Northern Lights

End of week 2 veg. For lighting I'm using AC Infinity Ionframe EVO4 3ooW. For seedling stage and early veg I kept the light at 30%. I kept the light between 26"-30" and giving them around 200-250 PPFD. -Veg soil mix for 1 cubic foot (7.5 gallons) -Base -3.75 Gal fox farm happy frog =50% -1.12 Gal compost/ worm castings=15% -2.65 Gal aeration=35% -Nutrients/Minerals -Gaia green all purpose 4-4-4=22.5 tbsp -Buildasoil Montana grow=3 cups -gypsum=7 tbsp -oyster shell flower=7tbsp -Rock dust 1:1 ration of basalt and glacial rock dust=14tbsp (7tbsp of each) -Charged Bio-Char=3 cups 2.5% of total media -Clackamas Coots Gnarly Barley=1-2 cups

Northern Lights are the two in the back. Topped at day 24.

Northern lights are the two in the back

Before and after first defoliation. Turned the light up to 40%. Light height was between 24"-26" with a PPFD of 280-340.

Mixed a new batch of soil using my flower recipe. Also transplanted into 7 Gallon pots and installed a trellis net. I left 13" of space from top of soil and bottom of trellis net.

Defoliated both plants today for the second time and also cut off some lower branches in preparation for flipping to flower .The Northern lights have responded well to all training methods, topping LST, ScrOG, and defoliation.

End of week 1 Flower

End of week 2 flower

End of week 3 flower. Applied a top dress with a 1:1 ratio of Gaia green power bloom 2-8-4 and Buildasoil craft blend 3-5-2. Application rates were 7 tbsp per 7 gallon pot of craft blend and power bloom, I also applied 2 tbsp Gnarly barley to each 7 gallon pot. I worked the dry amendments into the top of the soil then topped that with a 1"-2" layer of worm casting and Build-A-Flower. After top dressing I watered with RODI water and recharge. Defoliated and lolipoped both plants also pruned off some lower branches. I removed all foliage and flower sites below the trellis net.

End of week 4 flower. Did one last lolipop on both plants removing small popcorn nugs.

end of week 5 flower.

End of week 6 flower. The tail end of week 5 and beginning of week 6 flower is when these girls started to finally smell a bit. The first aromas to come through were of musk and dank.

week 6 and 7 is when these girls started to smell more sweet with hints of citrus.

weeks 7 and 8 the sweet aromas came through more and more. These Northern Lights are a great choice for a stealth grow. These two cultivars had some difference in morphology. Cultivar #1 grew a lot taller and faster than cultivar #2. #1 Stretched quite a bit more than #2, and her flower sites were much closer together. She was also more sensitive to watering, feedings, Light. and change in environment. Cultivar #2 grew much more short and compact, she pretty much trained herself in veg. In flower she had denser nugs and more internodal spacing. #2 was defintley the hardier culitvar and was a breeze to grow.

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