5 weeks of 12/12 flower completed! (6 or 7 if you count 1 or two pre flower weeks).
Everything seems to be going pretty smoothly except the BK #2 has developed some serious light burn now on some leaves closest to the lamp. The buds look good still and appear undamaged which was a relief. Whipped out the lux meter and did a rough conversion to PPFD to calculate the DLI and the light was much too high for those buds that were directly underneath it and growing too close. Turned it down significantly so that the DLI is now at 53. Was just over 60 before, yikes! Also cut the light time by a half an hour so it will now be getting 11.5 hrs of light and 12.5 hours of darkness.
Watered everything pretty heavily today according to the Build A Soil Flowering/Fruiting (Therm X70, Aminos, Bio-Phos, Big 6 Micros + Humic Acid, and Coconut).
BK #2 has some FAT colas and quite a few of them. Managed to tie/bend some of the taller branches that were getting too close to the light down which gave them 3-5" more of distance between them and the lamp so combined with turning the light intensity down should ease some of the stress that has been on them. Like described earlier, the actual bud/flower seems to be undamaged and looking really good. The stalk on this girl is super fat! Gonna take a measurement of how thick she is next update (or I'll probably forget so will do it at harvest if so lol). The buds overall are really stacking if not closer to finishing stacking and look so tasty! They are starting to really dense up and the orange hairs are becoming more and more prevalent now. Had to do some bracing and tying the branches to support them as they are starting to tip over from becoming so heavy. Definitely need to trellis/scrog next run.
The WW's are looking great and have an insane amount of white hairs on the top colas, looking really cheesy. Definitely the tallest of all the plants. The WW #1 might be the healthiest looking plant in the room since its a little shorter so no light burn. The 2 plants in one 30 gallon seem to be working out great with no issues. Still primarily white hairs and a TON of them on all these buds, not many orange yet except for some of the lowers.
The Big Body Gelati is starting to stack up now and the smell is really getting apparent now. A nice fruity mixed with that fuel like scent. Can't wait to try this one! The cola/top in the most intense light has some burn on the leaves but after turning the light down it should help. Other than that the plant looks really healthy and seems to be thriving as it stacks up its buds and thickens those colas!
Going out of town again unfortunately (work related and unexpected) should have everything set up to be managed again and the people taking care of them while I am gone have done great so far. Just sucks to have to go this late into flower as they will be finishing probably at the end of this month. May be late on the next update.
Thanks as always for following along!!
@BudBoutique, Same! Wasn't able to train them as much as I'd like due to being unexpectedly out of town quite a bit during this run so curious how theyll turn out as they are almost too tall at this point lol.
You clearly know what you're doing, but I've never seen black or grey mycelium. You sure that mass of "good mycelium" isn't dead, a fruiting body, or a mold? Myc doesn't really lift above the substrate until its trying to fruit, and we wouldn't call the fruiting body myc.
Any chance at ID?
Also, damn, we really are in sync. I grew NLA last, WW now. Happily Minnesota organic grow!
@JazzBerries, I haven't seen it like that either and it didn't even occur that it could have been something besides mycelium and possibly be a mold but you could be right. I was out of town for a week right after this last update and that little ball in the photo has disappeared and there is no sign of it anymore. Plants are thriving still and no signs of mold or anything bad spreading so that is relieving. It definitely was more in the mulch layer versus being in the soil when it was visible though. Going to keep monitoring but it has disappeared at least for now. If it returns or I start seeing the plant getting "sick" I will update more.
Wow that is quite the coincidence lol! Thanks for the comment, and pointing out the mycelium/mold in the photo. Also happy growing to you as well! Will definitely follow along and wish you nothing but positive results to a fellow MN grower!
@Herbie101, Thanks man!! I really enjoy the cover crop too. Not only does it provide a nice visual aesthetic, it helps out in a number of other areas as well. Thanks again for following along!
@CannabisFarmerGuyDude, I love the idea and philosophy begind the living soil thing! I just need to learn my basics first, but its perfect to follow people along who work with it to learn. π I hope all will go well! Best of luck buddy!π±π
@Herbie101, Thanks man!! Appreciate the love and you following along! First time going full "Living Soil" and using Build A Soil products so really excited to see how things turn out and share with you all.