I found some budrot on P1 this week. I had already seen signs of it the previous week and decided since it had spread a bit that I would partially harvest the areas where I saw signs of rot.
Under microscope none of the trichomes yet look amber, mostly cloudy and some still clear. I anticipate harvesting all plants next week, but final look at trichomes may prevent that if they still don't look ready.
Thankfully the rot was not widespread, and I didn't lose much bud. I will continue to monitor all plants closely this week for signs of rot. If I see any further development I think I might harvest all of them even if the trichomes don't look quite ready yet.
This will be second week of flush, no nutrient. Just water. Plants have not started to kill off their fan leaves at all, so I'm still thinking it might be a bit early for harvest.
I did trim some fan leaves from P1 to improve airflow and prevent further budrot.
Also P2 is very colorful now and looks quite delicious. Smells the best with a scent of berries. I think I might enjoy the smoke from that one the most.
@KratkyGrow, good observation. I'll keep this in mind next time that I'll pop seeds. Was actually thinking about starting the new lot in one set and pick survivors for individual nursing.
Again, good to know. Thanks for sharing.
@Med_in_Tropic,
I know! That was pretty disappointing.
In that batch I don't think I had any stressor conditions that would have made them more likely to be males. (I've read that red light, high heat, fluxing heat, or nutrient overload can all lead to higher rates of males)
I did plant them all out of one tote bin, so the roots got all tangled, not sure if that would do anything or not. But that did help me learn when 7 of the 8 get pulled, and the roots are too tangled to seperate, they just rotted in the bin and created extra worry on my end for the one female. I also think the female developed slowest, and was the smallest plant, maybe because her roots were getting choked out by the males. I wouldn't try planting more than one in a single tote again unless I knew they were all females.
Low vpd - humid low temp - There will be less transpiration. I agree with you that more leaves are better for the plants . Then the can pump more water and nutrients to grow.