Week 15 begins with Sour Diesel trimmed and bagged up after a 10 day dry. Blue Dream continues to ripen, her leaves are fading, pistils are mostly brown/orange with some new white pistils pushing out, trichomes are mostly cloudy, with a few clear and the occasional amber.
Plan for the week
1. Check trichomes daily (looking for ~10% amber)
2. Defoliate dried leaves
3. Flush/clean with FlashClean x2 days followed by H2O x2 days with run-off ec less than 200 - when ready
4. Trim and begin curing SD.
23-11-2024 Day 99, FinalPart Day 26. PH ~6, EC 1130. 2.5L with good run-off. Leaves are fading fast. Trichome pictures tomorrow.
24-11-2024 Day 100. FinalPart Day 27. PH ~6, EC 1120. 3L with good run-off. Trichomes remain mostly cloudy, with a few clear and the occasional amber.
25-11-2024 Day 101. FinalPart Day 28. PH ~6, EC 1100. 3L with good run-off. Trichomes appear to be the same, these photos are more of the "top". Removed several leaves.
26-11-2024 Day 102. FinalPart Day 29. PH ~6, EC 1100. 3L with great run-off.
27-11-2024 Day 103. FlashClean 3ml/L - 6l, with great run-off. Seems like this is a good time to begin flushing/cleaning x 4 days. Trichomes are remain the same when viewing the second level of the canopy. The top flowers do have more amber and more leaves are getting brittle and dried. I could go longer, but already feel like I waiting too long.
28-11-2024 Day 104. FlashClean 3ml/L x 6L with great run-off. Tomorrow and Saturday will be just H2O. Smells great - pine with hints of citrus.
29-11-2024 Day 105. 10L H20 flushed with run-off EC ~220.
Wow, the end of week 15 finds Blue Dream flushing and getting ready for drying. Her smells are pleasant, she is simply massive and covered in heavy flowers that require support. LST really helped to open her up. Barring any issues she is likely going to be my biggest harvest, her tent mate just broke my personal best and I am sure she have a greater yield.
Plan for Week 16
1. Flush for EC less than 200 x 1 day - Saturday
2. Chop and hang branches - Sunday
3. Removal of dried leaves - Sunday
Beautiful looking plants!๐๐๐ฝ 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 style๐ฝ
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 ๐ฑ
@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! ๐
@SwissKush,
I am hoping for some face melting! ๐ต๐ Thanks for the feedback, I still cannot believe they are mine! They smell great.....getting closer.
Plants looking fantastic!๐๐ฝ
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 know๐
Good luck! ๐
@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.