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Week 12. Vegetation
16d ago
60 cm
18 hrs
21 °C
No Smell
50 %
16 °C
20 L
Lowbuds Plants happy in bigger pots and recovering from cuttings
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Week 13. Vegetation
9d ago
45 cm
15 hrs
20 °C
No Smell
60 %
17 °C
20 L
70 cm
Nutrients 1
TNT Complex  - Hesi
TNT Complex 5 mll
Lowbuds Gave them a good bend using wire to develop bottom and side branches in preparation for the flowering space where i'll be using a net to try to cover the space as much as possible, probably moving to flower next week. Moved the plants to the tent now that it's free, going for another week of veg to develop more roots in those big pots, started feeding with TNT complex and a touch of H2O2, net is installed.
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ScrOG
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Week 14. Flowering
1d ago
45 cm
12 hrs
24 °C
No Smell
60 %
18 °C
20 L
70 cm
Nutrients 2
Bloom Complex  - Hesi
Bloom Complex 5 mll
Boost - Hesi
Boost 2 mll
Lowbuds Switching to 12/12 after one week acclimation in the tent. Lamp is at 75% for now and about 70cm from canopy, still struggling to find the right height/intensity ratio on this lamp, will slowly ira crank it up to 100% monitoring yellowing of the top leaves. Started fertilising with Bloom Complex and some boost to help trigger flowering. Plants healthy and growing nicely :)
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Grow Questions
Lowbuds
Lowbudsstarted grow question 1d ago
At which point should I do a defoliation and clean the bottom third of the plant?
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Ultraviolet
Ultravioletanswered grow question 1d ago
Different wavelengths of light have different penetration depths. The first 2 to 3 layers of leaf will recieve ample blue and red and green for robust bud growth. Only even begin to think about defoliation once your canopy has a a excess of 2-3 layers deep other wise you are reducing plants ability to perform gas exchange which is a precursor for photosynthesis. The cannabis plant is hardwired as such. Anytime a leaf consumes more energy than it produces the plant will initiate pcd programmed cell death, it will strip all the mobile nutrients from said lead which will turn yellow, this yellow is carotenoid and still capable of photosynthesis. Eventually the plant will detach once it has remobilized everything it can. The only time you want to defoliate is to expedite what you already know plant won't "utilize" later in flower. How do you know? Well thats where experience comes in, you won't know until you watch a plant defoliate itself, then all you do is "defoliate" that which you know won't be used. (wasted energy) There are mechanisms within the plant thay are made to protect from herbivory, pinching leaves as if it was being eaten can trick the plant and trigger responses but this is more during terpene production and the benefits will be a % or two at most. Large Buds don't develop because a lack of energy they lack the ratio of colors to produce proper buds, Green light will penetrate 6, 7 layers, if you supplement side red and blue, you can give th lower parts the 1:2;1 they crave almost removing entirely the need for any defoliation at all. Pruning is another thing.

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