Summary - Good development this week. Irrigating more often, now. #2 is the leader in speed and robustness at the moment. It is plumping quickly and showed first hint of a red stigma.
I will irrigate a bit sooner based on weight of pot. I don’t think the minor issue was a single deficiency but simply not enough overall. Problems are not expanding at any noticeable rate, and the canopy is still in near perfect health.
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62 / 28 Days - Getting lighter.. day 5 from irrigation.
63 / 29 Days - Got a really good look at all four girls today while watering. The slight problem on that front leaf is more widely spread at this point, but still a strong canopy with few blemishes. Wasn’t sure initially but fairly certain it is a magnesium deficiency watching it progress. Raised dose to 1.2g/gal with MgSO4. Also upped cal-nitrate a negligible amount. #2 showed significantly less symptoms, but a hint or a start showing.
Some nice frostiness deep into canopy - especially noticeable on the taller stalked plants. All of them are roughly the same pace so far. Good progression and hope it ramps up.
64 / 30 Days - Yellowing is progressing. Nothng too scary. Mg was bumped, may go a tad higher on N next feed. Think it is absorbing ambient water out of atmosphere and adding weight, which is throwing off my measurements… it is retained in an air-tight container between use. May need to buy a desiccant pack for the container. Anyway, bump to 2.4g/gal of cal-nitrate. Current mix has 2.25g/gal.
65 / 31 Days - Degradation continues, but only below-to-mid levels, and mostly at nodes where axillary growth was chopped off. So, I think the plant is just shedding excess leaves, of which there are plenty. May add 8oz of pH-only water before fertigation next time. 3-4 days to see how it progresses before next likely irrigation.
66 / 32 Days - Continued degradation of mostly the undercarriage. Put a bit more thought into it and reviewed leaf chart. Either a K-tox or Mg-def, and I upped the Mg in last fertigation with no apparent impact. Dial Part A back. Due to setup, likely giving a diluted dose next time, regardless.
If nutrient related, #2 is clearly happier with my base formula as it shows very few issues even in undercarriage. Canopies are strong, but do see a blemish or two creeping in on front 2. The taller structure is clearly the better of the two. The shorter is getting bunched up in middle and will be prone to microbial problems. The larf I left may provide some decent colas - more so with the taller structure.
As of this date, I don’t see these being less than 8 weeks. Gorilla blue was already a crystal-coated, plumping-all-over mess at this juncture and it took 57 days. Some surprising development needs to occur very soon.
67 / 33 Days - She’s a beaut that #2. Good news everyone, #2 is showing is doing the oompa loompa and showing some plump. Others look a bit behind. If it looks like bud by 35 days, ~8-9 weeks likely in my limited experience. This may only be a week or two after C+E finish. D will potentially be in box a longer than this crop.
Hope #2 is as tasty as the rest. Not only is it faster, it is more robust relative to my base behaviour. I think they’ll all look good in PM - right or wrong? Amend later
68 / 34 Days - Irrigated 1gallon each, been 5 days. Think I will irrigate a bit sooner next time. I think that’s the cause of the leaf symptoms in addition to a few too many leaves in shaded areas. #2 is still the most resilient and the fastest developing plant. Even so, thinking 8 weeks is likely, but we'll see.
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 ;)