Summary - #2 looks like the leader in rate of development and robustness. Smelled like oranges early in week but now more creamy and no hint of orange specifically. Verdict is in. I definitely left too much of the undercarriage, but this was to be expected after making too much of the opposite error with preivous crop. Just one more notation per donor plant I need to keep. How well it responds to lollipop and how many nodes to leave when pruning it off. This’ll all get organized - formative stages. I’ll have and extensive profile about each life cycle and best practices for each. Pictures are 6 full weeks into bloom.
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69 / 35 Days - #2 is exceptionally resilient. Slowly showing symptoms in undercarriage and developing faster than the others. Gave each a little elevated N above rootball in an effort to slow their degradation, and #2 got a bit of regular feed just to keep everything on the same page.
70 / 36 Days - Removed all the sickly leaves. Is it shedding or starving? Outside of that concern, just another day in the garden. Fairly heavy in PM. Top is fairly dry. Going to water tomorrow.
#2 still setting the pace and still the healthiest. Showing some signs of cannibalization of undercarriage but delayed and slower rate even at this point. My money is on this one. Still hoping it can finish in ~8 weeks or less, but chances are dwindling. I don’t have this smell in the garden, so a new flavor is intriguing in any reasonable timeframe.
PM - #2 looks nug-like at extreme tops in a small area and underneath looks promising. #1 is stepping ahead of the rest too, but solidly behind. #2’s calyxes look frosty even in their immature state. They all look frosty for a bit now, especially when pulled out for watering away from 80cri/3000k grow lights.
I’d have to really f^ck up at this point to screw up any of these plants. #1-3 may test that but I don’t foresee any problems with the amount of foliage they have. Easy-sailing… I don’t see a major quality difference in any of them, so the robust one relative to my grow room and methods is 99% likely the keeper - sweet and fruity sounds good to me. I can get her taller like the two on left of box with different intensity of light.
71 / 37 Days - Moved #2 to front. Fertilized all with 1gallon. I have a week of good weather. Hopefully I can make a raised bench or 3 for the grow areas and get some proper drainage. Watering as I am currently is taking too much time. Guessing 2 days before next irrigation. Once dry on top give ½ dose.
72 / 38 Days - #2’s progression alleviates concern of excess light causing early maturation. #1 is still ahead slightly, too. More certain it is a typical 55-65 days flower period each day.
73 / 39 Days - I smell oranges as I get in for a close, early scope on #2 -- Amended: Weird what a difference in a day as it smelled creamy after 40days. Won’t be bud-like by 42 days unless a miracle happens. Pictures will be 42 24-hour cycles. Can only sit and watch, so no big deal.
74 / 40 Days - #2 is trying to make me eat my words, but not likely. See a hint of cannibalization of canopy in spots, but it’s thick. I’ll let it shed some leaves before cranking nutes. I hate to give a ph’d only dose at this point in flower, but without proper drainage the minor issues I see could easily be lockout-related.
Should take longer for next irrigation than previous as it was a bit early, but I don’t think the sealer will be dry in time.
75 / 41 Days - Looks great. Think any issues I saw are normal shedding and a bit too long between watering. Adapt and move forward. Still quite heavy today.
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 ;)