✋Wk 9: A cone shaped bush, and trichome hunting season begins.
👉This week the 3 gallon plant has gotten very bushy. I adjusted the plants to each corner to give the 3 gallon a little more room, and moved the lights to the corners as well. The outdoor temps have been mid 60's and I had to run the a/c in the house to keep the tent temps below 78F. I rotate the plants so they get more even exposure. As I have rotated the 3 gallon, a little each day, I have been trimming the shaded early leaves and some of the inner ones I can get to easily. I still may trim the two lowest branches because they are at a disadvantage light exposure wise. The 3 gallon had been getting lots of tucking to expose some of the bud sights trying to peak out at the top. The shape of the 3 gallon is like cone. The main cola has stretched a little bit but only 3 inches above the canopy. The 3 gallon is 30" from the base and making pretty, marble sized fuzzy pearls. There are lots of purple stems, I have increased the concentration of the calimagic added to the fertigation solution to help offset any mag deficiency. The run-off EC has started to climb this week, unlike last couple of weeks which saw the ec stay level. I have done a single large volume EC and have lowered the overall inflow EC. The run-off EC had remained within limits. The plant shows no other possible nutrient issues other than purple stems (which may be nothing to worry about).
👉 The 1 gallon plant definitely stopped growing and the plant is 35" tall. The buds are bulking up and looking very frosty. I have started doing a little trichome hunting. My phone sux for macro taking thru a magnifier, so Ill break out the DLSR and start hunting with it. I haven't taken anymore leaves from the 1 gallon. All the secondary branches are the same height and showing promise of making several long good big buds. The plant is showing some purple stems, with a few upper level leaves on the main cola have purple stems as well. The plants roots have packed the 1 gallon plant solid. I am curious if it may be causing some root issues such as suffocation, which can look like magnesium deficiency (per a small amount of research I have done (no forums only science articles). Some burned tips here and there around the plant. It takes a few minutes to apply all the solution at each fertigation due to the packed pot. Im hoping the compacted pot doesn't hinder the buds final development, but I fear it might, we will see. Its run-off has also started raising this week and had received lower EC fertigations. The run-off remains in limits. In the tent the aroma of the 1 gallon is the typical cannabis flower smell, and an up close sniff of a bud has hints of caramel.
👉The coming weeks focus will be controlling the tent temperatures. I have a wifi camera that shows the canopy temperature. I try to watch the forecast and set the HVAC accordingly. The daytime temps in the mid 60s are the toughest to deal with, the heat still needs to be on at night and if I forget to turn it off before I go to work the canopy approaches 78 by noon, and can possibly go over 80. (It did last year but that was a different set of lights). The volume of solution intake has increased as well so I will be making extra trips to get water for the industrial RO machine (98.8% rejection rate at 4 micro-Siemens). The water is medical grade quality and has zero calcium and magnesium and that's why I am adding a little more calimagic to the solution mix.
Really nice job! Your attention to detail and description of your experience provides great information for others. Great harvest and great looking plants. Now you can enjoy the fruits of your labor!!
Amen brother. You're doing an awesome job!! Your buds look great and yes, this is a healthy distraction from the more distressing things going on in the world. We're all entitled to happiness and this brings healing to so many of us. Better days ahead. Peace.😀
Great Work! Thanks for such a detailed diary...I know it takes time and effort to upload all those pictures and maintain a diary. Just starting germination my Growers Choice Cream, I'll be sure and refer back through out my grow. Cheers!
@Psilocubensis, Thanks! Both plants here have large base stems, and their branches are the sturdiest of the few plants Ive grown since starting this great hobby. Im sure it has more to do with mother nature than my handy work.
I found you because of comments you made towards DoctorPhilGood and yes there are actually a "group" of us who don't believe in flushing and I/we don't do a lot of Defoliation. Your totally right about people taking it too far and hurting their numbers. Anyway gonna follow along now and see how she turns out for you.
@@ATOWN, Thanks! I like to pretend that I know what I'm doing, but I am always learning and hope that one day my plant will grow good big buds that can win the blue ribbon at the county fair.
Some massive colas on that lady. Beautiful ones too. Spectacular work growmie. Keep doing what it is you've been doing and may the ganja garden gods give you good fortunes until the end