'Dutch Dragon' by Paradise

Hello all and welcome to Week 5 of Bloom with one of two squat beasts. It was a weird week with DD and my paranoia kicked in and I'm hoping all is well. We shall see. The Deets: The Good: -She's bulking up quite well and shedding trichs at a fast rate now. Her cola stacks are the most defined out of all four girls and she looks like she will pack a large yield if all goes well from here on out👌. -I feel the majority of defo and pruning is done and she will be left alone, for the most part, until the end of the grow. She did not react or stress too badly, but did get a bit upset for the first time in a long time. Pressing my luck and backing off defo for several days😬. The Bad: -It's a Meh/Bad and I'll throw this in the 'Meh' section. Otherwise, all seems to be doing well, just paranoid. -Grow #2 I made a mistake and was reading the wrong notes and ended up over feeding Do-si-dos. Had this opposite problem here and mis-read my notes, looking at Space Cookies not Dutch Dragon. I feel this is why she is showing signs of deficiency due to under-feeding. Found out I only applied a full recommended dose over 11 days.... That's far less then adequate for her needs and changes have been made today and are outlined below. The 'Meh': -My paranoia comes from some early pistil browning on DD. It's not a complete die out and has been occurring for about 5 days now. Light was backed off, but the brown pistils are showing in the under-canopy as well, so the lamp probably wasn't the issue, but was moved just in case it was causing too much stress. -I have witnessed a friends grow go full hermie from beginning to end in week four of his flowering period, in his first grow. I know what to look for and haven't yet found anything to solidify my thinking. There is no mass die off, there are no bulbess sections on bud masses (Seed Development), there are no nanners or shed pollen seen and there are no seeds as I took three calyx(s), one from top, middle and lower canopy, w/ empty shells. So, nothing to say she has hermied, but I've been going through this girl like a fine tooth comb two times a day to make sure she isn't a threat to herself or the other girls in the tent. -My daily/lower EC feedings had been going very well, but I see I need to adjust here and up the dosing. Her needs are great and I noticed a slight Nitrogen deficiency on several fans near the top. She seems to have started to cannibalize her surrounding fans already, so slight adjustments to her feeding schedule will be made and started today. She received a full recommended dose of micro-grow-bloom and Humic acid while sticking to half dose Liquid Weight and Massive Formula and Cal/Mag. This will now be applied instead of splitting my doses 50/50 over three days. Notes of the Week: -Even with the changes, the "Nutrient" portion will still show the entire EC given over a 4-5 day period. -There is slightly browning pistils on all girls now, but the more I look, the more I feel it's natural and it's just time. Moving into week 6...I should be okay, ya? I don't mind a couple seeds if that happens, I'm just paranoid that I'll open up the tent and see a full seeded hermie. Fingers crossed. -Besides GDPB (who is starting to pick up her pace) all the girls are moving very quick and putting on weight. Besides some early browning of some pistils (15%-ish) they're bulking up and I'm pretty happy with the potential I'm seeing. -Humidity and heat are a battle but I'm just accepting it and doing what I can to mitigate both. Tent is essentially open all day long w/ full extraction to mitigate heat and I pulled a big-ass dehumidifier from a separate CCT on an extension cord, into the room the tent presides. This has been buying me -5-10% RH in the tent and it's about the best I can do for the moment. -Looking to do a full dose flush right away here. It's been three weeks since the last and I'd like to see how my feeding schedules are working for them. Too much, not enough? I'll find this out in a couple days. Won't be running much through them, just enough to pull a run-off sample. 10-15% run-off will be taken, max. So that's the weird, paranoid week I had w/ Mrs. Dutchy. I have faith all will be well, it's just seeing the brown that made me nervous. Taking multiple, daily pictures of single tops to track and see if symptoms are progressing and if there is a massive pistil die off occurring. Need to be ready to move her as soon as possible if this ends up being the case. Please put your eyes on the "single top examples" in the pictures and let me know if Ii'm crazy or if this is something to be slightly concerned about. Thanks all for stopping by and please lend me your eyes on Dutchy. Let me know what you see and if there is an issue in your mind. It would be greatly appreciated. Thanks so much😀. Cheers and much love folks! Have a great week😊. Below are two special notes/updates **Note #1: After weighing all my options and taking suggestions from all you lovely people, I did end up pulling the trigger and ordering a second SF-2000 for consistency sake. I know it's more expensive then other lamps and I could have saved a couple bucks by going through Alibaba or other wholesalers, but I love the SF and I know it works for me and my needs. In future I will mitigate my costs with quantum board equivalents, but for now I feel a second SF-2000 was the right call and will complete my flowering footprint. This lamp should arrive by Friday and I will be able to have it in operation by June 11th, before end of Week 6 (as planned). Again, I appreciate all the responses and advice I got. I genuinely looked into allllll of it and didn't ignore a single suggestion. The SF-2000 is just what I kept migrating back too and hence why I made the move** **Note #2: So @HighRoller909 sent me a user link on GD's platform and I feel I have a duty to plug this fella. He/She doesn't know I'm doing this, but I feel deep down that they deserve some attention, as they are highly, highly competent and they're turning out absolutely beautiful specimens with nothing but the most stellar bud. From beginning to end, this person doesn't screw around. Also, and most importantly, the information and detail in his/her entries is out of this world. I've been running through their diaries and there is soooo much solid and pertinent information to digest. Please go check these grows out, you won't regret it. Absolutely stunning work, no half measures, only passion and ambition. This person is! @DeFharo. Please go show some love for this green thumb grower. It's out of this world! A master, my friends. Have fun over there!** Bye!!!👋