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AJarOfNotDirt 24/0 Light Cycle with around 25-50% of dimming . Plant was growing as expected for 1st week.

AJarOfNotDirt Went from 24/0 over 20/4 to 18/6 Light Cycle that week , also start adding nutrients in small amount. Root Juice is added till Day 14 , instead of Day 7 , because I want to max out root growth as far as possible , also keeping pot dryer helps with faster rooting. I fimmed the plant or at least I tried on Day 20 . I think I didnt take enough of the top to make it spread into more than one main top , as you can see in the next weeks progression.

AJarOfNotDirt Well the Fimming has not worked out as I planned , but I try to still keep some advantage of having stopped growth of the mainstem . Unluckily my Plant hasnt stretched a lot , I dont know if its related to genetics or if I had made mistakes with the light distance / Dimming . I tried to achieve 300-400 ppfd on the topside .

AJarOfNotDirt Happy with how the plant developed , even if the fimming didnt went as planned , the plant got pretty even and the main didnt shoot as it normally would have, saving me some space . Overall I am looking forward to grow some nice bud . Light Dimming is around 50-75 % at this point. I try lower it within the last 2 hours of the day , to lower overall stress . Opposite is done in the morning . Have to do it manually with this light , but overall it seems to have a good effect on the plant. In the past I also went with higher light cycle off 20/4 for automatics , having maybee a little better veg results , but also more stress on the plant . Next Grow I eventually go 20/4 for the first 4 weeks again to achieve maximum growth of the plant.

AJarOfNotDirt The plant went into flower and I started noticing pest damage on the leaves . I am using soap and acetic acid mixture with mostly water to spray down the plants with it . Since its early flower I keep doing it in like a 2 Days interval , after I shake the plant lightly around in the shower to get rid of excess waters and hopefully shake some pest off as well . Before putting it back in the tent. I keep doing this for 1-2 weeks , with the last 1-2 times just spraying the plant down with plain water. Everything Water related had like 24 h to dechloride . I also use some yellow stickies in the bottom and like 1 in the top to catch as much of the pest before they spread out too much , basically I should have done some more Prevention in Week 3 and 4 .

AJarOfNotDirt I still have a light pest damage . Otherwise the upper Petrioles devolped a purple color which hints on a P deficit. At the time I use around 3ml of Bloom , aiming for 4ml at the end of the week , to get rid of the deficincy . Otherwise the plant is still doing great and I'll keep it updated. Update : I am not happy with the height differences , next time I maybee top or low stress the plant , to achieve more consistant spacing.

AJarOfNotDirt So far Week 7 went good , resin production increased on buds and leafs . The Smell is mostly Mycrene at this point like most plants now a days

AJarOfNotDirt I increased the amount of nutrient given to the maximum at this point, because of the high outside temperature the plant took a lot of water and with it more nutrients . The plant seems to do well with the amount given. Overall the plant is doing still good , but I think the high Temps of 28-32 C Daytime are a Problem , since I dont have an ac unit , i try control the humidity with a wet towel or spraying a little bit of water on the plant helps reducing temps , as well as increasing fan runtime and lowering wattage to 80-90 % in the morning and evening . A tent with more height would reduce heat stress or LST the plant harder in the beginning next time , defintily not gonna fim next time .

AJarOfNotDirt The Buds getting colour , I started flushing all in one a lot of resin all over the plant . The Trichomes become Cloudy and milky , but nearly non amber yet. Buds could be bigger but overall I try to get to the Finishline in the next 2-3 Weeks. Unluckily my tent is to small again . Plantparts bigger 50 cm get burned easily. Not as bad as the last times , but still like 5-10cm too big for it. I changed end of week 6 to the nutrient amount in the description , before see week 5.

AJarOfNotDirt Plant starts to change colours , trichomes start changing from clear to cloudy . I am checking the development every 3 Days , looking in top , middle and bottom , to get a good avg. result . Overall I want like 5-10% Clear ones , 70-90% cloudy ones and around 5-10% amber ones , this wont be achieved perfectly in every layer , but gives me a little more variety in the effect later on. I do sort them when I put them in jars or curing bags. I flush with around 2-3l with a little top max acti vera and heaven like 1-2ml per l on the first flush with like 10 % runoff , after like 2 Days i went with clear water aiming for very little run off . Also cleaning my pot with a pump sprayer to get salts and used fertilizer out of it . I think the plant has another 1-2 weeks to go .

AJarOfNotDirt Just plain water for the last week , trichomes look good , overall I aimed for harvest end of this week /beginning of week 12.

AJarOfNotDirt Day 76 was the day I cut her down after around 30 hrs darkness. Unluckily I dont have an AC Unit and temperature is high at the moment with around 30C° , so it dried to quick with around 5-6 Days. I jared the stuff with around 50 % RH which is quite low . As every time I test the humidity of the bud by smoking , so I maybee vaped/smoked like an additional 5grams of it during the drying process . Also there was a lot of leafy stuff I put into the trim. So I think it would be around 65-75g , also it dried to fast and is lower than usual , so I think 75 would fit under better drying conditions .