So week 5 of flower 🌺 was a fairly quiet one. I started the week with a full 40 gallon nutrient change out. The new Jacks Hydroponic mix that I am using made the task an hour and a half worth of work vs. roughly 4 hours it used to take when I was mixing 14 different bottles together. I am running it at a 3,2,1 ratio with some added Terpinator, Orca, Hydroguard, and liquid Koolbloom. Buds have formed everywhere in the garden and everything is now starting to bulk up nicely. I’ve noticed some new coloring on fresh calyx’s on the 2 Gorilla 🦍 strains.
The Velvet Bud is still very white in the pistil coloring, but as I get into the last few weeks of flower 🌸 I expect that the change significantly.
We are at day 35 of all 8-10 week strains, and I think 🤔 I will be going the full 70 days.... only time will tell though. I have not seen a single gnat on any of my traps or in the air this round and that makes me happy. Last round I forgot to cover my medium with tin foil and yellow stickies and was regretting it in week 5. This round, not a pest in sight 🦗🕷️🦖
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@Nutria, my best highest yield for this setup was 37.25 oz’s. I’ve learned a lot since then, so provided I don’t have any unexpected wacky ness I think 🤔 I’ll hit that nunber. My largest yield was with 3 plants in the room, so with 5 as long as they are not overcrowded I am pretty confident.
@MagicMikesMeds, 40oz are achievable, 1.5gr/w is a common result with this kind of leds. If you look at the emitted spectrum you can notice a lack of IR wavelenght (≥700nm) in white leds, thus it is suggested to run higher temps than you would usually do under hps for example. Follow a VPD chart with a ±1c temp difference between air temperature and leaf temp.
@Nutria, this is my 3rd round growing under the Timber Grow Light COB LeD fixture so I am more than aware of its excellence. My goal for the 5x5 room is 40 oz’s, and I should have the perfect room temps to make a run at that number...
@MagicMikesMeds, exactly! I do the same and am constantly tweaking or trying something new every cycle just to track a new data point. @Dudegrowsweed just rec’d a book on his diary which I just read called marijuana cultivation reconsidered. If you like the plant science end of things it’s a great and layman’s terms informative read👍. Glad to see someone taking the defo into late flower - it’s a reassuring👊 Cheers😎
@TheBudWhisperer,I can understand your concerns about the late Flower defoliation, however, there is still significant leaf material intertwined in the buds to perform photosynthesis. I’ve noticed that the buds that have direct exposure to light have the best growth and development. By getting the light down further into the canopy through defoliation I get much lower bud development then you would had you left the heavy coverage of fan leaves. Controversial yes, however, my best run weight wise was one in which I religiously defoliated my plants every 4 days from the start of flower through to flush....people argued with me that the method was only hurting my yields, however, the numbers just don’t lie. I believe in data and vigorously track the data from my grows to see what works best for me in my garden. It’s science !!!
@Eauderay,the 2 different gorilla 🦍 genetics (Gorilla Bomb & Royal Gorilla) are both starting to throw out new pink/purple calyx’s. At first I thought that all of my plants were herming, due to the fact that it looked like nanners at 1st, but as they started to develop I could tell they were new calyx’s that we’re expanding the buds. 2 of the 5 plants are roughly 6 feet tall at their highest with the other 3 ranging from 3-5 feet. This weekend should be the final defoliation as I will be completing week 6 this week and that puts me at 42 days. Should be the final defoliation and that will leave roughly 4 weeks to fatten up ( I like taking my plants to full term - 70 days for these strains...
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@TheBudWhisperer,yeah it came down 2 weeks early and I have already dried all of it. I trimmed half and then just ripped the other half from the stalks to dry. I’ll run the plant through the bubble washer in a couple of weeks so in the end I’ll just have lost a little weight in trichomes. Oh well, it happens to the best of us...
@Stress_Bud,I was going to start to flower them but I noticed a Calcium deficiency popping up, so I’m gonna do a full res change out and give them another week to eliminate the deficiency
I couldn't help noticing that you've placed lots of sticky traps. If you actually have pest problem, allow me to suggest you adding diatomaceous earth combined with propolis and pyrethrum. If rapeseed is in the mix it gets even better. This totally exterminates pretty much everything that flies or crawls. Peace
@vovaTHEKUSHMASTER, the sticky traps are strictly preventative. Last round I noticed an uptick in fungus gnats in my garden mainly due to the fact that my geographic location is loaded with them and it was the right time of year.
My medium is Growstone GS1 and is pure hydro, so adding diatomaceous earth gets really messy. I have found that covering my medium with aluminum foil and placing the yellow sticky traps next to the main stalk of the plant prevents the gnats from getting into my medium and eating my roots. So far this round, there are a few gnats on the traps, but I don’t see any flying in the room so it seems that they are achieving my desired results...