Blue Mammoth

Ok so my plants seem to be taking a little bit longer as had them under the LED at first for the first 6 weeks. (24hrs) lighting Then I got a 250 watt CFL and put that in the centre as main and the LED off to the right and rotated the plants (4) so they all had an equal light....(24hrs) This means that my plants are quite big, way to big for all 4 of them so the one that the silencer fell off onto (oops) came out but I seem to have inadvertently topped the plant but ripped the main stalk, not only that when I first put the 400 watt HPS on I didn't move the light up to compensate for the heat so I also burnt her 😶 And dehydrated them because used the same water cycle as before😱 (Learning a lot 😅) This plant had been shocked/nearly dead, so is in perpetual veg atm with just water and under my 250 watt CFL in a very airy large cupboard space. After the 2 weeks on water under the 250 watt CFL the plant looks very happy indeed now. (This is just an experiment plant now to see if I can save it, to be continued in the flowering diary... Oh I did mist the plants with room temp water during the veg stage and into flower but... took the plants out from the light just in front of the open tent so the plant's didn't burn 😉 Waited around an hr or 2 until the water evaporates then back in they go... (twice a week) Update* Rescue plant that has been through quite a lot, with the air filter falling and snapping her head and side branches off.... has now been trimmed up, the branches have been spread gently with my cardboard technique and all buds are receiving maximum light, shes very resilient and now looks super healthy. I will start feeding her again 😀 Canna coco a + b Canna coco pro 24hr lighting 1st - 300 watt LED - 6 weeks 2nd - 300 watt LED and 250 watt CFL - 2 weeks *Rescue plant still under CFL 250 watt into week 10 will be moved into the tent when 1 comes out - happy days

Ok So as you know I have the 3 plants in 1 tent and one rescue test plant in the cupboard space as 4 at this size in the small tent was to much and the other plant had been attacked by my silencer... Anyway the 3 plants have obviously been flowering for sometime now as well into week 10. The 3 are all growing at different rates not 2 far apart but about a week each which is just plants doing their own thing. I have removed a decent amount of leaves on the 4 before beginning the flush for 5 days minimum or until ready to harvest but have to check when. Question - this is my 1st time but researching a lot and trying to find out when to know when they are exactly ready to chop. (I have a gardening background) My idea is now I'm starting to flush the one that is most ready as this could take 1 to 2 weeks and then put the experiment one back in the tent once the other one is drying in the box. Once this is done I'm going to use canna boost on 2 and start to flush the next most ready one. I have built a box, I use the term built lightly hahaha. ( put together ) I also used small pieces of cardboard to space out the stalks i.e. cut pieces to size with a groove just to space and bring the buds out to catch more light. Cardboard is soft and the plants have accepted this process no problem just be gentle... (4 days ago) When I cut the leaves that shade the buds. (don't be shy with that) The main 1st plant is totally covered in THC like nearly every single bud including underneath nugs. The others aren't far behind. It is literally like they are all 1 week apart in growth. Canna coco a + b - feed Canna coco pro em... coco soil Canna boost will be used on 2 to see results😬 24hr lighting 1st - 300 watt LED - 6 weeks 2nd - 300 watt LED and 250 watt CFL - 2 weeks 3rd - 400 watt HPS Used soft water, left for a minimum of 24hrs at the room temperature of the plant to let any chlorine evaporate and the Canna to mix properly. Will be testing Canna boost soon as well. Window in room left open about 2 - 3 inches- out side temp - averaging 10 - 18 degrees Celsius which allows the fresh air to blow in gently. Tent left slightly open always 1/4 sometimes a little more dependent on the outside temp of air coming in to the room that the tents in, which has nothing much in it and size is around 15ft - 8ft. Tent is about 2m by 1m squared and about 8ft height. small fan points to opening which allows air to circulate and is faced the opposite way when tent is open in the mornings to dry up any condensation. ( Open tent fully for 2 hrs every morning which allows for any moisture build up on side of tent to evaporate. ) Not used my air filter so far only because the humidity is minimal with this method and there is plenty of air circulating constant but I do keep an eye on it. Its a very small set up making it easy enough so far to manage and learn from... Any and all advice or ideas are welcomed. Thanks for reading.

All is well, Have defoliated all again, this one has been flushed for 9 days and looking Awesome. The Others have been started on Canna boost for the last week and are now bigger than this one so definitely use that sooner... (lessons learned) Light distance and lights - Will try the 250 LED for 2 weeks then 250 CFL for 2 weeks then go straight onto 400 watt HPS - schedule will be 4 - 20. (keeping an eye on distance when changing lights. Feed and nutrients soil/coco - Started with coco blocks - then 10 weeks in topped up with canna pro soil. Ended up with Nats turns out their harmless and were completely eradicated by Cider Vinegar in a tub covered with plastic wrap with holes poked in, also put yellow card in with Vaseline on, then went around the earth of the plants for a few days spooning out any eggs. Have ordered fly traps to hang and coarse grain sand to go on top of soil to completely eliminate but... not even used them and seem to be gone. (would stick to coco blocks for less hassle) but very easily gone with a little effort. Feed I will stick to Canna A+B and Canna boost as they seem to work perfect. Strain Blue Mammoth - Growing the same again from lessons learnt - Test smoked a small bit earlier with a 3 day flush an 5 day dry. Excellent high would highly recommend this strain. Found myself laughing at my self a lot hahaha. Potent and light not quite perfect yet but still smooth, smell is a pungent Berry, creamy pine and all plants are heavily laden. So Blu Mammoth which is a cross between Low Rider and Blue Berry Skunk, Test smoked 1.5 weeks before harvest just to further Gage where their at and what type of stone I want to create. I am waiting for few more brown Pistol's and Amber Trichome's before Harvest. (Will update when properly finished) Defoliating Plant's - would have started defoliating earlier and more off, lollipop them, take of any small in growing flowers at the base so the plant can concentrate all energy to the main buds. Training them earlier to allow in more light, all though I did manage with the made up cardboard technique but in order to get it perfect would have started this process earlier. One was topped by mistake as previously mentioned, we will see how that one turns out but still looks super healthy. Finally less is more would only grow 3 in the small space to allow air, heat to circulate more efficiently and to allow more light into the plant's. Thanks for reading😎