Hello Everyone👋. I decided to do a complete Diary on QS and MS and will edit in further details for the missing Week 5/6 in near future. For this entry, we'll actually be covering Week 7 in Week 7👍. On cruise control and really happy with the ladies progress...all of em! Here's the Deets leading up to the Flip:
The Good:
-The tropical beast continues to plug away. Blown away by this plants size and vigor man... Very thick side laterals that hold very well, telling me she has great potential for nice heavy buds in future. Her new tops are beautiful and full with great texture and health.
-There was no permanent damage from my mistakes in Week 5 and I clearly didn't stunt her😂. With a 7-8 week Flower cycle, I don't expect her to slow down either. She's on cruise control and all I'm doing is pruning and feeding. She's doing just fine without my Tom Foolery👍
The 'Meh':
-Big. Not a huge issue, but ya...1.5-2 inches a day right now and I can see the future will be tight. Running the SF's at 45K+ lux and still she won't stop her vertical movement. All other girls have ostensibly been held in place, but this girl just wants to be big. Alllll good. Be big girl!😃
Notes of the Week:
-I flicked the switch 7 days ago and these girls are on the move. Looking at 50% stretch all the way up to 125% with QS. Need to prop the second largest girls to QS height and a single SF will serve those two, while the second SF (without dimmer) will cover the two smaller girls in the back. There's a will, there's a way. All will be fine.
-Had a big revelation and I won't go to far into it, but after talking with a tonne of people's, including my nutrient line manufacturer, themselves, I realized...I've been underfeeding this whole time. Not a big issue at all, but I see and know now that I can go a little further and create larger plants with higher potency yields and product. But ya, I've always fed to keep them happy, but not enough for optimal growth and output. That's changed now and the move to higher EC feeds has worked wonders. Another learning curve, but really happy to have sorted it out and see it now, in Grow 5👍
-Official shoutout to Exotic Seeds. After the loss of that grow and a friend, Exotic seeds reached out and sympathized with the happenings. They offered me free beans, no strings attached. Hell yes. Free is good, but when you actually want and love the product, it's even better. With Malanasa and QS kicking it like queens in the tent, I have no reservations about Exotic and can't wait to pop a BLUE MONKEY AND TANGERINE KUSH!😃 You folks are the best and I greatly appreciate it🙏. Also a massive shout out to @Polaskis for setting this all up. Made a genuine new friend and passionate grower. Really good relationships have come my way as a result of that tough time, and I'm really happy the universe works in weird ass ways.
-All girls are popping pistils and it was definitely time. *Click*
**Happy/Special Announcement and something I'm a pig in poop over**
More then pleased to say I'm now officially a part of the Futur Vert Team and have become an affiliate. This is a company I had been hounding for awhile and was adamant that this was the system I wanted/needed to expand my grow experience. Well, it happened and a brand new FM8 series, 660Watt, 8 Bar full spectrum beast of a lamp is on a truck and on her way to her new home👊. I am not required to post on GD about the lamp, but I am going to anyways. I know and trust the product and will happily showcase her functions as we go alone here. I will also be getting my hands on the first WiFi dimmer/control mod from this series and can't wait to play around with some new tech. Wanted to share because this wouldn't have been a possibility at ALL if it weren't' for the love and support. Thanks for getting me here!💚
Thanks all for stopping by. It was a pleasure🙏. I hope you all have a great week and I'll set more time aside to catch up again on your wonderful projects. Keep me busy! Keep growing and Learning! Much love all. Peece👍👋
you are always welcome... and its necessary to show mistakes,, and in besat cast the solutioms... growing is like life... sunny days and some days with blizzard and troubles
But thats the way we learn....
and there is enough to learn loool
@JinksyGrows,yes you can..........hydrofarm is $168 and its good enough.........considering that you just bought osram leds..........your electric bill will return your investment
@grzesiekkuzniak, LOL! Yep! I would love one but can't afford one. Hoping in the near future, as I keep testing systems, I can get my hands on an actual PAR meter and stop screwing around with ballpark conversions😅. For now I'm hoping to find someone local that I could just borrow one from here and there, lol. Soon!
Watering is really the hardest Part to do it right ....... for me it is like that........
Your Girls really love your Handling, thats easy to see
Kep it up... be a proud canadian and always pop some Seeds
@Mrs_Larimar, Besides seedlings I feel I'm getting better at watering! Now just gotta stop stunting the babies, hahaha. Happy to be Canadian and will keep poppin' and spreading the good word🙏.
@Mrs_Larimar, She's NUTS! She will be moved to her own unit now😂. No matter how many bends I put in and light I put on her, she's just growing out of control!! It's awesome to see and I can also see I will have to up my EC to provide... I'm legit excited😀
@TheUk420Show, Thanks man 💪. Really happy to have this beast. And thankfully no, this isn't the lamp from the contest. Happy to say that system is loooong gone now, hahaha😅👍.
Cheers and Merry Christmas 🎄🙏
@JinksyGrows, I'm doing supercrop on my plants when they stretch like this and they always stretch like this. but supercropped branches keep elevating :))
@HighRoller909, Holy crap man, too real with this one girl😬. She's under her own special lamp now in a tent by herself 😅😅. Gotta do what we gotta do. That or super crop. Hahaha.
@Polaskis, Put em' up! Both the Exotics love their lights man. Persistent prayers. Only now have they stopped a bit due to bud mass pushing them down, but that doesn't stop them from trying😀😅
@SuggaShane, No doubt man😅. Got nothing against the SF series, I really do love them, but this here is some crazy ass tech and is mostly sold/used in commercial LP's😂. Really gotta watch her intensity, especially with UVA. This lamp is actually for a 5x5 too, so there's definitely wasted potential. Probably could have done with the FM6, 480W, but this one allows me to expand without buying more systems👍. I talk to much today... Thanks man! Cheers, lol!
@Mrs_Larimar, Hahaha, you're totally right. Maybe take out the Mehs for a bit too. Nothing bad going on at all😉. I'll take the compliment !!🤣🤣🤣. You know me too well, I think, hahaha.
@SommerVirelli, Thanks man! Literally came in yesterday and I'm running the initial tests before hanging. Holy crap balls it's blinding😅😅😅. Can't wait to grow bigger now man. This lamp will be in a 4x4 but does fully cover 5x5 for veg and bloom😅. I have a dimmer, no worries, hahaha.