This is week 4 of Bloom w/ big ass Granddaddy Bruce, haha (Hopefully pictures are little better this week👍). The Deets:
The Good:
-GDPB had a pretty good week and there were zero issues with her. The stretch has all but ended and tapped out about around 3 feet.
-Pistil growth is in full swing (although a little behind compared to the others) and she is bulking outwards, looking like a new girl everyday.
-She's very tall but pretty firm! She wasn't supposed to get this big but everything is working out just dandy, anyway. Can't complain😀
-Went through an early week flush and things went great. She appears to be taking what I've been feeding in my new feeding schedule without excess. pH and PPM's were all in check and damn near the same across the board for all four girls. Nice to see some constancy👍
The Bad:
-All goooood. 2 weeks in row. Neato😄
The 'Meh':
-She is "behind" her counterparts, but...I'm honestly not sure what the hell she is even really supposed to look like and if/when she will starting blooming at a faster rate. If not, this girl may be quite low yielding, despite her size. Hoping things pick up as I was looking for the Bruce Banner in her. Time will tell but I'm good either way. She's healthy and happy, not going to push her too much.
-She's firm but I can see she'll need yoyo's too keep her mains from splaying and hitting the side of the tent or one another.
-Thinner pistils? Is that a thing? All three of the other girls have well defined and fuzzy pistils whereas GDPB's seem thin and sparse... I dunno. Might increase P/K dosing slightly.
Notes of the Week:
-Stretch is @ an end for for all four ladies and they're all bulking up. I'm finally starting to see the real potential behind them and it's getting exciting. Dutchy and SC are going to be thiiiick. The way they're moving already, this'll be a good show. PSK has kinda come out of nowhere and is pushing a crazy amount of substantial bud sites. She was very recently really effed up and I wholly presumed she would be the small and sparse one, not GDPB. Really pleasant surprise.
-Aforementioned flush was performed on all and the numbers will be listed below. No issues at all with any of them. Didn't droop out and were praying the whole way through. The new feeding schedules and this flush has given them back a lot of their vigor, something I've greatly missed for portion's of this grow.
-Heat is increasing where I live and with that comes high humidity evenings. It's been tough keeping the RH around 55% even with full extraction. I've put more fans in the under-canopy and moved my clip on fans to blow over the canopy to try and mitigate any standing water that may accumulate.
-As of now, clean up and defo is about 90% finished and the rest will be gone by the end of the week. Just seeing which smaller side laterals are the most vigorous so I can keep em and take the rest. Still limited my mains to about 8-12 per plant. Under canopy of PSK and GDPB, though, will need a dual harvest as there's a lot of potential down there and I'd like to let it ripen a tad more. I feel it'll be worth it in the end😀
Run-Off's. 2 Gallons run through each girl w/ about 20-25% Run-off:
SC: 6.2/6.3pH and 955ppm
DD: 6.1/6.2pH and 947ppm
GDPB: 6.2/6.3pH and 1028ppm
PSK: 6.2pH and 1077ppm
**Back too daily feedings w/ nutrients at 1/2 dose over 3 days with water feeds in between**
That's the ball game this week, folks. Thanks for stopping by and for checking out beasty #1. Have a gooder and I'll talk to you throughout the week. Cheers and take care till then😃👋
@JinksyGrows, I am also considering buying a small Electric Hoist to raise and lower the units too and use "yo-yo hangers" on each corner to keep from the units from spinning. Might sound excessive, but having the ability to quickly and easily raise and lower the lights would be well worth the investment. I have been eyeing one with 110lb capacity and it only weighs a little over 12lbs. Anyhow, if you have questions or if I can help in anyway, please let me know. Happy growing!
Oveerwatering Issues=?. I feel you- To me the watering Regime is the hardest one to learn in indoor growing. It took me a good number of grows.
I ended in watering daily, and smaller amounts. and Always to look for the plant before i water^^.
If you have tiny plants, use tiny buckets to water them. ( a small glass )etc. You may take longer, but you cant overdo it.
Or take a small plasticbottle and do some markings onto the bottle. so you see how much you want to give to one plant. and can Control how much they already got.
@Mrs_Larimar, This is exactly what I've started to do as of yesterday, haha. I can't be trusted with the 100mL syringe, so I'm back to bottle feeds. Going waaay better, haha.
Thanks👍. I'll stop drowning them😅
Man how did we experience the exact same thing at the same time!? Reading the comments I’m so glad to hear they’re bouncing back!! I just had 5 nodes when I overwatered and had 0 growth for 7 days and lost the 3 lower nodes on all my girls. Since reporting in fabric pots they’ve bounced back and are growing as good as ever! Can’t wait to see how yours bounce back man, good luck!!
@ButtersStotch, Funny eh? Haha. Well, not a that funny, but crap does happen. And we're in the same boat, but it a good way this time🙂. I moved mine to 3 gallon fabrics too and they're moving surprisingly really well now. Woot! Congrats on the recovery man. Onwards 😀👍
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most time if i say .. well theywill need 10-12 Days... they are suddenly done 5 Days later... my Plants tend to change from clear to milky,,,"overnight"
@Mrs_Larimar, That's a good point. I was looking at last week's pictures and trich development and she is moving very quick. The purple and fade only started 4 days ago too and that's going really fast. May have to cut down sooner, but I'll let her tell me😉. Just keeping a real close eye on them now.
@Med_in_Tropic, Still a little bit to go, but I feel we're close👌. Not dead or crispy! I have faith🙂. Moved forward with my test feed on DD and we shall see how this goes. Been 8 hrs and she's perked right up ... I'll take what I can get! Haha. So far so good.
Thanks med!
Good to know about the benefit of ticking analog as nice programable digital. Come to think of it, these household timers, are usually design for fence light or even night light. They are not rated for the wattage for grow room at all.
@Med_in_Tropic, You've got it, 100%. Residential timers being used for commercial lighting. Danger😮. With LED, the wattage is nice and constant without a spike👍. Thanks for reading man!
@Huggomadd,No doubt man. I learned a big lesson from this, and maybe it was necessary (?). I was taking people's word at face value, but they could have literally know nothing in the first place.
I test everything now, lol! And only buy mediums that the seller has proof of using and/or testing before use👍.
Live and learn! But this one hurt. Oof.
@JinksyGrows,
The standard should be that garden centers/shops stand behind their products because they've tried them out previously themselves. Like tried and true. Hard to say; "Yeah this product works great and gives you a huge/great harvest. You should pay the $ and try it." When they truly haven't got a clue about the product.
@Ga4rd2en0er, Non name brand, locally sourced soil, sold at a gardening greenhouse, not a hydro shop. I've had words with the greenhouse already... Haha. Not happy, and told them to pull the product, less they have another 40 of me coming to crap on them. I asked if they ever test their substrates before selling them, too. They said no... So, won't ever trust them again.
Edit 1: The soil was sold to me as 5.5pH seeding soil, btw. Higher N to PK volume. Should be standard stuff... Not sure how or where it got turned sour.
Edit 2: And things are looking good, right now. I will not be kiboshing the project 👍. Lost time, but they're moving very well, now, in their new home
Well that is a beautifully growing plant - stunning leaves and very healthy looking. Nice job mate 👌
A few more weeks and it will be hard for you to find your way inside that space :)
@HazeyBobby, I sure hope so🙂. Did a bunch of LST on 3 of 4 today and really starting to see exponential, daily growth. Slow and steady wins the race, but fast vegging plants is a beauty sight👌☺️
@Buddha2, Thanks Buddah! Going to take a page out of your book and keep it simple this time around👌. Let them go a little more natural 😊
Cheers and happy grows this week!