Snow White

Maybe I chose the wrong fairytale. Things have gone all Alice-in-Wonderland this week. I started the week by adding two additional 25w LED true white grow lights to the tent. Two of the dwarfs are suddenly taller than Snow White. While Snow White has slowed down at around 55cm, one dwarf has just pipped it. The other one, Stretchy, just doubled in size from 40cm to 80cm! Over-stretched unfortunately. She looks odd. She is going to be difficult to keep supported. Not sure why that happened. She was the first to sprout and was always skinny. Something went wrong early on. I have added a twine line across the tent to pull her away from the lights. The runt is no longer the runt either. She is now bigger than the dwarf I call Shorty. She has just started flowering at 7 weeks. I don’t think I will be harvesting these plants all at the same time then? I’m starting to worry about space in the 2x2 foot tent. I planted 9 seeds because I thought they would only grow 30/40cm. Nice little sea of green. But I also didn’t really want to train them specifically in any way. Not this time round. So I have been letting them go. Possibly two mutually exclusive approaches? I’ve started defoliating the lower & outer fan leaves to try to keep a bit of space open between the plants. Keep the air flow and let the light penetrate. I think that it makes sense to let most of the plants focus on their main stems. The desk fan is now also on maximum setting. The tempurature has been around 24-26 deg c. Humidity 45%. But it is rising this weekend. It was 28 in there this morning before I opened all the windows. The soil ph has risen slightly to 7.2. I have started mixing white vinegar into the water, about 1 Tbsp every litre. No sign the high ph has had any impact so far. But I will start monitoring this regularly. All the plants are switched to a flowering feed set now too. So worries, but there is also a lot of good things to see. Snow White’s main cola is starting to look fatter and more fulled out. Sticky trichomes are everywhere. The leaves look healthy in general. I have noticed they are soaking up more water every time they drink. I’m enjoying being with the plants. Each one is different. They are fascinating, beautiful things. They change every time I visit them. They are still just flowering for the most part. But I can’t wait to see how each plant fills out in flower. I’m really keen to see what the expected harvest will be. Still probaby about a month to go...