Temp During the day 77-81F RH 45-55%
Watering with half a gallon every other day and filling the bases to max.
Tiny dose of Flower fuel mixed into 32 ounces every other watering. Started Flower fuel "microdose" (1/8th of a 1/4 tsp mixed into 32ounces of tap water. Day 40 on mothership and day 44 on Kala.
Day 47 Mothership showed clear signs of deficiency in Middle Fan leaves. Watered with a 32 ounces of plain tap water and 32 ounces mixed with 1/4 tsp reacharge at room temp to get some run off I collected in a bucket.
Day 48 Mothership seems to be recovering well. Still think I locked it out with too many nutes... Or I got the root zone too cold with cold water at the start of flower.. Not sure.. Monitoring closely but she seems to be on the up. Always praying even with the signs of deficiency( Calcium, magnesium, potassium, phosphorous on Mothership). They both only droop slightly by the end of the day and are praying every morning.
Kala still seems a week behind in terms of size and stage of growth even though germinated same day. But after bending the main stem and allowing the other tops to catch up she has bushed up nicely. Stretch seems to be slowing down with Kala and shes bulking now.
Through the duration of the grow I have been rotating the plants a quarter turn everyday. 16 inch full spectrum light bars added to tent in the corners for lower canopy at 6 inches at max power, I run them 1 hour after main light turns on until lights off.
Also experimenting with the uv light bars , i run them in the middle of the day for 30 mins increasing 30 mins each day from the start of week 6. I might increase the time I have them on even more in the coming days. I have noticed increased trichome production on areas I expose to Uv but its inconclusive at this point whether they are providing a positive effect or not. My biggest worry now is the health of mothership. The fan leaves have been the only leaves showing deficiency. Going into week 7 growing strong and praying.
Now that its coming out that flushing is unnecessary towards the end of harvest , does allowing the plants natural process of senescence hurt final yield or does it lead to better quality flowers?
Final flushing with only water is bad practice because it deprives the plant of food while it has to expend a lot of energy producing cannabinoids and terpenes. The longer it takes, the more it affects the quality of the flowers.
Using a finishing product, such as Power Clean from Bio Tech or Flawless Finish from ADN, will help the plant to assimilate the remaining fertiliser in the soil and clean the substrate for subsequent crops. But a whole week is too long, and I generally cut back after 3 or 4 days.
However, a more effective technique for improving the taste is to cut your plants in the dark, just before sunrise, and wait half an hour before showing your cut flowers the light. The plants will then have less sap in their system and therefore less fertiliser and less chlorophyll.
> Ppl who say don't flush. Usually are not smoking it.
Smoking ruins the taste anyway, try dry herb vaporizer. 😍
Harvest at once and accept what you have.
Partial harvests never work properly in my experience, the metabolic shock caused by removing most of the plant and then leaving only a little bit to struggle finishing always ends up poorer in quality than earlier harvested flowers, even though they may not be quite ready.
Experiment yourself and draw your own conclusions may be a better option, but I do not recommend partial harvests.
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