Hey, missed a couple of week there, this is week 11 and I flipped them at week 9, not a lot to say, they were doing their thing and I was taking off huge fan leaves to prevent shading, so my theory seems to be working, I have pretty much managed to stress the plants almost every week since the beginning, be that wrong feed schedule, overwatering, wrong nutrient mixes, incorrect light position, good god its been a roller coaster. lmao.
They are all indica so will be short and bushy, if it wasn't for the constant trimming they would be wild, I leave them for a day or two and its like jurassic park in the tent.
I did buy a new 600w HPS with new ballast as the 2nd hand one I had was running mega hot and the lamp too, the new kit seems to be doing its job, I think I need to stop faffing for a while and let them get on with it, upping the nutrients in line with the canna feed schedule, gotta love canna.
I continue to LST as I go, The more I can stretch the branches down to the same levels the more evenly I think it should flower, there will be no dominant main stem as the were filmed and trimmed and also they are all set around the same height so I am hoping I can fool them into thinking they are all main stems. and I am pondering lolipopping them as I dont see any point in leaving on branches that barely get any light..continuing the stressing, but only once a week. the plants seem to be thriving, this also should put all their energy into the main cola's.
There's not really a lot to say about this week, sat my seeds on wet tissue with a wet tissue duvet over them in a nice warm dark place. took a few days to grow a shoot, only just bought a full new rig so the weekend was spent putting up my tent, sorting out the fans and extraction, ordering a few other essentials I think I am going to need such as a thermometer, hygrometer, jewelry loupe, syringes, tower fan..in no particular order there, just bits I missed at the grow shop or weren't included.
It cost me £730 for 1mx1mx2m tent, 300w led, 2 fans, ducting, carbon filter, some straps, feed and extra nutrients, fabric pots, Cana pebbles and Coco coir, heavy duty timer, ph kit and a 1mx1m tray for the bottom of the bud box.
Anyway, seeds were planted in today and started on light straight away on an 18 cycle, I screwed up and cracked 10 seeds, only meant to do 9 (max tent allowance I think) although looking at it already I know I am going to be pushed for space despite my intention to top and LST.
So, this is mainly for me to keep track of my head .... if you are here reading, thats cool and if you have any questions or suggestions, feel free...