- Plants are starting to smell real nice, buds are filling in and resin production is ramping up
- Slight defoliation done again this wk, just lightly removing leaves from the center of the plant and anything blocking good bud sites
- Resin is super super sticky! I'm excited for these one
- Plants are staying nice and squat
- Noticed something about the plants that I think is going to come back to bite me in the end.. The manifold worked out well but due to the fact the pots are just so narrow there wasn't enough room to train the branches to grow with a lot of space in between the 8 main colas so they are growing quite close together and the light is not penetrating into them as much. I noticed this when I separated 2 of the colas and could see how different the colours of the leaves were where the light wasn't hitting me. I feel like I may have an issue where some parts of the colas won't be as mature as other parts... I don't know. We'll see and lessoned learned.
- Overall plants are looking good and coming along nicely
- Feeding once per week with just ph'd calmag water has seemed to work in keeping my EC run off levels in check
Do you notice any difference with your 11 hours on light cycle or does it all seem about the same? Looks so amazing and I cant wait to see more in the future! Happy growing cheers!
@HAPPY91, I honestly couldn't tell you with certainty that there is a difference until I take clones and run the same plants with the same set up and everything under 12/12.. Planning on doing that at some point. The plants are looking nice though so I'm not sure if I could attribute that to the light cycle or not.
Amazing yield and super frosty looking buds Tony. Sorry you didn't get that flavor and correct genetics that you were hoping to get. Always great checking your grows. Can't wait to see what your bringing up next. Good luck stay safe happy growing cheers!!!!! Thanks for the notes about flowering stage since i'm there now to.
Looking amazing ! Browsing through so many diaries and really enjoy checking your out. Been using some of your tips and tricks thanks. Happy growing Cheers!
@HAPPY91, hey and thanks for the kind words. Still learning a lot! Hoping to get into organic super soil next and then maybe some kind of aquaponics set up down the line. Either way I appreciate the love!
@Dean1, I don't have much experience with this particular strain but I would say they are naturally shorter plants. That being said I would say for sure I've done something to stunt them a little, especially the second pheno. She was always a slow grower from the time I popped the seeds and was always just a little behind and smaller. I also think that main lining in these pots was a mistake due to the fact that they are taller and more narrow than the fabric pots and didn't give the plants enough room to expand horizontally. If I grow this strain out again I would try to spread the branches out more so the colas could expand or just let it grow naturally and top maybe once, if that.
@Bushbaby808, Haha thanks mate! I originally wanted to use a trellis net but I don't think it would be wise since I am manifolding the plants.. Next time I grow I'll top once or twice and let them grow into the net.
Honestly, I think mainline has served you well, I donโt cut any leaves off from start to finish but I do try to remove lower bud sites 2-3 weeks after flip as plants tend to make more flowering sites than they can support ๐ really, beautiful plants, you should be proud ๐