27 Days - Hesitating to water. Not quite dry on top, but lighter than before. 9 full days since irrigation. Rotated around once placed back into vege area - Shortest plants in most intense areas. About 1 gallon into each. All similar weight. All had roots growing through pot and into hydroton - #2 much less than others. Also, removed some of the undercarriage and lowest 4 secondary? Axillary growths + corresponding leaf (i.e. axillary growth off a stem and not off the apical meristem). 4 cups prepared. Hydroton is soaking overnight. If I cut tomorrow it allows 10-14 day overlap. Hold off on pruning further until I have a better idea of ggxww and dp timeline.
28 Days - Took off top 5+ nodes, left bottom 3. Used lowest growth for clones as the apical meristem was more than slightly hollow. Bit concerned about the young age. I can leave at least 1 opportunity on all 4, as ~14 days or more will be into bloom box for sure. Numbering is consistent, but I don’t recall which -- back/left is smaller than the rest, but still damn near similar as others. Placed under-sized plants in stronger light. Intend to keep enough axillary growth to fill middle.
29 Days - Won’t grow future plants out as much, but may put a bit more focus on 4 shoots earlier on. Maybe, the stretch will be useful due to resulting structure too. Expect 2 lowest nodes on each branch to grow out enough to be relevant, will thin those out in bloom when winners are clearer. May have shocked these plants a bit. More time is good. Stack ~4 nodes ~1” apart, then 12-12. It is in fairly intense light at terminals - toward upper vege range. 5-7 days due to over pruning? Should give ggxww and dp enough time to finish.
30 Days - If they were in shock, they’ve powered through it quickly. The leaves that were once shielded are looking much healthier today. There are before, after and few days later pictures above. I’d like a bit more growth before 12-12. Tables have turned as I’ll likely need more vege time relative to harvest of ½ bloom box. This is the preferred dilema. I have a long stretch of polyfilm I can hang in center of box, so the other half doesn’t suffer as much from any lost collateral lighting effects.
31 Days - Excellent recovery. Nearly entire space is again filled with canopy. Folded some leaves out of way to avoid stretching. All 4 shoots on all 4 plants are in prime light. One is slightly smaller, but the 30x30 space will easily be filled, regardless. 1-3 days, then 12-12.
32 Days - Want some more vertical growth before 12-12. Day-to-day decision. Maybe, another node or 2. PM - Tomorrow might be first bloom night. All 4 vertical shoots should have 4-5 nodes including terminal bud by morning or end of day. 1 plant is a bit smaller.
33 days - Just about right. Last day in vegetative area (34th). Start at ~24-25k lux intensity in bloom box.
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In case this is your first read of any of my diaries, my lux measurements mean nothing to you unless you have the exact same diodes and in same proportions. These measurements only tell me relative intensity of light and only for the fixture I am currently measuring. Thankfully, all my lights are the same spectral flux density (or something like that). When I look at lux, it is “apples to apples” within my garden.
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Been checking out a few Sweet Seeds grows as this is my first time running there strains and i have been very impressed during veg. Can see yours isnt letting you down either.
Further thoughts on timing -- Going to see what the trichomes look like tomorrow in the AM (same time of current pictures) before making final decision on topping.
Hi mate, why do you check the trichomes before topping.
@@NobodysBuds, I love watching the new diaries from seeds. I catch myself checking back waiting for the next update. Good luck! Mine will be a couple months as my tent is currently about to be switched to flower.
@@NobodysBuds, I have been looking at Earth Dust - it is a 2 component organic dry amendment check out the website - https://thegreensunshineco.com/product/earth-dust-all-natural-plant-nutrients/ I am with you, mixing nutrients is a pain!
Coco is overrated anyways. Was never a big fan of that hippy fad. Pro-mix HP w/m is where it’s at for soilless as far as I know. All that’s missing now is to ditch jack’s and go organic. I used to think I needed “soil” for that. Never looking back at chems again though still looking around me. I can’t say enough good things about Gaia Green personally. It was a game changer for me. None the less your plants are looking great regardless. Cheers 🍻
@@NobodysBuds,bro i hope it only a bit of the plant absolute stinker when all that hard work goes to waste. My mate recently ad same issue but thankfully it only affected one branch which was in corner
@@NobodysBuds, if i ever will go with autos - it will be @FastBuds first ;))
@SweetSeeds provided me with 3x strains, 4x each, will have nice run to valuate theirs beans ;)