Week 6, so close to harvest I can taste it.
Feeding this week with nutrients comes to an end. I will be just watering with pH balanced water down to around 5.9
Goal now is to get rid of excess nutrients in the soil, the girls will start to pull nutes from their fan leaves thus starting to show their autumn colours. Fingers crossed.
The flowers on AK Pheno 1 are SUPER DENSE! Also showing a more sativa like growth. Her sister however is a short and bushy girl. Both have very nice flower, the extra 3ish weeks of veg for AK Pheno 1 really shows a big difference between the two.
The clones I took from the AKs that rooted for 3 days accidentally in the tent which was a 12/12 cycle, have all continued to flower outside😅 like I mean really go full flower.. so much for hoping they would go back into veg lol.
But I learnt a valuable lesson, that if I kept them in the tent, I may have ended up with pretty decent and large colas on each clone. I'm very keen to try this some time😁
The Lychee seems to have taken a break from its growth spurt. Not growing as quickly as she was, I know the soil should stay moist but not soaked and it feels pretty damp so I'm going to have her taken out of the humidity dome. I really do think she should be outside in the sun so I'm going to start getting her ready for that.
Exciting weeks ahead. Harvest of the AKs is just around the corner!
Mid week update.
Think this week will be the official first week of flower, pistils started showing yesterday and are all over today. Will post week update this weekend.
My clones of the two AK phenos are showing small root development, perhaps this weekend I will begin transplanting them for the outdoor season.
Today will be a regular mid week pH balanced watering only. Only feeding them nutrients once a week, after 3 weeks I will slowly ramp up the strength. Warm weather is creating a nice not too humid environment within the tent, perfect conditions for flowering
Thanks to all you awesome people that clarified the grow for me. I just needed that third party guarantee that I'm pushing in the right direction and can only say I'm SUPER EXCITED to get these lights installed. Hope my girls will be as happy as I am but of course they will be!
mid-week update, the snapped stem on the AK Pheno 1 seems to be holding out well. there is hardly any wilting if any at all and it has been 3 days.
mid-week feed with just plain water and pH lowered to 6.0.
End of the week will be another 1ml/L Bud Juice Boom Bloom feed. Will probably continue this weekly for a few weeks and slowly ramp up to 3ml/L. First time using these nutrients.
Will also start with the Bud Juice Symbionics Molasses and Sugars additive after pre-flower shows. Says this can be used during veg but I would think the molasses and sugars benefit the plants more during flower?
Still no signs of pre-flower. But only day 3 of their 12/12 cycle.
The Lychee sapling I'm trying to rescue has new growth starting in 3 different places! Looks like I've managed to pull the little guy back to life! will be pretty cool to have Lychees in a couple of years :D