Grandpa's Cookies #7 x Lilac Diesel #22

This week was the final week of flower for the current Raspberry Ripple 4x4 run in the flower tent! After 72 days in flower I was finally noticing a good 15-20% amber coverage on both phenos and mostly cloudy trichomes. Now they will only need around two weeks or so to dry! I'm only able to drop the temps to around 68°F. But it's a constant 68° so I'm hoping I'll still be able to pull off a good dry! Most of the year I'm able to drop it well into the low 60s, but during these summer months it's been more of a challenge to do so. I'm still able to get the desired 55-60 rH. Ethos- Lilac Diesel #22 (x) Grandpa's Cookies #7- This seedling has been growing faster now and has started working on multiple side branches from it's main branches. I'm happy I got my other plants harvested because this particular seedling is getting too tall for it's current tent situation. All the plants in the tent look like they could benefit from a transplant soon as well! The stalk and main branches of this seedling are thick and they remind me a lot of the structure of the Raspberry Ripple #1.Now that the Tow Truck plant was confirmed to be male and removed from the garden. I've been able to train this plant outwards a little more. It's flower quadrant will only have 3 plants in it and it'll be with the #2 Phenos of Raspberry Ripple which are the smaller of my two current plants. So I'm hoping I can fill the trellis a little bit with this plant! It'll most likely be in a 15 gallon pot and be under the refurbished HLG 550 I bought off Marketplace until I can get a better light for that side of the tent. The light itself has nice samsung lm301h diode boards and a meanwell driver, but the actual dimmer switch doesn't have setting notches (25%,50%,75%,100%) it just freely moves like a house lightswitch and has some exposed wiring so it seems a little dangerous to use in the long run. I'm hoping I can replace it soon. Harvest- The buds this harvest from both phenos of Raspberry Ripple seemed much frostier this time than last grow! I'm happy I got to push these plants about two weeks longer this run and use a microscope to get a true viewing of my trichomes. Raspberry Ripple #1 is giving off its trademark leathery "black licorice" terps, it's purple hues are just as wild if not better looking than last time thanks to the HLG Blackbird I got for this run. The Raspberry Ripple #2 is much more fruity and hazy than the number 1, it's an absolute frost factory this time. Both should be good smoke and it was dope to get to work with this strain again. I can't wait for another cycle with these Phenos! That about sums up this week. I'll be doing a lot of cleaning and trimming within these next weeks to get the tent ready for next cycle! Happy Growing and Happy Living -StarFish