Grow2 - AlienOG, ChocMintOG, GorillaGlue

Week 13 - Bulking and a little Training, maybe a tiny trim... 350ml RO water with 2ml/L of Shogun Terra BLOOM, 0.5ml/L Shogun CalMag and 0.25g/L of TonoBud (0-49-32). Focussing on where and how plants will support themselves with bud growth. Training plants and flowering sites to take advantage of light and fans for airflow. 10th November 2019 - Day 85 Had a break the last few days, watered today as they were looking a tad dry. 333ml RO water with 2ml/L of Bloom, 0.5ml/L CalMag and 0.25g/L of TonoBud added. A little training today to make use of the light, not a huge amount i can do as the branches are getting quite strong and don't really listen to me anymore. But i can do a tiny amount of movement but not a lot, I found that i was damaging a few bud sites when trying to train, my frustration got the better of me so i thought it best to stop 😅 11th November 2019 - Day 86 No water needed today, soil is still moist. I have updated my planned pictures of all 3 plants, shows what the plan is regarding the topped branches. Blue is topped branches (goes both left and right from centre) - 5th node from bottom (not inc cotyledons) Green is Node 4 growing perpendicular to the topped branch. Only holding bud sites towards the end of the branch Purple is Node 3 growing almost diagonally (picture is a bit dramatic 👽 for demonstration purposes). Has bud sites at the end of the branch, like Node 4. Orange Dots are potential bud sites that are currently present. I plan to update this to show more of what's actually going on, I appreciate pictures don't represent what is actually happening ✊ but may help some growers 12th November 2019 - Day 87 333ml RO water with 2ml/L of Bloom, 0.5ml/L CalMag and 0.25g/L of TonoBud added. PH = 6.76 A little more training today, really starting to see the space between each shoot. Gorilla is the easiest, if anyone is looking to start with something a bit less challenging with a good return, Gorilla Glue #4 is the one for you. If you are looking for a more challenging and rewarding grow, Choc Mint OG is for you. Somewhere between these two, you will find Alien OG, a little more flexible for training than CMOG but a tighter more sturdier grow than GG. Real interesting seeing differences between strains Pistils are looking good, a little glint from a few THC crystals surrounding each budsite, but very limited right now. Touching the leaves a bit leaves a gorgeous smell from both Alien OG and CMOG. GG is so well behaved i haven't had need to touch it so therefore haven't had a good sniff yet 👺 Im sure it will be sensational! 13th November 2019 - Day 88 333ml RO water with 2ml/L of Bloom, 0.5ml/L CalMag and 0.25g/L of TonoBud added. PH = 6.60 Looking good, smell is coming through a lot more and the bud sites look a lot bigger than my last grow. I made a few notes on grow 1 and during the 3rd week of flowering (around this time last grow) I noticed that the pistils began turning orange/brown at the tips. The research I did explained that it could be due to a few things, pollination, plant stress, weather conditions, etc. I also made a note that this time last grow, we experienced the extraordinary heatwave where temps went up to 40C in my tent. So it seems that the whole process is going better. Not a single sign of brown tip on any pistil on all 3 plants 💩 Great smell coming from them as well which i did not notice around this time. could have been due to the heatwave burning any terpenes...? 14th November 2019 - Day 89 No water needed today, will let them have a day off. Still a small moist patch around the main stem. Did a little more training, trying to keep them on the same level so the light penetration is similar for all 3 plants. GG is looking real good and CMOG is coming along nicely as well, getting a bit longer and really glistening around bud sites. Noticed something interesting from my previous grow, thought i would share. So i Veg'd Grow 1 for 10 weeks, flipped the lights over Week 11, then began the flowering stage which ran from Week 12 until mid week 25. After 2.5 weeks during the flowering phase, I noticed the pistil tips on Bruce Banner were turning brown followed by critical a week later. I searched what this could be because of and after some research I found a few reasons, nutrient burn, stressed due to temp change (in this case too hot), pollination, insect damage, water PH not correct etc. I am now 3.5 weeks into flowering for this grow, a week ahead of where I noticed the burnt tips in my previous grow, and currently there are no burn tips. Main lesson, if the tips of your pistils begin browning at this early stage, it may be due to any reason. Double check your grow room, make sure there is no leak of light, heat and make sure air is removed and replaced and maybe get some insect repellent 😹 15th November 2019 333ml RO water with 0.5ml/L CalMag. PH = 7.35 A small amount of training, managed to control CMOG and GG, AOG is proving to be a little difficult to tame (stems are thick and strong, when i try pull them down, they spring back up only growing taller rather than the more lateral grow i was aiming for). Not a problem, still got the other two to work on, let AOG just do what it wants. Budsites are looking really frosty with crystals and a lot bigger than previous grow. 16th November 2019 No water given today, noticed there was still some moisture a couple of mm below the surface soil. A little training but its rest day today. The next few weeks will be interesting as buds are meant to form animi anxious to see what a normal grow is meant to be like 😈 On to Week 14.....