Critical Scrog

Alscotty Day 1 of existence above ground! She will be kept under 2/20 watt LEDs for the first couple weeks complimented by daily foliar feeding with super light applications of Remo's VeloKelp, then moved to the veg/flower room under 1000 watt HPS.

Alscotty The little Critical is only receiving foliar spray with a light 1ml/litre application of VeloKelp. The older sister was given her first application of veg nutes and she has responded very nicely.

Alscotty The little Critical has been foliar fed with light applications of VeloKelp 1ml/l with light watering as needed. The older Critical has received one application of Remo Nutes at 1ml/l followed by pH6 water during week 2 and another application of 1.5ml/l followed by pH6 water at week 3.

Alscotty After she was topped the little Critical received her first round of nutes at 4ml/gal

Alscotty Stopped with the Cal/mag and no longer using pH up/down...apparently PROMIX HP MYCO has limestone which serves as a buffer and maintains soil pH between 5.5-6 providing optimum uptake of nutrients...however, if you use an acid based pH up/down this causes the limestone to degrade quickly, which in turn can cause excess mag and high pH fluctuations...anyone have any experience/comments...peace!

Alscotty Feel like I'm a week or so behind😗... hoping there's a growth spurt over the next few weeks so i can get this scrog into flower mode😄

Alscotty Both Critical+ are happy in their new homes and are really close to becoming scrogged

Alscotty still a few more weeks of veg to go...could be looking at a 18+ week grow til harvest

Alscotty All winter growing with no bugs/pests 👍and then some warm weather and suddenly...thrips!🙀 Was planning on defoliation soon anyway so no better time than the present👌...beware thrips...the battle is on✊

Alscotty I'm back...unfortunately I was away for many weeks but the girls are doing ok and are now almost 10 days into flower...there are tons of bud sites and i performed one last tuck and weave scrog session, now it's time to let the magic begin... I have an ongoing issue with thrips but I've introduced some predators and have taken steps to keep them in check...all seems to be going well...knock on wood...lol👍

Alscotty Both Critical+ are coming along nicely after 15 days flowering...and now that I've removed Mr. Remo Chemo and adjusted my scrog setup, the two Critical+ sisters are growing a lot closer together😄

Alscotty 24 days into flower and the 2 Critical+ are coming along nicely...had some lighting issues but have a new lamp running so the room is extra bright😊always feed with remo nutes when watering every 2 days or so!

Alscotty into the 4th week of flower and both Critical+ are starting to fatten up!

Alscotty lots of defoliation to be done...not much smell on these two Critical+

Alscotty Predators didn't get rid of my thrip problem which no doubt affected the overall health and growth of both girls...will take major bug precautions next grow!

Alscotty 51 days on 12/12...and still a few weeks to go!

Alscotty will harvest the other Critical later this week..this girl was harvested after 76 days of flowering...her aroma is complex and really hard to describe...I waited for some amber trichomes so she is nice and sticky with an almost creamy earth like hashy sweetness lol...and despite an ongoing thrip problem she still managed a half decent yield: 1: The second Critical+ weighed in at 4.6 oz wet...total dry weight for both plants even after smoking at least 1/2 oz in samples etc was still a respectable 4.4oz Critical+ buds are very easy to trim and the stems are quite thin...she dries up into really nice dense nugs... Critical+ reminds me of old school land race strains in a really good way...her aroma is super complex and no doubt about it she's a heavy hitter who comes on fast and strong then levels off into a nice long relaxing buzz👍