Hey y’all! Flywalka here with the week 3 Slurricane update!
This beautiful lady has saw some great development this past week, notice there are many formative bud sites on the main branches, this is excellent news and should lead to some giant colas! She is looking super green and luscious at this point, I’m not really sure if she’ll need a top dressing during the flower cycle or not - I like to see my ladies drain themselves of all nutrients by the end of cycle. I’ve noted the resin production has begun, this week should see lots more development, I’ll be using some bamboo this week to open her up a bit and make sure the light is getting all the way down to those interior nugz.
Happy Growing y’all!! See ya next week 💪🏻🚀🙏🏻
Wow beautiful. I am new here. Previously a profesh-photographer. Curious what you used to take your trichome photographs. I have this cheap microscope I picked up but not impressed. I would love to have the clarity you have in these photos. If you don't mind? Those images are wonderful as are all the others too. You have the hang of it I'd say. LOL.
@Aromagurl, I’m happy to offer some suggestions that were helpful to me when using the microscope. First, I find it best to get the microscope in a position that is comfortable to hold and visualize its movements. Next tip I’d offer is that you can cut off a few small leaf tips and place them under the microscope, this way you can really zoom in and focus on the trichomes. Lastly is I always use extra light above and beyond the little led’s inside the microscope, I find the excess light really helps make the images pop. Good luck, hopefully the tips are helpful!
@Flywalka, I would really appreciate any advice that you have yes and THANK YOU. This is just a media I am not familiar with and feel so out of my element when working so "close-up". LOL. Fire away! haha.
@Aromagurl, I was able to have a look at the microscope that you shared and to be honest, it’s very similar to the model I am using. I am more than happy to offer some suggestions for capturing images with the microscope that will help improve quality, if that’s something your interested in?
@cheekiestsauce, hey! Sorry for the super late reply, I haven’t checked my diary in forever. To answer your question, in this specific grow I used a FF ocean forest as the base soil cut with roughly 30% worm castings and 20% perlite.