Cruise control has basically been set after yet another busy week in the tent. I’ve top-dressed with the final nutrient feeding at about 1 tbsp/gal of 2-8-4 with worm castings. They got water with microbe boosters (banana peel + molasses) today and will be doing a heavy dry back. They received a heavy defoliation so light can better penetrate the canopy. They are getting more caked with trichomes at a rapid pace and I suspect that the best is yet to come since nutrients should just now be hitting the point where they’ll be absorbed by the roots. The smell is almost giving off a cheesy-gas vibe but gets more complex every day. Getting much closer to harvest now! Be back next week!
@Hempface86, Thank you! This is the worst I've had them yet as a newbie, hitting the leaves and soil with diluted hydrogen peroxide daily and will have sticky traps arriving today sometime. That should hopefully help me get a handle of it 😬
Another trichome check for BB #1. She seems very close, but I feel that another week will do some good in allowing any more bud-swell to occur while also letting the trichomes to further ripen. Lower branches thankfully seem to have at least become mostly cloudy but with very little amber. The tops are pretty amber-heavy, a helpful indicator that we are very close. I'm going to raise the light another approximate inch in order to give the tops a break, I'm hoping to avoid a 40-50% amber ratio. I'd guess we are at 15-20% now so that should be easy to avoid. Expect a harvest update next week with more photos and comments added as I sample throughout cure!