Mars Hydro TSW2000 WhiteWidow/BubbaKush

Started flushing with filtered water. The widow had a gradual decline from days 45-49, from EC 2.4 to 0 on day 50. BK on day 50: EC 1.4 Will go down from here. Day 51 started pure flush with only filtered water at 7.0 pH. Day 52 went to 8/16 lights on/off. This is to encourage the bubba kush to finish up faster since it’s slower than the widow and I really don’t want the widow to go any longer than it needs to; The widow is a 55 day strain and the bubba is 63. At least, according to the breeders. And I really don’t want to chop them down at different times since I really only have the tent to use for drying. Day 54 Update: USB Microscope arrived. Apparent ambering on a number of trichomes on the widow. Dinafem says 55 days indoor and i would not disagree. However the 8/16 "early finish" trick appears to be working well with the BK (a 9 week strain) as it has mostly (if not all) milky/cloudy trikes (see day 54 microscope photos)- and, the widow wouldnt hurt with another day or 2. I will be tracking very closely for the next 48 hours. i assume on day 56 i will switch off the light for 48 hr darkness. the BK will just be a bit underripe, but its worth it to chop her early if it means i can chop the widow at the right time. Day 55: trichomes almost entirely cloudy with scattered amber heads on the Bubba Kush. The bud structure on this plant just convinces me even more than before that it’s simply a bit of a mutant phenotype. Looking closely at the photos you will notice the calyxes are poking their heads through the dense foliage with very dense “weave” patterns of biomass. No matter how much I tried, I could not decrease the vegetation and fan leaf production both during veg and flower. Day 55: Widow trichomes practically entirely cloudy, even on lower canopy buds. Upper canopy buds have noticeable amount of amber and golden heads. I would harvest today, but I want to give the BK a few more days. I don’t have easy access to the runoff- long story. I was going in at peak flower with 2.1-2.4 EC. On the high end, that was due to Max level of recommended dosage of the Hydro Bloom A+B from Hygen (2.0 EC) + .6-.8 EC from the Rhino K and the remainder came from the Biodiesel and the Aloevate. (.15-.2 EC together). After a few days of straight water flush, I managed to remove the “scrog net” (never using that again, squares are too wide) and pulled out the bubba kush to measure the runoff. On day 55: runoff 2.1 On day day 56: runoff 1.4 I plan to switch off lights for 48 hour dark period after day 56-57.