'Purple Star Killer' by i49

"Psst, hey.... Want to see some stoner bends?". Haha. Welcome to the Final Week of Veg with Purple Star (Changes from grow #2-#3 listed near the bottom of this entry). The Deets: The Good: -She's actually doing pretty well right now..surprisingly. She's healthy and praying to the light while growing very quickly. She's filling all the empty spaces with new shoots and it appears she will be a nice full girl. -HA! I did some serious stoner bends this week to buy myself some time and height. Looked pretty messed up when I first started, but it's all bounced back now and has taken her new shape. I have NO complaints about this. I was just happy it worked and she didn't get stressed out. I won't go into detail, just check out the pictures, hahaha😅. Did this in four stages, over two days to buy this extra height. Gave myself about an extra 7 inches and evened out the canopy a hell of a lot better then before. -Besides a single lateral branch, her vigor is back. Old growth is pretty much back to normalcy, while all new growth is looking well textured and healthy. I feel this is the best she can be with the mistakes I've made. I'm happy she's doing so well and hoping flower will work out just fine👌. The Bad: -Power shutting on and off. Hydro company screwing around. Stop please! The 'Meh': -Wrote about a single lateral that wasn't doing as well as her counterparts. During recovery, most everything came back to near-full health, except this single branch. I was going to prune it off, but decided to leave and and see if she get's a bit better. Still not in good order but I won't be taking it at this very moment. After the flip and next feed, I'll make a call on whether to prune her off, leave her be or strip everything off, leaving just the branching. If I cut her, you'll definitely see an gap in her next week. Is what it is and their are plenty of healthy laterals ready to take it's place. -No space, but not really an issue as the flip is coming down the pipe tonight👍 Notes of the Week: -Yah, so it's time for the flip! Plant health, ppm's and pH are in check. There's no more room and it's time to go. -Besides Space Cookies (whom is propped on a 6" pot) the canopy of the girls is even and will hopefully grow evenly (somewhat) throughout flower. I see that PSK and DD will be getting very big, but I'm a little more comfortable with this, as I have trained lower and given myself a lot more buffer space b/t my light and my canopy (about 24 " of stretch space, where the tallest plant sits at around 17-18"). A 100% stretch would still work out fine with the current height of the girls and I'm really happy I started my LST earlier to achieve a shorter (but still wide) plant. They're monsters and only stand at 11-17 inches. Neat!👌 -All plants have had one "transitions" feeding before the flip and will receive their second, two days from today. Will apply a third if needed, but I'm pretty positive I can jump into my Bloom schedule sooner then later. -PK booster (King Kola) was not used exactly as needed in Grow #2 but will be used to it's full extent in this go. This will give me the full scope of the product and what/how it does. I know it works, but to what extent. -Only nervous about PSK. She has had the hardest time so far, and Veg was a battle. Her health is there and she looks decent (only decent for the moment). I'm not really sure what will happen, if anything, when I flip them tonight, May 31st. Staying positive and hope she transitions into flower well. **Quick Changes B/T Grow #2 and #3** -LST started earlier to keep the girls shorter. Triggered at 24" in Grow #2 and this made things very stressful. I ran out of room and they stopped just in time before getting burned. I did NOT want to put myself in this position again, and this is the result👌. -Aforementioned trigger at 24" is now being triggered at 11-17", leaving about 24-30" of play room for the coming stretch. -Plants are firmer then grow #2. Potassium Silicate (Sturdy Stalk) was used properly and throughout Vegetation, where in Grow #2, I started late (about week 8-9). Applying once every 3rd feeding has proven to shore up the girls stems and laterals much better then previous attempts. Releasing my training tyes does not result in any movement. -Size/Circumference of the girls in Grow #2 are about the same as Grow #3, but this took roughly 5-9 days less vegetation to achieve, even with allllll the mistakes and problems in early Veg. Attributing earlier training and the SF-2000 for this expedited growth. I know 5-9 days is isn't much at all, but cutting time out slowly with each grow is working quite well. Grow #1 took roughly 11 weeks of Veg (That diary does NOT have all weeks included and I compiled two, two week segments into one entry. This Veg did indeed take 11 weeks), Grow #2 took 8-9 weeks and this grow is down to 7-8 weeks. Slowly becoming more efficient and speeding things up a bit. Very happy to see these small changes as I would like to achieve 3 cycles/harvests a year. 20-22 weeks is far too long and the goal in this grow and the ones that follow it, is too bump this number down to a solid 16 week grow. Ideally 6-7 weeks Veg and 8-10 weeks Bloom. -Using a slightly more advanced feeding schedule this round seems to have kicked them in the butt a bit (but I did face consequences trying to find the limit...beware). Next grow I feel I'll have a better handle on when and what to feed the girls at specific times to encourage faster, healthier growth. So! That's the ball game folks! Next week I'm hoping I'll be able to show you some pistils and the beginning of bud formations. Please ya'll, take care of you and yours and have a great week. Spread the love! Give and get lots of hugs if you need them! If you're not feeling well, please don't hesitate to PM me.... Even if you just need a sound board, I'm here and of good mental health to listen, if needed. If you don't feel good, please don't isolate and keep it down. Myself and many others are hear to listen/help. Please reach out. Thank you my friends.✊🙏