Critical Orange Punch, 2nd.gen.clones

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The extreme heat in the hydroponic buckets now that the ac is almost dead has severely slowed down the growth progress. Will change it asap, but for now I feel blessed that my girls still soldiers thru. Topped them first time last week, seems to sprout new tops accordingly. Also eager to see how it develops regarding the advice on nutrient regimen I took from @DWCHC, so far they seem to like it and respond well. Could be that I've been over careful with the nutes previously, we live and we learn :)

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The extreme heat in the water is really slowing down the whole grow process :( At least I will get new ac's in 2 weeks so I can turn this around before it's too late...

Looks like the worst is over... They bounce back faster than expected, thought they were gonna die there for a while. A new ac with 25K btu's was exactly what the doctor ordered...

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First day of flowering. I love this strain, need little attention and very resistant to fluctuations in conditions. I know some of you think I must be crazy to keep a ph of 6.5 but it's only because the breeder recommends 6.5-6.7 ph in flowering. And I've tried to lower it to see if they still perform properly in 5.8ph, they don't... They start to remind me of my wife on pms if lower than 6.3 and are happiest at 6.5-6.7ph (just like the breeder recommended, go figure...).

Amazing that near total neglect sometimes is exactly what is needed for my kids to recover and come back even stronger than they initially was... Imagine if that worked on real kids ;)

I subjected her to my version of "light" HST this week (i.e. I snap the stem ~20cm from the top so it's broken but attached, then I massage/twist the broken stem between my fingers until it's crushed and soft, but I don't tip them 90° instead I leave them standing tall). I normally tip them 90° bit this is something I started to do recently and it's more convenient with bushy tight plants (imo).

Time for some light defoliation to allow more light penetration. Might gave gone a little overboard with the defoliation, I tend to do that.

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