*********Week 6 (Flower week) - January 14 to 20, 2020 (Days 36 to 42 from germination)
The week went by pretty quick and overall and started to show more positivity. She finally set her buds 👍 and has taken off with more growth😃.....stretching. Wrestled with the idea that she might be a photo rather than an auto, had that one before, and wanted to ensure she was not. Moved her into the veg tent and with the lower light intensity and temperature she seemed to relax and finally set her bud sites......she is an auto......so why the heck so long to flip? Genetic issue or normal growth pattern??? Again, happy to see the growth but she will not be a producer of quantity so hoping the quality will be there😯😕😯
Have done some further cleaning on the bottom and removed a couple of small growing nodes. The branches were tiny and I want to keep her focused on the thicker branches she already has. Introduced Massive this week for bud density. She has become tall and lanky over the last two weeks. Not at all the growth pattern I was expecting.......would have definitely bent her top over had I known she would go like this😩 Wondering if I should bend over SW2 or not now😕
Keeping wet and happy is a balance. She was good with 2L last week and by the end of the week now she wants close to 3L. I also bumped up the CalMag on one of the feedings a bit to help ensure she doesn’t show issues. Won’t be using CalMag much longer as we are getting later in flower.
Not sure how much longer to feed......will go another full 2 weeks for sure. I suspect she will run a full 10 weeks, then if allowing a 2 week flush you only go through week 8. Really don’t know what she is going to do at this point😕😕
Going to be interesting if her sister follows everything in the same manner.......she is in a 1 gal pot...downsides from 3 gal........live and learn Baby!!!👏👍
Little more detail:
Jan 14/20 - Day 36
- only given 1L of plain water, pH 6.1
- no nutrients.
- thinking she maybe a photo period......if so then I need to back up her medium to and end of veg state and get ready to run her in 12/12 to flip her.......had happen with a Dinafem pack before.
- that would suck.....another 7 weeks to go if she is.
Jan 15/20 - Day 37
- 2L water - Dual Fuel & CalMag @ 0.5ml/L - 450ppm & pH to 5.7
- She is now 18" tall!!!!! A little odd compared to other diaries for this strain??
- Side branches firming up but the low ones are still soft.
- Her Main stem is still soft as well.....more of what you expect in veg not flower......as a comparison.
- Nodes growth is still odd, some nodes have four fan leaves for example?
Jan 16/20 - Day 38
- 1L plain water only today.
- She did not drink a lot yesterday.
- SW1 & SW2 moved to veg tent under T5.
- ThinkIng I will shock them a bit and see what happens. If a photo she should calm down and show signs of new growth.....too many hairs popping but grasping at straws here.....if she is an auto she should form buds in a couple of days???
- Set the temp in the tent to 82 degrees and humidity to 55%.
- Moved light to 14” off top cola.
Jan 17/20 - Day 39
- Nothing given today. No water.....dry out day.
- She looked good this morning.....perky and happy
- Leaves opened up and exposed buds........give her another day or so.......she is an auto......just really slow consistently through all stages.
Jan 18/20 - Day 40
- 2L full feed plus 1L plain water added to reduce the ppm and not shock her.........740ppm and 6.1pH.......total watering 3L
- nothing in PM.....pot still wet.
- concerned about bud sites not getting enough light so moved her back into the flower tent in evening.
- replaced CO2 in tent.
- Very happy today and good growth with leave up.
- 22” tall and 24” wide..
Jan 19/20 - Day 41
- 3L feeding again today. Full strength again but added Piranha and Voodoo Juice at 2ml/L as well.....975 ppm 5.9 pH.
- full strength was 1275ppm so added plain water to bring down a bit.
- runoff: 1130 ppm and 5.7 pH.....Start bringing up the pH now to 6.1.
- Cut off two more low bud sites with tiny branches.
- Tied her down more now to help make her wider. Reached up to a couple of the higher nodes I had left alone previously.
- Seeing a Kush style long branches. She is now the tallest in the tent!
Jan 20/20 - Day 42
- Awesome night after stripping. She is taller again and looks happy, more vibrant!
- 2L plain water 6.2 pH in AM.
- 2L plain water Sensyzime @ 2ml, LW8 & Rezin @ 1.5ml = 75 ppm 5.9 pH. In PM.
- She seems happy. Filling out more on the side branching.
- Bud sites are getting larger but still small overall........if like everything else with girl.......just give her time......patience😩😩😃👌
Have a great week fellow growers.......
That's one big ol fat lady! Nice work. Looks happy and healthy. Mephistos always grow some awesome plants. Keep doing what your doing and best of luck moving forward growmie
@PrairieFrostGrow, definetly gonna be a old lady by the time shes done. If at any point you have problems with buds getting to heavy for branches you could always use bamboo steaks for support or I like to use ratchet hangers
@Denzul,thanks for the share! Being honest though not sure what is going to happen over the next few weeks.....I certainly hope she slows down on growing branches and focuses on bud sites😀 Her branches are thin, about 4 good size sides but the others are smaller. She keeps growing though and stiffening up as well.......as long as she thinks she can hold the weight maybe the harvest won’t be too bad........could be a long run though.....see 84+ days😕😕 time will tell. Thanks again!
@Zzgrowguy,Thanks for the comment.....she has certainly been easy to stare at😂
Your Purple is looking great.......she went straight up on you😀👍
Happy growing!
@Buddo,Thanks eh!!😃
Nothing small in your Mephisto grow!!!! The girls are looking lovely and should reward you handsomely👍
May you buds be big and fat🙏
@BladeCutter, that is a good question right now. Fed full strength yesterday on day 59 and water today, day 60. Her hairs still pointing up however thin. Not that many red yet but a couple of bud have a number of very prominent ones. She has been slow developing all the way through but she feels like she has been picking up speed with ripening this past week.
Hmmmmmmm........She has to have another 14 days in her but I don’t think another 24, as I once did. I am suspecting I should she be oaky going to a minimum 75 days. Then it will be up to her frost development😳😳👍 Checked her runoff today and it was 1050ppm and 6.05pH.
I think I am done feeding at day 59........but day 61 hasn’t come yet😏😉
You are right, she's a good looking girl but seems slow to flower. I expect she will throw you a coming-out party soon and you will be amazed at her beauty.
@BladeCutter, Happy Weekend To You!!! Thanks for the vote of reassurance.....
You appear to be correct. Will be finishing the details in this week today and then add this week in because she did start to set buds the last two days. I switched her into the T5 veg tent and son-of-a-B if she didn't perk right up again and buds started to form!!! New question now is what does she truly want for light??
Freak'in love this plant and hobby🙏👍 Hope your buds are DANK!
Nice work.
You are feeding terpene much earlier than I do.
But I feed my plants up to the last week. Very different conditions though.
Happy growing l.
Shiiit, that looks crazy! Good job man.
I wish mine was that big. But I’m just starting out with autos and a new medium (Promix HP) and having a hard time trying to dial in the green planet dual fuel and watering schedule. Also starting to think 5gal smart pots are a bit to big for me lol