All right folks-
This blue dream is still growing steady real happy with it every night the leaves are praying up towards the light.
I did just replace a 100 W quantum board light it was directly above it with a new one I got off Amazon from “enjoyield”. This one runs out I think 230 W and has UV and IR diodes.It’s honestly hard to compare these sound like spectrum lights but this one definitely is bright as hell and I specifically went for it because it has the UV and IR diodes. It only has a couple of them and who knows of an actually contribute so much to flower but I am convinced that UV is very important in flowering and I’ve noticed hardly any of the quantum board lights have any UV..
The smell from touching one of these buds lightly is just amazing, part of this plants parent/ lineage is the strain blueberry - and it smells just like blueberries. Way more so than the blueberry autoflower I grew last go round. I’m pretty much done with autos for a variety of reasons - terpenes and flavor being one of them.
@Warhead, this has been one of my favorite strains to grow without a doubt! I’d definitely recommend it. Terpenes are out of this world. Hope it smokes just as awesome as it has been to grow..
Love watching the progress. I am a few weeks behind you with a similar set up and the same seed from ILGM. Looking at your pics is like looking into the future! 😎
@waitasecond, glad to hear! This one has been such a pleasure to grow honestly.. and it’s nice seeing some blues coming thru in the buds! Good luck with your girls!
Also growing blue dreams so a total pleasure to read your detailed diary. Great shape and green to your plants. I really struggle with nutrients and a mistake on plastic pots this grow. Anyway ENJOY!
@Superjd, thanks ! I sure appreciate it, you’ll learn and get better with each day. I used plastic pots on one of my first grows and ended up carefully drilling holes in the sides to help the roots get more oxygen. Good luck tho!
Man idk how you cut them up like that but teach me haha. Really though could I or to what degree should I apply this to my grows? Is the direct light to the buds that important or can there be any fan leaves? Would this affect the amount of sugar leaf there will be? Sorry I'm just loving this journal haha
@FlynnRyder, haha thanks for the love! So first off, this extensive defoliation is somewhat of a first for me.. I went in heavy on this one but after doing some reading I wanted to experiment with it. So the idea I’m following is basically stripping the first branch or two of new growth on each main branch during the end of veg along with some of the massive fan leaves.. then in the third week of flower you basically pull all the fan leaves that have some visible stem.. damn near all of them. It’s supposed to be a number of factors that cause the bud growth to increase- including increased light availability, less energy spent on growing fan leaves, etc.
I would always apply some defoliation to grows especially in hydro set ups. The growth is just so intense that I’ve always had to defoliate to some extent.
It helps lower humidity which I always battle in flowering
The actual buds aren’t benefiting directly from that light but any of the leaves that surround the bud site are..
Google “nebula’s flowering stage defoliation”
That’s basically what I’m trying this go round.
I’ll have pics up tomorrow when I get back home from a vacation, I’m excited to see how she’s doing!
@Hemp4humanity, yes this is the one I was talking about that looks more indica.. i have noticed that growing in DWC tends to bring out bigger fan leaves in its growth