Day 117 for the two Aurora Indica. It is here: flower. The outdoors was already dictating blooming, but I’ve officially triggered it myself. As you can see in photo, a nearby industrial floodlight is bright! Last year, it seeded all my outdoor plants and completely wasted two harvests. Not this year, I’m smart like a (arctic) fox, and will use my garage alcove to shade the plants at night. First, I had to clear out years of junk I had been storing there. I also had to deal with pests of the stinging kind, that would have a been an anaphylactic surprise for me. Battled it all and got a nice space. Now, I need to move the plants every morning and night, but it will allow for good control. I will be able to shade them during major storms.
Because of the onset of stretch and the secondary deficiency troubles of my other outdoor, I fed some plant food despite my dedication to natural methods up until now. I applied 24-8-16 Miracle Grow All Purpose plant food with some blackstrap molasses at pretty dilute. Low and slow.
These two are by far my favourite plants I’ve got going, maybe my best plants of all time. Everything seems to have gone well to this point, and the strain I selected for my climate is doing well. No complaints with Nirvana. The one I am calling ‘A’ is so much taller than the other, crazy lanky for an indica.
When you mention a hard leaf fade and maintaining nitrogen at the end what is your thinking? I’ve wondered about adding some N during late flowering but I’ve read that make the buds too loose. It feels like I could do more for flowering but I want to stay organic. I haven’t tried aerated compost teas yet so I guess that’s the next thing to try.
I’m at 53N (Edmonton) and I think I will mostly stick with autos as the sunlight fades too quickly in the fall for photoperiods. Frost isn’t the real problem here but lack of sun. Force flowering works but covering or moving plants everyday is a pain in the ass. You were dedicated moving it daily. Good job.