Week 15
We're getting close to wrapping things up with this grow. The trichomes are starting to amber and the smell is so pungent and thick... it's lovely! ๐
This week we're watering with just plain, dechlorinated tap water. We're keeping our day-time temperatures around 73F to 78F, which has been requiring the use of our portable a/c unit for 4-6hrs per day.
Our lights have been running at 100% for the past few weeks but the outside temperatures have been rising and the outside air hasn't been sufficient to keep things cool enough.
Day 99 (day 39 of flower):
- removed 6-7 dead leaves from Plant #1
Day 100 (day 40 of flower):
- removed more dead leaves, from both plants.
- Plant #1 needs to be watered and probably should have been watered yesterday. It'll have to wait until tomorrow.
Day 101 (day 41 of flower):
- watered both plants with plain, dechlorinated tap water
Day 102 (day 42 of flower):
- today marks the official end of 6 weeks of flower, which is how long Sweet Seeds says this "F1 Fast" strain needs to flower. We think it's pretty damned accurate! We expect (hope) to be chopping sometime next week.
- Plant #1 showing about 20% amber trichomes, 80% cloudy.
- Plant #2 is showing about 5-10% amber, 70% cloudy and 10-15% clear.
Day 103 (day 43 of flower):
- more leaves yellowing
- removed dead lower leaves
Day 104 (day 44 of flower):
- no updates
Day 105 (day 45 of flower):
- things are very close now. Plant #1 showing approx. 40% amber trichomes, Plant #2 around 30% amber.
@timbarin, so far we've only used it the one day, for about 2-3hrs during the warmest part of the afternoon. When the outside temps are above 10C, and with our light at 90% intensity, the tent would reach 84F, instead of the 78F that we're aiming for.
@MrHightimes, Ya, it's kind of weird because for the first few months that we had that pH meter, it needed calibration almost every week! We never knew if we could trust it... but since then, it seems to have stabilized and we haven't had to calibrate it for months. We check it with pH reference solution every few weeks and it's been spot on. We'd love to upgrade to the Blue Labs meter but it isn't necessary quite yet. The only complaint that we might have is that it takes a couple of minutes to get a true reading, whereas the TDS meter we have gives you accurate readings in just seconds.
nice grows! can you tell me how satisfied you are with the AC INFINITI T6? have you used other brands and how dos it compare? I am eyeing one now for the controls set up features, does it clear humidity? heat? and how quiet is it?
thank you for your feedback!
@Stonyways, Hi, we've been really happy with the Cloudline T6 fan. It works very well and has programmable settings. We currently have it set to turn on any time the temperature reaches 81F or any time the humidity exceeds 61%. We're glad we got the 6" version instead of the 4" version, since we can run the fan at lower speeds, which means it's very quiet. It's actually much quieter than our little oscillating fan! It's quite powerful and has no problem managing heat and humidity in our little tent. I think you could easily put this in a 4x4 or 6x6 tent and it would work just as well.
As the female half of "VanCplGrows", i don't have a lot of experience with other fans so i can't really compare it to anything but it does everything that we want and it does it well!
@timbarin, Thanks brother! We're a bit slow with our replies this week but we are happy to be back and happy to have ya following along on our latest grow. Cheers!
@Beachbudz, Absolutely! They may not be the biggest plants for 14 weeks but it's been a great learning process and we sort of prefer the leisurely schedule compared to the autoflowers we were growing before... which always seemed like a race against time, especially if you run into any problems like deficiencies or other. This has been a very comfortable grow for us. ๐