'Quick Sherbert' by Exoticseed

Hello👋. Just chugging along and finishing this weeks entries. Here be the beast, Quick Sherbet on Day 30/31 of Bloom (Not bad👍). The Deets: The Good: -Love her... She's so friggin impressive right now. Those little buds just keep stacking and stacking, getting fatter and fatter. She's shedding beauty trichs, is REAL sticky and I can't get enough of her progress. -Her terpene profile is perfect. Getting stronger and stronger with berries, pepper and what I feel is Diesel(?). It's just swell. I can already feel what she will taste like and where she might be able to bring me. If her aroma is an indication of her potency and affect, I'll be one happy camper. -Strong, strong laterals and holds really well. I braced her in place for safety sake and for ease of movement, but she really doesn't need it. A little splay when let loose, but really carries well and could probably go to end game without a single strap or snap. For such a massive girl, that pleases me😂 The 'Meh': -Weird winter, weird environment. Battling some numbers but the girls are fine. Low RH lead to minor leaf tip burns on this girl, but that's about it. Rectified some things and hopefully will have it dialed back in, just in time for harvest and next Veg where I'll do it allll again. Ha! I actually like the game, if I'm being honest. Something to do and an excuse to be around the girls more often. Notes of the Week: -All in all things are going really well in the units this past week, but I did dial out a bit on my feeds, especially with Malanasa. All is well and just learning some more valuable lessons. Documenting everything for future so maybe, just maybe, I won't repeat this next grow. -MS is back w/ QS under a single SF-2000. I wasn't happy with the footprint I was getting on her in the FuturVert unit cause I just let her get too big. I couldn't serve her and the smaller girls well enough so I shoved her ass back in with QS, hahaha. Non issue. A lot of the changes I'm about to make will be with forming and flipping smaller girls. I keep doing this! I love big plants, but it's a pain in the ass, lol. Utilizing and having two units is working real well for this, for now, but ya... Writing is on the wall. Stop. Flip earlier😅 -Moved into Royal Black this week from Future Harvest to further push some bud density and trich development. Seems to be a great little additive, but it's literally black... Super paranoid to be carrying this stuff around for manual feeds. I spill, I'm screwed😬 -Training officially ended early this week and there is nothing left to do but brace for future weight. Applied some non-static clothe to MS and QS for easier mobility and to focus some light energy direct to the tops. -Defo is ongoing and will be slowly opening up and cutting fans as the the days progress. -A little concerned for Malanasa's end game, but will get more into it with her update entry. She is thin, and seemingly behind her counter-parts. I have adjusted her schedule to bulk her up, but this is causing burns. She may not be as aesthetically pleasing at the end, but medicine first. -Over-Fed but rebalanced, displaced and watered for damn near a week before going back in. I found those limits though and I feel it was worth the hassle trying to dial them in and see how far I could go. Anywho, ppm's are back in check and I've turned to my last grow method of 3/4 dose-Water-1/2 dose or 1/2-water-1/2. This completes her full schedule feeding without being too heavy handed on my end. This takes more time, but I'm far more comfortable doing this lower volume, lower EC feeding over a period of time instead of a one shot kinda deal. It works... and I'll probably be on this regiment till the end. *Note/Opinion/Method** Was asked about my plant health the other day and how I never seem to get droppage. I do in late day Veg, but never in flower. I use the same method I was taught in grow #2 by @Mrs_Larimar. I do not let my plants go to complete dry out, especially to the point of drooping. I see this as a completely unnecessary stress on the girls and it always felt counterintuitive to me. I wouldn't over water and drown my girls, so why would I drought them? Some say it's to purposely kill off old root systems to be replaced by new hairs (and I can get behind that) but the stress of doing this just isn't worth the risk. I achieve new root growth and remove deadage through air pruning and Hygrozyme, always replacing the old with the new. So...prime those plants and never let them get dry. Moist soil is not overwatered soil. It keeps the medium receptive to moisture and nutrients without swinging too far one way or the other and/or stops heavy/fast eating with low RH and low soil water retention. It's an extra step I can understand growers may not want to take, but trust that if you prime your soil a few hours before a feed (literally just a liter or so of plain water), the changes of prolonged drooping from that heavy feed will be mitigated and halted. Doing this for almost a year now and can't remember the last time I had a droop in flower. It just doesn't happen anymore. Credit to Larimar for teaching me this little method long ago... thought I would share it again now, as I have been getting questions here and there about my plants vigorous constitution. This is one of the biggest things I do. Prime that soil and you'll never see them droop or drought again. Thanks @Mrs_Larimar!👋👍** That's the ramble! Thank you for stopping by folks and I hope you're all well. Busy lately and actually feel like I'm taking some steps here, but am falling behind other places. It's that limited focus again but that's just the way I know how to operate. Have a gooder all and I hope to catch you soon enough. Stay safe out there and keep it breezy. Much love and happy trails✊👋