi ( azos, mycos, fish head farms, mammoth P)
That will put your cultivation game on a whole new level - I guarantee it.
GroW on my fellow plant steward! Stay lifted and Jahbless
Let's GROW! ;-)
@boutique_buddz, thank you! I hadn’t noticed anything on the leaves while I was looking at the plant, but I have seen mold before on other plants. I had to go right away and take a look. When I looked I didn’t see what I was seeing in the picture. I wonder if there was a water droplet on that leaf. I will keep an eye on it, get some Einstein Neem oil and look at better cleaning procedures between plants. If you have any suggestions I would be grateful to hear them. Thank you again.