******** Week 9 - Feb 3 to 9/20 (Days 57 - 63 from seed popping out)
She has continued to swell this week and stacking her buds. The hairs are turning this week. Kind of a boring week in a way because she has been such an awesome girl to grow!! Have not spent anytime looking at Trich colour this week.....too early anyway. Trying to keep her environment correct so she is happy and those buds swell. Continue to reduce the temperature slightly during the day and night as well as lowering the humidity. She is a very pretty girl and has certainly impressed me now at weeks 7 to 9.......this is a learning grow though because I was not sure what to expect in weeks 3 to 5 but now understand the genetics better. Growing another girl in a 1 gal pot at the same time, just short of 2 weeks behind, and learning from that girl as well so we know the best way to run the last 4 seeds. Hint......I don’t feel 1 gal pot will be the winner and suspect a 3 gal might be the one for me and my style.
What I have reflected on is that this girl has been very impressive to grow even though I have thrown curve balls at her. A little more attention to the LST ensuring a more even canopy and lighten the feedings, this girl can impress!😍 She didn’t like the light intensity in early weeks and preferred a lower pH. Given that she was slow growing at the start I was unsure of how far to push LST and obviously should have tied down her main cola but she was more resilient than I gave her credit for. On bigger branches I would clip off another one of the lower nodes than I did to give a little more energy to fill in the tops. Not sure this girls top cola will fill in as much as one would like but her side branches are making up for it and will definatley add to the weight.........take your time girl😀
Much debate this week over how long she will run in order to determine her last feed.🤪 She had her last feed three times😃 but it was finally Saturday Feb 8, Day 62 as the last day of feed. Plan it to just flush with water and Rezin & Liquid Weight to the end.....or early 70’s anyway if she will hold out that long🤞
She still has several nice white hairs but the red guys, drying, did happen a fair bit this week. She is ripening up. Almost picking up speed but hard to say.....my guessing so far has been off when trying to read this girl so “I am just along for the ride” hope she has a couple more weeks in her yet.😁 The long lanky grows often have you wishing they would have stayed just another 6” shorter.😀 Had to keep the lights higher in the tent to accommodate this girl and now tough to raise as high as I would like for Skywalker. It’s all good though as she is filling in along with the other girls👍She has pretty buds to look at but they are not swelling as much as I would like yet. Hope that comes soon and will continue to lower the temps. Environment is getting colder at night. Crystal production has been strong and very impressive!
Changed the light schedule again this week. Moved her to 19.5 hours of light because she is still not falling to sleep at lights out.
Given she has been very green and tips were burnt a fair bit, will likely use Flawless Finish to flush the medium.
Little more detail:
Feb 3/20 - Day 57
- Water feed today. Runoff in tray was 5.95pH from yesterday.
- 3L plain water with Sensyzime @ 1.5ml/L. 100ppm and 6.4pH going in.
- still trying to raise the medium slightly to over 6.0. Sensyzime to clean up the roots and eat the waste making more food.
- Her red hairs are coming out pretty prominent now on some buds.
Feb 4/20 - Day 58
- Full feed today. Pot still had some weight.
- 3L off full feed with 1125ppm and 6.05pH
- Runoff water in tray before feed: 800ppm and 6.1pH
- Runoff water in tray after feed: 1000ppm 6.0and pH
- Heavy leaf strip today. Almost anything with a stem was removed.
Feb 5/20 - Day 59
- nothing today.
- She is ripening more now. She is happy and her tips are up:)
- Red hairs continue to come out towards the top of the girl.
- Light cycle changed to 19.5hrs on and 4.5hrs off.
Feb 6/20 - Day 60
- Verify medium today....close to flush
- 3L feed of Sensyzime and Rezin @ 2ml/L and Liquid Weight @ 1.5ml/L. = 100ppm and 5.8pH
- Runoff was 1050ppm and 6.05pH.
Feb 7/20 - Day 61
- Nothing today, still heavy.
- She appears to be swelling more on her buds.
Feb 8/20 - Day 62 - ********Last Feed********
- Giving a bit of a flush with Sensyzime, Rezin, and Liquid weight @ 2ml.
- 6L feed with 100ppm and 5.8pH going in.
- Runoff - 600ppm and 6.15pH. Good numbers but wouldn’t mind the ppm around 1,000.
- Evening giver her last full strength feed as listed for the week.
- 2L feed going in was 5.7pH. Want to try and keep it around the 6.0pH mark as she seems happy slightly lower pH.
- Medium got a good soak and good runoff amount
- That will be it. Hope she goes 10 to 14 more days....
Feb 9/20 - Day 63
- Dry out day
- raised the light a bit.....will use lower pH water in flush thinking 5.8.
- She has some nice buds. She has fattened up and her buds are forming “tips” now.
- Again....frosty frosty girl.
Hope we can drag out harvest day until Feb 22 or 23rd.......🤞😁.....Thanks for the read and hope you have a smooth week!
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