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noodlecommentedweek 67 years ago

Oh thanks for the info @BudKingsGrow! I thought I must be taking crazy pills because if I only watered once, it definitely looked sad. Two or Three times not great, but not like it just crossed the Sahara. Four, Five or Six times a day it seemed fine but would droop right about the same time. I could only tell on the timelapse that it sort of would "relax". By the end of this week I gave up changing the feeding schedule and just assumed I couldn't fix it. That is good to know that it is part of the natural cycle. It appears to happen about 12-14 hours into the day, sound about right?

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BudKingsGrowcommented7 years ago

@noodle, I think the time of day will vary with how you have your light cycle set, but a daily rest/awake cycle should happen near the same times. Your Lady is looking healthy and happy as can be!!!

Mr_Positivocommentedweek 77 years ago

Your plants are looking lovely, Noddle, Something I was interested in learning recently, It might be worthwhile to share. Leaves max out photosynthetically. You can tell this stage by measuring the leaf temperature. It rises a few degrees. Alternatively, you can watch for the same moment by witnessing the leaves droop. My plants are on an 18 hr cycle. I can see this in my garden @ about the 16-hour mark.

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noodlecommented7 years ago

@Mr_Positivo, Oh I've never heard about that! Definitely going to bust out the IR thermometer this week and make some notes. I've started tracking the VPD in the tent and saw it was a little low (7-7.5 through the day) so I've upped the ventilation a little to get it up. The science of this is just exciting.

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Jaindohcommentedweek 117 years ago

those fan leaves in the middle pointing up to try to reach the sun are some of the number one perpetrators of shading and blocking air to nodes, causing them to lose the airflow light and space they need to bulk right. going well overall and glad to see it -- looking forward to your harvest in this setup!

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TheMachinistcommentedweek 77 years ago

Holy moly, do I love me some time lapse! 😵 nice work.

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BudKingsGrowcommentedweek 67 years ago

Excellent GD entry this week! Love your time-lapse vid! Dont worry about the "drooping" this is caused by your Ladies normal daily sleep/rest cycle.

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Rippercommentedweek 57 years ago

She looks super healthy. Nice job

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Rippercommented7 years ago

@noodle, growing these girls can become addictive

noodlecommented7 years ago

@Ripper, Thanks! I've grown lots of vegetables and herbs and lettuce indoors but this is my first attempt at this sort of thing. I'm pleased to finally see some vegetation taking off.

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TheMachinistcommentedweek 177 years ago

Just did my first harvest a month ago, congrats! let me answer a few of your questions. **For future not if create an official grow question other members can get credit towards the grower of the month contest by answering and then being selected by you as the correct answer.)** I decided to trim off my sugar leaves and freeze them to make fresh frozen dry ice shake. If interested, I posted a video on my diary of me trimming a branch, (lots of other examples on youtube). I think your hanging technique is great. What helped me was to leave the lines a bit loose so the branches could hang down far enough not to interfere with the ceiling of the tent. If you just move the string line to the center of the ceiling supports instead of near the edges would maybe get better air circulation. Anywho, great diary and nice first grow. Those buds look smokelicious!

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noodlecommented7 years ago

@TheMachinist, Thanks for answering the questions. So that's what that question form is for! I'll be sure to use that next time I have one so people can get proper credit where it is due. Used your suggestion for loosening up the strings and moving them more toward the middle and it worked great for the second harvest, which had more plant mass to deal with but dried more quickly. Kudos to you!

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TheMachinistcommentedweek 157 years ago

With the color change my guess is a week or two. I had a plant turn purple, and it was finished when the purpling made it to the sugar leaves, at that point the fan leaves sticking outta the buds on mine were starting to crisp up. when I checked the trichomes at this point I had maybe 5-10% amber on the calyx's. Just my experience.

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Hellhazardcommentedweek 17 years ago

Looking really good! Those Vero cobs seem to be kicking butt. At 4000k they should be outstanding during bloom, lots of reds.

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bobo420commentedweek 117 years ago

Great job, nice and healthy plants! They are starting to put on some serious weight ;)

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TheMachinistcommentedweek 107 years ago

Having trichome development on the leaves is normal from what I can tell, at least mine did. I think this is a good sign of things to come. I agree with you on the defoliation, I took the same route and my plants look like I did a defoliation but I've only let the plant naturally shed it's under canopy fan leaves.

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Zannabis7commentedweek 87 years ago

Nice even canopy. Once all the flowers come I bet it's going to be stunning! Best wishes.

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PigBearMancommentedweek 87 years ago

Nice update. 😊

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BudKingsGrowcommentedweek 77 years ago

Her canopy looks perfect for the switch to Flower! Each plant will grow differently (even exact same genetic), so base your decision on when to switch on how you like Her profile vs. where axillary nodes are coming out. Amazing Work 😀

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BudKingsGrowcommentedweek 97 years ago

Looking great! If you defoliate "Lollipop" style, you will see a dramatic decline in RH due to increased air flow.

noodlecommented7 years ago

@BudKingsGrow, will do, thanks for the tip!

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BudKingsGrowcommented7 years ago

@noodle, Leaving more sugar/energy producing leaves nearest light source is always best. Look up some YouTube videos on Lollipopping.

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noodlecommented7 years ago

@BudKingsGrow, huh I was thinking about going the other direction from the top down to get more light penetration. Is removing the lower leaves beneficial in reducing humidity than the upper?

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bobo420commentedweek 137 years ago

That's a jungle! Looking great and yes you can do a partial harvest of the plant

bobo420commented7 years ago

@noodle, you're welcome ;)

noodlecommented7 years ago

@bobo420, Great, thanks for the reply! I was worried that if I cut a couple stems off the plant would all of a sudden decide to go back to a growth phase or something. Going to cut the two bits off tonight. It really is a jungle though, you're right. It is hard to get any sense of scale in the photos and I tried to add a ruler but it just gets lost in there. Just one plant taking up 30x30x30" of space.

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Zannabis7commentedweek 67 years ago

Nice. Kinda makes me want to get one of those cameras. Any suggestions? What do you use?

Zannabis7commented7 years ago

@noodle, Thanks for getting back to me on this. Sounds like an interesting process. Thanks for sharing the information.

noodlecommented7 years ago

@Zannabis7, sorry I missed your message! It is an ELP 1080p webcam I bought off eBay, attached to a RaspberryPi just grabbing an image every 240 seconds with mjpg-streamer and shell script. At the end of the week I copy all the files off an dump em into ffmpeg to convert to H.265.

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Zannabis7commentedweek 67 years ago

Looks like you are off to a great start. Looking nice and healthy. Nice job. That time-lapse was fun to watch. Best wishes on the grow - Zannabis7

noodlecommented7 years ago

@Zannabis7 Yeah with the timelapse you can really see things I wouldn't normally notice because the plant looks great when I look in on it, but in the timelapse you can see it grows to a certain point then peaks and starts to sag. Next week's should be even better, assuming the webcam stops disconnecting and losing half a day at a time. It is also beneficial to be able to see the plant from the exact same spot for the whole week to see it fill out.

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midEasterncommentedweek 186 years ago

i must say it looks good but it doesnt seem logically reasonable to get 250g dry from one plant under 170w power..

bobo420commentedweek 177 years ago

Congratulations on the harvest ;)

Way to Grow One

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