2024 420FB Sour Diesel & Blue Dream Autos

Week 8 begins in flower. Height ~ 70/77 cm, 20cm increase on both, stems are ~ 3cm in diameter, color looks good and no issues noted. Fertigation x2 daily as volumes increased to ~4L x24hrs, hope to change to once a day when volumes slow. Working on lowering the temps and humidity. Defoliated BD on day 47 and again day 50, she will need one additional defolation. She is a thick plant! SD was defolated on day 48, will lightly defoliate in the next few days. SD while being behind by 1 day, she seems a little more mature than BD, budlets are slightly bigger. Plan for the week 1. Continue to lightly defoliate/lst both as needed to expose branches or increase air flow 2. Check light height daily, temp probe and fans 3. Monitor fertigation volumes - switch to x1 daily when/if demand slows 4. Decrease temps and humidity 5-10-2024 Day 50. PH 5.95, EC 1120, 2L each with good run-off. Defoliated many fan leaves from BD, will give her a rest and try again on day 54. Removed 2-3 fan leaves from SD. Raised light to 34cm/90%. Temp probe raised and fans adjusted. 6-10-2024 Day 51. PH 6.09/6.0, EC 1180/1160, 4.5/3L with good run-off. Attempting to switch back to once a day fertigations as pots were heavy last night and humidity is a concern and my oscillating fan quit oscillating yesterday. A replacement should arrive next week. Defoliated SD to improve air flow and light penetration, this will be the last major defoliation on SD. Will remove leaves as needed, going to give her a rest. 15-20 fan leaves were removed from BD. Can only mix up 6L at time, both concentrations were given this am. 7-10-2024 Day 52. PH 6.05/6.06, EC 1120/1200 4.5/3L with good run-off. Using LST to open up a few branches and removed a few leaves off both. Lights raised to 32cm/90%. Faint sweet smell noted, kinda earthy. All appears well... 8-10-2024 Day 53. PH 6.01/6.02 , EC 1130/1200, 4.5/3l with good run-off. Raised lights to 33cm and increased dimming to ~95%, most of vertical growth seems to have slowed. Will monitor for any light stress and continue to verify height. BD will need another round of defoliation outside the tent later this week. Removed a few leaves that were in contact with the tent. Some of the pistil tips of SD appeared to have reddened! She is slightly ahead of her sister and will likely be harvested a bit before BD. 9-10-2024 Day 54. PH 5.98/5.96, EC 1190/1200, 4/4L with good run-off. Raised lights to 34cm/95%. Removed a few leaves off each and positioned BD in tent. 10-10-2024 Day 55. PH 5.95/5.98, EC 1200/1210, 5/4L with good run-off, they are thirsty. Lights at 34cm/100%. SD continues to bulk up and must be close to her final height. BD is bushy again, I have been trying to give her a rest from daily defoliation. No defoliation today. Fan arrived yesterday and has improved the air flow considerbly, big improvement over the last fan. 11-10-2024 Day 56. PH 6.01/6.0, EC 1160/1190, 4/3L with good run-off. Lights at 34cm/100%, no issues noted. Removed a few fan leaves off both plants. Thinking BD could benefit from one more defoliation, SD can be managed on as needed basis. Week 8 - Flower sites are filling out and the vertical stretch has slowed. Some of the sugar leaves on SD are beginning to show signs of trichome development! BD should not be too far behind. BD is ~72cm, so a 4cm increase increase over the week. SD is ~84cm, so a 7cm increase over the week. EC slowly raised to 1200 with no issues noted. Switched to daily fertigation this week with no issues noted. Volume requirements are more than I would like for single fertigations. BD is close to 4L with SD 3L. Typically mix 6L at a time, then mix 3L. Plan for next week 1. Continue to lightly defoliate/lst as needed to expose branches or increase air flow 2. Check light height daily, temp probe and fans 3. Monitor fertigation volumes 4. Decrease humidity 5. Defoliate BD outside of tent 6. Inspect SD outside of tent