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(day 11) The little ones are already a week ahead of the plants from my last diary so I'm happy with how they're doing. My final seed for the tent ( the biggest seed by far) just sprouted and is also looking good. Theyre all just working on their roots at the moment which makes sense as they are already in large containers.
Going to attempt lst somewhere in week 3 if all goes according to plan, can't have 2 meter tall amnesia plants due to tent restrictions.
(Day 13) Snoopy is looking the best so far and is developing her new leaves the fastest. Final seedling in the front right is called Marlina, expecting great things from her.
(Day 14) looking forward to week three, I'm sure they'll all take off
First five fingers leaves are out, looking forward to see how far they go this week. Lst soon. Added two blue led bars for some extra photosynthesis fuel.
(Day 16) decided to try out lst. Growth really picked up and new leaves are developing much faster. Hope lst pays off, was a bit nervous to possible damage my plants, but it went well
(Day 21) had a very nice week, funny to see how they all have a different leaf shape. Snoopy is very sativa like growing upwards the fastest with long thin leaves. Hazel is short and squatty with very broad indica like leaves, Thea being somewhere in-between.
summary of how theyre all looking day 28:
Snoopy is huge compared to the others, have to tie her down more to try keep the canopy even. She has 10 sidebranches all at the same height which is great and less work for me. very green and solid growth.
hazel is still looking more indica than the rest, shes short and stubby, and a hassle to lst. Wont touch her too much so she can keep up with the rest in height, predicting her to be the shortest in the end.
Thea C falls somewhere inbetween the other two, not as big as snoopy but nice and spread out like her. also looking very healthy.
Marlina still has some catching up to do, raised her a bit. looking healthy
Watered at pH 5.8 to lower my soil which had become alkaline.
Nearing the end of week 5, growth picked up a lot, hoping they don't grow too tall.
End of the week, plants snoopy and Hazel (after more lst) are 65 cm and standing the tallest. Thea and Marlina are on paint buckets to even them out.
Runoff is now pH 6,5 so I'm happy
I'm using a 150w drawing cob and two led bulbs at about 25w for side lighting. I have the option to add another 50w drawing panel later in flowering. Should I?
Hoping they finish their flower stretch this week, snoopy and hazel are pretty tall already and my tent won't support much higher. Branches are getting tougher to lst as they grow. Other than that, looking great.
My goal for this grow is 150 grams, so on average about 38 per plant. As long as I hit 100 grams I'll be happy though
(Day 39) glad I did more lst because Snoopy and Hazel are growing 5cm a day. Thea (bottom left) has stayed pretty small compared to her sisters, as a result she has only been able to claim a small corner in the tent, she's furthest in flower regardless though.
(Day 41) starting to look like Hazel might actually become the biggest plant, her stem is way thicker than any of the others. She's also the least far in flower and working on her sidebranching
Go ahead and cut the lowest branches. They they will amount to nothing and the airflow will improve, reducing the risk of mold. Also less tops mean they will be bigger
Snoopy and Thea (bottom left and top right) stopped stretching.
Thea's stem got a lot thicker in a few days, its now as big as snoopies, I'm glad because it was worrying me a bit
(Day 45) I think I'm overdoing it on the nutrients, next watering will be just ph'd water. Leaves are pretty dark
(Day 46) very happy with flower development. Snoopies canopy is still awesome and she's going to be the big yielder of the bunch for sure. Hazel has so much potential but she's just not putting any effort into her sidebranches, still has some time left to do so though, she's still not completely flowering.
(Day 47) snippped two big fan leaves from Hazel, sorry girl they were blocking budsites from other plants, please forgive me.
Week 8 just started, plants have all stopped growing. Buds are starting to get somewhere on Snoopy and Thea.
Think they could use another plain watering before I resume nutes. decided to feed anyway as most of them were showing a slight potassium deficiency, regret feeding Thea though, looks like she has nitrogen toxicity.
Put sand over my soil to stop the fungus gnats from laying eggs before it gets out of hand
Definitely flushing tomorrow due to nitrogen toxicity
Looking nice, buds are packing on. Slight calcium deficiency in the girls with Thea having a more severe deficiency, makes sense as she's furthest in flower. Giving them eggshell tea soon to remedy it.
Thea started yellowing more fanleaves at the bottom. She won't be fed anymore and will be finished in two weeks
@GrowBeforeHoe, I'm pretty certain I have it under control. I found a thrip larvae so I bombed all the seedlings with organic insecticide about a week ago and haven't seen anything since. New leaves are all very healthy, thank you for looking at my diary
Looking good, if youre getting yellowing leaves on the bottom of your plants then snip them off, you should try to remove all lower fan leaves that arent receiving light and then also remove most of your large fan leaves so the lights can penetrate to all the buds. Removing fan leaves will also help with lowering humidity and create greater airflow through the plants
@BuddingBudda, humidity is really low right now about 30%, which is great. I started snipping fan leaves from one of the ladies today to let more light get in as you mentioned. Thanks mate
Go ahead and cut the lowest branches. They they will amount to nothing and the airflow will improve, reducing the risk of mold. Also less tops mean they will be bigger
hello, I find this technique more profitable, as you say, all these little buds (Pop corn), get up at the same height and I harvest more beautiful buds. It's a bit of work but it's worth it. Good grow
Alpaca
