๐Germination graduated to seedling and by mid week the seedling graduated to early growth. I was probably a little early switching to the week one "early growth" on the General Hydroponics Drain to Waist Feed chart. I gave to the center part of the plant at only 75% full strength. The tips showed a little stress. I reduced the fertigation fluid to much lower at the next event and have slowly increased it till I am now in the mid range of the target EC on the chart. I use the full line of GHE Flora series and mix with .003EC RO water made at a medical facility, transported home in two 6 gallon sterile water carriers.
๐The bigger the plants leaves are getting the faster its growing. When it first emerged it started to stretch upwards. Thankfully it stopped and has started expanding its leaves. As the leaves got bigger they started catching more of the breeze from the fan and so I added the wind diffusion screen to soften the breeze.I had originally intended to use the Mars Hydro ts1000 for this plant. Instead when I recieved a Phlyzon 150w led at the beginning of the week that I had intended to use on the plants tent-mate, Tangerine Dream. I liked the bigger foot print, so I decided to use it on the potentially bigger plant. I set it to 100W and at day 10 I increased it to 125w. The lamp is 24" away from the plant. As the plant gets bigger I will ad supplemental lighting from a MarsHydro TS1000.
@@FirstCough, I appreciate your kind words. It's really hard to see the full size of the colas because of all the leaves. The buds are getting plump. The Queen cola is going to be a beauty...as long as luck is on my side.
Plant looks great. I like her shape it looks happy. I was gonna ask about the tennis balls too but gussed you would have been asked already๐. Just had to scroll down a bit.. Good luck for the rest of your grow.๐
Wow! Your plants are huge ๐ I already chopped mine yesterday, these plants just wanna flower forever it seems. I was finding new herms every day so I decided to end it, even though there was still a lot of new growth. Interested in seeing your results ๐
@FrogLord, Thanks! I think the stress that was causing the hermed calixes was the reluctance of the trichomes to mature to mostly cloudy. What's also odd about this plant is that it didn't start the new calix growth until it's tent mate was harvested...as if it was devastated that it's lifelong partner was killed. ๐ฟ ๐ท
Looking good mate. I love that raised up grill tray tennis balls. Iโve thought about doing the same sort of thing ages ago itโs so simple, I should think it would be quite tricky to remove when itโs bigger for maintenance but well worth a try good luck mate.
@nelly31, Thanks! The tennis balls are to keep the rack from poking holes in the floor of the tent. They also make it easier to slide the plant around. I don't have to remove my plant from the tent, but if I did the rack also would make it easier to pick up.
Thank you very much for trusting our strains, and sharing your experience.
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We hope you enjoy the harvest ๐
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-Apolo
@Smokwiri, wow such a hollow gesture. Am I supposed to be excited that you've spammed mine and hundreds of other diaries with the same crap? I'm not honored or impressed. ๐