Another week of watching her grow๐!
Apr. 14 Day 18 of flower - Top dressed with Gaia Green Power Bloom Organic 2-8-4 dry amendment, at a rate of 2 Tablespoons per gallon ( 2TBsp X 7gallons = 210 mL). Mixed into the top layer of Pro-Mix HP Mycorrhizae. Then watered in slowly a gallon top side, and 1/2 a gallon bottom side. Water was dechlorinated tap water pH'd to 6.6 and amended with Cal-Mag Plus (5mL/Gal), Big Bud (8mL/Gal), and Bud Candy (8mL/Gal).
Apr. 17 Day 21 of flower - Trim and Defoliation session. Thinned her out and removed some of the larfy buds.
Starting to stack up and showing some frost on the leaves. Only a hint of odour at this point, but wow, it's nice!
I hope everyone's growing well ๐.
Ciao for now my Grow Friends!
Peace,
DeaneR๐
@Mrs_Larimar, Still have to stay vigilant. As you know it only takes one little gnat to restart a colony! The mainlining is fun. Not sure when to stop though, and let her growup.
@Mrs_Larimar, Thanks for your kind reply. I think I spent 4X as much time on my diary as I did on my plants ๐. I really hope new growers will look at my grows and become inspired to give it a try.
Hi DeaneR wow big army against the gnats, thy for the tip with homemade traps, I got 2 more things that helps. i tried everything you take, it helped much but best efford i had with predators
i took Nematodes .... ( Steinernema feltiae)
that killed them very good... but it takes a little and using the other things too , braucht me pace . the nematodes est the larvae of the gnats. so you have to fight the flies ...but all larvaes get killedand the nematodes stay in your soil looking for more
And the second is bacillus Thuringiensis (BT) In my opinion the Nematodes helped best together with yellow traps
@DeaneR, they send the nematodes with a cooling pack......they dont like it hot... cool makes them stay like dead.
They dont like it hot....you se its no problem to let it send to you
@Mrs_Larimar,Haha, yes a big army to win! I though of getting some nematodes after Bulbi suggested them. I cannot find them locally, and I fear they would die in transit in this cold Canadian winter weather. Have also considered BTi, but it is hard to find locally as well, and a bit pricey online from the USA. For now, I will have my troops stand their ground in defence!
Solid looking grow, thanks for sharing all the details. Your training techniques are impressive, especially when she was small.
I'm sure your results will be impressive as well. Going to follow along.
@DeaneR, haha I hear you.
I do not have a filter at all,l. When you get to the front door you can already smell from the outside. I don't care a bit as it is legal here in Ontario. Wait until I put some plants outside, haha, the whole neighborhood is going to smell.
@BarrieGrower, Thanks bud, I am running a 6 inch carbon filter in my 2x4 tent... It can't keep up, lol.
When I enter my house it face slaps you at the front door ๐. After a few minutes you become acclimated to it, and don't recognize it anymore. I can't imagine not using the filter though. I need to set up an exhaust to the great outdoors, instead of dumping back into the grow room.
@Silky_smooth, She has put out alot of pre-flower pistils over the last few days. I top dressed her with Gaia bloom 2-8-4 dry amendments yesterday, and plan to flip her Wed. Mar. 27. I want to allow a few days for the rootzone life to start breaking down this organic feeding...plus I need some time to build a ScRog frame.๐
Sheโs looking great but just should cut her down a bit keeping only the top 2 max 3 nodes of every branch to not overcrowed her during her what i think is gonna make for an amazing flowering period ๐๐๐๐๐๐ keep it up ๐๐๐
@Silky_smooth, I see what you're saying. I thinned out some shoots today. I'm thinking about trying to let the terminal ends turn upward, rather than topping them, and trim out some of the branching that is crowding. Not sure if I'm explaining my thoughts correctly, lol๐
@Canadian_Steelheader, Thanks, this is only my second grow, and I'm battling a war against the dreaded fungus gnat (more on gnat in my next weekly post). Trying to setup for a controlled canopy in flower.๐