Been trying to keep her nice and dry with lots of air movement to get rid of the little bit of powdery mildew that was on the leaves. Its pretty much gone now so thats a big relief. I was so worried if i couldnt get rid of it that it would spread to buds that i was washing my leaves with cotton balls and peroxide 😄 and used cue tips for the small ones. It was a cool learning experience though. I noticed how well the trichomes protect the plant. As the mildew started to grow on the leaves it stopped right where the visible trichomes began which i thought was pretty cool. Other than that she does seem to be filling out a little bit slowly so im hoping she really takes off next week so i end up with some rock hard nugs like the last grow. Unlike the last grow (which this is a clone from) this plant actually has a smell where the plant it was cloned from had almost no smell until after first two weeks of curing. This one smells extremely sweet and a little bit skunky. I had 38 clones out on a buddies farm from the same plant this plant came from, the ones in the shady area were between 4-5feet the ones in full sun were 3ft or less but very bushy and we had to cut down all but 4 of them due to a small airplane circling the property flying very low (like 500 feet) on 2 separate occasions about a week apart. I cant even describe how dissapointed i am. In the last picture are some of the ones in the shady area on 7/20. and they were all chopped down today R.I.P. you will be missed. I will get some pictures of the four chosen ones that we kept and post them as well.
@DILLIGAF, I try to keep my soil around 6.5 but mix the nutrients up a little higher because my runoff is usually low. If i pour it in at 6.2 it comes out 5.5-5.9 im guessing from nute build up in the soil. Or because my soil is a little too acidic. Ive been told ocean forrest uses oyster shells to control ph and as they break down they make the soil more acidic, like peat moss.
@zedoninha, Ive been worried about that. Was hoping with all those tops she would gain height a little slowler like she was in veg but not sure now. Ill make her fit one way or another.
@CanaryGrow, i usually try to just cut the leaves that have grown to full size and start to reach further out away from the plants. I read that the leaves that grow from the stem use the sugars they produce for stem and root growth and the ones that grow from flower sights support flower growth. Ive also noticed that the chutes of my side branches reach up quite a bit and have more stem space on the buds, but if i cut the large fan leaves off at the base of the chute then the chute will not stretch as much and instead just grows fatter and denser with little to no stem space.
@bobthebudder, yes man i know and it makes sense to me, ibut i have a problem knowing what to actually cut off, i did a lot of training and i have many nice looking branches. I am thinking to wait for stretch to see easier what should i take away. Stretch jsut started today :)
@CanaryGrow, it does seem to help. I was paranoid about trying it at first but was told by several people it really helps because the plant can send more water and nutes to the bud plus more light to the lower buds. Tried it on my last grow and had denser buds than ever.
By the way i made a mistake this week (week 5) i forgot to change sugars from liters to gallons. I only 15ml of technoflora sugar daddy per galon not 50+