So far it has been the tale of two plants. They are different strains and the difference may just be genetics but one plant is clearly ahead of the other as far as growth/flowering is concerned. I've had a hard time keeping humidity and temp down to where I would like since it is summer. Temps have been averaging in the 82-84 range and humidity has been in the upper 50s to low 60s. I have a nice dehumidifier but unfortunately that causes the temps to rise even higher since it puts out so much heat when in operation. When buds really start to fatten up I am going to have to figure out a way to get the RH lower than it has been up to this point in order to prevent fungus, mold, etc.
8-17-20 watered approx 1.5gal between the two plants. No molasses again but I believe I will use it next time. Also watered with de-chlorinated tap water this time instead of distilled water.
8-13-20 watered approx 1.5gal between the two plants. No molasses again. Fan leaves on the larger plant are continuing to yellow and die but the rest of the plant looks great so just gonna let it ride. The smaller plant just doesn't look that healthy but I've found some other grow journals for the same strain and breeder and they don't look great either so I assume it's just genetics?
8-9-20 watered approx 1.25 gallons until slight runoff from both plants. No molasses this time. I checked the runoff PH and it was 4.5 which is super low but I am not sure my PH meter is accurate at the moment. I guess it could also be low due to using molasses the last 2 waterings as molasses supposedly lowers PH? The plants look healthy except the larger plant that is further along in flowering is starting to have lower fans leaves yellow and die off. It seems like this is a normal part of flowering and the bud sites look really healthy so I'm not worried about it right now.
8-5-20 watered 1 gallon with 1 tbsp molasses between both plants. The slow plant is still slow. It is getting bigger/bushier but still appears to be stuck in pre-flower, very few hairs on it and pretty much zero bud development. The other plant is looking great and has buds growing like crazy.
8-1-20 watered 1 gallon between both plants and used 1 tbsp of unsulphered molasses this time. It left some "sticky" spots on some of the leaves but so far they don't appear to be harming the plants. I am continuing to reduce RH until I get it below 55% which is where it will stay through the rest of the grow. Not sure yet whether or not I will need to use a dehumidifier so stay tuned.