'Quick Sherbert' by Exoticseed

*Lots of pics of this one for some reason... Lots of progression and observation shots I was taking to see if what I was doing was working. Neat👍* Here be the last update for the week so my poor fingers may rest😂. Both Week's 5 and 6 are in this update, up to Day 44-ish...not too sure. The Deets!: The Good: -Can't keep her down. She's an impressive tropical beast and I wouldn't have it any other way. Love her stem and strength. She holds quite well for being so large and having laterals so far outwards, but nice bulbous joints are forming and she continues to shore up nicely😀 -When she started to recover, I did some serious stoner bends again and it went really, really well. I was surprised, haha! She bounced back completely within about 20hrs-ish. I had no idea how it was going to turn out, but it went pretty damn well in my mind and I bought about 6-7 inches in height The 'Meh': -The Good is also the Meh. She's huge and has far surpassed her counterparts in height. Maybe shoulda paid more attention to the breeder notes😅. Anyway, this may become an issue when her stretch occurs. Good news is I have an empty and completely built up unit right next to this one... Plan on moving an SF 2000 with the dimmer to the new unit to serve just QS. Then I'll temporarily move the SF-1000 from the prop tent and back into the original to cover the footprint I need for the other three. Convoluted...yep. It'll work though, me thinks😏 -Yah, below is the copy/paste of Week 5's mistakes and issues. It's been 14 days since the initial procedure, everything is great now, but this did suck hard. Just rookie thinking and over thinking. The less I do and think, the better the plants are off. Procedure and Contacts for Issues: Turned to some veteran growers and Future Harvest Nutrients themselves. If 99 people say the product is good and I'm the only one saying it's not... It's almost a guarantee it's me, not the product. So I talked at length with all of them and this is the process we came to a conclusion on: 1. My 250ppm feed was a mistake. I triggered the plants into high metabolism but did not provide near enough to support this new growth. The quick degradation of the plant was not due to poor nutrients but an inadequate amount. 2. Use of Microbials along with a very small first feed expedited their starvation as nutrients were not being held in the soil for longevity, but taken and processed immediately, leaving nothing else for them to work with. Left with just water and high soil retention. 3. Moving forward, use a full dose schedule and apply at least a 1000ppm feed to help them move again. If there are slight burns due to the amended soil, pull back 10% and keep going. And essentially, you know, FOLLOW THE SCHEDULE! lol! 4. Until issues are rectified back off on the microbials and see what their needs are before pushing too much or too little of a micro or macro. Re-apply in future every three weeks when the plants are in full force and blooming. This will also help with P/Cal take up which they will be looking for in Bloom. Recovery: -I did what I was told and they bounced back... sigh*😵 No crap right? HA! Followed the schedule and applied an exact 1003ppm feed (doesn't include tap ppm) at 6.3pH. Within 24 hours they perked right up and started to move super quick. Stems shoring up and growing, new laterals very strong and firm, nice bulbess node points growing with positive pressure. Everything is making a comeback. -After 3 days of recovery I trained out and let them go. They blew up in 3-5 days and it's about time to flip. -Once again, we lost some time with the starvation, but luckily some great people have my back and help me out whenever I do have an issue, self made or not. Notes of the Week: -Flipping this evening on Day 52(?...I think). Would like to start wrapping these girls up as I am actually doing what I said I was going to do, and we're amping up new projects and more plants very soon here. -I keep things close to the chest so I won't count my chickens yet, but it does appear I will be landing a brand new 660 Watt lighting system from a very respectable maker out of Eastern Canada. This is a company and manufacture I made a point of contacting. I left all other makers alone and was both smitten and sure that this was the system for me. After some talks, we will hopefully be moving forward with this very soon. Fingers crossed! -With the ACMPR license being processed, a new lighting system possibly on the way, and a flip this evening to bloom with the current girls; I hope to have my tents free and clear for new, LARGER grows by the end of two months, or Early February. Lots of plans that I don't feel there's a point in getting into, b/c I'll probably change my mind ten or eleven times between now and then😀. -Spider Farmer spotted me a new SF-1000 lamp for my early Veg purposes and will not be utilized as a permanent fixture in the 2x2x3' propagation tent. Couldn't say no to a free lamp and am really happy I built a good relationship with them last year when I purchased my first SF 2000 -Frigging Genetics and nutrients flying at me in all different directions. I went from bare bones to "where the hell and when the hell will I be able to use all this"😂😂. Great problem to have! Sitting on over 100+ feminized seeds and 24 different strains with more in mail. Holy crap! Don't think I'll be needing to buy new genetics anytime soon! -One of the two next runs will be all organic with Bluesky Organics out of BC, Canada. Love their line so far and picked up their craft kit on black Friday. Paid 75 bucks all in instead of 150! at the hydro shop. HA! can't say no to that.