Indoor Grow #4

Greenbean421 I am using all dry nutrients mixed in with the soil as this is no doubt the easiest way to cut out a bunch of concerns when dealing with hydroponics or liquid nutrients. Everything looks good my critical kush but I am hoping that it responds to the small liquid feeding I gave it. I went ahead and went for another round of topping on the OG to the left to try and curve its growth for a day or two to allow the others to catch up to her.

Greenbean421 Seems everything has course-corrected. I guess my only concern is the pH of my soil but I don't have a meter to measure that currently so I'm just crossing my fingers and hoping the sulfur I added to the soil I started a month ago starts doing its thing. I'm gonna supplement the plants with UV light so hopefully that added benefit helps with terpene developement and promotes secondary metabolites which will help with overall health of the plant and increase cannabinoid production but this is a bit of an unknown and I'm really not using the scientific method to confirm the results so I'll be relying on knowledge obtained from similar grow setups to compare. I'm sure I'll find that its beneficial, as it is a more natural representation of the Sun's full spectrum of light. I found these 4 watt LEDs made for reptiles that offer both, UVA and UVB with 7 diodes being UVA and 2 being UVB with 1 visible light diode that is probably 4000-5000K so its not like I am gonna cause damage with them. I'm also only running em 1 hour right now but will increase to 2-3 hrs once I switch to the flowering stage.

Greenbean421 Plants are looking great. I wish I could get more growth out of them but keeping them short and compact is probaby best with my closet set up.

Greenbean421 I'm at day 52 and was planning on switching to flower @ week 8 but have decided to give it, at least, 2 extra weeks, before I do. With topping the plants a 2nd time, I want to give the plants adequate time to recover. I also threw in some mycorrhizal fungus so I want to give it time to colonize before I switch phases. Hopefully this alloted time will get the plants up to the trellis net so I can start the scrog method before the plants start blooming.

Greenbean421 So i have decided to go another 2 or 3 weeks of the veg cycle. I don't like the height they are at and I assume that is my fault for having the lights too close but now that they have been adjusted, Im getting more stretch out of the nodes.

Greenbean421 Gonna let them go another 2-3 weeks before I switch to

Greenbean421 I think I am gonna give it another week to 10 days before I switch to flower. Overall, I'm happy with where we are at in this grow, I just wish I had got a little more growth out of em but that's my fault for having the lights too close. That is one of the bad things about LED's, they keep temps down and it is hard to gauge when light burn occurs because the heat is absent, which typically will curl the leaves giving you a clear indicator as to what is wrong.

Greenbean421 I'm switching to flower 6/24. I'm gonna start the plants with low light intensity in hopes of getting a last bit of stretch from the plants and will gradually increase it over a 4 week period.

Greenbean421 So it turns out that I probably shouldv'e switched back in week 10. I was not expecting this much growth after switiching but I've got lights to supplement under the canopy so it shouldn't be that much of a concern, but I am starting to run out of room. The trellis net has damn near disappearred. I know I need to defoliage but it's still pretty early. I'll probably cut the fan leaves around week 6 of flower.

Greenbean421 Everything is moving along smoothly. 3 weeks into flowering and it's still impossible to tell the plants apart. I still need to defoliate 3 of the plants but so long as I get that done by week 5, I'll be fine. It becomes more of a risk for breaking a branch or something else going wrong, the longer I wait. I still haven't felt it necessary to hang my carbon air filtering system but im sure the day is fast approaching.

Greenbean421 Everything is coming along just nicely. They're pretty much taking care of themselves at this stage. Just feed em and let the plants do their thing.

Greenbean421 Im gonna look for an additive to help with the aroma n trichrome development

Greenbean421 The plants genetics are starting to come through.Giving them that final push to finish the grow by going heavy on the nutes.

Greenbean421 Genetics are super distinguishable n having 4 different strains has my room smelling like a gym locker.