With the limitations of a 4x4 tent and the vigor that the Island Sweet Skunk and her sister Blueberry have been growing I decided to I needed to take some action. Either a culling of Buds needed to happen (that suggestion quickly received and high pitched 9 year old girl ‘NOOOO’ scream from the peanut gallery) or I needed to make more room for my phat diva girls. I have a 2nd tent that is a 2’x4’ tent that’s been sitting empty for months and I moved Ms. Sour Jack and Ms. Bubba Kush over to it. I repositioned Ms. Island Sweet Skunk and Ms. Blueberry so they could take advantage of the extra space on F31 and was able to flex and tie them down better on F34 as they got use to the new area.
Ms. Innocence Sweet Skunk has now got a little more light above her, and I was able to lower the lights a bit (but not as much as I’d like because of the Ms. Blueberries height). I tied down the outer branches more to that they spread open and made a bit more room. Did my best to try and get the buds a little further apart, but she’s a strong girl and there isn’t too much flex. It is definitely better.
We are at F35 of an estimated F70 (says the breeder) so we should be exactly half way through flowering now. Ms Skunk has the frostiest nuggets and bud leaves I’ve ever had the pleasure of seeing. They are covered right to the tips…. It’s the most epic sight I’ve ever seen. The buds are looking very decent and we still have another 35 days to go.
On F35 she got a mini-flush, ran 21L of water through her to bring down the PPM runoff that crept up to 650 ppm and try to make sure she isn’t getting any salt build up. This is the 2nd time I’ve done it during flowering (last time was 3 weeks ago). She instantly started dropping and I think it wasn’t necessary, but I’m happy I did it as it doesn’t take long and lets me have a better idea of what her soil condition is like. Plus I have to fly away next week for work, I’ll be away from my girls for 4 straight days and I feel better knowing that they don’t have salt buildup. Luckily my amazing S/O will be home so the girls will be taken care of very well.
@MovingOn, Thanks man! As for the seed companies I honestly don't know, I've read some stuff about Next Gen, DJ Short, BC Bud Depot, Canuk, JOTI, and JAH. There are some.... disagreements.... about whom worked where.... who has original genetics.... some are stollen or not pure etc, etc.
Honestly I don't really care, I don't have any affiliation or loyalty to any of them. I have some Next Gen seeds, Canuk seeds, and some BC Bud Depot seeds. I've been very impressed with the Next Gen seeds so far, but with that being said I just had the first few vapes from the Canuk Northern Lights and the high is fucking amazing (maybe I just got a great pheno, I don't know).
My next grow I'll have two BC Bud Depot strains (God Bud and Tangie Cookies) and one of the Next Gen strains (Dynamite). Really I'm just trying stains out to find what I like and don't like.
@stevieb21,Thanks, she's a very strong girl. Her and my Blueberry are going nuts, yet right next to them the Bubba Kush seems to struggle. I'm new to growing MJ and I don't fully understand the strains and pheno's yet, but clearly they can be very dramatic.