Heading into week 10
This Sweet n Sour is a 70-80 day strain. Seems ready on the eve of day 64.
A lower bud on the main cola of #2 was accidentally broken a few days ago. Clipped and gave a (5 snips) wet trim. There is very little leaf to flower ratio on these. Its gorgeous and dense. Covered in trichromes and orange hairs. Stinks of sweet grape candy.
Everything's getting dense and continues to fill in and fatten.
Have been alternating between full feed, plain water and some Liquid Karma waterings. The Big Girl gets up to a gallon and the others 64oz.
DAY 64
These are in sight of the finish line and fading fast. The Big Girl(#1) has faded the most due to her earlier drying out and recovery. She will be the first to get chopped (unless all go at once).
One more feed of PK boost for all, then plain water until chop.
DAY 66
Aiming for chop @ Day 70-ish. The undercanopy, or what most would consider undesirable "popcorn" is very dense. There is no airy bud here. Not sure if its genetics or the lights. Most grows have done similarly...very dense smaller buds all down the branches with little to no airy popcorn. All recent Mephisto grows under these cree and bridgelux cobs have resulted in these beautiful, dense, "popcorn" nugs.
Yield will be well below expectations. One of 4 seeds didn't germ and of the 3 that sprouted, #3 lost her 3 largest (oldest) branches after topping. She has grown beautifully to maturity despite being only 5/8 of her potential. She also had her main stem split (see pic). All totaled, 35% of this crop's yield was compromised for these reasons.
For bloom boost, gave each a feed of Atami Bloombastic.
DAY 67
These buds are the densest and meatiest I've ever grown. Odor is not loud, but when touched, is sweetly grape. So many perfect little strawberry-shaped nugs. Most in the 1-3 gram (dried), range.
Struggling to "wait" until Day 70 as they are so dense and ready-looking and fading... and don't want to go too long, but would like to give them another Bloombastic feed and take them to mid-70 days for target harvest with peak development.