11/22- Week 11...Let's GO!
Fed the ladies today with 1g each of de-chlorinated water with Fox Farms liquid/granular nutrients (Tiger Bloom/Big Bloom/Grow Big/Open Sesame) added for a final solution strength of 1400ppm with a 3.0 EC and ph'd to 6.3 @ 75 deg. They both are super healthy and I really haven't noticed any additional discoloration on the #2 phenotype's leaves. As I said both are doing really well, although I'd certainly prefer to see them stretch a bit more, and are loaded with bud sites! It has become a daily chore to keep all of the bud sites clear so they get light to them, but one I thoroughly enjoy and look forward to each and every day as it gives me 'quality time' with the girls to really look them over and address any issues, should they arise, before they get out of hand.
11/24- I let the ladies dry out yesterday and so I had their 'breakfast' ready for them early today! Fed both 1g de-chlorinated water with Fox Farms liquid/granular nutrients added (Big Bloom/Grow Big/Tiger Bloom, Bembe & Open Sesame which gave a final solution of 1400ppm's 3.2 EC which was then ph'd to 6.4 @ 73 deg. afterwards.
The girls are all still in their stretch and increasing their bud sizes by the day, and they are all loaded with bud sites! The Power Plants have a monster stretch of up to 200-300% which takes 3-4 weeks to finish so I'm not terribly concerned over their 22" height currently. They both are exhibiting the traditional Power Plant structure with really tight node spacing and the classic longer/thinner sativa leaf structure. Most of this strain have around a 9 week flower but I've seen some pheno's go 10-12 weeks. Which one these ladies will turn out to be is part of the fun of growing this ass kicking strain. One thing you can bank on with Dutch Passion genetics is consistent results! Tomorrow I'm going to have to do some selective de-foliation on both as they've bushed up tremendously from their last 'haircut' and I'd prefer their energy to go to the parts we all love!๐
11/26- HAPPY DANKSGIVING!
11/27- Watered with nutrients added (Fox Farms Big Bloom/Open Sesame) to 2g of de-chlorinated water ph'd to 6.4 @ 75 deg. with 1200ppm 2.8 EC I went ahead and did a major de-foliation on both as they're 3 weeks in flower and have gotten really bushy since their last 'haircut'. I basically stripped everything growing under the trellis net and took off all the shade leaves, leaving just the top 3-4 on each stalk. OMG it hurts me when I do these de-foliations because they look so freaking naked that you wonder, did I take too much off? But, I know from experience, in two weeks you'll not be able to tell I did anything and all you'll see is cola's sticking up through the net as all their energy will now be going where it needs to....BUDS! I did take some clones the last defoliation and I kept three and passed the rest along to a fellow growmie that just got a new setup. I didn't take any this time because of room and I really don't have an ideal separate setup to veg them in and the 12/12 light schedule in the tent now will only have the clones trying to flower at the same time they need to be growing roots...no bueno!
11/28- The girl's were still fairly moist this morning so I'm letting them go today without water to let them dry out a bit more. Damn they are really looking pretty and already starting to produce visible resin on the buds. The #2 phenotype has expressed some Fasciation on a couple of her buds. There are multiple possible causes and I'm pretty sure I can rule out disease or pests, which leaves nutrients/stress/injury or genetics as the possible causes...too many to worry about. I'll monitor her and if no other issues arise I'll let it ride and see what kind of weird ass buds they turn into! ๐ Tomorrow they'll just get ph'd water with some Botanicare Silica Blast added..
@Inganjawetrust, thanks so much! They're a bit slow on the stretch but they should still put on another few inches before they start really getting busy!๐๐