White Durban

VirginiaGrower She is one day into week 1 veg. She has her 3rd set of leaves coming up😍She hasn't gained in height as much as girth. If she was in a solo cup, her leaves would have surpassed the edges, so at least there is some growth happening somewhere. She is 2 wks behind my other 3 plants, so in an effort to gain time by not having the transplant slow-down, I put her Rapid Rooter directly into the 5 gallon. We'll see how that works out in the end. The last seed of the same genetics that I germinated was a little deformed, and the leaves followed suit. This seed looked like a normal seed, but she's her leaves are starting to get a little wonky. I'm hoping she grows out of this. I'm watering as needed, confirming the need with a moisture meter. Update: Added picture. She's several hours from being a 2 week girl. Her leaves look like they are straightening out, YAY!

VirginiaGrower She has her 5th set of leaves peeking out. Continuing to water as needed, without nutrients. FFOF has supplied everything she has needed. Update: 3 days into her 2nd week, she had a nice 6th node that had developed, which has now been FIMmed. I am just going to LST without bending and see how she does. I'm trying to make quick work of her since I have 3 other plants that are 2 weeks ahead of her. She will be about 4 1/2 weeks old when I flip the lights. So much to do to prepare for the flip, lol. Update: She was FIMmed about 60 hours ago. The lower nodes weren't getting good light, so, I took off the 4 biggest ones today. Already having had their "night" they have already shown new growth. I'm going to let her rest for as long as I can without additional stress.

VirginiaGrower Week 3 starts out with a light defoliation (2 leaves).😁 She is doing very well, and new growth continues. The last huge leaves were removed to let the new growth get direct light as the leaves were shading them. The 2 lowest nodes were pinned to start training. She has a week and 2 days before she goes to a 12-hour light schedule.

VirginiaGrower Today, she started her 4th week of Veg. She is doing well, even though we had some mishaps that affected my 3 older plants that she seemed to breeze through unscathed since I was able to add cal-mag to her regimen before seeing any deficiencies, and we had a light/heat issue that because she wasn't as tall, seemed to not affect her as it did with the other 3 plants. She's sure is a trooper 😊 The plan is to turn her to flower in a couple of days if everything goes well, and all plants are healthy or at the very least mostly recovered from my mishaps. Update: 1/22 We've been busy today, lol. She was watered, again with nutrients and the last of her BTI regimen of a treatment a week for 4 weeks. She was also given Superthrive as tonight she will have her first night of flower, albeit a mid-week turn, but being she is the youngest of my 4 plants this grow, I wanted her to go 30 days before the turn. She was also topped with rice hulls as an added protection from any fungus gnats that might me left, although I'm happy to report I haven't seen any for a bit now. Update: We are now 2 days into flower. Today has been a relaxing day, as she got ph'd water without any nutrients.

VirginiaGrower She is now in flower and doing well. I didn't defoliate as much as I would have liked pre-flower, but she was turned at 4 weeks and because of the LST and Fim she only had about 4 nodes on each stem, so I didn't want to touch those. I am waiting for her Day 21 post Flower and will definitely remove more. She's quite the trooper, and size wise is just behind my other 3 that are 2 weeks older. I've kept the training wires on her in particular as I want her getting light inter-canopy. Last picture features White Durban and her family in the grow tent :-)

VirginiaGrower She is looking really good, and even though she had 2 weeks less veg than my other 3 ladies, she doesn't really look that far behind, comparatively. She continues to transition from Veg to Bloom nutrients.

VirginiaGrower We are now at the 21-day mark for defoliation, which we will do tomorrow. She has been flushed with Fox Farm Sledgehammer - just some little things I noticed, not any down right issues. She is doing well and looking really good. This is the time when things have really gone south on me as far as nutrients. I have since purchased additional "tools" for soil/water testing, and I have readjusted the nutrients for this growth stage. She woke up with today being her last big defoliation. What a way to wake a girl up, lol. She was then treated with water and Recharge. Tent lights were adjusted for PPFD and DLI.

VirginiaGrower Today, we enter week 4 of Flower. This one is a real trooper, lol. Last week, she was flushed, defoliated, nutrient adjustments, and light adjustments. She just had her 2nd dose of nutrient water since her flush for salts, and although I don't want to give her anymore stress, she seems to be doing just fine. This week will be a vacay week for her. Total relaxation along with nutrient drinks and water brought to her, lmao! Update: She continues her road to recovery from her sledgehammer flush. She is currently between nutrient waterings, so she was just given ph'd water. Her EC/PPM/PH are all in a lower, but good place for her next place.