2024 420FB Sour Diesel & Blue Dream Autos

Week 5 from seed begins, roots are well established as evidenced by them poking out of the fabric pots. Last week showed great growth with both plants bulking up nicely, light intensity increased to 80% and EC increases. Sour Diesel self-topped around day 27 resulting in 6-8 branches, will need to monitor the two branches at the "top" to ensure they can support the weight, otherwise it did not appear to slow her growth, a Bob Ross "happy little accident"! She has a great shape with most branches around the same height. Blue Dream is slightly shorter at 16cm and continues to bush out, lots of leaf tucking, just a green monster. Plan 1. Continue LST/Leaf tucking to expose branches 2. Defoliation as needed to increase light exposure and air circulation 3. Watch for pre-flower 4. May need to add small stand to ensure good lighting for BD 14-9-2024 Day 29. PH 6.01, EC 1420, 2L with good run-off. Leaf tucking continues, and light defoliation of BD leaves that are shaded. Lights at 40cm and 80%. 15-9-2024 Day 30. PH 5.85, EC 1440, 1.5L with good run-off. Leaf tucking, LST adjusted and light defoliation on both. Added a riser to BD so height is inline with SD. Lights at 38cm and 80%. Both plants continue to expand to edges of the pots and beyond. Will verify light height tomorrow and increase intensity. 16-9-2024 Day 31. PH 6.04, EC 1250, 2L with great run-off. Lights at ~36cm and 80%. Will increase height and dimming tomorrow. Decreased EC as plants look a little green, will decrease for a few days. No signs of pre-flower. Leaf tucking, LST and light defoliation on both to increase light to branches and air flow. 17-9-2024 Day 32. PH 6.06, EC 1240, 2L with great run-off. Lights adjusted to 38cm and dimming increased to 85%.Lots of leaf tucking on BD and some leaf removal. LST adjusted on both. Mid-week looking good, growth is explosive; pre-flower seems imminent! Will continue to work on spreading out branches. 18-92024 Day 33. *********FlashClean 2ml/L, 2.5L with great run-off. Preflower signs noted on both, will switch to preflower strenght nutrients with the ProBloom tomorrow. LST adjusted and a few supports removed, Leaf tucking and light defoliation on both. Lights adjusted to 38cm and 90% dimming. (My previous diary with FB Strawberry Gorilla also had signs of preflower day 33 and was flushed with FlashClean, simply an observation) 19-9-2024 Day 34. PH 6.03, EC 1260, 3.5/2.5L with great run-off. Preflower feeding schedule started with ProBloom added. Lots of leaf tucking and removal of few leaves. LST adjusted and removed from a few branches, will continue to adjust and remove. Lights are at 36cm/90% dimming, will monitor height daily (flower 30-35cm). Week almost closed out and both are beginning to stretch. 26cm/30cm in height, both gained ~10 cm in height since the beginning of the week. 20-9-2024 Day 35. PH 5.90, EC 1225, 2.5L with good run-off, they seem thirsty! LST adjusted and several removed, loads of leaf tucking and some minor defolation on both, including a few secondary branches. Lights at 35cm/90% will verify daily. What a week, lots of growth, small burns noted on a new tips quickly resolved by backing down to ~1200EC, and light defoliation. FlashClean used prior to start of preflower schedule, ProBloom added. BD continues to expand in all directions requiring lots of leaf tucking and more defoliation, she is ~ 30cm. SD wants to grow vertically, most of the LST has been removed, just a few leaves defoliated, a couple of secondary branches and the other first node branch, she is ~34 cm. Next week plan 1. LST adjusted/removal, leaf tucking 2. Light defolation 3. Verify light height daily