4th Week Report 07/11/19 - 14/11/19
In photos CMXL is on the left and LSD on the right
07/11/19
Flushed the the water, rinsed a little the tote with tap water and filled it with 36L of 35% strength solution (increased from 30%). Stopped using root stimulator as there is a good root development and started to add "Growth/Bloom Excellerator"
No preflowers signs for both, but LSD looks like at the end of the week or at the begging of the next she will show preflowers.
LSD showing new growth after FIMming, but it looks a little strange and fatty, I think the cause is the stress. It's still growing, so I think she will recover well.
08/11/19
Built a small DIY evaporative cooler (https://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-baby-swampy-small-evaporative-cooler/) too keep lower temperature while adding humidity. Now it's stopped and it will be used just if needed
11/11/19
LSD showing first preflowers!
It seems FIMming didn't worked because LSD is growing like a not trained plant, maybe the stress just increased a little the lateral growth
15/11/19
Moved the temperature sensor from inside the tote since the temperature stays 19-21 ยฐC and placed it on LSD main cola next to the top to measure air temp.
Updated the main program so now it automatically regulates the light intensity basing on air temperature (if the air temperature is over 30ยฐC the microcontroller will automatically decrease light intensity to reach again 30ยฐC, otherwise the lights will be at maximum power). To achieve this goal was used a PID Library (https://github.com/br3ttb/Arduino-PID-Library/)
Sorry but this week I have been busy, so I didn't took too many pics.
However both of them are growing healthy.
Now I'm training CMXL doing just some small defoliation removing 1-3 big fan leaves every 2-3 days.
No more stress for LSD!
Last Update 15/11/19
Next Update 17/11/19 or 18/11/19
See you guys ;)
@CRK00, If there are many parts that receive less light and have fewer 'ready' trichomes, then you can leave those part longer to harvest.
Personally, I only harvest once.
Sweet smokes!
-Apolo
@Sweet_Seeds, I'm already checking trichomes and more than 80% is cloudy, are starting to appear now just a couple of Amber trichomes.
Now I'm doing a soft flush and probably in 2/3 days I'll harvest her.
Do you suggest to leave lower growth after harvest and try to give her a couple more weeks to have a second harvest?
Hands up for Cream Mandarine ๐๐
@CRK00, Hi buddy!
The final flowering time, can vary by many factors, one of them and very important the phenotype.
Our CMXL is a very special strain that everyone loves. We're glad to hear that you do too. :)
Remember that to know when to harvest, you must be guided by the status of the trichomes (not the pistils).
Sweet smokes!
-Apolo
@@WisdomCulture420, thanks mate! ๐
Today I checked the growth after some days and updated the diary ;)
I'm satisfied and I hope it keeps on going like that! ๐