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Week 10 - The ladies continue to amaze me! Defoliated both last week (Day 57/58) and appeared to be well tolerated, only removing small amounts of leaves that either have grown into other flower sites, block flower sites, or increase air flow over the last two days. Switched back to twice daily fertigations as volumes have not quite slowed down, although SD is ~1.75-2L and BD 2-2.25L, ProBloom added back to schedule last evening. 3 & 2 cm of height increase, lights at ~33cm/100%. Will verify light height and can lower to ~30cm per Spider Farmer as growth slows.
Blue Dream continues to bulk up, a few scattered red pistils, and volumes are ~4l. Based on other diaries with coco she looks ~3-4 weeks out, this week should provide a more accurate estimate on time to complete for both plants.
Sour Diesel seems to have slowed up a bit, volumes slowing, some fading of top fan leaves noted, and more pistils are beginning to turn red. The one flower site I touched was firm! Smells kind like pine, yummy! Best guess on SD is 3 weeks out, one more week to bulk up and more pistils to turn red, will begin to check trichomes later this week (early, but good practice). First sativa strain so her internodal spacing and structure looks much different than my other grows.
Plan
1. Defoliate as needed
2. Practice trichome photos
3. Switch to FinalPart ~ 2.5 weeks out
19-10-2024 Day 64. PH 6.06/5.99, EC 1270/1200, 2.25/1.75L with good run-off. Maybe able to decrease SD volume on next fertigation. A few fan leaves removed.
20-10-2024 Day 65. PH 6.0/6.01, EC 1200/1200 , 2.25/1.75L (2/1.75L) with good run-off.
21-10-2024 Day 66. PH 6.08/6.04 , EC 1200/1200 , 2.25/2L with good run-off. A few small fan leaves removed.
22-10-2024 Day 67. PH 6.05/6.05 , EC 1200/1140 , 2.5/2L with good run-off. More SD pistils are beginning to turn orange.
23-10-2024 Day 68. PH 6.01/6.0 , EC 1190/1150 , 2.25/2L (2/1.75L) with good run-off. Smells increasing.
24-10-2024 Day 69. PH 6.0/6.0, EC 1210/1140, 2/1.75L (2/1.75) with good run-off. More and more SD pistils continue to change to turn orange, will get some trichome pictures. Should be close to starting "FinalPart" (flush/finishing nutrients) on her for her final 2 weeks or so...when to start? Looking at similar diaries ~3 weeks.
25-10-2024 Day 70. PH 5.99/ , EC 1170/ , 2.25/1.75 with good run-off. Captured a few trichome pictures from mutiple sites on SD, appears mostly cloudy, some clears, no amber. Pistils ~40% orange on SD. Calibrated hygrometer using the small cap of salt with a few drops of water in a sealed container for 12 hours.
Week 10 is complete and finds both plants slowing down on growth for the week ~76/86cm, so maybe a cm growth in height. BD likely needs 3+ weeks, one more week to fill in and then a couple of weeks to bulk up. SD is likely ~2-3 weeks, will start FlashClean tomorrow and then FinalPart, trichomes appear mostly cloudy with some scattered clear, no amber. Most of the SD diaries that I viewed complete in 10-12 weeks so she is getting close! Smells are becomming more pronounced!
Plan for the week.
1. FlashClean and then FinalPart for SD.
2. Monitor trichomes on both.
3. Defoliate as needed.
Beautiful looking plants!😀👏🏽 They looks super healthy and the growth rate is perfect!
Was looking at your dairy since day one, love your detailed explanation!
We share similar grow style🏽
Was wondering how do you like the dualpart series form terra aquatica?, I use their tripart for some time now.. Wondering if it'll be easier to use the 2 part one
Good luck and have fun growing brother 🌱
@1_Plant_Wonder,
Thanks again for your kind works of support, much appreciated as a new grower. These two have been an amazing experice to date!
I have used both the tri-part and dual part coco now on two grows; The 3 vs 2 bottles does simplify the process and I am likely to purchase the dual part coco again when these bottles run out. With my water and autos I run ~40% strength nutrients at ~1200 EC using the dual part coco.
I had also considered the Canna line as they are also a two bottle setup and there are some examples of sucessful plants with Canna.
Been following along with your Purple Punch as it is on the list to grow in the near future...
Take care and enjoy the journey! 😎
Plants looking fantastic!👏🏽
Once most trichomes becomes cloudy, it won't be long before the amber starts to appear, and then flushing, so if you think you're a week /week and a half before that stage, start with final part;)
(Usually terra recommend 10 days of final part before flushing, but with autos everything is faster, so a good week of final part will do to my opinion)
But MY question is, would you continue using Calmag along with finalpart? Or not..? That I truly don't know😅
Good luck! 🍀
@1_Plant_Wonder,
I think the Sour Diesel is ~2wks from finishing based on other diaries with coco/ hydro/similar size. I was thinking FinalPart for 12 days and then 2 day FlashClean followed by ~ 2 days of water flush to run-off EC the # escapes me, but based on cocoforcannibas recommendations.
Good question on the CalMag and FinalPart. Both plants have minor rust spots. TA on the Coco formulas suggest no additional CalMag is needed, and I think FinalPart would be the same. My experience is even buffered coco with a specific coco fertilizer formula still needs CalMag added to any water you use to dilute to get your EC. Now with FinalPart you are basically just feeding bloom nutrients. Would not adding CalMag block some other needed micro nutrient during the final 2 weeks of flower? I don't know, but someone on the forum would perhaps. For now since there is already some signs I was planning to add it to the next feritgation with any water used to dilute to EC. I was thinking I could always fade it over the next week or so.
There are a few trichome pictures of SD at end of week 10. Mostly cloudy and some clear. I will grab some more photos with the USB microscope camera tomorrow. It is a challenge to get good photos..
@Hix57,
Thank you for your kind words. I did not realize how large she was until I removed her tent mate! I need to invite my buddy over to help with the trimming.
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