Summary --
As of this posting, 63 bloom days completed. 3 of the 4 looks like they are begging to be chopped down. Still waiting on a bit more amber, but may pull the trigger tomorrow. The one i'm not sure about i'll give a good look over. It had some stigmata pop later in bloom and that may be the only thing throwing the eye off. These should stay alive for quite a while after chopping down, so I expect some progression even after that point. They will be large mostly contigous chunks of plant material. I may thin out bas a bit of larfy buds, but will keep more on the limbs than lately due to reduced humidity as the months get colder, and I use the furnace more.
Glad i didn't jump the gun. These plants are forming some nice crystalization, i think... Can't wait. they need an irrigation today. Will try to limit runof with water-only and still fully saturate the substrate. This will be second irrigation of this type. Taking 6-7 days between irrigations -- nearly double recent weeks. Even so, canopy is strong, but showing more than a couple blemishes as it is near death anyway.
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Daily Notes: Yet, another "1-2 day" theme... I just don't learn.
90 / 56 Days - Think #2 is ready tomorrow. Gave a little water to all so #2 and any others harvested tomorrow. are not bone dry. The rest will be watered properly tomorrow. After a steady every 4 days recently, it will be 7 this time.
91 / 57 Days - Didn’t like second look. A pH’d irrigation with a top-off of fertilization. #1 and #2 look ahead of others under scope. Others are very similar though. I like the top 6” or so on each. I might have a perfect reason to do a staggered harvest. The tall stalks when ready will be chopped off. About 6” on the middle ones and 8-10” on the side plants. Even out bloom box canopy and lit the rest ripen up with much more intense light.
PM - By end of day it was easy to tell I gave it pH’d water. Leaves showing a little fade. I like that I’m not overdosing and only giving what they need. If picky, could try full 3.6g part A to up the potassium in future runs - maybe just 4-5 weeks into bloom and later. Flushing these plants purely out of laziness and no other reason. Leaves are robust. The end is nigh.
92 / 58 Days - Plenty of glass still seen. Top nugs are nearly there. Chop top 6-8” off soon?
93 / 59 Days - Letting her finish in her own time...impatiently. Okay, front two are definitely chopped tomorrow. Likely the back/left too. I’ll order it 1-4 top-down in mesh rack. Back/right might need a day or two.
94 / 60 Days - Either trichomes look much different in evening vs. the morning or I am nuts… Delayed again upon inspection in morning.. been a common theme the last 2-3 days. No idea why I don’t see as much glass at night, but it is there in the morning. Crossing my fingers. This ends up being what I predicted based on early development - budlets-expansion along stems, cessation of vege growth, when buds fattened, etc.. => 9 weeks. Worth the wait, though, as they’ve really packed on the trichomes last couple weeks. I had made an early comment regardubg kacj if triches, and I think the plants took it personally. All but back/right look done by the eye test.
95 / 61 Days - Got distracted this morning, so no harvest today. PM - only top bit is showing consistent amber. Need to check back plants individually, if this goes much longer. Back left looks pretty. Back right has white stigmata remaining, and buds are a bit knobby, but not some loose spiral trash. They aren’t as upright after I bent them outward, but that back/right’s shape preceded.
96 / 62 Days - Looking pretty. Clearly drinking less, now. Still quite a bit of galls visible in trichomes, but wow do 3 of them look ready. So close. Fun guesstimations - 15g per cola, and 20g underneath? 80G each? Can definitely push more out of these, whatever it ends up being.
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 ;)