Day 55 (this day should have been added to the end of last week) - The stretch continues, I raised my light as high as I could get it, which was 2" higher. Intensity increased to 85%. Apple Banana Zoap 2 is now showing signs of herming. Going to pluck all that I can find and hope for the best. Even found a nug with a nanner in a bag of some White Truffle I got to smoke from LIT, so I guess their genetics are common to herms.
Measurements (add two inches as this was performed before raising the light):
*Black Orchid 30 1/2" tall / 12 1/2" away from light
*Biscotti 18 1/2" tall / 23" away from light
*Apple Banana Zoap 1 22 7/8" tall / 20" away from light
*Apple Banana Zoap 2 27" tall / 17" away from light
Day 56 - Already found more nanners to remove from ABZ2, but I could've missed them yesterday. Going to do a deep search through all plants here in a moment and report back on how that goes. Hopefully it's just the one plant. Black Orchid is still stretching 2" daily and is 14" away from the light again. Will be increasing intensity again, probably tomorrow. Apple Banana Zoap 1 has also now been identified as a herm. Biscotti and Black Orchid looked good. Will keep looking close on them over the next few days as well.
Day 57 - Black Orchid and Biscotti currently show absolutely no signs of herming and are good. Black Orchid was also 13 1/2" away from the light, so the stretch is probably slowing down. Certain, I can smell the blue cheese and butter mixture Zamnesia mentioned for Black Orchid. It's very cheesy with the citrus in the back instead of the other way around, however.
Biscotti is still real green/piney still and appears less developed compared to the plants as well, flower structure included, not just height.
Apple Banana Zoap is real piney sap on the stem. Sugar leaf rub is straight Froot Loops (maybe sweetness mixed with that pine sap?) IDK, but it's fantastic. The frost and flower structure is really nice too, besides the balls y'know… Apple Banana Zoap #1 appears to not have hermed anywhere near as bad. Only a few to pluck, and the flowers are looking fantastic. Also looks like I found a seed growing in both of the plants already 😐. Light intensity raised to 90%
Day 58 - Plants are developing well. Black Orchid is absolutely lovely. Best plant in the tent so far, really surprised with it. Neither Zamnesia plant shows signs of herming at all. ABZ#2 still had a few, but I don't think it was as many. ABZ#1 definitely was better, with only finding one nanner to remove from it. Doing one last check tomorrow, and hopefully they're good and stopped, but I don't have high hopes for ABZ#2.
Day 59 - Black Orchid was 11" away from the light and 37" tall. PPFD was ~900. Increased light to 100%. No balls seen on either ABZ, maybe it stopped, IDK, hopefully. Removed some leaves that needed to, but my last defol will be at the end of this week since it should be the end of stretch. Also swapped places of ABZ1 and ABZ2, didn't really do it on purpose, but if I notice it's an issue I'll swap them back.
Day 60 - Pulling back PPM soon. Excess nitrogen still being noticed
Day 61 - Looking great. Black Orchid was 8" away from the light, so I cropped it at the canopy height.
Day 62 - I'm doing the last defoliation tomorrow, mainly for the lower branches/nodes and not just the fan leaves. I had to get in there and clean up some of the stuff today because there was a ton of vegetation. I went ahead and removed it because it needed to be removed for a better airflow and light penetration to the plants.
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NOTE: I noticed my days are off, that's because of when I flipped to veg. I uploaded the wrong amount. Fixing it with this week and adding the extra days to catch up. New week being added later to be up-to-date.
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Day 63 - This is finally the end of the stretch, and we finally cleaned up good. Last defol. No touching from now on until harvest unless absolutely needed.
GOOD NEWS: I didn't see any other signs of either ABZ herming. I could've missed something, but we will see later how it turns out. Apple Banana Zoap #1 - Alright, WTF, this one is doing the stem branch buds too 😂😂. A few buddies and I agree this may have been caused by switching from the SF1000 to the G5000 and the spectrum shift between the lights.
@Oyziphar, Absolutely. It definitely sucks, but thankfully I haven't seen anymore after my few days of plucking them. Hoping for the best now. Never running LIT's genetics again, though.
@Oyziphar, It's growing some buds on the stems of the fan leaves. I just noticed one of the Apple Banana Zoap doing it as well. The first time I've seen it myself out of all the mutations. Posting an update soon