I had forgotten about the slf -- I've been employing that from the onset, my apologies for it's exclusion. Another humid, hot week. She was a touch stressed (droopy for being thirsty) so I gave her a DECENT drink of water. Which brings be too my next omission - I've been gathering water in 5 gallon buckets, once a week, from a designated watershed, in a very upstream, high volume section.
Onto the hacktual factuals: we managed to stay upright this week. The mosquitoes are relentless when I'm watering, which generally occurs in the evening. Starting to push the Herculean harvest (though I just realized I need to go harder, but I'm also being helped with Triton's trawl here and could probably go another 3tsp and not worry) in conjunction with bloom khaos. I'm trying to keep the athenas animas at a 1:1 ratio. The slf (designed to digest calcium, which is nectar's base) claims to only require 1tsp/gallon,, but I'm thinking that I'll need at least 3tsp/G to keep the nutrients from just setting on top of my soil.
Future plans (& and repetitive redundancies): I've got a fair amount of liquid bone meal, and I'll try to remember to get a shot of my line up this week, as well as more photos in general, but as a new grower I'm finding what most seasoned 'thumbs already know - it takes time.
I guess that wraps it up this week, so I'll bud you adieux! Until next 'weed week Wednesday', may your plants live long, and prosper. 🖖
@Korfer, I'm finding that out!! Haha! I think I'm going to take them out fully tonight for maybe 20 minutes and see where that gets us. Thanks for the tip!
Sorry, I interrupted my own thoughts --- Athena's animas at a 1:1 with Aphrodite's extraction, but may be dipping lower with those two, in favor of more kraken and Triton's
@simps, yeah. She was getting very little sunshine. Thought she did show signs of turning color, so that was nice. It was a tough decision, but I'm glad I made it
Now that my nerve-wracking grow is over, I can relax inside and catch up on all you beautiful people's diaries!!
@Tonino, I doubt I'll have it actually analyzed, but breeder claims it to be 10:5 -- CBD:THC , but I also saw those numbers reversed in one description. Dinafem claims it to be their highest CBD:THC plant in their arsenal. Very nice citrus smell. I'm excited and nervous to watch her finish; tricome checks every twelve hours! Hahaha! My projected date May be moved forward and I doubt the weather will cooperate and cool quickly enough for the purple to express itself
Oh well! Thanks for having a peek!
@JUNGLE_B4RNS, haha, it's been an interesting para-symbiotic relationship. The bushes create cover, but steal the sun; too much trimming and my cover's undone. It's a tightrope walk!
Nice Purple Orange Benji! It seems we're the only ones growing this strain on here.
How big is the stalk-in diameter? Mine's over 2 inches in diameter. I went with larger containers this season, and it has definitely made a dramatic increase in size! I was using 5 gallon containers, but the plants always seemed to get root bound quickly. No more 5 gal!
@Yololive, I think I'm nearing 1.75" diameter (and that might even be an overestimation). My girlie is in a 7 gallon, with a riser (to simulate more soil volume, but as the top roots go more downward rather than sprawling, you can save a good bit of soil). However, there are no holes for the roots to go into the lower tier @ its surface level (rookie error that I realized after it was too late to remedy); I'll draw a pic and you'll see.
I think we're the only people, other than Dinafem, to do any growing of this strain *worldwide* and if not we're certainly the only ones documenting our grows. I am searching constantly for info. Seedfinder has some.. has yours begin to odor up at all? Mines still innocuous.
How many years experience have you got?