'Blue Cookies' by i49

Howdy and welcome to week 7, Bloom, of Blue Cookies. The deets: The Good: -Another great week with Big Blue. She's still swelling and stacking, but at a slightly slower pace. I see her starting to wrap up, but she does show a lot of signs of continued growth and there still is some time left before I can consider her near-future schedule and flush. -Buds are showing some different colors and she looks good. I haven't had any issues with her common mutations either. Since her growth has stopped, it stopped and she's looking quite healthy. -RO PPM's and pH is still optimal and as I drop the dosing of specific nutrients, her excess salts are dropping off and she's starting to show the first signs of wrapping up, herself. The Bad: -No bad this week. Got my feeds in and she's well. The 'Meh': -Getting slightly top heavy, even with potassium silicate shoring her up. Starting to lean out a bit so I applied the same non-static fabric strip around her, about 2/5th's the way up. It's only a brace and holds everything in decent order. Cheap, re-usable and functional. Easy peasy. Notes of the Week: -Both NL #2 and Blue Cookies are both getting top heavy and I'm working to keep them in shape and away from one another. I'm having an easier time moving them, at least. Grow number one, at this point and time, were already strung up with plant yoyos because they couldn't hold their new weight. I couldn't move them because of this and it was a pain. Happy I don't have to do that again. Yoyos were great! and served their purpose when I really, really needed them. But with the changes and stronger plants, I don't need them! This a good thing👍 -Ocimene is out as the dominant terpene in the tent (Blue Cookies) and Caryo has officially taken over now. Tent is niiiice and pungent with a thick peppery aroma. Fun watching them compete for dominance, haha. -From the new trich pics, it looks like the breeders notes are going to line up quite well. The NL's are wrapping up and I can see them ready for the chop around March 12th (8ish weeks Bloom). DSD and BC are looking like they're at the same pace and should be wrapping up around March 20th-ish (9-10 weeks). -Set up drying tent and she's ready to go. Moved the little tent right by the big girl and jury rigged all my equipment through splitters and timers. Did a test run with x2, 1 foot tower fans and two computer fans w/ makeshift hangers and tea towels to maintain a decent and constant RH. During the test, the unit held about 18-19 degree Celsius and 50% RH. Pretty much what I was looking for. -Trying to get better pictures of the plants without the obnoxious flash of my camera blurring all the trichs and colors. I feel these are a little better...but I still have some work to do and maybe pick up some decent, used lighting equipment to achieve the results I'm looking for. I love so many of the pictures on here. The extra effort really makes them pop and I'd like to try to do the same with the tips I've been receiving from other users. Some of you folks are an absolute inspiration and I appreciate the extra time you put into your photography👍 (I still suck at trich pics...I don't think that's going to get better any time soon, ha) Thanks so much for dropping by and seeing Blue's progress. I wish you all luck with your girls this week and happy grows! Cheers and take care all.😃👍