Sumary - Some surprising late vertical growth, excellent comparison of differing internode spacing of very similar plants due to light intensity differences and overall an enjoyable week. Porgression is full-bore. Trichomes picking up. Stackng along stem well. Some lower leaf degradation that doesn't concern me. Each has shed a leaf or 3, but even slightly light green under my grow lights is actually quite lush. One easily seen leaf is showing what could be more than cannibalization. Next irrigation will allow me to give a 360 checkup to each. Otherwise, this canopy is strong and robust.
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55 / 21 Days - Good progression everyday. Canopy is lush and strong. Either something chewed on a leaf or I tore something off or it grew out funky, but can’t find any other leaf like it, so not worried at moment (front/right plant). It’s been there for a few days at this point. Looked over some other “Fast” diaries and I like what I see.
56 / 22 Days - SSDD
57 / 23 Days - Everyday I get to enjoy looking over these plants. Left a bit too much on the undercarriage. 4 vertical shoots is too few. 7 or 8 is borderline too many.. think 5-6 is the sweet spot. Expect upwards of 300 grams in total from these 4, but think I can do another 15-20% more. 350-360 is the 1.5g/w goal. Soon my lights won’t be running 10-20% lower than ~250w, and yield should remain the same. At which point clearing 1.5g/w will be easy-peasy. First runs will always need optimization. Won’t have a real 2nd run until it’s 4 of the same winning plant. Redux is 4 differetn plants still.
6th day from irrigation -- added slightly over 1 gallon to each pot. Time between shortened ~25%. Assume it drops a bit more next cycle -- 3-4 days? Likely watering on weekend. If I am consistent with plant size and how I do things, this will be consistent enough progression too.
Closer inspection shows a couple yellowing leaves. One even shed a leaf on its own. Bent some out of central area to improve airflow. I only remove them if they fall off by touching them gently. Canopy is super strong and not showing signs of any degradation so far. I expect that to over next couple weeks, but expect to keep it as healthy as I can for as long as I can. Genuine concern about current irrigation practices with no runoff. Doing everything you are not supposed to do, lol.
58 / 24 Days - These plants are fun. The new substrate is awesome. Feeling good about future grows. Both the shorter and taller look great. I think the taller ones will be the preferred growth pattern. Less crowded, if not as thick. On the shorter one, leaves are crowded which doesn’t promote light penetration nor airflow. The taller ones are filling in the gaps well. Even looks better, not that it matters. See a less buried, yet large/older, leaf headed downhill, but think it’s just being shed. Isolated and all 4 look great.
59 / 25 Days - SSDD
60 / 26 Days - Development is looking awesome. The plant is putting in an excellent effort, but I think 7-8 weeks is more likely. Expansion of buds may be done by 28 days, but it will have to be insanely fast development after that point to finish under 7-8 weeks. I like surprises...3rd day from irrigation and I can feel the loss of weight already. Should take 5-6 days before next irrigation and these are hungry. Really liking my new substrate after 6 months of problems with the previous… fucking love it!!$@!
Definitely some sort of citrus scent at the moment.
61 / 27 Days - Back/left likely has the most frost so far. Some degradation continues. May need slightly more nitrogen. Might do 2.4g/gal part B for all - as of now only NOG and F#1 get that mix. I’d like to wait longer and see how it progresses.. may not bet the best for this particular run, but I can be more certain about my nutes next run. There are so many leaves on each, it could simply be shedding a few. If that’s the case I don’t want to change a thing. Nearly filled up the stems at top and some good nugs fairly deep. It’ll be interested to see how the shorter middle section turns out. A this moment, I’d lean toward lopping it off next time, but if they form tight, strong nugs, maybe just lollipop them.
No more larf… just using nugs for hash runs from now on. If I get nanners or something, it’ll be hash fodder. Older stuff won’t yield as well, but larf sucks.. so much work for so little return. These plants have more than I'd like going forward. Only the 2nd run with smaller plants in same space, so it'll be an ongoing effort to improve.
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 ;)